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TUFTED-NECKED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus ornatus. T. subfuscus rvfo-cristatus, gnla smaragdina, 



pennis colli clongatis ritjis apice viridi-anreis. 

 Brownisli Humming-Bird, with rufous crest, emerald throat, and 



elongated rufous neck-feathers with gold-green tips. 

 Trochilus ornatus. T. rectirostris viridi-aureits, subtus fusco-au~ 



reus, crist a rvfa, abdominc wjimo vittaque transversa vropygii 



albis, infra aures ulrinque pennis 6 sen ^ elongatis nifis apice 



macula viridi. Lath. ind. orn. 



Le Hupecol. Euf. ois. PI. Enl. 640. f. 3. Fie//, pi 4Q. 50. 

 Trochilus ornatus. Ruff-necked Humming-Bird. Museum Levs 



rianum. p. 128. et pi. oppos. 

 Tufted-necked Humming-Bird. Lath. syn. 



THIS is considerably allied to the Ruff-Necked 

 Humming-Bird, but far surpasses that species in 

 the beauty and variety of its plumage. Its total 

 length is about three inches: the bill is reddish at 

 the base, but black at the tip, and is covered for 

 about one fourth of its length by minute gold- 

 green plumes : the forehead, hind-head, back, and 

 wing-coverts are of a bright gold-green colour: 

 the wings violet-brown : the throat, to a considera- 

 ble distance down the neck, of a most brilliant 

 golden green, forming a kind of shield, as in the 

 Topaz-Throated Humming-Bird, and appearing 

 brown when viewed irr particular lights: the re- 

 mainder of the under parts are rufous brown, the 

 rump and vent-feathers ash-coloured : on the top 

 of the head is a most elegant ascending crest, 

 composed of soft silky plumes of a very bright 



