174 GALBTTLID^. 



6. Brachygalba melanostema. 



Jacamar a ventre blanc. " Galbula albiventris, Zcvaill." Less. Tr. 



d'Oni. p. 234. 

 Galbula albiventris, Cab. in Ersch u. Grub. Enc. sect. 1, lii. p. 309. 

 Brachygalba albiventer, Bji. Co7isp. Vol. Zyr/. p. 13. 

 BracbVgalba melauosterna, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 15 ; id. Monogr, 



Jac. and Pujf-hds. p. 47, pi. XT. ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 105. 

 Galbula (Brachygalba) melanosterua, Peh. Sitz. Ak. Wien, xx. 



p. 518 ; id. Orn. Bras. p. 24. 

 " Galbula lugubris, Natt. MS.," teste Peh. Sitz. Ak. Wien, xx. p. 518. 

 Bracbycex melanostema, Cab. et Sein. Mus. Hein. iv. p. 214. 

 BracliYcex albiventris, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. iv. p. 215. 

 Galbula melanostema, Reinli. Fuylef. Bras. Camp. p. 123. 



Above smoky brown ; middle of back, wings, and tail margined 

 with bronzy green : beneath black ; throat white ; middle of belly 

 pure white ; inner webs of wing-feathers at the base white ; bill 

 white; feet brown: whole length (M inches, wing 2*9, tail 2"2, 

 bill from gape 1"9. Female similar. 



Hah. Inner Brazil and adjoining parts of Bolivia. 



The smoky-brown cheeks and the absence of the white super- 

 ciliaries at once distinguish this species from B. albigularis. 



a. c? ad. sk. lUo Parana, Brazil (Natterer). Sclater Coll. 



h, c. 2 »d. sk. Cliapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(H. H. Smith). 



d. S fid. sk. BoUvin. Sclater Coll. 



4. JACAMARALCYON. ^ 



Jacamaralcyon, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 235 (1831) J. tridactyla. 



Cauax, Cab. in Wier/m: Arch. 1847, i. p. 347 J. tridactyla. 



The total absence of the hind toe at once distinguishes this 

 genus from Bracliijgalha, which it otherwise generally resembles 

 excepting in having a rather longer tail. 



This type is restricted to S.E. Brazil. 



1. Jacamaralcyon tridactyla, 



Le Jacamaralcion, Levaill. Prom, et Guep., Suppl. p. 51, t. 1. 

 • Galbula tridactyla, lleill. JVouv. Diet. xvi. p. 445 ; id. Enc. Meth. 



p. 1327 ; Licht. Douhl. p. 12 ; Spi.v, Ar. Bras. i. p. 55, t. 57. 



fig. 2 ; Grai/ et Mitch. Gen. B. \. ]). 83 ; Pelz. Sitz. Ak. Wien, 



XX. p. 518 ;■ id. Orn. Bras. p. 25 : Eulcr, J.f. O. 18G7, p. 221. 

 Galbula eevcoides, Such, Zool. Journ. ii. p. Il2; Jard. et Selb. 111. 



Orn. i. t.'22. 

 Jacamaralcyon brasiliensis, Less. 1r. dt Orn. p. 235. 

 Galbula armata, Sw. An. in Menag. p. .328. 

 Cauax tridactvlus, Cab. in Wicr/m. Arch. 1847, i. p. 347 : id. in 



Ersch u. Grub. Enc. sect. 1, lii^ p. 310 ; id. J.f. O. 1874, p. 227 ; 



Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. iy. p. 213. 

 Jacamaralcyon tridactyla, Gray, List Fiss. B. M. p. G7 ; Bp. Consp. 



i. p. 153 ; id. Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 14; Peichenb. Handb. p. 83; 



