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usual shape, or but very slightly cuneiform, and 

 tipped with white. The young males are said to 

 resemble the grown birds, except in having the 

 lower mandible whitish, and the two middle tail- 

 feathers shorter in proportion. In this state the 

 young bird lias been described by Linnaeus and 

 others, according to Monsr. Viellot, under the 

 title of Trochilus Thaurnantias. This however may 

 be considered as very doubtful, the Trochilus Thau- 

 mantlas being remarkable for the splendor of its 

 plumage. 



ADMIRABLE HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus Thaumantias. T. viridi-aurew rcmigibus nigricantibus, 



rectricibus albojimbriutis, extima exterius alba. 

 Gold-green Humming-Bird, with blackish quill-feathers, and 



tail-feathers edged with white, the exterior one entirely white 



on the outside. 

 Trochilus Thaumantias. T. curvirostris viridis nitens, rectricibus 



cequalibus albofonbriatis, extima exterius alba. Lin. Syst. Nat.. 

 Guanumbi sexta species. Marcgr. Bras. p. 197. 

 Polytmus. Le Colibri. Briss. av. 

 Le petit Colibri. Buff. ois. PI. Enl. GOO.f. 1. 

 Admirable Humming-Bird. Lath. syn. 



FIRST described by Marcgrave, whose account 

 is thus translated by Willughby. " The .whole 

 head, neck, back, and belly, and the beginning of 

 the wings are covered with feathers of an excel- 

 lent shining colour, consisting as it were of a mix- 

 ture of much gold, half fire-colour, and a little 

 green: in brief, shining like the sun: in the belly 



