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Covert-feathers of the tail, both above and beneath, 

 are of a fine blue colour: the wings are of a fine 

 dark green, with a gloss like polished gold when 

 exposed to the sun : the insides of the wings are 

 also green, but not so bright as the outer : the 

 legs are short in proportion, as in all this kind : 

 both legs and feet are dusky or blackish." 

 . There can be little doubt that the Garnet- 

 Throated Humming-Bird of Dr. Latham is the same 

 species. The specimen measured four inches and 

 a quarter : the head, neck, back, and tail were of 

 a very dark green, appearing blackish in some 

 lights and glossy green in others : the wing-coverts 

 and upper tail-coverts the same : the quills dusky; 

 the belly, thighs, and vent black, with a very faint 

 greenish gloss : the throat, from the chin to the 

 breast, of a fine deep garnet colour, appearing 

 very glossy in some directions. Dr. Latham adds 

 that the supposed female is similar to the male, 

 but has the throat green-gold instead of garnet, 

 colour. 



VAR. ? 

 Le Grenat. Buff, et Viell. 



This, which Monsr. Viellot considers as the 

 same species with the preceding, is described by 

 Buffon under the name of Le Grenat. It measures, 

 according to this author, five inches in total length, 

 the bill measuring ten or twelves lines : the cheeks, 

 just beneath the eye, the sides and lower part of 



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