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rufous, paler on the belly : chin dusky : over the eyes 

 a rufous streak : vent and under tail-coverts white : 

 quills dusky : tail greatly cuneiform, the outer-feathers 

 very short ; the two middle ones one inch and a half 

 long, brownish-bronze, with white ends ; the others 

 much the same, the ends also white, and the two 

 exterior rufous at the tips : legs pale. 



Sp. 29. Tr. cyaneus. Shaw, v. viii.^. 292. 



D. Rectricibus duabus medi'is elonvatis. 



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D. With the two middle tail-feathers elongated. 



Sp.SO. Tr. supereiliosus. Skatv, v. viii. p. 284. 



Sp. 31. Tr. squalidus, Natterer. Temm. PL Col. \2^.f. I. 



Tr. obscurus, laterihus capitis J'asclis duabus rufescente-albis no- 

 tatis ; strigd per oculosjiisca; do7~so submetallico ; collo antice 

 cinereo-fusco ; pectore riijescente-cinereo ; crisso riifo; remi- 

 gibus apice albis. 



Obscure Humming-bird with the sides of the head adorned with 

 two reddish-white bars ; a brown stripe through the eyes ; the 

 back somewhat metallic ; the neck in front ashy brown ; the 

 breast reddish-ash ; the vent red ; the quills white at the tip. 



Inhabits Brazil. Distinguished by its dull co- 

 lours : two bands of reddish-white are placed on the 

 sides of the head, and separated by a brown stripe, 

 which passes through the eyes : a slight metallic 

 tinge covers all the back ; and the major part of the 

 wing-feathers have their tips white : a slight tinge of 

 ashy-brown adorns the fore part of the neck : the 

 breast is reddish-ash, and the vent clear red. 

 Sp. 32. Tr. Pella. Shaxv, v. viii. p. 274. pi. 37. 



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