41 H CUCUL1D.E. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Witli a sharply detiiied uarrow black pectoral 

 collar. 

 d' . Quills metallic green ; abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts chestnut. 

 a" . Mantle, wings, and upper tail-coverts not 



shaded with lilac 'je^'ffi'oyi., p. 410. 



I)' . Mantle, wings, and upper tail-coverts 



lilac saliini, p. 417. 



h'. Quills not green ; abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts not chestnut pucherani, p. 417. 



h. With no sharply defined black pectoral collar. 



c. With no pale bars on the plumage rufipeniiis, p. 418. 



d' . With whitish bars on the mantle and under- 



parts radiolosus, p. 418. 



1. Neomorphus geoffroyi. 



Coua geoffroyi, Tcmm. PI. Col. iii. pi. 7. 



Coccyzus geoffroyi, Tetnni. Tabl. Meth. p. 52(18y8); Stepli. Gen. 



Zool. xiv. p. 205 (1826) ; Neuwi^d, Beitr. Natwg. Bras, iv. p. 324 



(1833). 

 Neomorphus geoffroyi, Glog. in Froriep's Notiz. xvi. p. 277 (1827) ; 



Cah. ^- Heine, Mm. Hein. iv. p. 91 (18G2) ; Sell. Mus. Pmjs-Bas, 



Cuculi, p. CO (1864) ; Sd. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 249, 1866, p. o9 ; 



Pelz. Ovn. Bras. p. 271 (1871); Lawrence, Ihis, 1873, pp. 289, 



294 ; Scl. i^- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 107 (1873). 

 Cultrides geoffroyi, Pitcher. Bev. Zool. 1845, p. 51 ; Devilk, Rev. et 



Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 212 ; Burm. Syst. Uebers. Th. Bras. ii. p. 258 



(1855). 

 Cucidus torquatus, III. in Mus. Berol.,Jidc Cah. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. 



iv. p. 91 (1862). 



Adult. Upper half of the head pale rufous, with dark bars and 

 blue ends, the latter colour extending over the terminal half of the 

 crest ; back of the neck rufous-buff barred with green ; mantle 

 metallic green ; feathers of the upper back partially edged with 

 rufous-buff; inner quills metallic green, slightl}' washed on their 

 edges with lilac, and gradually passing on the outer primaries into 

 blue-black ; centre of the back chestnut, often shaded with green ; 

 tail-coverts metallic green ; tail lilac, passing into green at the end 

 and on the outer feathers ; a bare patch round the eye ; feathers of 

 the checks and ear-coverts rufous-buff with dark bars ; throat 

 rufous or brownish buff, with broad dark bars and very narrow 

 shaft-stripes to the feathers, becoming much more obscure down 

 the centre of the throat ; at the base of the throat a narrow black 

 collar separates it from the more uniform breast, which is ashy on 

 the chest, passing into chestnut on the flanks, abdomen, and under 

 tail-coverts, the abdomen being generally darker and browner ; 

 under surface of the quills black ; coverts rufous ; bill greenish 

 yellow, darker towards the base of both mandibles. Length 21 

 inches, cnlmen 1-9, wing 6*8, tail 11, tarsus 2-7. 



Hab. Brazil. 



