BUCCO MACULATUS. 



THE SPOTTED PUFF-BIRD. 

 PLATE XXXII. 



Ispida hrasiliensis nmvia, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 524 (1760). 



Alcedo maculata, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 451 (1788). 



Alcedo maculata. Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 258 (1790). 



Tamatia tamajac, Levaill. Ois. de Par. iii. Suppl. p. 44, t. f (1806). 



Bucco somnolentus, Licht. Doubl. p. 8 (1823). 



CapHo maculatus, Wagl. Syst. Av. Capita, sp. 7 (1827). 



Tamatia tamajac. Less. Trait. d'Orn. p. 168 (1831). 



Tamatia somnolenta, Sw. B. of Brazil, t. 9 (1841). 



Bucco maculatus, Gray et Mitch. Gen. B. i. p. 74 (1846). 



Bucco maculatus, Gray, List of Fiss. B. M. p. 48 (1848). 



Tamatia maculata, Bp. Consp. i. p. 147 (1850). 



Capito maculatus, Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 289 (1851). 



Bucco maculatus, Scl. Ann. N. H. ser. 2, xiii. p. 363 (1854). 



Bucco maculatus, Scl. Syn. Bucc. p. 13 (1854). 



Nyctastes maculatus, Bp. Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 13 (1854). 



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



Bucco maculatus, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 271 (1862). 



Nystalus maculatus. Cab. et Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 139 (1863). 



Bucco maculatus, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 106 (1873). 



Siiprk nigrescens fusco maculatus ; loris, superciliis et torque colli postico ex cinnamomeo albidis ; subtus 

 albuSj cervice antica clare cinnamomeo-rufd, pectore et ventris lateribus maculis rotundis uigris 

 ornatis; ventre medio et mento pure albis; cauda nigra fusco regulariter trans vittata ; subalaribus 

 et remigum marginibus internis albis ; rostro rubro, culmine et basi nigris ; pedibus plumbeis : long, 

 tota 8"0, alse 3'2^ caudse 2"8^ rostri 1'7. Fern, mari similis. 



Hab. in Brasilia orientali^ in vicinitate ui'bis Bahia. 



This PufF-bird — one of the earliest of the group known to us, and probably the true " Tamatia " of 

 Marcgrave — was first technically described by Brisson, who referred it to the Kingfishers, under 

 the name Ispidina hrasiliensis ncevia. Upon Brisson's description Gmelin founded his Alcedo 

 maculata, and thus furnished us with the specific title by which the bird is usually known. 



In 1806 Levaillant gave a description and figure of the present species in tht^ supplementary 

 plates attached to the third volume of his ' Oiseaux de Paradis.' Levaillant called it " le Tamatia 

 Tamajac,'' pointing out, quite correctly, that it difiered from true '^'^ Tamatia" in the shape of 

 the bill, and compounding a new French name for it (according to his habitual practice) from 



