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TROCHILIDZA — TROCHILINE :. 
HUMMING-BIRDS. 467 
gloss in some lights, and upper tail-coverts somewhat shaded with reddish. Metallic gorget of 
great extent, reaching fairly on the breast, glittering green when viewed with the bill of the 
bird pointing toward the observer, dusky-green when 
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 dull rufous or pale cinnamon; flocculent snowy- 
white patches on the flanks. Wings blackish, with 
purple and violet lustre. Tail large, forked about one- 
third of an inch; color intense chestnut, having even a 
purplish tinge when viewed below, the middle feathers 
plossed 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; tail 1.50; bill0.90. Lower 
Rio Grande of Texas to Yucatan. 
VACHE. (Gr. “Iayn, Iache, 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 supranasal groove very distinct. Tail ample, forked, 
with broad obtuse feathers; no wing- or tail-feathers 
peculiar in shape. Tarsi feathered. Sexes unlike in 
color. 
{. latiros'tris. (Lat. latus, broad; rostrum, beak.) 
Circe Humminc-pirp. gf: Above and below glit- 
tering green; more 
golden above, more 
emerald below ; throat 
sapphire - blue; tail 
steel-blue-black, the 
feathers tipped with 
gray; flanks and un- 
der tail-coverts white. 
Bill reddish, tipped 
Fig. 316. — Circe Humming-bird, with black. Length 
d, nat size. (From Elliot.) nearly 4.00 : wing 
2.00-2.25 ; tail 1.30, forked 0.35; bill 0.80. 9 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 
Tache, Amazilia and Basilinna, the nasal scale is fully 
covered by the extensive frontal feathers. Arizona and 
Mexico. 
4. SuBorpER CUCULIFORMES: 
seen in the opposite direction. Less 
Fic. 317.— Paradise Trogon, or Quesal 
(Pharomacrus mocinno), g, 9. (From 
Michelet.) 
CucuLiForm Birps. 
The nature of this large group has been indicated on the preceding page (446). 
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