Agrilorhinus personatus. -^gr. caruleus ; /route, spatio circa 

 oculos, rostro pedibusque nigris ; remigibus rectricibusque interne 

 ^ nigrescentibus . 

 Fcem. plumbea. 

 cj Long. tot. 6i unc. ; rostri, |; alee, 3 ; cauda, 2|; tarsi, |. 



Hab. S'» Fe de Bogota. 



This bird is about the size of the Blue Bird (Sialia Wilsoni) of 

 North America ; its blue colouring is much darker, and less brilliant. 

 The bill is strong, long, and compressed, and suddenly bent down- 

 wards at the apex ; the lower edge of the upper mandible is curved 

 inwards and encloses the cutting edges of the lower one, but it is 

 not notched as in the more typical species of Agrilorhinus. The 

 forehead, a broad space around the eye, and the ear-coverts, are 

 black : the chin is blackish. The feathers of the wing are blackish, 

 but externally edged with blue ; and'so are the tail-feathers. 



