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feet, whose anterior toes are, for the most part, 

 united ; nevertheless these toes have not the same 

 formation exactly, as in the kingfishers ; the plumage 

 moreover, of the jacamars, is not so smooth as in 

 the kingfishers, and has always a metallic lustre. 

 They live solitarily in humid woods, feed on insects, 

 and build their nests on low branches. 



The American species have the bill larger than 

 the others, and quite straight. 



Paradise Jacamar. (Galbula Paradisea.) Lath. 

 Enl. 271. 



Deep glossy-green ; head, violet-brown ; throat, neck, 

 before, and under wing-coverts, white. Size of a lark. 

 Surinam. 



Green Jacamar. Alcedo Galhula. Lin. (Galbula 

 Viridis.) Lat. Enl. 238. 



Brilhant glossy-green ;. belly and vent, rufous ; chin, 

 white. Size of a lark. Guiana. 



Rufous-tailed Jacamar. (Galb. Ruficauda.) Cuv. 

 Vaill. Ois. de Par. II. pi. 50, or G. Macroura. 

 Vieill. Gal. 29. 



Green; chin and throat white, beneath, and tail, 

 rufous. 



White-hilled Jacamar. {Gal. Albirostres.) Lath. 

 Vaill. pi. 51. Vieill. Ois. Doris, I. pi. 4. 



Rather less than Gal. Viridis. Glossy-green, above ; 

 head, brown ; a triangular white spot on the chin ; 

 beneath, rufous. 



