THE 



RED-THROATED HUMMING- 

 BIRD. 



Generic Character. 



Bill (lender, tubular, the upper mandible {heath- 

 ing the lower. 



Tongue very long, mhTile ; formed of two con- 

 joined cylindric tubes. 



Toes three forward, one backward. 



Specific Character, &c. 



STRAIT-BILLED gold-green HUMMING- 

 -BIRD, whitifh beneath, with gold-red 

 throat. 



LE RUBIS. 



Buff. Oif. 6. p. 13. 



L'OISEAU-MOUCHE a gorge rouge de la 

 Caroline. 



Brijf. Orn. 3. p. 716. No. 13. 



The lively colors with which Nature has fo liberally 

 adorned the birds of the warmer regions, fink into 

 obfcurity when compared with the polifhed radiance 

 and gemmeous luftre which diflinguifh mo ft of the 

 fpccies of this diminutive genus. The ruby is not more 



vivid 



