HUMMING-BIRD. 777 



I have two fpecimens of this bird, which are near four inches Varieties. 

 in length : in one the whole crown is brown : down the middle 

 of the throat a ftreak of brownj but not glorify : the tail rufous, 

 for two-thirds of its length, with the end dufky black : the tips 

 of all the feathers margined with white on the upper fide, but on 

 the under deeply tipped with the fame colour : the_ two middle 

 feathers are wholly of blue black, gloried with rufous in fome 

 lights. 



The other has the crown greenifh brown, with a rufous ftreak 

 over each eye : the ftreak down the throat dufky, and much 

 broader than in the firft : rump and under tail coverts pale rufous. 



Thefe came from 'Tobago, and feem clearly to be in fome of the Place. 



progreffive ftages towards perfection, if not females ; which laft 

 is not unlikely from the ends of the tail being white. 



L'Oifeau-mouche a ventre blanc de Cayenne, Sri/, orn. iii. p. 707. N c 8. 



t. 36. f. 7 . 

 La Cravate doree, Suf. oi/. vi. p. 25. 



L'Oifeau-mouche a cravate doree de Cayenne, PL enl. 672. f. 3. -._ 

 Guainumbi prima fpecies, Raii/yn. p. 82. N° 1. & p. 187. N° 42. 

 Marcgrave's firft fpecies of Humming-bird, Will. orn. p. 231. N° 1. 

 The larger Humming-bird, Sloan. Jam. p. 308. N° 39. 



T ENGTH three inches and three quarters. The bill ten lines 

 long ; the upper mandible black ; the lower white, with a 

 black tip : the upper parts of the body are gold green, gloffed 

 with copper; the under parts white : thighs brown: wings as 

 ufual: tail black, with a polilhed fteel glofs : legs and claws 

 black. Buffon adds, that it has a dafh of gold down the throat, 



5 G which 



43- 

 GOLD- 

 THROATED 

 H.B. 



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