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BLUE-TAILED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus cyanurus. T. viridis subtus cinereus, gula pectore nc- 



tricibusque duabus mediis longissimis cceruleis. 

 Green Humming-bird, cinereous beneath, with the throat, breast, 



and two very long middle tail-feathers blue. 

 Avis ex Nova Hispania Yayanquitototl dicta. Seb. 1 . p. 84. 



MI*/.;, 



Blue-tailed Humming-Bird. Lath. syn. 



THIS also is given on the authority of Seba, 

 who informs us that the upper parts of the body 

 and wings are of an elegant green colour, deepest 

 on the back and smaller tail-feathers : the face and 

 throat are blue, and the two middle tail-feathers, 

 which far exceed the rest in length, are blue also : 

 the abdomen grey, and the bill and legs yellowish : 

 the bill is considerably curved, and the length of 

 the whole bird is, according to the figure, about 

 eight inches and a quarter. Native of New Spain. 



