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Pteroglossus pavoninus, Mus. Mun. Pter. supriprasinus, sub- 

 tUs paUidior, crisso rectricumęue apicibus brunneis ; rostro in- 

 ferne et ad basin nigro. 

 Long. tot. 13-14 poli.; rostri,\\:i.Z^; al(e,5^\ caud(e,5^; tarsi,\\. 

 Hab. in ]\Iexico. 



Desch. Pter. prasino, Licht., propemodo affmis. Rostrum ni- 

 grum, ad basin linea aurantiaca cinctum ; mandibula superior 

 pro maxima parte apicem versus flava in coeruleo-viridem supernė 

 transiens. 



Mr. Gould concluded by stating that it was liis intention imme- 

 diately to publish, as a snpplement to his ' Monograph of the Ram- 

 phastidee,' the drawings which he had laid before the Meeting. 

 Of that family thiity-three species are now known to liim, which 

 may be distiuguished by the following Synoptic Table of the spe- 

 cies of 



Ramphastid^. 



I. Cauda breviore, ąuadrata : rostro maxinio. Nigri ; gutture cau- 



da:que tegminibus discoloribus. — Ramphastos. 



Caudae tegminibus superioribus fiavis vel flavescentibus. 

 Pectore albo. 



Rostro ut plurimura nigro, lateri- 



bus compressis 1. culminatus. 



convexis 2. Cuvieri. 



rubro. . . 3. erythrorhynchus . 



Pectore pallidė lutescente . ... 4. citreopygus. 



flavo 5. osculans. 



Caudse tegminibus superioribus albis. 



Pectore albo 6. Toco. 



flavo. 



Rostro pluricolore 7. carinatus. 



obliquė dimidiatim flavo . 8. Stvainsonii. 



Caudae tegminibus superioribus coccineis. 

 Rostro nigro. 



Auribus albis 9. vitellinus. 



pectori concoloribus, 



(sc. fiavis) 10. Ariel. 



Rostro viridescente 11. dicolorus. 



II. Cauda longiore, gradata : rostro majore. Viridescentes ; capite, 



gastrčEO, tegminihusąue caudte superioribus in plurimis dis- 

 coloribus. — Pteroglossus. 



Gastraeo bi- vel pluri-colore, coloribus discretis. 

 Pectore ventreque flavis, fasciatis. 

 Fascia ventrali coccinea, lata. 



