. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum . undinacea,-Sm. Zool. III. ser. 1, pi. tersa, i>p. Conqh i. p. 232; Cab. Mvs. Hein. i. p. 329 ; P,urm. Si/st. Ueb. iii. p. 191; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 55; Gray, Hand-l. ii. p. 77; Salv. ^ Godm. Ibis, 1879, p. 199; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 597 ; iid. Nomencl. p. 17 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 132 ; Salv. Cat. Stricld. Coll. p. 178 ; id. Ibis, 1885, p. 207 (Brit. Guiana).Procnias crerulea, Dm6o2s, Eev. Zool. 1861, p. 620; Berlepsch, Ibis, 1881, p. occidentalis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1854, p. 240, 1855, p. 15-3, 1858, 1. PEOCXIAS. 5
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum . undinacea,-Sm. Zool. III. ser. 1, pi. tersa, i>p. Conqh i. p. 232; Cab. Mvs. Hein. i. p. 329 ; P,urm. Si/st. Ueb. iii. p. 191; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 55; Gray, Hand-l. ii. p. 77; Salv. ^ Godm. Ibis, 1879, p. 199; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 597 ; iid. Nomencl. p. 17 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 132 ; Salv. Cat. Stricld. Coll. p. 178 ; id. Ibis, 1885, p. 207 (Brit. Guiana).Procnias crerulea, Dm6o2s, Eev. Zool. 1861, p. 620; Berlepsch, Ibis, 1881, p. occidentalis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1854, p. 240, 1855, p. 15-3, 1858, 1. PEOCXIAS. 51 pp. 74, 452, 1860, p. 375 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 55 ; Gray, Hand-l. 77 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 56G (Ucayali),l867, p. 749(E. Peru) et p. 977 (Pebas), 1868, p. 167 (Venezuela), 1869, p. 597(W. Peru), 1873, p. 260 (E. Peru); ikJ. Nomencl. p. 17; Pelz. p. 132 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 518 (Central Peru) ; id. , ii. p. Cferulea occidentalis, Berl. 0. 1884, p. 288; Berl. etTacz. P. Z. S. 1885, p. Structure of Procnias. Brigtt turquoise-blue ; -svings aud tail black, edged with similarblue ; front, sides of the face, and throat jet-black; middle of bellyand crissum pure white; sides of belly blue, traversed by narrowblack cross bauds ; bill black ; feet dark brown : whole length 6inches, wing 3-7, tail 2-2. Female. Above bright green; wingsand tail brownish black, edged with similar green : below green,crossed by narrow yello^\^sh transverse bars ; middle of belly andcrissum pale yellow ; throat greyish brown, minutely freckled ; billplumbeous; feet brown. Hah. South America from Colombia down to Bolivia and S. Brazil. Specimens of Procnias, except those from Brazil, seem ratherreferable to the smaller subspecies, occidentalis. But some of themare certainly intermediate in size; I therefore now quite agreewith Messrs. Salvin and Godman (Ibis, 1879, p. 199) that thesmaller form is untenable as a species, the difference being
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