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all the upper parts of the body, part of the sides of 

 the lower breast, and the chin : a white breast-plate 

 adorns the lower part of the neck and the upper 

 part of the breast : the middle of the belly is white : 

 the throat is of a lilac hue, with very glossy blue 

 reflections : the wing-feathers are very slight, and are 

 of a dark-violet : the beak is slender and black : the 

 legs are also black. 



Sp. 3. Tr. forficatus. Shaw^ v. viii. jo. 279. pi, 38. — Jamaica. 



Sp. 4. Tr. Polytmus. Shaw, v. viii. p.2Sl. 



Sp. 5. Tr. furcifer. Shaw, v. viii. p. 280.— Paraguay. 



B. Cauda subfurcatd, 

 B. Tail slightly forked. 



Sp. 6. Tr. cyanurus. 



Tr. viridis, vertice splendido; guld rectricibusque splendide cya* 



neis; remigibus fuscis. 

 Green Humming-bird with the crown splendid ; the throat and 



tail-feathers splendid blue 3 the quills brown. 

 Blue fork-tailed Humming-bird. Lath, Gen. Hist. v. iv. p. 299. 



" Length six inches : beak black, slightly bent : 

 plumage in general fine green, brilliant on the crown : 

 throat blue : quills brown : tail greatly forked, the 

 largest or exterior feather four inches in length, the 

 next two and a half ; the inner scarcely an inch ; the 

 outermost of the most brilliant fiery violet-blue, the 

 others much the same, but more or less inclining to 

 green towards the base." Latham, 



Sp. 7. Tr. furcatus. Shavo, v. viii. p. 309. 



Sp. 8. Tr. forficatus. Shatv, v. viii. ^. 310. — Cayenne. 



Sp. 9. Tr. elegans. Shaw, v. viii. p. 311. — St. Domingo. 



Sp. 10. Tr. torquatus. Shaw, v. viii.^. 313. — South America. 



