Mr. P. L. Sclater on new species of Bucconidse, 293 



lateribvs albis, ni<jro longitudinaliter striatis ; ventre medio 



ulbo, crisso fulvescente. 

 Long, tota, 7"8 ; alse, 3*5. 

 Hah. in Bolivia. Mus. Derbiano. 



Obs. Species B. macidnto maxime affinis sed subtus striis nigris 

 lec maculis rotundis aspersa. 



3. Malacoptila fui>vogularis, Sclater. M. capite toto et 

 dorso summo nigris, scapis phnnarum clare fulvis ; dorso, cdis 

 caudaque fidiyinoso-brunueis ; dorso medio punctis paucis tri- 

 angul arib us fulvis ; uropygii plumis anguste fuho marginatis ; 

 Cauda immaculata ; mento et gutture toto clare fulvis ; pectore 

 nigro, scapis pluinartim late albis; ventre pallide fulvescente. 



Long, tota 8"5 ; alte, '6-7 . 



Hub. in Bolivia. Mus. Derbiano. 



Affinis M. torquatce, Hahn. 



4. Malacoptila substriata, Sclater. M. supra umhrino-hrun- 

 nea, capite niyrescentiore ; capite et dorso summo longitrorsum 



fulvo striolatis ; dorsi et uropygii plumis rufescentibus, ochraceo 

 anguste marginatis; alis caudacpie immaculate cinerascenti- 

 brunneis; loris et mystacibus elonyatis, albis; lateribus capitis 

 et corpora infra nigrescentibus, ochraceo et albo late striatis ; 

 gula media et pectore toto rufescenti-ochraceis ; ventre brunneo 

 et ochraceo-ulbido confuse mixto ; cauda subtus cinerascentiore ; 

 rostro pedibusque nigris. 



Long, tota, 7'8 ; alae, 3-8 ; caudae, 3-8. 



Hab. in Nova Grenada. 



5. Malacoptila aspersa, Sclater. M. supra fuliginoso-brun- 

 nea, dorso rufescentiore ; alis caudaque immaculate brimneis ; 

 nucha, dorso toto et alarum tectricibus maculis triangularibus, 

 clare fid vis, aspersis ; loris albescentibus ; regionis auricularis 

 plumarum scapis pallide fulvis ; ?nysfacibus et ^ilumis mentali- 

 bus rigidis ; gula alba; pectore in ferrugineum transeunte ; 

 ventre toto crissoque obscure albis, ferrugineo tinctis ; pectore 

 et ventris lateribus obsolete f uliginoso-striatis ; rostro nigro, 

 mandibida inferior e ad basin flava ; pedibus obscure brunneis. 



Long, tota 7'25 ; alee, 3*2 ; caudae, 3*2. 

 Hab. in Venezuela. Mus. Britannico. 



Obs. Species prsecedenti et M. rnystacali, Lafr., quasi intermedia ; 

 coloribus corporis superi huic, inferioris vero illi approximans. 



I am at present acquainted with about thirty-two species of the 

 fissirostral family Bucconidce, of which I believe the live just de- 

 scribed to be hitherto unrecognised. Two of them are to be found 

 in the Derby Museum at Liverpool ; ot two there are specimens in 

 the British jNIuseum : the only example of the Malacoptila sub- 

 striata 1 have yet seen is in my own collection. 



Four natural genera have been constituted in this family, Bucco, 

 Malacoptila, Monasa, and Chelidoptera. For the more debile and 



