JACAMAR. 



1.— GREEN JACAMAR. 



Galbula viridis, Ind. Orn.'i. 244. Geti.Zool.ix. 223. pi. 39. 



Alcedo Galbula, Lin. i. 181. Gm.Lin.'x. 459. 



Galbula, Bris. iv. 86. Id. 8vo. ii. 65. Gerin. t. 184. 



Jacamaciri, Rail 44. Will. 96. Jrf. £ng7. 139. pi. 22. Klein 28. 15. Edw. pi. 334. 



Le Jacamar, Buf. vii. 220. pi. 10. PL enl. 238. Spalowsk. Vog. 1. t. 8. Fo*m. 



Monog. 1768. t. 4. Ow. dor. fJacam.J p. 2. pi. 1. Robert Ic. pi. 4. 

 Der griine Glanzvogel, Schmid Vog. p. 42. t. 28. 

 Cupreous Jacamar, Gen. of Birds, p. 60. pi. 3. 

 Green Jacamar, Gen. Syn. ii. 603. 



NEARLY the size of a Lark ; length eight inches and three 

 quarters ; extent of wing nine inches and a half. Bill black, two 

 inches long, square, a trifle incurvated, and sharp at the point, at 

 the base some stiff hairs, pointing forward ; irides blue ; plumage 

 in general most brilliant green, glossed with copper and gold, in 

 different lights; chin white ; throat and breast glossy green, like the 

 back ; belly and vent rufous ; the tail of ten feathers, cuneiform in 

 shape, the two middle ones three inches and a quarter long, the outer 

 very short; legs greenish yellow, very short, and weak; claws black. 



In some birds the throat is rufous* as well as the belly ; and in 

 others the chin is yellowish instead of white. 



I do not learn the distinction between the sexes, but that figured 

 in the Genera of Birds, is said to have less green on the back ; and 

 the breast, belly, and part of the back are of a variable copper-colour. 



Inhabits Guiana and Brazil, in moist woods, preferring such to 

 the more dry spots, for the sake of insects, on which it feeds : is a 

 solitary bird, seldom seen except single, and keeping generally in 

 the thickest parts : its flight quick, but short, perching on branches 

 of a middling height, where it sits all night, and frequently part of 



* Jacamar k Gorge rousse, Ois. dor. i. fJacam.J p. 4. pi. 2, considered by the 

 author of this work as a distinct Species. 



