] 60 AUDENET'S HUMMING-BIRD. 



and wing-coverts are bright emerald green. A band 

 of black, bordered on each side with white, crosses 

 the rump, and the tail is of a clear blackish blue. 

 The throat and forepart of the neck are clothed with 

 small scaly feathers, having a rich green lustre, from 

 each side of which springs a thick tuft of narrow 

 rounded feathers, of a bright emerald green, and 

 marked on the tip of each with a round white spot. 

 The feathers on the lower parts of the body are of a 

 rounded and scaly form, brownish black at the base, 

 and yellowish at the tips, giving a waved appearance 

 to the whole, 



The specimen of T. Audenetii, as far as could be 

 traced by its describers, was brought from Peru. 



