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I believe, a few miles above the confluence of the two streams. Mr. Salmon's specimens are 

 marked male and female, but are scarcely different ftom each other. It is very probable that 

 they are immature, and that the adult male would have the middle of the abdomen white ; but 

 this is by no means certain, as the most closely related species occasionally disagree on such 

 points. 



The example of Salmon's Jacamar in my collection, from which the figure on Plate XIII. 

 has been taken, is above of a nearly uniform dull green with slight metallic reflections, except 

 on the primaries. Below the chest is of the same colour, while the chin and throat are white 

 slightly tinged with pale rufous, and the whole of the middle of the belly, extending over the 

 crissum, is of a deep ferruginous red. The flanks, under wing-coverts, and under surface of the 

 wings are of a dull black, the under surface of the primaries and secondaries being crossed at 

 the base by a white band. The bill and feet are black ; the iris is marked " dark." In the 

 second example, marked "male" (in the collection of Messrs. Salvin and Godman), the ferrugi- 

 nous colour is but slightly shown on the crissum; but this may be caused by the feathers on 

 this part not being quite perfect. The dimensions do not differ from those of the other 

 specimen. 



