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gloss in some lights, and upper tail-corerts somewhat shaded -STith reddish. Metallic go 



great, extent, reaching fairly on the breast, glittering green when viewed with the hill 



bird pointing toward the observer, dusky-green when seen in tlie opposite du-ectiou. 



scintillating and more golden-green feathers extend a 



little farther on the breast and sides, and most of the 



under wing-coverts are similar. Belly and under tail- 

 coverts duU rufous or pale cinnamon; flocculent snowy- 



wldte patches on the flanks. Wings blackish, with 



purple and violet lustre. Tail large, forked about one- 

 third of an inch ; color intense chestnut, ha\-ing even a 



purplish tinge when viewed below, the middle feathers 



glossed with golden-green, especially noticeable at their 



ends, and all the rest tipped and edged for some distance 



fi-om their ends with dusky. Length 4.00 or more ; 



extent 5.50: wing 2.30; tail 1.50 ; bill 0.90. Lower 



Rio Grande of Texas to Yucatan. 

 143. I'ACHE. (Gr. 'laxij. lache, a proper name. Fig. 



316.) Circe Hummers. Near Amazilia; with broad 



and not perfectly straight bill longer than head, reddish 



at base, and frontal feathers covering the nasal scale ; 



the supr'anasal groove very distinct. Tail ample, forked, 



with broad obtuse feathers; no vring- or tail-feathers 



pecnhar in shape. Tarsi feathered. Sexes unlike in 



color. 



broad; rostrum, beak.) 

 Above and below glit- 

 tering green ; more 

 golden above, more 

 emerald below ; throat 

 sapphiie - blue ; tail 

 steel-blue-black, the 

 feathers tipped with 

 gray; flanks and un- 

 der tail-coverts wliite. 

 Bill reddish, tipped 

 with black. Lensth 

 nearly 4.00 : wing 

 bill O.SO. 9 above 

 thers 



rget of 



of the 



Less 



421. 



I. latiros'tris. (Lat. latus, 

 ClECE HummixCt-bied. (J 



Fig. 316. — Circe Hummin; 

 tf . nat size. (From Elliot, l 



•2.00-2.25 ; tail 1.30, forked 0.35: 

 hke (J , but middle tail-feathers bronzy-green ; 

 bron2ed at base, then broadly bluish, then white-tipped. 

 Under parts dark gray. Easily recognized among our 

 species by the special coloration, as described, and by 

 the peculiarities of the bill ; in all our genera excepting 

 lache, Ajnazilia and Basilinna, the nasal scale is fuUv 

 covered by the extensive frontal feathers. Arizona and 

 Mexico. 



Fig. 317. — Para.'iise Trogon. or 

 {Pharomacrus mocinno), (f, 9. 

 Michelet.) 



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4. Sttsorder CLTCULIFORMES : CrcrxiroRM Birds. 

 The nature of thi^ large group has been indicated on the preceding page (14o). 



