298 HUMMING-BIRD. 



A.— Polytmus elegans, Vieill. Am.W. p. 72. 



Hausse-col vert a Queue fourchue, 0\s. dor. i. p. 32. pi. 14. 



White-legged fork-tailed Humming-Bird, Shaw's Zool. viii. 311. Nat. Misc. pi. 397. 



This is green above; throat, sides of the neck, and body, very 

 bright fine green ; on the breast a velvet black spot, extending on 

 the belly ; tail blackish green, and forked ; bill shorter than in the 

 Violet-tailed, two-thirds of the under part white ; legs white. 



From St. Domingo. 



B. — In the Leverian Museum a further Variety, having the nape 

 and neck behind very dark green, with a broad zone of fine red 

 purple, encircling the beginning of the back, and the breast ; quills 

 brown ; belly and tail black, the latter glossed with blue, and 

 forked ; the outer feather one inch and a half long ; the two middle 

 ones only three quarters of an inch. 



10 — SCISSARS-TAILED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Le Bec-fleurs a Queue en ciseaux, Voy. d'Azara, iv. No. 299. 

 Scissars-tailed Humming-Bird, Shaw's Zool. viii. 280. 



LENGTH five inches and one-third. Bill black ; general colour 

 of the plumage glossy green ; crown brown ; chin, throat, and fore 

 part of the neck white, with a speck of black on each feather ; the 

 lower part of the neck and breast glossy blue ; tail blue, glossed 

 with green. 



Inhabits Paraguay. One similar in General Davies's collection, 

 with the crown, nape, and neck behind, greenish brown ; back, 

 breast, and belly, blue; tail dull violet, forked. 



