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76— CAYENNE HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus mellisugus, Ind. Om. i. 313. Lin. i. 192. Mus. Ad. Fr. ii. 23. Gm. Lin. i. 



494. Vieill. Am. ii. p. 73. 

 Guainumbi nona Species, Raii, 83. 9. Will. 167. Id. Engl. 232. 9. 

 Mellisuga Cayanensis, Bris. iii. 704. t. 36. 3. Id. 8vo. ii. 33. 

 Colubri, seu Florisuga, Seba, ii. 42. t. 41. A. B. Nest Sf Eggs* 

 Oiseau-mouche a gorge verte, Ois. dor. i. 80. pi. 39. 

 Oiseau-mouche de Cayenne, Vert dore, Buf. vi. 29. PI. enl. 276. 3. 

 Emerald-throated Humming-Bird, Shaw's Zool. viii. 342. 

 Cayenne Humming-Bird, Gen. Syn. ii. 773. 



LENGTH two inches. Bill near three quarters of an inch, and 

 black ; plumage in general green-gold, bronzed with copper; thighs 

 and under tail coverts grey brown ; vent white ; quills violet-brown ; 

 tail steel black ; legs covered to the toes with brown feathers ; toes 

 black. 



Inhabits Cayenne. — Buffon observes, that his specimen had the 

 belly waved with green. 



According to Vieillot, the female is three inches long, and has 

 the colours less brilliant. — In the young bird the head, body, throat, 

 and breast are varied with brown, black, and green-gold ; belly 

 deep brown. 



77.— BLACK HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus niger, 313. Lin. i. 192. Mus. Ad. Fr. i. p. 18. Gm. Lin. i. 496. Vieill. 



Am. ii. p. 73. 

 Mellisuga Dominicensis, Bris. iii. 702. t. 36. 8. Id. 8vo. ii. 32. 

 Oiseau-mouche a. ventre gris, Ois. dor. i. 99. pi. 53. 

 Vieillot's Humming-Bird, Shaw's Zool. viii. 347. 

 Black Humming-Bird, Gen. Syn.ii. 774. 



LENGTH two inches and a quarter. Bill five lines and a half, 

 and black ; the head, and upper parts brownish black, with a copper 



* Authors inform us, that none of the Genus lay more than two eggs ; but in Seba's 

 plate there are five eggs, figured in the nest ; which is placed on the fork of a Guava tree. 



