. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 344 PTERorxocniDJ!. a. $ ad. St. Brazil. Zool. Soc. Coll. ^ c. cf 2 ad.; d. Brazil. Sclater Coll. S \r. sk. e. d'jr.;/. $ Salvin-Godmau Coll. ad. sk. 3. LIOSCELES. r^ypg, Liosceles, <SV/. P. Z. S. 1864, p. (JlO L. tlioracicus. I formerly referred this curious form, which was one of Natterer's numerous discoveries in the Madeira district, to PterojAochus. But. Head of Liosceles tkuracicus. the shorter and perfectly smooth tarsi and straighter hill Avith ascending gonys fully justify its generic isolation. Key to the Species, A.
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 344 PTERorxocniDJ!. a. $ ad. St. Brazil. Zool. Soc. Coll. ^ c. cf 2 ad.; d. Brazil. Sclater Coll. S \r. sk. e. d'jr.;/. $ Salvin-Godmau Coll. ad. sk. 3. LIOSCELES. r^ypg, Liosceles, <SV/. P. Z. S. 1864, p. (JlO L. tlioracicus. I formerly referred this curious form, which was one of Natterer's numerous discoveries in the Madeira district, to PterojAochus. But. Head of Liosceles tkuracicus. the shorter and perfectly smooth tarsi and straighter hill Avith ascending gonys fully justify its generic isolation. Key to the Species, A. Smaller: head hrown; hreast-hand red and yellow !• t/wracictts, p. 344. B. Larger: head blackish ; hreast-hand red .... 2. erit/uicus,-p. B45. 1. Liosceles thoracicus. Pteroptochus thoracicus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. G09, pi. xxxviii. (Kio Madeira) ; Peh. Oi-n. Bras. p. 46. Liosceles thoracicus, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl, p. 76 ; Scl. Ibis, 1874, p. 200. Above fulvous-brown, rather brighter on lower back ; rump with obsolete black cross bauds; lores, superciliaries, and ear-coverts white mixed with blackish ; wings and tail brown; wing-coverts with slight white shaft-spots which are margined with black: beneath from chin to middle of belly white ; breast tinged with pale yellow and crossed by an irregular band of orange-red; sides of belly, crissum, and flanks thickly covered with black concentric cross bands which are terminated with fulvous ; bill above black, beneath white ; feet brown : whole length 6-3 inches, wing 2-9, tail 3. Hab. llio Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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