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found in the present circle ; that it has some rela- 

 tion, strictly so termed, to Psaris^ is unquestionable, 

 but we think that it is one of analogy rather than 

 of affinity, and that Sphecotheres is the most aber- 

 rant type of the orioles, Oriolince, representing in 

 that group, the genus Psaris. We incline the 

 more to this view of the subject, because its position 

 in this group seems to disturb the progression of 

 forms between this and the sub-family we shall 

 now enter upon. 



CUVIER'S THICK-BILL. 



Pachyrynchus Cuvierii, SPIX. 

 PLATE IV. 



Above green ; beneath white, with a bright yellow band across 

 the breast ; ears and neck above cinereous ; the male with 

 a black crown ; the female with the wing-covers rufous. 



Psaris Cuvierii, Zool Ittust. i. PI. 32, the male. Tityra Vieill- 

 otii, Jardine and &%, Ittust. of Orn. i. PI. 16, fig. 1, the 

 female. 



THE most elegant species of this division, and the 

 only one yet discovered that is ornamented with 

 bright colours, is the P. Cuvierii, first figured in 

 the Zoological Illustrations, and subsequently placed 



