HUMMING-BIRD. 305 



Inhabits the warmer parts of America with the others. A fine 

 specimen in the Museum of Mr. Bullock. This bird has the shape 

 of the bill, much resembling that of the Grey-necked, and notwith- 

 standing it appears to diner in many particulars, it may perhaps be 

 allied to that species. 



21. —WEDGE-TAILED HUMMING-BIRD. 



LENGTH four inches. Bill one inch, curved, dusky, under 

 mandible pale ; plumage above glossy brown, in some lights ap- 

 pearing gilded ; beneath from the chin fine rufous, paler on the 

 belly ; chin dusky ; over the eyes a rufous streak ; vent and under 

 tail coverts white ; quills dusky ; tail greatly cuneiform, the outer 

 feathers very short ; the two middle ones one inch and a half long, 

 brownish bronze, with white ends, the others much the same, the 

 ends also white, and the two exterior rufous at the tips ; legs pale. 



In the collection of Mr. Bullock ; it was entitled Queue dePaon. 



22.— GREEN-THROATED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus gularis, Ind. Orn. i. 306. 



— maculatus, Gm. Lin. i. 488. 



Colibri a cravate verte, Buf. vi. 56. Ois. dor. i. 25. pi. 10. 

 ■ a gorge verte de Cayenne, PL enl. 671. 1. 



Green-throated Humming-Bird, Gen. Syn. ii. 755. 



LENGTH about five inches. Bill one inch ; plumage on the 

 upper parts and tail deep gilded green ; on the throat a dash of very 

 bright emerald-green, growing broader on the fore part of the neck; 

 on the breast a black spot; sides of the throat, and neck rufous, 

 mixed with white; the belly plain white; tail dark green above, 



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