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green like the rump, tlie next feather bronzed on the outer web at the 

 end ; wings dull purple ; under tail-coverts deep green, very narrowly 

 edged with bluish-white, thighs clothed with greyish white feathers ; 

 upper mandible black, under yellowish with the end black ; feet and 

 claws black. 



Length 3f in.; wing l-J; bill \\ ; tail 1^. 



Habitat. — New Granada. 



A single specimen was in a small collection of birds, made at 

 Barranquilla by Geo. Crowther, Esq. 



It somewhat resembles S. Goudoti^ but is of a darker green 

 and altogether a more brilliant bird ; it is below of a deep 

 bluish-green, without any w^ash of golden on the abdomen, as 

 in the other ; the tail-feathers are narrower, and of a clearer 

 steel blue ; the under tail-coverts are dark green with a mere 

 fringing of grey, those of Goudoti being greyish-white with 

 their centres pale green. 



6. Stenopsii^ inactilicaudiis. 



First and second quills nearly equal, the first slightly the longest, tail 

 even, except that the central feathers extend a little beyond the others ; 

 tarsi feathered in front for half their length. 



Front and upper part of the head black, sparingly marked with small 

 spots of rufous ; a broad band of pale rufous extends from the bill along 

 the edge of the crown to the hind head ; there is a black patch behind 

 the eye and a broad one underneath it; on the hind neek is a band of 

 mottled grey, succeeding which is a nuchal collar of rufous; the back 

 and upper tail-coverts are black crossed with irregular fine lines of pale 

 rufous and grey ; the two central tail-feathers are black, crossed with 

 distinct bands of mottled ashy-grey, tinged on their outer margins with 

 pale rufous ; the other tail-feathers are nearly black or of a deep black- 

 ish-brown, pure white at their ends for rather over half an inch, with a 

 row of nearly round pure white spots (one on the inner web of each 

 feather), crossing about two inches from the end, and a similar row about 

 an inch from the base of the tail, on the outer webs are a few irregular 



