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Long. tot. 14 unc. ; rostri, IJ ; alee, 6 J ; caudte, 6| ; tarsi, l^. 

 Hab. S*^. Fe de Bogota. 



This bird may at once be distinguished from any other American 

 species with which I am acquainted by its much greater size. 



PsiTTACUS CHALCOPTERUS. P. nigricans, nitore suhmetallico ; plu- 

 ' mis capitis, coeruleo, et nee non viridi lavatis ; illis dorsi suh-fuli- 

 ginosis, tinctura viridi ; illis corporis subtus cceruleo sufusis ; 

 alarum tectricibus eeneo-viridibus, hie et illic ochreo tinctis ; pri- 

 mariis, uropygio, cauddque intense cwruleis ; tectricibus caudce 

 paululUm virescentibus, crisso rubro ; plumis femorum gutturisque 

 rubra variegatis ; alis subtus virescenti-cosruleis, tectricibus infe- 

 rioribus intense coeruleis ; rostro flavo. 

 Long. tot. llj unc; rostri, 1 ; alee, 8| ; caudce, 3 J ; tarsi, \. 

 Hab. S^a. Fe de Bogota. 



Very closely approximates to the Psittacus purpureus, Gmel., but 

 may at once be distinguished by its beak being entirely yellow ; the 

 absence of the red spot in front of the eye ; its blue rump ; the 

 feathers on the legs, throat and chest being variegated with red ; 

 the darker colour of the abdomen, and also in the colouring of the 

 upper and under surfaces of the wings. 



Pious elegans. P. coccineus, fascid per genas excurrente, et ab- 

 domine^ flavis ; mento, guttureque nigro fiavidoque variegatis; 

 plumis pectoris et uropygii rubello, jlavido, et nigro fasciatis -, 

 caudd nigrd, primariis fuscescenti-nigris, eoctus olivaceis. 



Foem. diffcrt gutture, capiteque superne nigris. 



Long. tot. 12 unc. ; rostri, 1^ ; alee, 5| ; caudce, 4^; tarsi, |. 



Hab. S*^. Fe de Bogota. 



Head, neck, back, wings, and moustache, blood-red; a stripe, 

 commencing at the nostril, passing through the eye, and extending 

 on to the ear- coverts, together with the abdomen, under surface of 

 the tail, and wing- coverts, yellow ; chin black, each feather having 

 a narrow bar of yellow, which becomes more distinct on the throat 

 and chest, which are tinged with red ; the feathers of the rump and 

 upper tail- coverts are similarly marked with those on the chest, but 

 more obscurely ; primaries olive ; tail, beak and feet black. 



The female only differs from the male in having the upper surface 

 of the head and moustache black ; all the colours are less brilliant. 



This bird appears nearly related to Colaptes campestris (Picus 

 campestris, Licht.). 



The three species above described are from the collection of the 

 Earl of Derby. 



Mr. Fraser also exhibited some specimens of the true Pteroglos^ 

 sus Azarce of Wagler and Vieillot, and pointed out the differences 

 between that species and the bird figured by Mr. Gould, in his Mo- 

 nograph of the family of Toucans, under that name. 



" This bird differs from the Azarce of Gould, in having the broad 

 dusky dash along the upper mandible (having seen about twenty 

 specimens of this species, of all ages and sexes, I can safely say that 

 it is not a sign of immaturity, or caused by decomposition, as Mr. 

 Gould was led to suppose, but really a specific difference), the very 



