ORNITHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 
By PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER. 
VI. — SYNOPSIS OP THE GENUS GALBULA. 
1. GALBULA VIRIDIS, Latham. 
Alcedo galbula, Linn. S. N. i. p. 181.' Galbula viridis, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. 244. 
Galbula rubricollis, ISteph . Gen. Zool. ix. p. 224 (Q) Galbula viridicauda, 
Sw. An. in Men. p. 327. 
6 Supni cum vitta lata pectorali aureo-viridis ; gula alba ; ventre 
rufo-castaueo ; cauda infra nigrescenti-viridi ; rostro nigro. 
? Mari similis, sed gula rufa. 
Long, tota, 7 • 7 ; al»3, 2 . li ; caudae, 3.2; rostri, i . 5. 
Hibitat, Cayenne; Guiana (Schomb.) ; Amazons (Wallace). 
Figured, Edwards, 334. PI. Enl. 238; Le Vaill. Ois. de Par. 
47 So 48 $, 49 juv. ? Yieill. Ois. Dor. 1 6, 2 $>. 
The Amazons specimens differ in having a rather longer beak, 
and broader and brighter pectoral band ; but a large series must be 
examined before they can safely be separated, as the length of the 
bill varies greatly among individuals of some of the species. 
2. GALBULA MACULICAUDA, Sclater, Sr. Noy. 
Galbula viridis, Max. Beitr. iv. p. 437 (nee. Lath.)’, Galbula ruficauda, kw. An. in 
Men. p. 327 (nec. Cuv.) 
S Suprii cum vitta pectorali aureo-viridis ; gutture albo ; ventre 
et 3 extimis utrinque rectricibus rufis ; 2. extimis apice viridi nota- 
tis ; rostro nigro. 
2 Mari similis ; sed coloribus minus Claris ; gula pallide rufa. 
Long, tota, 9.3; alse, 3.2; cauda, 3.8; rostri, 2 . 0. 
Habitat South Brazil ; Rio de Janeiro (Pr. Max.) ; Bolivia. 
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