536 Messrs. sclater and salvin on [June 3, 



uniform colour above, the feathers of the front and vertex being 

 merely slightly edged with brown. 



The tail is nearly square as in other Braehygalba ; the bill is 

 quite black. 



344. Jacamerops grandis (Gm.) ; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 268. 



Remedios. 

 Iris dark. 



Fam. Bucconid^e. 



345. Bucco pectoralis, G. R. Gray, Gen. B. pi. 26 ; Scl. Syn. 

 Bucc. p. 8. 



Neche. 



A species hitherto only known from Panama. 



346. Bucco subtectus, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 270. 

 Neche. 



347. Bucco radiatus, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 271. 

 Remedios, Neche. (Mus. S.-G. and P. L. S.) 



The type specimen of this species (Mus. P. L. S.) is rather 

 whiter below ; but a Bogota skin exactly agreeing with Mr. Salmon's 

 specimens is in Sclater's collection. 



348. Malacoptila castanea, Verreaux, Rev. de Zool. xviii. 

 p. 355, pi. xix. (1866). 



Frontino. (Mus. S.-G. and P. L. S.) 



Mr. Salmon's skins of this fine species agree with others from 

 Ecuador. The type is said to have been received from Bogota. 



349. Malacoptila panamensis, Lafr.; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1870, p. 201. 



Remedios. (Mus. P. L. S.) 



Mr. Salmon's skins cannot be distinguished from Central- American 

 specimens. 



350. Monasa pallescens, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 134, 

 et 1864, p. 287, t. iv. ; Scl. et Salv. Ibis, 1871, p. 374. 



Remedios, Neche. (Mus. S.-G. and P. L. S.) 

 Iris dark. Stomach contained lizards &c. 



Fam. Cuculid^e. 



351. Crotophaga ani (Linn.) ; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 320. 



Retiro, Medellin. 



Iris dark. 



" The nest is simply a mass of sticks with a side entrance. It is 

 generally reported by the natives that several birds lay their eggs 

 in the same nest." — T. K. S. 



352. Crotophaga major, Linn. ; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 320. 

 Neche. 



