82 STORE'S HUMMING-BIRD. 



which they are seen ; and the under parts are pure 

 white, except on the throat, which is tinged with green. 

 All over the white are round ocellated spots, of a 

 rich golden-green, appearing very dark in some lights, 

 and everywhere beautifully relieved upon the snowy 

 white. The wings are of the same colour with its 

 congeners. 



Upon examining Plate XII. of our first volume, 

 it will be seen that the T. sephanoides and this bird 

 will rank together, and are indeed the only species 

 possessing the form and markings peculiar to them. 

 The feathers on the crown are broad and lengthen- 

 ed, and form a splendid cowl. In this they some- 

 what resemble the birds on our next plate, ex- 

 cept that the cowl is terminated by the feathers de 

 creasing in breadth, and finally ending in a long point 

 The tail is very ample, and in both, the lower parts 

 of the body are spotted a marking at variance 

 with the other species, and as yet confined to very 

 few. In T. sephanoides, although the marking runs 

 in spots, the imbricated form is maintained, and the 

 spots are neither so insulated or decided as in that 

 now described. The bill affords another character, 

 being remarkably slender towards the point, and per- 

 fectly straight ; and the feathers on the forehead ex- 

 tend quite upon the nostrils. 





