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feathers hroad and scale-formed ; under parts pure 
white, each plume with an emerald-green spot, sur- 
rounded by a darker shade; auriculars blackish- 
brown, spotted with violet ; crest very ample, rounded, 
brilliant blue ; tail broad, centre feathers green, 
others white on the inner webs. Inhabits the island 
of Juan Fernandez. 
T. aephanoides and StoTcuU are closely allied to the two prece- 
ding. 
15. T. CRISTATUS, Crested Hnraming-Bird. — Edw. 37. 
Oiseau mouche Huppd, Less. 0. M, xxxi. xxxii. 
Plumage golden-green ; an elongated crest of eme- 
rald-green, with blue reflections. Female without the 
crest, beneath grey. Inhabits islands of Trinity and 
Martinique. 
Oiseau mouche d Huppe bluet Vloil. Ois, Dor.> seems a variety ; 
body entirely brown, crest deep blue. 
Pl. XI. VoL. 1 16. T. HOSCHITUS, Ruby-crested Hum- 
ming-Bird Edw. Lath. Le rubis topaz, Less. O. M. 
lii. lii. liv. ? Above, belly and vent, of a dull golden- 
brown. in some specimens very deeply coloured ; 
crown of a brilliant ruby red ; gorget, occupying the 
whole breast, topaz-yellow ; tail chestnut, tipped with 
black, very ample. Female without the crest and 
gorget. Inhabits West India Islands. 
Lesson figures the female green above, grey beneath, tail chest- 
nut at the base, barred with green and white tips. 
Pii. XV. XVI. VoL. I 17. T. ORNATUS, The Tufted-necked 
Humming-Bird. — Le Hupp^-col, Buff. 640. Tufted- 
necked Humming-Bird, Lath. Gen. Hist, xv, 318. Or- 
nismya ornata, l^ss. O. M. xU. Upper part8,beUy, and 
vent, golden-green ; rump with a white band ; front, 
and gorget occupj'ing the whole tjf the throat and 
breast, emerald-green; crest of pointed feathers, 
chestnut-red ; sides of the neck with long narrow fea- 
thers, chestnut-red, tipped with a round spot of eme- 
rald-green; tail chestnut-red, centre feathers green. 
Female wants the crest and neck tufts; gorget chest- 
nut ; tail chestnut, barred in the centre with green. 
Inhabits Cayenne, Guiana, Brazil. 
Pl. XVII. VoL. I, — 18. T. AuDENETir, Audenet’s Humming- 
