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EMERALD-THROATED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus mellisugus. T. viridi- aureus, gula viridi-carulca nitente, 

 alis nigro-violaceiSj tibiis pennatis. 



Gold-green Humming-Bird, with glossy blue-green throat, violet- 

 black wings, and feathered legs. 



Trochilus mellisugus? T. rectirostris viridi-aureus, rectricibus 

 cequalibus cceruleis, remigibus atro-ccerulescentibus, tibiis pennatis, 

 Lin, Syst, Nat, Lath. ind. orn, 



Trochilus viridissimus ? T. rectirostris viridis vividissimus inaU" 

 ratus, abdomine albo, cauda chalyhea. Lath, ind, orn* 



L'Oiseau-mouche a gorge verte. Viell. pi. 3g. 



UOiseau-mouche tout- vert. ? Viell. pi. 42, 



L'Oiseau-mouche a poitrine verte. ? Viell. pi. 44. 



All-green Humming-Bird.? Edwards pi. 3d0.f. 1. 



L'Orvert. ? Buf. ois. Vert-dore. Buf. ois, PL Enl. 27 6. f. 3. 



Cayenne Humming-Bird. Lath. syn. 



L'Oiseau-mouche a gosier bleue ? Viell, pi, 40. | 



Length about three inches: front and upperi 

 parts of the body green-gold, changing into browry 

 according to the light: throat and sides of the 

 neck fine gold-green with blue and violet glosses : 

 breast and belly yellow gold-green : on each side 

 the belly a white spot: wings violet-black: tail 

 glossed with green : legs feathered to the feet. 

 The female resembles the male, but is less bright 

 in colour. This bird seems the same with the 

 AU'Green Humming-Bird of Edwards, with which 

 it agrees in size. Edwards describes his spe- 

 cimen as having the head, neck, and whole 

 body of a fine green colour, blueish on the under 

 side, with a bright shining gloss; the upper side 

 and coverts of the wings more yellow, and with a 



