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SYNOPSIS OP THE TROCHILID.E. 



liant emerald-green ; vent and under tail-coverts 

 white ; a white stripe from the rictus below the eyes. 

 Inhabits Brazil. 



PL. XIV. VOL. I 10. T. SCUTATUS, Natterer's Humming- 

 Bird Oiseau-mouche e'cussonne', Temm. PL Col. 

 ccxcix. fig. 3. Le Natterer, Less. O. M. xvi. and Ixi. 

 Above golden-green ; front and gorget bright emer- 

 ald-green ; two ample tufts springing from below each 

 eye of a deep indigo-blue, tipped with dull-yellow; 

 breast and belly indigo-blue ; flanks greenish ; vent 

 and under tail-coverts white ; tail square. Inhabits 

 Brazil. 



PL. X. VOL. I. PL. VII. VOL. II. 11. T. DELALA^DII, De- 

 lalande's Humming-Bird Vieitt, Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 

 Temm. PI. Col. xviii. Le Plumet bleu, Less. O. M. 

 xxiii. xxiv. Above golden-green ; behind the eye a 

 white stripe ; forehead and crown brilliant emerald- 

 green, continued by a pointed crest of rich indigo-blue, 

 the longest feather narrow and tipped with white ; 

 under parts deep indigo- blue; vent and under tail- 

 coverts grey. Female wants the crest ; grey beneath ; 

 tail banded with deep indigo-blue, tipped with white. 

 Inhabits Brazil. 



PL. VI. VOL. II 12. T. LODDIGESII, Loddiges's Humming- 

 Bird I/Oiseau-mouche Loddige, Less. Troch. li. 

 Above golden-green, under parts pale grey, marked 

 in the centre of the breast and belly with a velvety 

 patch of deep black ; crown and elongated crest en- 

 tirely of a rich violet-blue ; tail graduated, steel-blue, 

 white at the tip. Inhabits Brazil. 



The two last form the genus Cephalepis of Loddige. 



PL. XII. VOL. I 13. T. SEPHANOIDES, Violet-crowned 



Humming-Bird Orthorhynchus sephanoides, Less. 

 et Garn. Zool. de la Cog. xxxi. Above, golden-green ; 

 underneath, yellowish-white, feathers spotted with 

 grey ; crown with a rounded crest, rich reddish vio- 

 let. Inhabits Chili, Talcaguana. 



PL. V. VOL. II. 14. T. STOKESII, Stoke's Humming-Bird. 

 Kingi Proceed. Zool. Soc. Lond. Le Stokes, Less. 

 Troch 1. Back and rump brilliant emerald-green. 



