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and point of the lower mandible yellow, and vvitli a broad basai beit 

 of the šame colour, bounded posteriorly with a narrow line of black, 

 and anteriorly with a narrow line of scarlet ; the yellow clouded with 

 olive on the lower mandible ; naked skin round the eye puqjle, passing 

 into yellow on its outer raargin ; irides brovvn ; legs und feet bluish 

 lead-colour ; general pluraage black ; throat and chest white, tinged 

 with yellovv, and bounded below by a band of blood-red ; upper tail- 

 coverts rich orange ; under tail-coverts blood-red. 



Totai length, 20 inches ; bill, 5į ; wing, D^ ; tail, 7 ; tarsi, 2į. 



Hab. Bolivia : in the elevated and dense forests at Chimorėe, in 

 the country of the Yuracaras Indians. Brought to this country by 

 Mr. Bridges, and now in the collection of the Earl of Derby. 



Remark. — Nearly allied to Rainphastos erythrorhynchus. 



The above is the description of a female. 



Pteroglossus cucullatus. Pter. vertice et occipite aterrimis ; 

 latd maculd semilunari ad nucham griseo-cceruled ; dorso, humeris, 

 apicibusque tectricum alaruvi majorum aureo-oleagineis, uropygio 

 autein et tectricibus cauda superioribus virido-flavis infectis ; tectri- 

 cibus alarum superioribus, pogoniis externis primariarum, et secon- 

 dariis saturate viridibus ; pogoniis internis nigris ; genis guldęue 

 ferrugineis, harum colore cum inferioris corporis ctBruleo-griseo 

 gradatim confuso ; tectricibus caudce inferioribus nitide coccineis ; 

 rastro flavo-viridi obnubilato, nisi tertid parte apicali, et maculd 

 oblongd utringue ad basin inferioris mandibulce, nigris. 

 Crown of the head and occiput deep shining black ; at the back 

 of the neck a broad crescentic mark of blue-grey ; back, shoulder, 

 and tips of the greater ^ing-coverts golden olive, passing into 

 greenish yellow on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; greater wing- 

 coverts, outer webs of the primaries and the secondaries dark green ; 

 inner webs black ; sides of the face and throat sooty black, gradually 

 hlending \vith the dark bluish grey of the under surface ; under tail- 

 coverts shining crimson ; thighs light chestnut ; bill yellow, clouded 

 "vvith green for tvvo-thirds of its length from the base, and black for 

 the remainder of its length ; the under mandible \vith an oblong 

 irregularly-shaped patch of black on each side near the base ; feet 

 greenish lead-colour. 



Totai length, 18 inches; bill, 4 ; wing, 7 ; tail, 7^ ; tarsi, 2. 

 Hab. The forests of Cocapata, department of Cochabamba, Boli\'ia. 

 Remark. — Three specimens of this highly interesting new species 

 ■vvere brought home by Mr. Bridges ; two of them are now in the 

 possession of the Earl of Derby, and the third in the collection at the 

 British Museum. The sexes are precisely similar in colour and 

 markings, but the female may be readily distinguished by her some- 

 •what smaller size and by the much smaller size of the bill. 

 The whole of the plumage is very dense or thick. 



Odontopiiorus Balliviani. Odont. capite cristdįue ferrvginco- 

 rufis ; infra et pone oculum latd aterrimd maculd, siipra et subter 



