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BIRD'S. PIC’^. ig. Corthia. 
inlaliits Sierrti Leona ; g ? inches long. Nat. Mif. tab- 
Bill and U^s blackidi ; pectoral band bounded below by I*'* 
Green ; belly white ; breaft red ; ruirlp blue. 
Belly cinereous ; tult tinder the wings yellow ; rump 
Throat purple-blue. J 
Green-gold, beneath whitilh-brown ; double 
band blueilh-green and blood-redi 
Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, 4) SaiLth America; 4I 
.•o"g- . J 
Bill and legs black ; wings and tail blackilh, 4) lateral 
feathers with whitifla tips; 
I iiit^ 
_Spiza, 
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Sperata. 
Green ; head and wings blackilli. Blacl-headi^ 
Chin white ; crown and wing-coVerts blue. 
Head and nape black. 
Entirely green, beneath paler. 
Inhabits Soatk America; 5.1 inches long; 
Bill wlutilh ; head and chin lilky ; tail deep green. 
Purple, beneath fcarlet ; head, chin and rump puipR',^^1 
Red-brcafi^ 
. Chefnut; head green i fli ; chin violet ; breaft red. 
Inhabits the Philippine Ifles ; 4 inches long ; fings v'clh ,p 
Bill blat k, whitilh at llie bale ; tongue forked, thort ; 
part of the Sell^' ycllowifii-olive ; lelTer wing-coverts pf 
and green-gold, middle ones brown tipt with tawny* 
and quill-feathers brown edged with rufous ; tail hP ‘' m 
glofTy violet-gold on the outer edge ; legs and claws br‘^' 
Female, above and beneath olive. 
If': 
Benegaleti- Black-violet j crown and chin green-gold; breaft ij'i'' 
fs. ° ° Sefieg‘‘‘ 
Inhabits Senegal; 5 inches long. [jjl'l 
Bill black ; feathers of the throat and breaji black at •I’j f 
green-gold in the middle, fcarlet at the tip ; tilings an 
brown ; legs and claws blackifh. 
Pur pur id 
GuituraliS: 
Entirely purple. purf^ 
Inhibits f irginia ; 4 j- inches long ; fings plcafantly. 
(jC 
.Blackilh; throat glolTy-grecn ; breaft purple. jCl', 
