HUMMING-BIRD. 781 



There is no doubt but the bird in Brijffon, above quoted, is re- 

 lated to this, being no difference, except in the body of his being 

 green ; whereas in the others above defcribed, it is more or lefs 

 inclined to brown. 



4.8'. 



4- TOBAGO 



H. B. 



:' ENGTH four inches. Bill three quarters; colour dufky; the Description. 



under mandible yellow, except at the tip : head, neck, back 

 as far as the middle, and beneath as far as the belly, gloffy green: 

 lower part of the back, rump, and wing coverts, green gloffed 

 with copper : acrofs the lower part of the belly a white bar : 

 thighs white: vent and under tail coverts very pale brown: 

 quills and tail blue black; the laft fomewhat forked : legs black. 



L received this from Tobago. Place, 



Small green and crimfon Humming-bird, Bauer. Guian. p.i68. 



[_^ENGTH little more than two inches. The bill is black, 

 long, and (lender: the feathers' on the neck, back, and upper 

 edges of the wings* have a beautiful pea-green colour : the top of 

 the head is crefted with a fmall tuft of a variable crimfon colour : 

 the feathers of the breaft arelikewife crimfon : and the long fea- 

 thers on the wings- and tail are green, crimfon, and dark purple: 

 the head is fmall, with little, round, black, mining eyes. 



This is Mr. Bancroft's defcription; who adds, that it is the mod 

 frequent of all the Humming-birds in Guiana, and feems pecu-- 

 liar to it. 



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GUIANA. 



H. B. 



Description. 



Black. 



