Identifier : monographofjacam00scla ( find matches )
Title : A monograph of the jacamars and puff-birds, or families Galbulid and Bucconid
Year : 1882 ( 1880s )
Authors : Sclater, Philip Lutley, 1829-1913 Sclater, Philip Lutley, 1829-1913
Subjects : Bucconidae Jacamars
Publisher : London, Published for the author by R.H. Porter (etc.)
Contributing Library : Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor : Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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ous birds israther startling. It is seen at a distance through the thick forest with its white breast shining;and when one approaches it seems to stare at the traveller with its great open eyes as if it knewnot what to do. Stupidity and simplicity are so evidently impressed upon it that the Braziliansnaturally call it Joao doido (Silly John). Neither Dr. Burmeister nor Prince Maximilian ofNeuwied were able to ascertain any thing of its nesting-habits. The following is a list of the examples of these birds in my collection and that of Messrs.Salvin and Godman:— No. Sex. Mus. Patria. Long, tota, alse, caudse, rostri. 1. — P. L. S. Brazil. 9-0 3-8 3-9 1-3 2. — P.L. S. Brazil. 7-7 3-7 3-5 1-2 3. — P. L. S. Brazil. 7-5 3-8 3-5 1-2 4. — S.-G. Baliia (Wuchet er). 7-8 3-9 3-7 1-2 5. — S.-G. Novo Fribourgo, B. (Jouds). 7-7 3-7 3-7 )-2 6. — S.-G. Novo Fribourgo, B. (Jouds). 7-8 3-9 3-7 1-2 The figure (Plate XXXIX.) and description are taken from No. 1. Scla-ter. Ja.c fePuffb PI XL
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J GKeulema-ns litn Hanka-rl unp MALACOPT-ILAPAT^AMENSTS S^? I MALACOPTILA PANAMENSIS. THE WHITE-WHISKEEED SOFT-WING.PLATE XL. Malacopfila panamensis, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 79. Bucco iJcinamensis, Gray et Mitch. Gen. B. iii. App. p. 4 (1849). Ca))ito panamensis, Bp. Consp. i, p. 146 (1850). Malacoptila mystacaUs, Lafr. Eev. Zool. 1850, p. 215, t. 3. MalacojJtila panamensis, Scl. P. Z. S 1854, p. 123. Malacoptila aspersa, Scl. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, xiii. p. 477, et Malacoptila mystacalis, Scl. ibid. Malacoptila panamensis, Scl. torn. cit. p. 478 (1854). Malacoptila aspersa, Scl. Syn. Bucc, p. 17, et Malacopfila mystacalis, Scl. op. cit. p. 18, et Malacoptila panamensis, Scl. op. cit. p. 18 (1854). Malacoptila panamensis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 196. Malacoptila aspersa, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 136 et p. 196. Malacoptila mystacalis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 136 et p. 196. Chaunornis panamensis, Bp. Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 13 (1855). Malacoptila panamensis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 297. Malac

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