INT RODUS ON:

ae to adopt Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte’s
For the third section, or Banded Aracaris, 1 propose to I ante

generic title of

BEAUHARNAISIUS,
WITH THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERS :—

ee ; ‘ostro delice eeviore, necnon alis brev S
Aspectus generalis, sicut In genere PrEROGLOSSO dicto, attamen rostro delicatule le ; s brevioribus,

et caudd 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 Pterogloss?, 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 : : : Pl. XX¥
26. ————_——_ bitorquatus ; : Pl. XXVE
27. Sturmi. , ; P]. XXVII.
28. ——___—— Azare ; ; é Pl. XXVIII.
29. ——__—_——_flavirostris : Pl. XX
30. ——_—_—_—— Marie... Pl. XXX.

Lhis is by far the most beautiful section of the entire familv.

In the plates ; scripti
e plates and descriptive letter-press they are retained under the

s old term Péeroglossus ; but m
future they will stand as above-named.