304 SCALLOPED HUMMINGBIRD. 



from the corners of the bill to the tail, which ia 

 reddish-violet, all the side-feathers being tipped with 

 white, and above the white tip a deep blue spot. 

 Native of Paraguay. Monsr. Azara observes that 

 some individuals are of somewhat smaller size, 

 and have no ferruginous edging or mixture on the 

 feathers. 



SCALLOPED HUMMING-BIRD. 



iVocliilus putictatus. T. aureo-viridis, subtus subfuscus albo w- 

 duhitu.s, alls subviulaceis, cauda basi apiceque alba. 



Gold-green Humming-bird, beneath brownish undulated with 

 white, with sub violaceous wings, and tail white at the base and 

 tip. 



Le Colibris a ventre piquete. Viell. pL 8 



LENGTH four inches: colour of the upper parts 

 green-gold: of the under pale brown, finely scal- 

 loped with white, the feathers being edged with 

 that colour ; but beneath the throat they are grey, 

 bordered with brown : the quill-feathers are dark 

 violet-brown, the two middle tail-feathers green- 

 gold, and the side-feathers black with white tips 

 and base ; appearing, when the tail is closed, as if 

 white with a large black spot towards the end. 



In its habit and proportions Monsr. Viellot ob- 

 serves that this bird seems most strongly allied to 

 the Mango Humming-Bird, of which it is not im- 

 possible that it may be the young, in its first year's 

 plumage. 



