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VIOLET-CROWNED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus sephanoides LESSON and GARNOT. 



PLATE XII. 



Orthorhynchus bephanoides, Lesson et Garnot, Zoologie de la 

 Coquile, pi. xxxi. fig. 2. L'Oiseau-mouche a Couronn 

 Violette, Ornismya sephanoides, Lesson, Histoire Naturelle 

 des Oiseaux-mouches, pi. xiv. p. 69. 



LESSON, in his synopsis of this family, has intro- 

 duced as a synonyme to the violet-crowned humming, 

 birds, Melisuga Kingii of Vigors, described by that 

 gentleman in the Zoological Journal; but in the 

 monograph of the former naturalist no mention is 

 made of the strongly acuminated tail feathers, which 

 are mentioned as so distinguishing a mark by both 

 Captain King and Mr Vigors ; we have therefore for 

 the present omitted it, until we have better grounds 

 for the conjunction. We presume Lesson has not 

 compared his specimens with those brought home by 

 Captain King. 



The discovery of the species, we believe, is due to 

 MM. Lesson and Garnot, who met with it during the 

 voyage of the Coquile, and have described and figured 



