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WHITE-BILLED JACAMAR. 



bright as the male ; crown of the head brown ; and 

 tail shorter. Native of Surinam and Cayenne. 



WHITE-BILLED JACAMAR. 

 (Galbula albirostris.) 



G. cauda Integra, corpore viridi-aureo subtus Jerrugineo , rostro 

 albo; mas. gula macula trigona alba antice testacea. 



Jacamar with an entire tail ; body of a green-gold, beneath fer- 

 ruginous ; beak white ; throat of the male with a triangular 

 white spot, testaceous in front. 



Galbula albirostris. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 245. 4. 



White-billed Jacamar. Lath. Syn. Sup. 113. 



Le Venetou. Vieil. Hist, Nat. des Jacamars. 6. 4. mas. 7« 5. 

 female. 



Rather less than G. Paradisea : beak straight, 

 barely an inch and a half in length, and w T hite, 

 except the base of the upper mandible, which is 

 dusky : nostrils with three or four bristles on each 

 side : chin with a triangular white spot, between 

 which and the beak is pale rufous : upper part of 

 the body deep glossy green : under parts deep 

 rufous : tail short, even at the end, all rufous, 

 except the two middle feathers, which are green : 

 legs black : length seven inches : female without 

 the white trigonate spot beneath the chin, and 

 with the primary quills, and all the under parts 

 dull rufous. 



