BROAVN-CROWNED HUMMING-BIRD. 
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bill is straight, ami comparatively short. We give 
the description with the intention of calling attention 
to the species. 
BROWN-CROAVNED H UMMING-BIRD. 
Trochilus h^pophcsvs — Latham. 
The Brown-crowned Humming-Bird, Latham, General His- 
tory, i\. p. .S31 ColibridePrdvost jeune, Trochilus Pre- 
vostii, Lesson, Histoire Naturelle des Colibris, pi. xxiv. 
The length is from three to four inches. The 
head and space around the eyes is clear j'ellowish- 
brown. The upper parts are brownish-gi’een ; the 
lower grey, shading into white, where they join the 
green of the upper. The centre of the throat is 
marked with a longitudinal patch of deep-black. 
'The under tail-coverts are green, tipped with white. 
The tail is rounded, and, except the centre feathers, 
is of a deep blackish-brown, and at the tips white. 
Lesson did not know whence the species he copied 
was brought. Those described by Dr Latham were 
received from Tobago. 
