THE MANGO HUMMING-BIRD. 
187 
“I have not seen the splendid engravings of this genus by Messrs. 
V ieillot and Audebert, in which the Trochilus Mango is said to be 
figured ; but from the description contained in Latham’s Synopsis and 
Shaw’s Zoology, I have no hesitation in pronouncing it an individual of 
that species.” 
The female figure introduced in the plate was taken from a specimen 
procured at Charleston ; but whether it had been found in the United States 
or not, could not be ascertained. 
Trochilus mango, Linn. Syst. Nat., vol. i. p. 191. 
Mango Humming-bird, Trochilus mango , Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. ii. p. 480. 
Male, 4f, 8. 
Florida Keys. Rare. Migratory. 
Adult Male. 
Bill long, subulate, depressed at the base, slightly arched, flexible ; upper 
mandible with the back broad and convex, the sides sloping, the edges soft ; 
lower mandible with the angle extremely acute, forming a groove for one- 
half of its length, the remaining part narrower on the back, the sides erect ; 
both mandibles deeply channelled internally, nostrils basal, lateral, linear. 
Head small, neck short, body short, moderately robust. Feet very short 
and feeble ; tarsus very short, roundish ; toes very small, the three anterior 
united at the base, scutellate above, compressed, differing little in length ; 
claws small, arched, compressed, acute. 
Plumage soft and blended. Wings long, extremely narrow, falciform, the 
first quill longest, the other primaries gradually diminishing in length ; the 
secondaries extremely short, narrow, and rounded. Tail ample, rather long, 
of ten broad rounded feathers, the outer incurvate. 
Bill black. Iris brown. Feet dusky. Head, hind neck and back splen- 
dent with bronze, golden, and green reflections ; wings dusky, viewed in 
certain lights deep purplish-brown. Middle tail-feathers black, glossed with 
green and blue, the rest deep crimson-purple, tipped and partially margined 
with steel-blue. Fore part of the neck, and middle of the breast, velvet- 
black, margined on each side with emerald-green, the sides yellowish-green. 
Length 41 inches, extent of wings 8 ; bill 1 ; tarsus 
