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centre of Minas Geraes, as " Bicudo." He tells us it is very common in the underwoods of the 

 province of Rio, as also in that part of Minas Geraes which lies east of the Serra do Espinha9u. 

 It is also found, though less abundantly, in the small woods on the Campos. In habits it does 

 not differ from Galhula viridis, being usually seen sitting on a branch of a tree on the look-out 

 for insects, and returning after their capture to the same, or to a nearly adjacent seat. According 

 to Lund's hunters this species possesses a very agreeable song, composed of several abrupt 

 whistling cadences. Burmeister, who met with it in the same districts as Lund, gives us a 

 similar account of its habits. Hr. Carl Euler, who has contributed some interesting notes on 

 the birds observed by him in the neighbourhood of Cantagallo, in the province of Bio, to the 

 ' Journal fur Ornithologie,' tells us that this Jacamar bores deep holes in the steep banks — 

 no doubt for the purpose of nidification. 



The general plumage of the Three-toed Jacamar above is of a dull black, glossed over with 

 dark bluish green ; the feathers on the top and sides of the head are striped mesially with 

 ferruginous brown, they are slightly elongated, and are probably raised by the living bird, when 

 excited, into a slight crest; below, the throat is black, the chin being slightly tinged with 

 ferruginous, a long patch occupying the whole of the central portion of the breast and belly 

 is of a pure white, the sides, flanks, and crissum being dark cinereous. The under surfaces of 

 the wings and tail are of a dull black; but the inner margins of the wing-feathers towards 

 their bases are white. In the dried skins the bill is black, as also the feet, except at the back 

 of the tarsi and on the under surface of the toes, which are apparently reddish. 



So far as I can tell, there is little external difference in the sexes of this Jacamar. Unfor- 

 tunately I have no marked specimens available for comparison ; but those which I consider as 

 probably females have the throat paler, and the ferruginous stripes on the chin reaching further 

 down. 



The following table gives the dimensions of the examples of this Jacamar in my own 

 collection and in that of Messrs. Salvin and Godman. 



No. 



Sex. 



Mus. 



Patria. 



Long, tota, 



alse, 



eaudae, 



rostri 



1. 



d? 



P. L. S. 



S*'Fe, Minas [Rogers). 



7-5 



2-8 



2-8 



1-9 



2. 



?? 



P.L. S. 



S.E. Brazil. 



7-7 



2-9 



2-8 



1-9 



3. 



6? 



S.-G. 



Novo Friborgo (Youds). 



6-7 



30 



2-8 



]-8 



4. 



6? 



S.-G. 



Novo Friborgo (Youds). 



6-8 



2-8 



2-7 



1-6 



5. 



?? 



S.-G. 



Vic. of Bahia {Wucherer). 



7-2 



29 



.2-7 



1-7 



The figure (Plate XVI.) is taken from No. 1. 



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