Birds of Paraguay, .'i7.'> 



Coccyzua chochi Vieill. N. Diet, d'Hist. Nat. iriii. p. 272, 

 adult (1817). 



Coccyzus chiriri Vieill. t. c. p. 278, jur. 



Diplopterus novius Berlepsch, .J. f. 0. 1887, p. 21 (Lam* 



hair; ; Shell, v, Cat. B. Brit. MuB. x i x . p. 423. 



Tapera ncevia Lonuberg, I his, 1903, p. 239. 

 a. Ad. Sapucay, July .".I, L904. 



Bill, culmiual ridge blackish, buff at gape, lower mandible 

 rosy pink; tarsi and feet pale slate-blue j iris buff. 



55. Deomococcys phasianellus. 



Macropua phasianellus Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 53, pi. \lii. 

 (1824: Toiiantins and Solimoens rivers). 



Dromococcyx phasianellus Shelley, Cat, B. Brit. Mus. xix. 

 p. 426 ; Hellmayr, Abhandl. Akad. Wiss. Miinchen, xxii. 

 p. 600 (1906) ; [hering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 335. 



Geophilus jasigatere Bertoni, Aves Nuev. Paraguay, p. 43 

 ( L901), =s Macropus phasianellus Spix, Richmond; Proc. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. xxxv. p. r,\ I (1908). 



a. ,', ad. Sapucay, August 14, 1904. 



Hill black above, purple at point and reddish at base below ; 



tarsi and feel, brownish slate-coloured ; iris whitish brown. 



This bird was originally described by Spix from Brazil, 

 and was not known to oeenr in Paraguay until Mr. Bertoni 

 (Aves Nuev. Paraguay, p. 43) recorded it ;is a new species 

 under the name of Geophilus jasigatere. 



56. CROTOPHAGA MAJOR. 



Crotophaga major Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. '.'AY.', (1788 •, 

 Cayenne;; Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. 17 (1847); Berlepsch, 

 J.f.O. L887,pp.23, L2] (Lambare'); Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xix. p. 428 ; [hering, Revista Mus, Paulista, vi. p. 335 

 (1906). 



Annd-guazu Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 348. no. eclxiv. (180.");. 



a. c 7 , ad. Sapucay, December 31, \'.)U)i. 



Iris yellowish white. 



b. V ad. Ybytimi, February 8, L904. 

 Bill, tarsi, and feet black ; iris pea-green, 



| A /are bird, only to be met with along the large water- 

 courses in the forests. W, I'. J 



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