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0BANATELLU8. 



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Fonr Bpccics of UiIh genus are now known, the dilTerenceH of 

 vvliicli iiro indicated in the following diagnoses. The charaetiTs of 

 0. mllueA and peUdnii 1 borrow from Schiter — uot having aeea 

 these species. 



Common Guar actbrb.— Slaty blue above ; tail black. A broad post- 

 ocular patch, aud sideH of bcxly white. Middle region of body 

 beneath, from breast to crissuiu iiicluHive, vermilion red. 

 Sidea of head and neck black; chiu aud throat white. 



Top v.r head like the back ; forehead and pectoral col- 

 lar black ; lateral tail feathers tipped with white venustuB. 

 Similar to last, but without black pectoral collar . franciaca. 

 Top of liead black ; no black pectoral collar ; tail 



feathers without white tips .... pdxelnii. 



Sides of head, with entire chin and throat, plumbeous ; tail 



feathers not tipped with white salluei. 



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Granatellus Tenustus. 



Granatellus venustus, " DonuB, Esq. Om. tab. xliv," BoN. Consp. 1850, 

 312 (Mus. Bruxell. ex Mexico).— Sclater, P.,Z. S. Nov. 1804, 607, 

 pi xxxvii, flg. 2 (copied from Dubus). 



Ilab. Western Mexico. 



(No. 30,169, % .) Above bluish slate color. Forehead, aides of head and 

 neck including edge of vertex, and a narrow pectoral collar, continuous 

 black. A broad triangular patch of white behind the eye in the black of the 

 neck. Median portion of under parts, from the black pectoral band to and 

 including crissum, vermilion red. Axillars, lining of wings, flanks, chin and 

 tliroat (which are bordered by black, as described) white ; side of breast 

 plumbeous. Outer web, aud terminal half of inner web of l»t tail feather, 

 terminal fifth of 2d, and a slight tip of 3d, all white; rest of tail black. 

 Quills dark brown, edged externally like the back, internally with whitish. 

 Hill dark plumbeous, paler on the tomia aud gonys ; legs rather dusky. Iris 

 white. 



A close examination shows a number of black bristles interspersed in the 

 white of the throat. 



Length, 5.40; wing, 2.47 ; tall, 2.90; graduation, .35 ; difference between 

 Istand 4th quills, .36; bill above, .55; nostril, .36; gape, .65 tarsus, .77; 

 middle toe and claw, .60. 



The differences between this species, O. peizelnii,^ and G. sallaei, 

 are given below, 



' OranatelluB pelzelnil. 



Granatellnit pelzelneii, Sclatbr, P. Z. S. Nov. 22, 1864, 606, pi. xxxvii, 

 fig. 1 (Madeira River, Brazil). 



Supra plumbeus, pileo et capitis lateribus nigris ; vitta post-oculari utriuqua 



