188 BLACK -BREASTED HUMMING-BIRD. 



The young have also been described under different 

 names ; but a comparison of the present plate with 

 that following, engraved from Lesson's Monograph, 

 will point out the distinction. It has been sent to 

 Europe from Guiana and St Domingo, but will most 

 probably have a wider range. 



The upper parts of the adult male are of a golden 

 green; on the throat there is a patch or gorget of 

 deep and bright emerald green scaly feathers, and 

 which with some lights appear almost black ; this is 

 succeeded with a large patch of dull black occupying 

 the forepart of the breast, whence the name given by 

 Latham ; the belly and flanks are brownish, tinged 

 vrith green, and the vent is white; the wings are 

 powerful ; the shaft of the first quill very strong ; the 

 tail is ample, rounded at the extremity, which is bor- 

 dered with black for a quarter of its length, while the 

 basal half is of a clear purplish brown. 



