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Guiana. Swainson, however, expressly mentions his Galhula luguhris as having only three toes ; 

 and it was this error that induced both Eeichenbach and myself to redescribe the species in 

 1852 under other names. Having, however, subsequently received a specimen of this Jacamar 

 from British Guiana, the locality of G. luguhris, I have quite convinced myself that Eeichenbach's 

 Galhula chalcoptera and my G. inornata are identical with Swainson's species, and that Swainson's 

 title ought to stand. 



It appears, however, that none of Schomburgk's examples of this Jacamar reached the 

 Berlin Museum, where the greater portions of his collections were preserved, as Cabanis tells us 

 that the specimens at Berlin are from Venezuela. 



From Guiana and Venezuela this species appears to extend far into the interior of Colombia, 

 and over the Amazonian provinces of Ecuador and Peru. It is not uncommon in " Bogota " 

 collections ; but whether the skins thus imported are obtained from the valley of the Magdalena 

 or from the southern slopes of the Colombian Andes it is impossible to say. Most probably, 

 however, they are from the latter district, as the bird has not occurred to my knowledge in any 

 of the collections formed in the northern States of the Colombian Union. 



In Upper Amazonia Brachygalha luguhris has been obtained by Hauxwell near Pebas, on the 

 Maranon, and by Buckley in Western Ecuador. In Lower Amazonia Wallace met with it in 

 1848 at Baiao, on the Bio Tocantins (see his 'Travels on the Amazon,' p. 60), and Natterer on 

 the Rio Brancho to the south of the Serra Carauman. Parties of about three individuals were 

 observed by Natterer sitting on small branches of trees near the water in the month of June. 

 Natterer notes the iris as " dark brown" in the male, and " dark bluish grey" in the female, the 

 bill, eye-ring, and feet as " black " in both sexes. Natterer called this Jacamar Galhula tristis in 

 his MS. journal. 



Besides these notes of Natterer, the only authority on the habits of this species is Schomburgk, 

 who merely tells us that in this respect it does not differ from other birds of the same group. 



The male of this Jacamar is above of a nearly uniform dark chocolate-brown with dark 

 green metallic edgings to the wings, tail, and upper tail-coverts ; the colour below is slightly 

 rufescent on the breast and of a deeper black on the sides of the belly and crissum, the middle 

 of the abdomen being pure white, as is likewise a narrow band along the inner bases of the 

 wing-feathers. The bill and legs are black. In the female the patch on the middle of the belly 

 is rufous instead of white. 



The following list gives the localities and dimensions of the examples of this species in my 

 collection and in that of Messrs. Salvin and Godman : — 



^0. 



Sex. 



Mus. 



Patria. 



Long, tota, 



alse, 



caudse, 



rosti 



1. 



6 



P. L. S. 



British Guiana {Brown) . 



6-0 



2-8 



2-0 



1-9 



2. 



2 



P.L. S. 



Bogota. 



5-5 



2-8 



1-9 



1-7 



3. 



6 



P. L.S. 



Bogota. 



5-7 



2-8 



21 



1-7 



4. 



6 



P.L. S. 



Incerta. 



6-4 



2-7 



2-0 



1-8 



5. 



6 



S.-G. 



Pebas {Hauxivell). 



6-5 



2-7 



2-1 



1-8 



6. 



6 



S.-G. 



Pebas {Hauxwell). 



6-3 



2-7 



2-0 



1-8 



7. 



2 



S.-G. 



Ecuador {Buckley). 



6-4 



2-8 



2-1 



1-9 



8. 



? 



P. L. S. 



Bio Napo. 



5-8 



2-7 



1-9 



1-6 



9. 



$ 



S.-G. 



Ecuador. 



6-0 



2-9 



2-0 



1-6 



The specimens figured (Plate XI.} are Nos. 4 and 8. 



