SCALY-THROATED HUMMING-BIRD. 



lar, that the same species might almost be made by a 

 change of colour on the same engraving. The colour 

 of the body is of a rich green. The throat, where 

 the amethystine patch of the former is placed, is a 

 pure white, but the base of each feather is distinctly 

 marked with a deep shade of grey, which gives a 

 scaly appearance to that part, and from whence Tem- 

 minck has taken the character for his name ; a white 

 line is continued along the centre of the lower parts, 

 and joins the tail-coverts of the same colour. It* 

 native country is also Brazil. 



WHITE-THROATED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus albicollis VIEILLOT. 



Oiseau-mouche a gorge blanche ; Trochilus albicollis, Tem- 

 minck, Planches Coloriees, 203 Lesson, Histoire Natu- 

 relle des Oiseaux-mouches, pi. Ixiii. 



ANOTHER species, also corresponding in form 

 with the last. There is, however, a considerable 

 difference in Lesson and Temminck's representa- 

 tion of the same bird, the first making the white 

 patch appear in the middle of the breast, the lat- 

 ter placing it where the scaly feathers are in the 

 preceding. The rest of the plumage is of a bright 

 green, except the centre of the belly, and under 

 tail-coverts, which have the same mesial line with 

 the others. The tail is scarcely so much forked as 

 in the last ; the two centre feathers are entirely 



