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GREEN SPHECOTHERA. 

 (Sphecothera viridis.) 



SP. supra virescens, subtusjlavo-viridis, capite, rostro, pedibusque 



nigris. 

 Sphecothera above greenish, beneath yellowish, with the head, 



beak, and feet, black. 

 Sphecothera viridis. Vieil. Analyse d'une nouvelle Ornithologie 



E'ldmentaire, p. 68. (H). 



THIS bird is the size of the Greater or Pied 

 Butcher bird : it has the upper parts of the plum- 

 age greenish, and the under yellowish green : the 

 head, beak, and feet, are black. It inhabits New 

 Holland. 



