MALACOPTILA RUFA. 



THE EED SOFT-WINa. 

 PLATE XXXVIII. 



Bucco rufus, Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 62, t. 40. fig. 1 (1824). 



Lypornix rufa, Wagl. Syst. Av. Lypornix, sp. 5 (1827). 



Bucco rufus, Hahn, Orn. Atl. Bucco, t. 4 (1841). 



Capita senilis, Tsch. Faun. Per. Aves, p. 259 (1845-46). 



Monasa rufa, Gray et Mitch. Gen. B. i. p. 74 (1846). 



Monasa rufa. Gray, List of Fiss. B, M. p. 50 (1848). 



Monasa rufus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 147 (1850). 



Malacoptila rufa, Scl. Ann. N. H. ser. 2, xiii. p. 474 (1854). 



Malacopfila rufa, Scl. Syn. Bucc. p. 15 (1854). 



Scotocharis rufa, Bp. Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 13 (1854). 



Malacoptila rufa, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 196. 



Monasa rufa, Pelz. Sitz. Ak. Wien, xx. p. 513 (1856). 



Malacoptila rifa, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 272 (1862). 



Malacoptila rufa, Cab. et Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 130 (1863). 



Malacoptila rufa, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 583. 



Monasa rifa, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 23 (1871). 



Malacoptila rufa, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 106 (1873). 



Malacoptila rufa, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 295. 



Malacoptila rufa, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 548. 



Supra brunnea ; alls caudaque f uscis^ illarum tectricibus extus dorso concoloribus ; pileo cinereo striis tenuibus 

 albis ornato ; fronte^ capitis lateribus et cervice postica aurantiaco-rubris ; subtiis pallide fulva, in pectore 

 rufescens^ in ventre magis alba ; vitta pectorali lata alba infrk nigro obsolete marginata ; subalaribus 

 et remigum marginibus internis albis ; rostro obscure corneo^ ad basin mandibulse inferioris flavicante, 

 pedibus pallide fuscis : long, tota 7-Q, alae 3"5^ caudse rectr. med. .2'6, ext. 2"0, rostri 1-2. Fern, mari 

 similis. 



Hab. in Amazonia inf. et sup. 



Like the preceding, this very well-marked Soft-wing has a broad white breast-band, some of the 

 lower feathers of which, however, show a faint indication of black margins, which remind one of 

 the next following member of the genus. But the present species is immediately recognizable 

 from both its allies by its cinereous cap, and by the brilliant orange-red of the front and sides of 

 the head. 



Spix first made this bird known to science. He described and figured it in 1824, in one of 



