SCALY-THROATED HUMMING-BIRD. 119 
lar, that the same species miglit almost be made by a 
change of colour on the same engraving. The colour 
of the body is of a rich green. The throat, where 
the amethystine patch of tlie former is placed, is a 
pure white, but the base of each feather is distinctly 
marked witi) a deep shade of grey, which gives a 
scaly appearance to that part, and from whence Tem- 
minck has taken the character for his name; a white 
line is continued along the centre of the lower parts, 
and joins the tail-coverts of the same colour. Its 
native country is also Brazil. 
WHITE-THROATED HUJIMING-BIRD. 
Trochilus albicollis. — Vieillot. 
Oiseau-mouche ^ gorge blanche ; Trochilus albicollis,. Tcm- 
minck. Planches Coloriees, 203 Lesson, Hisioire Natit- 
relle des Oiseaux-mouches, pi. Ixiii. 
Another species, also corresponding in form 
with the last. There is, however, a considerable 
difference in Lesson and Teraminck’s representa- 
tion of the same bird, the first making the white 
patch appear in the middle' of the breast, the lat- 
ter placing it where the scaly feathers are in the 
preceding. The re.st of the plumage is of a bright 
green, except the centre of the belly, and under 
tail-coverts, which have the same mesial line with 
the others. The tail is scarcely so much forked as 
in the last ; the two centre feathers are entirely 
