TROCHlLIDiE. 



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Sp. 32. Me. Moschitus. 



Trochilus Moschitus. Shaw, v. viii. p. 329. pi. 12. — Trochilus 

 Pegasus. Shaw, v, viii. p. 332 } — Trochilus hypophaeus. Shaw, 

 V. viii. p. 333 ? — Trochilus carbunculus. Shaw, v. viii. p. 333. 



4. Capite cristato ; pennis colli elongatis. 



4. With the head crested 3 the feathers of the neck lengthened. 



Sp. 33. Me. chalybea. 



Me. supra cEneo-viridis, collo antice lateribusque cyaneis nigro 

 maculatis, aut fuscoy nigro alboque variis; guld juguloque 

 virescente et albido mio'tis; lined nigrd d rictu ad occiput ; cor- 

 pore subtus griseo 7iigro vario; caudd rujescente. 



Honey-bird above brassy-green, with the neck in front and at the 

 side blue spotted with black, or varied with brown, black, and 

 white ; the throat and jugulum mixed with greenish and white ; 

 a black line from the gape to the occiput ; the body beneath 

 varied with grey and black ; the tail reddish. 



Trochilus chalybeus. Vieillot. Temm. PI. CoL 66./^ 2. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length three inches and a half : 

 the sides of the neck are adorned with long feathers 

 of a fan-like form, and of a deep-green colour, with 

 white tips : the forehead and cheeks are brilliant- 

 green, with several recurved feathers on the fore- 

 head, and varied into a small crest in the old in- 

 dividuals, but wanting in the young : the head, 

 upper part of the neck, and of the body, are bronzed- 

 green : the sides, and lower part of the front of the 

 neck are blue, spotted with black, or varied with 

 brown, black and white, according to the age of the 

 bird : the throat and the rest of the fore part of the 

 neck are greenish and white : a black line com- 

 mences at the gape of the beak and reaches to the 

 occiput : all the under parts are grey, varied with 

 black : a white band passes over the vent and the 



