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INTRODUCTIO N. 
For the third section, or Banded Araparis, I propose to adopt Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte’s 
generic title of 
BEAUHARNAISIUS, 
WITH THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERS 
Aspectus generalis, sicut in genere Pteroglosso dicto, attamen rostra delicatule lseviore, necnon alis brevioribus, 
et cauda attenuate minore. 
General structure as in Pteroglossus, but the bill more delicate, the wings shorter, and the tail smaller 
and of a lighter form. 
Unlike the members of the genus Ramphastos, which are universally spread over South America, and 
the Pteroglossi, which are nearly so, the members of the genus Beauharnaisius are almost entirely confined 
to the districts bordering the Amazon and its tributaries; and there is scarcely any part of the banks of 
this river where Palm-trees abound that one or other of the species is not to be found. 
They are :— 
25. Beauharnaisius ulocomus 
26. 
-bitorquatus 
27. 
- Sturmi 
28. 
- Azarae 
29. 
-flavirostris 
30. 
-Mariae 
This is by far the most beautiful section of the entire family. 
PI. XXV. 
PI. XXVI. 
PI. XXVII. 
PI. XXVIII 
PI. XXIX. 
PI. XXX. 
In the plates and descriptive letter-press they are retained under the old term Pteroglossus ; but in 
future they will stand as above-named. 
