. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. V(5ragua, T]u> li it is coloured ich featlior lias sllillillfT frvpoii^ is a little wliitc itral feathers ot' k f,'lossy grecii tips, and the siiine hue in :reeiiisli brown largely tipped iiider surface is ^versified MJth 'eaks upon the ind -with M'liite al)donieu and tail-coverts arc buff. The total is about foiu' ! belonging to CoNDA mink's xeren Conda- e for its -pro- high ground. rd, and wlien- ed, it is seen orchidaceous ation of ten i the level of of Ilunimiiig- im-angels are :he excee
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. V(5ragua, T]u> li it is coloured ich featlior lias sllillillfT frvpoii^ is a little wliitc itral feathers ot' k f,'lossy grecii tips, and the siiine hue in :reeiiisli brown largely tipped iiider surface is ^versified MJth 'eaks upon the ind -with M'liite al)donieu and tail-coverts arc buff. The total is about foiu' ! belonging to CoNDA mink's xeren Conda- e for its -pro- high ground. rd, and wlien- ed, it is seen orchidaceous ation of ten i the level of of Ilunimiiig- im-angels are :he exceeding rs which (le- ts, and the leir plumage. Jcies there is scentic mark le gorget, and tants of the \ the yikWA habits -Mr. he following I Ileliangelos, of novelty to of the genus aat vies with tiet of every ed region of liador, where iaufl to nine SNOW-CAP IIUMMIXG-EIED AND SPANGLED COQUETTE. 245 thousand feet; tliey also met with it in the Paramos of Los Conejos at a similar elevation In those districts there doubtless other tine species at 'nt unknown to us, for we can scarcely imagine that these travellers procured examples of all the specie!?' of the genera which dwell therein, and which we may reasonably expect to be as rich in the feathered tribes as it is in another department oi' Natui'e's wonderful works. ; In the male bird there is a narrow mark upon the forehead of a deep fiery red, and the crown of the head and the upper surface of the body are Behind each eye there is a very small white spot, and a jetty black cross-streak is drawn from the angle of the mouth towiirds the neck. The throat is decorated with a gorget of deep fiery red below which is a crescent-shaped band of whitish buff and the abdomen is deeper buffi changing to green upon the ilanks. The two central feathers of the tail are bronze-green' and the remainder bronze-brown. The female has no red upon the throat or forehead' There are several species of Sun-ange
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