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RUBY-HEADED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus moschilus. T.fusco-purpureus, subtus nigricans, verticc 



aurco-rubineo, gula topuzina, cauda apicc nigra. 

 Purple-browti Humming-Bird, blackish beneath, with ruby-gold 



crown, topazine throat, and black-tipped tail. 

 Trochilus moschitus. rectirostris viridi-aureus, rectricibus cequa- 



libus .ferrugincis ; cxtimis apice fuscis, remigibus nigris. Lin. 



Syst. Nat. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Avis Colibri Americana omnium minima Thauraantias dicta. Self. 



l.p.6l. t.3?.f.4. 

 Le Rubis-topaze. Buff. ois. PI. Enl. 227. /. 2. Viell. pi. ig. 



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Ruby-necked Humming-Bird. Lath. syn. 

 Trochilus elatus. T. rectirostris virescente-aureus, rectricibut 



aqualibus ferrugineis, apicc nigris, pileo rubro cristato. Lin. 



Syst. Nat. Lath. ind. orn. 



Ruby-crested Humming-Bird. Edw. pi. 344. Lath. syn. 

 Oiseau-mouche a gorge topaze. PI. Enl. 640. f. 1. 

 Trochilus galeritus. ? Lath. ind. orn. Molin. Chil. p.21Q. 

 T. Guianensis. ? ? Lath. ind. orn. 



T. Carbunculus. ? ? Lath. ind. orn. L'Escarboucle. Rvff. ois. 

 T. Bancroft i. ? ? Lath. ind. orn. 



THIS is one of ttye most beautiful of the strait- 

 billed Humming-Birds. Its general length, from the 

 tip of the bill to that of the tail, is about four inches 

 and a half: the upper parts of the body are of a 

 very deep reddish brown ; the under parts black- 

 ish brown : the crown of the head lucid purple or 

 ruby-colour, accompanied by a golden gloss ; the 

 feathers scale-shaped, and so disposed as to give 

 the appearance of a crest, more or less conspicuous 

 in different individuals : the whole region of the 



