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RUBY-HEADED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus moschitus. T,fusco'purpiireus, suhtus nigricans , vertice 



aureo-ruhineo, gula topazina, cauda apice nigra. 

 Purple-brown Humming-Bird, blackish beneath, with ruby-gold 



crown, topazine throat, and black-tipped tail. 

 Trochilus moschitus. rectirosfris viridi-aureus, rectricibus cequa- 



Ubus ferrugineis ; extimis apice fuscis, remigihus nigris, Lin, 



Syst. Nat, Lath, ind, orn. 

 Avis Colibri Americana omnium minima Thaumantias dicta. Seb, 



l,p, 6l.t, 37./. 4. 

 Le Rubis-topaze. Buf. ois, PL Enl, 227. /. 2, Viell. pL 2(J, 

 \ 30. 



Ruby-necked Humming-Bird. Lath, syn, 



Trochilus elatus. T. rectirostris virescente-aureus, rectricibus 

 (squalibus ferrugineis, apice nigris, pileo rubro cristato, Lin, 

 Syst, Nat. Lath, ind, orn. 

 Ruby-crested Humming-Bird. Edw, pi. 344!, Lath, syn, 

 Oiseau-mouche a gorge topaze. P/. Enl, 640. f, 1, 

 Trochilus galeritus. ? Lath, ind, orn, Molin, Chil, p.2\g, 

 T. Guianensis. ? ? Lath, ind, orn, 



T. Carbunculus. ? ? Lath, ind, orn, L'Escarboucle. Buff, ois, 

 T, Bancroft!. ? ? Lath, ind, orn. 



This is one of the most beautiful of the strait- 

 billed Humming-Birds, Its general length, from the 

 tip of the bill to that of the tail, is about four inches 

 and a half : the upper parts of the body are of a 

 very deep reddish brown ; the under parts black- 

 ish brown : the crown of the head lucid purple or 

 ruby-colour, accompanied by a golden gloss ; the 

 feathers scale-shaped, and so disposed as to give 

 the appearance of a crest, more or less conspicuous 

 iu different individuals : the whole region of the 



