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RED-BREASTED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus jugularis. T. viridi- aureus fusco-cyaneo tinctus, gula 



pectoreque sanguineis, abdomine nigricante, cauda cequalL 

 Gold-green Humming-Bird, with a tinge of dusky blue, with 



blood-red throat and breast, blackish abdomen, and even tail. 

 Trochilus jugularis. T, curvirostris ccerulescens, rectricihus cequa^ 



libusy collo subtus sanguineo. Lin. Syst. Nat. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Red-breasted Humming-Bird. Edw, pi. 166. f. 1. Lath. syn. 

 I'rochilus granatinus. Lath. ind. orn. Garnet-throated Hum« 



ming-Bird. Lath. syn. 

 Le Colibri a gorge carmin. Bvff. ois. 

 Le Grenat. Buf. ois. Viell. colibr. pi. 4. 

 Trochilus auratus. Lin. Gmel. 



Certhia prasinoptera ? Sparm. Mus. Carls, Lath. ind. orn. 



This species, which seems to vary a little in in- 

 tensity of colour as well as in size in different in- 

 dividuals, measures about four inches and a half in 

 length, and is of a deep green-gold colour on the 

 upper parts, and dusky or black beneath, except 

 on the throat, which, to a considerable distance 

 on each side and down the neck, is of a deep red 

 or garnet-colour: the quill-feathers of the wings 

 are dusky : the bill and legs black. " The bill, 

 says Edwards, is more bowed down than is com- 

 mon in this genus : the sides of the head, and the 

 throat, as far as the breast, are of a fine red or 

 carmine-colour the top of the head, upper side of ^ 

 the neck, the belly, thighs, and tail are of a dusky 

 brown or black, mixed with a little fringing of t 

 blue on the edges of the feathers : the rump and j 



