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TROCHILIDJE. 



GENUS CCLXVIIL— MELLISUGA, Brisson. 

 HONEY-BIRD. 



I^ostrum rectum, capite lon- 

 gius, gracile, basi plumulis 

 obtectum, apice subincras- 

 sato, tubuloso: mandibida 

 superior vaginalis inferi- 

 orem. 



Lingua filiformis, filis duo- 

 bus coalitis, tubulosa. 



Alee longissimae : rcmiges se- 

 cundariae longissimae. 



Cauda pennis decern. 



Beak straight, longer than 

 the head, slender, clothed 

 with small feathers at the 

 base, rather thick and tu- 

 bular at the tip : the upper 

 maiidihle sheathing the 

 loM^er. 



Tongue filiform, tubular. 



Wing,s very long : secondary 



quills longest. 

 Tail with ten feathers. 



Ohthorhynchus, Lacepede. — Colibri, Spix. 



A. Rani gib us hnud dilatatis. 

 A. With the quills not dilated. 



a. Caud&fuYcata. 



a. With the tail forked. 



Sp. I. Me. platura. 



Trochilus platurus. Shaiv, v. viii. p. 31G. 

 Sp. 2. Me. Langsdorfii. 

 Me. viridi-Jiisctis, collo antico viridi; pectore scmitorque dttplici, 



superior aurantia, injerior nigra; ventre antice nigrOf postice 



alb); uropygiojascia alba. 

 Green -brown Honey-bird with the neck in front green ; the breast 



with a double half-collar, the upper orange, the lower black ; 



the belly anteriorly black, posteriorly white ; the rump with a 



white band. 

 Ti-ochilus Langsdorfii. Temm. PI. Col. 66. Jl 1. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length five inches ; the fore 



