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white streak passes beneath the eyes, and a long 

 band of the same colour divides the body beneath in 

 the middle : the upper and under parts of the body, 

 as well as the wing-coverts, are deep metallic-green : 

 the under tail-coverts are white, with a green-me- 

 tallic spot in the middle of each feather : the tail- 

 feathers are blue-green, slightly tinged with purple. 

 During moulting the male has the forehead tinged 

 with whitish : the scaly-like plate on the throat is 

 whitish on a dusky-ground, and it is more or less 

 varied with golden carmine as he approaches ma- 

 turity. The female has the tail-feathers rather more 

 equal, and the two outer ones tipped with white : the 

 throat is covered with scaly-feathers, black in the 

 middle, and edged with white : the white medial 

 abdominal line is well defined, and in other respects 

 she resembles the male. 



b. Cauda cequalif rotundatd aut cuneafd. 



h. With the tail even^ rounded^ or wedge-shaped. 



1 . Capite hand cristato. 



1. With the head not crested. 



Sp. 12. Me. sapphirina. 



Trochilus sapphirinus. Shatv, v. viii. p. 324. 

 Sp. 13. Me. lucida. 



Trochilus lucidus. Shaxv, v. viii. p. 327. 

 Sp. 14. Me. Colubris. 



Trochilus Colubris. Shaw, v. viii. p. 335. pi. 43. 

 Sp. 15. Me. rubinea. 



Trochilus rubineus. Shaiu, v. viii. p. 340. 

 Sp. 16. Me. concinna. 



Trochilus mellisugus. Shaw, v. viii. p. 342. 



