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Ijotwoeu the outer and inner anterior, tlic outer larfjest, instead of being 

 longest, and liaving tiie outer anterior intermediate l)etween it and tlie 

 inner, Uie shorter bill, tlie gonys I'nlly hall' the length of the connnissure, 

 are additional distinctive features. 



Of Hiilututnnn tliere are several species in tropical America, all differing, 

 however, in transversely banded lower parts, while some have a broad wliite 



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scapular stripe ; in these featun;., of coloration (Imt in these only, for the head 

 pattern is always nuicli as in the //. pilcatm) they resemble closely species 

 of Cumpcphilas {0. f/uatcma/ensv^, C. alhirostris, 0. malhcrhci, etc.,) I'ound in 

 the same region; one (If. mqmlnris, of Mexico) even has a whitish ivory- 

 like bill. They may all be distinguished from the species of Campcplulus, 

 however, by the generic diflerences. 



