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SYNOPSIS OP THE TROCHILIDiE. 
white, the centre of each feather darkest ; tail green 
at the base, the outer feathers barred with blue and 
tipped with white. Inhabits Surinam and many of 
the West Indian islands. 
8. L. NIGER, Black Humming-Bird Stvainson. T. lu- 
gubris, Lc demi-deuil. Less. O. M. xxxviii. xxxix. 
Plumage deep black, tinged with blue on the head, 
and green on the back and shoulders ; vent and tail 
white, the latter barred at the tip with black. Fe- 
male, with a brown tinge pervading the plumage ; 
tail black, vnth the outer web of the outer feather 
only white. Inhabits Brazil. 
9. L. SwAiNSONU,Swainson’8 Humming-Bird Le Swain- 
son, Less. O. M. Ixx. Above, belly and under tail-co- 
verls, golden-green; throat and breast cracrald-green, 
centre of the breast and upper part of the belly with 
a deep black patch ; tail forked, bluish-black, tinged 
with green above. Inhabits Brazil. 
Described from Lesson’s plale and description. 
Pl. XIX. VoL. II. — 10. L. Bufponii, Buffon’s Humming- 
Bird Le Colibri Buffon, Less. Trock. v. Golden- 
green, the plumage tinted with reddish on the cheeks 
and rump; feathers on the head and breast scaly- 
formed; under tail-coverts white, tail of a uniform 
steel-blue, slightly forked. 
Lesson arranges this bird with T, mperciliosus. The form of 
the fail is, however, very different, and the plurajge ranch 
nearer the division of Lampumis, which contains T. niger, 
&c* 
Pl. IV. VoL. II — 11. L. ciLLiGENA, The Purple Humming- 
Bird. — La Cceligenc,Le55. TrocA. liii. Above, purple, 
with green and violet reflections ; beneath, grey, the 
feathers of the throat and neck with a dark centre. 
The tail ample, slightly forked. Inhabits Mexico. 
These form Lesson’s Race Lea Caraibea , — the genus Anthra- 
cothorax, Boi6> 
