PACHYRHYNCHUS. 
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found in the present circle ; that it has some rela- 
tion, strictly so termed, to Psaris , is unquestionable, 
but we think that it is one of analogy rather than 
of affinity, and that Sphecotheres is the most aber- 
rant type of the orioles, Oriolince, representing in 
that group, the genus Psaris. We incline the 
more to this view of the subject, because its position 
in this group seems to disturb the progression of 
forms between this and the sub-family we shall 
now enter upon. 
CUVIER’S THICK-BILL. 
Pachyrynchus Cuvierii, Spix. 
PLATE IV. 
Above green ; beneath white, with a bright yellow band across 
the breast ; ears and neck above cinereous ; the male with 
a black crown ; the female with the wing-covers rufous. 
Psaris Cuvierii, Zool. Must. i. PI. 32, the male Tityra Vieill- 
otii, Jardine and Selby, Must, of Om. i. PI. 10, fig. 1, the 
female. 
Tiie most elegant species of this division, and the 
only one yet discovered that is ornamented with 
bright colours, is the P. Cuvierii, first figured in 
the Zoological Illustrations, and subsequently placed 
