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its colours. Lateral toe united to the first joint of tlie mid- 

 dle toe. 



26. Pachyrynchus leucogaster, 

 Above^ cinereous, tinged with olive : beneath_, white : 

 crown black, subcrested : wings and tail grey, with 

 white margins : edge of the shoulders, and under wing 

 covers, fulvous or buff yellow : no spurious quill. 

 Inhabits Brazil. Mus. Paris. 



Size of P. niger, from which it further differs in having a 

 shorter and less rounded tail, with the feathers more narrow 

 and pointed. The chin, throat, and middle of the belly are 

 pure white, the breast alone being tinged witli grey : the back 

 is tinged here and there with olive. 



27- Pachyrynchus albifrons. 



Above, cinereous ; beneath, whitish : crown glossy 

 black, subcrested : wings and tail margined and tipt 

 with white : frontal band, and circle round the eye, 

 pure white. Spurious quill more than half the length 

 of the first. 



Inhabits Brazil. Mus. Nost. 



Size of the last, from which it further differs in having the 

 whole of the under plumage of a uniform light grey or pearly 

 white. Nape, ears, lower back, rump, and tail covers clear 

 cinereous : interscapulars varied with black : wings and tail 

 deep black, the feathers of the former are margined, those of 

 the latter broadly tipt with white : a narrow white line passes 

 on the front, and unites to the white ring round the eye. All 

 the tail feathers grey at their outer base. 



28. PAcnYRYNCiius Spixii. 



Male, — Above, black, with the rump and tail covers 

 cinereous : beneath, entirely cinereous : crown glossy 

 steel-black : wings and tail, black, margined and tipt 

 with white : spurious quill between the first and second. 



Female. — Above, pale olive, where the male is grey : 

 lesser wdng covers, and scapular quills, edged with 

 yellowish white : greater wing covers, and lesser quills, 

 edged with ochraceous : under plumage greyish white, 

 tinged v»'ith yellow : no spurious quill. 



Inhabits Brazil ? Mus. Paris. Nob. 

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