LITTLE BROWN HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus ruber. T. subfenugineusfusco submaculatus, rectricibus 



later alibus fusco-violaceis. 

 Subferruginous Humming-Bird, slightly spotted with brown, 



with the side-feathers of the tail violet-brown. 

 Trochilus ruber. T. rectirostris, rectricibus laterulibus violaceia, 



corpore testaceo fusco submaculato. Lin. Syst. Nat. Lath. 



ind. orn. 



Little browu Humming-Bird. Edio. pi. 32. 

 L'Oiseau-mouche pourpre. Buf. ois. 

 Little brown Humming-Bird. Lath. syn. 



DESCRIBED by Edwards from a pair of specimens 

 brought from Surinam. Length rather more than 

 three inches: bill rather long, and slightly bent* : top 

 of the head dull brown, spotted with bright brown : 

 throat, sides of the head, neck, breast, and belly 

 bright bay or dull orange : under the eye a stroke 

 of dark brown, and on the breast some dark spots: 

 back and upper part of the wings dull brown, in- 

 termixed with brighter or yellowish brown : quill 

 and tail-feathers dull purple, except the middle 

 tail-feathers, which are brown. 



* So as to render it doubtful in which division of the genus it 

 should be placed. 



