CONTENTS. 



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Titlepage i 



Dedication iii 



Contents v 



List of Plates vii 



Preface ix 



Introduction . xi 



I. General Remarks on the Jacamars and 



Puff-birds xi 



II. Structure of the Jacamars xii 



III. History o£ the Jacamars xvi 



IV. Classification of the Jacamars . . . xix 



V. Habits and Distribution of the Jacamars xxvi 



VI. Structure of the Puff-birds .... xxvii 



VII. History of the Puff-birds xxxi 



VIII. Classification of the Puff-birds . . . xxxiv 

 IX, Habits and Distribution of the Puff- 

 birds xlii 



X. Postscript xliv 



Index to the References xlv 



List of Subscribers liii 



Urogalba paradisea . 1 



amazonum 5 



Galbula viridis 7 



rufo-viridis 11 



ruficauda 15 



melanogenia 19 



tombacea 23 



albirostris 27 



cyaneicoUis ; 31 



leucogastra 33 



chalcothorax 37 



Brachygalba lugubris . . ' 39 



goeringi ^ . 41 



salmoni 43 



albigularis 45 



melanosterna 47 



Jacamaralcyon tridactyla 49 



Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis 53 



Jacam crops grandis 57 



Bucco collaris 61 



macrorhynchus 65 



dysoni 67 



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Bucco hyperrhynchus .71 



swainsoni 73 



pectoralis 75 



ordi 77 



tectus . 79 



picatus 81 



subtectus 88 



macrodactylus 85 



ruficollis 89 



bicinctus 91 



tamatia , 93 



pulmentum 97 



maculatus 99 



striatipectus 101 



chacuru 103 



striolatus 107 



radiatus 109 



Malacoptila fusca . Ill 



rufa 115 



torquata 117 



panamensis 119 



inornata . . . . ■ 125 



fulvigularis 127 



substriata 129 



Micromonacha lanceolata 131 



Nonnula rubecula 133 



cineracea 135 



ruficapilla 137 



frontalis 139 



brunnea 141 



Hapaloptila castanea 143 



Monacha nigra 145 



flavirostris 149 



morpheus 151 



■ — — peruana 153 



■ grandior 155 



-. pallescens 157 



nigrifrons 159 



Chelidoptera tenebrosa 161 



brasiliensis 165 



Index of specific names adopted and referred to . 167 



