Even-Tailed Amethystine Humming-Bird

Even-Tailed Amethystine Humming-Bird

Volume 3, Plate VIII / Ornithology (Birds)

Even-Tailed Amethystine Humming-Bird

Trochilus orthura

Known among the amethysts and a native of Cayenne, this species reaches about two inches and a half, with head, neck, back, and tail-coverts golden-green, two narrow white lines springing from the mouth, and a throat patch of rich amethystine purple changing to red, bordered with greyish-white and deep brown. The flanks and lower coverts are deep cinnamon-red, the belly’s centre pure white, and the ample, perfectly square tail is golden-green tipped black, the outer feathers white-tipped.

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