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in another there are several purple feathers irregularly scattered 
with the ordinary golden green ones on the back; perhaps in the 
adult bird this purple is the prevailing colour of the back. 
This small-sized species is remarkable for the shortness of its beak, 
which is acutely pointed, and a little dilated in the middle. 
Trocuitus Drersianus. T. rostro recurvo, quoad longitudinem, 
corpus cum capite equiparante ; caudd mediocri, paululim furcatd : 
colore viridi, corpore subtus albido variegato ; guld nigrescente. 
& Long. tot. 8 unc.; rostri, 33; ale, 3; cauda, 24. 
9 7 , 22; —, 3; ees 
Bill immensely long, and somewhat recurved, equal in length to 
the head and body; tail moderate, slightly forked; head and upper 
parts of body green, with golden and bronze reflections ; wings pur- 
plish-black ; tail blackish, tinted with bronze, the central feathers 
being the richest ; chin and throat dusky, each feather very obscurely 
tinted with bronze in the middle, and edged with ashy-white ; belly 
and vent green; the feathers edged with white, or in parts greyish, 
those on the chest are whitish, with a large green spot near the apex ; 
under wing-coverts green. 
The female has a shorter beak; and there is more white on the 
under parts of the body; the feathers on the throat and chin are 
somewhat variegated with yellowish. 
Trocuitus aurocaster, Loddiges’ MSS. T. rostro fere duplo 
quam caput longiore ; caudd mediocriter latd et furcatd ; plumis 
corporis permagnis, et supra et subtds: colore splendidé viridi ; 
tectricibus caude plumisque abdominis nitidé aureo relucentibus ; 
notd gulari purpureo-ceruled, necnon apud frontem notd, luce 
Savente, gramineo-viridi ; crissi plumis aureo-viridibus, ferrugineo 
marginatis ; alarum primariis fuscescenti-nigris non sine @neo ni- 
tore ; caudd ex-aureo-eneo-viridi. 
In the female the throat is of a rusty yellow tint, and is sparingly 
spotted with green; the belly and vent are of an ochreous colour, 
with heart-shaped green spots; on the former the green predomi- 
nates, and on the under tail-coverts the yellowish tint prevails. 
This species is of moderate size; that portion of the under man- 
dible which shuts into the upper one is white. 
Trocuiius ruscicaupatus. T. rostro quam caput longiore ; caudd 
subrotundatd : colore ex aureo viridi; plumis gule, pectoris, et 
abdominis, albido marginatis ; plumis analibus albis ; crisso fusco, 
rectricibus caude submetallicé castaneis, nigrescente marginatis ; 
remigibus alarum nigrescentibus, purpureo paululim relucentibus ; 
mandibuld inferiore (apice excepto), necnon superioris basi, pal- 
lide fuscis. 
Long. tot. 4 unc.; rostri, 4; ale, 2; caude, 14. 
Hab. Chachapayas, Peru. 
Trocuitus cyanorrervs, Loddiges’ MSS. Tr. rostro quam caput 
multo longiore ; caudd latissimd et leviter furcatd : colore intense 
viridi, ad nigrum hic atque illic vergente, presertim apud caput ; 
