GALBALCYRHYNCHUS LEUCOTIS. 



TEE WHITE-EARED JACAMAE. 

 PLATE XVII. 



GalhalcyrhyncTius leucotis, Des Murs, Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 207. 



Jacamaralcyonides leucotis, Des Murs, Icon. Orn. t. 17 (1849). 



Galhalcyrhynchus leucotis. Gray et Mitch. Gen. B. iii. App. p. 30 a (1849). 



Galhalcyrhynchus leucotis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 153 (1850). 



Cauecias leucotis. Cab. in Ersch u. Grub. Enc. sect. 1, Iii. p. 310 (1851). 



Alcyonides leucotis, Reich. Handb. d. sp. Orn. p. 83 (1852). 



GalbalcyrliyncJius leucotis, Scl. Syn. Galb. p. 10 (1852). 



Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis, Cassin, Cat. Hale. p. 19 (1852). 



Galhalcyrhynchus leucotis, Bp. Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 14 (1854). 



Galhalcyrhynchus leucotis, Des Murs, Exped. de Castelnau, Zool. Ois. p. 31 (1855). 



Galhalcyrhynchus leucotis, Scl. P. Z, S. 1855, pp. 16 et 137. 



Galhalcyrhynchus leucotis, Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1857, p. 43. 



Galhalcyrhynchus leucotis, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 268 (1862). 



Cauecias leucotis. Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. iv. p. 228 (1863). 



Galhalcyrhynchus leucotis, Scl. et. Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 192. 



Galhalcyrhynchus leucotis, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 978. 



Galhalcyrhynchus leucotis, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 294. 



Galhalcyrhynchus leucotis, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 105 (1873). 



Castaneus ; pileo, alls et cauda nigris seneo lavatis ; illarum tectricibus clorso concoloribus ; plaga post- 

 oculari alba^ meuto nigricantej subalaribus castaneis ; rostro et pedibus albis : long, tota 8"0; alse 3.5^ 

 caudse 2'2, rostri a rictu 2'1. Fern, mari similis, sed macula postoculari nulla. 



Hab. in Amazonia superiore. 



The Galbulidae, as is explained in the Introduction to this work, may be naturally divided into 

 two subfamilies, of one of which Jacamerops is the only known representative, while all the 

 other Jacamars belong to the typical subfamily Galbulinse. Of the several forms appertaining 

 to the latter group the bird now before us is certainly the most abnormal. Its large heavy bill 

 and short square tail give it a very diflferent appearance from that of any other member of the 

 subfamily, while at the same time it diverges widely from its relatives in the general character 

 of its plumage. 



The White-eared Jacamar was first made known to Science by M. Desmurs, in an article 

 published in the 'Revue Zoologique ' for 1845, and placed in a separate genus of Galbulida) 



