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STELGIDOPTERYX UROPYGIALIS (W ) .
ASIIY-RUAIPED ROUGII-AVINGED SWALLOAV.
Cotyle fiavigastra (nec A’’.), Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 18G0, p. 133; Scl. P.Z.S .
I860, p. 292 ; Lawr. Ann. Lyc. X. Y. vii. p. 317 (18G1).
Cotyle rvjicollis (nec Vieill.), Sclater, P. Z. S. ISGO, p. 292 ; id. Cat. Amer. B. p. 41
(1862, pt.).
Cotyle uropygialis, Lawr. Ibis, 1863, p. 181; id. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. viii. p. 3 (1863);
Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1S64, p. 318 ; Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 73, no. 870 (1809).
Stelgidopteryx uropygialis, Baird, Rcvìcav Amer. B. p. 317 (1865); Salv. IL Z. S.
1870, p. 184; Wyatt, Ibis, 1870, p. 100; Scl. & Salv. Xomencl. Av. Xeotr, p, 15
(1873); iid. P.Z.S. 1879, p. 496; Tacz. P.Z.S. 1877, p. 744; Salvin & Godmaii,
Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 238 (1883); Sharpe, Cat. Birds iu Brit. Atns. x.
pp. 209, 637 (1885); Tacz. Orn. Pérou, i. p. 247 (1881).
Stelgidopteryx fultiqula, Baird, Review Amer. B. p. 318 (1865) ; v. Frautz. J. f. O.
1869, p. 295 ; Salv. Ibis, 1869, p. 313, 1870, p. 108,1874, p. 307-
Cotyle fulcigula, Gray, Haud-l. B. i. p. 73, no. 871 (1869).
g io u cm .\.iule8Ìciiseni usq n c ad
S . s im ilis S . ruficol/i, sed s a tu r a tio r e t u roiiygio magis c in c ra sc en te .
Hab. in Co sta R ic a usque ad P an am a ra , Vcnc zuc lam, Colombiam c t ;
E c u a d o riam e t Pe ru v ian ! occidenta lcm.
A d u lt male. S im ila r to S . ruficollis, f rom whicli i t differs ou ly iu h a v in g th e u p p e r su rfa c e m u c h d a rk e r
a n d th e rum p m o re a shy a u d in r a th e r m o re p ro n o u n c ed c o n tr a s t to th e b a ck . T h e browu on
th e u n d e r su rfa c e is d a rk e r ou th e b re a s t a u d flauks, a n d th e yellow ou th e ab d om en somewhat
m o re re s tric te d . T o ta l le n g th 5 inche s, cu lm en O 'l, wing 1 '2 , ta il 1 '9 , ta r su s 0 '3 5 .
A d u lt fem a le . S im ila r to th e male in colour. To ta l len g th I 'o inche s, cu lm en O 'l, w iug 3 '9 , ta il I'S .
t a r s u s O'-l.
Young. E ifle rs from tlie a d u lt in h aving th e rum p c re amy buff, an d iu h a v in g d is tin c t ru fo u s u ia rg iu s to
th e fe a th e rs o f th e u p p e r su rfa c e , especially th e win g -co v c rts a u d in n e r se co n d a rie s ; th e tliro a t
is b r ig h t rufous, as well a s tb e fore n e ck ; th e sides o f th e body b rowu -washed w ith n ifo u s , and
th e r e s t o f th e u u d e rp a rts w h ite w ith a s lig h t tiu g c o f yellow.
Hab. C en tra l Am e ric a , from Costa R ic a to P a n am a . I u S o u th Am e ric a , from Vene zu e la to C olombia,
AVcstei'ii E c u a d o r a n d TVcstcru P e ru .
Tins is a northern race of the ordinary Stelgidopteryx ruficollis of South America, from
which it differs in the ashy colour of the rump. This ehai’acter is always Aveil marked
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