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yellowish-brown. The female is less brilliant in co- 

 lour, and is scarcely glossed with purple. The young, 

 before their jfirst moult, are grey-brown, but of a 

 deeper colour than in the common species : after 

 their first moult, and only during the winter, there 

 are small white spots at the tips of the feathers, 

 which disappear in the spring. 



GENUS CLXVIII — AMBLYRAMPHUS, Leach 



Rostrum rectum, subconi- 



cum, apice obtuso, de- 



presso. 

 Pedes simp] ices, ambulatorii, 



digitis tribus anticis, uno 



postico. 



Beali; straight, somewhat co- 

 nic, its tip obtuse, de- 

 pressed. 



Legs s\\wg\e^J'eet forward for 

 walking, with three toes 

 before and one behind. 



Sp. 1. Am. bicolor. Leach. Zool. Misc. i. 82. ;;Z. 36. 



Am, nigro-nter capite, col/o, gula, pectore fomoribusque coccineis; 



rostro pedibusque nigricantibits. 

 Deep black Amblyramphus with the head^ neck, throat, breast, 



aud thighs scarlet; beak and legs blackish. 



Inhabits Cayenne? No farther description is given 

 of this bird ; but it is accompanied by a coloured 

 figure, as above cited, which I have copied as an 

 example of the genus. 



GENUS CLXTX.— DILOPHUS, Vieillot. 



Nostrum rectum, subgracile, 

 integrum, lateratim valde 

 compressum, apice ar- 

 cuata. 



Caput paleae dua? armatum. 



Beak straight, somewhat 

 slender, intire, much com- 

 pressed laterally, its tip 

 arcuated. 



Head armed with two wat- 

 tles. 



