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ASH-BELLIED HUMMING-BIRD. 



"Trochilus cinereus. T. viridi-aureus , subtiis cinereus, alisfusco- 

 TZolaceiSf cauda rotundatu chalybea, rectricibus apice albis. 



Green-gold Humming-Bird, ash-coioured beneath, with violet- 

 brown wings, and rounded steel-blue tail with white tips. 



Trochilus cinereus. T. curvirosiris mridis nitens, subtus cinereus, 

 rectricibus lateralibus nigris, tribus extimis chali/beis, apice albis. 

 Lath. ind. orn. 



Ash-bellied Humming-Bird. Lath. syn. 



Le Colibri a ventre cendre. VielL Colibr. pL 5. 



Length about six inches and a half : bill long, 

 and but slightly bent : crown of the head, back, 

 and smaller wing-coverts gold-green: throat, breast^, 

 and belly fine ash-grey: wings purplish-brown: 

 tail longish, and slightly cuneated, the two middle 

 feathers green-gold, the others violet-black, deeply 

 tipped with white. Native of South America, 



