374 CLASS AVES. 



small Aving-coverts gilded-green ; abdomen and tail- 

 corvets white. Brazil. 



Tr. Magnificus. 111. Col. 299. 



Tuft of orange-red on head ; on both sides of neck 

 unequal plumes white as snow, terminated by a small 

 band of gold-green. Brazil. 



Tr. Mesolencos. Tem. 

 Col. 317. 



Forehead bright sapphire ; a long white band seems 

 to divide the body in the middle. Brazil. 



Others have the stalks of their primaries singularly- 

 widened. 



Tr. Bilophus. Tem. PI. 

 Col. 18, 3. 



Long tail, much graduated ; top of head, bright eme- 

 rald ; two tufts of very bright gold colour above the 

 eyes. Brazil. 



Broad-shafted Humming Bird. {Tr. Latipennis.) 

 Enl. 672. Vieil. 21. 



Glossy green above ; beneath, pale ash ; quills, dusky ; 

 the three outer broad in the shaft, and bent.* 



Among those which have no ornaments, we may 

 distinguish the species with forked tail. 



* Tr. Emipennis. Swainsun, Zool. 111. 107. 



