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GOLD^GREEN HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus aureo-viridis. T, aureo-viridis, alis nigricanfibuSf cauda 



chalyhea apice alba. 

 Gold-green Humming-Bird, with blackish wings, and steel-blue 



tail with white tip. 

 Trochilus viridis. Le Colibri vert. Viellot pL 15. 



Length about four inches: colour entirely 

 green-gold, except the quill-feathers, which are 

 blackish, and the tail, which is steel-blue, the 

 eight side-feathers slightly tipped with white. Na- 

 tive of the West-Indian islands. In point of size 

 and habit this bird resembles the Trochilus Mango, 



FEMALE. } 



Trochilus margaritaceus. T, curvirostris viridis nitens, suhtus 



mar garitaceo- cams y cauda bast chalyhea, medio purpureo-fusca, 



apice alba. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Bright-green Humming-Bird, pearl-grey beneath, with the tail 



steel-blue at the base, purple-brown in the middle, and white 



at the tip. 



Le Plastron blanc. Buff. ois. PL Enl 680./. 1, Viell. pi. \Q. 

 Grey- necked Humming-Bird. Lath, syn. 



Length about four inches : colour above green, 

 gold : quill-feathers violet-brown : tail deep steel- 

 blue, growing purplish-brown towards the end, 

 where it becomes black with white tips, but the 

 two middle feathers are green-gold : whole under 

 parts pearl-grey, whitest on the throat. 



V. vni. p. I. 



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