472 CLASS AVES. , 



The Tamatias* Tamatia. Cuv. 



Whose bill is a little more elongated, and more com- 

 pressed, and bent downward at the extremity of the 

 upper mandible. Their thick head, short tail, and 

 large bill, give them a stupid appearance. All the 

 species are American, and live only on insects. 

 Their disposition is sad and solitary. 



Pied Tamatia. Bucco Macrorhynchos. Enl. 689. 



Black ; with the forehead, throat, front of the neck, 

 abdomen, and tip of tail, white. Cayenne. 



Lesser Pied Tamatia. B. Melanoleucos. Enl. 688. 



Black ; forehead, throat, spot on scapulars, streak 

 behind the eyes, abdomen, and tip of tail, white. 

 Cayenne. 



Collared Barhet. B. Collaris. Enl. SQS.f 



Rufous ; above, striated with black ; beneath, whitish, 

 with a broad black band on the breast. Guiana. 



Spotted-bellied Tamatia. B. Tamatia. Enl. 746. 

 Vieill. Gal. 34. Tamatia Maculata. Cuv. 



Reddish brown ; beneath, lighter, spotted with black ; 

 dark collar on neck. Cayenne. 



Black-eared Tamatia. (Capito Melanotis.)l Col. 94. 



Back, wings, and top of head, brown, with small black 



• The name ot" one of these birds in Brazil, according to Margrave. 

 They are called Chacurus, in Paraguay, according to Azara. It is to these 

 that Temminck has applied the name Capito. 



f Probably B. Capemis of Gm. and B. Collaris of Lath. 



% The B. Chacuru ot Yicill. from tlie Chacuru of Azara, and B. Slrigil- 

 lattu ofLich 



