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to 111}' account of the species. They are all distinguished by 

 the harmonious colours of their ample tails, which are even 

 more beautiful in the females than in the males." 



" The male {L. prevosti) has the head and all the upper 

 surface, wing coverts, sides of the neck, flanks and abdomen 

 rich golden green ; throat velvety black, bordered on each side 

 with glittering green ; centre of the abdomen bluish green, vent 

 and a tuft on each flank white ; wings purplish brown ; upper 

 tail coverts and two central tail-feathers coppery bronze; 

 lateral tail feathers fine purple ; under tail-coverts purple, 

 spotted with green. 



The female has the upper and under surface dull golden 

 green, interrupted down the throat and abdomen by an 

 irregular mark of black, bounded on each side by a similar one 

 of white; vent white ; under tail coverts light green, edged with 

 white ; two centre tail feathers bronzy green ; lateral feathers 

 purple at the base, crossed by a steel blue band near the 

 extremities and tipped with white." (Gould. Vol. II., pi. 75). 



Habitat: Guatemala and Honduras. 



Of the remaining two species, as I did not see 

 see theui in life, I forbear to describe them,* hoping 

 that they may yet be seen in their full beatity to 

 gladden the eyes of ornithologists at the Zoological 

 Gardens. 



*[Blue-cliinned Sapphire {Eucephala ccerulea) dark glossy 

 green on the upper surface, glistening golden green below ; 

 chin, blue ; under taii-coverts, bright green ; tail, steely- 

 blue. QJnone Humming-Bird {Chrysoronia osnonej, upper 

 surface, golden green ; under surface glistening green — areas 

 of colour very variable. The plumage of these minute avian 

 gems is ever varying owing to light refraction. — Ed.]. 



