354! TWO CENTENARIES AND A QUARTER 



213. Centurus flaviventris. 



Head grey ; front and nape golden yellow ; spot in 

 the middle of the crown (in the male only) crimson : 

 middle of the belly orange yellow : rump pure white. 



Inhabits ? Liverpool Museum. 



Total length 9 inches ; bill, from the gape 1^ ; front \\ ; wings 

 5 ; tail, beyond, 1 j-g ; from the base 3i ; tarsus "^^ ; hind toe and claw 

 scarcely 1. The upper plumage, like all the known species of 

 Centurus, is banded with black and white, excepting the rump, 

 which is pure white : the under plumage is cinereous white ; 

 the middle of the belly being fine buff yellow ; the red spot on 

 the crown is oval, and isolated: tail entirely black, except the 

 outer feather, which has three obsolete bars and a white tip. 

 The female is known by the crown being entirely cinereous 

 grey. 



214. Centurus ruhriventris. 



Front of the head, cheeks, and chin golden yellow; 

 ears, and connected stripes over the eyes, cinereous 

 white ; nape, middle of the crown, and the belly, crimson : 

 rump pure white. 



Inhabits ? Mus. Nost. 



This most elegant species is the smallest Centurus I have yet 

 seen. Total length 7y^jj inches ; bill, gape 1 ; front ~^^ ; wings 4j^g, 

 nearly as long as the tail, which from the base is 3 ; tarsus ^g. 

 Upper plumage, as in the last, banded with black and white ; the 

 latter being narrower than the former : the broad greyish white 

 band over each eye unites in front, and there becomes white, 

 so as to separate the golden yellow round the bill, from the 

 crimson of the crown ; the yellow covers all the face before 

 the eye, and passes round the chin : the under plumage is light 

 cinereous grey ; the middle of the body and belly being tinged 

 with crimson : the tail feathers are black and unspotted, ex- 

 cept the base of the middle pair, and a few spots and obsolete 

 bands on the outermost : bill deep black. 



125. QuiscALUs Peruvianus. 



Bill one inch and a half long. Plumage glossy purple 

 on the head and neck, changing to green on the body 

 beneath : back, wings, and tail black, with . an obscure 

 greenish gloss. 



