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PURPLE-CROWNED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus torquatus. T. curvirostris viridis, verticc purpureo, 

 collo inferiore annulo cceruleo, cauda bifurca purpurea. Lath, 

 ind. orn. 



Green Humming-Bird, with purple crown, lower part of neck 

 surrounded by a blue collar, and purple forked tail. 



Purple-crowned Humming-Bird. Lath. syn. 



Purple-crowned Honey-sucker. Penn. Gen. Birds. 



DESCRIBED by Mr. Pennant. Crown purple: 

 throat green: round the whole lower part of the 

 neck a collar of rich deep blue : back green : wings 

 and tail deep purple, the latter forked. Size very 

 small. Native of South America. 



ORANGE-HEADED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus aurantius. T. curvirostris fuscus, capitc aurantio, 

 gutture pectorequcjlavis, alls purpureis, cauda ferruginea. Lath, 

 ind. orn. 



Brown Humming-Bird, with orange head, yellow throat and 

 breast, purple wings, and ferruginous tail. 



Orange-headed Humming-Bird. Lath. ind. orn. 



Orange-headed Honeysucker. Penn. Gen. Birds. 



DESCRIBED from Pennant's Genera of Birds: 

 head orange : throat and breast yellow : back and 

 belly deep brown : wings purple : tail bright fer- 

 ruginous: size said to be very minute. Native 

 of South America. 



