! - HUMMING-BIRD. 



Femalk. The female has not thefe tufts, nor is the black ftroke under 



the eye fo diftind as in the male ; otherwife it reiembles it in all 

 refpe&s. 

 Place. Thefe birds are natives of Cayenne. 



33. Br. Ma/. 



Var. A. 



Dbscriptiok. T ENGTH five inches. Bill ftrait, dufky ; the bafe of the lower 

 mandible white : the feathers of thecrown are a little elongated, 

 loofe, and green : from the corners of the mouth begins a purplifh 

 fbreak, which panes under the eye, beyond which it fpreads into 

 a broad patch, and finifhes on the ears : beneath this is another 

 patch of greenifh blue, reaching to about the middle of the neck 

 on each fide : the reft of the plumage, on the upper parts of the 

 neck, back, and wing coverts, green : quills dufky : all the un- 

 der parts, from the chin to the vent, are white : the legs dufky. 



-4, L'Oifeau-mouche a gorge rouge de Cayenne, Bri/. orn. iii. p. 720. t. 37. f. 4. 



RUBY- Le Rubis emeraude, Buf. oi/. vi. p. 31. 



TH H°B TED Oifeau-mauche a gorge rouge du Brefil, PI. ml. 276. f. 4. 



Description. ¥ ENGTH above four inches and a quarter. The bill is eleven 

 lines long, and of a black colour : the plumage is green 

 gold, but gloried with copper on the upper parts : the throat is 

 the colour of a glowing ruby, changing to green and gold in 

 different afpe&s : the greater wing coverts are rufous, with violet 

 brown margins : quills the fame : the two middle tail feathers 



are 



