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instead of the very fine ones like those on the smaller coverts, 

 as in caligatus. 



Fam. BUCCONID^. 



SuBFAM. BUCCONIN^. 



302. BuGGo pectoralis, G. R. Gray. 5 and ? . 



Excellent specimens of this rare species; the wing coverts 

 and scapulars have their ends narrowly margined with white. 

 Male. Length 8^ in, ; wing 2>\ ; tail 3§- ; bill IfV ; tarsi f . 



Fam. C^REBID^. 



SuBFAM. C^REBINiE. 

 303. Dacnis TeilUSta, sp, nov. No. 166 of Part 11. 



Male. The front, lores, region of the eye, face, and chin, are Llack ; 

 upper plumage, with the ends of the small and middle wing coverts liglit 

 verditer bhie, this color extends over the cheeks and quite forward on 

 the sides of the neck ; wings, greater wing coverts, scapulars, upper tail 

 coverts and tail deep blackish purple ; under plumage of a very dark 

 rich green (not in a good light appearing to be black) ; thighs of a 

 bright minium or deep orange-red color ; tarsi and toes flesh colored 

 brown ; bill black. 



Length \\ in.; wing 2f ; tail 1| ; bill /g ; tarsi -^^. 



Female. Above bluish-green, middle of the back dark green, sides of 

 the neck and rump verditer blue ; wings and tail dark brownish purple ; 

 throat and upper part of breast ashy grey ; breast, abdomen, and under 

 tail coverts fulvous or tawny yellow, deeper in color on the latter ; 

 sides dusky ; thighs pale orange red ; legs and bill as in the male. 



The blue of the upper plumage is much the same as that of 

 D. melanotis, but rather brighter. The interscapularj region 

 is blue, the scapulars only being purplish-black ; the black 

 around the eye is confined to a small space, and ends in a point 

 immediately behind it; the blue of the neck extends quite for- 

 ward on the throat, contrasting finely with the deep green of 



