OF NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN BIRDS. 329 



Inhabits Brazil. Sw. 



Total length 7^ inches; bill, front If^; wings 3 ; tail, be- 

 yond, 1^; ditto, base 3. — Obs. The feathers of the front, 

 crown, tip of the chin, and of the maxillary stripe, are striped 

 with pale ferruginous in the middle : the chin and half way 

 down the throat is deep black, from whence begins the yel- 

 lowish white which is in front of all the remaining under parts : 

 the tubercles on the shoulder are very prominent ; they are 

 brown, and project beyond the feathers ; those on the next and 

 all the foregoing species, on the contrary, are so slight as 

 scarcely to be seen. 



145. Galbula luguhris. 



Feet three-toed. Plumage, above and below, brown, 

 glossed with obscure purple on the wings and tail : 

 lower part of the body, and vent, white. Tail short, even. 



Inhabits the Conocou mountains of Demerara. Mr. 

 Schomburgh. 



Total length G inches ; bill, from the base l^^; wings 2^ ; 

 tail, beyond, 1 ; ditto base, 2. — Obs. Feathers of the chin, in 

 both sexes, whitish in the middle ; wings, tail, and upper tail 

 covers, glossed with dark and obscure greenish purple; head, 

 neck, and breast, light brown, mottled by the tips of the feathers 

 being paler ; all the quill feathers pure white at their base ; 

 ears dark brown ; all the tail feathers equal. 



146. Trogon melanurus. 



Head, body above, and breast, blue green : body, be- 

 neath, scarlet : tail, beneatb, black, with minute white 

 dots on the edge of the exterior feather. Male. — Female, 

 cinereous : vent and under tail covers rosy : all the tail 

 feathers blackish, immaculate. (PI. Enl. 452. male ; 

 pi. 757. female.) 



Inhabits Demerara. Mr. Schomburgh. 



Total length 12 inches; bill, gape \-^^; wings 6; tail, be- 

 yond, 3f ; ditto, base, 6-,l. Size large. Bill, in the male, yel- 

 low ; in the female, brown above : two middle tail feathers 

 (male) black, glossed with green blue ; the two next edged only 

 with green : wing covers and scapulars white, with very distinct 

 undulated black lines : sides of the head, and chin, black. 



147. Trogon auratus. 

 Head, breast, and body above, gilded green : body 



