320 HUMMING-BIRD. 



43— BLUE-THROATED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus gularis, Lid. Orn. i. 310. Mill. Illustr. t. 20. A. Gm. Lin. i. 491. 

 Grimpereau jaunatre, Ois. dor. ii. p. 58. 



SIZE not said ; probably about three inches. General colour 

 yellowish ; throat and ramp blue ; belly white ; wings and tail 

 black. 



Inhabits America. 



44— LITTLE HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus exilis, Ind. Orn.\. 310. Gm. Lin. i. 484. 



Petit Colibri de la Guiane, Ois. dor. i. 1£5. 



Humming-Bird of a black colour, Bancr. Guian. 166. 



Little Humming-Bird, Gen. Syn. ii. 764. Shaw's Zool. viii. 315. 



THIS, according to Bancroft, is only one inch and a half in 

 length, and weighs frequently less than 50 grains. Bill black, a 

 little bent at the end, and half an inch long; body greenish brown, 

 with a red, shining, inimitable gloss; the head is crested with a 

 small tuft, which is green at the bottom, but of a sparkling gold- 

 colour at top ; quills and tail fine black. 



Inhabits Guiana; the velocity of its flying said to be so great, 

 that the eye can scarcely keep pace with its motion. 



45.— STREAKED-NECKED HUMMING-BIRD. 



LENGTH four inches. Bill half an inch long, black ; plumage 

 above green-gold, below dusky white, inclining more to dusky on 



