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TOPAZ-TAILED HUMMING-BIRD, 



Trochilus clirysurus. T. tiridi- aureus, gula cinmmomea, rmigibus 



fuscis, Cauda topazina. 

 Gold-green Huraniing-Bird, with cinnamon throat, brown quih- 



feathers, and topazine tail. 

 Bec-fleur a queue couleur de topaze. Azara Far, 



Length four inches: Native of Paraguay. 



RED-THROATED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus Colubris. T, triuncialis aureo-viridis, subtus albus gula 



aureo-rubra, alis caudaqtic purpureo-fuscis. 

 Gold-green Humming-Bird, about three inches in length, beneath 



white with gold-red throat, and purple-brown wings and tail. 

 Trochilus Colubris. T, rectirostris viridi-aureuSj rectricibus ni- 



gris ; lateralihus tribus ferrugineis apice albis, gula flammm, 



Lin. Sj/st. Nat. Lath, ind, orn. 

 Red-throated Humming-Bird. Edw.pl 3%. Lath. syn. 

 Humming-Bird. Catesb. Carol. I, pi. 65. 

 Le Rubis, Buff. ois. Viell.pl. 3 1 . 32. 33 . 



This most beautiful species usually measures 

 about three inches and a third from the tip of the 

 bill to that of the tail: the bill is black, and 

 three quarters of an inch long : the crown, upper 

 part of the neck, back, and coverts of the wings 

 are of a most resplendent and variable green and 

 ^old colour : the chin and throat of a rich shining 

 scarlet, changing, according to the direction of 



