HUMMING-BIRD. 



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and fore part of the neck white, down the middle of which was a 

 ftripe of black from the chin to the breaft, 



Largeft or blackeft Humming-bird, Kaiifyn. p. 187. N° 43.—- Sloan. Jam. 

 p. 308. N 9 40. 



Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



T ENGTH four inches. Bill an inch, fomewh at curved, and 

 black : the upper part of the body blackifh green ; the ends 

 of the feathers margined with copper ; but this is not brilliant, 

 nor does it appear at all glofTy, except in particular lights, hav- 

 ing for the moft part the appearance of dufky black : the chin, 

 fore part of the neck, and breaft, are purple and glofTy : down the 

 middle, the whole way from the chin, is a ftripe of black : the 

 belly is dufky : on each fide the vent is a fmall tuft of white fea- 

 thers : the two middle tail feathers, and upper tail coverts, are 

 dark green; the others purple, with a glofs of copper, margined 

 at the tips with black : the legs are black. 



I have received feveral of thefe birds from Jamaica, and have 

 feen them likewife in the collections of others, but cannot think 

 them the fame with the laft defcribed ; indeed, the diftribution of 

 colours is fomewhat the fame, but the colours themfelves are quite 

 different; the bird, therefore, laft defcribed is at leaft a ftrong va- 

 riety, if not a different fpecies* 



F ENGTH fix inches. Bill a little bent, -and black ; the under 



mandible yellow almoft to the tip : the plumage on the 



ypper parts of the body is of a fine glofTy green ; beneath afh- 



colour : 



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