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GENUS CXXXI.— PROCNIAS, Hoffmanscgg. 

 BERRY-EATER. 



Rostrum breve, debile, de- 

 pressum, arcuatum, acu- 

 tum, basi aut caruncula- 



Beak short, weak, depressed, 

 arcuated, acute, its base 

 either caruncuiated or 

 smooth. 



Gape continued as far as the 

 eyes. 



Inhabit America. Feed upon insects. 



turn aut glabrum. 

 Rictus oculis tenus conti 

 nuus. 



Sp. 1 . Pr ? carunculatus. 



Ampelis carunculata. Steph. v. x. p. 435. pi. 37. — South 

 America. 



Sp. 2. Pi\ ventralis. Temm. PL Col. 5-f.l- male;/". 2. female. 



Pr. cosrulea, f route jugulo temporibicsque nigris; cor pore subtus 

 in medio albo ; lateribus striis transversis. nigriscentibus ; mas. : 

 aut viridis, mento temporibusque griseis ; corpore infra Jiaves- 

 cente, striis obscure viridibus transversim ; foemina. 



Blue Berry-eater, with the forehead, jugulum, and temples black ; 

 the body beneath white in the middle ; the sides with dusky 

 transverse stripes; male: or green, with the chin and temples 

 grey ; the body beneath yellowish, with obscure green trans- 

 verse stripes ; female. 



Procnias hirundinacea. Sivain. Zool. Illust. pi. 28. — Lindo Chat- 

 terer. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. v. p. 192. pi. lxxxv. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length six inches : the male of 

 this beautiful bird has the top of the head, the neck, 

 the back, the breast, the flanks, and the wings, of a 

 splendid azure-blue, which colour borders all the fea- 

 thers of the tail and of the secondaries, the rest of 

 which is fine black : the middle of the belly is white, 

 finely banded transversely with blue : round the beak 

 and the eyes, and all the throat, pure deep black ; 



