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GOULD’S HUMMING-BIRD. 
Trochilus Gouldii ^Lesson. 
Plate XII. 
L’Oiseau-mouche, Gould. — Ornismya Gouldii, Lesson, 
Trochilidees, p. 103, pi. xxxvi. 
The native district of this splendid species is un- 
known. In size it is similar to the Tufted Necked 
Humming-Bird : the forehead, throat, and upper part 
of the hreast, are of a most brilliant green, the fea- 
thers of a scaly form ; from the crown springs a crest 
of bright chestnut feathers, of a lengthened form, and 
capable of being raised at pleasure ; the hack and 
upper parts are golden green, crossed upon the 
rump with a whitish hand ; the wings and tail are 
brownish purple, the latter having the centre fea- 
thers tinged with green ; the lower parts are dark 
brownish green. The neck tufts are of the most 
splendid kind, and have a chaste but brilliant effect ; 
they are composed of narrow feathers of a snowy 
whiteness, the tips of each having a round ocellated 
spot of bright emerald green, surrounded with a 
dark border ; the longest are at the upper part of 
the tuft, and they decrease in length, assuming the 
