. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. w. 'dm :.^t;5 r , 238 THE LITTLE FLAJlIE-BEAEEE. The yiâ,irs are purple biwii. The back is gold-green, with the exception of a bold hir abdomen IS black tlie lanks are , and tlie under tail-coverts are greyish white t! ppor surlaee ot the tad .lue, the shafts of the middle feathers are wh^cC the ââi f ing leathers are white at their bases and brown for the rest of their length. ThenZl surface ot the tail i. a steel-blue, and the shafts are wliite tln^oughout theii lengS The fem
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. w. 'dm :.^t;5 r , 238 THE LITTLE FLAJlIE-BEAEEE. The yiâ,irs are purple biwii. The back is gold-green, with the exception of a bold hir abdomen IS black tlie lanks are , and tlie under tail-coverts are greyish white t! ppor surlaee ot the tad .lue, the shafts of the middle feathers are wh^cC the ââi f ing leathers are white at their bases and brown for the rest of their length. ThenZl surface ot the tail i. a steel-blue, and the shafts are wliite tln^oughout theii lengS The female possesses no crest and no elongated tail-feathers, and bears a very curious resemblance to tlie well-known insect termed the Ilumming-bird ]\Ioth. Another curious example of the same genus may be found in CoNVERs' 'J'horntail, a native of Santa Fe de Bogota, This species is very beautiful both in shape and colouring, and, as in the case of the precedimi bird, the two sexes differ greatly in appearance. In the male of this bird the general colour is green, a white bar running across the lower end of the back, and the tail-feathers being very lono, narrow and pointed. Their coloui' is shining black, the shafts being M lute. In the female the general colour of the plumage resembles that of the ninle, except that the colours are not so brilliant, and the throat is greyish white, covered with brown-green spots. The tail is very short, and is composed of a series of rounded feathers of a dusky hue, and white at the tip. Both the S])ecies are swift , and are said to resemble the swallow when on the wiiif On the extreme left of the engraving on page 223, and about hali'-way from the top, the reader may observe a very small Hum- ming-bird, remarkable for its curidus .spiky tail and ritdi leathery gorget. This is the Little Flame- mm^ cd'ISn,5S;r'""^ ^'"^^^^^ ''' «^^^ '^'' "^ ^^^^"""- ^StrdcH^S This .s].ecies inhabits the inner side of
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