THE 
FORK-TAILED HUMMING-BIRD. 
Generic Character. 
BUI flender, tubular, the upper mandible flieatb- 
ing the lower. 
Tongue very long, miffile, formed of two con¬ 
joined cylindric tubes. • 
Toes three-forward, one backward. ' 
Specific Character, &e. 
GREEN HUMMING-BIRD, with fbining- 
blue forked tail; the exterior feathers ex¬ 
tremely long; the top of the head blue. 
The LONG-TAILED GREEN HUMMING¬ 
BIRD. 
Edzz>. pi. 33' 
OISEAU-MOUCHE a longue queue, or, vert 
et bleu. 
Buff. 6 . p. 38 . 
This beautiful native of the Weflern hemifphere 
is principally found in the ifland of Jamaica, and, 
B 2 like 
