. Illustrations of ornithology . S- ^yrityyiAy^noA^i ar&atu 2.^^£l/i/z^?ic/,,.fy,, // >// // - .;///,■/ >/.;/? PLATYRYNCHUS COLLARIS, (nobis).Collared Platyrynchus. PLATE IX.—Fig. 1. P. supra uiger chalybeo uitore, subtus albus, nigra pectorali vitta, oculis carunculatis. at is with a considerable degree of hesitation that we have placed the twospecies now figured in the genus Platyrhynchus, although they approachnearer to it than to any other in their general characters. We are entirely ig-norant of their habits or manners of life, and even of the country to whichthey belong; and althou
. Illustrations of ornithology . S- ^yrityyiAy^noA^i ar&atu 2.^^£l/i/z^?ic/,,.fy,, // >// // - .;///,■/ >/.;/? PLATYRYNCHUS COLLARIS, (nobis).Collared Platyrynchus. PLATE IX.—Fig. 1. P. supra uiger chalybeo uitore, subtus albus, nigra pectorali vitta, oculis carunculatis. at is with a considerable degree of hesitation that we have placed the twospecies now figured in the genus Platyrhynchus, although they approachnearer to it than to any other in their general characters. We are entirely ig-norant of their habits or manners of life, and even of the country to whichthey belong; and although there are some differences in the structure of thefeet and wings, that might be deemed sufficient for the formation of a newgenus, we think it better to place them in Platyrhyncus, until we have hadan opportunity of examining a greater number of specimens and species, andof ascertaining correctly some facts regarding their habits and differ from the type in the bill, although much depressed being re-mark
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