422 



BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



straight hill, the bare culmen, the exposed nasal covers, and the 

 short and rounded tail. 



W^'^'- 



%{\f ^"^ 



Antlioscenus siq^erbus. 



Fig. 88. — To illustrate the long bill, the nasal covers, 

 and the short and rounded tail. 



286. Anthoscenus superbus. 



Long-billed Star-throat. 



Troclnhis superlus Shaw, Nat. Misc. xiii. pi. 517, 1802 (Colonil)ia). 

 HeJiomaster longirostris (Vieill.), Salvia, Ibis, 188-5, p. -135 (Merume 



Mts., lioraima, 3500 ft.). 

 FloricoJa longirostris Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 229, 1892 



(Merume Mts., Eoraima). 

 Anthoscenus su2)erha Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 1-41, 



no. 1412, 1912. 



Adult male. Back, upper wing-coverts, rump, upper tail-coverts, 

 and middle tail-feathers dark green with a bronzy tinge ; lateral 

 tail-feathers blackish with a white spot at the tip ; flight-feathers 

 dark btown; crown of head bright steel-blue j throat-patch bright 

 ruby-red; breast and sides of the body green with dusky-grey 

 bases to the feathers ; a patch of white feathers on the flanks ; 

 middle of the abdomen and vent white ; under tail-coverts edged 

 with white ; under wino-coverts dark green. 



Total length l'2?i nnn., culmen 31, wing 02, tail 33. 



