TROCHILID^. 245 



Honey-bird above golden-green, with the chin and jugxilum silken- 

 green ; the breast green, with its sides cinereous; the belly 

 and vent cinereous; the under tail-coverts snow-white ; and a 

 tuft of violet-feathers behind the ears. 



Trochilus petasophorus. Pr. Ma.r. Temm. PL Col. 203 y. 3. 



Inhabits Brazil. An elegant species : the male 

 is adorned with a large and beautiful tuft of feathers 

 arising beneath the ears, and reaching down the sides 

 of the neck ; this tuft is of a fine violet hue, glossed 

 with purple and metallic reflections : the chin and 

 throat are of a very brilliant changeable velvety- 

 green : the breast is also green, but less brilliant ; 

 and its sides are of a paler hue, slightly tinged with 

 ashy ; as are also the belly and vent : the under tail- 

 coverts are pure snow-white : the tail is composed of 

 very large feathers, and is slightly forked ; its feathers 

 are of a rich bronzed-green, deepest at the tip, with 

 a very delicate white edge to the three outer ones on 

 each side : the upper parts of the head and of the 

 body are golden-green : the beak and legs are black. 



Sp. 10. Me. squamosa. 



Me. metallico-viridis, gula collogue antice pcnnis yiigris ornatis 

 marginibus alhis; fasc'id albd h rictu ad aures; macula albd 

 pone aurium ; lined albd longitudinali a jugulo infimo ad 

 crissum. 



Metallic-green Honey-bird, with the throat and neck anteriorly 

 adorned with black feathers \vith white edges ; a white band 

 from the gape to the ears ; a white spot behind the ears ; and 

 a longitudinal white line from the lower jugulura to the vent. 



Trochilus squamosus. Temm. PI. Col. 203. J". 1. 



Inhabits Brazil. Beak long and black : tail very 

 short, and very slightly forked : the throat and a 



