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HAIRY-LEGGED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus hirsutus. LINNAEUS. 

 PLATE XXIX. 



Trochilus hirsutus, Linnceus T. Brasiliensis, Latham aiid 

 Temminck, auct. Lesson Le Colibri hirsute, Lesson, 

 Histoire Naturelle des Colibris, pi. xxi. 



THIS species will stand as the type of what Les- 

 son makes his second form, among those with curved 

 hills. It was named by Linnaeus as above, from the 

 legs being slightly plumed below the first joints ; 

 this, however, seems a character not quite constant, 

 and does not appear in the specimens which we have 

 under that name. The distinctions between the males 

 and females of these birds seem to differ very little, 

 as far as we at present know, and there is no pro- 

 longation of the centre feathers in the male sex, as 

 we always found in the preceding group. In this 

 species the nest is built of a much looser structure, 

 and of a longer, almost pendulous form. 



This bird is about four inches in length. The 

 upper part of the body is of a shining green, with 

 purple reflections, deeply tinged with reddish-brown. 

 All the under parts are of a bright reddish-brown, 

 duller on the flanks. The tail is of a deep shade of 



