BAR-TAILED HUMMING-BIRD. 
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pearaiice is as if regularly barred with black. The 
upper parts of the plumage are of a golden green, 
except the rump, which is of a fine madder tint, but 
tvithout any metallic lustre. The feathers upon this 
part are more tufted, and thicker than usual. The 
whole of the under surface, as far as the upper part 
of the belly, is of a bright emerald green, brightest 
on the fore part of the throat. The lower belly is dull 
brownish green, the vent whitish. 
Lesson has represented another state of this bird, 
which he thinks is that of the female. All the upper 
parts are of a uniform green. The throat an<l breast, 
instead of the emerald-coloured scaly gorget, are of a 
dull yellowish grey, which colour occupies also the 
rest of the under parts. The tail is about only half 
the length, the feathers of the same broad form ; 
the outer one of a yellowish, the others of a reddish 
coppery lustre, with a slight indication of a darker 
shade at the tips', but without any distinct bar. 
There seems a little uncertainty regarding the na- 
tive country of this bird, Shaw’s specimens were 
said to come from Peru ; and Lesson mentions the 
interior of Brazil for those from which he took his 
drawings ami descriptions. The figure of this bird 
is reduced one-half. 
In this place we must mention another very beau- 
tiful species, figured and described by M. Lesson, 
possessing the same form, and in proportion, a de- 
velopment of tail nearly equal to it ; it is the 
