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side lengthened graduated feathers pure white with a round 

 metallic golden green spot at tip. Abdomen and flanks dark 

 bronzy-green. Tail chestnut-red, with margins and tips bronzy- 

 green. Bill flesh color with brown tips. 



Total length, 2f in. Wing, If. Tail, 1. Culmen, |. 



Female. — Upper side golden-green. Rump reddish-bronze 

 crossed by a band of buffy-white. Throat buff, spotted dark 

 brown. Breast white, with metallic golden spots. Abdomen 

 and flanks golden-green. Median rectrices bronzy-green, 

 lateral buff with bronzy-green subterminal bar. Same length 

 as male. 



I have one very fine adult pair of this extremely rare species, 

 collected many years ago, near Para. 



47. LoPHORNis MAGNiFicus, Vieill, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., 1817, 

 t. vii., p. 367. 

 Oiseau mouche huppe-col blanc, Vieillot. 

 Colibi'i helios, Spix, Av. Bras., 1824, t. i., p. 81 

 Trochilibs decorus, Licht, Doubl., p. 14. 

 Ornismya magnifica, Less. Man. Ornith,, t, ii., p. 80. 

 Ornismya strumaria, Less. Ois. Mou., 1829, p. i43. 

 Lophornis strumaria, Less. Trait. Ornith, 1831, p. 285. 

 Mellisuga magnifica, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 113. 

 Bellatrix magnifica, Reich. Aufz der Colib., 1853, p. 12. 

 Telamo7i magnificus, Gray, Handl. Birds, vol. i., p. 147. 



Idas magnificus, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., 1876, vol. iii,, 

 p. 211. 



Frilled Coquette, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii., p. 119. 



VIdas magnifique, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., 1876, vol. 

 iii., p. 212. 



Habitat. — Brazil. 



Male. — Very like L. gouldi in size and coloration. The princi- 

 pal differences are that the elongated feathers of the neck have 

 the tips crossed by a bar of metallic green instead of a spot. 

 At base of throat, the feathers are rufous instead of pure white. 

 The abdomen and flanks are of a lighter green with a grayish 

 tinge. 



Total length, 2| in. Wing, l^. Tail, 1. Culmen, |. 



Female. — Exactly like L. gouldi. 



This charming species was discovered by Mr. Delalande, a 

 French NaturaUst, who explored Brazil. 



