. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. 186 THE GREAT JACAMAR. \m w M ! 1 i '1 â â 1 ^i.: jM^ 1 >' 1 i . :' i i of the hoad IS green, the Lreastis ^vith the some ue n^^^^^^^ the peeuhar coppery tint ^vliieh has just been mentioned. The chin rie sh V i marked witli u lew spots, the ehest is dark , and eopp nmrt e w no also coppery-green bnt possess a large admixture of hjuo. The breas is Z^^^h^ Idtle copper, and tlie abdomen chocolate, marked with a few Lriot uul ia S^^^^^ Ihe upjjer surface of the tail is
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. 186 THE GREAT JACAMAR. \m w M ! 1 i '1 â â 1 ^i.: jM^ 1 >' 1 i . :' i i of the hoad IS green, the Lreastis ^vith the some ue n^^^^^^^ the peeuhar coppery tint ^vliieh has just been mentioned. The chin rie sh V i marked witli u lew spots, the ehest is dark , and eopp nmrt e w no also coppery-green bnt possess a large admixture of hjuo. The breas is Z^^^h^ Idtle copper, and tlie abdomen chocolate, marked with a few Lriot uul ia S^^^^^ Ihe upjjer surface of the tail is dark shining green, and its under surC is eX S cj. our as the abdomea. The bird is quite a little one, not ^^^Z^J^. nilMlFT'ir'-I) .TAOAMARâ./. li;inoiril,';i(iii Uiihirlyln. Of the genus Jacamaralcyon we have a good exami)le in tlie Three-toed Jacamak Ilns little bird, which is even smaller than the preceding species, possesses none of the brilliant hues which decorate the majority of the group, but is clad in colours even more sombre than those of the si^arrow. The whole of the plumage, with very few exceptions, is ot a dark, dull, lustreless, sooty-black, beside which the blackbird of England would look quite brilliant. On a closer inspection a dark olive-green reflection IS visible on the upi^er siirtace of the body and tail. The top of the liead is marked with two or three chocolate streaks, and there is another stripe of the same colour drawn frnni the corner of the mouth towards the back of the neck. The Hanks arc of the same soolv black as he back, but without the green rellection, and the white with a slight rustv-reil tmge. The under surface of the tail is a grey brown. The Great Jaca^mae, or Ckoad-rilled Lampi!OTila as it is sometimes called is so_ like the kingfishers m form and general outline of contour, that it mioht easily' be mistaken for one of those birds by r,ne who had not studied the charactmistics ot'the group with some attention. Id this bird, w
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