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BIRDS OF BRITISH Gl'IANA. 



Genus DORYFERA Goul(]. 



Dory/em Gould, P. Z. S. 1S47, p. 9-3. T\-\)Q I). ludovicicB (Bourc. & 

 Muls.). 



This genus is distinguished by the somewhat long and slender 

 bill, which is slightly upturned, with no terminal hook and the 

 serrations almost obsolete. The tail is short and rounded. 



Dor yf era joli aiince. 

 Fig. G6. — To show the form of the bill and the shape of the tail. 



252. Doryfera johannie. 



Blue-fronted Lance-bill. 



Trocliihis joliannce Bourc. P. Z. S. ISi". p. 4-3 (Peru). 



Jleniistephania Johanna; Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 433 (Menuue Mts., 



Roi-alma) ; id. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 40, 1892 ; Braboui-ne & 



Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 105, no. 992, 1912. 



Adult male. Fore part of head glistening violet edged posteriorly 

 with green : hinder crown and nape deep coppery bronze ; back 

 and upper wing-coverts bronze-green, becoming bluish green on 

 tlie rump and short upper tail-coveits ; long upper tail-coverts 

 and tips of tail-feathers blue ; under surface blackish glossed with 

 very dark green on the throat, dark bronze on the sides of the 

 neck and sides of the body, and steel-blue on the under tail- 

 coverts. 



Total length 93 mm., culmen 28. wing 53. tail 27. 



The description of the male is based on an exam[)le collected by 

 I\lr. McConnell at Mount Ivoraima in October 1898. 



