36, NEOMORPHUS. 417 



a, b. Ad, St. Brazil. Piu-cliased. 



c. Ad. sk. Brazil. Old Collection. 



d, e. Ad. et imm. I'ara {J. Natterer i^- A. It. Sclater Coll. 

 sk. Wallace). 



f, y. Ad. sk. Bahia {Dr. Wwkerer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Neoinorphus salvini. 



Neomorphus salvini, Scl. P. Z. S. 180G, p. GO, pi. 5, 1^67, pp. 156, 

 , 2'J5 ; Sale. Ibis, 1872, pp. 313, 323 ; Scl. ^- Halv. Nomencl. Av. 

 Neotr. p. 107 (1873) ; Lawrence, Ibis, 1873, pp. 2'Jl, 295. 



Adult. Very similar to N. fjeojfroiji, but differs in the rufous of 

 the head and crowu being without bars ; the feathers of the back 

 of the neck and upper back uniform without fulvescent ends ; 

 greater portion of the wings and the tail-coverts metallic lUac ; the 

 back darker brown and very strongly glossed with lilac ; the throat 

 slightly more ashy and less mottled : " bill light horn-colour, 

 clouded in the middle and paler at the edges " {Lawrence). Total 

 length 19S inches, culmen 2, wing (J'4, tail 11, tarsus 2-75. 



Hub. From Nicaragua to Panama, and thence to Colombia and 

 Ecuador. 



«. Ad. sk. Nicaragua (T. i5e/i J. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Veragua {E. Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Veragua {E. Arce). Sclater Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



d. Ad. sk. Panama. Seebohm Coll. 



e. S ad. St. New Granada. Purchased. 



/. Ad. sk. Rio Cotopaza, Ecuador (C. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Bucklei/). 



3. Neomorphus pucherani. 



Cultrides pucheraui, Bevillt, liev. et Ma(j. Zool. 1851, p. 211; Des 



Murs, in Casteln. Exped. Ois. p. 18, pis. 6, 7 (1855). 

 Neomorphus pucherani, Cab. ?f Heine, Mus. Heiu. iv. p. 92, note 



(18G2); Scl. 4- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 107 (1873); iid. 



P. Z. S. 1873, p. 29G ; Lamrence, Ibis, 1873, pp. 293, 295 ; Tacz. 



Orn. Perou, iii. p. 183 (188G). 

 Neomorphus rufipennis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 249 (pt.,Upper Amazon). 



Adult. Upper half of the head dark glossy blue, slightly washed 

 with olive towards the forehead ; back of the neck and mantle 

 metallic olive-green, of a darker and more bronzy shade down the 

 back and on the upper tail-coverts ; primaries pm-phsh blue, slightly 

 washed with green and lilac ; secondaries deep lUac-shaded rufous, 

 mostly with the inner portions blue-black : tail metallic green, 

 partially glossed with lilac and darkening almost into black on the 

 outer feathers ; a large red patch of bare skin surrounding the eye 

 and extending to the bill and margined beneath on the hinder half 

 by a band of black feathers ; tliroat ashy brown, passing into white 

 towards the chin and inclining to white next to the narrow black 

 pectoral baud ; chest and thighs ashy white : tianks, lower abdomen, 

 and under tail-coverts dusky brown ; under surface of the quills 



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