244 THOCHILID^.. 



wliite : on the last a border of a violet-colour, the 

 middle-feathers varying with dark-green and steel- 

 blue. — Latham. 



Sp. 8 Me. albicollis. 



Mk. cm-pore supra nlis rectricibt(sque dnahux intermrdi'is aureo- 

 viridi nitentlhus; infra albn; guL'i viridi maculatd; rectricihus 

 lateralibiis basi Ci/aneo-nigris, apice albis. 



Honey-bird with the body above, wings, and two middle tail- 

 fealhers of a sliinin^ golden-green ; the under parts white ; 

 the throat spotted with green ; the outer tail-feathers blue- 

 black at the base, white at the tip. 



Trochilus albicollis. FmU. Tenim. PL CuL 203./. 2. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length near four inches : the 

 throat, a portion of the fore part of the neck, the 

 middle of the belly, the feathers of the vent, and the 

 under tail-coverts are snow-white : all the feathers of 

 the chin arc edged with this colour, and are greenish 

 in the middle : the two outer tail-feathers are about 

 half white, and the two following are tipped with 

 the same ; the bases of these, and all the four follow- 

 ing feathers on each side, being blue-bl?ck ; the two 

 middle-feathers, the upper wing-coverts, the top and 

 sides of the head, the upper part of the neck and 

 body, the breast and the flanks are of a golden-green 

 with glossy reflections : the wing-feathers are dull 

 violet : the feathers of the legs and the tarsi arc 

 green and white : the beak is black above, and yellow 

 below : the less are black. 



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Sp. y. Me. [letasophora. 



M-E. supra aureo-viridisj mentojugnlocjue sericeo viridibus; pectorc 

 viridi lateribus cinereo tinctis; ventre crissoque cinereis ; tec- 

 tricibns caiidee inferioribus niveis ; fasciculo pennantm pone 

 aurium violaceo. 



