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HAIRY-LEGGED HUMMING-BIRD. 
Trochilus hirsutus — Linn^us. 
Plate XXIX. 
Trochilus hirsutus, Linnims ^T. Brasiliensis, ioiftam and 
Temminck, auct. Lesson Le Colibri hirsute, Lesson^ 
Histoire Naturelle des CoUbris, pi. xxi. 
This species will stand as the type of what Les- 
son makes his second form, among those with curved 
bills. It was named by Linnaeus as above, from the 
legs being slightly plumed below the first joints ; 
this, however, seems a character not quite constant, 
and does not appear in the specimens which we have 
under that name. The distinctions between the males 
and females of these birds seem to differ very little, 
as far as we at present know, and there is no pro- 
longation of the centre feathers in the male sex, as 
we always found in the preceding group. In this 
species the nest is built of a much looser structure, 
and of a longer, almost pendulous form. 
This bird is about four inches in length. The 
upper part of the body is of a shining green, with 
purple reflections, deeply tinge<l with reddish-brown. 
All the under parts are of a bright reddish-brown, 
duller on the flanks. The tail is of a deep shade of 
