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2. ^iEucephala smaragdo-caerulea. 



Augasma smaragdineum, Godld, P. Z. S. (1800), p. 305. 



Eucephala smaragdo-ccerulea, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. v, pi. 331. — Id., Iiitr. Trocb., octavo c<l., p. ICG (18G1). 



—Elliot, Ibis (1874), p. 88. 

 Eucephala smaragdinea, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, ii, p. 37. 



Hab. Brazil, Novo Fribuigo. 



" Crown of the head and throat glittering greenish-blue, imperceptibly passing 

 into the glittering green of the breast, back of the neck and upper surface golden- 

 green ; upper tail coverts grass-green ; under tail coverts green, inclining to purple 

 on some of the feathers ; thighs brown ; tail bluish-black, the two outer feathers 

 on each side slightly tipped with white ; bill black with the exception of the basal 

 half of the under mandible wliich is flesh-color. Total length, 3| in. Wing, 2| in. 

 Tail, 1^ in. Bill, | in."— (Gould, loc. cit.) 



3. ^Eucephala caeruleo-lavata. 



Eucephala ccerideo-lavata. Gocld, P. Z. .S. (ISGO), p. 306.— Id., Mon. Troch., vol. v, pi. S.'^S.- Id., Iiitr. Troch., 

 octavo ed., p. ICG (18C1). — Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, ii, p. 40. — Elliot, Ibis (1874), p. 88. 



Hah. Brazil, Province of San Paulo. 



"Crown of the head greenish-blue, not very brilliant, but having a few conspicu- 

 ous small bright blue feathers intermingled; throat and chest bright greenish-blue, 

 passing into purer green on the flanks ; back of the neck and back deep grass-green ; 

 wings purplish-brown; upper tail coverts bronzy-orange; inider tail coverts bronzy 

 purplish-brown; two middle tail feathers deep purplisli-bronze, the next on each 

 side is washed with bronze on its outer margin, the remaining feathers purplish- 

 black; thighs grayish-white, the bill appears to have been reddish flesh-color at the 

 base of both mandibles, and black at the tip. Total length, 3j in. Wing, 2\ in. 

 Tail, \\ in. Bill, | in."— (Gould, loc. cit.) 



4. ^Eucephala scapulata. 



Eucephala acnpidata, Gould. Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 16G (18C1). — Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, ii, 

 p. 34.— Elliot, Ibis (1874), p. 88. 



ffab. Guiana^ 



"Crown of the head, back of the neck, and lower part of the back very deep dull 

 green; throat and chest glittering greenish-blue, imperceptibly passing into the didl 

 brownish-black of the abdomen; under tail coverts brown, with a wash of dull blue 

 in the centre of each feather ; a mark of blue on each side at tlie insertion of the 

 wing, forming an indistinct band across the back; upper tail coverts bronzy-gr(>en; 

 tail steely-black, rather short for the size of the bird, and slightly forked; wings 

 deep purplish-brown ; tarsi clothed with intermingled grayish-wliite and brown 

 feathers ; upper mandible black; basal half of the under mandible fleshy, the apical 

 half black. Total length, 3.f in. Bill, | in. AVing, 2^- in. Tail, 1| im"— (Gould, 

 loc. cit.) 



