Genus Topaza G. R. Gray

• 75.

  Topaza Pella

  Habitat: Cayenne and the adjacent countries

  Plate 66 Topaza Pella Crimson Topaz

  I find that specimens from Demerara have more richly-coloured throat-marks than those procured in Cayenne; there is also another variety distinguished by the great breadth of their lengthened tail-feathers; but these differences are not of specific importance.

  • Trochilus paradiseus, Linn. Syst. Nat. tom. i. p. 189.
  • Lampornis pella, Jard. Nat. Lib. Humming-Birds, vol. 11. p. 155.
• 76.

  Topaza Pyra

  Habitat: The Upper Rio Negro

  Plate 67 Topaza Pyra Fiery Topaz