PROMEROPID^. 



Grypus? above golden-green, with the wings and tail dull violet; 

 the throat violet, on the sides brown, spotted with gold in the 

 middle ; the breast and upper belly brown ; the lower belly and 

 under tail-coverts white ; the beak and legs black. 



Trochilus serrirostris. Vie'd. Anal. Nouv. Orn. Elem. p. 69. (M.) 



Inhabits Brazil. 



FAMILY IV.— PROMEROPID^. 

 GENUS CCLXX.—PROMEROPS, Brisson. 



Rostrum csipitelongihs, supra 

 convexum, lateratim com- 

 pressum, arcuatum, acu- 

 minatum : mandihula su- 

 perior longissima. 



Lingua furcata. 



Cauda elongata ; rectrices 

 duodecim. 



Falcinellus, Vieillot. 



Beak longer than the head, 

 convex above, laterally 

 compressed, bent, acumi- 

 nated : the upper mandi- 

 ble longest. 



Tongue forked. 



Tail elongated, with twelve 

 feathers. 



Sp. 1. Pr. Cafer. Shaiv, v, viii. p. 143.— -Le Grand Sucrier, ou 

 le Sucrier du Protea. Le Vaill. Ois. d' Afriq. v. vi. pi. 287, 

 288.— Africa. 



Sp. 2. Pr. cseruleus. Shaiv, v. viii. j». 142. — India. 



Sp. 3. Pr. erythrorhynchus. Shaw, v. viii. p. 150. pi. 18.-^ 

 Africa. 



Sp. 4. Pr. aterrimus 



VR.fusco-niger, alis caudaque nigro-nitidis ; capita purpurascente ; 



remigibus nigris fascia medio alba, apice cinered. 

 Brown-black Promerops with the wings and tail shining-black; 



the head purplish ; the quills black, with a white bar in the 



middle, and ash-coloured at the tip. 

 Lesser Black Promerops. Lath, Gen. Hist. v. iv. p. 111. ^ 



Inhabits Africa. Length nine inches : beak an 

 inch and a quarter long, dusky-brown : head glossy- 

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