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TROCHILTD^:. 



persed like scales : vent golden-green, with two tufts 

 of downy white feathers round the thighs : tail even, 

 the feathers behind truncately rounded, of a rufous 

 cinnamon colour, tipped with a purple-black bar ; 

 the middle feathers darkest, and glossed with green. 



GENUS CCLXIX.— GRYPU8, Spix. 



Rostrum trigonum, rectius- 

 culum, versus apicem late- 

 raliter serratum, compres- 

 sum, ad apicem aduncum: 

 mandibula hiferior ad 

 apicem ascendens. 



Cauda latiuscula, aequalis, 

 noil elongata. 



i^^aA; trigonal, rather straight, 

 laterally serrate towards 

 the tip, compressed, hooked 

 at the tip : the lozver man- 

 dible ascending at the tip. 



Tail rather broad, even, not 

 elongated. 



Sp. 1. Gr. ruficoUis. Spia?, Avium Nova Spec. p. 79. pi. Ixxx. 

 /.3. 



Gr majusculus supra vircscente-ceneo rehicens, subfii'; ciiirrm- 

 brunnescens ; stria pod oculari x^ersus occipnt albicanfe, nliaque 

 inferior e latiorejusca; collo antico rufo; gida pectoreque iiioro 

 striaiis; caudd viulacca-chahjbea. 



Grypus above glossy golden-green, beneath ashy-brown ; with a 

 whitish stripe behind the eyes towards the occiput, and another 

 below, and broader, of a brown colour ; the neck rufous in 

 front ; the throat and breast striped with black ; the tail of a 

 steel-coloured violet. 



Inhabits Brazil. 



Sp. 2. Gr? Vieilloti. 



Gr ? suprd, viridi-aureus, alis cauddque obscure violaceis ; gidd 

 lateribus violaceis, medio Jusco-aureo punctato; pectore i^en- 

 trequc suj}re}no brmineis ; ventre i^ijimo, iccfricibusque caudec 

 inferioribus albis /' rostro pedihusque vigris. 



