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ON VENEZUELAN BIRDS. 



Fig. 2. 



[Feb. 27, 



Sublegatus glaber. 



We propose, therefore, to give it a new name, with the following 

 characters :— 



Sublegatus, gen. nov. 



Habitus generalis Elainese, sect narium aperturis seorsum versis, 

 rotundatis et omnino patentibus. Rostrum aliter fere sicut in 

 ffenere Legato, sed magis depressum. Rictus setis paucis et 

 inconspicuis armatus. Alee subbreves : remige tertio quarto et 

 quinto cequalibus et longissimis, jirimo nonum fere cBquante : 

 secundo sextum paulo excedente. Cauda longa,fere quadrata. 

 Tarsi sicut in Elainea, sed robustiores. 



Sublegatus glaber, sp. nov. (PL XIII. fig. 2.) 



Supra ex olivaceo murinus, pileo obscuriore : alis et cauda nigri- 

 canti-fuscis, tectricum alarum et secundariorum margiiiibus sor- 

 dide albescentibus : subtus pallide Jlavicans, gutture albo in 

 pectore in cinereum trahente : subalaribus favidis : rostro cor- 

 neo, pedibus nigris : long, tota 5"5, alee 28, caudce 2"6, tarsi 

 0"75, rostri a rictu 0'6. 



Hub. in Venezuela (Goering). 



Mus. P. L. S. 



92. PiPREOLA FORMOSA. 



Ampelis formosa, Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1849, p. 493, t. 14. 

 Pyrrhorhynchus formosus, Bp. Consp. p. 177. 

 Euchlorornis formosa, C&h. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 103. 

 A pair of this beautiful species from the dark forest near Caripe, 

 alt. 3000 feet. " Iris red brown." 



93. Chasmorhynchus variegatus. 



An adidt male of this species from " the dark forest of Casuare, 

 Nueva Andalucia." See Sclater's remarks on the geographical dis- 



