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faux brins blancs, Less, xviii. Tint of the upper parti 

 reddish-green, each feather being fringed with ru- 

 fous : throat white, remaining under parts reddish- 

 white ; tail blackish-green, tips of the outer feathers 

 reddish, centre feathers extend two inches, white for 

 half an inch at the tip. Inhabits Brazil. 



6. P. SOUALIDUS, Brown Brazilian Humming- Bird. Co- 



libri terne, Temm. Pi. Col. cxx. Colibri a vestiture 

 terne, Less. Troch. viii. Above golden-green ; be- 

 neath grey ; stripe above and below the eye very con- 

 spicuous ; tail deep brown, each feather tipped with 

 white. Inhabits Brazil. 



7. P. LONGUEMAREUS, Longuemare's Humming-Bird. 



Le Colibri Longuemare, Less. Troch. ii. and Ixii. 

 Crown deep brown ; back and sides of the neck brown- 

 ish-red, tinged with green ; below reddish-yellow ; 

 tail brown, centre feathers tipped with white, and 

 almost regularly graduated. Inhabits Cayenne. 

 PL. IV. VOL. I. 8. P. RUFIGASTER, Red-bellied Humming- 

 Bird. Colibri a ventre rousatre, Temm. PI. Col. cxx. ; 

 Less. Troch. ix. Crown grey, superciliary streak pure 

 white; upper parts chestnut-red; lower parts of a 

 paler shade of the same colour, nearly white at the 

 chin ; tail brown, tipped with reddish-white. Inha- 

 bits Brazil. 



9. P. DAVIDIANUS, David's Humming-Bird. Le Colibri 

 David, Less, Troch. xiii. Deep brown above; be- 

 neath of a paler shade ; auriculars form a dark patch 

 on the cheek ; centre tail-feathers not far surpassing 

 the others ; form more slender than the last. Inha- 

 bits Cayenne. 



In the following birds, the tail is regularly graduated, as in the 

 female of the preceding species. No. 7. may naturally lead 

 to T. hirsutus, &c. by its lengthened but nearly graduated 

 from. 



PL. XXIX. VOL. II 10. P. HIRSUTUS, Hairy-legged Hum- 

 ming-Bird. Trochilus hirsutus, Linn. Golden-green 

 above, beneath bright chestnut-red; tail chestnut- 

 red, barred with black at the end, and tipped with 

 white* Inhabits Brazil. 



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