OF NEW OB LITTLE KNOWN BIRDS. 



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62. ScAPHiDURA barita. 



Bill l^% inch 

 from the front. 

 Plumage deep 

 black, glossed 

 with lilac pur- 

 ple on the head 

 and body. 



Inhabits Bra- 

 zil, {fig. 53. a) 

 Total length 

 1 4 inches ; bill 

 from the gape 

 I^'; wings 7 ; 

 tail, beyond, 2i; base 6; tarsus If^; middle toe and claw the 

 same. 



63, ScAPHiDURA crassirostra. 



Bill little more than one inch from the front. 

 Plumage deep glossy blacky without any other tint. 



(fig- 53. h) 



Inhabits Brazil. Mus. Nost. 



Total length 11^; bill, from the gape ly^; wings 5\; tail, 

 beyond, li; base 4^; tarsus l-j|; middle toe and claw 1-f'g. 

 Bill thicker and shorter than in the last. The black of the 

 plumage has a tinge of blue, but there are no positive reflec- 

 tions : the casque is broader, but does not extend so far back 

 on the forehead. 



64. ScoLEcoPHAGUS seviceus. 



Bill thick, short. Plumage black, richly glossed with 

 purple. Tail even : wings more than 4>^ inches long. 

 Icterus sericeus, Lich. Berlin Cat. 



Inhabits Brazil. Mus. Nost. 



General appearance of an AiiUaius, but the culmen is not 

 flattened, and the tip of the upper mandible is bent over the 

 under, as in Qiiiscalus, vvith which it would be associated,^ ut 

 for its flattened tail : both this and the next seem, therefore, to 

 connect Quiscalus to Scolccophagus. The wings have a slight 

 greenish gloss, but that on the body is rich, uniform purple. 

 T>ita] lengtli 8 inches; bill, gape ^^j ; wings ^-/g; tail, beyond, 

 1 A; base 3fy; tarsus I ; inner toe rather shortest. 



