PLATE V. 



Trochilus Pella : ruber rectricibus intermediis longissimis, 



capite fusca, gula aurata iiropygioque viridi. — 

 Linn. Syst, 1. p, 189. 2. GmeL t, 1. p, 1. 

 485.2. 



Trochilus Pella: curvirostris ruber, rectricibus intermediis 



longissimis, corpore rubro, capite fusco, gula 

 aurata uropygioque viridi. Lath. Om. 1. p» 

 302. 2. 



Polytmus Surinaraensis longicaudus ruber. — Briss. 3. p, 690. 15. 

 Falcinelbis gutture viridi. — Klein, Av. p. 108. 15. 

 Le Colibri topaze. — Buff. 6. p. 46. — PL Ent. 599. 

 Topaz Humming-Bird. — Lath Syn. 2, p* 746. 2. 



There is not, throughout the very ample range of the creation 

 which the feathered tribes present to our consideration, a race of 

 beings more deservedly admired for their beauty than the Humming- 

 Birds. Natives of the warmer climates of the globe : of countries 

 where the fervour of a tropic sun calls forth the spontaneous pro- 

 ductions of the earth bedecked in gaiety unexampled in other re- 

 gions of the earth, these little beings seem to participate in all its 

 genial influence. With forms the most pleasing for symmetry and 

 elegance they combine a brilliancy of colours the most splendid ; 

 their golden hues, their sapphirine tints, the lustre of the emerald, 

 the ruby, garnet, amethyst, and topaz, with which their plumage is 

 adorned, is not surpassed in brightness by the valued gems whose 



