PS ARIS.  Jardinii. 
Jardine’s Saris. 
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Family Todide.—Nob. Sub-family Psariana.—Nob. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Gill thick, strong, more or less depressed, culmen not elevated, 
both mandibles notched, the upper convex: nostrils round, 
nearly naked: rictus smooth ; mouth very wide. Wings long, 
pointed, the second and third quill longest. Tail short, even. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Cinereous white; head, tail, and outer half of the wings, black: 
Jirst and fifth quill equal: spurious quill none ; orbits plumed. 
In Mus. Nost. 
In a small collection of birds, from the interior of the vast 
Empire of Brazil, we met with this new and highly in- 
teresting species. Its resemblance to the well known Psaris 
Cayanus is so close, that even Ornithologists would not at 
first suspect the difference; and this may possibly account 
for its having been overlooked. The size and colour of 
_ the two birds, in fact, are perfectly alike: but in this, the 
bill is much more depressed ; the orbits, instead of being 
naked, are covered with feathers: and the spurious inter- 
mediate quill is entirely wanting. Our bird thus presents 
not only the characters of a species, but a modification of 
form, leading to the genus Pachyrhynchus of Spix. 
Our friend Sir William Jardine, Bart., who has long 
felt, with us, a peculiar interest in this group, will accept 
our dedication of this species to him, as a proof of the esti- 
mation in which we hold his studies. 
The publication of Psaris Cuvierii in the early series of 
our work, was the first addition made to this group after 
its publication in the Regné Animal. The generic name 
of Psaris soon after became familiar to British Ornitholo- 
gists, by being universally adopted. Recently, however, 
the Kditor of the Zoological Journal has expressed his 
