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TROCHILIDiE. 



Me. Jacie gulaque sapphirinis; vertice lined transversa sericeo- 

 nigrd; corpore supra hypochondriisque aureo-viridibua ; peciorc 

 ventreque cceruleis; crisso tectricibusque cauda injerioribus 

 a Ibis. 



Honey-bird with the face and throat sapphire colour; the crown 

 with a transverse silken black line ; the body above and iianks 

 golden-green j the breast and belly blue ; the vent and under 

 tail -coverts white. 



Trochilus scutatus. Natt. Temm. PI. Col. 299./. 3. 



Inhabits Brazil. The face and throat are of a 

 rich sapphire-colour, which is prolonged on the fore 

 part of the male into a lance-shaped point : on the 

 middle of the head, passing from one eye io the 

 other, is a velvety-black line, which borders the 

 sapphirine hue on the face : the sides of the neck are 

 adorned with a large tuft of long feathers of a brilliant 

 royal-blue : the breast and the belly are also of this 

 colour ; on each side of the former is a large spot of 

 isabella-yellow, more or less hidden by the long 

 feathers and the ruff on the forepart of the neck : all 

 the upper parts of the plumage, the flanks, and the 

 lesser wing-coverts, are golden-green : the tail-fea- 

 thers on both sides are of a very brilliant metallic- 

 green : the wings are brown, with a very delicate 

 violet gloss : the abdomen and the under tail-coverts 

 are white. 



3. Capite cristate; pennis colli haud elongatis. 

 3. Head crested ; the feathers of the neck not lengthened. 



Sp. 28. Me. cristata. 



Trochilus cristatus. Shavo, v. viii. p, 352. pL 44. 



Sp. 29. Me. pileata. 



Trochilus pileatus. ShuH), v, viii. 354. 



