148 KHAMPHASTID^. 



Similar to P. viridis, but distinguished by the black culminal 

 stripe and brown thighs. 



a. c? ad. sk. Upper Amazous. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Type of the species. ) 



18. Pteroglossus beauharnaisi. 



Pteroglossus beauharnaisi, Waffl. Isis, 1832, p. 280; Sturm, Mon. 



Ramph. pt. iv. pi. 2 ; Gould, Mon. Ramph. ed. 2, pi. xxv. ; Pelz. Orn. 



Bras. p. 238 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 267 (U. Amazonsj ; Cassiti, Pr. 



Ac. Sc. Phil. 1867, p. 114; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 297 (E. 



Peru) ; iid. Nomencl. p. l09 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 152 ; Berl. 



J.f. 0. 1889, p. 312. 

 Pteroglossus ulocomus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1833, p. 38, et 1834, p. 76 ; 



id. Mon. Ramph. ed. 1, pi. 18. 

 Pteroglossus poeppigii, Wayl. Isis, 1832, p. 1230. 

 Pteroglossus lepidocephalus, Nitzsch, Pterylogr. p. 136 (1840). 



Above dark green ; upper back and rump edged with crimson ; 

 head-feathers scaly, curled, shining black : beneath yellow ; throat- 

 feathers tipped with round black spots ; broad band across belly and 

 flanks scarlet ; breast more or less stained with scarlet ; thighs 

 green ; upper mandible blackish, with a broad culminal band of 

 brownish orange ; lower mandible white : whole length 17 inches, 

 wing 5*5, tail G"5, bill from gape 4. Female similar. 



Hah. Upper Amazonia. 



a. S ad. sk. Chamicuros, Upper Amazons Gould Coll. 



{Bartlett). 



b. Jad. sk. Upper xVmazons (i?a;-<fe«). Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad.sk. Upper ^Vmazons (/>V/r^/eW). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. e. Ad. ; /. Jr. Upper Amazons [Hauxwell). Gould Coll. 

 sk. 



ff. Jr. sk. Upper Amazons. Purchased. 



h. Ad. St. Upper Amazons. Purchased. 



4. SELENIDERA. 



lype. 

 Selenidera, Gould, Icon. Av. pt. 1, text to pi. 7 (1837) . . .S. gouldi. 



Piperivorus, Bp. Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 4 (1854) S. piperivora. 



Ilamphastoides, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1867, p. 117 . S. spectabilis. 



In Selenidera, a group closely allied to Pteroglossus, but weaker 

 in form, the sexes are always markedly different. The species, 

 which present a great similarity in the general coloration of their 

 plumage, are readily distinguishable by the singular patterns of 

 the markings on their bills. 



One species only of Selenidera is met with north of Panama ; the 

 other six are restricted to the forests of Guiana, Amazonia, and 

 S.E. Brazil. 



