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place." Mr. Bates's so-called '-'■ (yalbula viridis" is, no doubt, the present species, which, as just 

 mentioned, was actually obtained by Mr. Wallace in the same district*. 



The adult male of G. rufo-viridis is above of the usual shining green with coppery 

 reflections ; the wing-feathers are black in the interior, the secondaries and wing-coverts being 

 edged externally with green like the back; below, the throat is white, divided by a pectoral 

 band of the same colour as the back from the deep-chestnut abdomen ; the under wing-coverts 

 and inner margins of the secondaries are of the same colour as the abdomen, the inner margins 

 of the primaries are of a pale rufous. The two middle rectrices are above of a shining green 

 like the back, below greenish black ; the next pair are similarly coloured, but the basal halves 

 of the inner webs and the stems of the feathers are chestnut ; the third pair are wholly chestnut ; 

 the fourth and fifth pairs are also chestnut, but have a greenish blotch at the ends, which is 

 bright green above and dull below, like the middle tail-feathers ; the diminutive external pair, 

 which only measure 1*2 inch from their insertion, are also chestnut with a slight greenish spot 

 at the end. The female scarcely differs except in having the throat pale rufous and the belly 

 perhaps rather paler in tinge. 



Natterer's notes, as published by v. Pelzeln, inform us that this Jacamar is called " Cliwpa- 

 floT do matto virgem," or " Humming-bird of the virgin forest," at Sapitiba, in the province of 

 Eio. Natterer records the bill as " black ; tongue long, thin, flattened like fine paper, and white 

 in colour ; iris dark brown ; feet yellow greenish brown, dark brown towards the tips of the toes ; 

 claws black." In the female the feet are described as " olive-yellow," and the tips of the toes 

 "blackish;" " claws black." Natterer adds that the bird resembles the Bee-eater {Merops 

 apiaster) in habits : " it flies from a branch into the air when an insect passes, and having 

 caught it lights on another branch to kill it. It makes holes in the banks to nest in." 



The following measurements are taken from the specimens of this species in my collection 

 and m that of Messrs. Salvin and Godman : — 



No. Sex. 



7. 



Patria. 



Mus. 



Long, tota, alae, 



Novo Pribourgo (/. YbM«?s) . S.-G. 



Novo FriboTirgo (/. Youds). S.-G. 



8-6 



3-2 



3-2 



caudge, rostri a rictu. 



1. 



S 



BrazU. 



P. L. S. 



9-0 



3-2 



3-8 



2-1 



3. 



6 



Bolivia. 



P. L. S. 



9-5 



3-3 



3-7 



2-3 



3. 



2 



Bolivia. 



P. L. S. 



9-4 



3-2 



3-6 



2-2 



4. 



c? 



Bahia [Wucherer). 



S.-G. 



8-2 



3-2 



3-9 



2-1 



5.. 



S 



Bahia {Wuch.). 



S.-G. 



8-2 



3-1 



3-6 ' 



2-1 



6. 



2 



Bahia {Wuch.). 



S.-G. 



8-2 



31 



3-7 



2-1 



3-9 

 3-9 



2-1 



The figure of the male in Plate III. is taken from No. 1, which is also the type of G. maculi- 

 cauda, mihi ; that of the female from No. 3. 



* See "List of Birds collected by Mi". WaUaco on the Amazons and'Rio Negro. By P. L. Sclatcr and Osbert Salvin," 

 P. Z. S. 1867, p. 566. 



