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Remarks. — In distribution of colors it resembles Mr. Gould's 

 Thaumatias chionurus, but that species measures half an inch 

 more in length, is without the coppery color above, has four 

 green central tail feathers, and all the other tail feathers black 

 at their ends. 



It seems to me closely allied to T. chionurus, and both of 

 them to Eupherusa eximia in the coloring of their under plum- 

 age, form of bills and tail feathers. I have therefore placed 

 the present species provisionally in Eupherusa, and if not its 

 true position, in my opinion, a new genus should be formed for 

 this and chionurus, for to my eye they do not come so near any 

 other genus as to Eupherusa. 



Note on Thauma-iias chionurus. — The bird I described as 

 Eupherusa niveicauda, Ann. Lye. K. Y., Vol. viii., p. 134, 

 I sent to Mr. Gould for the purpose of ascertaining whether it 

 was his T. cltio?iurus, and he has decided it to be that species. 

 At the time of describing, it did not seem to me at all like a 

 Thaumatias, which must be my excuse for naming it anew, and 

 with due deference to Mr. Gould's opinion, it does not yet 

 appear to me to be its proper position ; the bill is differently 

 shaped, as are also the tail feathers ; these last are without the 

 peculiar markings of Thaumatias, and the under plumage 

 has none of the glittering character which prevails in that 

 genus. 



V. Geotrygon Veraguciisis, nov. sp. 



Fore part of the head as far as on a line with the eyes, and a stripe 

 running from the corner of the mouth under the eye and to the hind 

 neck, white with a slight rusty tinge ; crown, hind part and sides of the 

 neck, upper part of the back and the entire breast of a rich purple violet, 

 crown a little bluish ; the middle and lower part of the back, with the 

 smaller wing coverts, are of a glossy greenish olive-brown ; the middle 

 and larger wing coverts, and the secondaries differ a little in color, 

 beino- somewhat lighter, more of an umber brown ; tail dull olivaceous 



