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3. MicROPOGON AUROViRENS, Nob. M. oUvaceus, pileo ruber- 

 rimo, gula pectoregue aurantiacis. 



Bucco aurovirens, Cuv. Le Vaill. Suppl. pi. E. 



From Sarayacu. "The eyes were red, the legs grey." 



4. MiCROPOGON FLAvicoLLE, Nob. M. iiiger luteo maculatus, 

 pileo luteo-virescenti : gula aurantiacd : abd^mine Jlavo. 



Mas. Jugulo immaculato. Fcem. Jugulo maculis nigris. 

 Resembles Capito aurifrons, Vig. from Chili ; but is sufficiently 

 distinct. 



5. Galbula tombacea, Spix, pi. 58. G. aureo-viridis, abdomine 

 rufo : jugulo immaculato. 



A tail-less specimen belonging certainly to that species, distinct 

 from the numerous ones just described by Mr. Swainson ; difFering 

 from all by the uniform green colour of the chin, throat, and breast. 



6. Dendrocops platyrostris, Nob. D. rufescens, nigro undu- 

 latus, uropygio, remigibus, rectricibusąuepuris. 



Dendrocolaptes platyrostris, Spix, pi. 89. 



A large and very remarkable species, in vrhich the characters of 

 the genus, as beautifully described and drawn by Mr. Swainson, are 

 strongly developed. 



7. AsTHENURUS rufiventris, Nob. A.fuscus, subtus cum genis 

 rufis : pileo nigro, rubro maculato. 



8. Melanerpes meropirostris, Nob. M. niger, fronte rubrd: 

 vittd superciliari albd, postice aured : uropygio candido : abdo- 

 mine medio coccineo ; latcribus, crisso, remigibusgue albo nigro- 

 que fasciatis. 



Pictis meropirostris, VVagl. 



The bill is rather more curv'ed than in other species of the group, 

 and has the culmmar and nasal ridges remarkably distinct, 



9. Xanthorxus mentalis, Wagl. A young specimen. 



10. Sturnella militaris, Vieill. 



1 1. A female of a species of DoUckonis, Tvith a belly tinged \vith 

 red, and less acute tail-feathers than in the tj-pe, intermediate be- 

 tw'een the only two species of the group hitherto known : perhaps 

 the female of the Agelaius pkcenisomus, S\vains. 



12. GuiRACA MAGNiROSTRis, Nob. G. grisco-flūvida nigro 

 maculata; subtus cum superciliis Jlavis : crisso albo: remigibus 

 rectricibusgue fuscis: tectricibus alaricm majoribus scapulari- 

 busgue apice albo notatis. 



A female bird of an unknown species, allied to the G. melanoce- 

 phala, Sw. ; but difFering by the biU being much longer and thicker. 



13. Spiza versicolor, Nob. S. violaceo-cyanea purpureoąue 

 varia : uropygio cyaneo : capistro nigro : alis cauddgite fuscis. 



Found near Temascallepec : " has a sweet SODg ; feeds on seeds ; 



