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WHITE-LEGGED FORK-TAILED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus elegans. T. aureo-viridis, pectore nigro, alis violacco- 



nigris, cauda f urea fa nigro-Tirtscente. 

 Gold-green Humming-Bird, with black breast, violet black 



wings, and greenish-black forked tail. 

 Trochilus elegans. Le Hausse-col a queue fourchue. Vicll* 



pi. 14. 



LENGTH near five inches : colour green-gold, 

 with black breast, violet-black wings, and greenish- 

 black tail, which latter is deeply forked. Native 

 of St. Domingo, where it was observed by Viellot. 

 It chiefly frequents the borders of large woods, 

 perching on the tops of trees. 



HARLEQUIN HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus Histrio. T.fuscus, vertice gula pectore humerisque viridi- 



aureis, abdomine rubro, gents cyaneis. 

 Brown Humming-Bird, with gold-green crown, throat, breast, 



and shoulders, red belly, and blue cheeks. 

 Trochilus multicolor. T. curvirustrisfuscus, abdomine rubro, rer- 



tice gula pectore dorsoque medio wridibus, ritta per oculos ad 



nucham ccerulea, postice nigro marginafa. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Harlequin Humming-Bird. Lath. syn. Nat. Misc.3* pi. 81. 



A HIGHLY elegant species, and remarkable for 

 the variety of its colours. Length about four 

 inches : bill long for the size of the bird, very 

 slightly bent, and of a pale or yellowish brown 

 colour : crown of the head, throat, neck, breast, 



