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MAGNIFICENT HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus magnificus. VIEILLOT. 



PLATE XX. FEMALE. 



THE plumage of the female is as unobtrusive as 

 that of the young male, figured on the preceding plate, 

 and it is only the adults that have any pretensions to 

 the name which Vieillot applied to them. The 

 female nearly equals the male in size, is destitute 

 entirely of the ruff, and does not even show the dark 

 line upon the sides of the neck, which indicates its 

 place in the young of the opposite sex. The fore- 

 head and' throat are yellowish chestnut, and the breast 

 and lower parts are gray, delicately mottled with a 

 darker shade ; hind head and back are greenish gray, 

 which changes into a shade of clearer green upon the 

 sides and shoulders ; the wings are purplish brown, 

 and the tail is rufous, with the middle feathers, and a 

 cross central band, olive green. 



