SYNOPSIS OF THE TROCHILID^E. 10O 



feathers broad and scale-formed ; under parts pure 

 white, each plume with an emerald-green spot, sur- 

 rounded by a darker shade; auriculars blackish- 

 brown, spotted with violet ; crest very ample, rounded, 

 brilliant blue ; tail broad, centre feathers green, 

 others white on the inner webs. Inhabits the island 

 of Juan Fernandez. 



T. tephanoides and Stokesii are closely allied to the two prece- 

 ding. 



IS. T. CRISTATUS, Crested Humming- Bird. Edw. 37. 

 Oiseau mouche Huppe, Less. O. M. xxxi. xxxii. 

 Plumage golden-green; an elongated crest of eme- 

 rald-green, with blue reflections. Female without the 

 crest, beneath grey. Inhabits islands of Trinitd and 

 Martinique. 



Oiseau mouche d Huppe blue, Vieil. Ois. Dor., seems a variety ; 



body entirely brown, crest deep blue. 



PL. XI. VOL. 1 16. T. MOSCHITUS, Ruby-crested Hum- 

 ming-Bird Edw. Lath. Le rubis topaz, Less. O. M. 

 Hi. lii. liv. ? Above, belly and vent, of a dull golden- 

 brown, in some specimens very deeply coloured ; 

 crown of a brilliant ruby red; gorget, occupying the 

 whole breast, topaz-yellow ; tail chestnut, tipped with 

 black, very ample. Female without the crest and 

 gorget. Inhabits West India Islands. 

 Lesson figures the female green above, grey beneath, tail chest- 

 nut at the base, barred with green and white tips. 



PL. XV. XVI. VOL. I 17. T. oRNATUs,The Tufted-necked 



Humming- Bird Le Huppe-col, Buff. 640. Tufted- 

 necked Humming- Bird, Lath. Gen. Hist. xv. 318. Or- 

 nismya ornata, Less. O. M. xli. Upper parts,belly, and 

 vent, golden-green ; rump with a white band ; front, 

 and gorget occupying the whole of the throat and 

 breast, emerald-green ; crest of pointed feathery 

 chestnut-red ; sides of the neck with long narrow fea- 

 thers, chestnut-red, tipped with a round spot of eme- 

 rald-green ; tail chestnut-red, centre feathers green. 

 Female wants the crest and neck tufts ; gorget chest- 

 nut ; tail chestnut, barred in the centre with green. 

 Inhabits Cayenne, Guiana, Brazil. 

 PL. XVII. VOL. I. 18. T. AUDENETII, Audenet's Humming- 



