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BROAD-SHAFTED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus latipennis. T. viridi-aureus subtus cams, alls caudaque 



fuscis, rewigum primorum scapis dilatato-incurvatis. 

 Gold-green Huraming-Bird, grey beneath, with brown wings 



and tail, and the shafts of the greater quill-feathers dilated 



and iucurvated. ^ 



Trochilus latipennis. T. rcctirostris viridis subtus griseus, rcmi- 



gibus tribus seu f/uatuor primoribus scapo maxime dilatato incurvot 



rectncibus lateralibus fusco-nitentibus apice albis. Lath. ind. 



orn. 

 L'Oiseau-raouche a larges tuyaux. Buff", ois. PI. Enl. *]'l.f. 2. 



Viell.pl. 21. 



Trochilus campy lopterus. Lin. Gmel. ' 

 Broad-shafted Humming-Bird. Lath. syn. 



THIS, which is one of the larger Humming- 

 Birds, is distinguished by a very remarkable cir- 

 cumstance ; viz, the structure of the chief quill- 

 feathers, which have their shafts considerably 

 widened in the middle, as well as curved or bent 

 outwards : the length of the bird is about five 

 inches, and its colour slightly-gilded green above, 

 and pale ash beneath: the wings violet-black, and 

 the tail of similar colour, tipped with white ; the 

 two middle feathers gold-green. Native of Cay- 

 enne, and considered as a very rare species. 



