FLFVICOLA. 



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Genus FLUVICOLA Swains. 



Fhivicola Swains. Zool. Jouni. iii. p. 172, 1S27. Tvpe F. cJimaztira 

 (Vioill.). 



Fig. 56. — FJtivicola climazjira. 



The members of this genus are conspicuous by their bhick and 

 white colour. The bill is sharply hooked at the tip o£ the upper 

 mandible and furnished with black bristles at the base : the width 

 of the base is about two-thirds the length of the exposed culmen. 

 The wing is rounded, the second, third, fourth, and fifth primaries 

 longest and subequal, the first about equal in length to that of the 

 ninth. The tail is slightly rounded at the tip and about two- 

 thirds the lenoth of the wingr. The tarsus is about twice the 

 length of the exposed culmen and the hind toe and claw about 

 equal in length to that of the inner toe and claw. Coloration: 

 male and female similar. 



31 

 F 

 F 



438. Fluvicola pica. 



Whitp>shouli>krkd Watki!-Tvraxt. 



^Iitacicnpo pica Bodd. Tahl. PI. Knl. p. 42, 17S8 (Cayenne). 

 ^luviculu bicolor Cab. in Sclioiiil). Hcis. (liiian. iii. p. 7l)'J, 1S48. 

 ?lvvicola pica Salviii, Ibis, 188.>, p. 291 ; Sc-later, Cat. \^. Brit. ]Miis. 



xiv. p. 85, 1888 ( (Jeor^utown i : Lloyd Price, Tinieliri (2) v. ]>. 04, 



1891 (nest and ej^f^s) ; Quelcli. toni. eit. j). 91 ( (ieorgetown ) ; 



IJeebe, (^ur Seareli for a Wiklerness, p. 131, 1910 (Georgetown j ; 



Bi-alioiirne k Cliubb, B. S. Anier. i. p. 2()4, no. 2G8G, 1912. 



"Cotton-bird" {Sr/ioinlnm/l) : Silk Cotton-I'^ird ( //. IJoi/d 

 Prlre). 



Adult male. Hinder crown, nape, l)ack, wings, and tail black; 

 iinierniost secondary quills edged with white at the tips and along 



