424 CTTCTTLID^. 



Cuculus nffivius, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 170 (1766) ; Vieill. Nouv. Diet. 



viii. p. 271 (1817). 

 Cuculus pimctulatus, 6rm. Sijst. Nat. i. p. 414 (1788). 

 Chochi, Azara, Apunt. (1) ii. p. 266 (180.>) ; Hartl. Syst. Inde.i 



Azara, p. 17 (1847). 

 Chirri, Azara, Ajmnt. (1) ii. p. 269 (1805) ; Hartl. Sysi. Index 



Azara, p. 17 (1847). 

 Cuculus galeritus, III. Abhandl. Berlin Ac. 1812, p. 224. 

 Coccyzus chochi, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. viii. p. 272 (1817) ; id. Enc. 



Meth. p. 1345 (1823). 

 Coccyzus chiriri, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. viii. p. 273 (1817); id. Enc. 



Meth. p. 1345 (1823). 

 Coccyzus punctulatus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. viii. p. 277 (1817). 

 Coccyzus ruficapilhis, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. viii. p. 278 (1817) ; id. 



Enc. Meth. p. 1349 (1823). 

 Coccyzus septorum, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 1343 (1823). 

 Coccyzus najvius, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 1344 (1823) ; Netcwied, Beitr. 



Naturg. Bras. iv. p. 341 (1832) ; Temm. Tabl. Meth. p. 53 (1838) ; 



Pucker. Her. et Mag. Zool. 1852, p. 564. 

 Diplopterus nsevius, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 977 ; Gambel, Journ. Ac. 



PMlad. 1849, p. 217 ; i>/j. Cuns}}. p. 109 (1850) ; Laivr. Ann. 



Lye. N. York.Vu. p. 300(1861); Burm. Thier. Bras. ii. p. 261 



(1855) ; Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 321 (1862) ; Leotaud, Ois. Trinidad, 



p. 343 (1866) ; Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 209, no. 8902 (1870) ; Scl. ^• 



Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 107 (1873) ; Nutting, Proc. U.S. Nat. 



Mus. vi. p. 376 (1883), vii. p. 387 (1884) ; Ridgw. t. c. p. 173; 



Tacz. Orn. Perou, iii. p. 184 (1886) ; Sclater S)- Hudson, Argent. 



Orn. p. 85 (1889). 

 Piaya nsevia, iess. Traite, p. 143 (1831). 

 Diplopterus galeritus. Cab. in Schonib. Reise, iii. p. 713 (1848); 



Burm. Thier. Bras. ii. p. 262 (1856). 

 Diplopterus lessoni, Bp. Consp. i. p. 109 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 



ii. p. 209, no. 8903 (1870). 

 Diplopterus excelleus, Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. .321 (1862); Gray, 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 209, no. 8905 (1870). 

 Diplopterus chochi, Gi-ay, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 209, no. 8904 (1870). 



Adult male. General plumage above pale brown, with dark 

 blackish centres to the feathers ; forehead and crown chestnut, with 

 broad brownish-black shaft-streaks to the feathers, bordered by a 

 broad buff eyebrow, which extends back to the sides of the nape ; 

 nape and mantle fulvous-brown with dark shaft-streaks, broadest 

 towards the ends of the feathers ; wing-coverts and scapulars very 

 similar, being dark brown with broad pale brown or rufous-buff 

 edges ; lower back and upper tail-coverts more rufous-buff with 

 dark shaft-bands ; tail more uniform brown, inclining to buff at the 

 edges and to white at the ends of the feathers : car-coverts dark 

 brown with slightly paler edges ; under surface of the body white, 

 shading into buff on the throat, chin, under tail-coverts, and thigh- 

 coverts ; under surface of the wings white, with the terminal half of 

 the quills dusky brown : iris brown : bill yellowish, with a portion 

 towards the culmen dark brown ; legs brown. Total length 11-2 

 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 4*5, tail 7, tarsus 1-35. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male. Total length 

 11-2 inches, culmen 1-8.5, wing 4-3, tail 6-7, tarsus 1-3. 



