. The royal natural history. ^-iv^ X Z 34 FICARIAN BIRDS. l^ack; the tufts at the side of the head being metallic purple, shading off intogolden and then to metallic green; while the sides of the head and throat areblack, the under surface of the body pure white, the flanks green, and all but thecentre feathers white, with their outer webs greyish. The total length is only4 inches. The female is duller in colour than the male, and has a green crown,while the sides of the face are dusky, the throat pale buff, and the tail-feathers ?^^.r>. TUFTED COQUETTE (§ Uat. size). The Cociuettes. white
. The royal natural history. ^-iv^ X Z 34 FICARIAN BIRDS. l^ack; the tufts at the side of the head being metallic purple, shading off intogolden and then to metallic green; while the sides of the head and throat areblack, the under surface of the body pure white, the flanks green, and all but thecentre feathers white, with their outer webs greyish. The total length is only4 inches. The female is duller in colour than the male, and has a green crown,while the sides of the face are dusky, the throat pale buff, and the tail-feathers ?^^.r>. TUFTED COQUETTE (§ Uat. size). The Cociuettes. white with a subterminal band of black. The home of this species is in Brazil,where the bird is said to be not uncommon in some portions of the interior,although little is known of its habits. This is a very easily recognised group of humming-birds byreason of the crested head, and the little spangled frills which arevery conspicuous on each side of the neck. Twelve species are known, and therange of the genus extends from Southern Mexico, throughout the greater part ofSouth America to Bolivia and Southern Brazil, but not including Ecuador or of the most beautiful species is the tufted coquette {Lophomis ornatus),which inhabits the Island of Trinidad and the opposite mainland of Venezuela,whence it extends into Guiana. It measures not quite 3 inches in lengtli, the billhalf an inch, and the wing 1-6. The upper surface is of a glittering golden-green, SJVIFTS. 35 with a buffish white band across the rumji; the crest is long and o
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