BUCCO ORDL 



ORD'S PUFF-BIED. 

 PLATE XXV. 



Bucco ordii, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1851, p. 154, pi. 8. 



Bucco ordi, Scl. Ann. N. H. ser. 2, xiii. p. 359 (1854). 



Bucco ordi, Scl. Syn. Bucc. p. 9 (1854). 



Bucco ordi, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 196. 



Tamatia ordi, Bp. Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 13 (1854). 



Bucco ordii, Pelz. Sitz. Ak. Wien, xx. p. 510 (1856). 



Bucco ordi, Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 262. 



Notharchus ordi, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. iv. p. 152 (1863). 



Bucco ordii, Pelz. Orn, Bras. p. 22 (1871). 



Bucco ordi, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 105 (1873). 



Supra niger, in dorso seneo lavatus ; fronte angust^ et torque colli postici albis ; secundariis et caudse tectricibus 

 superioribus albo terminatis; cauda nigra albo medialiter transfasciata et terminata; subtus gula et 

 cervice tota albis, vitta pectorali nigr^, fascia latiore cafseo-brunne^ subtiis marginata, ventre et crisso 

 albis nigro variegatis ; subalaribus nigris, remigum pogoniis internis basin versus albis ; rostro et 

 pedibus nigris : long, tota 7'S, alse 3*4, cauda; 2'5j rostri a rictu 1"4. 



Hab. in Amazonid. 



Obs. Species a prsecedentibus ventris colore brunneo et fascia caudse alba primo visu distinguenda. 



In the autumn of 1856 I had the good fortune to pass nearly a month at Philadelphia, and to be 

 able to devote much time to the examination of the magnificent series of birds belonging to the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of that city. There also I had the pleasure of making the 

 acquaintance of the late John Cassin, one of the first of his countrymen who paid attention to 

 general ornithology, and who at that time had the care of the ornithological gallery of the 

 Academy. Amongst the many rare types which I inspected under Mr. Cassin's guidance was 

 the original specimen of the present Puff-bird, described by him in 1851, and named after 

 Mr. George Ord, of Philadelphia, " the Nestor of American naturalists, the early and constant 

 friend and biographer of the great Alexander Wilson." 



The locality attributed to the Philadelphian specimen, which I believe was purchased of a 

 dealer in Paris, is "Venezuela." We have, however, fortunately more certain information on 

 this subject from Natterer, who as long ago as 1831 had obtained examples of this species on 

 the Rio Xie and Rio l9anna — two upper confluents of the' Rio Negro— though his discovery of it 

 was not made known until after Cassin's publication. Natterer met with a pair near a " sitio," 

 on the Rio Xie, sitting still on a high tree, and obtained a single female on the Rio I^anna. 

 Scl. Jac. & Puffb. No. XI.— May, 1880. m 



