150 RH.VMPHASTID^. 



2. Selenidera gouldi. 



Pteroglossus gouldii, Natt. MS. ; Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 44 ; id. 

 Icon. Av. pt. i. pi. 7 ; Sturm, Mmi. Ramph. pt. i. pi. 8. 



Selenidera gouldii, -S/j. Consp. i. p. 95 ; Gould, Mon. Ramph. ed. 2, 

 pi. 32; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 327; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1867, 

 p. 116 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 238 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 586 

 (Para) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 109 ; Layard, Ibis, 1873, p. 393 (Para) ; 

 Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p, 156. 



Above dark green ; cap black, bordered by a pale yeUow nuchal 

 band ; tail-end chestnut ; broad postocular stripe orange, tipped 

 with yellow : beneath, from chin to middle of belly, black ; lower 

 belly greenish ; flanks orange ; thighs chestnut ; crissum scarlet ; 

 bill milky white, with a largo black blotch occupying the basal 

 half of the upper mandible : whole length 13 inches, wing 5-2, 

 tail 4*5, bill from gape 2-5. Female similar, but black on head 

 and body ; beneath replaced by bright rufous. 



Hah. Lower Amazonia. 



This species is a close ally of 8. inacuUrostris, but at once 

 distinguishable by the large black blotch which occupies the basal 

 portion of the upper mandible. 



a. (S ad. St. Lower Amazons. Zool. Soc. Coll. 



b. (S ad. sk. Para (Natterer). Sclater Coll. 



e. cJ ad.sk. Fara. (Wallace). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. (S ad. sk. Para (Layard). Tweeddale Coll. 



e,f. S 2 ad. sk. Lower Amazons. Gould Coll. 



g. 2 ad. sk. Lower Amazons. Sclater Coll. 



h. 2 ad. sk. Lower Amazons. Purchased. 



3. Selenidera langsdorffi. 



Pteroglossus langsdoi-ffi, fVayl. Syst. Av. sp. 12 ; Gould, Mon. 



Pamjjh. ed. 1, pi. 28; id. P. Z. S. 1835, p. 157; Sturm, Mon. 



Ramph. pt. ii. pi. 6. 

 Selenidera langsdorffi, Bp. Consp. i. p. 95 ; Gould, Mon. Ramph. 



ed. 2, pi. 33 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 267 (U. Amazons) ; Scl. et Salv. 



P. Z. S. 1866, p. 195 (Ucayali), et 1873, p. 298 (E. Peru) ; iid. 



Nomencl. p. 109 : Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1867, p. 116 ; Tacz. 



Orn. Per. iii. p. 154; Berl. J.f. O. 1889, p. 312. 



Above dark green ; top of head black, bordered by a pale yellow 

 nuchal collar ; tail-end chestnut ; sides of head behind eyes 

 yellow : beneath from chin to middle of belly black ; flanks 

 orange ; lower belly greenish ; thighs chestnut ; crissum scarlet ; 

 biU black; base of upper mandible greenish: whole length 13 

 inches, wing 5-2, tail 4-5, bill from gape 2*7. Female similar, but 

 black of head and body beneath replaced by chestnut-red. 



ITab. Upper Amazonia. 



The nearly uniform bill distinguishes this species. 



a. (f ad. St. Ega, Upper Amazons. Purchased. 



