5. GALBALCTRHTNCHU8. 175 



Scl. Si/n. Galb. p. 8 ; id. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 16 ; id. Monor/r. Jac. and 

 Piiff-bds. p. 49, pi. xvi. ; Cass. Cat. Hale. p. 18; Reinh. Fuylef. 

 Bras. Camp. p. 123 ; Hcl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 105. 



Above slatj- black, strongly suffused with bronzy green ; cap 

 smoky brown, striated with pale fulvous: beneath rather paler; 

 throat black ; chin and sides of the head striated with pale fulvous 

 like the cap ; middle of breast and belly pure white ; inner webs 

 of wing-t'oathers white ; bill black ; feet dark slaty : whole length 

 7*5 inches, wing 2-8, tail 2-S, bill from gape l-U. Female nearly 

 similar. 



Hah. S.E. Brazil. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Santa Fe, Minas, Brazil Sclater Coll. 



(lioffcrs) . 



b, c. (S iid. ik. Novo Fi'ibourgo, Brazil Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



( Youds) . 



d. 2 ad. sk. Vicinity of BoUvia ( Wu- Salvin-Gudmau Coll. 



cherer). 



('. 5 5id. sk. S.E, Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Piu-chased. 



(/. Xd. St. S.E. Brazil. Gould CoU. 



h. Skeleton. S.E. Brazil. Eyton Coll. 



5. GALBALCYRHYNCHUS. 



Type. 



• ialbalcyrhyuchus, Des Murs, liev. Zool. 1845, p. :i07 . . G. leucotis. 



Jacamaralcyouides, Des Mars, Icon. Orn. i. 17 (1845) . . G. leucotis. 

 Cauecias, Cab. in Ersch u. Grub. Enc. sect. 1, lii. p. 310 



(1851) G. leucotis. 



Alcyonides, ReicJienb. Handb. d. sp. Orn. p. 83 (1851) . . G. leucotis. 



This curious form is at once distinguishable from Galbula by its 

 shorter, higher, and much compressed bill, its short square tail, and 

 its stronger feet. There are twelve rectrices, the outer pair being 

 abnormally small as in Galbula. 



Galbalct/rhi/ nchus is only found in the forests of Upper Amazonia 

 aud Eastern Ecuador. 



1. Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis. 



Galbalcyrliyiichus leucotis, Des Murs, Per. Zool. 1845, p. 207 ; id. 



E.cp. de Castelnau, Zuul., Ois. p. 31 ; Grai/ et Mitch. Gen. B. iii. 



App. p. 30 a ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 153 ; id. Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 14 ; Hcl, 



Sya. Galb. p. 10 ; id. P. Z. S. 1855, pp. IG, 137 ; id. Cat. A. B. 



p. 2(>8 ; /(/. Monoi/r. Jac. and Pitf-bds. p. 53, pi. xvii. ; Cass. Cat. 



Hale. p. 10; H'trtl. J. f. O. 1857, p. 43: 6t/. et ISalv. P. Z. S. 



IStJtj, p. lOi', 1807, p. 978, 1873, p. 294; iid. Xomencl. p. 105; 



Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 121. 

 Jacamaralcyouides leucotis, Des Murs, Icon. Orn. t. 17. 

 Cauecias leucotis, Cab. in Ersch u. Grub. Enc. sect. 1, lii. p. 310 : 



Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. iv. p. 228. 

 Alcyonides leucotis, Reichoih. Handb. p. 83. 



Above aud beneath brownish chestnut ; cap, wings, aud tail 



