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MANGO HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus mango LINN^US. 

 PLATE XX. 



frochilus mango, Linnceus Mango Humming-Bird, La- 

 tham, General History, iv. p. 310 Shawls Zoology, viii. 

 294 Plastron noir Buffon ; Le Colibri a plastron noir, 

 Lesson, Histoire Naturelle des Colibris, pi. xiii. bis, xiv. 

 xv. 



THIS very common species has been the subject 

 of many descriptions, under different names, from 

 the difference in the appearance of the adult and 

 young. The list of synonyms might be made very 

 long ; but those we have given are sufficient to dis- 

 tinguish the adults. 



The length is about four inches and a quarter: 

 the upper parts, flanks, and under tail-coverts, are 

 bright golden-green, having on the forehead and crown 

 brilliant and distinct reflections with the light. From 

 the chin to the vent there is a stripe of deep velvet- 

 black, which is shaded into the sides with a bril- 

 liant steel-blue : the flank above the insertion of the 

 thighs is barred with a narrow band of white. The 

 tail, of which the feathers are very broad, is rounded 

 at the tip : the centre feathers above are of a bright 



