41. CROTOPTTARA. 427 



/•. 2 ^^- sk. Chapada, Matto Grosso, Nov. Salvin-riodman Coll. 



(//. H. SinifJi). 

 s-T. Ad. ot imin. Bahia {Dr. Wucherer). Seebohm Col!. 



sk. 

 y. $ ad. .sk. Araguay, Oct. (.7. Natter&-). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Dromococcyx pavoninus. 



Dromococcyx phasianelliLS (nee Sirix), Burin. Sust. Th. Bras. ii. p. 260 



(18.'5.>). 

 Diplopterus pavoninus, Pelz. Om. Bras. p. 270 (1871) ; Grray, Hand-l. 



B. ii. p. 209, no. 8909 (1870). 



Adult male. Similar to D. phasianellus, but differing: in the back 

 of the neck, mantle, wing- and tail-coverts being black instead of 

 brown, and the chin and throat being uniform rufous-buff with no 

 dark markings. Total length 9-3 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 5-5, 

 tail 5"5, tarsus 1'15. 



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

 11-2 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 5-2, tail 6-8, tarsus 14. 



Young. Differs from the adult in having the upper parts, including 

 the upper half of the head, nearly uniform black, with broad rufous- 

 buff shaft-stripes on most of the wing-coverts ; throat dusky, chin 

 nearly white. Total length 9-8 inches, culmen O'So, wing 4-8, 

 tail 6, tarsus 1-1. 



Hab. Guiana to the Eio Negro. 



a,b. cJ 2 ad. et Roraima, British Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 imm. sk. Jan., June (Zf. Wliitelij). 



c. Ad. sk. Cayenne. Purchased. 



d. (S ad. sk. Arimani, June (/. Natterer). Sclater Coll. 



Subfamily VI. CROTOPHAGINiE. 



Key to the Oenera. 



a. Bill very deep and compressed ; culmen 



raised above the level of the forehead. 



With no crest. Plumage black 41. Crotophaga, p. 427. 



b. Bill slender, about as deep as it is broad. 



With a crest of long narrow feathers. 

 Nostrils nearly horizontal, of an elon- 

 gated oval shape, overhimg by a mem- 

 brane 42. GuniA, p. 433. 



41. CROTOPHAGA. 



Type. 

 Crotophaga, Linn. Hyst. Nat, i. p. 154 (,irOO_) C. aui. 



Range. Southern United States ; Central and Southern America ; 



Antilles. 



