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VIEILL0T S HUMMING-BIRD. 
neck are tinged with blue* and longitudinally spotted 
with grayish black ; the other lower parts are gray, 
waved and mottled with black, and a white band 
crosses the lower part of the belly, and is seen upon 
the rump. The quills are of a purplish brown, and 
the tail, nearly equal at the extremity, is of a rich 
sienna red. 
The female, and birds of young plumage, have been 
figured in Lesson’s Continuation ; the former is there 
described for the first time. It entirely wants the 
ear tufts, and is of a plain and unobtrusive dress. 
The upper parts, from the rictus in a line below the 
eyes, of a uniform golden green, interrupted by the 
reddish tail-coverts and their white crossing band ; 
the under parts gray ; greenish on the flanks. 
Vieillot’s Humming-bird is a native of Brasil, and 
is very rare in collections. 
* See vignette to vol. ii. for a figure of a male in very perfect 
adult plumage. 
