The Natural fiftory of JAMAICA. 
did 
Part of the Neck, Breaft, and Belly of a very dark changeable green 
Colour, che Feet asin the other Sorts, as alfo the Inwards. 
They live asthe other humming Birds for Food, flying, &c. 
XLI. Melivora avis maxima, mas. Tab. 264. Fig. 4. Rasy. fim p. 
187. Guainumbi tertia fpecies. Maregr. p. 197. ed. 1648. Welaghb. 
Angl. p 231. An Guatnumbi 24. fpecies. Marcgr. ib. Willughb. ib? 
The long Tail’d Humming Bird. 
This is five Inches long, and fix from Wing to Wing extended, its Bill 
is flat, reddifh colour’d, almoft ftreight, and an Inch long, its Head has a 
Tuft or Crown of black Feathers, the Tail is an Inch and an half long; 
the Neck and Back are covet’d with very fine green Feathers, the 
Wings are brown, the Tail black, having two Feathers four Inches 
long of the fame Colour, taking their beginning from under the Tail 
by the Rump on each fide. The Chaps, Neck and Breaft, are of the 
moft beautiful changeable green Colour I ever faw. _— 
The Inwards are the fame as thofe of the above defcrib’d, only it had 
two Tefticles pretty large, this being the Male, the former the Fes 
male, which is without a forked Tail. : 
It lives as the former, and frequents the fame Places, only it is 
not fo often feen. are 
They all of them fometirmes fit on the fmall Boupghs of Trets; and 
reft themfelves when wearied. ees 
I fufpe@ Marcgrave’s fecond and third Sorts to differ only in Sex: 
XLIN. Mafcicapa e fufco & albo varia. Tab. 265. Fig. 1: Rai}. Sy 
p. 186. 
The mall black and white Bird; 
This was four Inches long from the Bills End to that of the Tail, and 
feven from Wing to Wing opened, the Bill ftreight, round, black above 
white underneath, halfan Inch long, and having two Apertures for the 
Noftrils. The Tail was an Inch and an halflong. The Head, Back; Tail; 
and Wings, were of a dark brown or black Colour, with white in pretty 
long Lines ; under the Chaps, Neck, Breaft, and Belly white, with fome 
Eye of black, the Legs and Feet were an Inch and an half long, cover’d 
with greenifh brown Scales. It had four Toes, three before, and one be- 
hind, the one in the middle of thofe before, being two Inches long; it 
had fmall yellow crooked Claws. , oy 
Its Inwards were nothing differing from thofe of the fame Kind. 
XLIV. Mafcicapa e falco & luteo varia. Raij. fyn. p. 186. Fapackiie 
Brafilienfibus. Marcg. p.212, Willughb. Angl. p. 240. Raij. [ym p. 84: 
The [mall Yellow and Brown Birds 
This was about four Inches long from theend of the Bill tothe end cf 
the Tail, and feven from Wing to Wing extended. It had a fmall; round 
half Inch long, almoft ftreight Bill, the Tail was an Inch and an half long; 
the Head and Back were of a light brown Colour, with fome black Spots; 
Wings and Tail were brown, fome white on the Tipof the Wings and 
yellow near the Rump over the Tail, under the Chaps on the fide of the 
iit Neck; 
