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SWAINSON^S HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus Swainsonii LESSON. 

 PLATE XXX. 



Le Colibri Swainson, Trochilus Swain sonii, 

 Trochilidees, pi. Ixvi. 



IN a former Plate we gave a bird from Lesson un- 

 der the above title, and our only reason for again 

 introducing anotber Humming -Bird with die same 

 name is, that this group of birds will stand under 

 Pcethornis Stu., and that this species will be placed 

 in our Systems as P. Swainsonii ; the other as Cy- 

 nanthus Swainsonii. 



It is a native of Brazil, and is about three inches 

 in length. The tail does not shew the roundness 

 or graduation which is so conspicuous in the others ; 

 like them, however, the centre feathers are green ; 

 the others of an ochreous-yellow, barred with black, 

 and with a white tip. The upper parts are of a 

 brilliant brownish-green ; the under parts of a red- 

 dish chestnut, of a tint nearly uniform. 



