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PUNCTULATED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus punctulatus. T. aureo-viridis, cdis nigricantibus, humeris^ 



dorsoque alho maculatis, cauda fusca apice alba. 

 Gold-green Humming-Bird, with blackish wiugs ; shoulders and 



back spotted with white^ and brown tail with white tip. 

 Trochilus punctulatus. Lath. ind. om, Gmel. Syst, Nat* 

 Zitzil ou Colibri picquete. Buf, ois, 

 Hoizit-ziltototl. Fernanda Mex. p. 705. 

 Spotted Humming-Bird. Latk» syn. 



Described by Buffon from Hernandez. Length 

 five inches and a half: colour green-gold, with 

 blackish wings, and marked on the shoulders and 

 back with white specks : the tail is brown with 

 white tip. Native of Mexico, where it is called 

 by the title of Hoitzitzil. 



BANDED humming-bird. 



Trochilus fasciatus. T, aureo-viridis rufo undulatus, capife ri{fo* 

 nigricante, corpore utr'mque fascia nigra alho marginata. 



Green-gold Humming-Bird, with rufous undulations, blackish- 

 rufous head, and a black band edged with white along each 

 side the body. 



Bec-fleur a bande noir long du corps. Jzara Par. 



Length four inches and a quarter : bill a little 

 curved, and rather large for a Humming-Bird : 

 feathers on the upper parts edged with rufous: 

 behind each eye a small white spot, and a velvet- 

 black stripe, bounded on each side by a white one. 



