PARADISE JACAMAR . — Gdlbula Parachsea. 
GREEN JACAMAR . — Galbula Viridis. 
The Jacamars are natives of tlie New World, and are beautifully coloured 
with green, purple, red, violet, and white. In their habits they are not unlike the 
trogons and flycatchers, seldom troubling themselves to chase their prey through 
the air, but preferring to sit upon a bough, watching the butterflies as they pass 
unconsciously near the feet of their destroyers, and then pounce suddenly upon 
them and secure them in the long bill. So persevering are they in their 
watchfulness, and so strong in their attachment to the spot where they 
have taken up their residence, that the locality where they feed can readily 
be discovered on account of the wings, legs, and other uneatable portions of their 
prey, which they twist off and throw away before endeavouring to swallow 
their victim. 
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