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TROCHTLIDiE. 



white : on the last a border of a violet-colour, the 

 middle-feathers varying with dark-green and steel- 

 blue. — Latham, 



Sp. 8. Me. albicollis. 



Me. corpore supra nils rectricibiisque duahus i?itermediis aiireo- 

 viridi nitentlbus ; infra alho; guld viridi macnlatd; rectricihus 

 lateralibus hasi cyaneo-nigris, apice albis. 



Honey-bird with the body above^ wings, and two middle tail- 

 feathers of a shining golden-green ; the under parts white j 

 the throat spotted with green ; the outer tail-feathers blue- 

 black at the base, white at the tip. 



Trochilus albicollis. Fidll. Temm. PL Col. 203. f, 2. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length near four inches : the 

 throat, a portion of the fore part of the neck, the 

 middle of the belly, the feathers of the vent, and the 

 under tail-coverts are snow-white : all the feathers of 

 the chin are edged with this colour, and are greenish 

 in the middle : the two outer tail-feathers are about 

 half white, and the two following are tipped with^ 

 the same ; the bases of these, and all the four follow- 

 ing feathers on each side, being blue-black ; the two 

 middle-feathers, the upper wing-coverts, the top and 

 sides of the head, the upper part of the neck and 

 body, the breast and the flanks are of a golden-green 

 with glossy reflections : the wing-feathers are dull 

 violet : the feathers of the legs and the tarsi are 

 green and white : the beak is black above, and yellow 

 below : the legs are black. 



Sp. 9. Me. petasophora. 



Me. supra aareo-viridis, mento jugiilogue sericeo viridibus; pectore 

 viridi lateribus cinereo tinctis; ventre crissogue cinereis; teC' 

 tricibus caud(E inferioribus niveis ; fasciculo pennarum pone 

 flurium violaeeo. 



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