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on the sides of the neck the green and white are intermixed 

 irregularly ; tail green, without the long feathers, and the tips of 

 all, but the two middle, white for almost half the length. 



Inhabits Jamaica, Guiana, and other southern parts of America. 

 According to Albin, the nest is made of cotton. 



In Mr. Woodford's drawings is one, with the forehead, between 

 the bill and eye, and the chin, dusky black, mixed with green ; body 

 in general dull green ; neck behind and shoulders inclined to brown ; 

 quills and tail black ; the tail two inches long, hollowed out in the 

 middle, with two long feathers exceeding the rest by three inches ; 

 bill, from the gape, one inch and a quarter ; legs black. 



9 —LESSER FORKED-TAILED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus furcatus, Ind. Orn. i. 304. Gm. Lin. i. 486. 



Mellisuga Jamaicensis violacea cauda bifurca, Bris. iii. 732. t. 37. 6. Jd.8vo.ii. p. 40. 



Oiseau-mouche violet a Queue fourchue, Buf. vi. 37. PI. enl. 599. 2d Var. Ois. dor. 



i. 71. pi. 34. 

 Lesser Fork-tailed Humming Bird, Gen. Syn.'u. 751. 



LENGTH four inches. Bill black, but little curved; top of the 

 head and neck gilded green ; back and neck glossy violet blue ; 

 throat and lower part of the back gilded green ; lesser wing coverts 

 violet, the greater green gold ; quills and tail black ; the two outer 

 feathers of the latter longer than the others, making it appear forked ; 

 but these are only one inch and a half in length, and the two middle 

 no more than eight lines; legs blackish. 



Inhabits Jamaica, Brazil, and Cayenne. 



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