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LONGUEMARE'S HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilua Longuemareus LESSON. 

 Le Colibri Longuemare, Lesson, Trochilidees, pis. ii. & Ixii. 



THIS species, says Lesson, has always been con- 

 founded with the next, but from which every cha- 

 racter distinguishes it. We give this naturalist's de- 

 scription, having no specimen of the bird. 



It is about three inches eight lines in length ; on 

 the crown there is as it were a cowl of deep brown, 

 tinged with red ; the back and sides of the neck are 

 of a brownish red, which is the prevailing colour of the 

 whole upper parts, having upon the back metallic re- 

 flections of a green lustre ; all the under parts are of 

 a reddish yellow, deepest on the throat and breast ; 

 the lower tail-coverts are white. There is not so 

 much variation in the length of the centre feathers 

 of this species as in many, and it has more the ap- 

 pearance of a graduated or wedge-shaped tail. The 

 exceeding tips of the centre feathers are, however, 

 white, the other parts of them and the rest of the 

 tail brown. This species is a native of Cayenne. 



