146 RHAMPHASTIDJi. 



14. Pteroglossus humboldti. 



Fterogiossus humlioldti, TVciffl. Syst. Av. sp. 4 (1827) ; Gould, Mon. 

 Ramph. ed. 1, pi. 22, ed. 2, pi. 22 ; id. P. Z. S. 1835, p. 157 ; Sturm, 

 Mon. Emni}h. pt. ii. pi. 5 ( c? ), pt. iii. pi. 8 ( $ ) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, 

 p. 267 (U. AmazoDs) ; Cassiii, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1867, p. 112; 

 Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 287 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 195 (ITca- 

 yali), 1867, p. 753, et 187.3, p. 297 (E. Peru) ; iid. Noinencl. p. 109 ; 

 Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 44 (N.E. Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. iii. p. 149 ; 

 Perl. J.f. O. 1889, p. 311. 



Above dark green ; head black ; rump scarlet : beneath pale 

 yellow ; throat and neck black ; thighs brown ; upper mandible 

 clear ochraceous ; culminal ridge and row of spots along the cutting- 

 edge black ; lower maiidible black : whole length 14 inches, wing 5, 

 tail 5-5, bill from gape 3'5. Female similar, but throat, neck, and 

 nape brown. 



Hab. Upper Amazonia. 



a. 5 ad. sk. Nauta, 11. Amazons. E. Bartlett [C.]. 



b,c.(S2 ad. sk. Rio Javari. W. Bates [C.]. 



d. Ad. St. Pdo Javari. W. Bates [C.]. 



e. (S ad. sk. Uppei' Ucayali. E. Bartlett [G.]. 

 /. cj^ad. sk. Sarayacu, E. Peru ( Jf7H'^e^«/j. Sclater Coll. 



ff, h. c?$ad. sk. JiWu'iL,!^. Vevn (Ilauxivell). Salvin-Gotl man Coll. 



i. cJad. sk. Yquitos, Upper Amazons Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



{Whitely). 



k. $ad. sk. Chayavetas, E. Peru (^f«-</ei^). Sclater Coll. 



I. Ad. St. ^ Amazonia. Gould Coll. 



in. S ad. ; n-p. Upper Amazons. Gould Coll. 



$ ad. sk. 



q, r. 5 ad. sk. Audoa, Ecuador {^Buckley). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



15. Pteroglossus iuscriptus. 



Pteroglossus inscriptus, Swains. Zool.Ill. ser. 1, ii. pi. 90 ; Wayl. Syst. 

 Av. sp. 5 ; Gould, P. Z. S. 1834, p. 77 ; id. Man. Ramph. ed. 1, 

 pi. 23, ed. 2, pi. 23 ; Sturm, Mon. Ramph. pt, iii. pi. 9 ; Vassin, Pr. 

 Ac. Sc. Phil. 1867, p. 112 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 236 ; Scl. et Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1867, p. 586 (L. Amazons) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 109 ; Layard, 

 Ibis, 1873, p. 393 (Para) ; Salv. Ibis, 1886, p. 65 (Brit, (jfuiana). 



Above dark green ; head blaclc ; rump scarlet : beneath pale 

 yeUow ; throat and neck black ; thighs brown ; bill clearly ochra- 

 ceous ; culminal ridge, tip, line at base, and row of spots along 

 cutting-edge of upper mandible black : w hole length 12 inches, 

 wing 4-3, tail 4'7, bill from gape 2'7. Female similar, but throat 

 and neck brown. 



Hab. Guiana and Lower Amazonia. 



Easily distinguished from P. humboldti by its smaller size and the 

 clear pale ochraceous colour of the middle part of the lower mandible. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Cayenne. Gould Coll. 



6. $ ad. sk. Fara, {B^alluce). Sclater Coll. 



