310 CAYENNE FORK-TAILED HUMMING-BIHD. 



having placed it, after the example of Dr. Latham, 

 among the curve-billed species, while Monsr. Viel- 

 lot, on the contrary, ranks it in the strait-billed 

 division. 



CAYENNE FORK-TAILED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus forcipatus. T. viridi-aureus, capite collogue violaccis, 

 abdomine macula alba, cauda chalybea bifurca. Lath. ind. orn. 



Gold-green Humming-Bird, with violet head and neck, abdomen 

 marked by a white spot, and forked tail. 



Trochilus macrourus. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 



I/Oiseau-mouche a longue queue couleur d'acier bruni. Buff, 

 ois. 



Cayenne Fork-tailed rtumming-Bird. Lath. syn. 



DESCRIBED by Buffon. Length six inches: the 

 body, both above and below, is of a bright green- 

 gold colour, with a white spot on the lower part of 

 the belly : the head and neck are of a fine violet- 

 blue; the wings violet-black, and the tail blue- 

 black with the lustre of polished steel : it is also 

 very strongly forked, the feathers lengthening 

 gradually from the middle feathers to the end ones, 

 which are longer by two inches than those of the 

 middle. Native of Cayenne. 



