356 HUMMING-BIRD. 



82— EMERALD HUMMING-BIRD. 



LENGTH three inches. Bill half an inch, strait, dusky; 

 plumage in general fine gilded green ; tail the same, but darker in 

 colour, and even at the end ; over the thighs a patch of white ; legs 

 dusky. — In Mr. Bullock's Museum. 



83— ALL-GREEN HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus viridissimus, Ind. Orn. i. 319. Gm. Lin. i. 496. 

 L'Or-vert, Buf.vl 17. 



Oiseau-mouche tout vert, Ois. dor. i. 84. pi. 42. 

 All-green Humming-Bird, Gen. Syn. ii. 786. 



THIS is a small species, being not more than two inches in length ; 

 the general colour of the plumage green gold, appearing as pure 

 gold in some lights ; the tail of a polished steely brown ; vent white. 



A. — Edwards's bird is very small, and the lustre brilliant ; but he 

 observes, that the belly is bluish beneath, and mentions no white. 



This last in my own collection, and was received from Tobago. 

 Such an one, among the drawings of General Davies, was near three 

 inches long, the bill five-eighths of an inch, and black ; head and 

 back green gold ; to the middle of the belly emerald colour, with a 

 bright metalline gloss ; from the middle of the belly, the thighs, and 

 vent white ; wings brown black ; tail blue black. 



B. — Length two inches ; the upper parts green gold ; the under 

 from chin to vent white ; quills and tail blue black ; the last a trifle 

 forked. 



