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LITTLE BROWJSr HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus ruber. T, subferrugineus fusco suhmaculatus, rectricibus 



lateralibus fuscO'Violaceis. 

 Subferruginous Humming-Bird, slightly spotted with brown, 



with the side-feathers of the tail violet-brown, 

 Xrochilus ruber. T. rectirostris, rectricibus lateralibus 'oiolacds, 



corpore testaceo fusco submaculato, Lin, Si/st, Nat. Lath, 



ind. or 71. 



Little brown Humming-Bird. Edio. pi, 32. 

 L'Oiseau-mouche pourpre. Buff, ois. 

 Little brown Humming-Bird. Lath, si/n. 



Described by Edwards from a pair of specimens 

 brought from Surinam. Length rather more tha^ 

 three inches : bill rather longhand slightly bent"^ : top 

 of the head dull brown, spotted with bright brown: 

 throat, sides of the head, neck, breast, and belly 

 bright bay or dull orange : under the eye a stroke 

 of dark brown, and on the breast some dark spots: 

 back and upper part of the wings dull brown, in- 

 termixed with brighter or yellowish brown : quill 

 and tail-feathers dull purple, except the middle 

 tail-feathers, which are brown. 



* So as to render it doubtful in which division of the genus it 

 should be placed. 



