6 JACAMAR. 



Inhabits Surinam and Cayenne, and feeds on insects ; is seen more 

 often in the open places than the first species ; flies farther at a time, 

 and perches on the tops of trees; frequently found in pairs, being not 

 so solitary a bird : the note also differs, being a kind of soft whistle, 

 often repeated, but not heard a great way off. 



5 —WHITE-BILLED JACAMAR. 



Galbula albirostris, Ind. Orn. i. 245. Gen. Zool. ix. 226. 

 Le Venetou, Ois. dor. [Jacam.) p. 6. pi. 4. 

 White-billed Jacamar, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 113. 



RATHER smaller than the Green Jacamar ; length seven inches. 

 The bill quite strait, scarcely one inch and a half long, and white, 

 except the end half of the upper mandible, which is dusky ; on each 

 side at the nostrils three or four stiff bristles ; plumage on the upper 

 parts in general deep glossy green, inclining to brown on the crown ; 

 on the chin a triangular white spot, just under the bill ; within the 

 spot pale rufous ; under parts of the body rufous, but deeper ; quills 

 dusky ; tail short, much rounded at the end, the feathers green, the 

 two outer ones on each side rufous ; legs black. 



Some of these have the plumage more dull, and the chin not 

 white ; top of the head, and all beneath, pale rufous ; and such are 

 supposed to be females.* 



I met with one of these, many years since, in the collection of 

 the late Dr. Hunter, supposed to have come from South America ; 

 and another is said to be in the Prince of Orange's collection at the 

 Hague. 



* Ois. Dor. 



