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BLACK-BREASTED HUMMING-BIRD. 
The young have also been described under different 
names ; but a comparison of the present plate with 
that following, engraved from Lesson's Monograph, 
will point out the distinction. It has been sent to 
Europe from Guiana and St Domingo, but will most 
probably have a wider range. 
The upper parts of the adult male are of a golden 
green; on the throat there is a patch or gorget of 
deep and bright emerald green scaly feathers, and 
which with some lights appear almost black ; this is 
succeeded with a large patch of dull black occupying 
the forepart of the breast, whence the name given by 
Latham ; the belly and flanks are brownish, tinged 
with green, and the vent is white ; the wings ^are 
powerful ; the shaft of the first quill very strong ; the 
tail is ample, rounded at the extremity, which is bor- 
dered with black for a quarter of its length, while the 
basal half is of a clear purplish brown. 
