BROWN-CROWNED HUMMING-BIRD. 133 



bill is straight, and comparatively short. We give 

 the description with the intention of calling attention 

 to the species. 



BROWN-CROWNED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus hypophceus LATHAM. 



The Brown-crowned Humming- Bird, Latham, General His- 

 tory, iv. p. 331 Colibri de Prevost jeune, Trochilus Pre- 

 vostii, Lesson, Histoire Naturelle des Colibris, pi. xxiv. 



THE length is from three to four inches. The 

 head and space around the eyes is clear yellowish- 

 brown. The upper parts are brownish-green ; the 

 lower grey, shading into white, where they join the 

 green of the upper. The centre of the throat is 

 marked with a longitudinal patch of deep-black. 

 The under tail-coverts are green, tipped with white. 

 The tail is rounded, and, except the centre feathers, 

 is of a deep blackibh-brown, and at the tips white. 

 Lesson did not know whence the species he copied 

 was brought. Those described by Dr Latham were 

 received from Tobago. 



