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RED-BREASTED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus jugularis. T. Hindi- aureus fusco-cyaneo tine t us, guht 

 pecforeque sanguine is, abdomine nigricante, cauda cequali. 



Gold-green Humoring-Bird, with a tinge of dusky blue, with 

 blood-red throat and breast, blackish abdomen, and even tail. 



Trochilus jugularis. T. curvirostris ccerulescens, rectricibus cequa- 

 libus, collo subtus sanguineo. Lin. Syst. Nat. Lath. ind. orn. 



Red-breasted Humming-Bird. Edw.pl. iQQ.f. 1. Lath. syn. 



1'rochilus granatinus. Lath. ind. orn. Garnet- throated Hum- 

 ming-Bird. Lath. syn. 



Le Colibri a gorge carniin. Buff. ois. 



Le Grenat. Bujf. ois. Viell. colibr. pi. 4. 



Trochilus auratus. Lin. Gmel. 



Certhia prasinoptera ? Sparm. Mus. Carls. Lath. ind. orn. 



THIS species, which seems to vary a little in in- 

 tensity of colour as well as in size in different in- 

 dividuals, measures about four inches and a half in 

 length, and is of a deep green-gold colour on the 

 upper parts, and dusky or black beneath, except 

 on the throat, which, to a considerable distance 

 on each side and down the neck, is of a deep red 

 or garnet-colour: the quill-feathers of the wings 

 are dusky : the bill and legs black. " The bill, 

 says Edwards, is more bowed down than is com- 

 mon in this genus : the sides of the head, and the 

 throat, as far as the breast, are of a fine red or 

 carmine-colour ; the top of the head, upper side of 

 the neck, the belly, thighs, and tail are of a dusky 

 brown or black, mixed with a little fringing of 

 blue on the edges of the feathers ; the rump and 



