506 GALBULID^. 



Of the six recognized genera of Galbulidse only two, viz. Galbula and Jacamerops, 

 are represented in our region, each by a single species, the total number of species in 

 the family being twenty-one. 



GALBULA. 



Galbula, Brisson, Orn. iv. p. 85 (1760) ; Scl. Mon. Jacamars and PuflP-birds, p. xxi; Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus. xix. p. 163. 



Of the ten recognized species of this genus only one occurs within our limits, where 

 it is widely distributed. The remaining nine are distributed over the rest of 

 Tropical America, the Amazons Valley being the metropolis of the genus — only one 

 species, G. rufo-viridis, reaching the forests of South-eastern Brazil. 



The bill of Galbula is long, straight, compressed, and sharp-pointed ; the nostrils 

 rounded and exposed, with a few long overhanging bristles ; the outer rectrix 

 on either side of the tail is small, the tail itself long and cuneate, the middle 

 pair of rectrices slightly exceeding the next pair. The plumage generally is glittering 

 green. 



1. Galbula melauogenia. 



Galbula melanogenia, Scl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 61, t. 90'; P. Z. S. 1856, p. 139'; 1858, p. 357'; 



1859, p. 387*; Mon. Jacamars and Puff- birds, p. 19, t. 5°; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xix. 



p. 166"; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 53'; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 131'; 1860, p. 40'; 



P. Z. S. 1870, p. 837 "; Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 116"; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 151 "; 1870, 



p. 201 "; Ibis, 1872, p. 321 "; Lawr. Ana. Lye. TST. Y. ix. p. 118 " ; v. Frantz. J. f. Om. 



1869, p. 311"; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 47"; Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 401 >'; 



vi. p. 407 " ; V. Berl . & Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 572 ^° ; Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 591 '' ; 



Zeled. Ann. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 119"; Richmond, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. 



p. 512 ". 

 Galbula ruficauda, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 134 ^*. 



Supra nitente aureo-viridis, loris et regione oculari nigris, capitis lateribus reliquis dorso concoloribus : 

 subtus mento nigro, gula pure albo, pectore dorso concolore, abdomine laste castaneo ; alarum remigibus 

 et tectricibus suis majoribus nigricantibus, secundariis internis et tectricibus reliquis viridibus ; caudse 

 rectricibus quatuor mediis dorso concoloribus, reotricibus tribus utrinque externis castaneis ; rostro 

 nigro, pedibus rubidis. Long, tota 9-8, alee 3-3, caudse rectr. med. 4-3, rectr. lat. 2-75, rostri a rictu 

 2-95, tarsi 0-6. 



$ mari similis, sed gula paUide castanea nee alba, abdomine dilutiore. (Descr. maris et feminae ex Teleman, 

 Guatemala. Mus. nosfcr.) 



Hab. Mexico, Playa Vicente {Boucard *) ; British Honduras, Belize {Blancaneaux) ; 

 Guatemala (Delattre^^^), Coban^, Chisec, Choctum, Teleman s, Yzabal^ (0. S. 

 & F. B. G.); HoifDURAS, Omoa {G. C. Taylor^, Leyland^), San Pedro {G. M. 

 Whitely i°), Segovia R (Townsmd ^^) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt i*), Los 

 Sabalos {Nutting ^^), Rana {W. B. Richardson), Escondido R. {Richmond ^^); 

 Costa Rica, Bebedero, Nicoya {Arce, C. F. Underwood), La Palma {Nutting is), 



