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AUDENET’S HUMMING-BIRD. 
Trochilus Audenetii — Lesson. 
Plate XVII. 
L’Oiseau-mouche Audenet, Oraismya Audenetii, Lesson , His- 
tone Naturelle des Oiseaux-mouches , Supplement , pi. ii. p. 
102 . 
This fine species was first described and figured 
in Lesson’s Monograph, and will range in the division 
with T. ornatas and magnificus, having like them a 
slender form, a broadly expanded tail, and a neck 
adornment of narrow lengthened plumulets. M. Les- 
son observes, “ Of this rare and valuable species, we 
know only a single specimen, which was communi- 
cated to us by M. Verreau, and now forms part of 
the collection of M. Audenet in Paris, and, without 
doubt, is one of the most remarkable for its elegance, 
its rich clothing, its light and airy form, and the deli- 
cate plumes which adorn its neck." 
It is scarcely three inches long ; the wings small, 
narrow, and falciform, scarcely reaching beyond the 
middle of the tail. The feathers on the crown are 
thick, loose, and slightly elongated, and with the back 
