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com remigis tertia, 2| cauda, 11 ; tarsi,
PLATE IV. F. 2.
Although this d e lic a te li t t le b ird h a s a g e n e r a l re s em b la n c e *»/'■'= " ' " “ ■’“ 'Y " ' ’ * " ; “ *“ ”
N u th a ,cl.es. y p t th e in fe rio rity o f i ts s iz e , tb e n n i f o rm i l , o f th e co lo n rin g en th e he ad a n d b a ck a n d
the b la c k o f th e tw o m id d le ta il- f e a th e r s , afford e v id e n t m a rk s o f d is tin c tio n . O n e sp e c im en was
b ro u g h t from Monterey.
F a n . T R O C H IU D o E ,
T r o c h i l u s m e l l i v o r u s . Linn., Syst. N a t. m l. 1 . p. 1 9 3 . sp. 2 0 .
Wliite-bellied Humming-bivd. Edw., t. 3 5 . / . 1 .
Oiseau-mouche a collier, dit la Jacobine. PL Enl. 6 4 0 . / . 2.
“ Tills sp e c ie s ,” M r . C o llie s ay s, “ w a s v e ry com m on a t R io J a n e iro .
“ T b e Irac ieu b ifu rc a te s a b o u t h a lf-w ay b e tw e en th e tliro a t a n d s te rm m , w h e r e th e in fe rio r fcryii*
m ake s a co n side rable p ro je c tio n , b o th e x te rn a lly a n d in te rn a lly , b e tw e e n th e tw o d ivisions.
>. O n e x am in in g th e stom a ch , w h ich is s im p le a n d m n s e u la r , w ith in te rn a l phem, I fo u n d a la r „ e
q n an tily o f h ia e k ish so lid m a tte r , c om p o s ed o f Ih e w in g s , le g s a n d anienncc o f flies, w ith o u t a n y m ix tu
r e o f fluid. Ill ih e in te s tin e s th e r e w a s a flu id g rey ish p u lp .
” T h is p ro v e s th a t th e Humming-birds by n o m e an s feed e x c lu s iv e ly u p o n th e n e c ta n o u s s e c re tions
o f p la n ts , b u t a re a lso c a rn iv o ro u s . A n d I w a s a lm o s t in c lin e d a f te r th is e x am in a tio n to in fe r
th a t they visited th e flowers only for th e s a k e o f c a tc h in g th e in sco ts w h ich liv e upo n th em ; 'h e h ™ j
m in e s o n - se rv in g a s a lu re to a t t r a c t th em . B u t I a f te rw a rd s h a d a fu l l o p p o rtu n ity o f re tra o tin
th is o p in io n , h , o b s e rv in g th e s e l ittle o rc a tiire s p e n e tr a tin g th e tu b u la r c c d l a s ot th e m a le
Ih e B . , » . « t. « , (N u s u S . p i .n , .m . ) w ith th e ir lo n g s le n d e r h il, a n d p ro je c He tn iig u e h d s i .
sp u th , le a f w a s tu rn e d lia c k , as i f e x p re ssly fo r u n co v e rin g th e food. D n i.n g tlie tim e ‘
ing, tb e bird s k e p t e n tire ly on th e w in g , flu tte rin g a n d h um m in g a s i t in a n e c s ta c y o f p le a su re
ohtaitiino- a ccess to th e h o n ied tr e a s u r e . , . - *u
“ M r. L a y said lie fo u n d th e y h a d th e p ow e r o f b e n d in g b a c k th e to n g u e so a s to b rin g
‘’° '” *A'” m i r * 'r r iM s , a p p a re n tly m e llip liag o n s , w e re liroiiglit from P i tc a i r n 's Is la n d s . B u t they iinfor-
lu n a te ly a re so m u tila te d a s to p r e c lu d e any a ttem p t a t d e s c rip tio n o r re fe ren c e .
O r d e r I II. R ASOR ES.
F am. C O L U M B ID ^ .
C o l u m b a m e t a l l i c a . n. s . .
Col capite colhque vlnaceo-canis purpvreo splendentibus, hoe pallidiore; nucha dorsoque >mo metalUch purpureu, alis,
tarporis, 16-, ala, a carpo ad apicem remigis tertia, 10 ; rostri, I J ; cauda, 8 ; tarsi, 1».
T h is sp e c ie s was m e t with in th e B o n in I s la n d s , in J u n e , 1827.
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