BLUE HONEYCREEPER 



Male. A streak through the eye and the 

 whole back black; chin and throat grayish black 

 washed with blue; wings and tail black, the 

 wings tipped and edged with bright blue; re- 

 maining plumage ultramarine blue (greenish 

 blue seen away from the light). Feet and legs 

 brownish horn color. 



Female. Yellowish grass green, head and 

 lesser wing coverts greenish blue and streaked; 

 paler below with throat blue gray. Feet and 

 legs as in male. 



Found in the trees about habitations as well 

 as in the jungle. It is not uncommon to see 

 these decorative little birds in captivity. 



3. Cyanerpes cyaneus cyaneus (Linnaeus) 

 Blue Honeycreeper 



Length 115 mm. (4.50 in.); tail 36 mm. 

 (1.40 in.). 



Male. Streak from bill through eye, hind- 

 neck, back, wings, and tail black; crown tur- 



FIG. 100. Cyanerpes c. cyaneus 

 (Nat. Size) 



quoise blue; rest of plumage bright sapphire 

 blue; part of under wing coverts yellow. Feet 

 and legs red. 



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