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OF BRITISH GTTIANA. 



Genus FLORISUGA Bona p. 



FIon'stt(/a Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 73, ISoO. Type F. 

 melUvora (Linn.). 



In this genus the bill is .slender, nearly strai.uht, the nasal 



covers partly exposed, and tJie upjxM- tail-coverts almost reaching 



to the tip of the tail. 



Florisiiga mellivora. 



Fig. 72.— To show the form of the hill, the shape of the tail, and 

 the long upper tail-coverts. 



2G4. Florisuga mellivora. 

 Great Jacoein. 



TrocJiihis meUivorns Linn. Syst. Xat. 10th ed. i. p. 121, 1758 (Guiana) ; 



Cah. in Scliomh. lieis. Guian. iii. p. 70G, lS-18. 

 Florisvr/a mellivora Selvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 433 (Merume Mts., Atapurau 



Eiver); id. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 329, 1892; Brabourne & 



Chuhb, B. S. Amer. i. p. Ill, no. 1058, 1912. 



Adult male. Lower hind-neck, back, u})per and under wing- 

 coverts, central tail-feathers, and .'•ides of breast green ; crown of 

 head, throat, and fore-neck daik blue; a narrow white collar on 

 the hind-neck ; abdomen, under tail-coverts, and outer tail-feathers 

 pure white, the last edged with brown, more especially at the 

 tips ; flight-quills purplish brown. " Bill, iris, and feet black." 



Total length 108 mm., culmen 18, wing 70, tail 38. 



The male described w^as collected on the Makauria River. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the top 

 of the head green, as also the tail-feathers, the latter somcAvhat 

 darker at the tips, both above and below, the outermost feathers 



