HUMMING-BIRD, 767 



3 2 - 

 Var.. A. 



ENGTH three inches and three quarters. Bill three quarters Description. 

 of an inch, ftrait, dufky; the bafe of the under mandible 

 •white : the head, neck, and upper parts of the body, are green : 

 on the chin a fpot of pale orange: breaft.and belly blue: the 

 quills and tail dufky : legs black. 



From the collection of the But chefs of Portland. It feems to be 

 a variety of the former. 



Le grand Oifeau-mouche de Cayenne, Brif, orn. iii. p 4 722. N° 15. 33. 



t „ f , VIOLET- 



.; 3/ 3 ' .;, „ , . ' EARED 



L Oifeau-mouche a oreilles, Buf. oif. vi. p. 32. jj g_ 



Br. Muf. 



DRISSON defcribes this fpecies in the following manner : — the Description. 



length four inches feven lines : that of the bill eleven lines ; 

 colour black : all the upper parts of the head, neck, and body, are 

 green gold; beneath white : on each fide of the head is a band 

 of black, beginning at the bafe of the bill, paffing under the 

 eyes, and finifhing behind them : behind this band, beneath the 

 ears, is a very fplendid violet fpot : the thighs are brown : four 

 of the middle tail feathers are black, inclining to deep blue, the 

 others white : legs feathered to the toes ; colour of them blackifh : 

 the violet fpot behind the ears is compofed of two tufts of fea- 

 thers ; which are above double the length of the others, beinp- 

 more foft and downy, and the webs very loofe •, thefe are each 

 compofed of five or fix feathers, and are of an amethyftine-blue 

 colour. 



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