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of my G. inornata from British Guiana (the same locality as that of Schomburgk's G. lugubris), 

 I think there can be no reasonable doubt that the two species are identical. 



The general colour of Goring's Jacamar above is dull black, glossed with metallic green 

 over the whole of the back, wing-coverts, external secondaries, and tail-feathers. The whole 

 head above, with the neck and sides of the head, are of a smoky brown, with lengthened super- 

 ciliaries and ear-coverts passing into rufescent brown, of which colour there are also some traces 

 on the nape. Below the general colour is dark brownish black, the whole of the throat and 

 middle of the belly, including the crissum, being of a pure white, as is likewise a small patch 

 covering the basal portion of the inner webs of the remiges. The bill, legs, and feet are black. 

 In the male which I originally described, as likewise in another example in collection of Messrs. 

 Salvin and Godman marked as being of the same sex, there is a small ferruginous patch on the 

 middle of the belly. It is probable, however, that this colour, which merely occupies the tips 

 of the feathers, would disappear in the perfectly adult male, and leave the belly quite white. 

 In the female, which is generally similar to the male, this reddish brown patch is much more 

 extended, and occupies the whole of the middle of the belly. 



The following are the dimensions of the specimens of this Jacamar in my own collection and 

 that of Messrs. Salvin and Godman. The examples figured are the two first on the list. 



No. 



Sex. 



Mus. 



Patria. 



Long, tota, 



ate, 



caudae, 



rostri 



1. 



c? 



P. L. S. 



L. of Valencia [Goring). 



7-0 



2-7 



2-3 



1-8 



2. 



? 



P.L. S. 



L. of Valencia [Goring), 



7-0 



2-7 



2-2 



1-9 



3. 



d 



S.-G. . 



L. of Valencia [Goring). 



65 



2-8 



2-2 



1-9 



4, 





S.-G. 



L. of Valencia [Goring). 



6-5 



2-7 



2-2 



1-9 



