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whitish, and the tail slightly cuneiform and tipped with 
white.—Found in Cayenne. 
4. Trochilus polytmus.—Glossy-green, with black crown 
and tail; violet-brown wings, and two very long outer tail- 
feathers. This is the long-tailed black-cap humming-bird of 
Edwards, and black-capped humming-bird of Latham. An 
elegant species, of considerable size.—A native of South 
America, and found also in Jamaica. The female is green¬ 
ish above and white below; the sides of the neck varied 
with white and green, and the tail destitute of the two long 
plumes so conspicuous in that of the male. 
5. Trochilus forficatus. — Gold-green, with blue crown, 
and gold-blue forked tail, and two outer feathers very long. 
The long-tailed green humming-bird of Edwards, and fork¬ 
tailed humming-bird of Latham. An elegant but rare species. 
—Found in Jamaica. 
6. Trochilus leucurus.—Coppery-green, with brown quill- 
feathers; a reddish crescent in front of the neck, and white 
even tail. The white-tailed humming-bird of Edwards and 
Latham.—Native of Surinam. 
7. Trochilus jugularis. ■—Gold-green, with a tinge of 
dusky-blue; with blood-red throat and breast, blackish ab¬ 
domen, and even tail. Red-breasted humming-bird of Ed¬ 
wards and Latham. The garnet-throated humming-bird of 
Latham is of the same species.—Found in Surinam. 
8. Trochilus thaumantius. — Gold-green, with blackish 
quill-feathers, and' tail-feathers edged with white; the exte¬ 
rior one entirely white on the outside. The admirable 
humming-bird of Latham, first described by Marcgrave.— 
A native of Brasil and several other regions of South Ame¬ 
rica. 
9. Trochilus dominicus, or pectoralis.—Gold-green, with 
velvet-black breast; white belly, and purplish steel-blue tail. 
Thy black-breasted and St. Domingo humming-bird of La¬ 
tham. The female is said to be distinguished from the male 
by having the green on the fore-part of the neck divided by 
two white streaks, and the breast of a paler black than that 
of the male.—A native of the West India islands. 
10. Trochilus mango. — Copper-green, with black de¬ 
scending throat-stripe and abdomen; violet-brown wings, 
and ferruginous tail edged with black. The Mango hum¬ 
ming-bird of Latham. The female is said to differ in 
having the two middle tail-feathers gold-green, like the back. 
—A native of South America, particularly of Brasil, but 
found in St. Domingo, Jamaica, and other West India 
islands. Dr. Latham mentions a variety of this species, in 
which the throat, on each side of the black stripe, was white. 
Gmelin makes the “ meliivora avis maxima” of Ray and 
Sloane a variety of this. 
11. Trochilus holosericeus. — Gilded-green, with brown 
wings; black tail and abdomen, and blue pectoral bar. 
The black-bellied humming-bird of Edwards and Latham. 
■—Native of Mexico and Guiana. 
12. Trochilus galeritus.—Gold-green, with brown quill- 
feathers, and purple crest.—Found in Chili. 
13. Trochilus exilis.—Brownish-green, with a gloss of 
red; glossy-green crest with gilt tip, and black wings and 
tail. The little humming-bird of Latham, and humming¬ 
bird of a black colour of Bancroft. The smallest of the 
curve-billed section.—Native of Guiana. 
14. Trochilus cyaneus.—Velvet-crimson, with blue back, 
and black wings. The crimson-headed blue humming-bird 
of Latham.—A native of Mexico. 
15. Trochilus furcatus.—Glossy violet-blue, with gold- 
green crown and throat, and black wings, abdomen, and 
forked tail. The lesser fork-tailed humming-bird of Latham. 
—A native of several parts of South America, and of some 
of the larger West India islands. 
16. Trochilus macrourus, or forcipatus.—Gold-green, 
with violet head and neck; abdomen marked by a white 
spot, and forked tail. Cayenne fork-tailecl humming-bird of 
Latham. 
17. Trochilus purpuratus.—Green, with crown, wings, and 
bifurcated tail purple, and wreath blue. The purple-crowned 
humming-bird of Latham. 
I L U S. 
18. Trochilus auratus. See Jugularis. Of this Gmelin 
gives a variety, viz., with cheeks, nape and throat golden- 
red ; head and body black, with shining-green; 
19. Trochilus gramineus. — See Dominicus or Pecto¬ 
ralis. 
20. Trochilus violaceus.—Dark purple-violet, glossy on 
the fore-parts, with green and gold wings and tail, the latter 
tinged with black. The violet humming-bird of Latham.— 
Native of Cayenne. 
21. Trochilus maculatus.—See Gutturalis. 
22. Trochilus punctulatus.—Gold-green, with blackish 
wings ; shoulders and back spotted with white, and brown 
tail with white tip. The spotted humming-bird of Latham. 
—Native of Mexico, where it is called “ Iloitzitzil.” 
23. Trochilus albus.—See Gutturalis, of which it is a 
variety. 
24. Trochilus aurantius.—Brown, with orange head; yel¬ 
low throat and breast, purple wings, and ferruginous tail. 
The orange headed humming-bird of Latham.—Native of 
South America. 
25. Trochilus flavifrons.—Green, with yellow front, and 
black wings and tail. The yellow-fronted humming-bird of 
Latham, and yellow-fronted honey-sucker of Pennant. 
26. Trochilus venustissimus.—See Cyaneus. 
27. Trochilus margaritaceus.-—Bright-green, pearl-grey 
beneath, with the tail steel-blue at the base, purple-brown in 
the middle, and white at the tip. The grey-necked hum¬ 
ming-bird of Latham. Conjectured by Dr. Shaw to be 
female ? 
28. Trochilus hirsutus.—See Brasiliensis, 
29. Trochilus multicolor.—See Histrio. 
30. Trochilus cinereus.—Gold-green, ash-coloured be¬ 
neath, with violet-brown wings, and rounded steel-blue 
tail -with white tips. The ash-bellied humming-bird of 
Latham. 
31. Trochilus gularis.—Gold-green ; white beneath, with 
blackish wings and tail, and deep-blue throat and vent.— 
Probably a native of South America. 
32. Trochilus fulvus.—Yellow, with the tail-feathers and 
covers thick; beneath brownish.—A native of South Ame¬ 
rica. 
33. Trochilus varius.— Gold-green; beneath whitish- 
brown, with a double pectoral band green-blue and blood- 
red.—Found in South America. 
34. Trochiluscyanurus.—Green; cinereous beneath, with 
the throat, breast, and two very long middle-tail-feathers 
blue. The blue-tailed humming-bird of Latham.—Native 
of New Spain. 
35. Trochilus furcifer.—Gold-green, with brown wings; 
white throat, and glossy blue-green breast and forked tail.— 
Native of Paraguay. 
36. Trochilus maxiinus.—Gold-green, with white throat, 
ferruginous vent, and blue crown, quill and tail-feathers. 
Ekelberg’s humming-bird of Latham. 
37. Trochilus Capensis.—Green, with long middle tail- 
feathers, and blue wing-coverts. Ekelberg’s humming-bird 
of Latham. 
38. Trochilus chrysobronchos.—Gold-green, with very 
bright throat and breast; subferruginous wings, and white- 
edged tail.—Native of Guiana. 
39. Trochilus sparganurus.—Gokl-green, with emerald 
throat, and black forked tail, with a gold-crimson bar across 
the feathers. The bar-tailed humming-bird.—A very beau¬ 
tiful species, said to be a native of Peru. 
40. Trochilus porphyrurus.— Brown, with velvet-black 
throat, and purple neck-stripes and tail. A variety of the 
mango, according to Latham.—Native of South America and 
the West India islands. 
41. Trochilus gutturalis.— Gold-green, with emerald 
throat; whitish rufous on each side ; black breast, and black 
abdominal stripe. The trochilus gularis of Latham; and 
maculatus of Gmeliu. The green-throated humming-bird of 
Latham. 
42. Trochilus nitidus.—Violet-tailed humming-bird of 
Latham, 
