2. AXDIGEN'A. 135 



Above dark green with a brownish tinge on the back ; cap 

 black ; nuchal band bluish grey : beneath bluish grey, darker on the 

 throat ; thighs brown ; crissum scarlet : bill greenish yellow, with 

 the tip and a spot at the base of the lower mandible black : whole 

 length l-'yo inches, wing i'fo, tail (J-o, bill from gape 3. 



JJcib. liolivia and Peru. 



This species is easily distinguished from A. Injpoglaucus by its 

 differently coloured bill, green rump and uniform tail, without the 

 chestnut tail-end. 



rt, b. Ad. sk. Tilotilo, Bolivia {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Bolivia. T. Bridges [C.]. 



3. Andigena laminirostris. 



Andigena laminirostris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 93 ; id. Moti. 

 Ramph. ed. 2, pi. 87; Sclatcr, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 146, et 1860, 

 p. 95 (Ecuador) ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 327; Casdn, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 

 1807, p. 122 ; Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 308, et 1885, p. 121 

 (W. Ecuador) ; Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 158. 



Above clear olive-brown ; head and nape black ; rump lemon- 

 yellow ; tail dark grey, with broad chestnut tail-end to the central 

 feathers : beneath blue, large flank-spot yellow ; thighs brownish 

 chestnut ; crissum scarlet : bill black, more or less red at the 

 base ; raised plate at the base of the upper mandible white : whole 

 length 17 inches, wing 6-5, tail 6-5, bill from gape 4. Fenuile 

 similar. 



JIaJ). Ecuador and Western Peru. 



The raised plate near the base of the upper mandible renders this 

 species unique among the RhamjjhasfuJa', and, indeed, among birds. 

 The orange-yellow flank-spot likewise separates it from the two 

 preceding species. 



a. S ad. St. Ecuador. Gould Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Pallatanga, Ecuador (Fraser). .Sclater Coll. 



c, d. Ad. sk. .lima, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. Arf. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. Ad sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(/-i. Ad.; /,-. Ecuador. Gould CoU. 



.Tv. sk. 



4. Andigena nigrirostris. 



Pteroglossus nigrirostri.s, Waterh. P. Z. S. 1830, p. Ill; /)'/). (^on-y). 



i. p. 94. 

 Ptei-oglossus melanorhyuchus, Sfunn, Monoyr. Rnmph. pt. i. pi. 3. 

 .\ndigena nifrrirostris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1850. p. 93 ; id. Monoyr. 



Ramph. ed. 2, pi. 40; Set. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 161 (Bogota); id. 



Cat. A. B. p. 327; Ca.x-nn, Pr. Ac. Sc. Philad. 1867, p. 123; 

 Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 379 (Colombia) ; Berl. J.f. O. 1884, p. 319 



(]>ucaranianga). 



Above clear brownish olive ; cap and nape black ; rump pale 

 yellow : tail dark grey, with brown chestnut tail-end to central 



