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with a black tip : the upper parts of the body are of a dull 

 brown, with a mixture of yellowifh brown : the under parts pale ' 

 eheftnut, marked with fome blackifh fpots on the breaft : on each 

 fide of the head is a longitudinal band of dull brown, placed be- 

 neath the eyes : the two middle tail feathers are brown ; the fide 

 ones violet brown : legs and claws black. Edwards obferves 

 that, contrary to all others of the genus, it has not the leaft fhin- 

 ing luftre on any part of its plumage. 



Inhabits Surinam and Guiana. Places. 



Trochilus mofchitus, Lin. Syft. i. p. 192. N° 14. — Muf. Adolp. ii. p. 24. g 



L'Oifeau-mouche a gorge topaze du Brefil, Brif. orn. iii. p„ 699. N° 3. RUBY-NECKED 



t. 37. f. 1.— PL enl. 227. f. z. H. B. 



Le Rubis-topaze, Buf. oif. vi, p. 19. 

 Guainumbi major. Rait Syn. p. 83. N° 8. 

 Colibri, N° 3. Ferm. Defer, de Surinam, vol. ii. p. 196. 

 Marcgrave's eighth fpecies of Humming-bird, Will. orn. p. Z3Z. N" 8. 

 Trochilus with a ferruginous tail, &c. Bancr. Guian. p. 168. 



^TpHIS, fays Marcgrave, is the raoft beautiful of all the Hum- Description. 



ming-birds : total length three inches four lines. Bill eight 

 lines long, and blackifh : the top of the head, and hind part of 

 the neck, are as bright as a ruby, and of the fame colour : the 

 upper parts of the body are brown*, with a faint mixture of 

 green gold : the throat, and fore part of the neck, are the colour 

 of the molt brilliant topaz : the belly, fides, and thighs, are 

 brown ; but on the lower part of the belly, on each fide, is a 

 fpot of white : the tail is rufous purple, inclining to violet at 



* Fermin calls the colour of the body a deep red, and that of the tail orange. 



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