ORNITHOLOGY. 



PLATE XXV. 



TROGHILUS ORNATUS 

 TUFTED-NECK HUMMING BIRD. 



Order 



generic character. 



Bill subulate or awl-shaped ; filiform, tubular at the tip, longer 

 than the head: upper mandible forming a sheath for the lower. 

 Tongue filiform, the two threads coalescing and tubular : feet formed 

 for walking : tail composed of ten feathers in general. 



* * Bill straight. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 

 AND 

 SYNONYMS. 



Golden green, beneath glossy brown, crest rufous ; and on each 

 side, below the ears, a tuft of elongated rufous feathers with a green 

 spot at the tip of each. 



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