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RECURVEr -BILLED HUMMING-BIRD. 
corolla; are long, and generally bent in their tube; 
the nectar being at the bottom, could not be reached 
either by a straight or a curved bill, though very easily 
by one corresponding to the shape of the flower. 
“ Bill black, depressed along the whole length, but 
more especially at the tip, which is rounded, thin, 
obtuse, and recurved in both mandibles, the under of 
which, towards the middle, has a convex swelling, 
which gives the recurvature a stronger appearance. 
All the upper plumage and body beneath golden 
green ; the throat to the breast shining with scale-like 
feathers, of a vivid emerald green; from the breast 
to the vent is a stripe of black down the middle; 
thighs white ; tail even ; the two middle feathers dull 
greenish blue, the rest above obscure coppery brown, 
but beneath of a rich shining topaz colour.” 
It was purchased at Bullock’s sale, and that gentle- 
man received it from Peru. 
