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GALTiFT.TT).^. 



blackish tinged with bronzj'' green ; cheeks white ; cbin blackish ; 

 bill and feet white : whole length 8 inches, wing 3'5, tail 2"2, bill 

 from gape 2"1. Female similar, but without the white cheeks. 

 Hah. Upper Amazonia. 



Subfamily II. JACAMEROPIN^. 

 6. JACAMEROPS. 



Tj-pe. 



Jacamerops, Less. Tr. (tOrn. p. 234 (1831) .1. grandis. 



Lamprotila, Sw. Class. B. ii. p. 336 (1837) J. grandis. 



Jacamerops is the giant of the Galhulida', ;md is well distinguished 

 by its incurved bill, which is much dilated at the base and has a 

 sharp culminal ridge. The tail has twelve rectrices, of which the 

 three outer pairs are much graduated. The tarsi are short and the 

 feet weak. 



Jacamerops has a wide range, from Veragua over Colombia, 

 Venezuela, Guiana, and Amazonia. 



1. Jacamerops grandis. 



Alcedo aurea, P. L. S. Miill. Natm-sr/xt. Sxppl. p. 94 (?). 



Great .Tacamar, Lath. Syn. i. p. 605 : id. Gen. Hist. iv. p. 3. 



Alcedo grandis. Gin. S. N. i. p. 458. 



Galbula grandis, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 245 : Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 1325. 



Le Jacammaciri, And. et J'iei'll. Ois. Dor. p. 8, i Jac. t. 6. 



.lacamarici, Levaill. Ois. de Par. ii. p. 125, t. 54. 



Galbula jacamaciri, Shaw, Xaf. Afisc. vol. xx. t. 833. 



Jaoamero]>s graudis, Less. Tr. d'Orn. 'p. 2?A: Gray et 3Iitch. Gen. 

 B. i. p. 84; Gray, List Fiss. B. M. p. 68 : Bp' Consp. i. p. 153 

 id. Comp. Vol. Zvf/. p. 13 ; Reichenb. Handh. p. 88 ; Scl. Syn. Galb. 

 p. 9 ; id. P. Z. &' 1855. p. 16, 1857, p. 263 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 268 

 id. Monoqr. Jac. and Biiff-lids. p. 57, pi. xviii. : Cass. Cat. Hale. 

 p. 18; Peh Sitz. Ak.'Wien, xx. p. 519; id. Orn. Bras. p. 25 

 Burm. Si/st. Ueh. ii. p. 298; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. U. vii. p. 291 

 Sel. et Sale. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 363. 1867. p. 582, 1873, p. 294. 1879 

 p. 536; iid. Komencl. p. 105; Taez. P.Z.S. 1882, p. 44 (N.E 

 Peru) ; id. Om. Per. iii. p. 122 ; Salv. Lbis, 1886, p. 62 (Brit 

 Guiana). 



Lamprotila platyrbyucba, Sic. Class. B. ii. p. 336. 



Lamprotila grandis, Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 718 ; id. in Ersch 



