164 MAGNIFICENT HUMMING-BIRD. 



red, changing into a darker and grayer shade towards 

 the hind head, which runs in a line from the eye to 

 the shoulders ; the upper parts are of a rich green, 

 and are separated by the above-mentioned line from 

 the lower region of the body, which is of a grayish 

 white, tinged with rufous on the throat and breast, 

 and entirely devoid of the brilliant scaly plumes oc- 

 cupying the throat of the adult. 

 It is a native of Brasii. 



