Mr. P. L. Sclater on new Birds from South America, 467 



tish Museum, where it first attracted my notice. The beautiful 

 series of birds recently transmitted by M. Levraud, the French 

 Consul at Caraccas, to the Museum of the Jardin des Plantes at 

 Paris (which I have lately had the opportunity of inspecting 

 through the courtesy of the Directors of that establishment), 

 contains a single example of the same bird, which has enabled 

 me to assure myself of its locality. 



This is one of the species of this form that shows the greatest 

 ' rapprochement ' towards SyhiorthorhynchuSj the tail being com- 

 posed of eight rectrices only, and the outer pair of these being 

 abnormally small. 



DiGLOssopis, gen. nov. 



DiylossopiSy genus novum Diglossce proximum, et rostro simili 

 sed productiore ; mandibulse superioris apice non uncinata sed 

 supra mandibulam inferiorem for titer incur va : hac autem rec- 

 tissima, acutissima, nee seorsum curvata : alis modicis, remi- 

 gibus tertia et quarta longissimis, secunda quintam sequante 

 et primam paulo superante : cauda modica quadrata : pedibus 

 Difflossa assimilibus. 



2. DiGLOSSOPIS C^RULESCENS. 



D. cserulescenti-cinerea fere unicolor, subtus in ventre dilutior : 

 alis caudaque intus nigricantibus : loris et rostri ambitu ob- 

 scuris : rostro nigro : pedibus brunneis. 

 Long, tota 6*0; alse 2*9; caudae 2*3 poll. Angl. 

 Hab, in vie. urbis Caraccas in Venezuela. 

 Mus. Bremensi et Parisiensi. 



Dr. Hartlaub first pointed out this curious bird to me when I 

 was on a visit to Bremen in 1854 and inspecting the well-ordered 

 collection of birds in the museum of that city. The single spe- 

 cimen there is without indication of locality, and I was conse- 

 quently unwilling to describe it. I never met with this species 

 again until quite lately among the before-mentioned series of 



birds sent to Paris by M. Levraud from Caraccas. 



I think there is no doubt that it ought to form the type of 

 a new genus of Diglossince. 



3. DiGLOSSA INDIGOTICA. 



Biglossa indigotica, J. & E. Verreaux, MS. 

 D. indigotico-cserulea unicolor : loris nigris : alis caudaque nigris 



cserulescenti-viridi limbatis : rostro et pedibus nigris. 

 Long, tota 4*3; alse 2'2; caudse 1*4 poll. Angl. 

 Hah, in rep. Equatoriana. 



MM. J. & E. Verreaux have kindly supplied me with a spe- 

 cimen of this beautiful Diglossa as yet undescribed, and for 



