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3. MiCROPOGON AUROViRENS, Nob. M. oUvaccus, pileo ruher- 

 rimo, guld pectoreque aurantiacis. 



Bucco aurovirens, Cuv. Le Vaill. Suppl. pi. E. 



From Sarayacu. " The eyes were red, the legs grey." 



4. MiCROPOGON FLAvicoLLE, Nob. M. nigcr luteo maculatus, 

 pileo htteo-virescenti : guld aurantiacd : abdomine Jlavo, 



Mas. Jugulo immaculato. Foem. Jugulo maculis nigris. 

 Resembles Capita aurifrons, Vig. from Chili ; but is sufficiently 

 distinct. 



5. Galbula tombacea, Spix, pi. 58. G. aureo-viridis, abdomine 

 rufo : jugulo immaculato. 



A tail-less specimen belonging certainly to that species, distinct 

 from the numerous ones just described by Mr. Swainson ; differing 

 from all by the uniform green colour of the chin, throat, and breast. 



6. Dendrocops platyrostris, Nob. D. rufescens, nigra undu- 

 latus, uropygio, remigibus, rectricibusquepuris. 



Dendrocolaptes platyrostris, Spix, pi. 89. 



A large and very remarkable species, in which the characters of 

 the genus, as beautifully described and drawn by Mr. Swainson, are 

 strongly developed. 



7. AsTHENURUS RUFivENTRis, Nob. A.fuscus, subtus cum getiis 

 rufis : pileo nigra, rubra maculato. 



8. Melanerpes meropirostris, Nob. M. niger,fronte rubra : 

 vittd superciliari alba, postice aured : uropygio Candida: abdo- 

 mine medio coccineo ; lateribus, crissa, remigibusque alba nigro- 

 quefasciatis. 



Picus meropirostris, Wagl. 



The bill is rather more curved than in other species of the group, 

 and has the culminar and nasal ridges remarkably distinct. 



9. Xanthornus mentalis, Wagl. A young specimen. 



10. Sturnella militaris, Vieill. 



11. A female of a species of Dolichonix, with a belly tinged with 

 red, and less acute tail-feathers than in the type, intermediate be- 

 tween the only two species of the group hitherto known : perhaps 

 the female of the Agelaius phcenisomus, Swains. 



12. GuiRACA MAGNiROSTRis, Nob. G. griseo-flavido nigra 

 maculata; subtus cum superciliis Jlavis : crisso albo: remigibus 

 rectricibusque fuscis: tectricibus alarum majoribus scapulari- 

 busque apice albo notatis. 



A female bird of an unknown species, allied to the G. melanoce- 

 phalct, Sw. ; but differing by the bill being much longer and thicker. 



13. Spiza versicolor, Nob. 'S'. violaceo-cyanea jnirpureoque 

 varia : uropygio cyaneo : capistra nigra : alts cauddque fuscis. 



Found near Temascallepec : " has a sweet song ; feeds on seeds ; 



