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. VIOLET-CROWNED HUMMING-BIRD. 
Trochilus sephanoides. — Lesson and Gaiinot. 
Plate XII. 
Oithorhynclius sephanoides, Lesson el Gurnot, Zoologie de la 
Coquilc, pi. xxxi. fig. 2. — L’Oiseau-mouchc a Couronne 
Violctto, Oraismya sephanoides, Lesson, Histoire Naturelle 
des Oiseaux-mouches, pi. xiv. p. 69. 
Lesson, in his synopsis of this family, has intro- 
duced as a synonyme to the violet-crowned humming- 
birds, Melisuga Kingii of Vigors, described by that 
gentleman in the Zoological Journal; but in the 
monograph of the former naturalist no mention is 
made of the strongly acuminated tail feathers, which 
are mentioned as so distinguishing a mark by both 
Captain King and Mr Vigors ; we have therefore for 
the present omitted it, until we have better grounds 
for the conjunction. We presume Lesson has not 
compared his specimens with those brought home by 
Captain King. 
The discovery of the species, we believe, is due to 
MM. Lesson and Garnot, who met with it during the 
voyage of the Coquile, and have described and figured 
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