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rii'RIDiE. 



r'/or emarginata ; hife- 

 rior marginibus attenua- 

 tis, flcxilibus, apice cornea. 

 Narcs magnae, ad apicera 

 rostri positas, ovales, mem- 

 brana pilosa obtectas. 



Alee remigibus tertiae et 

 quartas longissimis. 



Pedes meciiocres ; tarsi tligito 

 medio longiores ; digiti 

 basi connexi, laterales 

 aequales. 



the lower with its mar- 

 gins attenuated and flexi- 

 ble, the tip horny. 



Nostrils large, placed to- 

 wards the tip of the beak, 

 oval, clothed with a pilore 

 membrane. 



Wings with the third and 

 fourth feathers longest. 



Legs moderate ; tarsi longer 

 than the middle toe ; the 

 toes united at the base, the 

 lateral ones equal. 



Sp. 1. Ca. variegatus. Temm. PL Col. 51. — Ampelis variegata. 

 Steph. v. x. p. 434. — Brazil. 



Sp. 2. Ca. melanocephalus. Temm. 



Ca. oliva-viridis, subtus Jlavcscens striisj'uscis transversim, capiie 



omnino nigro. 

 Olive-green Casmarhynchus, beneath yellowish, with transverse 



brown stripes ; the head entirely black. 

 Procnias melanocephalus. Pr. Max. i. 143. Svoain.Zool. Must. 



pi. 25. — Black-headed Chatterer. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. v. p. 181. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length above eight inches and 

 a half : head black : irides cinnabar red: the upper 

 parts of the body green : the lower yellowish-green, 

 with darker transverse stripes. 



Sp. 3. Ca. nudicollis. Temm. 



The characters of this species do not appear to 

 have been published. 



