. Illustrations of ornithology . by night, at which time it is very noisy,repeating frequently the short cry of curr, cur?. Like the Merops amictmof M. Temminck *, the throat and under part of the neck is clothedwith long and stiff feathers, which form a kind of frill or gorget, reachingto the upper part of the breast. These feathers are of a fine cceruleanor verditer blue, varying in intensity and lustre, as exposed in differentpositions to the light. The bill is brownish-black, considerably arched,and strong at the base ; the forehead and crown verditer-blue ; the wholeof the upper part of t
. Illustrations of ornithology . by night, at which time it is very noisy,repeating frequently the short cry of curr, cur?. Like the Merops amictmof M. Temminck *, the throat and under part of the neck is clothedwith long and stiff feathers, which form a kind of frill or gorget, reachingto the upper part of the breast. These feathers are of a fine cceruleanor verditer blue, varying in intensity and lustre, as exposed in differentpositions to the light. The bill is brownish-black, considerably arched,and strong at the base ; the forehead and crown verditer-blue ; the wholeof the upper part of the body is a bright sap-green, having a few of thefeathers tipped with verditer-blue; the tail is square at the end, and ratherlong; the breast and belly are sulphur-yellow, streaked with green; thevent and under tail-coverts sulphur-yellow; the legs are reddish-brown:the claws are white, hooked and strong. The length of the specimen, theonly one we have yet met with, is about thirteen inches. * Planches Coloriees, pi. 310. u) JardiM^ Q. c te/?i<r/t tc/f/w/rt^. 5 9.
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