the Cuckoos of the Genus Neomorplms. 291 



- 2. Neomorphus salvini, Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 59, pi. 5. 



In the museum of the Acad, of Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia, 

 I found a fine specimen of this recently described species. 

 It came in the Rivoli collection, and had on the original label 

 of Coccyzus geoffroy i, Temm. ; it was relabelled by Mr. Cassin 

 Neomorphus geoffroyi. On first seeing it I was struck with 

 its resemblance to the plate of Mr. Sclater's N. salvini, as I 

 remembered it, and on comparison with the plate found it to 

 agree exactly with it. My first impression was that Mr. 

 Sclater had committed an error, supposing the specimen to be 

 correctly labelled ; but on examining the bottom of the stand, I 

 found in fine writing, " Mexique." From this I drew the con- 

 clusion that it was not N. geoffroyi, which has only been found 

 in Brazil, but in reality Mr. Sclater's N. salvini. In the 

 catalogue printed at the time the. Rivoli collection was offered 

 for sale, this specimen is given as from Brazil. 



Thus this fine species escaped the scrutiny of the French 

 naturalists as well as that of Mr. Cassin. 



"Mexique" has so wide a significance in French speci- 

 mens that, if noticed by Mr. Cassin, he probably did not heed 

 it ; but in this case it is undoubtedly correct. 



The bill is light horn-colour, clouded in the middle and 

 paler at the edges ; front and crown, as far as on a line with 

 the posterior angle of the eye, light rufous, beyond which the 

 crest-feathers are bluish black, with pale rufous edges ; bare 

 space around the eye blackish in the dried specimen; the 

 throat-feathers are pale ochreous, with lighter or greyish mar- 

 gins ; on the upper part of the breast there is a narrow band 

 of bluish black ; breast and upper part of abdomen ochreous 

 grey, lower part of abdomen and sides bright rufous, under 

 tail-coverts dark brown ; hind neck bronzy green, upper part 

 of back and wing-coverts light bronzy green ; lower part of 

 back and upper tail-coverts brownish rufous; the primary 

 quills are dark green on the outer webs, blackish on the inner, 

 the secondaries are of a lighter green on the outer webs, the 

 tertiaries brownish rufous like the back ; central tail-feathers 

 dark green, with their edges largely reddish purple, the outer 

 tail-fealhers changeable purple and green. Wing 7 inches; 



