JACOBIN HUMMINGBIRD 



6. Florisuga mellivora (Linnaeus) 

 Jacobin Hummingbird 



Male. Length, 1 18 mm. (4.60 in.) ; tail, 38 mm. 

 (1.50 in.). Head, neck and chest dark metallic 

 blue, a more or less concealed white bar across 

 hindneck, remainder of upperparts and wing 

 coverts metallic green or bronze, tail white 

 tipped with black; remaining underparts white, 

 the sides metallic green, this color sometimes 

 extending across the breast. 



Female. Length, 100 mm. (3.95 in.) ; tail, 34 

 mm. (1.35 in.). Upper parts metallic bronze 

 green, tail bluish green, terminated in black 

 tipped with white, the outer pair of feathers 

 edged with grayish white; underparts spotted 

 white and slate gray producing a scaled effect, the 

 chin, center of breast, and abdomen pure white. 



Bill short, straight, curved at tip. Tail very 

 large and broad, slightly rounded, broader and 

 longer in male ; the tail coverts as long as middle 

 tail feathers. 



The metallic blue, and the broad white tail of 

 the male are very conspicuous. A bird of the 

 jungle, reported from Gatun by Jewel. 



7. Phaeochroa cuvieri cuvieri 



(De Lattre and Bourcier) 



Cuvier's Hummingbird 



Sexes alike. Length, 118 mm. (4.60 in.) ; tail, 

 (Female) 44 mm. (i .75 in.) . Upper parts metallic 

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