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Show 1869.] MR. J. GOULD ON A NEW HUMMING-BIRD. 295 Subfam. 6. GRYPISCINA. Arciform cartilages present; no ribs (?); mandibular teeth developed. Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. 1867, vol. vi. pt. 2, p. 205. Genus Grypiscus, Neotropia. Section C. No tongue ; maxillary teeth present or absent. Division I. No maxillary teeth. Fam. XV. PIPIDAE. A tympanum and an entirely bony cavum tympani; eustachian tubes united, with a single oral opening; transverse processes of sacral vertebra dilated ; no parotoids ; no tongue ; atlas and second vertebra confluent; vast cartilaginous xiphoid and great arciform cartilages. Genus Pipa, Neotropical region. Division II. Maxillary teeth. Fam. XVI. DACTYLETHRIDAE. A tympanum and an entirely bony cavum tympani; eustachian tubes united, with a single oral opening; transverse processes of sacral vertebra dilated ; no parotoids ; no tongue ; atlas and second vertebra distinct; coccyx and sacrum confluent; moderate cartilaginous xiphoid, and no arciform cartilages; yet coracoid and precoracoid very widely diverging. Genus Dactylethra, Ethiopian region. 2. Description of a New Genus and Species of the Family Trochilidce. B y J O H N G O U L D , F.R.S. &c. Genus OREONYMPHA. Gen. Char.-Bill longer than the head, stout, and with a somewhat downward curvature; wings large and sickle-shaped; tail ample and forked; tarsi clothed nearly to the toes, which are of moderate size; the hinder toe and nail rather shorter than the middle toe and nail. Notwithstanding the length and stoutness of the bill, I consider this form to be nearly allied both to Oxypogon and Ramphomicron. It has the same kind of brilliant gular streak, a similar laxity of plumage, and soft flexible tail-feathers. OREONYMPHA NOBILIS. Bill and legs black; crown blue, with a streak of black down the centre; on the throat a lengthened streak of brilliant feathers, of which those nearest the bill are green, those which succeed are red- |
