OF NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN BIRDS. 32? 



The above specific character will immediately distinguish 

 this well-known species from the foregoing. 



138. Ta3iatia bitorquata. 



Above, brown, spotted with whitish; beneath, buflp 

 yellow : frontal line, ears, and nuchal collar, white : 

 breast and sides with a broad black coUar, below which 

 is another of black spots : biU black. 



Inhabits Trinidad. Mus. Nost. 



Total length 8i inches ; bill, from the gape 1^; wings 3| ; 

 tail, beyond, 2i ; ditto, base 3i ; tarsus f^. Allied to T. macu- 

 lata and somnolenta, but much larger than either. Bill stro*ng, 

 thick, not much compressed ; tip abruptly hooked ; tail length- 

 ened, graduated, brown, immaculate : flanks only spotted. 



139. Galbula ruficauda. 



Plumage above, and pectoral band, gilded blue green : 

 body beneath, and lateral tail feathers, rufous : the 

 four middle tail feathers green: chin and throat, in the 

 male, white ; in the female, pale rufous. 



Inhabits Brazil. 



Total length 8| inches; bill, front i^^; wings 3; tail, be- 

 yond, 2\; ditto, base 3f. Four middle tail feathers green; 

 two outer, on each side, more or less edged with green ; bill 

 black. 



140. Galbula viridicauda. 



Plumage above, and broad pectoral band, gilded blue 

 green : tail shining blue green above, greenish black 

 beneath : body, beneath, rufous : chin and throat, in the 

 male, w^hite ; in the female, pale rufous. 



Inhabits Guiana. Mr. Schomburgh. 



Total length 8i inches ; bill, front Ifg ; wings ^g ; tail, be- 

 yond, 2 ; ditto, base 3^. The pectoral band is so broad as to 

 reach half way down the body. Scape of the tail feathers 

 rufous white : bill black. 



141. Galbula leptiwa. 

 Plumage above, and pectoral band, gilded green, 

 glossed with copper ; body, beneath, rufous : tail long, 

 graduated, rufous : the two middle tail feathers longest, 

 and gilded green : chin and throat white. 

 Inhabits Guiana. Mr. Schomburgh. 

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