jjo® BIRDS. PICjE. 29. Ccrthia. 
^lexicana. Red : throat green : quill-feathers tipt with blueiih. „ 
Red 
2. Pale red : wings and tail deeper : head black : wing'^'^ 
verts gold-yellow. 
Inhabits Rew-ipain: 4-1 inches long. 
Bill, thighs, kgs and claws yellow. 
Erythrono- SczrXct, beneath rediih-vyhite ; fidcs of the neck wib’lj 
black bar ; wing-coverts deep green : wings and 
black. Red-backed ' 
Inhabits //tdia ; 3 inches long. 
Jiill and kgs black ; iriis red. 
fhicrea. Cinereous : rump and wing-coverts green : wings bro'^'' ’ 
belly yellowillj ; vent whi^ie : tail black. - 
ClnereoiR ^ 
Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope ; 9 inches long. .jj; 
Bill and black, lower naajidible each fide with a 
ftreak ; lower part of the back green; breajl and nildd^.ij 
the belly mixed green and yellowifli ; tail wedged, 2 na'd 
feathers 3 times as long as t!\e reft. 
Tabacina. Two middle tail-feathers 
neck fnijif-colour, . p,, 
blackifh-green. Snuff-coloured ^ ^ 
Length inches ; bill a little icurvcd, blackilh-brown 1 
zutng-coverts yeWave ■, /eg-r black. 
very long, body above, head ?*' 
frr#‘*-arv • 
Pukhella. Two middle tail-feathers veri|t long: body glolTv-g!''®? ' 
bread red. . ^ r Beattll/ul ^ 
' Inhabits Senegal: yj inches long. .1. 
Bill, legs and tail-feathers blacKifh, the latter edged with 
belly whilifli ; wings and greater coverts brown. 
Lamofa. Two middle tail-feathers very long: body lhining'g>’'^^^i 
arinpits yellow : lores bhick. Famous 
Ci2^e of Good Ihpe ; 9 inches long. j 
Bill, kgs, claws and tail bljck; between the bill and 
black line. fe 
Jma/e grecn-bmsvn, beneath yellowini ; breaft green, 2 
tail-feathers {hotter than in fhe mak. 
f^hilippina Two middle tail-feathers v«ry 
beneath yeilowiflj-whitG, 
long ; body greenUh'o^j.! 
