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GOLDtGREEX HUMMING- BIRD. 



Trocliilus aurco-viridis. T. aurco-viridis, alis nigricantibus, cauda 



chalybca apice alba, 

 Gold-green Humming-Bird, with blackish wings, and steel-blue 



tail with white tip. 

 Trochilus viridis. Le Colibri vert. ViellotpL 15. 



LENGTH about four inches: colour entirely 

 green-gold, except the quill-feathers, which are 

 blackish, and the tail, which is steel-blue, the 

 eight side-feathers slightly tipped with white. Na- 

 tive of the West-Indian islands. In point of size 

 and habit this bird resembles the Trochilus Mango. 



FEMALE.? 



Trochilus margaritaceus. T. curvirostris viridis nitcns, subtus 



margaritaceo-canus, cauda basi chalybea, medio purpureo-fusca, 



apice alba. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Bright-j;reen Humming-Bird, pearl-grey beneath, with the tail 



steel-blue at the base, purple-brown in the middle, and white 



at the tip. 



Le Plastron blanc. Buff. ois. PI. Enl 680. /. 1 . Viell. pi 16. 

 Grey-necked Humming-Bird. Lath. syn. 



LENGTH about four inches : colour above green- 

 gold : quill-feathers violet-brown : tail deep steel- 

 blue, growing purplish-brown towards the end, 

 where it becomes black with white tips, but the 

 two middle feathers are green-gold : whole under 

 parts pearl-grey, whitest on the throat. 



v. viii. P. i. 20 



