OF NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN BIRDS. 



321 



belly, golden yellow : front, ears, throat, and breast, 

 drab or fulvous brown : body, beneath, greenish yellow. 



Inhabits the interior of Guiana. Mr. Schomburgh. 



Total length 8i inches ; bill, gape ^^ ; wings 5f^ ; tail, 

 beyond, 2 ; ditto, base 4i. 



121. Centropus Burchellii. 



Above, cinereous ; beneath, whitish : crown, nape, 

 and ears, black : feathers of the neck and interscapulars 

 with a central white stripe, margined with black : rump 

 and upper tail covers transversely lineated with greyish 

 white and black : tail black, tipt with white; the feathers 

 lineated at their base. 



Inhabits South Africa. Dr. Burchell's Coll. 412. 



Total length about 13 inches; bill, gape l-j^g ; wings?; tail, 

 beyond, 5; from the base 9; tarsus 1^; hind toe and cla.v 

 1^. Closely resembles C. Senegalensis ; but is rather larger, 

 and distinguished by the white stripes and the narrow bars on 

 the upper plumage : the shafts of the neck feathers are re- 

 markably thick. 



122. Crotophaga Icevi- ^^^"^ ' ~--^ ^5 



rostra. '\".^ v*",. 



Entirely black : feathers of ' 

 the body with a slight mar- 

 ginal gloss. Bill with the cul- 

 men smooth, (fg. 65. a) 



Inhabits Brazil. 



Total length about I4i inches ; 

 bill, from the gape l-jL ; wings 6-,-q ; t::^ 

 tail, beyond, about 4^ ; tarsus 1-^. 



123. Crotophaga rugi- 



7'ostra. 



Entirely black : feathers of 

 the body with glossy margins. 

 Bill with the culmen and sides 

 transversely wrinkled, {fig- 

 65. h) 



Inhabits Southern Brazil. 



A slight degree smaller than the 

 last. The sexes are similar, and 

 both have been hitherto con- 

 founded as one species. 



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