522 Mr. P. L. Sclater on the 



(1) "Female, 6/7th Jan., 1835^ from the low forest. Iris 

 dark brown, eye-ring black. Bill black, with some pale 

 green streaks in front of the nostrils and at the back of the 

 lower mandible. Feet very dark blackish grey, only the 

 front and hind scales of the thighs and the terminal halves 

 of the upper shields of the tarsi pale greyish green. Toes 

 dark grey. Large eggs in the ovary. Berries in the crop. 



(2) "Male adult, Jan. 28th, from the high forest, where 

 this bird lives on the ground in small flocks, roosting at 

 night on the trees. Iris dark brown, eye-ring black. Bill 

 black, slightly tinged with green : upper mandible in front 

 of the nostrils, edges of the gape, and some specks on the 

 under mandible blackish green. Toes and claws dark brown. 

 Scales of the tarsus dark greenish brown, rather bright on 

 their edgings. Naked portion of the tibia bright greenish 

 grey. The tail reaches but a few lines beyond the tips of 

 the wings. Contents of crop, berries. 



(3) " Male, shot Jan. 31st. Toes and lower halves of the 

 tarsi black, passing upwards into blackish brown and then 

 into greenish brown, and becoming dirty grass-green near the 

 tibiae. Tibiae blackish brown, but the scutes greenish : 

 hinder tarsal shields also green. Bill black, almost without 

 any green." 



The following notes relate to the two specimens of 

 P. viridis likewise procured by Natterer : — 



(1) "Female, Rio Mamore, Cachoeira de Guajara-guaQU, 

 27th Aug., 1829, from a flock in the forest. Eye large, iris 

 dark chestnut-brown; hinder half of bill dirty yellowish 

 brown, front half dirty bluish green. Nostrils pervious. 

 Tongue long, small, and fleshy, with a horny tip. Feet 

 pale greyish green, at the commencement of the unfeathered 

 portion of the tibiae more of a yellowish grey, all dusky. 

 Tail reaching about three lines beyond the wing-ends. 



(2) "Female, slightly moulting, Salto Theotonio, Nov. 1st, 

 1829, obtained on the right bank of the Madeira, on the 

 ground in dense forest. Iris dark brown, eye-ring black. 

 Colour of bill as in the former specimen, but nostril-pit and 

 space between that and the front, as also the culmen at the 



