J62 VIEILLOT'S HUMMING-BIRD. 



neck are tinged with blue, and longitudinally spotted 

 with grayish black ; the other lower parts are gray, 

 waved and mottled with black, and a white band 

 crosses the lower part of the belly, and is seen upon 

 the rump. The quills are of a purplish brown, and 

 the tail, nearly equal at the extremity, is of a rich 

 sienna red. 



The female, and birds of young plumage, have been 

 figured in Lesson's Continuation; the former is there 

 described for the first time. It entirely wants the 

 ear tufts, and is of a plain and unobtrusive dress. 

 The upper parts, from the rictus in a line below the 

 eyes, of a uniform golden green, interrupted by the 

 reddish tail-coverts and their white crossing band; 

 the under parts gray ; greenish on the flanks. 



Vieillot's Humming-bird is a native of Brasil, and 

 is very rare in collections. 



See vignette to vol. ii. for a figure of a male In very perfect 

 adult plumage. 



