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SYNOPSIS OF THE TROCHILID^. 
Bird L’Oiseau-mouche Audenet, Less. Supp. ii. 
Above golden-green : rump with a dark band, relieved 
on each side with white ; gorget occupying the throat, 
emerald-green ; feathers of the breast, belly and vent 
greyish-biown at the base, yellowish-white at the top, 
neck with tufts ; the feathers narrow, emerald-green, 
tipped with white. Inhabits Peru. 
Pi.. XVIII. VoL. I 19. T. cbalvbeus, Vieillot’s Hum- 
ming-Bird Temm. PI. Col. lx. Oiseau-moucho 
Vieillot, Loss. 0. M. bciv. Above golden-green ; rump 
crossed by a yellowish band ; front and gorget eme- 
rald-green ; under parts white, dashed with green on 
the flanks •, tail chestnut ; neck with lengthened tufts, 
feathers narrow, emerald-green, eaeh with a white 
spot at the end. Female is grey below, and wants the 
neck-tufts ; tail of a brownish-purple, tipped with 
reddish-brown. Inhabits Brasil. 
Pi,. XII. VoL. II. — 20. T. GloiiLnii, Gould’s Humming-Bird. 
— Oiseau-mouche de Gould, Less. Track, xxxvi. Up- 
per parts golden-green ; front, and gorget oecupying 
the breast, brilliant emerald-green ; crown with a crest 
of lengthened feathers, chestnut-red ; belly and vent 
deep greenish-black; neck with lengthened tufts, 
feathers narrow, pure white, a round spot of brilliant 
green at the tip of each. Inhabits — - ■ ■. 
Pl. XIX. XX. VoL. I 11. T. MAONiFicus, Magnificent 
Humming-Bird Pieil. Diet. des. Scien. Nat— Temm. 
PI. Col. 299. fig. 2. La Haussc-col blanc. Less. O. M. 
xlii. xlii. Golden-green above, beneath of a duller 
shade of the same colour ; front and gorget emerald, 
green ; croivn tvith a double chestnut crest of long 
pointed feathers, sides of the neck with tufts closing 
round the lower part of the gorget; the feathers broad 
and rounded, pure white, with a narrow black bar at 
the tip of each. Female without the crest or neck- 
tufts ; gorget chestnut-red, lower part grey. Young 
entirely greyish-white below. Inhabits Brazil. 
The last five species form the genus Lophornis of Lesson, in 
which he also includes T. petasophorus and the Cephalepit 
of Loddiges. 
