332 HUMMING-BIRD. 



Tn the collection of Miss Blomefield, supposed to come from 

 Surinam. 



A.— Oiseau-mouche brun gris, Ois.dor.i. 61. pi. 28? 



Nearly four inches long. Crown brown ; down the middle of 

 the throat a streak of brown, but not glossy ; tail rufous for two- 

 thirds of the length, ends dusky black, tips of all the feathers 

 margined with white above, but on the under side deeply tipped 

 with the same ; the two middle feathers wholly blue-black, glossed 

 with rufous in some lights ; whether this is the female of the Brown- 

 crowned, or young of the Ruby-necked Species is not certain. 



B. — This has the crown greenish brown, with a rufous streak 

 over each eye, the streak down the middle of the throat dusky, and 

 much broader than in the first; rump and under tail coverts pale 

 rufous. 



The whole of the above came from Tobago, and the two latter, 

 if not females, may be in their progressive stages towards the adult 

 state. 



58— GOLD-THROATED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus leucogaster, Ind. Orn. i. 315. Gin. Lin. i. 495. 



Mellisuga Cayanensis ventre albo, Bris. iii. 707. t. 36. Id. 8vo. ii. 33. 



Guainumbi prima Species, Raii, 82. 1. Id. 187. 42. Will. 166. Id. Engl. 231. 



Oiseau-mouche a cravate doree, Biif. vi. 25. PI. enl. 672. 3: 



Oiseau-mouche a gorge et ventre blanc, Ois. dor. i. 86. pi. 43. 



Larger Humming-Bird, Sloan. Jam. 308. t. 264. 2. 



Gold-throated Humming-Bird, Gen. Syn. ii. 777. Share's Zool. viii. 332. 



LENGTH three inches and three quarters. Bill black, beneath 

 to the tip white ; plumage above gilded green, with a copper gloss, 



