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SUPEKB HUMMING-BIRD. 
brownish-green, the others dull blue, with white tips. 
It inhabits Brazil. 
There is yet a fourth species, which will most na- 
turally be introduced here, though it differs in the 
form of the tail : it is the 
SUPERB HUMMING-BIRD. 
Trochihis superbus Sh.iw. 
Superb Humming-bird; Trocbilus superbus, Shaw, Natu- 
ralist's Miscellany, vol. xii. pi. S17 Zoology, vol. viii. 
p. 323. — Oiseau-mouche superbe, Temminck, Planches 
Coloriies, 299 — Oiseau-mouche Corinne; Lesson, Histoire 
Naturelle des Oiseaux-mouches, pi. ii. 
This splendid species was first noticed and de- 
scribed by Dr Shaw : afterwards it was figured by 
Temminck ; and again it is represented by Lesson, 
who has applied to it the name of “ Corinne,” for 
what reason he does not explain. The description 
of its discoverer is as follows : “ It is unquestion- 
ably one of the finest of this brilliant lace. Its 
length is about four inches and a quarter ; the bill 
being long in proportion to the bird, straight and 
black: the crown of the head bright sky-blue; from 
the bill to the head, on each side, a moderately broad 
black stripe, and beneath this a white stripe : throat 
and upper part of the breast of a most brilliant scar- 
let, the feathers full, or somewhat projecting; re- 
mainder of the body, both above and below, golden- 
