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tipped with buffy-white ; upper mandible black ; under mandible 
yellow, with a black tip ; feet yellow. 
Total length 47 inches; bill 14; wing 23; tail 12. 
Hab. Supposed to be Brazil. 
Remark.—This bird is considerably smaller than G. nevius, and 
has a less cuneate tail. It is possible that this may be one of the 
sexes of Glaucis Dohrni; many of its colours would induce such a 
belief ; and if such should prove to be the case, that bird must be re- 
moved from the genus Glaucis to that of Grypus. I have named this 
bird in honour of the celebrated traveller Spix, in whose work there 
occurs a figure of a bird (G. ruficollis) which somewhat resembles 
my specimen: not so, however, the accompanying description, which 
appears to be that of the species so frequently sent from Rio de 
Janeiro, and which is generally known as Grypus nevius. 
- GLAUCIS MELANURA, Gould. 
Centre of the throat, chest, and under surface buff; a streak of 
dark brown passes downwards from the base of the lower mandible, 
between which and the ear-coverts is a stripe of buff; there is also a 
line of buff behind the eye; crown of the head brown; back of the 
neck, upper surface, and two middle tail-feathers golden-green ; upper 
tail-coverts narrowly edged with grey; basal portion of the inner 
webs and the shafts of the four lateral tail-feathers rich reddish-buff 
approaching to chestnut, the remainder of these feathers being black, 
tipped with white ; bill black, except the base of the under mandible, 
which is yellow. 
Total length 4} inches; bill 15; wing 14; tail 24. 
Remark.—This species is much smaller than the G. hirsuta of 
Trinidad and the eastern coast of America. It has also a much 
greater amount of black colour in its tail; this organ, in fact, when 
closed and viewed from beneath, appears to be entirely black, the 
under coverts concealing the buff colouring at its base. I possess two 
specimens of this bird, one of which, a very fine one, was received 
from the upper Rio Negro, the other from the Napo. 
PHATHORNIS ZONURA, Gould. 
Crown of the head brown ; back of the neck, back, and shoulders 
bronzy-green ; rump and upper tail-coverts rich reddish-buff ; all the 
under surface buff, palest on the throat ; three outer tail-feathers on 
each side black at the base, with rich buffy tips; the fourth feather 
the same except at the tip, where the outer half is buff and the inner 
half white; the two central prolonged feathers black at the base, largely 
tipped with white ; bill black, except the basal half of the lower man- 
dible, which is either yellow or flesh-colour ; feet yellow. 
Total length 32 inches; bill 1; wing 1}; tail 12. 
Hab. Peru, where it was procured by M. Warszewicz. 
Remark.—This is a fine and very distinct species; it is perhaps 
most nearly allied to P. griseogularis ; it is, however, a much larger 
bird, and has its tail much more strongly marked. In fact, the tail must 
show very conspicuously when outspread, from the strong contrast 
which the black basal portion offers to the buff tips and the rich 
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