. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 35. CRocoiioRPnus. 3. Cerchneipicus occidentalis. (Plate XI.) 439 Celeus tiimunculus {non Wcujl.), Sclat. Cat. Amer. B. p. , no. 2008 (1862) ; id. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 196,1873, p. 291 ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, iii. p. 96 (1886). Cerchneipicus occidentalis, Hargitt, Ibis, 1889, p. 230. Adult male. Resembles O. tinnunculus below, the underparts, from the lower breast downwards, being barred with black, but differs in having the entire upper parts and upper tail-coverts, also the wings and their coverts, more rufous and very narrowlj- barred wi
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 35. CRocoiioRPnus. 3. Cerchneipicus occidentalis. (Plate XI.) 439 Celeus tiimunculus {non Wcujl.), Sclat. Cat. Amer. B. p. , no. 2008 (1862) ; id. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 196,1873, p. 291 ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, iii. p. 96 (1886). Cerchneipicus occidentalis, Hargitt, Ibis, 1889, p. 230. Adult male. Resembles O. tinnunculus below, the underparts, from the lower breast downwards, being barred with black, but differs in having the entire upper parts and upper tail-coverts, also the wings and their coverts, more rufous and very narrowlj- barred with black, the bars being sometimes only a third the width of the rufous interspaces : occasionally the bars on the back are reduced to transverse spots, and the wing-coverts only slightly spotted with black ; the lateral tail-feathers as well as the basal poition of the others are barred rufous and black; the hind neck is uniform rufous like the top of the head, and the head, chin, and throat are rather darker than in C. tinnunculus, and the under wing-coverts are also more rufous. Total length 10'7 inches, culmen 1'33, wing 642, tail 3"7o, tarsus 0"9o ; toes (without claws)-—outer anterior 1-05, outer posterior 0-92, inner anterior 0'67, inner posterior 0*46. Adult female. Wants the crimson malar stripe possessed by the male, which it in other respects resembles. Total length 10 inches, culmen 1-4, wing 6-05, tail 3-75, tarsus 1. Hab. Korth-east Peru (Upper Ucayali) ; Brazil, probably con- fined to the western part, but precise range in that country not known. a. 5 ad. sk. Brazil. b. S ad. sk. Upper Ucayali, Peruvian Ama- zons, Jul)''. c. (S ad. sk. Samiria, E. Peru, Sept. (J. Hauxwell). Sclater Coll. E. Bartlett [C]. (Type of species.) Salvin-Godmau Coll. 35. CEOCOMORPHUS. Type, ( Bill of Crocvnvrrphm flavus Eanqe. The northern portion of South America ; Guiana, Vene- zuela, and Trinidad; westward into North-east Pem, and east to Please note that
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