LITTLE AMETHYSTINE HUMMING-BIRD. 8i) 



without any trace of the white band on the rump ; 

 the tail is rounded at the end, and is dark olive- 

 brown, the centre feathers having a greater tinge of 

 green than upon the others, the whole are tipped 

 with a narrow band of the same colour with the 

 upper parts. The throat and fore part of the neck 

 are white, interspersed with the young scaly bright- 

 ly coloured feathers ; and the belly and vent are 

 pale reddish-brown, having a slight indication of the 

 crescent band. In all the young species, the wings 

 reach to about the middle of the tail ; and it is a cu- 

 rious circumstance, that, in the adults, it should as- 

 sume a deeply forked shape, and that the young fea- 

 thers should appear in the very reverse form. The 

 next bird belonging to the " Amethysts," is the 



