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GIGANTIC HUMMING-BIRD. 
In the arrangement of Lesson, this species is 
placed at the commencement, under the title of Les 
Patagons. This division contains it as a solitary- 
species, and he characterizes it by the tail, lengthened, 
deeply forked, but seems to lay too much stress on 
the dull colouring of the plumage. 
