CHRYSURONIA JOSEPHINA,

Josephine’s Hummi

 

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Ocnisimyia Josephine, Boure. and Muls, Rev. Zool. 1848, p.

  

 

 

Trochilus Josephine, Gray and Mitch. ( Birds, vol. ii, Supp. App. 30a., App. to p. 103.
Chrysuronia Josephine, Reich. Aut, der Col.
sephina, Bonap. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 25
Josuriie’s Humming-bird is one of those species with which we are but little acquainted: my own collec
-ontains two examples; one of these I purchased in Paris; the other I received direct from the Upper
twon, where it w redl hy Mr. Bates, a naturalist, endowed with courage, energy, and
 fally equal t0 the performance of we has undertaken—that of exploring the rich

     

 

the Upper Amazon. England may indeed he prow of two stich sons as Wallace and Bates,

 
      

 

 

        

   
 

specially must feel gratefal for a vast extension of their scientific knowled
ity this species is very closely allied cllknown € noes like that bird

it has a splendid golden-bronzy tail; but the rich blue which adorns the throat as well as the head of tha
pecies is confined to the head alone in C. J we whole of whose under surfice is green. W
ally have seen so little of this bird that it to say whether the female he or be not contained
in our collections ; but I may predict that, when discovered, she will be found to differ very little from the
female of C.

This species has been dedicated by MM. Bourcier and Mulsant to Madame Julien Lacroix

Crown of the head rich deep blue, tinged in some specimens with green; upper surfuce and sing-coverts
golden green ; under surface shining grass-green ; wings purplish brown ; upper taileoverts eoppery bron
tail fine golden bronze in some examples, and rich eoppery bronze in others; under tailcoverts golde
Irouze fringed with grey; upper mandible black; under mandible for fourths of ith apparently
fleshy white, the tip dar