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GREEN SPHECOTHERA. 

 (Sphecothera viridil) 



Sp. supra nirescens, subtus Jiavo'viridis, capites rostro, pedihusque 

 nigris. 



Sphecothera above greenish, beneath yellowish, with the head, 



beak, and feet, black. 

 Sphecothera viridis. Vieil. Analyse d'mie noiivelle Ornithologie 



E'lementaire, p, 68. (h). 



This bird is the size of the Greater or Pied 

 Butcher bird : it has the upper parts of the plum- 

 age greenish, and the under yellowish green : the 

 head, beak, and feet, are black. It inhabits New 

 Holland. 



