The type of this genus is A. Heloïsæ; and I retain the term for this very singular and beautiful bird, which in the character of its plumage and the colouring of its tail differs from every other with which I am acquainted. The plumage is extremely soft, and easily disarranged.
Atthis Heloïsæ
Habitat: Central America and Southern Mexico
Plate 141
Selasphorus Heloisæ
Heloisa’s Flame-bearer
Featuring all 422 illustrated species from John Gould’s A Monograph of the Trochilidæ, or Family of Humming-Birds arranged by color.
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