EURYSTOMUS GULARIS, Vigors. 

 Green-throated Eurystomus. 



PLATE CIX. 



E. rostro flavo, capite subcristato, corpore supra cinnamomeo-rufo subtus cinnamomeo- 

 purpureo, gulo lsete azureo, remigibus lazuleis apicibus nigris, cauda subfurcata, 

 duobis rectricibus internis nigris, reliquis ad basin azureis apicibus nigro-lazuleis. 



Eurystomus gularis, Fig. MS. for Zool. Journ. 



The length is about nine inches. The head and upper parts of the body 

 are reddish-brown, the under parts purplish-red : the throat fine pale azure- 

 blue ; the greater wing-coverts and quills deep purplish-blue, passing into 

 black at the tips : the tail is slightly forked, the two centre feathers black, 

 the others pale azure-blue for about two-thirds of their length from the 

 base, the remaining parts purplish-blue, passing into black at the tips : the 

 bill is a fine sulphur-yellow. 



The specimen from which we took our drawing, and the only one we 

 have seen, forms part of the collection of the Zoological Society of London. 

 We have been unable to procure any farther information regarding it. 



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