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Sp. 30. Me. Lalandei. 



Me. crista, corpore supra rectricibusque diiabus inter me d'lis aureo- 

 viridibusj corpore infra cyaneo ; pone oculos macula albd ; 

 mento, ventre irifimo lateribusque margaritaceis ; rectricibus 

 laleralibus viridlbus; tr'ibus externis apicc macula alba. 



Houey-bird with the crest and body above and two middle tail- 

 feathers golden-green; beneath blue; a white spot behind the 

 eyeSj the chin^ lower belly^ and sides pearlaceous ; tlie lateral 

 tail-feathers green ; the three outer ones with a white spot at 

 the tip. 



Trochilus Lalandei. Vieillot. Temm. PL Col. 18./. \, 2. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length three inches and a half: 

 the male is furnished with a beautiful crest, of which 

 the two hinder feathers are longest, and are of a fine 

 glossy blue; the rest of the crest is of a golden-green, 

 with very brilliant reflections ; this last colour reigns 

 over the rest of the head, the upper parts of the body, 

 and the two middle tail-feathers : the lateral feathers 

 are of a bottle-green, the three outer ones on each 

 side with a white spot at the tip : the throat, the fore 

 part of the neck, the breast and the upper part of 

 the belly are of the same blue with the crest : the 

 sides of these parts are of a pearly-grey, as well as 

 the chin and lower belly : behind the eye is a white 

 spot : the beak is black, and the legs brown. The 

 female differs from the male in wanting the crest j is 

 smaller ; all the under parts are grey, with the ex- 

 ception of the sides of the breast, which are bright 

 green-gold : the base of the beak is yellowish. 



Sp. 31. Me. bilopha. 



Me. suprh aureo-viridis, infra albd,; alts Jlavescentibus ; cauda 

 valde cuncatd, rectricibus lateralibus basi albis, apice cinereis ; 

 mas. cristis vertice smaragdino, superciliaribus aureo-viridibus 

 rejie.vu rufo-opalino. 



