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AULACORAMPHUS CARULEOGULARIS

Blue-throated Groove-bill.

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SPECIFIC CHARAcTER.

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Aul. gula coerulea.

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Upper surface dark green, with an olive tint on the head

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the rump and upper tail-coverts; primaries blackish brown, margined externally at the
base with dark green ; tail deep green, passing into blue towards the extremity, and tipped
with rich chestnut ; throat and fore part of the cheeks czrulean blue ; under surface green,
washed with yellow on the flanks and abdomen; under tail-coverts rich chestnut ;_ bill
black, with the exception of the upper part of the sides of the upper mandible and the
apical portion of the culmen, which are greenish yellow, passing into purer yellow at the

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tip; on the sides of both mandibles at the base a broad band, which on the upper one is

yellow, and on the lower white ; orbits red ; legs and feet greenish lead-colour.

Total length, 12+ inches; zl, 2; wing, 4; tail, 42; tarsi, 14.

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Aulacoramphus ceruleogularis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., February

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Tue new species of Groove-Bill figured on the accompanying Plate was killed by Berthold Sepa, a

Naturalist to H.M.S. Herald, together with other ornithological rarities, in Veragua. It is very cy
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allied to 4. albivitta: but may be at once distinguished from that species by its rich blue throat, by the ba

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at the base of the bill being much broader and yellow on the upper mandible, é ,

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under surface being washed with yellow, while in the other it 1s pure green. I rege | eon je
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at an opportune moment for including it in the present Monograph.

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