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AUDENET'S HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochllus Audenetii LESSON. 



PLATE XVII. 



I/Oiseau-mouche Audenet, Ornismya Audenetii, Lesson* Hit- 

 toire Naturette des Oiseaux-mouches. Supplement, pi. fi. p. 

 1U2. 



THIS fine species was first described and figured 

 in Lesson's Monograph, and will range in the division 

 with T. ornatus and magnificus, having like them a 

 slender form, a broadly expanded tail, and a neck 

 adornment of narrow lengthened plumulets. M. Les- 

 son observes, <f Of this rare and valuable species, we 

 know only a single specimen, which was communi- 

 cated to us by M. Verreau, and now forms part of 

 the collection of M. Audenet in Paris, and, without 

 doubt, is one of the most remarkable for its elegance, 

 its rich clothing, its light and airy form, and the deli- 

 cate plumes which adorn its neck." 



It is scarcely three inches long ; the wings small, 

 narrow, and falciform, scarcely reaching beyond the 

 middle of the tail. The feathers on the crown are 

 thick, loose, and slightly elongated, and with the back 



