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MANGO HUMMING-BIRD. 
Trochilus mango. — Linn.«us. 
PLATE XX. 
Trochilus mango, Linn<mcs Mango Humming-Bird, La- 
tham, General History, iv. p. 310. — Shaw's Zoology, viii. 
294 — Plastron noir Buffon ; Le Colibri a plastron noir. 
Lesson, Histoire Naturelle des Colibris, pi. xiii. bis, xiv. 
XV. 
This very common species has been the subject 
of many descriptions, under different names, from 
the difference in the appearance of the adult and 
young. The list of synonyms might be made very 
long ; but those we have given are sufficient to dis- 
tinguish the adults. 
The length is about four inches and a quarter: 
the upper parts, flanks, and under tail-coverts, are 
bright golden-green, having on the forehead and crown 
brilliant and distinct reflections with the light. From 
the chin to the vent there is a stripe of deep velvet- 
black, which is shaded into the sides with a bril- 
liant steel-blue : the flank above the insertion of the 
thighs is barred with a naiTow band of white. The 
tail, of which the feathers are very broad, is rounded 
at the tip : the centre feathers above are of a bright 
