THE IBIS. 



FIFTH SERIES. 



No. IV. OCTOBER 1883. 



XXXVI. — Notes upon some Rare Species of Neotropical 

 Birds. By Robert Ridgway, Curator, Department of 

 Birds, United-States National Museum. 



Having intimated a desire to see specimens of the following 

 rare and, to me, particularly interesting species, Mr. Sclater 

 very generously sent them to me for inspection, with the 

 suggestion that I should prepare a few notes concerning 

 them for publication in ' The Ibis.^ It is with great pleasure 

 that I comply with this request, although there is not much to 

 be said, all the species being so very distinct as to require 

 little comment. 



L Harporhynchus ocellatus, Scl. 



This large species is much the finest of the genus and is 

 remarkably distinct. As originally placed by Mr. Sclater, 

 it belongs to the subgeneric (?) group Methriopterus*. In 

 coloration it most resembles H. cinereus, Xantus, but may 

 be immediately distinguished by the rounded and subcordate 



* Cf. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus, vol. v. pp. 43-45. 



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