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The only example which has come under my notice is in the posses¬ 
sion of the Rt. Hon. the Lord Gifford, to whom I am indebted for per¬ 
mission to include a figure of it in my work on the ‘ Birds of Asia.’ 
Extraordinary as have been the new species discovered during the 
last few years, of that remarkable group the Ramphastidce, no one is 
more singular than the bird which I now submit to the notice of the 
Meeting; it may be regarded as an evidence that all the members 
of the group are not yet known to us, and that the productions of 
the rich forests of the Cordillerian Andes appear to be inexhaustible. 
It had long been my intention to propose a generic name for the 
Andean group of Toucans, characterized by the dense villose clothing 
of the under surface, the colouring of wdiich is of a uniform tint, in¬ 
stead of being crossed by bars of black, red and yellow as in the 
typical Pteroglossi ; and at no moment could such a step be more 
appropriately taken than at the present, when characterizing a new 
species of this section, for which, indicative of the country in which 
the members are found, I propose the generic term of Andigena, and 
for the new species, A. laminirostris ; the other species pertaining to 
this genus are A. hypoglaucus, A. nigrirostris , A. cucullatus , and 
A. Baillonii. The new species A. laminirostris , which is distin¬ 
guished by the yellow laminee near the base of the upper mandible, 
is the property of Dr. T. B. Wilson of Philadelphia, to whom and to 
his brother, E. Wilson, Esq., I am indebted for permission to de¬ 
scribe this fine bird ; the native habitat of which is the forests at the 
base of Pichincha, a high mountain of Ecuador. 
Genus Andigena. 
Gen. Char.—Bill stout, swollen, and moderately large when com¬ 
pared with the bill of the true Pteroglossi ; wings and tail very 
similar to those of Aulacorhynchus. General plumage long, loose, 
and hair-like. 
The species belonging to this genus are— 
Andigena hypoglaucus {Pteroglossus hypoglaucus , Gould). 
-- cucullatus {Pteroglossus cucullatus , Gould). 
- nigrirostris (Pteroglossus nigrirostris, Waterh.). 
-- laminirostris, Gould. 
- Bailloni {Pteroglossus Bailloni, Wagl.). 
All are characterized by a uniform wash of colour on the under sur¬ 
face, in lieu of the bars of rich red and black so conspicuous in the 
true Pteroglossi. 
Andigena laminirostris. 
Crown of the head and back of the neck deep black ; upper sur¬ 
face golden brown; primaries black; rump pale sulphur-yellow; 
upper tail-coverts very dark green; tail dark slaty grey, four central 
feathers largely tipped with chestnut-red ; under surface ashy blue ; 
on either flank a large patch of rich yellow; thighs deep chestnut; 
under tail-coverts blood-red ; orbits apparently orange ; culmen and 
apical half of both mandibles black; a broad band on the base of 
