330 HUMMING-BIRD. 



55.— RUBY-NECKED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus Moschitus, Ind. Orn. i. 316. Lin. i. 192. Mus. Ad. Fr. ii. 24. Gm. Lin.'u 



494. Spalowsk.i. 1. 18 ? 

 Guainumbi major, #a«, 83. 8. Will. 167. Zd. Engl. 232. 8. 

 Mellisuga Brasiliensis gutture topazino, Bris. iii. 69. t. 37. 1. 



- Thaumantias dicta, Seba,i. 61. t. 37. 4. Klein, 105. II. 



Rubis topaze, B*//.vi. 19. Pl.enl. 227. 2. 0«. rfor.i. 62. pi. 29. 30. Ztf. 103. pi. 55. 



female, pi. 66. young bird. Ferm. Surin.W. 196. (Colibri) 

 Colibri, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxxxiv. 

 Trochilus with a ferruginous tail, Bancr. Guian. 168. 

 Ruby-headed Humming-Bird, Shaiv's Zool. viii. 329. pi. 42. f.2. 

 Ruby-necked Humming-Bird, Gen. Syn. ii. 779. 



LENGTH three inches and one-third. Bill blackish ; top of 

 the head, and neck behind, bright as a ruby, and like it in colour; 

 upper parts of the body brown, with a faint mixture of green gold ; 

 throat, and fore part of the neck, the colour of the most brilliant 

 topaz ; belly, sides, and thighs brown ; on the lower part of the 

 belly, and on each side, a spot of white ; the tail rufous purple, and 

 inclining to violet at the end ; legs blackish. 



The female has only a dash of the gold, or topaz, on the breast, 

 and part of the neck, the rest of the under parts greyish white. 



The young bird is brown, slightly glossed on the crown ; throat 

 and breast dusky white, with here and there a mixture of gold. 



In very young birds the throat is spotted with brown ; the under 

 parts cinereous; side tail feathers fringed with green, and the ends 

 tipped black and white. 



Inhabits Brazil, Guiana, Surinam, and others parts of South 

 America. 



