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TROCHILUS. 
Latham, and trochilus albus of Gmelin’s Linnaeus. Sup¬ 
posed by Shaw to be a variety of the preceding. 
43. Trochilus Brasiliensis. — Gold-green; rufescent be¬ 
neath, with violet-brown wings and tail; the latter tipped 
with white', and white-feathered legs. The rufous-bellied 
humming-bird of Latham. The trochilus hirsutus of Gme¬ 
lin’s Linnaeus. An elegant species.—Native of Brazil. 
44. Trochilus fasciatus.—Green-gold, with rufus undula¬ 
tions ; blackish-rufous head; and a black band edged with 
white along each side of the body. Banded humming-bird. 
—Native of Paraguay. 
45. Trochilus punctatus.—Gold-green; beneath brownish 
undulated with white; with subviolaceous wings, and tail 
white at the base and tip. Scalloped humming-bird, strongly 
allied to the mango, and it is not impossible, says Dr. Shaw, 
that it may be the young, in its first year’s plumage. 
46. Trochilus aureo-viridis.—Gold-green, with blackish 
wings; and steel-blue tail with white tip.—Native of the West 
India islands. 
47. Trochilus aurulentus.—Dark gold-green, with brighter 
throat and shoulders; black breast, brown abdomen, and 
subviolaceous tail.—A native of the island of Porto-Rico. 
48. Trochilus trimaculatus.—Gold-green ; black beneath, 
with three white spots on each side; brown quill-feathers, 
and steel-blue tail.—Native of South America. Dr. Shaw 
conjectures that this may be only a variety of trochilus 
mango, holosericeus, or pectoralis. 
49. Trochilus elegans.—Gold-green, with black breast; 
violet-black wings; and greenish-black forked tail.—Native 
of St. Domingo. 
50. Trochilus histrio.—'Brown, with gold-green crown, 
throat, breast, and shoulders-; red belly, and blue cheeks. 
The harlequin humming-bird of Latham and Shaw, and the 
multicolor of Latham and others. A highly elegant species, 
and remarkable for its variety of colours.—Native country 
uncertain. 
51. Trochilus christatellus.—Green, with shining gold- 
green crest; and black wings and tail. Gilt-crested hum¬ 
ming-bird of Latham. A small and elegant species, much 
allied to.the trochilus exilis. 
II.—With straight bills. 
52. Trochilus platurus.—Gold-green, with brown belly, 
quill-feathers, and tail; the two middle tail-feathers naked 
with webbed tips. The racket-tailed humming-bird of 
Latham.—This is a rare species, and a native of South 
America. 
53. Trochilus latipennis, or campylopterus of Linn. Gmel. 
—Gold-green; grey beneath, with brown wings and tail ; 
and the shafts of the greater quill-feathers dilated and incur- 
vated. The broad-shafted humming-bird of Latham.—One 
of the larger humming-birds, a native of Cayenne, and a very 
rare species. 
54. Trochilus auritus.—Gold-green; white beneath,with 
slightly elongated violaceous ear-feathers, black wings, and 
lateral tail-feathers. The violet-eared humming-bird of La¬ 
tham; an elegant species.—Native of Cayenne. Gmelin 
mentions a variety with a purple band below the eyes, a large 
area near the ears, below which is a green-blue spot. 
55. Trochilus mellivorus.—Gold-green, with blue head, 
neck, and breast, and white nuchal bar, abdomen and tail. 
White-bellied humming-bird of Edwards and Latham.— 
Native of South America, and not uncommon in Cayenne. 
The trochilus fimbriatU6, or spotted-necked humming-bird of 
Latham and Gmel. Linn, is supposed to be a variety. There 
are also other varieties mentioned by Viellot. 
56. Trochilus ourissia.—Gold-green, with blue back, 
breast, and belly; brown quill-feathers, and golden-brown 
tail. The green and blue humming-bird of Edwards and 
Latham—'Native of Surinam. N.B. The American word 
“ Ourissia,” signifying* a sun-beam, is applied by some of 
the earlier writers to certain species of humming-birds, on 
account of the splendour of their colours. Gnrelin mentions 
a variety, viz.: trochilus green; beneath blue, with orange 
spot on the chin ; quill-feathers and tail obscure. 
Vol. XXIV. No. 1631. 
57. Trochilus superbus.—Gold-green, with blue crown; 
double black-and-white cheek-stripe, and crimson throat 
and breast. Stripe-cheeked humming bird of Shaw. This 
superb humming-bird is a most beautiful species, and one of 
the finest of this brilliant race.—Native, probably, of South 
America. 
58. Trochilus sapphirinus.—Bright sapphire-coloured, 
with slightly-gilded-back; brown wings; black abdomen, 
and steel-blue tail. The sapphire humming-bird of Latham. 
—Native of South America. Gmelin mentions a variety, 
viz., trochilus with sapphire breast, white belly, and tail blue- 
black. 
59. Trochilus smaragdo-sapphirinus.—With bright sap¬ 
phire-blue head and throat; gold-green body; brown wings, 
and steel-blue tail. The sapphire and emerald humming¬ 
bird of Latham.—Native of South America and the West 
Indies. Shaw suggests that the two last mentioned hum¬ 
ming-birds really constitute one species. He mentions a 
variety of the last from Viellot, viz., the blue-gorge hum¬ 
ming-bird. 
60. Trochilus lucidus.—Bright gold-green, with deep- 
blue throat, breast, and tail; and a white spot behind each 
eye: supposed by Azara and Sonnini to be the same with 
the sapphire and emerald humming-bird.—Native of Para¬ 
guay. 
61. Trochilus amethystinus.—Gold-green, varied beneath 
with grey and brown, with amethystine throat, and forked 
tail. The amethystine humming-bird of Latham.—Native 
of Cayenne. 
62. Trochilus moschitus.—Purple-brown ; blackish be¬ 
neath, with ruby-gold crown, topazine throat, and black- 
tipped tail. The ruby-necked humming-bird of Latham. 
To this species Dr. Shaw refers the trochilus elatus of 
Gmelin’s Linnaeus, or ruby-crested humming-bird of Ed¬ 
wards and Latham. This is one of the most beautiful of the 
straight-billed humming-birds.—Native of South America, 
and particularly of Brazil, Guiana, and Surinam. The ruby- 
crested humming-bird is a variety. 
63. Trochilus pegasus.—Gold-green; grey beneath, with 
brown wings, and blackish-purple tail with greenish hue. 
Grey-belliecl humming-bird and gold-throated humming¬ 
bird of Latham. Dr. Shaw suggests that this may be a young 
female of trochilus moschitus. 
64. Troschilus hypophceus.—Gilded-brown ; whitish be¬ 
neath, with brown crown, and gold-green stripe down the 
middle of the throat. The brown-crowned humming-bird 
of Latham, conjectured by M. Viellot to be no other than an 
advancing young of trochilus moschitus. 
65. Trochilus carbunculus.—Glossy-black, with dark-red 
crown and nape, fiery-red throat and breast, and gilded-rufous 
tail.—The carbuncle humming-bird of Latham is suggested 
to be a variety of trochilus moschitus; rare in Cayenne. 
66. Trochilus chrysurus.—Gold-green, with cinnamon 
throat, brown quill-feathers, and topazine tail.—Native of 
Paraguay. 
67. Trochilus colubris.—Gold-green; about three inches 
in length; beneath white, with gold-red throat, and purple- 
brown wings and tail. The red-throated humming-bird of 
Edwards and Latham, red-throated honey-sucker of Pen¬ 
nant, guainumbi of Marcgrave. A beautiful species.—A 
native of America, breeding in Carolina, Florida, and, as 
some say, in Canada; and also a native of Jamaica and 
some other West India islands. The female differs in having 
the whole under side white, without any redness on the 
throat, and all the tail-feathers, exclusive of the two middle 
ones, tipped with white. The general history of this beau¬ 
tiful bird is detailed by Mr. Pennant, in his Arctic Zoology. 
Its flight is rapid, so that it is transient as lightning, and 
resembling this meteor in the glare of its colours; it feeds 
only upon the wing, suspended over the flower from which 
it extracts nourishment. The most violent passions some¬ 
times agitate the little bodies of these birds. Their contests 
in disputing possession of the same flower are very violent; 
tilting against one another with such fury, as if they intended 
to transfix their antagonists with their long bills. They are 
2 H fearless 
