TKOCHILUS. 



f VlOLACEUS. Dark purplc-violct, glofly on the forc- 

 ' parts, with green and gold wings and tail, the latter tinged 

 i with black. The violet humming-bird of Latham. Native 

 ; ©f Cayenne. 



Maculatus. See Guttuualis. 

 ' PuNCTULATUS. Gold-green, with blacki/h wings ; 

 1 Ihoulders and back fpotted with white, and brown tail with 

 , white tip. The fpotted humming-bird of Latham. Native 

 ' of Mexico, where it is called " Hoitzitzil." 



Albus. See Gutturalis, of which it is a variety. 



■ AURANTIUS. Brown, with orange head ; yellow throat 



' ^nd breaft, purple wings, and ferruginous tail. The 



orange-headed humming-bird of Latham. Native of South 



America. 



Flavifrons. Green, with yellow front, and black 

 wings and tail. The yellow-fronted humming-bird of La- 

 tham, and yellow-fronted honey-fucker of Pennant. 



Venustissimus. See Cvaneus. 



Margaritaceus. Bright-green, pearl-grey beneath, 

 with the tail fteel-blue at the bafe, purple-brown in the 

 middle, and white at the tip. The grey-necked humming- 

 bird of Latham. Conjeftured by Dr. Shaw to be female ? 



HiRsuTUs. See Brasiliensis. 



Multicolor. See Histrio. 



CiNEREUs. Green-gold, afli-coloured beneath, with 

 violet-brown wings, and rounded fteel-blue tail with white 

 tips. The afh-bellied humming-bird of Latham. 



Gularis. Gold-green ; white beneath, with blackifh 

 wings and tail, and deep-blue throat and vent. Probably a 

 native of South America. 



FuLVUS. Yellow, with the tail-feathers and covers thick ; 

 beneath brownifli. A native of South America. 



Varius. Green-gold ; beneath whitifh-brown, with a 

 double peftoral band green-blue and blood-red. Found in 

 South America. 



Cyanurus. Green ; cinereous beneath, with the throat, 

 breaft, and two very long middle tail-feathers blue. The 

 blue-tailed humming-bird of Latham. Native of New 

 Spain. 



FuRClFER. Green-gold, with brown wings ; white throat, 

 and gloffy blue-green breaft and forked tail. Native of Pa- 

 raguay. 



Maximus. Green-gold, with white throat, ferruginoHS 

 vent, and blue crown, quill and tail-feathers. Etelberg's 

 humming-bird of Latham. 



Capensis. Green, with long middle tail-feathers, and 

 blue wing-coverts. Ekelberg's humming-bird of Latham. 



Chrysobronchos. Gold-green, with very bright throat 

 and breaft ; fubferruginous wings, and white-edged tail. 

 Native of Guiana. 



Sparganurus. Gold-green, with emerald throat, and 

 black forked tail, with a gold-crimfon bar acrofs the fea- 

 thers. The bar-tailed humming-bird. A very beautiful 

 fpecies, faid to be a native of Peru. 



Porphyrurus. Brown, with velvet-black throat, and 

 purple neck-ftripes and tail. A variety of the mango, ac- 

 cording to Latham. Native of South America and the 

 Weft India iflands. 



Gutturalis. Green-gold, with emerald throat ; whitifli- 

 rufous on each fide ; black breaft, and black abdominal 

 ftripe. The T. gularis of Latham ; and maculatus of 

 Gmelin. The green-throated humming-bird of Latham. 



NiTiDUS. Violet-tailed humming-bird of Latham, and 

 T. albus of Gmelin's Linnaeus. Suppofed by Shaw to be 

 a variety of the preceding. 



Bra.siliensis. Gold-green ; rufefcent beneath, with 

 violet-brown wings and tail ; the latter tipped with white, 



and white-feathered legs. The rufous-bellied hummmg-bird 

 of Latham. The T. hh-futus of Gmelin's Linnius. An 

 elegant fpecies. Native of Brafil. 



Fasciatus. Green-gold, with rufous undulations; 

 blackifti-rufous head ; and a black band edged with white 

 along each fide of the body. Banded humming-bird. Na- 

 tive of Paraguay. 



PuNCTATUS. Gold-green ; beneath brownilh undulated 

 with white ; with fubviolaceous wings, and tail white at the 

 bafe and tip. Scalloped humming-bird, ftrongly allied to 

 the Mango, and it is not impoffible, fays Dr. Shaw, that it 

 may be the young, in its firft year's plumage. 



AuREO-viRiDis. Gold-green, with blacki/h wings ; 

 and fteel-blue tail with white tip. Native of the Weft 

 India iflands. 



AuRULENTUS. Dark gold-green, with brighter throat 

 and fhoulders ; black breaft, brown abdomen, and fubviola- 

 ceous tail. A native of the iftand of Porto- Rico. 



Trimaculatus. Gold-green ; black beneath, with 

 three white fpots on each fide ; brown quill-feathers, and 

 fteel-blue tail. Native of South America. Dr. Shaw con- 

 jeftures that this may be only a variety of T. mango, 

 holofericeus, or peftoralis. 



Elegans. Gold-green, with black breaft ; violet-black 

 wings ; and greenifti-black forked tail. Native of St. 

 Domingo. 



Histrio. Brown, with gold-green crown, throat, breaft, 

 and fhoulders ; red belly, and blue cheeks. The harlequin 

 humming-bird of Latham and Shaw, and the multicolor of 

 Latham and others. A highly elegant fpecies, and re- 

 markable for its variety of colours. Native country un- 

 certain. 



Cristatellus. Green, with fhining gold-green creft ; 

 and black wings and tail. Gilt-crefted humming-bird of 

 Latham. A fmall and ckgant fpecies, much allied to the 

 T. exilis. 



* * Withjlraight Bills. 



Platurus. Gold-green, with brown belly, quill-fea- 

 thers, and tail ; the two middle tail-feathers naked with 

 webbed tips. The racket-tailed humming-bird of Latham. 

 This is a rare fpecies, and a native of South America. 



Latipennis, orCAMPYLOPTERLS of Linn. Gmcl. Gold- 

 green ; grey beneath, with brown wings and tail ; and the 

 (hafts of the greater quill-feathers dilated and iiicurvated. 

 The broad-fliafted humming-bird of Latham. One of the 

 larger humming-birds, a native of Cayenne, and a very rare 

 fpecies. 



AuRiTL'.s. Gold-green ; white beneath, with fliglitly 

 elongated violaceous ear -feathers, black wings, and lateral 

 tail-feathers. The violet -eared humming-bird of Latham ; 

 an elegant fpecies. Native of Cayenne. Gmelin mentions 

 a variety with a purple band below the eyes, a large area 

 near the ears, below which is a green-blue fpot. 



Mt'LLlvoRUS. Gold-green, with blue head, neck, and 

 breaft, and white nuchal bar, abdomen and tail. White- 

 bellied humming-bird of Edwards and Latham. Native o£ 

 South America, and not uncommon in C.<yennc. The 

 T. fimbriatus, or fpotted-necked humming-bird of Latham 

 and Gmel. Linn, is fuppofed to be a variety. Tliere are 

 alfo otlier varieties mentioned by VieUot. 



OuRi.ssiA. Gold-grccn, with blue back, breaft, and 

 belly ; brown quill-feathers, and golden-brown tail. The 

 green and blue humming-bird of Edwards and Latham. 

 Native of Surinam. N.B. The American word " Ourillia," 

 llo-nifying a fun-beam, is applied by fome of the earlier 

 writers to certain fpecies of humming-birds, on account of 



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