O. AriAOOEnAMPHUS. 



155 



Hah. Venezuela. 



Similar to A. sulcatus, but apparently smaller, and distinguished 

 by the bright red base of the bill. 



rt. Ad. sk. Venezuela. 



b. cf ad. sk. Caripe, Venezuela ( Goering). 



Gould Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 



8alvin-Godmaa Coll. 



3. Aulacorhamphus calorhynchus. (Plate VIII.) 



Aulacorhamphus calorhynchus, Gould, Ann. N. H. ser. 4, xiv. 

 p. 183 (Merida) ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1875, pp. 235, 236 (Vene- 

 zuela) ; Sail}, et Godm. Ibis, 1870, p. 206 (Colombia). 



Above green ; eye-region blue : beneath brighter ; throat bluish 

 grey ; bill black, culminal portion of upper mandible and tip of 

 lower mandible clear yellow ; narrow line at the base of both 

 mandibles white: whole length 14 inches, wing 5, tail -i'S, bill 

 from gape '2-S. 



Hub. Andes of Venezuela and Northern Colombia. 



The strongly coloured bill distinguishes this species from the 

 two former. 



a. S <id. ; b. 



ad. sk. 

 c. cJ 'id. sk. 



Merida, "S'^euezuela ( Goerimj). 



Chinchicua, Santa Marta 

 {Simons), 



Gould Coll. 

 (Types of the specie.?.) 

 Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



4. Aulacorhamphus derhianus. 



Aulacorhynchus derhianus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 40. 

 Ptei'oglossus derhianus, Gould, Mon. Itamph. ed. 1, pi. 32 ; Sturm, 



Mon. Rainph. pt. ii. pi. 0. 

 Aulucoramphus derhianus, Bp. Cotisp. i. p. 06 ; Gould, Mon. Ramph. 



ed. 2, jil. 43; Scl. Cat. A. Z?. p. 328; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 



1867, p. 118; ,SW. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 100; iid. P. Z. S. 1870, 



p. 634 (Bolivia) ; Perl, et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 116 (Ecuador) ; 



Tacz. Oni. Per. iii. p. 1.58 ; Perl. J.f. O. 1880, p. 313. 



Above green ; eye-region and nape washed with blue ; tips of 

 two middle tail-feathers chestnut : beneath brighter ; throat greyish 

 wlute ; bill blackish ; base of both mandibles and tip of upi)er 

 mandible more or less bright red : whole length l.'i inches, wing .j, 

 tail 4-8, bill from gape 3. Female similar. 



Hab. Andes of Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador. 



rt, b. Ad. sk. Tilotilo, Bolivia (Buchle;/). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



V. Ad.sk. Tilotilo, IJolivia (/;«(/,7(y). Selater Coll. 



d. Ad.sk. Naira])i, Bolivia (/>Vr/,7f;/j. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. Ad. sli. .linia, Iv-uador (Jtitcklc;/). Salviu-Godiuau Coll. 

 /. Ad.sk. Archidona, Ecuador (.7«wj<'S'j?i). Selater Coll. 



