
ILLUSTRATIONS OF ORNITHOLOGY. 
TROCHILUS ALLARDI, Boure. 
Oiseau Mouche, d’Allard; Ornismya allardi, Bourcier, Rev. Zool. Oct. 1839, p. 294. 
THE first description of this species is, we believe, in the work 
above quoted, it formed part of the extensive collection of M. 
Bourcier, and we are not aware that it has yet been figured. 
Species which agree with the description of M. Bourcier were 
received in our last collections from Professor Jameson of Quito. It 
must have an extensive range, both in latitude and elevation, if we 
are correct in referring the Quitian Birds to M. Bourcier's species ; 
the latter gentleman gives their country as Santa Fé de Bogota, 
while Mr. Jameson gives the western decliyity of Pichincha as its 
habitat, stating, that “ it feeds generally on the flowers of a blue 
Lupine, and that its habits resembled more those of an insect than 
one of the feathered tribe.”’ 
The male has the upper parts metallic green; beneath very pale 
reddish-orange, becoming almost white on the vent ; each feather is 
broadly tipped with the same colour as the upper parts, and when _ 
the plumage is laid close it almost entirely exhibits that tint. On 
the chin and throat is a triangular gorget, running to a point on the 
breast, composed of scale-like feathers of a rich and varying emerald 
green. The wings are deep umber brown. The tail is composed of 
ten broad feathers, and is slightly forked, the outer exceeding the 
Inner feather by about 3. 
The entire length is from 3.5 to 3.9; wing, 2.4; Dill to fore- 
head, i. 
The female is similar to the male except in the lower plumage, 
Which is pale reddish-orange, and without any trace of the brilliant 
gorget, the feathers on the chin, throat, and neck, having a very 
small round brownish-green spot at the tip of each. 
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