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Nos. 2220, 2223, 2234, 2242, 2263. SS, ? ?, Rio Araguaya, June, July l!)ii6. 

 —Wing 105-112 ; tail 53—60 ; bill 1 7 J— 18 mm. 



The series agrees with skins from Surinam, Venezuela, Pani, etc., in having tlie 

 lower abdomen alone ochraceons. In the majority of the specimens this patch is of 

 a rather lighter ochraceons than in those from more northern localities, but still 

 very much deeper (and tar less extended) than in C. t. brasilicusis from Bahia and 

 Rio de Janeiro. 



154. Ceryle americana americana (Gm.). 



AUedo americana Gmelin, Syst. xVa<. I. i. p. 451 (1788.— ex Daubenton, PI. E,il. ."iOl fig. 1, 2— 



Cayenne). 

 Ceryle americana Pelzeln, I.e. p. 2.3 (Goiaz). 



No. 2196. 6 ad., Rio Araguaya, June 1906. 



loo. Galbula rufo-viridis Cab. 



Galbula rufo-viridis Cabanis in : " Ersch und Gruber's Enc. Wissensch. und Kilnste lii. 1. p. 308." * 

 G. maculicauda Pelzeln, Zur Ornith. Bran. i. 1867. p. 24 (Goiaz, Araguay). 



No. 1995. c? fere ad., Goyaz, April 1906.— Wing 76 ; tail 90 ; bill 53 mm. 

 No. 1927. $ ad., Goyaz, March 1906.— Wing 79; tail 88 ; bill 49 mm. 

 Identical in colour and size with specimens from Bahia, Minas Geraes and 

 Eastern Bolivia (Santa Cruz). 



156. Brachygalba melanosterna Scl. 



Brachygalba melanosterna Sclater, P.Z.S. Land. 1855. p. 15 (Goyaz ; coll. Behn in Kiel Museum). 



Nos. 1743, 1744, 1759, 1773. 66 ad., Faz. Esperan9a, January 1906.— Wing 

 69J— 71 ; tail 54—55 ; bill 44J— 45 mm. 



No. 1763. o jr., Faz. Esperan^a, January 1906. — Wing 70; tail 52; bill 

 43| mm. 



These specimens agree exactly with others from Minas Geraes and Northern 

 S. Paulo. A skin from Gnarayos, Eastern Bolivia, coll. D'Orbigny in the Paris 

 Mnsoum, is also in every respect similar. 



Of the five examples sent, by Mens. Baer two have the whole undor-mandible 

 whitish, in one (No. 1759) the apical fourth is blackish, and in the two others 

 (Nos. 1773, 1763) all the lower jaw is blackish except for a small basal spot 

 of whitish. 



The differences between B. melanosterna and B. albogularis are set forth in 

 my revision of Spix' types, pp. 600 — 601. 



The range of jB. melanosterna thus far known is as follows : 



Central Brazil, Goyaz : City of Goyaz (Behn), Faz. Esperan(;>a (Baer), 

 Leopoldina, R. Araguay (v. d. tSteinen coll. — Mus. H. v. Berlepsch), S. Domingo, 

 near the frontier of Minas Geraes (Luud) ; Northern S. Paulo : Rio Parana 

 (Natterer), Barretos on the Rio Grande (Garbe coll. — Mas. Panlista) ; Minas Geraes : 

 Rio Jordao, prov. Araguay (Robert coll.— Mns. Tring) ; Mattogrosso : Chapada, 

 Abrilongo (Smith). 



Eastern Bolivia : Gnarayos (D'Orbigny ; Mus. Paris). 



• I have not been able to \-erify the above quotation. 



