OF NEW OR EITTLE KNOWN BIRDS. 355 



Inhabits Peru. Mr.W. Hooker's Collection. Mus.Nost. 



Total length about 13| inches ; bill from the gape l^'^ ; front 

 1 1 ; wings 7\ ; tail, from the base 7f ; tarsus nearly 2 ; middle toe 

 and claw 1^^^ ; hinder ditto I^. Commissure of the bill slightly 

 sinuated in the middle. The purple of the head and^part of the 

 neck gradually becomes steel blue on the breast, and then as- 

 sumes a greenish tinge on the interscapulars and under part 

 of the body ; the greater wing covers, quills, back, rump, and 

 tail are almost entirely glossy black. 



2 16. QuiscALus crassirostris. 



Bill strong, one inch and a quarter long. Plumage 

 glossy purple on the head, neck, back, and body : wings 

 and tail glossy black. 



Inhabits Jamaica. Mr. W. Hooker's Collection. 



Total length about 10 inches; bill, from the gape 11 ; front 

 1^ ; wings 6 ; tarsus 1 *g ; middle toe and claw 1 s^; hind claw 

 1-^. Size of Q. versicolor ; but differs in having no green or 

 copper reflections whatsoever upon the plumage : the bills of 

 both ai-e nearly of the same size and thickness ; but in this the 

 commissure is not sinuated, the margins are more inflected, 

 and the tarsus rather longer : the third quill is shorter, and not 

 equal to the fourth. 



217- Aglaia melanotis. 



Vivid green, striped with black above : middle of the 

 throat, and body beneath, pure yellow : front, and spot 

 on the sides of the head, velvet-black : wing covers and 

 quills black, margined with green and blue : crown and 

 rump yellowish. 



Inhabits Peru. Mr. W, Hooker's Collection. 



Total length 5 inches; bill, front -ij; wings 2\ ; tail, beyond, i ; 

 base 2 ; tarsus ^. General form and structure of A. citrinella, 

 to which it is closely allied : the crown and back are marked in 

 the same way with black, but the feathers on the head are 

 more scale-like ; the chin is green ; but the tip, close to the bill, 

 is black : the inner wing covers are pure white : there is a yel- 

 lowish gloss on the crown ; and a brighter yellow, shaded with 

 green, is on the rump : the shoulder and lesser wing covers, as 

 well as the primaries, are edged with blue: but the rest of the 

 wing feathers have green edgings ; abroad band of black is in 

 front, and a large patch of the same covers the ears : before 



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