HUMMING-BIRD. 1$9> 



are rather fhorter than the others ; all of them are rufous, with 

 gilded greenilh brown margins : legs and claws black. 



Inhabits Brafil and Guiana. Place. 



Trochilus colubris, Lin. Syft.i. p. 191. N° 12. 



35- 



L'Oifeau-mouche a gorge rouge de la Caroline, Brif. em. iii. p. 716. -t-RED- 



N° 13. t. 36. f. 6. the male ; f. 35. the female. THROATED 



Le Rubis, Buf. off. vi. p. 13. ' ' 



Humming-bird, Catejb. Car. i. t. 65. 



Red-throated Humming-bird, Ed-uu. i. t. 38. male and female >~*Amer. 

 Zeol. N° 



jSr. Ma/. Lev. Muf. 



[ENGTH three inches and one-third : bill three quarters of d 1SCR iption. 



an inch. The male is green gold on the upper part, with a .. 



changeable copper glofs ; the under parts grey : the throat, and 

 fore part of the neck, of a ruby colour ; in fome lights as bright as 

 fire itfelf 5 viewed Tideways appears mixed with gold ; and beneath 

 looks of a dull garnet colour : the two middle feathers of the tail 

 are the fame as the plumage on the upper part of the body j the 

 others of a purplifh brown : the tail a trifle forked. 



The female differs chiefly in not having the beautiful ruby Female. 



throat, but inftead, has only a few obfcure fmall brown fpotsj 

 and all the outer tail feathers are tipped with white, which arc 

 plain in the male *. 



The bill and legs are black in both fexes. 



* Many fpecimens have all the under parts white, and are lefs in fize ; but 

 whether females or young birds ii not certain. 



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