1919- Catalogue of Birds of the Americas — Cory. 383 



Galbula maculicauda Pelzeln, Om. Bras., 1871, p. 24 (Rio Parana, Rio Pardo, 

 Goyaz, etc.). 



Range: Brazil, from south of the Amazon to Bolivia, southern 

 Brazil and extreme northeastern Argentina (Missiones) ; not recorded 

 from Paraguay. 



fia: Brazil (Sao Marcello, Rio Preto, Bahia 6; Sao Amaro, Bahia 

 i; Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes 5). 



♦Galbula nificauda nilBcauda Cuvier. Rufous-tailed Jacamar. 



Galbula ruficauda Cuvier, Regne Anim., I, 1817, p. 420 ("Colombia"); Sclater, 

 Mon. Jacamars and Puff-birds, 1880, p. 15, pi. IV; Id., in Wytsman's Gen. 

 Avium, 1909, pt. 10, p. 4; Berlepsch, Nov. Zool., XV, 1908, p. 276 (Cay- 

 enne) ;^ Stone, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1913, p. 199 (Guinipa, Venezuela) 

 Cherrie, Mus. Brooklyn Inst. Arts & Sci., Sci. Bull., II, No. 6, 1916, 

 P- 325 (Venezuela); Chubb, Bds. Brit. Guiana, I, 1916, p. 467. 



Galbula ruficauda ruficauda Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXVI, 

 191 7, p. 336 (Puerto Valdivia; Puerto Berrio; Honda and Chicoral in humid 

 portion of the Lower Cauca and Magdalena Valleys, Colombia). 



Galbula leptura Cabanis, in Schomb. Reis. Guiana. Ill, 1848, p. 717. 



Range: Guiana, Tobago, Trinidad, Venezuela and Colombia. 

 t35: Colombia (Cucuta) 6; Venezuela (Rio Aurare, east of Mara- 

 caibo, 5; Maracay, Aragua 8); Tobago Island, 16. 



*Galbula ruficauda brevirostris* Cory. Short-billed Jacamar. 



Galbula ruficauda brevirostris Cory, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Orn. Ser., I, 1913, p. 

 287 (Encontrados, southwest of Lake Maracaibo, western Venezuela). 



Range : So far as known, confined to the low, heavily forested region 

 of Zulia (Encontrados, Catatimibo, etc.), western Venezuela, 

 fiy: Venezuela (Catatmnbo 10, Encontrados 7). 



Galbula ruficauda pallens'' Bangs. Santa Marta Jacamar. 



Galbula ruficauda pollens Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XII, 1898, p. 133 

 Santa Marta, Colombia); Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXVI, 

 1917, p. 336, crit. (Calama, in arid zone on the lower Magdalena River, and 

 Banco, Colombia). 



Range: Arid region of northern Colombia. 



*Galbula melanogenia Sclater. Black-faced Jacamar. 



Galbula melanogenia Sclater, Jardine's Contr. Orn., 1852, p. 61, pi. 90 (no lo- 

 cality given = Vera Paz, Guatemala)"; Id., Mon Jacamars and Puff-birds, 

 1880, p. 19, pi. 5; Id., Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XIX, 1891, p. 166; Id., in Wjrts- 



" Galbula ruficauda brevirostris Cory: Similar to G. r. ruficauda, but bill decidedly 

 shorter; wing and tail shorter, and color of under parts somewhat darker; wing about 

 75; tail, 115; bill, 38 to 44 mm. (average 42 mm.). 



^Galbula ruficauda pollens Bangs: Similar to G. r. ruficatida, but rufous areas 

 paler; pectoral band narrower and bill longer. 



" Cf. Sclater, Mon. Jacamars and Puff-birds, 1879, p. 19. 



