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PURPLE-CROWNED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus torquatus. T. curvirostris viridis, vertice purpurea, 

 colio inferiore annulo cceruleo, cauda hif urea purpurea. Lath, 

 ind. orn. 



Green Humming-Bird, with purple crown, lower part of neck 



surrounded by a blue collar, and purple forked tail. 

 Purple-crowned Humming-Bird. Lath, syn. 

 Purple-crowned Honey-sucker, Penn. Gtn, Birds, 



Described by Mr. Pennant. Crown purple: 

 throat green: round the whole lower part of the 

 neck a collar of rich deep blue : back green : wings 

 and tail deep purple, the latter forked. Size very 

 small. Native of South America. 



ORANGE-HEADED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Troclnlus aurantius. T, curvirostris fuscus, capite aiirantio, 

 gutture pectoreque Jlavis^ alis purpureis, cauda ferruginea. Lath, 

 ind. orn. 



Brown Humming-Bird, with orange head, yellow throat and 



breast, purple wings, and ferruginous tail. 

 Orange-headed Humming-Bird. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Orange-headed Honeysucker. Fenn, Gen. Birds. 



Described from Pennant's Genera of Birds: 

 head orange : throat and breast yellow : back and 

 belly deep brown : wings purple : tail bright fer- 

 ruginous : size said to be very minute. Native 

 of South America. 



