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store’s humming-bird. 
which they are seen ; and the under parts are pure 
white, except on the throat, which is tinged with green. 
All over the white are round ocellated spots, of a 
rich golden-green, appearing very dark in some lights, 
and everywhere beautifully relieved upon the snowy 
white. The wings are of the same colour with its 
congeners. 
Upon examining Plate XII. of our first volume, 
it will be seen that the T. sephanoides and this bird 
will rank together, and are indeed the only species 
possessing the form and markings peculiar to them. 
The feathers on the crown are broad and lengthen- 
ed, and form a splendid cowl. In this they some- 
what resemble the birds on our next plate, ex- 
cept that the cowl is terminated by the feathers de 
creasing in breadth, and finally ending in a long point 
The tail is very ample, and in both, the lower pai'ts 
of the body are spotted — a marking at variance 
with the other species, and as yet confined to very 
few. In T. sephanoides, although the marking runs 
in spots, the imbricated form is maintained, and the 
spots are neither so insulated or decided as in that 
now described. The bill affords another character, 
being remarkably slender towards the point, and per- 
fectly straight ; and the feathers on the forehead ex- 
tend quite upon the nostrils. 
