47H Mr. P. L. Sclatev on the Fissirostral famili/ Buccouidse. 



8. MaLACOPTILA PANAMENSIS, Lafi'. 



Malacoptila panamensis, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 79. 

 Capita panamensis, Bp. Consp. Av. p. 14f). 



M. supra tota rufo-fusco-brunnea uropygio caudaque intensi- 

 oribus et unicoloribus : dorsi plumis alseque tectricibus totis 

 macula parva pallida fulva fere triangular! terminatis : ocu- 

 loruni ambitu auriuraque tectricibus vivide rufis, earum scapis 

 gracilibus pallidioribus : vitta frontali aliaque raystaciforina 

 utrinque a mandibula infera descendente niveis, hujus vittaj 

 sicut menti et colli laterum plumis strictis^ elongatis, acumi- 

 natis et rigidiusculis : subtus rufescenti-albescens ; mento 

 liujusdem colons; collo antico et pectore supremo ferru- 

 gineis : pectoris imi ventrisque plumis sordide albis, nigro- 

 fusco marginatis quasi large reticulatis ; hypochondriis rufes- 

 centibus : rostro elongato^ nigro, basi vibrissis pilisque elon- 

 gatis rigidissimis obtecto : pcdibus pallidis, digito medio ut 

 rite in hoc gencre longissimo. 



Long, tota 18 cent. ; alae 9 cent. ; caudse 7 cent. 



Hub. in prov. Panama. 



I have given M. de Lafresnaye's description of this species, 

 with which I am not well acquainted, having seen but one s])e- 

 cimen that I imagine belongs to it. This is in the Dei'by Museum 

 at Liverpool, and was obtained by De Lattre at Coban in June 

 1843. The example from which ]\L de Lafresnaye took his 

 specific characters was brought by the same active collector from 

 Panama, and is now in the Philadelphian Museum. 



9. Malacoptila inornata (DuBus). 



Monasa inornata, Du Bus, Bull. Ac. Brux. xiv. pt. 2. p. 107 ; Rev. Zool. 

 1848, p. 249 ; Bp. Consp. Av. p. 147. 



M. supra sordide fusca : dorsi et tectricum alarum minorum et 

 mediarum plumis singulis apice rufescente maculatis : uro- 

 pygio et Cauda fuscescenti-rufis : capitis lateribus fuscis, plumis 

 singulis in medio longitrorsum rufescente striolatis : collo 

 antico pectore epigastrio et hypochondriis rufescente et fusco 

 variis ; ventre albido ; remigibus obscure fuscis : rostro obscure 

 fusco, apiculo et subtus fiavicante : pedibus fuscescentibus, 

 unguibus fuscis. 



Long. 17 cent. 



Hub. in Guatimala. 



M. Du Bus says that this species is nearly allied to his 

 M. unitorques, i. e. M. fusca, but without any collar or longi- 

 tudinal st7-ice above. It does not seem to agree with any bird of 

 the genus with which I am acquainted. 



