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fearless of mankind, coming into apartments of bouses, the 
windows of* which are left open, but when approached, 
darting away with admirable velocity. Their nests, made 
in branches of trees amidst the thick foliage, are found with 
difficulty: they are of elegant structure, formed on the out¬ 
side the moss, and within lined with down or gossamer col¬ 
lected from the great mullein, but sometimes constructed of 
flax, hemp, hair, and other soft materials. The female is 
said to be the builder, and the male supplies her with mate¬ 
rials : both assist in the labour of incubation, which lasts 
twelve days; they lay only two eggs, which are white, and 
as small as peas. It is suggested that the patch-necked 
humming-bird of Latham’s first supplement is no other 
than a young male of this species. The tomineo of Gmelin 
is a variety. 
08. Trochilus rubineus. — Green-gold, with gold-red 
throat, purplish-brown wings, and rufous tail. The ruby- 
throated humming-bird of Latham.—Native of South Ame¬ 
rica, and particularly of Brazil, and is considered as one of 
the rarer kinds of humming-birds. 
69. Trochilus mellisugus.—Gold-green, with glossy blue- 
green throat, violet-black wings, and feathered legs. The 
emerald-throated humming-bird of Shaw, the all-green hum¬ 
ming-bird of Edwards, and the Cayenne humming-bird of 
Latham.—This is one of Marcgrave’s guainumbis. 
70. Trochilus collaris.—Rufous, paler beneath, with gold- 
green crown, and gold-red throat, with the feathers elon¬ 
gated on each side. The ruff-necked humming-bird of 
Latham.—This species is numerous in Nootka Sound. 
71. Trochilus ornatus.—Brownish, with rufous crest, eme¬ 
rald throat, and elongated rufous neck-feathers with gold- 
green tips. The tufted-necked humming-bird of Latham.— 
Native of Guiana. 
72. Trochilus albirostris.—Blackish, with gold-green 
throat; each feather edged with grey, and white bill, thighs, 
and vent. The white-billed humming-bird of Shaw.—Native 
of Cayenne. 
73. Trochilus Vielloti.—Blackish-olive, with golden gloss; 
beneath whitish, with violet-brown quill-feathers. Viellot’s 
humming-bird, and black humming-bird of Latham. This 
small species is common in the island of St. Domingo, sup¬ 
posed by Viellot to be the trochilus niger of Linnaeus. 
74. Trochilus leucocrotaphos.—Gold-green ; beneath grey, 
with white belly; a whitish stripe behind the eyes, and blue- 
black quill and tail-feathers.—The most common species in 
Paraguay. 
75. Trochilus maugeanus.—Gold-green; beneath glossed 
with violet-blue, with violaceous-black wings and tail, the 
latter.slightly forked. Maugean humming-bird, or Tobago 
humming-bird of Latham.—Native of the island of Porto- 
Rico, whence it was brought by M. Mauge. 
76. Trochilus ruber.—Sub-ferruginous; slightly spotted 
with brown, with the side-feathers of the tail violet-brown. 
The little brown humming-bird of Latham.'—Brought from 
Surinam 
77. Trochilus cristatus.—Gold-green, cinereous beneath; 
with golden-blue pointed crest, and violet quill-feathers and 
tail. The crested green humming-bird of Edwards and La¬ 
tham. The female differs in wanting the crest, and in being 
ash-coloured beneath.—Native of South America, and some 
of the West India islands. 
78. Trochilus pileatus.—Brown, with glossy-blue-pointed 
crest. The trochilus puniceus of Linn. Gmel., and crested 
brown humming-bird of Latham. 
79. Trochilus minimus.—Gold-green; measuring about 
an inch and a half in;.length; beneath whitish, with violet- 
brown wings and tail. Least humming-bird of Edwards 
and Shaw, &c. The smallest of the genus, and consequently 
of the whole feathered tribe: its general length being some¬ 
what more than an inch and a quarter. 
80. Trochilus striatus.—Brown ; beneath white, with a 
longitudinal stria or streak green-gold; brown cap; black 
quill-feathers; base of the tail cinnamon-coloured, tip ob¬ 
scure. The brown-crowned humming-bird of Latham.— 
pound in the island of Tobago. 
81. Trochilus obscurus.—Blue; crown obscure; chin and 
throat glossy-green; middle of the back greenish; rump, 
wings, and tail purple.—The dusky-crowned humming-bird 
of Latham. 
82. Trochilus cyanocephalus.—Green-gold, with head, 
tail-feathers, and crown blue; abdomen red.—Found in Chili. 
83. Trochilus glaucopis.—Green-gold, with blue front; 
white vent; violet-brown tail-feathers; pennated feet; tail 
steel-blue sub-furcated. The blue-fronted humming-bird of 
Latham.—Found in Brazil. 
84. Trochilus cyanomelas.—Variegated with white and 
blue; throat and breast red. Black and blue humming-bird 
of Bancroft and Latham.—-Found in Terra Firma and the 
Caribbee islands. 
85. Trochilus Guianensis.—Green, with crest and breast 
red; quill-feathers and tail-feathers green, variegated with 
red and purple.—Guiana humming-bird of Latham. 
TRO'CHINGS, s. The branches on a deer’s head. 
Ainsworth. 
TRO'CHISCH, s. [rgo% 10 -koi;, Greek; trochiscus, Latin.] 
A kind of tablet or lozenge,—The trochisks of' vipers, so 
much magnified, and the flesh of snakes some ways condited 
and corrected. Bacon. 
TROCHITiE, or Trochites, in Natural History, a kind 
of figured fossile stones,resembling parts of plants; vulgarly 
called St. Cuthbert’s beads. They are found in great plenty 
in the bodies of the rocks at Braughton and Stock, two vil¬ 
lages in Craven, at all depths under ground; also in Mendip- 
hills, &c. 
TRO'CHITE, s. [from Tj>o%o;, Greek; awheel.] A kind 
of figured fossil stone.—Near Levinz in Westmoreland, I 
met with a stone which ran almost across the river Kent, made 
of several millions of trochites , pretty regularly cemented 
into one mass. Bp. Nicolson. 
TROCHTELF1NGEN, a small town of the west of Ger¬ 
many. It has 2300 inhabitants, afid is the chief place of a 
lordship; 14 miles east of Hechingen, and 31 south of Stut- 
gard. 
TROCHTELFINGEN, a large village of the west of 
Germany, in Wirtemberg; 4 miles south of Nordlingen. 
TROCTOU, a small island in the Eastern seas, near the 
coast of Queda. Lat. 6. 30. N. long. 99. 33. E. 
TROD, or Tko'dden, participle passive of tread. — 
Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles. St. 
Luke. 
Thou, infernal serpent, shalt not long 
Rule in the clouds; like an autumnal star, 
Or light’ning, thou shalt fall front heav’n trod down 
Under his feet. Milton. 
TRODE, the preterite of tread. —They trade the grapes 
and made merry. Judges. 
TRODE, s. [preterite of tread.] Footing.—The {rode 
is not so tickle. Spenser. 
They never set foot on that same trode, 
But baulke their right way, and strain abroad. Spenser. 
TROGEN, a small town in the north-east of Switzerland, 
in the canton of Appenzel, in what is called the Outer Rood. 
It contains only 2300 inhabitants; 4 miles east of St. Gall, 
and 6 north-east of Appenzel. 
TRO'GLODYTE, s. Gr.] One who inhabits 
caves of the earth.—These savages, gazing awhile upon them, 
flew away at last into their caves, for they were trogtodi/es, 
and had no dwelling but in the hollows of the rocks. 
Howell. 
TROGLODYTES, or Troglodyte [formed of Tj Ihlji.’flf 
caverna, and Sv&, I enter], a people of Ethiopa, said to have 
lived in caves under ground. 
Pomp. Mela gives a strange account of the Troglodytes. 
—He says, they did not so properly speak as shriek; and 
that they lived on serpents, kc. Tzetzes calls them lch- 
thyophagi. Montanus takes them to be the same with 
those called in Scripture Glianaviim. Pintianus in Strabo 
will have the name written without the /, Trogoditee. 
These Troglodytes, so called by the Greeks from their pri¬ 
meval 
