PASSERINE GOURA. 



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spotted with black on their exterior webs ; the in- 

 terior ones are of an uniform red : the quills, and 

 the secondary feathers of the wing, are of a dusky 

 brown : the two middle tail-feathers are reddish- 

 brown ; the lateral ones are black, and shorter 

 than the inner ; the two exterior ones on each side 

 are marked with a red spot : the under tail-coverts 

 are black, as are the sides of the body : the beak 

 is. of a reddish-brown, and the feet orange : the 

 tarsi are furnished on their outer sides, through 

 their whole length, with a narrow band of short 

 and downy feathers. Inhabits the middle parts 

 of America, and has the same manners as the rest 

 of the genus. 



PASSERINE GOURA, 



(Goiira minuta.) 



Go. corpore supra dilute-fusco^gula pectoreque dilute violaceis ^ in 

 carpo alarum tribus aut quatuor maculis violaceis, sex aliis ma- 

 culis in alarum apice remigibus Juscis, margins rufis, rectricibus 

 ccerulescentibus nigro-terminatis^ duabus extimis albo-termi- 

 natis. 



Goura with the body above pale fuscous 3 the throat and breast 

 pale violet 3 the bend of the wing with three or four violet 

 spots, and six others towards the tip of the wings 3 the quills 

 brown, edged with rufous; the tail-feathers bluish, tipped 

 with black 3 the two outer ones tipped with white. 



