. A flying trip to the tropics. A record of an ornithological visit to the United States of Colombia, South America and to the island of Curaçao, West Indies, in the year 1892 . g which were six large humming-birds, all of the same species, but different from any that we had met so far. They werelarge, the males brilliantgreen above, the throatand breast black with anedging of deep blue, thetail a rich purple bronze,a white downy puff onthe belly, and a whitespeck back of the female was similar,but below was white witha black band down thecentre of the throat andbreast [Lamporms nicjri
. A flying trip to the tropics. A record of an ornithological visit to the United States of Colombia, South America and to the island of Curaçao, West Indies, in the year 1892 . g which were six large humming-birds, all of the same species, but different from any that we had met so far. They werelarge, the males brilliantgreen above, the throatand breast black with anedging of deep blue, thetail a rich purple bronze,a white downy puff onthe belly, and a whitespeck back of the female was similar,but below was white witha black band down thecentre of the throat andbreast [Lamporms nicjricoUls). These he had found feeding onthe scarlet blossoms of a lara^e tree near the town. He also brouiihtin a green-naped pigeon, like the one that I had killed on the river,and a woodpecker about the size of our yellow-bellied, but coloredsomewhat like the red-bellied. Its head, throat, and below wereash-buff, the centre of the belly and back of the head washed withred, back closely barred with black and white, wings and two cen-tral tail-feathers black and white, remaining tail-feathers black withwhite tips, and rump white {Cenhirus tei^rlcolor).It was clear and LAMPOKNIS VIOLICAUDA. (From Elliot.)
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