TEOCHILIDJE — TROCHILINJE : HUMMING-BIRDS. 



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gloss in some lights, ami upper tuil-coverts somewhat shaded with reddish. Metallic gorget of 

 great extent, reaching fairly on the breast, glittering green when viewed with the bill of the 

 bird pointing toward the observer, dusky-green when setsn in tlie opposite direction. Less 



scintillating and more golden-green feathers extend a „,.^ ,,,„„.,,, 



little farther on the breast and sides, and most of the 

 under wing-coverts are similar. Belly and under tail- 

 coverts dull rufous or pale cinnamon ; flocculent snowy- 

 white patches on the flanks. Wings blackish, with 

 purjile and violet lustre. Tail large, forked about one- 

 third of an inch ; color intense chestnut, having even a 

 purplish tinge when viewed below, the middle feathers 

 glossed with golden-green, especially noticeable at their 

 ends, and all the rest tipped and edged for some distance 

 from their ends with dusky. Length 4.00 or more ; 

 extent 5.50; wing 2.30; tail 1.50 ; bill 0.90. Lower 

 Rio Grande of Texas to Yucatan. 



I'ACHE. (Gr. 'Ia;^i7, lache, a proper name. Fig. 

 316.) Circe Hummers. Near Amazilia; with broad 

 and not perfectly straight bill longer than head, reddish 

 at base, and frontal feathers covering the nasal scale ; 

 the supranasal groove very distinct. Tail ample, forked, 

 with broad obtuse feathers; no wing- or tail-feathers 

 peculiar in shape. Tarsi feathered. Sexes unlike in 

 c.l.ir. 



broad; rostrum, beak.) 

 Above and below glit- 

 tering green ; more 

 golden above, more 

 emerald below ; throat 

 sapphire - blue ; tail 

 steel-blue-black, the 

 feathers tipped with 

 gray; flanks and un- 

 der tail-covei'ts white. 

 Bill reddish, tipped 

 Fig. 316. — Circe Humming-bird, with black. Length 

 cf.natsize. (Prom Elliot.) i .. ^^ 7 



nearly 4.00 ; wnig 



2.00-2.25; tail 1.30, forked 0.35; bill 0.80. 9 above 



like (J, but middle tail-feathers bronzy-green; others 



bronzed at base, then broadly bluish, then white-tipped. 



Under parts dark gray. Easily recognized among our 



species by the special coloration, as described, and by 



the peculiarities of the bill; in all our genera excepting '' 



lache, Amazilia and Basilinna, the nasal scale is fully 



covered by the extensive frontal feathers. Arizona and (P/farLaJruT "^^Sl^rT"? °' S 



Mexico. Micbelet.) 



I. latiros'tris. (Lat. latus, 

 Circe Humming-bird. $ 



4. Suborder CUCULIFORMES : Cuculiform Birds. 

 The nature of this large group has been indicated on the preceding page (410). 



