]56 HAlRY-LEGGEt) HUMMING-BIRD. 



the same colour, the centre feathers shaded with 

 green ; a hand nearly hlack crosses at the tips, which, 

 with the exception of those in the centre, are white. 



Lesson says it is a native of Brazil, and is rare. 

 We have received numerous specimens of what we 

 conceive to be this species, from the Island of To- 

 bago, where it appears to be very abundant. 



Another epecies having considerable resemblance, 

 is the 



MAZEPPA HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus Mazeppa LESSON. 



Le Colibri Mazeppa, Trochilus Mazeppa, Lesson, Trochih- 

 dk.es ^ pi. iii. 



THIS bird is about five inches in length. The up- 

 per parts are of a much finer greyish-green than 

 its congeners ; on the head having the feathers rather 

 of a scaly form, with brilliant reflections. The lower 

 parts are of a clear reddish-brown, tinged with green 

 on the flanks. The tail is very ample, and, except 

 the centre feathers, which are green, is of a brilliant 

 chestnut-red, barred with black at the tip. It is a 

 native of Guiana. Lesson asks, " May this not be 

 the female of a species of which the other sex has 

 not been discovered,'* and seems to have an idea 

 somewhat similar regarding that of the Hairy-legged 

 Humming-Bird. We have received the latter often 



