P l a t e I I .
LIPAUGUS SUBALARIS.
amOW-SIDED MOUENEE).
JApaugus suhularis S d a le r, P.Z.S. 1861, p. 210.
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to ta 10-5, al® 5'1, caudaj 4. 2, ta rs i 0'9.
Ha h . in E ep . .S q u a to ria li, ad rip as fl- Napo.
sinc e Mr. Sclater described this enrious bird from the single example in the British
Mnseum he has obtained a second specimen o f it. rvbich has allowed us to add some additional
notes to his fonner description, and from which the present figure is taken.
The oorreot place o f this species in the genus Lipanxjus appears to be near Up au gus
am r a fa and i . amraMtts. and not along with L . hjpopyrrhus and its allies, as Mr. Sclater
formerly supposed. The two external digits are certainly further muted than m L . cneracms
and L . unirufm, but not so far as in the case o f L. hgpopgrrhus and its neighbonvs. In the last
mentioned section also the sexes appear to be differently clothed, and there is a brightly eolpin-ed
tuft on each side o f the breast, which does not oecm- in the present form.
The wings of L . suhalaris are rather longer and more pointed than is usual m this genus.
The first primary is of the same length as the seventh, and about six tenths o f an inch shorter
than the second, which equals the fourth, while the third is longest.
There is no other knotvn species liable to be confounded with the present bird, which is
recognizable at first sight by its bright sidplim'-yellow nnder-wing-coverts. It would appear to
he rare in collections, the two examples above alluded to, which are both from the forest-region
of the Eio Napo, being, so far as we know, the only specimens o f this bird m Europe.
OCTOBEE, 18CG.