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horse on which most of the painters mount him. Professor Owen 

 informs me that Roland Savery's picture containing the Dodo, in the 

 BerUn collection, bears the date of 1626 ; and that the colour of the 

 Dodo in the Duke of Northumberland's picture resembles that of the 

 portrait of the bird, of life size, by the same painter, now at Oxford. 

 L'Estrange describes the hue of the back of the living Dodo which 

 he saw exhibited in London "about 1638," as of "dunn or deare 

 colour.'* 



Descriptions of Five New Species of Humming Birds. 

 By John Gould, F.R.S. 



Mr. Gould exhibited five new species of Humming Birds ; four 

 collected on the eastern slope of the Andes by M. Warzewicz, remark- 

 able for their size and their great beauty, and one lately received by 

 M. Linden of Brussels, from the Sierra Nevada of Santa Martha, at 

 an elevation of 5000 feet. They were described and named as 

 follows : — 



\. Helianthea Iris. 



Forehead magnificent green, succeeded on the sides by rich orange 

 and in the centre by blue, all with a highly metallic lustre ; throat, 

 neck and chest glittering green, with a small gorget of purplish 

 feathers in the centre of the former ; posterior part of the body and 

 tail chestnut-red. 



Total length, b\ inches ; bill, IJ ; wing, 3^; tail, 2\. 



Hah. Eastern slope of the Andes. 



2. Helianthea Aurora. 



The whole of the crown rich metallic green ; throat and back of 

 the neck also metallic green, but not so lustrous as on the crown ; 

 body and tail chestnut-red, as in the preceding species, but not of so 

 deep a hue. 



Total length, 5 J inches ; bill, 1^; wing, 3 ; tail, 2. 



Hah, Eastern slope of the Andes. 



3. Heltangelus viola. 



Throat and upper part of the chest of the most beautiful violet 

 colour ; spot on the forehead brilliant verditer-green ; neck, back and 

 abdomen green ; tail black. 



Total length, 5 inches ; bill, | ; wing, 2\ ; tail, 2\. 



Hah. Eastern slope of the Andes. 



Remark. — Somewhat allied to Heltangelus Parzudaki. 



4. TrOCHILUS ( ?) CYANOCOLLIS. 



Crown of the head and sides of the neck greenish blue ; upper 

 surface bronzy green ; under surface snow-white ; tail bronzy green, 

 obscurely crossed near the tip with a dusky band, except the two 

 middle feathers. 



Total length, 3|- inches ; bill, J ; wing, 2| ; tail, ly. 



Hah. Eastern slope of the Andes. 



Remark. — Nearly allied to Trochilus Francice. 



