Birds of Paraguay . 273 
Coccyzus chochi Vieill. N. Diet. <DHist. Nat. viii. p. 272, 
adult (1817). 
Coccyzus chiriri Vieill. t. c. p. 273, juv. 
Diplopterus ncevius Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 24 (Lam- 
bare) ; Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 423. 
Tapera ncevia Lonnberg, Ibis, 1903, p. 239. 
a . Ad. Sapucay, July 31, 1904. 
Bill, culmiual ridge blackish, buff at gape, lower mandible 
rosy pink; tarsi and feet pale slate-blue ; iris buff. 
55. Dromococcyx phasianellus. 
Macropus phasianellus Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 53, pi. xlii. 
(1824 : Tonantins and Solimoens rivers). 
Dromococcyx phasianellus Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. 
p. 426 ; Hellmayr, Abhandl. Akad. Wiss. Miinchen, xxii. 
p. 600 (1906) ; Ihering, Bevista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 335. 
Geophilus jasigatere Bertoni, Aves Nuev. Paraguay, p. 43 
(1901), = Macropus phasianellus Spix, Richmond, Proc. U.S. 
Nat. Mus. xxxv. p. 611 (1908). 
a. S a d. Sapucay, August 14, 1904. 
Bill black above, purple at point and reddish at base below; 
tarsi and feet brownish slate-coloured; iris whitish brown. 
This bird was originally described by Spix from Brazil, 
and was not known to occur in Paraguay until Mr. Bertoni 
(Aves Nuev. Paraguay, p. 43) recorded it as a new species 
under the name of Geophilus jasigatere. 
56. Crotophaga major. 
Crotophaga major Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 363 (1788 : 
Cayenne) ; Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. 17 (1847) ; Berlepsch," 
J.f. O. 1887, pp. 23, 121 (Lambare); Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xix. p. 428 ; Ihering, Bevista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 335 
(1906). 
Anno-guazu Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 348. no. cclxiv. (1805). 
a . $ ad. Sapucay, December 31, 1902. 
Iris yellowish white. 
b. $ ad. Ybytimi, February 8, 1904. 
Bill, tarsi, and feet black; iris pea-green. 
[A rare bird, only to be met with along the large water¬ 
courses in the forests.— W. F.] 
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