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Genus XXII. J A C A M A R« 



N° 4. White-billed J. 



Paradife Tacamar, G«». 5)ra. ii. p. 605. N° 3. 3, 



4- PARADISE J. 

 TN a colleclion of birds from Cayenne was one of thefe, which 

 had the crown of the head brown, and the general colour of the 

 plumage more dull than ufual. This was mod likely the fe- 

 male. 



4- 

 OIZE fmaller than the Green Jacamar : length feven inches. LED j. 



The bill quite ftrait, fcarcely an inch and a half long, and Description-. 

 white, except the bafeof the upper mandible, which is dufky : on 

 each fide of the noftrils are three or four ftiff briftles : the plu- 

 mage on the upper parts of the body is deep glofly green : on the 

 chin a triangular white fpot ; juft under the bill, within the fpot, 

 pale rufous : the under parts of the body rufous, but deeper : the 

 tail fhort, even at the end ; the two middle feathers green, the 

 others rufous : legs black. 



I met with this in the colleiflion of the late Dr. Hunter, fup- 

 pofed to have been brought (rom South Amerka. 



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