GALBULA MELANOGENIA. 



THE BLACK-CHINNED JACAMAR. 

 PLATE V. 



Galhula melanogenia, Scl. Contr, Om. p. 61, t. 90 (1852). 



Gcdhula melanogenia, Scl. Syn. Galb. p. 3 (1852). 



Galhula melanogenia, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 13. 



Galhula melanogenia, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 139. 



Galhula melanogenia, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 357. 



Galhula melanogenia, Scl. et Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 131, 



Galhula melanogenia, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 53. 



Galhula melanogenia, Scl. et Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 40. 



Galhula melanogenia, Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 116. 



Galhula melanogenia, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 266 (1862). 



Galhula melanogenia. Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. iv. p. 221 (1863). 



Galhula melanogenia, Salvin, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 151. 



Galhula melanogenia, v. Frantzius, Journ. f. Orn. 1869, p. 311. 



Galhula melanogenia, Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 201. 



Galhula melanogenia, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 837. 



Galhula melanogenia, Salvin, Ibis, 1872, p. 321. 



Galhula melanogenia, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 104 (1873). 



Aureo-viridis ; alis nigris, tectricibus et secundariis extus dorso concoloribus ; gutture albo, mento nigro ; 

 ventre et subalaribus castaneis ; caudse rectricibus quatuor mediis viridibus, ceteris omnino castaneis ; 

 rostro nigro ; pedibus rubris, unguibus nigris : long, tota 9*0, alse 3"3, caudse 4*0, rostri a rictu 2'3. 

 Fern, mari similis, sed gula rufescente et ventre paulo dilutiore. 



Hab. in Mexico meridionali et America centrali fere universa. 



Obs. G. ruficaudce admodum similis, sed mento nigro et rectricibus quatuor mediis viridibus prorsus distin- 

 guenda. 



This Jacamar was first discriminated by me from G. ruficauda in 1852, when I was preparing a 

 synopsis of the Galbulidae for publication in Jardine's ' Contributions to Ornithology,' and was 

 described in that journal. The pair of skins upon which I founded the species are still in my 

 collection. They were purchased in Leadbeater's shop, but are undoubtedly the manufacture of 

 the French collector Delattre, whose excellent handwork is easily recognized by those experi- 

 enced in the " make " of birdskins. They were probably obtained in Vera Paz, where Delattre 

 was one of the earliest explorers. Happily the term melanogenia, by which I proposed to 

 distinguish it, from its characteristic black chin, has been universally adopted as the name of 

 this species, and has no synonyms. 



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