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and belly are yellowish-white shaded with brown. 

 The female has the upper parts of the plumage tinged 

 with olive, and the lower of a dull yellow : the upper 

 mandible of the beak is brown, and the lower whitish. 



Sp. 4. Ne? diademata. 



Ne ? cyanea, alls, cauda, giild,Jronteque nigris ; macula verticali 



ruja; pennis occipitalis elongatis albis. 

 Blue Nemosia, with the wings, tail, throat, and forehead black ; 



a red spot on the crown, and elongated white feathers on the 



occiput. 

 Ta, diademata. Temm. PI. Col. 243. — Bouvreuil azure. Vieil. 



Gal. des Ois. 



Inhabits Brasil. The cheeks, nape, lesser wing- 

 coverts, tail-coverts, the back, the outer web of all 

 the wing-quills, the tail, and nearly all the under 

 parts are blue, with brilliant reflections : the flanks 

 and the thighs are dusky-blue : the wings and tail, 

 except the borders, and the chin, are black : the fore- 

 head is of a velvety black ; on the middle of the head 

 is a fine red spot, bordered by rather long white fea- 

 thers, which cover the occiput, and form a slight 

 crest : the beak and the legs are black. 



GENUS CXXXIX— TACHYPHONUS, Vieillot. 



Kostriim rectum, conico- 

 longum, supra convexum, 

 forte, paulo lateratlm com- 

 pressum, versus apicem 

 emarginatura. 



Remig-es prima et septima 

 aequales. 



BeaJc straight, elongated- 

 conic, convex above, strong^ 

 slightly compressed late- 

 rally, and emarginate to- 

 wards the tip. 



First and seventh quills equal. 



