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MAGNIFICENT HUMMING-BIRD. 
Trochilus magnificus Vieillot. 
Plate XX. Female. 
The plumage of the female is as unobtrusive as 
that of the young male, figured on the preceding plate, 
and it is only the adults that have any pretensions to 
the name which Vieillot applied to them. The 
female nearly equals the male in size, is destitute 
entirely of the ruff, and does not even show the dark 
line upon the sides of the neck, which indicates its 
place in the young of the opposite sex. The fore- 
head and throat are yellowish chestnut, and the breast 
and lower parts are gray, delicately mottled with a 
darker shade ; hind head and back are greenish gray, 
which changes into a shade of clearer green upon the 
sides and shoulders ; the wings are purplish brown, 
and the tail is rufous, with the middle feathers, and a 
cross central band, olive green. 
