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WAGLER'S HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus Waglerii. LESSON. 

 PLATE XVI. 



Le Wagler, Ornismya Waglerii, Lesson., Histoire Naturelle 

 des Oiseaux-mouches, p. 203, pi. Ixxiii. 



THIS beautiful species has been considered by 

 some to be the male of T. sapphirinus ; but we have 

 followed the authority of Lesson, who has devoted 

 so much time to the study of this family, in suppos- 

 ing it to be distinct. It is about four inches in 

 ength. The whole plumage is of a deep and dull 

 emerald green, appearing very dark in those parts 

 subjected to shade, but with very brilliant blue and 

 golden reflections on the parts catching the light. 

 The tail is slightly forked, and, with the wings, is 

 tinged with dull blue, the latter appearing almost of 

 that colour, and varying from the purple shade which 

 is the general tint of the quills in almost all the spe- 

 cies. The native country of Wagler's Humming- 

 Bird is Brazil. 



In this place it will be proper to introduce one or 

 two species, which are in many respects near allies. 

 The first we shall mention is the 



