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"The Long-t ail’d Red Huming-Bird. 
IS Bird is one of the largeft of the Kind I have met with, as well as the moft 
JL beautiful ; it is here figur’d of its natural Bignefs ; I believe it had loft one of 
the long Feathers of the Tail, becaufe I never obferv’dany Bird to have an odd or Angle 
Feather in its Tail, that had not its like or fellow. The Bill of this Bird is long, flender, 
and bowed down toward the Point, of a black Colour \ the Head, and upper Part of 
the Neck are Black, with a Ihining Luftre; the Throat is of the moft fplendid Colour 
one can conceive, being Green Ihining with the Luftre of polifh’d Gold ; below this 
Green is a black femi-lunar Line parting it from the Breaft, which is of a Rofe-colour j 
the Back and Covert-feathers of the Wings are Red, but more inclining to Orange than 
the Breaft 5 the Quills and Row of Coverts next above them, are of a dull Purple- 
colour 5 the Tail hath two long Feathers in the middle, of the fame Purple with the 
Wings ; the Side-feathers of the Tail are redifli Orange like the Back ; the lower Part 
of the Back, Rump, and Coverts of the Tail, are of a fine Green-colour; the Legs and' 
Feet are Black; it hath very fliort Legs, and four Toes, ftanding three forward and one 
backward, as all of this Kind have. 
The Little Brown Huming-Bird. 
T -'HIS is one of the leaft of the Humhig~Eird Kind I have met with, being no 
bigger than the upper Figure in this Plate reprefents it ; the Bill is long, {lender, 
a little bowed or bent downward ; the upper Mandible longer than the nether, of a dark 
orblack Colour ; the lower Mandible is Flcfh-colour'd toward the Head, black at the 
Point : the Top of the Head is dirty Brown, fpotted with bright Brown ; the Throat, 
Sides of the Head, all round the Neck, Breaft and Belly, are of a bright Bay or dirty 
Orange-colour; under the Eye is aftroke of dark Brown or Black, and fomedark Spots 
in the middle of the Breaft; the Back, and upper Part of the Wings, are of a dirty 
brown Colour, intermixed with brighter yeliowifti Brown ; the Quills and Tail-feathers, 
(except the middle Feathers, which are brown) are of a dirty Purple-colour; the Legs, 
Feet, and Claws, black. ^ , 
1 think this is the only Bird of this Genus that hath no Green nor fhining Gold-like 
luiftrc mixed in its Feathers. Thelc Birds are prefer ved in the Cabinet of his Grace the 
Duke of Richmond, They were brought from Surinam, 
The 
