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PUNCTULATED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus punctulatus. T. aureo-viridis, alls nigricantibus, humcri* 



dorsoque albo maculatis, caudafusca apice alba. 

 Gold-green Humming-Bird, with blackish wings; shoulders and 



back spotted with white, and brown tail with white tip. 

 Trochilus punctulatus. Lath. ind. orn. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 

 Zitzil ou Colibri picquete. Buff. ois. 

 Hoizit-ziltototl. Fernand. Mex. p. 705. 

 Spotted Humming-Bird. Lath. syn. 



DESCRIBED by Buffon from Hernandez. Length 

 five inches and a half: colour green-gold, with 

 blackish wings, and marked on the shoulders and 

 back with white specks: the -tail is brown with 

 white tip. Native of Mexico, where it is called 

 by the title of Hoitzitzil. 



BANDED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus fasciatus. T. aureo-viridis rufo undulatus, capitc rufo* 

 nigricante, corpore utrinque fascia nigra albo marginata. 



Green-gold Humming-Bird, with rufous undulations, blackish- 

 rufous head, and a black baud edged with white along each 

 side the body. 



Bec-fleur a bande noir long du corps. Azara Par. 



LENGTH four inches and a quarter: bill a little 

 curved, and rather large for a Humming-Bird : 

 feathers on the upper parts edged with rufous : 

 behind each eye a small white spot, and a velvet- 

 black stripe, bounded on each side by a white one, 



