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MAGNIFICENT HUMMING-BIRD. 
red, changing into a darker and grayer shade towards 
the hind head, which runs in a line from the eye to 
the shoulders ; the upper parts are of a rich green, 
and are separated by the above-mentioned line from 
the lower region of the body, which is of a grayish 
white, tinged with rufous on the throat and breast, 
and entirely devoid of the brilliant scaly plumes oc- 
cupying the throat of the adult. 
It is a native of Brasil. 
