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the Cauca valley, the latter near Santa Marta. It also reaches Venezuelan territory, 
as Goering met with it near Puerto Cabello. 
A specimen shot by Mr. Nutting had a large beetle in its mouth 2%. 
2. Pteroglossus frantzii. 
Pieroglossus frantzii, Cab. Sitz. Ber. Ges. naturf. Freunde z. Berlin, 1861‘; J. f. Orn. 1862, 
p. 883°; Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. ix. p- 129°; v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 362%; Salv. 
P. Z.S. 1870, p. 211°; This, 1874, p. 329°; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 477; Zeledon, An. 
Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 123°; Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xix. p. 142°. 
Supra saturate olivaceus, capite toto undique nigro, torque nuchali saturate castanea, uropygio et tectricibus 
supracaudalibus coccineis: subtus gutture toto et plaga pectorali nigris, fascia lata abdominali coccinea ; 
corpore subtus reliquo flavo-coccineo irregulariter tincto; tibiis castaneis ; rostri maxilla (culmine nigro 
excepto) fere omnino flavida ad basin rufescente; mandibula nigra; oculorum ambitu forsan coccineo et 
pedibus viridibus ut in Pt. torquato. Long. tota circa 18°0, ale 6-0, caudee 6-0, rostri a rictu 4:7, 
tarsi 1-7. (Descr. maris ex Volcan de Chiriqui. Mus. nostr.) 
© mari similis. 
Hab. Costa Rica!, Aguacate Mts.?, San Mateo* (v. Frantzius), San José, Angostura 
(Carmiol*), San Carlos (Boucard’), Pozo Azul de Pirris, Las Trojas, Monte 
Redondo (Zeledon®) ; Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Arcé*), Veraguas 
(Merritt ®). 
This species has not been found outside the limits of Costa Rica and the adjoining 
parts of the State of Panama, where, however, it appears to be common in the latter 
country to the exclusion apparently of its near ally P. torquatus. It differs from that 
species in the colour of the maxilla, which is wholly yellow towards the end. Across 
the abdomen is a broad scarlet band instead of a much narrower black one as in the 
allied form. 
Long before the discovery of this species in Costa Rica, Dr. Merritt had obtained 
specimens in Veraguas, which remained undescribed in his collection and unnoticed 
until Salvin saw them in 1874 ®. 
3. Pteroglossus sanguineus, 
Pieroglossus sanguineus, Gould, Mon. Rhamph. ed. 2, sub t. 21'; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1867, 
p- 109°; Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xix. p. 143°. 
Pteroglossus erythropygius, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 136°. 
Supra saturate nigricanti-olivaceus, capite toto intense nigro, torque cervicali nulla, uropygio et tectricibus 
supracaudalibus coccineis: subtus gutture, plaga pectorali et fascia abdominali nigris, corpore subtus 
reliquo flavo coccineo tincto; tibiis castaneis ; rostro albicanti-flavido, culmine stria laterali (interrupta) 
et mandibula plerumque nigris. Long. tot. circa 18-0, ale 5-6, caude 6°5, rostri a rictu 4:2, tarsi 1-4. 
(Descr. exemp. typ. in Mus. Brit. ex patria ignota.) 
Hab. Panama, R. Truando (Wood ® 4). 
This form was only doubtfully separated by Gould from his P. erythropygius, but 
accepted by Cassin and Mr. Sclater as distinct, the former writer fixing its habitat to 
