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maculatum, Less. O. M. i. Above golden green, a 

 white stripe over each eye ; auriculars chestnut ; 

 throat, breast, and belly, grey, spotted longitudinal- 

 ly with brown ; central feathers brownish-green, tip- 

 ped with pale chestnut, the pale tips occupying more 

 of the feathers towards the outside; bill straight, ser- 

 rated. Inhabits mountains of Corevado, in the vi- 

 cinity of Rio de Janeiro. 



This forms the genus Ramphodon of Lesson, including T. 

 petosophorus and anais, Heliotryz of Bole. 



IV. SUB-FAM. CAMPYLOPTERUS. Bill rather long 

 and slightly curved. Wings falcated, the shafts or 

 scapes of the primary quills dilated and compressed* 

 Tail rounded, or graduated. 



PL. XXXIV. VOL. I. 1. C. LATIPENNIS, The Blue-throat- 

 ed Humming- Bird. Trochilus latipennis, Lath. 

 Swains. Zoo/. Illust. Oiseau-mouche latipenne, 

 Ornismya latipennis, Less. Troch. 46. Body golden- 

 green ; gorget brilliant blue ; tail with the four out- 

 side feathers half white. , Female, beneath grey, 

 without the gorget. Inhabits Guiana. Tobago. 



L C. PAMPA, The Pampa Sabre-wing. Campylopterus 

 pampa, Less. supp. xv. Crown in a line above the 

 eye azure-blue ; upper part of the body green, under 

 parts pale grey ; tail wedge-shaped, green, outer fea- 

 thers, dark at the tips. Inhabits Paraguay. 



3, C. FALOATUS, Blue-bellied Sabre- wing.-Sickle- winged 

 Humming- Bird, Swain. Zoo/. Illust. Oiseau-mouche 

 a remiges en faucilles, Less. O. M. xxxvi. Upper 

 parts, flanks and vent golden-green ; throat, breast 



