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Genus II. Hylomanes. 



Hylomanes, Licht. Abb.. Ac. Berol. 1838, p. 449. 



Rostrum debilius et minus incurvum, non compression sed dilata- 

 tum, marginibus tenuissime serratis : cauda brevis, rectricibus 

 decern et harum mediis non spatulatis. 



1. Hylomanes momotula. 



Hylomanes momotula, Licht. Abh. Ac. Berol. 1838, p. 449. pi. 4 ; 

 Bp. Consp. p. 164. 



Momotus momotula, Gray's Gen. p. 68. pi. 24 ; List of Sp. in 

 B. M. ii. 1. p. 40. 



Viridis : pileo rufo : superciliis cyaneis : regione auriculari nigra : 



subtus albescens, viridi tincta. 

 Long, tota 6*0, alse 3*0, caudae 2*25, rostri a fronte # 9. 

 Hab. Mexico, Valle Real {Licht.) ; Jalapa (Salle). 

 Mus. Brit., Berolin., Bruxelliano. 



2. Hylomanes gularis. 



Prionites gularis, Lafr. R. Z. 1840, p. 130; Bp. Consp. p. 165, 

 et Consp. Vol. Zygodact. p. 8. 



Momotus gularis, Gray's Gen. i. p. 68 ; Strickl. Cont. Orn. 1848, 

 p. 33. pi. 17 ; Less. Descr. Mamm. et Ois. p. 266. 



Viridis ; gula et ventre imo cyaneis : regione ophthalmica rufes- 

 cente : macula auricidari utrinque et pectoris duplici nigris : 

 cauda subtus fusca, supra apice ccerulescente. 



Long, tota 10*0, alse 4*0, caudae 5 '5, rostri a fronte l'l, 



Hab. Guatimala (Lafr. et Strickl.). 



Mus. Paris. 



This bird seems to me to be most naturally arranged as a second 

 species of Momotula, though, as Mr. Strickland has observed, it par- 

 takes of the characters of the other genera. Mr. Strickland's 

 examples were, I believe, from the neighbourhood of the city of 

 Guatimala. 



Genus III. Prionirhynchus. 



Crypticus, Sw. Class. B. ii. p. 338 (1837). 



Rostrum elongatum, dilatatum, carinatum, incurvum, marginibus 

 tenuissime serratis : caudce rectricibus decern, harum mediis 

 elongatis et spatxdatis. 



\. Prionirhynchus platyrhynchus, Leadbeater. 



Momotus platyrhynchus, Leadb. Linn. Trans, xvi. p. 92 ; Jard. 

 & Selby, 111. Orn. pi. 106 ; Gray's Gen. p. 68. sp. 8. 



Prionites Martii, Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 64. pi. 60 ? 



Crypticus Martii, Bp. P. Z. S. 1837, p. 119, certe ; Consp. p. 165 ; 

 Less. Descr. d. Mamm. et Ois. p. 267. 



