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Venezuela. Moreover no Bucco is included in Leotaud's work on the Birds of Trinidad. I 

 think it therefore quite uncertain at present whether Bucco hicinctus is to be found in Trinidad, 

 although it is not unlikely that such may be the case. 



All the positively ascertained localities of the Doubly Banded Puif-bird lie along the northern 

 coast-land of Venezuela and the U. S. of Colombia. Mr. Goering, during his travels in Venezuela, 

 obtained specimens at Pilar and San Esteban, which are now in the collection of Messrs. Salvin 

 and Godman. The Museum Heineanum, as stated by Messrs. Cabanis and Heine, contains 

 examples from Puerto Cabello, whence many Venezuelan bird-skins are received in the way of 

 trade. In the collection of Messrs. Salvin and Godman is likewise a specimen of this Puff-bird 

 from Savanilla, near the mouth of the Magdalena, which thus extends its range further westward 

 than any of the above-given localities. 



Bucco hicinctus is readily distinguishable from all its congeners by the two bands across the 

 lower surface, from which it has received its name. The lower of these two bands is narrower 

 and not quite so regular as the upper one ; and in some specimens the lateral spots still lower 

 down are so arranged as to present slight indications of a third band. 



We have as yet no information as to the habits of this species, or as to its mode of nesting. 

 The sexes, I believe, are externally undistinguishable. 



The following is a list of the examples of Bucco hicinctus in my collection and that of 

 Messrs. Salvin and Godman, and an account of their dimensions : — 



No. Sex. ilus. Patria. Long, tota, alse, caudse, rostri. 



1. 



— 



P.L. S. 



Venezuela. 



8-0 



3-5 



3-2 



1-5 



2. 



— 



P. L. S. 



Venezuela. 



8-4 



3-5 



3-2 



1-4 



3. 



— 



P.L. S. 



Venezuela. 



7-5 



3-1 



31 



1-5 



4. 



$ 



S.-G. 



Pilar, Venezuela [Goering, 1867). 



7-7 



3-5 



3-4 



I'O 



5. 



— 



S.-G. 



San Esteban, Venez. [Goering, 1868). 



7-8 



3-3 



31 



1-3 



6. 



— 



S.-G. 



Savanilla, U. S. Col. [Akhurst). 



7-8 



3-5 



3-4 



1-4 



