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stripe beneath the belly, the sides of which are 

 whitish intermixed with green-gold : the tail 

 viewed from beneath is violet-lilac for two thirds of 

 its length, the remainder black. Monsr. Aude- 

 bert observes that he has seen many individuals of 

 this species, all agreeing in colour, except in the 

 white neck-stripes, which are either more or lesg 

 tinged with rufous. 



VAU.? 

 VIOLET-TAILED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus nitklus. T. curvirostris viridi-auratus, subtus albus, 

 gula media fusco-viridi, cauda violacea, rectricibus tribus extcri* 

 oribus apice albis. Lath. ind. orn. 



Violet-tailed Humming-Bird. Lath. ind. orn. 



Le Colibri a queue violette. Andeb. pL 11. Buff. ois. PI. 

 Enl. 67 1./. 2. 



Trochilus albus. Lin. Gmel. 



THIS seems to be a mere variety of the preced- 

 ing, from which it differs in having a black stripe 

 down the throat instead of the brilliant green one 

 in the gutturalis: the tail is violet, the side-fea- 

 thers edged with dusky, and tipped with white. 



