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tipped with buffy-white ; upper mandible black ; under mandible 

 yellow, with a black tip ; feet yellow. 



Total length 4£ inches; bill 1^; wing 2J; tail 1}. 



Hab. Supposed to be Brazil. 



Remark. — This bird is considerably smaller than G. ncevius, and 

 has a less cuneate tail. It is possible that this may be one of the 

 sexes of Glaucis Dohrni ; many of its colours would induce such a 

 belief; and if such should prove to be the case, that bird must be re- 

 moved from the genus Glaucis to that of Grypus. I have named this 

 bird in honour of the celebrated traveller Spix, in whose work there 

 occurs a figure of a bird (G. ruficollis) which somewhat resembles 

 my specimen : not so, however, the accompanying description, which 

 appears to be that of the species so frequently sent from Rio de 

 Janeiro, and which is generally known as Grypus ncevius. 



Glaucis melantjra, Gould. 



Centre of the throat, chest, and under surface buff ; a streak of 

 dark brown passes downwards from the base of the lower mandible, 

 between which and the ear-coverts is a stripe of buff ; there is also a 

 line of buff behind the eye ; crown of the head brown ; back of the 

 neck, upper surface, and two middle tail-feathers golden-green ; upper 

 tail-coverts narrowly edged with grey ; basal portion of the inner 

 webs and the shafts of the four lateral tail-feathers rich reddish-buff 

 approaching to chestnut, the remainder of these feathers being black, 

 tipped with white ; bill black, except the base of the under mandible, 

 which is yellow. 



Total length 4J inches ; bill \\ ; wing 1£ ; tail 2\. 



Remark. — This species is much smaller than the G. hirsuta of 

 Trinidad and the eastern coast of America. It has also a much 

 greater amount of black colour in its tail ; this organ, in fact, when 

 closed and viewed from beneath, appears to be entirely black, the 

 under coverts concealing the buff colouring at its base. I possess two 

 specimens of this bird, one of which, a very fine one, was received 

 from the upper Rio Negro, the other from the Napo. 



Phaethornis zonura, Gould. 



Crown of the head brown ; back of the neck, back, and shoulders 

 bronzy-green; rump and upper tail-coverts rich reddish-buff; all the 

 under surface buff, palest on the throat ; three outer tail-feathers on 

 each side black at the base, with rich buffy tips ; the fourth feather 

 the same except at the tip, where the outer half is buff and the inner 

 half white ; the two central prolonged feathers black at the base, largely 

 tipped with white ; bill black, except the basal half of the lower man- 

 dible, which is either yellow or flesh-colour ; feet yellow. 



Total length 3f inches ; bill 1 ; wing If; tail If. 



Hab. Peru, where it was procured by M. Warszewicz. 



Remark. — This is a fine and very distinct species ; it is perhaps 

 most nearly allied to P. griseogularis ; it is, however, a much larger 

 bird, and has its tail much more strongly marked. In fact, the tail must 

 show very conspicuously when outspread, from the strong contrast 

 which the black basal portion offers to the buff tips and the rich 



