172 GALBTTLID^. 



Jaeamaralcyon inornata, Cass. Cat. Hale. p. 18. 



Galbula chalcoptera, Reichenh. Handh. p. 84. 



Braclijrralba inornata, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 15 ; id. Cat. A. B. 



p. 2G7 ; Sd. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 105 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 120. 

 " Galbula tristis, Natt. MS.," teste Peh. Sifz. Ak. Wien, xx. p. 518. 

 Brachycex lugubris, Cab. et Hem. Mus. Hein. iv. p. 215. 

 Braclivg'alba lugubris, Scl. Monoyr. Jac. and Puff-bds. p. -jD, pi. xi. 



(fig.'dextra) ; Sah. Jfjts,lS86, p. 62 (Brit. Guiana). 



Above blackish brown, Avings and tail washed with bronzy 

 green : beneath similar, throat brownish ; middle of breast and 

 belly pure white ; crissum and flanks black ; blotch at the base of 

 the wing-feathers underneath white : bill black : whole length 

 7 inches, wing 2-6, tail 2, bill from gape 1-8. Female similar. 



JIah. Guiana, Lower Amazonia, and Colombia. 



a. 2 ad.sk. British Guiana. Sir E. Schomburgk[C.l. 



b,c. S fid.; d. Merume Mts., Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2 ad. sk. ( Whitely). 



e,f. c? $ ad. sk. Merum^ Mts., Brit. Guiana Sclater Coll. 



(WMtely). 



(J, Ji. J ad. ; «', h. Roraima, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2 ad. sk. [Wliitehj). 



I. Ad. sk. British Guiana {Broicn). Sclater Coll. 



VI, n. c? ad. sk. Pebas, E. Peru (Hau.v- Salvin-Godman CoU. 



well). 



0. (S ad. sk. Bio Tocantins ( Wallace). Sclater Coll. 



p. Ad. sk. Amazons (?). Sclater Coll. (Tjpe of 



Galbula inornata.) 



q. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



r. Ad. st. S. America. Purchased. 



2. Brachygalba fulviventris. 



Brachygalba lugubris, Scl. Mfmor/r. Jac. and Piif-bd.'t. -p. ?)9,-p\. xi. 

 (fig. sinistra). 



Similar to B. luijuhris, but middle of belly fulvous. 



Hah. Colombia and E. Ecuador. 



So far as I can now make out, the rufous-bellied form of B. hr/^i- 

 hris from Colombia and Eastern Ecuador must belong to a separate 

 species, which I propose to call B. fulviventris. 



a. S ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater CoU. 



(Type of the species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Bio Napo, Ecuador. Sclater CoU. 



d. e. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Pi'cJdei/). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Ecuador {Btickley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 V/. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman CoU. 



3. Brachygalba goeringi. 



Brachvgalba goeringi, -SV/. et Sak.P.Z.S. 1869, p. 253, pi. xviii. ; 



iid.' Nometicl. p. 105; Scl. Monogr. Jac. and Piiff-bds. p. 41, 



pi. xii. 

 " Bracbvgalba lugubris {Sw.)" Lawr.Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 274. 



