]86 HARLEQUIN HUMMING-BIRD. 



drawing in the possession of General Davis, correspDnd- 

 ing and evidently done from an individual of the same 

 species, there will be no doubt of its existence. We 

 give Dr Latham's description in his own words. 

 " Length, four inches and a half; bill bent, one inch 

 and a quarter in length, and brown ; crown of the 

 head, chin, breast, and middle of the back, green ; 

 from the bill through the eyes, a fine blue stripe, pass- 

 ing almost to the nape ; the lower part of this edged 

 with black ; upper parts of the body and wings, brown ; 

 belly and vent, the colour of cinnebar, but not glossy, 

 like the rest of the plumage ; tail even at the end, and 

 brown ; legs, pale brown." 



