316 HUMMING-BIRD. 



yellowish white stripe, passing under the eye, and growing broader, 

 expands into a roundish spot over the ears ; the two middle tail 

 feathers dusky, the rest dusky at the base, the end half rufous; all 

 of them tipped with white; legs yellowish, claws black. 



In the collection of General Davies. 



In Mr. Bullock's Museum is one, probably a young bird. In this 

 the chin, throat, and as far as the breast, are pale cinnamon; the rest 

 of the body beneath dark coloured; the two middle tail feathers 

 longer than the rest. 



36— ASH-BELLIED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus cinereus, Ind. Orn. i. 308. Gm. Lin. i. 490. 



Colibri a ventre cendre, Ois.dor.x. 18. pi. 5. 



Ash-bellied Humming-Bird, Gen. Syn. ii. 759. Shaw's Zoo/, viii. 297. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill thirteen lines long, a little bent, and 

 black ; under mandible yellow almost to the tip ; plumage on the 

 body above fine glossy green, beneath ash-colour; quills dusky; 

 tail rounded at the end, the two middle feathers green ; the next on 

 each side black ; the three outer ones steel black at the base, the end 

 half white, deepest on the outer feather ; legs black. 



From South America. — Sir Joseph Banks. 



37— HARLEQUIN HUMMING-BIRD— Pl. lxxvi. 



Trochilus multicolor, Ind. Orn. i. 308. Gm. Lin.i. 490. 

 L'Arlequin, Ois. dor*\. 69. pl.123. 



Harlequin Humming-Bird, Gen. Syn. ii. 760. Id. Sup. 135. pl. 111. Nat. Misc. 

 pl. 81. Share's Zool. viii. 311. 



LENGTH four inches and a half. Bill bent, one inch and a 

 quarter in length, and brown ; crown of the head, chin, breast, and 



