THE 



HARLEQUIN HUMMING-BIRD. 



Generic Character. 



BUI (lender, tubular, the upper mandible iheath- 

 ing the lower. 



Tongue very long, miffile ; formed of two con- 

 joined cylindric tubes. 



Toes three forward, one backward. 



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Specific Character, &c. 



Curve billed brown Humming-Bird, with gold- 

 green crown, throat, bread, and moulders, 

 red belly, and blue cheeks. 



HARLEQUIN HUMMING-BIRD. 



Lath. Synopf. 2. p. 760. 



The Trochilus Multicolor, or Harlequin Humming- 

 Bird, fo remarkable for the diverfity of its colours, is 

 one of the rareft of its genus. The figure here repre- 

 fented is taken from the beautiful fpecimen in the 

 Britifli Mufeum. This bird is a native of South Ame- 

 rica. 



