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Black-breasted Humming-Bird, Lath.' Le Haitien, 

 Less. Col. xii. Above, golden-green ; throat with an 

 emerald-green gorget ; centre of the breast and belly 

 black ; vent with a white band ; tail purple-brown, 

 with green reflections. Young, with the under parts 

 white, from the throat dull black, tail tipped with 

 white. Inhabits Guiana, St Domingo. 



3. L. VIRIDIS Colibri cyanure. Trochilus viridis, Less. 



Col. xi. Plumage of the body uniform dull emerald- 

 green ; tail deep steel-blue. Inhabits Porto- Rico. 



4. L. AURULENTUS, The Aurulent Humming-Bird. Tro- 



chilus aurulentus, Less. Col. xvi. xvii. xviii. xix. 

 Aurulent Humming-Bird, Lath. Above, golden- 

 green ; throat with a gorget, topaz-yellow ; belly deep 

 black ; vent with a white band ; tail brownish- purple, 

 with green reflections, in form rather forked. Fe- 

 male and young beneath grey ; no gorget, tail round- 

 ed, outer feathers tipped with white. Inhabits Por- 

 to Rico. 



5. L. HOLOSERICEUS, Green Black-bellied Humming-Bird. 



Trochilus holoseiiceus, Lo^A. Green Black-bellied 

 Humming-Bird, Edw. xxxvi. Le Caraibe, Less. Col. 

 xx. Above, golden-green ; gorget emerald-green ; 

 breast with a blue transverse band ; belly deep brown- 

 ish-black; tail steel-blue. Inhabits St Thomas, 

 and Porto Rico. 



PL. XXIV. XXV. VOL. II. 6. L. FELLA, Topaz-throated 

 Humming-Bird. Linn., Shaw, Lath. Le Colibri 

 topaz, Less. Col. i. iii. iv. v. Plumage rich brown- 

 ish-orange, varied with lake-coloured reflections ; 

 gorget emerald green, varying to topaz-yellow, sur- 

 rounded by a shade of black ; tail chestnut. Female 

 bright green, the gorget brown. Inhabits Guiana. 



PL. XXX. Voc. I 7. L. MELLIVORUS, White-collared 

 Humming-Bird. -Edw. xxxv. iMth. Le Jacobine, 

 Buff. Less. O. M. xxi. xxii. Head, throat, and gorget 

 deep brilliant blue; the under parts, and a collar 

 round the back, pure white ; upper parts and sides 

 green ; tail pure white, with a narrow band of white 

 at the tip. Female, above green, beneath greyish- 



