218 CYANEAN CREEPER. 



Edwards. " The bill is pointed, black, pretty 

 long, slender, sharp, and arched both upper and 

 under side, which is a little shorter than the 

 upper : the tongue is divided into threads at the 

 end: the crown of the head is of a pale green 

 colour: round the base of the upper part of 

 the bill are black feathers, which pass in black 

 lines on the sides of the head, in which black 

 spaces the eyes are placed : the sides of the 

 head, hinder part of the neck, lower part of 

 the back, rump, covert-feathers of the tail, a bar 

 across the upper part of the wing, and the whole 

 under side of the bird, are of a very fine ultra- 

 marine blue colour: it hath a broad black line 

 across the lower part of the neck behind, or the 

 upper part of the back: the tail is black, as are 

 the outer sides of the wings, except a blue bar 

 that crosses each wing obliquely: the insides of 

 the wings are of a beautiful yellow colour, except 

 round the ridge and tips of the quills, which are 

 dusky: the legs and feet are orange-coloured." 

 Native of South America, and particularly of 

 Brasil and Cayenne. The female is said to differ 

 in having the insides of the wings yellowish grey ; 

 and the young or unadvanced males are at first 

 greenish above, except on the wings and tail, and 

 beneath of a paler or yellower cast : they after- 

 wards become varied or patched with black, blue, 

 and green, with a mixture of rufous on some 

 parts. 



