166 SYNOPSIS OF THE TROCHILLIXE. 



Bird L'Oiseau-mouche Audenet, Less. Supp. ii. 

 Above golden-green : rump with a dark band, relieved 

 on each side with white ; gorget occupying the throat, 

 emerald-green ; feathers of the breast, belly and vent 

 greyish-brown at the base, yellowish- white at the top, 

 neck with tufts ; the feathers narrow, emerald-green, 

 tipped with white. Inhabits Peru. 



PL. XVIII. VOL. I 19. T. CHALYBEUS, Vieillot's Hum- 

 ming-Bird. Temm. PI. Col. Ix. Oiseau-mouche 

 Vieillot, Less. O. M. Ixiv. Above golden-green ; rump 

 crossed by a yellowish band ; front and gorget eme- 

 rald-green ; tinder parts white, dashed with green on 

 the flanks ; tail chestnut ; neck with lengthened tufts, 

 feathers narrow, emerald-green, each with a white 

 spot at the end. Female is grey below, and wants the 

 neck-tufts ; tail of a brownish-purple, tipped with 

 reddish-brown. Inhabits Brazil. 



PL. XII. VOL. II. 20. T. GOULDII, Gould's Humming- Bird. 

 Oiseau-mouche de Gould, Less. Troch. xxxvi. Up- 

 per parts golden-green ; front, and gorget occupying 

 the breast, brilliant emerald-green ; crown with a crest 

 of lengthened feathers, chestnut-red ; belly and vent 

 deep greenish-black; neck with lengthened tufts, 

 feathers narrow, pure white, a round spot of brilliant 

 green at the tip of each. Inhabits - 



PL. XIX. XX. VOL. I 11. T. MAGNIFICUS, Magnificent 

 Humming- Bird Vieil. Diet. des. Scien. Nat. Temm. 

 PI. Col. 299. fig. 2. La Hausse-col blanc, Less. O. M. 

 xlii. xlii. Golden-green above, beneath of a duller 

 shade of the same colour; front and gorget emerald- 

 green ; crown with a double chestnut crest of long 

 pointed feathers, sides of the neck with tufts closing 

 round the lower part of the gorget ; the feathers broad 

 and rounded, pure white, with a narrow black bar at 

 the tip of each. Female without the crest or neck- 

 tufts ; gorget chestnut-red, lower part grey. Young 

 entirely greyish-white below. Inhabits Brazil. 



The last five species form the genus Lophornis of Lesson, in 

 which he also includes T. pctasophorus and the Cephaiepit 

 of Loddiges. 



