2. GALHTTLA. -.on 



Purplish black; back, wings, and tail washed with bronzy 

 green; cap sides of the head, and chin brownish; t^ oat under 

 w:ng-coverts inner margins of wing-feathers, and flank wMte 



trim ™ Sr /'t '-'"f ' \'-' ^^^^^^' -^"^" 3-5, taTl 6^; 

 i; 7 r^^^^ o- .^'""'^' similar, but rather smaUer. 

 JJah. Guiana, Surinam, Cayenne, and Lower Amazonia. 



o'\/J*' p'^''™'- SclaterColl. 



d ; !^S" . /• o ?it^''""'\r. ., . . , Salvin-Godman Coll. 



'ad.tf-'^-^ (KL^J)"'''"*^^^''^"^"'^ Salvin-GodmanCoU. 



^. $ ad. sk. Bartica Grove, British Guiana Sah-iu-Godman CoU. 



'•idit.^'- ES;£S"^-^^^-'^^^-)- ScWColl. 



* Arl «1- R-T^ i. /?■• Purchased. 



*. Ad.sk. Bntish Guiana. Sclater Coll. 



m iltk ?p™fT- T, -w, Salvin-Godman CoU. 



T" ^ ad l- P«™a'^tuco, Brazil (Craven). Sclater CoU. 



' A d i v""-"! '^° ■?'° ^'^-'■^ ( Wallace). Sclater Coll. 



« \d r Jq"itos,Peru. Sclater CoU. 



p. Ad. St. S. Amenca. Pm^chased. 



2. TJrogalba amazonum. 



^'T 2\^^"'°2r'-fi^-^-'^- l^-^'^' P-14; /rf.^^«. A«^. ^^<. 



Urogalba paradisea, <S'c^. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 262. 



Urogalba paradisea amazonum, Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 119. 



a. Ad. sk. Upper Amazons. Sclater CoU. (Type 



1, \A <,\r T - » , „, °f *^^ species.) 



; Ji r JiPP'^'' ->"»^20"s ( ffW/ace). Sclater CoU. 



c Ad. St Lpper Amazons. Gould CoU. 



a. A.Q.. SK. iig-a Upper Amazons Salvin-Gochnau CoU. 

 {Bates). 



2. GALBULA. 



Galbula, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 85 (1760) G vin^" 



Caucalias, Cad. et Hein. Mus. Hein. i v. p. 218 (1863) '. G. leucogastra. 



Giaimla is the largest genus of the family, containing 10 species 

 of which b belong to the typical form, and 2 to the slightly aberrant 

 subgroup C «»«</*«*■. The tail in Galbula consists of lO" re-ularly 

 graduated central feathers, whilst the two external rectrices are very 

 small, and are scarcely visible bevoiid the under tail-coverts 



Calhulaxs widely distributed over the Xeotropieal llegion, from 

 Noutheru :\rexico to Bolivia and S.E. Brazil. It is most ^numerous 

 in Amazonia, where 7 species arc met with. 



