SUPERB HLrMMING-BIRD. 



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the sides of the body, vent, and thighs dusky or 

 blackish brown ; and lastly, the wings and tail 

 brown, the latter very slightly inclining to a forked 

 shape, the two middle feathers being somewhat 

 shorter than the rest : the bill is rather long for the 

 size of the bird, and of a black colour, as are also 

 the legs. 



It should be added that Edwards considered 

 this as the female of the white collared Humming- 

 Bird above described. It is a native of Surinam. 



SUPERB HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus superbus. T. viridi-aureus^ vertice cceruleo, fascia per 

 genas dupUci nigro-alha, gula pecto-reque phoeniceis. 



Gold-green Humming-Bird, with blue crown, double black-and- 

 white cheek-stripe, and crimson throat and breast. 



Trochilus superbus. Stripe-cheeked Huraming-Bird. NaturaU 

 ist's Miscellany, vol, 13, pi, 517. 



This most beautiful species was first described in 

 the thirteenth volume of the Naturalist's Miscellany, 

 and afterwards introduced into the splendid work 

 of Monsr. Viellot. It is unquestionably one of 

 the finest of this brilliant race. Its length is about 

 four inches and a quarter : the bill very long in 

 proportion to the bird, strait, and black: the crown 

 of the head bright sky-blue: from the bill to the 

 head, on each side, a moderately broad black 

 stripe, and beneath this a white stripe: throat and 

 upper part of the breast of a most brilliant scarlet, 

 the feathers full, or somewhat projecting: remain* 



