Mr. P. L. Sclater on the Fissirostra I family Buccouidae. 363 



province of Bahia, yet not often. It is a still, solitary bird, and 

 he never heard its voice. Generally it sits upon a low bough, 

 or hops in the thick bush upon the ground.^^ 



The form of the bill in this species is very much compressed, 

 in other respects the general habit of the bird is not far removed 

 from that of the more typical Buccones. 



12. Bucco LANCEOLATus, Dcville. 



Bucco lanceolattts, Deville, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1849, p. 56. 



B. supra brunneus : subtus albus nigro longitudinaliter striatiis : 



fronte anguste albo : crisso rufescente. 

 Long, tota 5*5. 

 Hab. Pampa del Sacramento in Peruv. (Dev.) ; Rio Napo(Jardine). 



I noted dowTi the preceding short description (which, however, 

 I think is sufficient to identify this peciiliar species) when I 

 examined the type-specimen in the Paris Museum. M. Deville's 

 account of it is as follows (see Kev. et Mag. de Zoologie, /. c.) : 

 " Above reddish brown, rather brighter on the head, ears and 

 upper tail-coverts; with a narrow terminal band more or less 

 clear upon the back and coverts. Below spotted with white 

 and black : tail brown above, gray below, mth two black spots, 

 one at the base and the other nearly at the extremity, which is 

 gray : two medial rectrices brown and without spots : the outer 

 pair of rectrices spotted only on the inner web, the outer web 

 being gray. Crissum cinnamon colour. Length lOi cent.^^ 



Sir William Jardine has an example of this bird received in a 

 collection from the Rio Napo. 



13. Bucco MACULA TUS (Gm.). 



Alcedo maculata, Gm. S. N. i. p. 451. 



Bucco somnolentus, Licbt. Verz. d. Doubl. p. 8. 



Capita maculatus, Wagl. S. A. sp. 7; Temm. Tabl. Meth. p. 41. 



Tamatia somnolenta, Sw. Om. Draw. pi. 9. 



he Tamajac, Le Vail. Ois. de Par. Suppl. t. F, 



Tamatia tamajac. Less. Man. i. p. 168. 



Tamatia maculata, Bp. Consp. p. 14/. 



Bucco maculatus, Gray's Gen. p. 74 ; Grray, Last of B. M. p. 48. 



B. supra nigrescens: singulis pennis irregolariter rufescente trans- 

 versim vittatis ; capite obscuriore : loris superciliis et vitta 

 coUari rufescentibus : subtus albus ; collo antico clare rufes- 

 centi-fulvo : mento pure albo : pectore et ventris lateribus 

 maculis rotundis nigris signatis: rostro rubro, colmiue et basi 

 nigro : pedibus plumbeis. 



Long, tota 7S ; alse 30 ; caudse 2'7. 



Hab. in Brasilia; Para; Bahia (Licht.). 



