<290 VIOLET HUMMING-BIRD. 



the neck, and the throat as far as the breast, are of 

 a fine bright garnet-colour : the upper part of the 

 head, the back, as well as the under parts of the 

 body are of a velvety black : the wings and tail of 

 the same colour, but gilded with a green gloss. 



It is probable that a mistake is made by Buffon 

 in the above description ; and that instead of five 

 the length should have been stated at four inches. 

 Monsr. Viellot's specimen measured four inches' 

 French, and agrees in all respects with the de- 

 scription of Edwards, except that the throat is less 

 bright, being of a purple red, with a slight gilded 

 gloss, and that the beak seems somewhat less 

 curved. Native of South America* 



VIOLET .HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus violaceus. T. atropurpureo-violaceus, antice nitens, alts 



caudaque viridi-aureis rectridbus afro suffusis. 

 Dark purple- violet Humming-Bird, glossy on the foreparts, witft 



green-gold wings and tail, the latter tinged with black. 

 Trochilus violaceus. T. curvirostrzs atro-violaceus, gutturc pec~ 



toreque violaceo-nitentibus, alis caudaque viridi-aureis, rectridbus 



afro wntaminatis. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Polytmus Cayanensis violaceus. Briss. av. 

 Le Colibri violet. Buff. ois. PL Enl. 600. /. 2. 

 Violet Humming-Bird. Lath. syn. 



DESCRIBED by Brisson: length four inches and 

 a quarter : bill long in proportion to the bird, and 

 black : the whole bird, except the wings and tail> 



