HUMMING-BIRD. 329 



53.-SAPPHIRE AND EMERALD HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus bicolor, Ind. Orn.'i. 314. Gm. Lin. i. 496. 



Le Saphir emeraude, Ois. dor. i. 75. pi. 36. Buf. vi. 26. 



Colibri, No. 2. Ferm. Surin. ii. 195 ? 



Le plus beau des Bec-fleurs, Voy. d' Azara, iv. No. 493. 



Brilliant Humming-Bird, Shaw's Zool. viii. 327. 



Sapphire and Emerald Humming-Bird, Gen. Syn. ii. 775. Shaw's Zool. viii. 325. 



THIS bird is about the middle size, and the plumage composed 

 of two colours, the sapphire and emerald, both perfectly vivid and 

 glossy; the sapphire occupies the head and throat, blending with 

 the emerald, which covers the breast, stomach, round the neck, and 

 back, glossed with gold-colour, giving it a beautiful appearance. 



Inhabits Guadaloupe. Fermin's bird is green gold above ; throat 

 emerald green ; breast blue, glossed with gold ; and very brilliant. 



One in Mr. Bullock's collection, answered to the above descrip- 

 tion : in this the quills and tail were both of a brilliant steel blue, 

 the last most vivid, and in shape a trifle hollowed out at the end. 



54— DUSKY-CROWNED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus obscurus, Ind. Orn. i. 314. Gm. Lin. i. 495. 

 Oiseau-mouche a tete obscur, Ois. dor. i. 115. 

 Dusky-crowned Humming-Bird, Gen. Syn. ii. 776. 



LENGTH four inches and a half. Bill three quarters of an 

 inch, dusky ; top of the head, including the eyes, dusky ; chin and 

 throat glossy green ; neck behind, and upper part of the back deep 

 blue; breast, belly, and wing coverts purplish blue; middle of the 

 back greenish ; the lower part, rump, tail, and quills, dusky purple ; 

 legs black. 



In the British Museum. 



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