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TUFTED-NECKED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus ornatus. T. suhfuscns rufo-cristatus, gula smaragdina, 



pennis colli elongatis rnjis opice viridi-aureis. 

 Brownish Huniming-Bird, with rufous crest, emerald throat, and 



elongated rufous neck-feathers with gold- green tips. 

 Trochilus ornatus. T, rectirostris mridi-aureus, subtus fusco-au- 



reus, crista rvfa, abdominc iiifimo vittaque transversa uropygii 



albis, infra aures uirinque pennis 6 seu 7 elongatis rufis apice 



macula viridi. Lath, ind. orn. 

 Le Hupecol. Buff, ois, PL Enl, 640./. 3. Viell. pi 4g. 50. 

 Trochilus ornatus. RulF-necked Humming-Bird, Museum Leve* 



rianum, p. 128. et pi. oppos. 

 Tufted-necked Humming-Bird. Lath. syn» 



This is considerably allied to the Ruff-Necked 

 Humming-Bird, but far surpasses that species in 

 the beauty and variety of its plumage. Its total 

 length is about three inches : the bill is reddish at 

 the base, but black at the tip, and is covered for 

 about one fourth of its length by minute gold- 

 green plumes ; the forehead, hind-head, back, and 

 Mdng-coverts are of a bright gold-green colour: 

 the wings violet-brown : the throat, to a considera- 

 ble distance down the neck, of a most brilliant 

 golden green, forming a kind of shield, as in the 

 Topaz-Throated Humming-Bird, and appearing 

 brown when viewed in particular lights: the re- 

 mainder of the under parts are rufous brown, the 

 rump and vent-feathers ash-coloured : on the top 

 of the head is a most elegant ascending crest, 

 composed of soft silky plumes of a very bright 



