HUMMING BIRD. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill having a tubulated apex. 
Tongue filiform, consisting of two fibres united to form a 
tube. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Trochilus Colubris. Tr. viridi-aureus, rectricibus nigris; late- 
ralibus tribus ferrugineis apice albis, 
gula flammea. Linn. Syst. Nat. 
Gmel. l. p. 492 . 
Upper part of the body green and gold; 
tail feathers of a purplish brown, the 
lateral ones (in the female) tipped with 
white ; throat of a ruby colour. 
Mellisugar Carolinensis, gutture rubro. 
Briss. Av. 3. p. 71b- n. 13. t 36. f. 6 . 
Ruby Fly-bird. Buff. Birds , v. 6 .p. 12 . 
Red-throated Honey-sucker. Arct. 
Zool. 2 . p. 286. 
Red-tiiroated Hum- Edw. Av. 1. 1. 38. Lath. Syn. 1. p. 769* 
MiNG-BiRD. no. 35. 
These are at once the least and most beautiful of 
birds. Their plumage is brilliant beyond concep- 
