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in the former, which in addition possesses a brilliantly metallic gorget 

 of imbricated or scale-like feathers, the throat of Bellona being clothed 



FIG. 41. Double crest of Ailhurus polytmus. 



FIG. 42. Double crest of Heliactin cornuta. 



with a blended and somber colored plumage. In Bellona the crest is 

 glittering green, sometimes passing into blue at the tip, or even for the 

 terminal half; in Chrysolampis the crest is ruby-red, the throat golden- 

 orange or topaz. 



FIG. 43. Verticaljview of crest of Chrysolampis 

 moschitus, <J . 



FIG. 44. Vertical view of crest of Bellona cris- 

 tata, cf . 



The genus Cepliallepis has a much lengthened, narrow, pointed, and 

 slightly recurved crest, closely resembling that of the Lapwing Plover 

 ( Vanellus vanelhis). That of Oxypogon (see Fig. 38, p. 303) is somewhat 

 similar. All of the species of the genus Lophornis, embracing the ex- 



FIG. 45. Cepliallepis delalandi, 



FIG. W.Lopliornis ornatus, 



quisitely ornamented, bespangled, frilled, and otherwise decorated " Co- 

 quette' 7 Humming Birds possess crests in addition to their other orna- 

 ments, which vary in their character with the species; but here the 

 subject becomes so intricate that to pursue it further would require far 

 more space than can here be afforded, besides perhaps proving tire- 

 some to the reader. The subject should not be dismissed, however, 

 without calling attention to a very elegant adornment ot several genera 

 in the shape of u muffs' 7 or " puffs" of the most delicate possible cot- 

 tony down clothing the legs and almost hiding the dainty feet. These 



