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BROWN-CROWNED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus Iiypophaeus. T. rectirostris fusco-aureus suhtus albidus, 

 vertice fusco, medio gulce striga longitudinali viridi^aurea. Lath, 

 ind. orn. 



Gilded-brown Humnaing-Bird, whitish beneath, with brown 



crown and gold-green stripe down the middle of the throat. 

 Trochilus striatus. Lin, GmeL 

 Brown-crowned Humming-Bird. Laih. syn. 



This, according to Monsr. Viellot, in the work 

 entitled Dictionaire d'Histoire Naturelle, is no 

 other than an advancing young of the Trochilus 

 moschitus, at the period in which it begins to quit 

 its first colour. 



CARBUNCLE HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus Carbunculus. T, rectirostris sericeo-niger, vertice cot' 



loque superius obscure rubris, collo inferiore pectoreque flammco- 



rvbrisj rectricibus rufo-aureis. Lath. ind. orn, 

 Trochilus Carbunculus. T. niger, capite collo et pectore rubris, 



alis fuscisj cauda rufo-aurea. Lin. GmeL 

 Glossy-black Humming-Bird, with dark-red crown and nape, 



fiery-red throat and breast, and gilded-rufous tail. 

 L'Escarboucle. Btif. ois. 

 Carbuncle Humming-Bird. Lath, syn. 



This species, if such it really be, and not a 

 variety of Trochilus moschitus^ is thus described by 

 BufFon. " It is somewhat above the middle size : 



