TROCHILTDJE. 



GENUS CCLXVni.— MELLISUGA, Brisson. 

 HONEY-BIRD. 



Rostrum rectum, capite lon- 

 gius, gracile, basi plumulis 

 obtectum, apice subincras- 

 sato, tubuloso: mandibula 

 superior vaginans inferi- 

 orem. 



Lingua filiform is, filis duo- 

 bus coalitis, tubulosa. 



Alee longissimae : remiges se- 

 cundarise longissimae. 



Cauda pennis decern. 



Beah straight, longer than 

 the head, slender, clothed 

 with small feathers at the 

 base, rather thick and tu- 

 bular at the tip : the upper 

 mafidible sheathing the 

 lower. 



Tongue filiform, tubular. 



Wings very long : secondary 



quills longest. 

 Tail with ten feathers. 



Orthorhynchus, Lacepede. — Colibri, Spix. 



A. Remigibus hand dilatatis. 

 A. With the quills not dilated. 



a. Caudd Jurcala. 



a. With the tail forked. 



Sp. 1. Me. platura. 



Trochilus platurus. ShaxK>, v. viii. jp. 316. 

 Sp. 2. Me. Langsdorfii. 



Me. viridi-fuscus, collo antico viridi; pectore scmitorque diipUci, 

 superior aurantia, inferior nigra; ventre antice nigra, postice 

 albo ; uropygio fascia alba. 



Green-brown Honey-bird with the neck in front green ; the breast 

 with a double half-collar, the upper orange, the lower black j 

 the belly anteriorly black, posteriorly white ; the rump with a 

 white band. 



Trochilus Langsdorfii. Temm. PL Col. 66./. 1. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length five inches; the fore 



