PROMEROPIDiE. 



2.57 



Grypus? above golden -gi-een, with tlie wings and tail dull violet; 

 the throat violet, on the sides brown, spotted with gold in the 

 middle ; the breast and upper belly brown ; the lower belly and 

 under tail-coverts white ; the beak and legs black, 



Trochilus serrirostris. Vieil. Anal. Nouv. Orn. Elem. p. 69. (M.) 



Inhabits Brazil. 



FAMILY IV.— PROMEROPIDiE. 



GENUS CCLXX.— PROMEROPS, Brisson. 



jRo^^n^m capitelongius, supra 

 convexum, lateratim com- 

 pressum, arcuatum, acu- 

 minatum: mandibula su- 

 perior longissima. 



Lingua furcata. 



Cauda elongata ; rectrices 

 duodecim. 



BeaJc longer than the head, 

 convex above, laterally 

 compressed, bent, acumi- 

 nated : the upper mandi- 

 ble longest. 



Tongue forked. 



Tail elongated, with twelve 



feathers. 



Falcinellus, Vieillot. 



Sp. 1. Pr. Cafer. Shaxio, v. viii. p. 143.— Le Grand Sucrier, ou 



le Sucrier du Protea- Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. v. vi. pi. 287, 



288.— Africa. 

 Sp. 2. Pr. cseruleus. Shatu, v. viii. js. 142. — India. 

 Sp. 3. Pr. erythrorhynchus. Shaw, v. viii. p. 150. pi. 18. — 



Africa. 

 Sp- 4. Pr. aterrimus? 

 Vn.fusco-niger, alls caudaque nigro-nitidis; capite purpnrascenfe ; 



remigibus nigris Jascid medio alba, ap'ice cinered. 

 Brown-black Promerops with the wings and tail shiniug-black ; 



the head purplish ; the quills black, with a white bar in the 



middle, and ash-coloured at the tip. 

 Lesser Black Promerops. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. iv. p. 111. 



Inhabits Africa. Length nine inches : beak an 

 inch and a quarter long, dusky-brown : head glossy- 

 V. XIV. p. I. 17 



