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The Small Green and Crimfon Tra- 

 chihis is the moft frequent of all the 

 Humming Birds in Guiana, and feems 

 peculiar to it ; whereas the two former 

 are common to many places in Terra 

 Firma, and the Carribbee Iflands. The 

 fize of this bird is about one third larger 

 than the fmalleft of the two former. 

 Its bill is black, long, and {lender the 

 feathers on the neck, back, and upper 

 edges of the wings have a beautiful pea- 

 green colour : the top of the head is 

 crefted with a fmall tuft, of a variable 

 crimfon colour : the feathers on the 

 breaft are likewife crimfon ; and the 

 long feathers on the wings and tail are 

 green, crimfon, and dark purple. The 

 head is £th£\% with little round black 

 fhining eyes. 



The Little BrownvHumming Bird of 

 Guiana is equal in lize to the former. 

 The fide feathers of its tail are of a 



violet 



