504' SCALLOPED HUMMING-BIRD. 



from the corners of the bill to the tail, which 

 reddish-violet, all the side-feathers being tipped with 

 white, and above the white tip a deep blue spot. 

 Native of Paraguay. Monsr. Azara observes that 

 some individuals are of somewhat smaller si^e, 

 and have no ferruginous edging or mixture on the 

 feathers. 



SCALLOPED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus punctatiis. T. aureo-viridis, subtus subfuscus albo tin- 

 dulafus, alls subviolaceiSj cauda basi apiceque alba. 



Gold-green Humming-bird, beneath brownish undulated with 

 white, with subviolaceous wings, and tail white at the base and 

 tip. 



Le Colibris a ventre piquete. Fiell. pL S, 



Length four inches: colour of the upper parts 

 green-gold : of the under pale brown, fniely scal- 

 loped with white, the feathers being edged with 

 that colour; but beneath the throat they are grey, 

 bordered with brov/n : the quill-feathers are dark 

 violet-brown, the two middle tail-feathers green- 

 gold, and the side-feathers black with white tips 

 and base ; appearing, when the tail is closed, as if 

 white with a large black spot towards the end. 



In its habit and proportions Monsr. Viellot ob- 

 serves that this bird seems most strongly alhed to 

 the Mango liumming-Bird, of which it is not im-^ 

 possible that it may be the young, in its first year's^ 

 plumage. 



