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GOULD'S HUMMING-BIRD, 



Trochilus Gouldii LESSON. 

 .PLATE XII. 



L'Oiseau-mouche, Gould. Ornismya Gouldii, Lesson, 

 Trochilidees, p. 103, pi. xxxvi. 



THE native district of this splendid species is un- 

 known. In size it is similar to the Tufted Necked 

 Humming-Bird : the forehead, throat, and upper part 

 of the breast, are of a most brilliant green, the fea- 

 thers of a scaly form ; from the crown springs a crest 

 of bright chestnut feathers, of a lengthened form, and 

 capable of being raised at pleasure ; the back and 

 upper parts are golden green, crossed upon the 

 rump with a whitish band ; the wings and tail are 

 brownish purple, the latter having the centre fea- 

 thers tinged with green ; the lower parts are dark 

 brownish green. The neck tufts are of the most 

 splendid kind, and have a chaste but brilliant effect ; 

 they are composed of narrow feathers of a snowy 

 whiteness, the tips of each having a round ocellated 

 spot of bright emerald green, surrounded with a 

 dark border ; the longest are at the upper part of 

 the tuft, and they decrease in length, assuming the 



