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PLATYPSAK'IS. (Gr. TrXarvr, ^?a<MS, broad ; y\rap, psar, a starling. Bonaparte, 1854; 

 ScLATER, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 72. Type Pachyrhaviphus latirostris Bonap.) Becards. Nos- 

 trils hidden by bristly feathers ; hook of bill very slight, and bill not much flattened ; rictal 

 bristles long ; head somewhat crested ; tail rounded ; tarsus with large scutella on the inner 

 side. Sexes dissimilar. Two species occur on and near the Mexican border of the U. S. 

 P. aglai'ae. (Gr. 'AyXaia, Agldia, one of the Three Graces.) Rose-throated Becard. 

 Adult J : Above, slate-gray ; crown glossy black ; below, ashy-gray, with a rosy patch on 

 throat. 9 above dark rusty brown, becoming slaty on crown. Length 6.60; wing 3.50; tail 

 2.75; bill 0.65. Eastern Mexico, north to valley of the Rio Grande. (Pachijrhynchus aglaice 

 Lafr. Rev. Zobl. 1839, p. 98; Pachyrhamphus aglaice Baird, Birds North America, 1858, 

 p. 164, and Mex. Bound. Survey, 1859, ii, pt. ii, pi. ix, fig. 1 ; Platypsaris aglaioi SuMi- 

 CHRAST, Mem. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, i, 1869, p. 558; Ridgw. Man. 1887, p. 324; CouES, Key, 

 4th ed. 1890, p. 902 ; not admitted in the A. 0. U. List, not having as yet been actually taken 

 over our border.) 



P. albiven'tris. (Lat. aZfews, white; tJen^er, the belly.) White-bellied Becard. Xan- 

 Tus' Becard. Adult $ : Resembling the preceding, but lighter and more ashy-gray above ; 

 crown slaty ; under parts pale grayish, whitening on belly. 9 correspondingly paler than that 

 of P. aglaice. Western Mexico, north into southern Arizona ; Huachuca mountains. (Hadro- 

 stomus albicentris Lawrenxe, Ann. Lye Nat. Hist, viii, 1867, p. 475 ; Platypsaris albiventris 

 Ridgw. Man. 1887, p. 325; Coues, Key, 4th ed. 1890, p. 902; A. 0. U. List, 2d ed. 1895, 

 p. 179, No. 441. ].) 



PACHYRHAM'PHUS. (Gr. naxvs, pachiis, thick ; pdfKpos, hramphos, beak. G. R. Gray, 

 List. Gen. B. 1838, p. 41.) Billed Becards. Resembling the preceding; bill more flat- 

 tened, with shorter rictal bristles ; tail graduated about J an inch ; tarsus naked on inner side. 

 Sexes very unlike. One species found near the ]\Iexican border of the U. S. 

 P. ma'jor. (Lat. major, greater.) Greater Becard. Adult $ : Above, ashy-gray, be- 

 coming glossy black on the back and crown, and white on scapulars ; below, pale ash, whiten- 

 ing on throat, belly, and crissum ; wings black, with white edging or tipping of coverts and 

 some inner secondaries; tail black, with white tips of the feathers. 9 mostly chestnut brown, 

 paler below, black on crown and ends of tail-feathers. Length 6.50; wing 325; tail 2.65; 

 bill 0.60. Eastern Mexico, north to valley of the Lower Rio Grande ; introduced to our 

 fauna by Baird in 1858 under the name of Bathmidurus major, and figured in Report of the 

 Mexican Boundary Survey, 1859, pi. ix, fig. 2, but like Platypsaris aglaice lost sight of for 

 some years, and not yet recognized in the A. 0. U. List: see ScL. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 78; 

 Ridgw. Man. 1887, p. 326; Coues, Key, 4th ed. 1890, p. 902. 



