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HALF-TAILED HUMMING-BIRD. 
Trochilus enicurus Vieillot. 
Plate XXVII. 
Trochilus enicurus, Vieillot, Nouvelle Dictionnaire dHistoire 
Naturelle. — Oiscau-mouche a queue singuliere, Temminck , 
Planches Colonels , pi. lxvi. fig. 3, Lesson , Ilistoire Natu- 
relle des Oiseaux-monches , pi. xv. p. 72 Ornismya betera- 
prgia, Lesson's Synopsis. 
This humming-bird, remarkable in having only 
six quills in the tail, was first figured by Temminck, 
who remarks, “ we cannot doubt the existence of 
this singular bird, as, besides that which I have 
myself seen, M. Vieillot has assured me that he 
has seen many others, ( plusieurs autres.) Bullock’s 
museum possessed a specimen, Delalande another, 
in no way differing from the specimen in the Baron 
Laguier’s Collection.” The last-mentioned specimen 
has served as a copy for both Temminck and Lesson, 
which we have also used. There appears in all the 
specimens to be no falling out or want of the feathers, 
and it is a real anomaly among its numerous family. 
