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BUFFON’S HUMMING-BIRD. 
TtocMIus Buffonii Lesson. 
PLATE XIX. 
Le Colibri Buffon, Trochilus Buffonii, Lesson, Trochili- 
dees, pi. V. 
This is a large species, being more than five 
inches in length. The head is of a golden-green : 
the neck, back, and shoulders of the same colour, 
which changes to a reddish tint on the upper tail- 
coverts. The neck, throat, and upper part of the 
breast are covered with scaly formed feathers of an 
emerald-green, very brilliant : the rest of the under 
parts are of the same colour, but of a more subdued 
tint and having a bluish shade in some lights, while 
the uniform colour is relieved by each feather being 
edged with pale ^'ey. The vent and flanks have a 
shade of brown intermixed, and the lower tail-co- 
verts are pure white. The tail is slightly forked, 
and is of a uniform steel-blue. 
The species from which M. Lesson took his figure, 
and the only one we are aware of, was supposed 
to come from Brazil. Tliat naturalist places this 
bird at the head of his “ viit. Race, Les Colibris 
