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Genus II. Hylomanes. 



Hyloinanes, Licht. Abh. Ac. Berol. 1838, p. 449. 



Uostrum debiHus et minus incurvum, non compressum se/l (Hlata- 



tum, marginihus temiissime serratis : cauda brevis, rectricihuit 



decem et harum mediis non spatulatis. 



1. Hylomanes momotula. 



Hijlomanes momotula, Licht. Abh. Ac. Berol. 1838, p. 449. pi. 4 ; 

 Bp. Consp. p. 164. 



Matuotus momotula, Gray's Gen. p. 68. pi. 24 ; List of Sp. in 

 B. M. ii. 1. p. 40. 



Viridis : pileo rufo : superciliis cyaneis : regione auricidari nigra : 

 subtiis albescens, viridi tincta. 



Long. totą 60, alse 3-0, caudf© 2-2.5, rostri a fronte "9. 



Hab. Mexico, Valle Real {Licht.) ; Jalapa (SalU). 



Mus. Brit., BeroHn., Bruxelliano. 



2. Hylomanes gularis. 



Prionites gularis, Lafr. R. Z. 1840, p. 130; Bp. Consp. p. 16."), 

 et Consp. Vol. Zygodact. p. 8. 



Momotus gularis, Gray's Gen. i. p. 68 ; Strickl. Cont. Orn. 1848, 

 p. 33. pi. 17 ; Less. Descr. Mamm. et Ois. p. 266. 



Viridis ; gula et ventre imo cyaneis : regione ophthabnica rufes- 

 cente : macula auriculari utrinque et pectoris duplici nigris : 

 cauda subtus fusca, supra apice ccerulescente. 



Long. totą 10"0, alae 4*0, caudae 5-5, rostri a fronte l'l. 



Hab. Guatimala {Lafr. et Strickl.). 



Mus. Paris. 



Tbis bird seems to me to be most naturally arranged as a second 

 species of Momotula, though, as Mr. Strickland has observed, it par- 

 takes of the characters of the other genera. Mr. Strickland's 

 examples were, I believe, from the neighbourhood of the city of 

 Guatimala. 



Genus III. Prionirhynchus. 



Crypticus, Sw. Class. B. ii. p. 338 (1837). 



Rostrum elongatum, dilatatum, carinatum, incurvum, marginibns 



tenuissime serratis : caudoe rectricibus decem, harum mediis 



elongatis et spatulatis. 



1. Prionirhynchus platyrhynchus, Leadbeater. 



Momotus platyrhynchus, Leadb. Linn. Trans. xvi. p. 92 ; Jard. 

 & Selby, 111. Orn. pi. 106 ; Gray's Gen. p. 68. sp. 8. 



Prionites Martii, Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 64. pi. 60 ? 



Crypticus Martii, Bp. P. Z. S. 1 837, p. 119, certe ; Consp. p. 1 6.i ; 

 Less. Descr. d. Mamm. et Ois. p. 267. 



