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the belly ; on the sides of the neck a broad, triangular, streak of 

 black, beginning in a point on the side of the chin, and ending in 

 another point on the side of the breast ; also two or three spots of 

 black on the sides of the belly, before the thighs; the quills and tail 

 dusky ; legs black. 



From the drawings of Mr. Woodford. 



* WITH STB JIT BILLS. 



46— BROAD-SHAFTED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus latipennis, Ind. Orn. i. 310. 



— — — campylopterus, Gm. Lin. i. 499, 



Oiseau-rnouche a larges tuyaux, Buf. vi. 35. PL enl. 672. 2. Ois.dor.i. 51. pi. 21. 



Le Bec-fleurs blanc en dessous, Voy. d'Azara, iv. No. 297 ? 



Broad-shafted Humming-Bird, Gen. Syn. ii. 765. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill one inch long, black ; 

 plumage above glossy green, beneath pale ash-colour ; quills dusky • 

 three of the outer ones broad in the shafts, and bent in the middle, 

 giving that part the appearance of a sabre ; the tail even at the end, 

 scarcely one inch and a quarter long ; the two middle feathers are 

 green ; the others steely black ; the outer one white from the middle 

 to the end ; the next the same for about one quarter of the length 

 from the tip ; quills long in proportion, and reach almost to the end 

 of the tail ; legs dusky. 



In the collection of Mr. Mc. Leay, who received it from Berbice, 

 by the name of Kama-bimiti. 



One, supposed to be a young bird, had the green on the upper 

 surface inclining to brown; all beneath ash-colour; the outer tail 



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