418 CTJCTTLID^. 



bronzy black ; under wing-coverts ashy brown : " bill deep carmine, 

 the ends of both mandibles and cutting-edges yellow ; iris brown " 

 (Uauxwell). Total length 21*5 inches, culmen 2-15, wing 6-8, 

 tail 10-5, tarsus 2-75. 



Nestling. General plumage dark brown, passing into glossy olive- 

 green on the crest, which is fully developed ; primaries and tail 

 glossed with purple, secondaries partially washed with chestnut. 



Hah. Upper Amazons. 



a. cS ad. ; b. S Pebas, Eastern Peru, Feb., Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



pull. sk. May (J. Uauxwell). 



c. 2 ^-d. sk. Pebas {J. Hauxwell). Sclater Coll. 



4. Neomorphus rufipennis. 



Cultrides rufipennis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 63, pi. 10. 



Neomorphus rufipennis. Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 92, note 

 (1862) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 249 (pt., Guiana), 1866, p. 60 ; Pelz. 

 Orn. Bras. p. 272 (1871) ; Scl. ^- Salv. Noinencl. Av. Neotr. p. 107 

 (1873) ; Lawrence, Ibis, 1873, pp. 292, 295 ; Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 63. 



Adult. Upper half of the head and back of the neck blue, passing 

 into olive on the mantle, back, and upper tail-coverts ; primaries 

 purplish blue-black ; secondaries mostly deep lilac-shaded rufous, 

 generally with an inner portion blue-black ; tail metallic lilac- 

 shaded green, darkening into greenish black towards the ends of 

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

 eye and extending to the bill, and margined below on the hinder 

 half by a band of black feathers ; chin and upper half of the throat 

 uniform ashy brown, about halfway down the throat the feathers 

 gradually assuming bluish-black edges, which widen in extent and 

 form a broad uniform blackish basal collar to the throat ; chest pale 

 brown, darker on the flanks and dusky brown on the abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts : the basal two-thirds of the bUl black and the 

 remainder yellowish green ; iris brown ; legs olive. Total length 

 21'5 inches, culmen 1"8, wing 6"6, tail ll'o, tarsus 2*9. 



Hub. Guiana. 



a. Ad, sk. [Guiana.] Purchased. 



b. 5 ad. sk. Camacusa, British Guiana, Oct. Salviu-Godman CoU. 



{H. Whitely). 



5. Neomorphus radiolosus. 



Neomorphus radiolosus, Salv. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 439, pi. 27. 



Adult. Upper half of the head, back of the neck, and front of the 

 mantle glossy greenish black, barred with brownish buff on the fore- 

 head and front of the crown, and with white or rufous-white on the 

 mantle ; primaries violet-black ; remainder of the back dark lilac- 

 shaded chestnut ; upper tail-coverts olive-green mixed with violet ; 

 tail bright glossy green, darker towards the end and on the outer 

 feathers : sides of the head black, with a dark bare patch round the 



