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MAUGEAN HUMMING-BIRD. 



^rochilus Maugeanus. T. aiireo^viridis, suhtus violaceO'Cceruleo 

 nitens, remigibus rectricibusque molaceo-nigris, cauda subfur- 

 cata. 



Gold-green Humming-Bird, beneath glossed with violet-blue, 

 with violaceous-black wings and tail, the latter slightly forked. 

 L*Oiseau-mouche Mauge. Viell, pl.S^. 38. 

 Tobago Humming-Bird ? Lath, syn. 



Length about three inches and a half : colour 

 green-gold, with blue and violet reflexions on the 

 under parts: lower part of the abdomen white: 

 wings and tail deep violet-black: the latter forked. 

 Native of the island of Porto-Rico, from whence 

 it was brought by Monsr. Mauge. The female is 

 rather smaller than the male, of a coppery green 

 above, and greyish white beneath: the wings 

 brown, the two middle tail-feathers green, the 

 succeeding ones tipped with blue, and the two ex- 

 terior ones on each side green at the base, then 

 grey, gradually deepening into blue, and tipped 

 with whitish grey. 



