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TROCHILID^. 



GENUS CCLXVII.— TROCHILUS Auctorum. 

 HUMMING-BIRD. 



Rostrum capite longius, ar- 

 cuatum, gracile, basi plu- 

 mulis obtectum, apice sub- 

 incrassato tubuloso : man- 

 dibula superior vaginans 

 inferiorem. 



Lingua filiformis, filis duo- 

 bus coalitis tubulosa. 



Alee longissimae : remiges se- 

 cundariae brevissimae. 



Cauda pennis decern. 



Beak longer than the head, 

 arcuated, slender, clothed 

 with feathers at the base, 

 rather thick and tubulose 

 at the tip : the upper man- 

 dible sheathing the lower. 



Tongue filiform, tubular. 



Wings very long ; secondary 



quills shortest. 

 Tail with ten feathers. 



A. Cauda valde fnrcata. 

 A. Tail greatly forked. 



Sp. 1. Tr. sparganurus. Shatu, v. viii. ^. 291. pi. 39. — Peru. 



Sp. 2. Tr. enicurus. VieiUot. — Teinm. PI. Col. 66./. 3. 



Tb. corpore supra jugulo pectoreque irifimo laterali mentoque 

 viridi-aureis, collo antice basi, pectore supremo, ventreque medio 

 albis ; guld lilacind ; rectricibus sex, duabus intermediis aureo" 

 viridis, reliquis nigris. 



Hummiug-bird with the jugulum, lower part of the breast at the 

 side and the chiu, golden-green ; the neck in front at the base, 

 breast above and belly in the middle white; the throat lilac; 

 six tail-feathers, the two middle golden-green, the rest black. 



Inhabits Brazil. Like the preceding bird this is 

 remarkable for the construction of its tail, which 

 possesses but six feathers, of which the two inter- 

 mediate are short, and the four outer are long, slight, 

 slender, and rounded at their points ; these are black, 

 the others are green-gold : of which latter colour are 



