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GREEN HUMMING-BIRD. 

 Trochilus viridis. AUDEBERT & VIEILLOT. 



Trochilus viridis, Audebert, Oiseaux dorees Colibri cya- 



nure, Lesson, Histoire Naturelle des Colibris, pi. xi. 



THIS species, more sombre-looking than usual, is 

 about four inches and a half in length. The whole 

 plumage of the body is of an emerald-green, with- 

 out much reflection, except upon the upper tail-co- 

 verts, and the tint is nearly of one shade on every part: 

 the tail, which is of the same form with the two pre- 

 ceding, is entirely of a steel-blue, having the outer 

 edge of the last feathers relieved with a narrow 

 fringe of white. The only specimen with which M. 

 Lesson is acquainted came from Porto Rico. 



