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AURULENT HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus aurulentus. T. obscure aurco-viridi*, gula humerisquc 

 lucidiurihus, pectore nigro, abdominefusco, cauda subviolacea. 



Dark ^old-green Humming-Bird, with brighter throat and 

 shoulders, black breast, brown abdomen, and subviolaceous 

 tail. 



Trochilus aurulentus. Le Hausse-col dore. Viell.pl. 12. 13. 



GREATLY allied to the Black-breasted Hum- 

 ming-Bird, but the beak rather shorter in pro- 

 portion. Colour of the crown of the head and 

 back obscure gold-green : the rump and two mid- 

 dle tail-feathers green, the remaining ones violet, 

 tipped and edged with blue: the throat and smaller 

 wing-coverts bright gold-green, the sides of the 

 neck tinged with steel-blue: the breast black, 

 growing brown on the abdomen, the sides of which 

 have a slightly gilded cast: the wings violet-brown. 

 The female, according to Audebert, diffeis con- 

 siderably from the male, being of a bright gold- 

 green above, and deep ash-grey beneath: the quills 

 violet-brown, the two middle tail-feathers dull 

 brownish gold-green, the rest ferruginous at the 

 base, then violet-black, with white tips. This 

 species is a native of the island of Porto-Rico, 

 where it is not uncommon. 



