BLACK-BREASTED PUFFBIRD 



neck white ; a patch in front of eye and remainder 

 of crown glossy black; rest of upper parts black- 

 ish slate with most of the feathers narrowly 

 tipped with white; sides and flanks blackish 

 slate irregularly barred with white; remaining 

 under parts white, a broad band of black across 

 the breast. Bill black. 



A black and white bird similar in habits to the 

 following species, N. pectoralis, but distinguish- 

 able by its larger size and the broad white collar 

 across the hindneck. 



2. Notharchus pectoralis (Gray) 

 Black-breasted Puffbird 



Length about 206 mm. (8.10 in.); tail about 

 80 mm. (3.15 in.). 



Sexes alike. Top of head, cheeks, nape, upper 

 back, sides of neck, chest and upper .breast, 

 glossy greenish blue-black, dull black in front 

 of eyes and on fore part of cheeks; throat, a 

 conspicuous spot on the ear coverts and a 

 narrow collar across hindneck, white, the lower 

 edge of the white throat semicircular and 

 sharply outlined against the black of the chest; 

 remaining upper parts, including wings and 

 tail, blackish slate, most of the feathers with 

 narrow whitish tips ; remaining under parts white, 

 the sides and flanks obscurely barred with 

 blackish gray. Bill black. 



I saw one of this species two or three times 

 in the same tree on the edge of a clearing at 

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