XEOMORPHUS. — TAPERA. 44 3 



303. Neomorplius ruflpennis. 



Rufous-winged Cuckoo. 



(Plate IX.) 



C ulf rides rnjlpennis Gray, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 63, pi. s. (Gruiana). 

 Seomorjjlins riijipennis Cab. & Hein. Mus. Heine, iv. p. 92, note, 1862 ; 



Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 249 ; id. op. cit. 1866, p. 60 ; Pelz. Orn. Bra?. 



p. 272, 1871; Scl. & Salv. Xomencl. Av. Xeotr. p. 107, 1873; 



Lawr. Ibis, 1873. pp. 292, 29-5 ; Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 63 (Camacusa) ; 



Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 418, 1891 ; Brabourne & Ciiubb, 



B. S. Amer. i. p. 153, no. 1494, 1912. 



Adult. Head, hind-neck, and a broad band across the fore-neck 

 blue-Hack, becoming more green on the back and upper wing- 

 coverts ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blue-black, 

 becoming purple on the secondaries, which are edged with dark 

 red on the outer webs, as are also some ot" the greater coverts : 

 lower back bronze-green ; tail purple, the tips and outer feathei's 

 green with purple reflections, the outermost {)air blue-black ; 

 throat and abdomen dusky grey ; under tail-coverts blackish ; 

 lower aspect of tail blue-black. 



Total length 500 mm., culmen 44, wing 3 60, tail 235, tarsus 75. 



The bird described was collected on the Supenaam River. 



Breeding-season. Unknown. 



jS^est. Unrecorded. 



Eggs. Un described. 



Range. Confined to British Guiana : Ituribisi River, Supe- 

 naam River, Muzuruni River (McConnell collection) ; Kamakusa 

 {Whitely). 



Habits. Unrecorded. 



Genus TAPERA Thunl). 



Tapera Thunberg, Goth. K. Yet. Handl. 1S19, p. (?), pi. (?). Ty]w 

 T. noEvia (Linn.). 



In this genus the upper tail-coverts are very long and reach to 

 the middle of the tail ; llie bill is short, arched, and compressed ; 

 the tail-feathers are narrow. 



304. Tapera nsevia. 



Brown ('uckoo. 



Cuculus necvius Linn. Syst. Xat. 12tli ed. i. p. 170, 1766 (Cayenne). 

 Diplopterus galerihis Cab. in Schomb. Keis. Guian. iii. p. 713, 184S. 

 Dijiloptn-nH iKPrii/s Salvin, Il)is, ISSfi, p. Gl ( Hartica Grove, Roraiina); 



