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BUFFON'S HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus Buffonii LESSON. 



PLATE XIX. 



Le Colibri Buffon, Trochilus Buffonii, Lesson^ Trochiti. 

 dees, pi. v. 



THIS is a large species, being more than five 

 inches in length. The head is of a golden-green : 

 the neck, back, and shoulders of the same colour, 

 which changes to a reddish tint on the upper tail- 

 coverts. The neck, throat, and upper part of the 

 breast are covered with scaly formed feathers of an 

 emerald-green, very brilliant : the rest of the under 

 parts are of the same colour, but of a more subdued 

 tint and having a bluish shade in some lights, Awhile 

 the uniform colour is relieved by each feather being 

 edged with pale grey- The vent and flanks have a 

 shade of brown intermixed, and the lower tail-co- 

 verts are pure white. The tail is slightly forked, 

 and is of a uniform steel-blue. 



The species from which M. Lesson took his figure, 

 and the only one we are aware of, was supposed 

 to come from Brazil. That naturalist places this 

 bird at the head of his " vui. Race, Les Colihria 



