328 TWO CENTENARIES AND A QUARTER 



Differs from G. rujicauda by its longer end more graduated 

 tali, of which the two middle feathers only are green ; and by 

 having only a slight tinge of blue on the head. Total length 

 lOi inches; bill, front 2^^^^; wings 3-^; tail, beyond, Sfg ; 

 ditto, base 4^5 ; middle feathers 2 inches longer than the ex- 

 ternal, and \ beyond the second pair. Is this the Rufous-tailed 

 jacamarof Lath. ? 



142. Galbula alhiventer. 

 Head, wings, and tail, dark blue green : back and 

 scapulars reddish copper or flame colour : chin and ears 

 greenish black : throat, vent, and under tail covers, 

 white : breast, and body beneath, copper green. Tail 

 slender, 'cuneated. 



Inhabits Guiana. Mr. Schomburgh. 

 Total length 8 inches; bill, front 1-/^; wings 2-j^ ; tail, be- 

 yond, 2i ; ditto, base 4 ; two middle feathers -^ longer than 

 the others. The three lateral tail feathers on each side have a 

 slight margin, on their inner web and tip, of white : the white 

 upon the throat, which is very pure, is in the form of a trans- 

 verse and somewhat triangular band. The tail feathers are nar- 

 row, and much graduated. The female has not been found. 

 143. Galbula flavirostra. 

 Plumage, above, gilded green : front and crown glossed 

 with reddish copper : beneath, rufous : (male with a 

 white transverse band on the throat :) tail feathers 

 shining green, tinged with rufous at the base : bill and 

 feet fine yellow : upper mandible tipt with black. 

 Inhabits Demerara. Waterton. Schomburgh. 

 Total length 6^ inches ; bill, front l^^g; wings 2^ ; tail, be- 

 yond, 11 ; ditto, base 2-fo. — Obs. Differs from the albirostris 

 of Authors, in 710? having the bill white; in not having pale 

 rufous within the white of the throat ; in the two outer tail 

 feathers not being rufous on their side; and the legs jio^ being 

 black, but yellow. In both sexes the chin is pale rufous, but 

 the female has no white on the throat ; the tail is short, and the 

 two outer feathers are alone graduated ; the rest are all even. 

 144. Galbula armata. 

 Feet three-toed. Plumage, above, blackish, glossed 

 with dark blue green : front of the head striped with 

 ferruginous : chin black : middle of the throat, breast, 

 body, and vent, white : sides cinereous. Wings armed 

 with a prominent tubercle : tail rounded. 



