BY II. E. STRICKIjAND. 
axillary tufts bright orange anteriorly, sulphur yellow posteriorly ; 
beak and legs black. 
2 Uniform pale brown above, dirty white below. 
Total length, 3.7; beak to front, 6; to gape, 7i ; wing, 2.1; all 
the reetrices, i . 6 ; tarsus, 6j. 
VII.— ON THE DISTINCTNESS OF MONASA FUSCA (Gm.), 
FROM M. TORQUATA (Hahn.) 
The bird termed Bucco fuscus by Gmelin and Tamatia brun by 
Le Vaillant, has been regarded by Prince Bonaparte, Wagler, and 
other modern writers, as the young of the species which Hahn 
named Bucco torquatus , and Spix B. striatus. A specimen of the 
former, in the collection of T. C. Eyton, Esq., has enabled me to 
prove that these two birds, so long confounded, are in fact quite 
distinct. This will be sufficiently evident on a comparison of their 
descriptive characters. 
(1.) MONASA TORQUATA (Hahn). 
Syn. — Bucco torquatus , ITahn, Ausl. Vdg. pi. 13. p. 5. 
Bucco striatus , Spix, Av. Braz. v. 1, pi. 40. f. 2. 
Lypornix striata , Swains. Birds Braz. pi. 34. 
Bucco fuscus, Licht. Vcrz. Doubl. p. 8. 
Monasa fusca, Bonap. in Journ. Acad. Phil. v. 4, p. 370. 
Lypornix twquata , adult, Wagl. Syst. Av. sp. 4. 
Plumage brown, streaked with yellowish rufous ; a rufous patch 
in front of the eye ; a large white patch on the upper breast, 
followed by a black band ; lower breast plain rufous ; beak wholly 
black ; tail, 3 . 5 long. 
Habitat, Brazil. 
(2.) Monasa fusca ( Gm.). 
Syn. — W hite Breasted Barbet, Lath. Syn. v. 2, p. 505. 
Tamatia brun , Le Vaill. Ois. Parad. v. 2, pi. 43. 
Bucco fuscus, Gm. Syst. v. 1, p. 408. 
Lypornix torquata, juv. Wagl. Syst. Av. sp. 4. 
Monasa unitorques, Dubus in Bullet. Acad. Brux. 1848. 
