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olivaceis; ventre medio obscure rubro (nee flavo-rubro) ; tectrici- 

 bus caudae superioribus inferioribusque nigro regulariter fasciatis, 

 primo visu distinguendus. Long. al. 108, caud. 60, rostr. 24, 

 tars. 19. 



Hab.: Orinoco district or Trinidad. 

 CAPITONIDAE. 



Pogonorhynchus affinis. 



Shelley, P. Z. S. Pt. IV, 1879 (1. April 1880), p. 680. 



In size and colouriug this species resembles P. leucomelas, 

 excepting that the entire forehead and crown are black as in 

 P. melanocephalus. In the bill and rictal bristles it resembles 

 P. leucomelas^ but the tooth on the upper mandible is barely 

 indicated and the culmen between the nostrils is not quite so 

 Wide. T. len.uth 6,2, culmen 0,7, wing 3,15, tail 2,1, tars. 0,8. 



Hab.: Weenen, Natal (Shelley Coli.). 



ALCEDINIDAE. 



Clytoceyx gen. n. 



R. B. Sharpe, Ann. Mag. N. H. Vol. 6, No. 33, Sept. 

 1880, p. 231. 



Genus novum Daceloninarum, rostro quam cauda breviore, 

 culmine laevi rotundato, rectricibus 12, commissura integra, 

 naribus linearibus, tarso longiore quam halluce cum ungue men- 

 surato, rostro magno obtuso, altitudine ad nares mensurata ejus 

 latitudinem aequante insignissimum. 



Typus: Clytoceyx reoc. 



Clytoceyx reoc. 



E. B. Sharpe, Ann. Mag. N. H. Vol. 6, No. 33, Sept. 

 1880, p. 231. 



cf: Capite brunneo; plumis oculum circumcingentibus et 

 facie laterali brunneis; regione parotica nigra usque ad Collum 

 posticum nigrum producta et torquem latam formante; fascia 

 supraparotica, genis imis et fascia lata cervicali ochrascenti- 

 fulvis; interscapulio nigro; scapularibus et tectricibus alarum 

 brunneis, his ochrascenti marginatis, minimis externis virescenti- 

 cyaneo lavatis; tectricibus primariorum remigibusque saturate 

 brunneis, extus sordide viridi lavatis; dorso postico et uropygio 

 argentescenti cyaneis; supracaudalibus et rectri(;;ibus saturate 

 brunneis viridi lavatis; gula alba; corpore reliquo subtus cum 

 subalaribus ochrascenti-fulvis ; remigibus infra fuscis, intus pallide 

 ochraceo marginatis. Long. tot. 12, culm. 1,95, alae 6,35, 

 caudae 4,7, tarsi 0,9. 



Hab.: South-eastern New Guinea. 



Tanystptera Danae. 



R. B. Sharpe, Ann. Mag. N. H. Vol. 6, No. 33, Sept. 

 1880, p. 231, 



T. affinis T. nympjiae Gray, sed pileo dorsoque brunneis, 



