£90 VIOLET HUMMING-BIRD. 



the neck, and the throat as far as the breast, are of 

 a fine bright garnet-colour : the upper part of the 

 head, the back, as well as the under parts of the 

 body are of a velvety black : the wings and tail of 

 the same colour, but gilded with a green gloss. 



It is probable that a mistake is made by BufFon 

 in the above description ; and that instead of five 

 the length should have been stated at four inches. 

 Monsr. Vieilot*s specimen measured four inches 

 French, and agrees in all respects with the de- 

 scription of Edwards, except that the throat is less 

 bright, being of a purple red, with a slight gilded 

 gloss, and that the beak seems somewhat less 

 curved. Native of South America. 



VIOLET HUMMING-BIRD. 



Tfochilus violaceus. jT. atropurpureo-violaceus, antice nitens, alts 



caudaque viridi-aureis rectricibus atro suffusis. 

 Dark purple-violet Humming-Bird, glossy on the foreparts, witk 



green-gold wings and tail, the latter tinged with black. 

 Trochilus violaceus. T, curvirostris atro-'ViolaceuSy gutture pec 



toreque xiiolaceo-nitentibus , alts caudaque viridi-aureisy rectricibus 



atro sontaminatis. Lath, ind, orn. 

 Polytmus Cayanensis violaceus. Briss. av, 

 Le Colibri violet. Buff. ois. PI. Enl. 600. /. 2. 

 Violet Huraming-Bird. Lath, syn. 



Described by Brisson: length four inches and 

 a quarter : bill long in proportion to the bird, and 

 black ; the whole bird, except the wings and tail. 



