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BLACK-BELLIED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus holosericeus. T. subaureo-viridis, alls fuscis, cauda ab- 



domineque nigris, fascia pectorali ccerulea. 

 Gilded-green Humming-Bird, with brown wings, black tail and 



abdomen, and blue pectoral bar. 

 Trochilus holosericeus. T. curmrostris viridis, rectricibus cequa' 



lihus supra nigris^ fascia pectorali ccnrulea, abdomine nigro, Lin, 



Si/sL Nat. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Le Colibri vert et noir. Bi/f. ois. Viell.pl. 6. et var. 65. 

 Black-bellied Humming-Bird. Edw. pi. 30. 

 Var f Trochilus maculatus ? Miller's III. Nat. Hist. pi. 47./. U 



Length four inches or rather more : head, neck, 

 back, and smaller wing-coverts deep gold- green : 

 across the breast a broadish glossy-blue band : 

 quill-feathers deep brown : rump glossy greenish 

 blue : belly and vent black, with a gloss of red- 

 dish copper-colour on the sides: tail violet-black, 

 the under surface and under coverts blue. In 

 some individuals a white or whitish band crosses 

 the lower part of the belly, while in others a white 

 or whitish spot alone is visible on each side that 

 part. 



Native of Mexico and Guiana. The bird figured 

 at plate 65 of Viellot, under the name of Colibri 

 a "ventre noir^ seems clearly a variety of the pre- 

 sent species. 



