INTERMEDIATE HUMMING-BIRD. 



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chin is of a bright chestnut, in the foim of a small 

 gorget ; the remaining under parts are of a rich bluish 

 grey, changing to a yellowish red in the centre of 

 the belly and on the vent ; the lower tail coverts are 

 pure white. Lesson, the only one who describes 

 this bird, does not mention its native country. 



INTERMEDIATE HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus intermedius LESSON. 



Le Colibri intermediaire, Trochilus intermedius, Lesson, 

 Trochilidces, PL xix. 



THIS species is a native of Brazil. It is about three 

 and a half inches in length. In Lesson's represen- 

 tation, the under mandible of the bill is coloured pale 

 pink at the base, then black, then pink and tipped 

 with black ; in the description it is mentioned of a 

 yellow colour entirely, "1'inferieurejaunatre." The 

 former is a curious distribution. The general colour 

 of the plumage is a reddish brown ; on the rump, 

 belly, and vent, assuming a sienna colour ; above the 

 eye is the pale yellow eye-stripe, beneath the auricu- 

 lars, which are black, another ; the centre feathers of 

 the tail exceed the others only by about half an inch, 

 and become gradually narrower from the base ; the 

 projecting part is pure white, the colour of the other 

 parts black, the outer one bordered with reddish- 

 brown. 



