BLACK-THROATED MANGO 



17. Anthracothorax nigricollis nigricollis 



Vieillot 

 Black-throated Mango 



Length about 113 mm. (4.45 in.); tail about 

 36 mm. (1.45 in.). 



Male. Metallic bronze green above, including 

 middle pair of tail feathers; remaining tail 

 feathers deep maroon chestnut, glossed with 

 purplish; chin, throat, and middle of breast and 

 abdomen, velvety black, the sides metallic 

 greenish blue next to the black area and shading 

 to yellowish green. 



Female. Similar to male, the outer feathers 

 of tail tipped with white; a white stripe each 

 side of the middle black stripe of under parts; 

 otherwise, bronze green. 



"In wild banana thickets at edge of jungle." 

 (Jewel.) 



1 8. Heliothryx barroti (Bourcier and Mulsant) 

 Barrot's Fairy 



Male. Length 108 mm. (4.25 in.); tail 45 

 mm. (1.80 in.). Forehead and crown bright 

 metallic royal purple; in front of and below the 

 eye and ear coverts velvety black, a tuft of 

 metallic purple terminating ear coverts; a band 

 through the cheek to sides of neck of very brilliant 

 metallic emerald green; remaining upper parts 

 metallic green; whole under parts, and outer tail 

 feathers, pure white. 



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