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BLACK-BELLIED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus holoscriceus. T. subaureo-viridii, alisfuscis, cauda at- 



dominequc nigris, fascia pectorali ccerulea. 

 Gilded-green Hummiug-Bird, with brown wings, black tail and 



abdomen, and blue pectoral bar. 

 Trochilus holosericeus. T. curcirostris viridis, rectricibus cequa- 



libus supra nigris, fascia pectorali ccerulea, abdomiue nigro. Lin. 



Syst. Nat. Lath. ind. orn. 



Le Colibri vert et noir. Buff. ois. Viell.pL 6. tt var. 65. 

 Black-bellied Humming-Bird. Edw. pi. 36. 

 Far ? Trochilus maculatus? Miller's III Nat. Hist. pi. 47. f. 1. 



LENGTH four inches or rather more : head, neck, 

 back, and smaller wing-coverts deep gold-green : 

 across the breast a broadish glossy-blue band : 

 quill-feathers deep brown ; rump glossy greenish 

 blue : belly and vent black, with a gloss of red- 

 dish copper-colour on the sides: tail violet-black, 

 the under surface and under coverts blue. In 

 some individuals a white or whitish band crosses 

 the lower part of the belly, while in others a white 

 or whitish spot alone is visible on each side that 

 part. 



Native of Mexico and Guiana. The bird figured 

 at plate 65 of Viellot, under the name of Colibri 

 a vent re noir y seems clearly a variety of the pre- 

 sent species. 



