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Pteroglossus pavoninus, Mus. Mun. Pter. suprh prasinus , sub- 

 tils paliidior, crisso rectricumque apicibus brunneis ; rostra in- 

 ferne et ad basin nigro. 

 Long. tot. 13-14 poll.; ros^ri, vix 3^; ala,5i; caudeE,5^; tarsi,\i. 

 Hob. in Mexico. 



Desck. Tier, prasino, Licht., propemodo affinis. Rostrum ni- 

 grum, ad basin linea aurantiaca cinctum ; mandibula superior 

 pro maxima parte apicem versus flava in coeruleo-viridem supernfe 

 transiens. 



Mr. Gould concluded by stating that it was his intention imme- 

 diately to publish, as a supplement to his ' Monograph of the Ram- 

 phastidcE,' the drawings which he had laid before the Meeting. 

 Of that family thirty-three species are now known to him, which 

 may be distinguished by the following Synoptic Table of the spe- 

 cies of 



RAMPHASTIDiE. 



I. Cauda breviore, quadratsl : rostro maximo. Nigri ; gutture cau- 



dceque tegminibus discoloribus . — Ramphastos. 



Caudse tegminibus superioribus flavis vel flavescentibus. 

 Pectore albo. 



Rostro ut plurimum nigro, lateri- 



bus compressis 1. culminatus. 



convexis 2. Cuvieri. 



rubro. . . 3. erythrorhynchus. 



Pectore pallide lutescente . . . .4. citreopygus. 



flavo 5. osculans. 



Caudse tegminibus superioribus albis. 



Pectore albo 6. Toco. 



flavo. 



Rostro pluricolore 7. carinatus. 



■ obliqufe dimidiatim flavo . 8. Swainsonii. 



Caudse tegminibus superioribus coccineis. 

 Rostro nigro. 



Auribus albis 9. vitellinus. 



pectori concoloribus, 



(sc. flavis) 10. Ariel. 



Rostro viridescente 11. dicolorus. 



II. Cauda longiore, gradata : rostro majore. Vii-idescentes ; capite, 



gastrao, tegminibusque caudee superioribus in plm-imis dis- 

 coloribus. — Pteroglossus. 



Gastrseo bi- vel pluri-colore, coloribus discretis. 

 Pectore ventreque flavis, fasciatis. 

 Fascia ventrali coccinea, lata. 



