THE CORA HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus Cora LESSON AND GARKOT. 



PLATE XXV. 



Orthorhynchus Cora, Lesson, Zoologie de la Coquille, p. 31, 



fig. 4 I/Oiseau-mouche Cora, Ornismya Cora, Lesson^ Hit- 



toire Naturelle des Oiseaux-mouches, pi. vi. p. 52. 



THE Cora Humming-bird was discovered in March 

 1823, by MM. Lesson and Garnot, the naturalists 

 who accompanied the Coquille in her exploratory voy- 

 age round the world, and a description and plate was 

 first published in the zoological volume illustrating the 

 novelties which occurred during it. 



The Cora inhabits the sloping banks of the elevated 

 country lying between Callao and Lima, where the 

 surface is low and marshy, and large portions are 

 covered with salt, crystallized by the heat, on which 

 there is little vegetation, and where the foliage is of a 

 hue dull and glaucous. This splendid species is seen 

 constantly on the wing, and seldom alights upon any 

 of the blossoms. 



The whole length of this little bird is about five 

 inches five lines, of which the tail makes three inches 



