TROCHILIDjE — TBOCHILIN^ : HUMMING-BIBDS. 



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gloss in some lights, and upper tail-coverts somewhat shaded with reddish. Metallic gorget of 



great extent, reaching fedrly on the breast, glittering green when viewed with the biU of the 



bird pointing toward the observer, dusky-green when seen in the opposite direction. Less 



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 taU- 



coverts dull rufous or pale cinnamon ; fiocculent snowy- 

 white patches on the flanks. Wings blackish, with 



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

 third of an inch ; color intense chestnut, having 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 



from their ends with dusky. Length 4.00 or more ; 



extent 5.50; wing 2.30; taill.50 ; bill 0.90. Lower 



Rio Grande of Texas to Yucatan. 

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



316.) Circe Hummers. Near Amasilia; with broad 



and not perfectly straight bill longer than head, reddish 



at base, and frontal feathers covering the nasal scale ; 



the supranasal groove very distinct. Tail ample, forked, 



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



peculiar in shape. 3'arsi feathered. Sexes unlike in 



color. 

 421, I. latiros'tris. (Lat. latus, broad; rostrwm, beak.) 



Circe Humming-bird. $ -. Above and below glit- 

 tering green ; more 

 golden above, more 

 emerald below; throat 

 sapphire - blue ; tail 

 steel-blue-black, the 

 'JCT--^^III[^V7v/^ feathers tipped with 

 gray; flanks and un- 

 der tail-coverts white. 

 BiU reddish, tipped 

 with black. Length 

 nearly 4.00 ; wing 



2.00-2.2S; tail 1.80, forked 0.35; bill 0.80. ? above 



like ^ , but middle tail-feathers bronzy-green ; others 



bronzed 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 "ij^ 



lache, Amazilia and Basiliwna, the nasal scale is fuUv 



•> Fig. 317. 



covered by the extensive frontal feathers. Arizona and (Pharomacrus 



Mexico. Miohelet.) 



Fig. 316. — Circe Humming-bird, 

 <f , nat size. (From Elliot.) 



L .«.«w.Do liwftOn, or Quesal 

 mocinno), ^, $, (From 



4. Suborder CUCULIFORMES : Cuculiform Birds. 

 The nature of this large group has been indicated on the preceding page (446). 



