LONG-BILLED STAR-THROAT 



FIG. 30. Heliothryx barroti 



(Male Nat. Size) 



Female. Length 124 mm. (4.90 in.); tail 61 

 mm. (2.40 in.). Upper parts entirely metallic 

 green, no green band through cheeks, the white 

 of under parts extending to cover cheeks; no 

 purple tuft on ear coverts, chest sometimes 

 spotted with dusky. 



Bill nearly straight, tail long, graduated, fan- 

 like when spread, the feathers broad and rounded 

 at tips, considerably longer in the female. 



The white under parts and extensive white 

 areas on the long tail are very conspicuous. A 

 bird of the jungle and open forest. A nest of 

 this species attached to the side of a vertically 

 hanging liana was found at Barro Colorado 

 Island in April, 1924. 



19. Anthoscenus longirostris longirostris 



(Vieillot) 

 Long-billed Star-throat 



Length 112 mm. (4.40 in.); tail about 32 mm. 



