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P. cuvkri similis, sed fascia caudse subterminali chalybeo-nigra multo latiore, mandibula omnino nigra quoque 

 differt. (Descr. maris exempl. typ. ex Choctum, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. Bkitish Honduras, San Felipe, western district, Cayo and Belize river {F. Blan- 

 caneaux ^) ; Guatemala, Choctum {B. Owen ^ 3, 0. 8. & F. B. G. «), Cautooloc 

 (0. S. & F. B. (?.), Teleman 1 {Belattre ^) ; Honduras, Santa Ana ( Wittkugel, in 

 U. S. Wat Mus.) ; Nicaragua, Los Sabalos (Nutting ^). 



Mr. Robert Owen, who was formerly interested in the estate of San Gerdnimo in 

 Vera Paz, and where he resided for some time, procured us the first specimen of this 

 species from Choctum. It was described by Salvin in 1861, and figured by Gould 

 the same year. In 1862, during a visit to the low- lying forest-region of Northern Vera 

 Paz in the month of February, we obtained several specimens and saw others frequenting 

 openings in the forest, such as the banks of a stream or a clearing. Mr. Blancaneaux 

 also met with it at various places on the upper portion of the Belize river. Southwards 

 of Guatemala we have no personal knowledge of its existence, but Mr. Ridgway informs 

 us that two specimens are in the United States National Museum obtained at Santa 

 Ana by Herr Wittkugel, and Mr. Nutting includes it in his list of birds from Los 

 Sabalos in Nicaragua. In Costa Rica, at least on the western side, its place is taken 

 by P. cuvieri. 



e". Bostrum variabile sed minquam valde arcuatum; tegulcB nasales et ^atio inter 

 mandihulcB ramos magis plumatcB ; remigum rhachides normales ; ptilosis hie illic 

 coloribus micantihis ornata. 



e'". Bostrum elongatum, rectum ; cauda uniformis sensim furcata ; macula 



postoculari alba. 



EUGENES. 

 Euffenes, Gould, Men. Troch. ii. t. 59 (Sept. 1856) ; Salv. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 302. 



Two closely allied beautiful species constitute this genus, which is a peculiarly 

 Central-American one, spread over the highlands from Sonora and beyond the frontier of 

 Southern Arizona in the north to Costa Rica in the south. 



E. fulgens, which has by far the more extended range, keeps strictly to the high 

 grounds of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, E. spectabilis taking its place 

 in Costa Rica. 



The long bill, the brilliant colours of the head and throat, the slightly forked uni- 

 form tail, are characteristic features of Eugenes, distinguishing it from Stemoclyta and 

 TJrochroa, its nearest allies. 



