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30. Galbula galbula (Liun.) 



.lAci/n Galbula Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. xii. 1. p. 182(17GG. — ex Brisson and Marcgrave. — "Brasilia, 

 Cayana." — As typical locality fixed Cayenne : ex Brisson). 



No. 590. c? ad., 12. iii. 06. Nos. 598, 024. ? ? ad., 27. iii., 0. iv. 06. "Iris 

 brown, liill black." 



These specimens arc perfectly identical with others from Cayenne, Surinam, etc. 



31. Galbula albirostris albirostris Lath. 



Galbula albirostris' Latham, Ltd. Oritith. i. p. 245 [1790 — "in America australi " — we substitute 



Cayenne as typical locality]. 

 i,. chalcocephala (nee Deville) Pelzeln, Zur Ornith. Brasil. i. (1807), p. 24 (pt. : Barra do Rio 



Negro). 



No. 648. $ ad., 24. iv. 00. " iris brown, bill yellow, apical portion of upper 

 mandible black."— Wing 76 ; tail 70 ; bill 38 mm. 



Agrees with a large series of the typical form from Cayenne, British Guiana 

 and the Caura valley. All these specimens have the basal third or half of the 

 upper mandible clear yellow. 



Examples from North-eastern Peru, Eastern Ecuador aud the upper Rio 

 Negro (Guia, Marabitanas), however, form a well characterised geographical 

 race which is entitled to the name G. a. chalcocephala Deville.t The upper 

 mandible is always wholly black, and the colour of the foreneck and chest very 

 much darker, cinnamon-rufous (Ridg., Nomencl. iv. fig. 16) instead of ferruginous 

 (iv. fig. 10). Moreover, the wings are rather longer (81 — 84 against 72 — 76 mm. 

 in the typical form), and the bill as a rule slightly longer (42 — 43 against 

 36—30 mm.). 



Two females from Barra du Rio Negro (Wallace & Natterer coll.) show 

 all characters of G. a. albirostris, but are much smaller than any other example 

 1 have seen. 



32. Momotus momota momota (Linn.) 



Ramphastos Momota Linnaeus, Syst Nat. xii. 1. p. 152 ^1700— based on Edwards & Brisson (excl. 

 syn. Marcgrave)— Cayenne (ex Brisson) accepted as typical locality). 



No. 616. ? ad., 2. iv. 06. No. 627. S ad., 7. iv. 06. No. 601. av. imm. 28. iii. 06. 

 " Iris light red, feet and bill black." 



These birds agree perfectly with our series from the Guianas, etc. All have 

 a large chestnut patch on the nape. M. m. parensis Sharpe differs from them by 

 its much more ochraceous under-parts, and by the nape-patch being of a decidedly 

 darker chestnnt. 



It is an interesting fact that the typical Goianan form occurs on the north 

 bank of the Amazons. Ou the opposite side of the great river it is replaced by 

 M. VI. milt, i, a (see above, p. 28). 



33. Pyrrhura picta amazonum Hellm. 



[Psittacus picius P. L. S. Miiller, Natursyst. Suppl., p. 75 (1770. — ex Daubenton, /'/. cnl. 144. — 



i lyenne.] 

 Pyrrhura picta amazonum Hellunyr, Bull. 13. O. C. xix. (Oct. 1906) p. 8. 



No. 585. 6 ad., 9. iii. 06. '"Iris brownish red."— Wing 122 ; tail 110 mm. 



* Latham's description refers undoubtedly to the above species. The conflicting statement: "bill 



v. 1 1 1 , i icepl the based' the upper mandible, which is dusky," is certainly a lapsus calami or a misprint, 

 and it should "i lepl thi tip of the upper mandible." 



.'.' Mag. /,•■'. 1819, p. 55 (" .Mission de Sarayaeu, riviere L'cayali''). 



