78 GIGANTIC HUMMING-BIRD* 



In the arrangement of Lesson, this species is 

 placed at the commencement, under the title of Les 

 Patagons. This division contains it as a solitary 

 species, and he characterizes it by the tail, lengthened, 

 deeply forked, but seems to lay too much stress on 

 the dull colouring of the plumage. 



