DUCHASSAIN'S HUMMINGBIRD 



9. Lepidopyga caeruleogularis (Gould) 

 Duchassain's Hummingbird 



Length 90 mm. (3.55 in.); tail 31 mm. (1.20 in.). 



Male. Above bright metallic green shading 

 to bronzy on middle pair of tail feathers, remain- 

 ing tail feathers blue-black; whole chin, throat, 

 and chest bright metallic violet-purple; rest of 

 underparts metallic bluish green. 



Female. Above metallic bronze green; tail 

 resembling that of male but outer tail feathers 

 tipped with grayish white; underparts white, the 

 sides of chest and breast metallic green. 



Bill nearly straight, upper mandible pink with 

 black tip; tail forked. 



An equally beautiful and more widely dis- 

 tributed species than the last ; often found in the 

 shrubbery about houses and in gardens. 



10. Saucerottia edward 

 (De Lattre and Bourcier) 

 Wilson's Hummingbird 



Length 90 mm. (3. 50 in.); tail 30 mm. (i.ioin.). 



Male. Whole top of head, hindneck and 

 upper back metallic green; lower back scapulars 

 and wing coverts and tail coppery bronze; cheeks, 

 chin, throat, breast and sides bright metallic 

 emerald green, abdomen abruptly white. 



Female. Similar to male. 



Jewel notes ''Obtained in forest." Hallinan 

 records it from Sosa Hill, and it was observed in 

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