HUMMING-BIRD. 335 



60— LITTLE BROWN HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus ruber, Ind.Orn.i. 315. Lin. i. 195. Gm. Lin.]. 490. 

 Mellisuga Surinamensis, Bris.'m. 741. 7rf.8vo.ii. 30. Klein, 106. VI? Gerin. 168. 

 Oiseau-mouche pourpre, Buf. vi. 24. Ois. dor. i. 117. 



Little Brown Humming-Bird, Gen. Syn. ii. 778. Edw. i. pi. 31. Bancr. Guian. 168. 

 Shaw's Zool. viii. 351. 



LENGTH about three inches and a quarter. The bill ten lines, 

 black, beneath flesh-coloured, with a black tip ; plumage above dull 

 brown, mixed with yellow brown ; beneath pale chestnut, with some 

 blackish spots on the breast ; on each side of the head, beneath the 

 eyes, a longitudinal band of dull brown ; the two middle tail feathers 

 brown ; the others violet brown ; legs black. 



Inhabits Surinam and Guiana, and, contrary to all others of the 

 Genus, is without any gloss on the plumage. 



61.— TOBAGO HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus Maugaeus, Vieill. Am. ii. p. 73. 



Oiseau-mouche Mauge, Ois. dor. i. 77. pi. 37. male. 38. female. 



LENGTH three inches seven lines. Bill black above, yellow 

 beneath ; the plumage above gilded green, beneath the same, but 

 brighter, with reflections of blue and violet ; lower belly white ; the 

 quills and tail velvet black ; the latter glossed with violet, and forked ; 

 the outer feathers fourteen lines long ; the middle ones very short ; 

 the wings, when closed, reach to about the middle ; legs black. 



The female is green above, beneath white, mixed with green on 

 the breast; quills and tail dusky black ; the latter forked, the feathers 

 fringed with gold, and tipped with white. 



Inhabits Porto Rico. 



