Geranospiza niger niger (DuBus) 



Ischnosceles niger DuBus TYPE 



Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belg. , IQKl , U, pt. 2 (seance 

 de 7 Aug.) p. 102. 



iU37 Brussels. Vi'ing 331, tail 252, culmen from cere 

 20.0, base at cere 13.1, tarsus 91.0, middle toe 

 minus clav/ 3S.7» 



A fully adult bird (mounted); sex not indicated but 

 without doubt a female; red eyes; plumage fresh. 



Abdominal region, thighs, and under tail coverts very 

 narrowly tipped with white; larger under tail coverts 

 tipped vdth white for 5-8 mm. ; chin and larval region 

 pale gray; edge of wing vdth narrov/ ( 1 mm. ) li^t 

 barring. Otherv/ise entire body plumage dark slate 

 color - blackish plumbeous - paler anteriorly and on 

 crov;n. Tail banded on central rectrices as follows 

 (dor sally) comiiencing vdth tips: 5 ^ti. gray; Ul ^^m. 

 black; 33nim. gray; 72 mm. black; 25 mm. white; thence 

 mixed black k white to base secondaries <Sc wing plumage 

 color of body; primaries slaty black; dark areas in 

 tail black vdth slaty tinge. 



There is no locality other than "Ivlexique". The bird was 

 acQ^uired from Verheyen, but othenvise there are no data- 

 There is the further notation that this part of the 

 register was listed by Dubois (in 1897) as the type. 

 Prepared vdth DuBus. Brussels, July 14, 1939* 



DiiBus (Ssquir. Om. , liv. U, 18/|.8, pi. 16; makes it clear 

 that the bird figured is the type and only specimen 

 known to him. Details of tail match exactly - specimen 

 plate. There is no further clue as to locality. July 

 25, 1939* It is not likely that fade is responsible 

 for the relatively gray color for it was originally 

 described as "cinerasceuti-niger". 



A. J. Van Rossem 



