172 THE EVENING HUMMING-BIBD. 
The Evening Humming-bird inhabits the neigh- 
bourhood of Valparaiso, upon the naked and little- 
wooded plains ; and the above quoted ornithologist 
remarks, that the birds inhabiting these elevated, 
almost mountainous plains, want the splendid lustre 
to the upper plumage. Thus, T. corn is found in 
Peru, T. cyanopogon in Mexico, and T. vesper in 
Chili, all tinted as we have described. 
