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TROCHILID^. 



Sp. 17. Me? iiaevia. 



Me ? supra viridisj gula, collo antico, striga pone oculos rectri- 

 ciumque parte rujis; pectore ahdomineque supremo nigro gri' 

 seoque maculatis; abdomineque infimo rujescente; rectricibus 

 reliquis purpurea viridibus. 



Honey-bird ? above green, with the throat, neck in front, a stripe 

 behind the eyes, and part of the tail-feathers red ; the breast 

 and upper abdomen spotted with black and grey; the lower 

 abdomen reddish ; the rest of the tail-feathers purplish -green. 



Trochilus nsevius. Desmarest. Temm. PI. Col. 120. f. 3. 



Inhabits Brazil. The throat and the fore part 

 of the neck are bright-red : this colour, but brighter, 

 forms a streak behind the eyes, covers a great part 

 of the first tail-feather, and extends over the others, 

 decreasing as it approaches the middle of the tail ; 

 the rest are dull-green or purple : all the upper parts 

 of the body, the scapulars and the wing-coverts are 

 green with a slight metallic gloss: the wing-feathers 

 are deep-violet : the breast and the upper part of the 

 abdomen are spotted with black and grey : all the 

 rest is reddish : the beak is black above, and yellow 

 beneath for two thirds of its length : the legs are 

 brown. The beak is of singular form, distinct la- 

 mellse, pointing forwards, adorning the tip of both 

 mandibles. 



Sp. 18. Me recur virostris. 



Me } aureo-viridis,jugulo smaragdino ; pectoris medio corporeque . 

 nigris ; rectricibus lateralibus subtus topazinis ; rostro recurve. 



Golden-green Honey-bird ? with the jugulum emerald-green ; the j 

 middle of the breast and the body black ; the lateral tail-fea- 

 thers beneath topaze-colour ; the beak recurved. 



Trochilus recurvirostris. Swain. Zool. Illust. v, n.pl. 105. 



