Mr. P. L. Sclater on new Birds from South America. 167 



tish Museum, wlierc it first attracted my notice. The beautiful 

 series of birds recently transmitted by M. Levraud, the French 

 Consul at Caraecas, to the ^luseuni of the Jardin des Plantes at 

 Paris (which 1 have lately had the opjxn-tunity of inspecting 

 through the courtesy of the Directors of that establishment), 

 contains a single example of the same bird, which has enabled 

 me to assure myself of its locality. 



This is one of the species of this form that shows the greatest 

 * rapprochement ' towards Sijlviorthorhynchus, the tail being com- 

 posed of eight rectriees only, and the outer pair of these being 

 abnormally small. 



DiGLOssopis, gen. nov. 



Diylossopis, genus novum Diylossce proximum, et rostro simili 

 sed productiore ; mandibular superioris apiee non uncinata sed 

 supra mandibulam inferiorem fortiter iucurva : hac autem rec- 

 tissima, acutissima, nee seorsum eurvata : alis modicis, remi- 

 gibus tertia et quarta longissimis, seeunda quintam ajquante 

 et primam paulo superante : Cauda modica quadrata : pedibus 

 Diglossee assimilibus. 



2. DiGLOSSOPIS C^RULESCENS, 



D, cjcrulescenti-cinerea fere tinicolor, subtus in ventre dilutior : 

 alis caudaque intus nigricantibus : loris et rostri ambitu ob- 

 scuris : rostro nigro : pedibus brunneis. 

 Long, tota 6*0; alse 2'9; eaudgc 3"3 poll. Angl. 

 Hab. in vie. urbis Caraecas in Venezuela. 

 Mus. Bremcnsi et Parisiensi. 



Dr. Hartlaub first pointed out this cui'ious bird to me when I 

 was on a visit to Bremen in 1854 and inspecting the well-ordered 

 collection of birds in the museum of that city. The single spe- 

 cimen there is without indication of locality, and I was conse- 

 quently unwilling to describe it. I never met with this species 

 again until quite lately among the before-mentioned series of 



birds sent to Paris by M. Levraud from Caraecas. 



I think there is no doubt that it ought to form the type of 

 a new genus of Diglossina. 



3. DiGLOSSA IXDIGOTICA. 



Difflossa indiyotica, J. & E. Verreaux, MS. 

 D. indigotico-cserulea unicolor : loris uigris : alis caudaque nigris 



cserulescenti-viridi limbatis : rostro et pedibus nigris. 

 Long, tota 4'3; alaj 2'2 ; caud?e 1*4 poll. Angl. 

 Hah. in rep. Equatoriana. 



MM. J. & E. Verreaux have kindly supplied me with a spe- 

 cimen of this beautiful Diylostsn as vet undescribed, and for 



30* 



