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RUFOUS-BELLIED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus Brasiliensis. T. viridi- aureus, subtus rufescenSy alis caw 

 daque ftisco-violaceis, rectricibus apice albis, tibiis albo-pennatis. 



Gold-green Hummiiig-Bird, rufescent beneath, with violet-brown 

 wings and tail, the latter tipped with white, and white-fea- 

 thered legs. 



Trochilus Brasiliensis. T, viridi-aureus, subtus albo-rufescens, 

 Cauda nigricanfe-viridi, apice albo, tibiis pennatis. Lath, ind, orn,. 

 Trochilus hirsutus. Lin. Gmcl, 

 Le Colibri a ventre rpussatre. Buff. ois. 

 Le Colibri a pieds vetus. Viell. Colibr. pi. 20. et 68. 

 Rufous-bellied Humming-Bird. Lath. syn. 



An elegant species, measuring about four inches 

 and a half in length : colour above green-gold, 

 beneath yellowish-rufous ; crown of the head 

 brown: wings violet-brown, and tail purple-brown, 

 growing blackish towards the end, and tipped with 

 white y the two middle feathers gilded-green : legs 

 and feet generally covered with white down, but 

 in some specimens bare : bill long, slightly curved, 

 with the upper mandible black, and the lower 

 whitish-yellow witli dusky tip. Native of Brazil, 



