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ventre medio paululum rufescente, lateribus nigro maculatis : 



rostro pedibusque nigris. 

 Long, tota 8*5 ; alse 3*5 ; caudse 3*3. 

 Hab. in Nova Grenada ; Carthagena (Lafr.) ; Santa Martha 



(Verreaux) ; Mexico (Wagl.) (?). 



An accurate description of this bird was first given by Wagler 

 in the ' Isis/ in one of the papers which he called ^' Beitrage und 

 Bemerkungen zu dem ersten Bande seines Systema Avium.'' 

 MM. de Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny named it afresh in an article 

 upon some birds from Carthagena, in the ' Revue Zoologique/ in 

 1838. An example in the Munich Museum is labelled as from 

 Cayenne. The brothers Verreaux have lately received several 

 skins of this species from their collector at Santa Martha, which 

 is on the coast-line some distance to the east of Carthagena and 

 on the opposite side of the Magdalen a. I expect, therefore, 

 that the northern coasts of the New Grenadian republic will be 

 found to constitute its true habitat, and should rather doubt its 

 extending so far as Mexico, whence Wagler's specimens were 

 said to have come. 



In general distribution of colours it rather resembles B. macro- 

 dactylus, but is twice the size. It may be easily recognized by 

 the large rufous patch in the middle of the throat and well- 

 defined black breast-band. 



9. Bucco BiciNCTUs (Gould). 



Tamatia bicincta, Gould, Pr. Zool. Soc. 1836, p. 80. 

 Tamatia bitorquata, Sw. An. in Men. p. 327- 

 Bucco bicinctus, Gray's Gen. p. 74 ; Gray's List of B. M. p. 48. 

 Capita bicinctus, Bp. Consp. p. 146. 



B. nigro-fuliginosus, fulvo mixtus : fronte auribus mentoque 

 albidis : subtus ochraceo-albus, vitta gutturali lata, pectorali 

 angusta et maculis ventris lateralibus, cum rostro et pedibus 

 nigris. 



Long, tota 8*0; alse 3*5 ; caudse 3*3. 



Hab. Venezuela (Dyson) ; Trinidad (Lord Harris). 



The specific name bicinctus is quite sufficient to distinguish 



this species from all others at present known of this family. 



Trinidad specimens are among the fine collection of birds from 



that island presented to the Zoological Society by Lord Harris. 



Examples in the British Museum were collected by Mr. Dyson 



in Venezuela. 



10. Bucco RADiATUS, Sclatcr. 

 Bucco radiatus, Sclater, Pr. Zool. Soc. Dec. 13, 1853. 



B. supra clare ferrugineus, nigro transversim radiatus : nucha 

 et dorso summo psene omnino nigris : corpore subtus et 



