306 HUMMING-BIRD. 



with some violet, white, and polished brown spots ; which are also 

 seen in the Violet-tailed Species. Hence Buffori has supposed it 

 allied thereto ; but the tail in the last named, is even at the end, 

 whereas in the present described it is very much rounded, or slightly 

 cuneiform ; nor in the figure of it in the PL en. is there any variation 

 of colour in the tail feathers above, except in having the tips paler 

 within.* 



BufFon mentions another in the cabinet of M. Mauduit, with the 

 upper parts light green-gold, on a blackish grey ground ; all the 

 fore parts of the body rufous, appearing to him as a female of this 

 species. A slight Variety in Mr. Francillon's collection had the 

 belly greyish white, mottled with dusky. 



23— SAINT DOMINGO HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus Dominicus, Ind. Orn. i. 309. Lin.'i. 191. Gm. Lin. i. 489. 

 Polytmus Dominicensis, Bris. iii. 672. t. 35. 4. Id. Svo. ii. 22. 

 Vert perle, Baf. vi. 62. Ois. dor. i. 128. 

 Saint Domingo Humming-Bird, Gen. Syn. ii. 762. 



LENGTH four inches and a quarter. Bill one inch, brown ; 

 upper parts in general light gold green, mixing on the sides with the 

 pearly grey beneath, the under parts being wholly of that colour ; 

 wings violet-brown ; the two middle tail feathers dusky, with a 

 copper gloss, the side ones steel black at the base, purplish chestnut 

 in the middle, and white at the tips ; shape even at the end ; legs 

 brown. 



Inhabits St. Domingo. 



* Compare PI. enl. 671. fig. 1 & 2. 



