I found this new species among the birds of this family in the
British Museum, which I have had full opportunity of examining
through the kindness of Mr. G. R. Gray. In the upper plumage
it closely resembles M. mystacalis, the spots are rather
smaller and more generally distributed than in that species. The
front is fuliginous, the lores whitish. The under surface comes '
nearer to M. substriata, but the throat and mental bristles are
here quite white and not ferruginous, and the spots are not so
dark. The bill resembles in colour that of M. mystacalis, h u t is
more slender in form.
7. Malacoptila mtstacalis (Lafr.).
Mxmasa mysticalis, Lafr. Rev. de Zool. 1850, p. 215. ph ll.
M. fuliginoso-brunnea ; dorsi medii et tecfricum alarium plumis
macula triangulari pallide fulva ad apicem notatis : fronte
loris et plumis mysîaçalibus albis : gula media et pectore toto
ferrugineo-rubro ; ventre .medio albieante ; laterihns,, obsolete-
fulvo striatis: rostro nigro, mandibula inferiore basi 4avo,;
pedibus pallidis.
Long, tots 7*4; alæ 4*0 ; caudæ 3*5.'
Hab. in Nova Grenada.
This and the two preceding and next following spècies are remarkable
for the great development of the rictal bristles and the
quasi moustachios descending from eaeh side of the chin, whence
M. de Lafresnaye formed his name for this bird. The present
species maybe distinguished from the tWQ.preceding by thé deep
red-brown throat and breast, Two examples in my possession
came, as M. de Lafresnaye's, from Santa Re di Bogota.
8. Malacoptila panamensis, Lafr.
Malacoptila panamensis, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 79.
Capito panamensis, Bp. Consp. Av. p. 146.
M. supra tota rufo-fusco-brunnea uropygio caudaque intensi-
oribus et unicoloribus : dorsi plumis alæque tectricibus „totis
macula parva pallide fulva fere- triangulari. terminatis : ocu-
lorum ambitu auriumque tectriçibüs viyide rufis, earum scapis
gracilibus pallidioribus : vitta frontali aliaque mystaciforma
_ utrinque a mandibula inféra descendente niveis, hujus .vittæ
sicut menti et colli laterum plumis strictis, elongatis, acumi-
natis et rigidiusculis : subtus rufescenti-albescens ; mento
hujusdem colons ; collo antico et pectore. supremo ferru-
■gineis : pectoris imi vehtrisque plumis sordide albis, nigro-
fusco marginatis quasi large reticulatis ; hypochondriis rufes-
centibus : rostro elongato, nigro, basi vibrissis pilisque elongatis
rigidissimis obtecto : pedibus pallidis, digito medio ut
rite in hoc genere longissimo.
Long, totâ 18 cent. ; alæ 9 cent. ; caudæ 7 cent.
Hab. in prov. Panama.
I have given M. de Lafresnaye^s description of this species,
with which I am not well acquainted, having seen but one specimen
that I imagine belongs to it. This is in the Derby Museum
at Liverpool, and was obtained by De Lattre at Coban in June
1843. The example from which M. de Lafresnaye took his
specific characters was brought by the same active collector from
Panama, and is now in the Philadelphian Museum.
9. Malacoptila inoenata (Du Bus).
Mmasa inornata, Du Bus, Bull. Ac. Brux. xiv. pt. 2. p. 107 ; Rev. Zool.
1848, p. 249 ; Bp. Consp. Àv. p. 147.
M. supra sordide fusea : dorsi et teetricum alarum minorum et
mediarum plumis singulis apice- rufescente maculatis: uropygio
et cauda fuscescenti-rufis : capitis lateribus fuscis, plumis
• singulis in medio longitrorsum rufescente striolatis : collo
antico pectore epigastrio et hypochondriis rufescente et fusco
variis ; ventre albido ; remigi-bus obscure fuscis : rostro obscure
fusco, apiculo et subtus flavicante : pedibus fuscescentibus,
.^.unguibus fuscis.
Long. 17 cent.
Hab. in Guatimala.
M. Du Bus says that this species is nearly allied to his
M.. unitorques, i. e. M .fu s c a , but without any collar or longitudinal
stride above. I t does not seem to agree with any bird of
the genus -with which I am acquainted.
B. Nonnula, Sclater.
10. Malacoptila rubecula (Spix).
Bucco rubecula, Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 51. t. 39. fig. 1.
Monasa phaioleucos, Temm. PI. Col. 323. fig. 2.
f Cuculus rufalbinus, Temm./ CUv. Règn. An. i, 455,
Lypomix rubecula, Sw. Orn. Dr. pi. 35.
Monasa rubecula, Gray’s Gen. p. 74 ; Gray, List of B. M. p. 50 ; Bp. Consp.
p. 147.
M. cinerascenti-brunnea : gula et pectore brunneo-rufescentibus :
loris et venire medio albis : rostro nigro.
Long, tota 6*0 ; alæ 2*5.
Hab. prope pagum Malhada flumini S. Franeisci proximum
, (Spix) ; in sylvis Û. Amazonum (Wallace).
The preceding characters are-drawn up from a specimen bec
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