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CATALOGUE
OF THE
BIRDS
BRITISH MUSEUM.
VOLUME XVI.
LONDON:
FEINTED BY OEDER OF THE TEUSTEES.
1892.
CATALOGUE
P I C A R I ^
IN THE
COLLECTION
BRITISH MUSEUM.
UPUPiE AND TRO CHILI,
BY
OSBERT SALVIN. CORACI^,
OP THE FAMILIES
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P K E F A C E.
The preparation of the present volume was commenced in the year 1887, but its publication has been delayed from several causes : — The desire of profiting by the most recent attempts at classification rendered changes in the serial arrangement of the families neces- sary ; Mr. Salvin, who at first intended to undertake the whole of the Macrochirous families, together with the Podargidae, was prevented by other engagements from proceeding beyond the Trochilidae, so that a substitute had to be introduced to the work ; and, finally, the material to be catalogued was unusually heavy, as it not only comprises the two largest collections of Humming-Birds that have been made hitherto, viz. those of the late Mr. J. Gould and of Messrs. Godman and Salvin, but was also increased by the accessions of the last four years. Consequently the contents of this volume greatly exceed those of any of the previous ones, as will be seen from the following statement : —
Species. Types. Specimens.
TTpupae 16 4 448
Trochili 482 161 8253
Cypselidae 78 20 1500
Caprimulgidffi 86 20 1800
Podargidaj 24 6 271
Steatornithidne 1 — 14
687 211 12,286
Of the 687 species recorded, 50 are not represented in the Museum ; but besides the 211 types of species admitted as valid, the Collection contains 62 other typical specimens, the names of
which aro now relegated to the synonymic lists. "With regard to the types of Trochilidffi, their number cannot bo given with absolute certainty, as Gould did not always i^ay regard to distinctive label- ling or to the preservation of individual specimens which he would have wished to be regarded as the types of the species named and described by him.
The Authors beg to acknowledge with many thanks the assistance they have received, chiefly by the loan of specimens for the purposes of comparison, from the United States National Museum, the Free Pulilic Museum of Liverpool, Graf von J5erlepsch, the Hon. AValter Eothschild, Mr. J. A. Allen of the American Museum of Natural History, Professor 11. Hertwig of the Munich Museum, H. Seebohm, Esq., Count T. Salvadori, Dr. Pleske, M. Jean Stolz- mann, Professor Nasonoff, Dr. Biittikofer, Dr. A. B. Meyer, Professor Lamport of the Stuttgart Museum, Canon Tristram, and others.
ALBERT GiJNTlIER,
Kcejier of the Dejiart)nent of Zoologi/.
Brilish Museum (X.II.), June ]± IS'Jl'.
SYSTEMATIC INDEX.
Order PI CARI.E.
Suborder UPUP.E. Fam. Upupid^.
Page
I. Upupa. Liri7i 4
1. epops, Linn 4
2. indica, Reich 10
3. marginata, Bp 13
4. somalensis, Salv. . . 13, 655
5. africana, Bechst 14
Fam. InmsoEiD^.
1. Irrisor, Less 16
1. viridis {Licht.) 17
2. ervtlirorhvnchus (Lath). 19
3. bJllii, Hartl. 20
4. jacksoui, Sharpe .... 21
2. Scoptelus, Cab. Sf Heine, . 21
1. aterrimus (Steph.) 22
2. notatus, Salv 22, 655
3. castaneiceps, Sharpe . . 23
3. Rhiuopomastus, Smith . . 23
1 . cyanomelas ( Vieill.) . . 24
2. minor {R'dpp.) 26
3. cabanisi {De Fil.) 26
yuborder TROCHILI. Trochili serhirostees.
1. Heliothrix, Boie 30
1. aiiritus {Gm.) 30
2. auriculatus (Nordm.) . 32
3. barroti [Bottrc.) . . 32, 655
2. Scbistes, aould 33
1. geotiVovi [Bourc. <§•
Mul's.) 34
2. alboerulai-is. Gould .... 34
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3. Augastes, Gould 35
1. superbus ( Yieill.) .... 35
2. liimachellus [Less.) . . 36
4. Rhamphodon, Less 36
1. nfBvius (Dumo7it) .... 37
5. Androdou, Gould 37
1. ffiquatorialis, Gould . . 38
6. Heniistephania, Reich. . . 38
1. ludoviciffi (Bourc. 4"
Muls.) 39, 655
2. rectirostris (Gould) . . 39
3. veraguensis (Salv.) . . 40
4. jobannse (Bourc.) . 40, 655
7. Glaucis, Boie 41
1. birsuta (Gm.) 41,655
2. dobrni (Bourc.) 43
8. Cblorostilbon, Gould .... 44
1. auriceps, Gould 45
2. forficatus, Ridgw 46
3. caniveti {Less.) . . 46, 656
4. splendidus ( Vieill.) . . 49
5. pucberani (Bourc.) . . 50
6. angustipennis (Fraser) 52
7. baeberlini (Reich.) . . 53
8. melanorbyncbus, Gould 53
9. pumilus, Gould 54
10. assimilis, Laivr 54
11. atala (Less.) 55
12. prasinus (Less.) 66
13. peruanus, Gould 57
9. Sporadinus, Bp 57
1. ricordi (Gerv.) 57
2. maugasi ( Vieill.) .... 58
3. elegans ( Vieill.) 59
10. lacbe, Blliot 59
1. latirostris (Sw.) 60
2. magica (Muls. i^- Verr.) 61
3. lawreiicii, Berl 61
4. doubledaji (Bourc.) . . 62
5. nitida, Salv. ^- Godm. . 62
SYSTEMATIC INDEX.
Page
11. Phaioptila, Gould (J3
1. sordida (GomW) 63
12. Aitlmrus, Cab. Sf Heine . . 64
1. polytmus (Linn.) .... 64
13. Microchera, Gould . . 66
1. albocorouata (i«Hr.) . 66
2. parvirostris (Lawr.)(i7, 656
14. CaUipharus, Elliot 67
1. nigriveiitris {Lmvr.) . . 67
15. Pauvclilora, Cuh. ■S,- Heine 68
1. iuexpectata, lierl 69
2. poortmaui {Boiirc.) 69, 656
3. euchloris {Reich.) .... 70
4. aliciffi {Bnurc.) .... 70, 656
5. micaus, Salv 71, 656
6. I'ussata, Salv. ^- Godm. 71
7. steuura, Vab. Hf Heine . 71
16. Euplierusa, Gould 72
1. eximia [IMattre) . 72, 656
2. egregia, Sel. ^- Salv. . . 73
3. poliocerca, Elliot .... 74
17. Elvira, Muls. 4- Verr 74
1. chionura {Gould) .... 74
2. cupreiceps {Laivr.) . . 75
18. Tlialurania, Guuld 76
1. glaucopis {Gm.) ... 77
2. townsendi, Ridgw 78
3. liypoclilora, Goidd. ... 78
4. watertoni {Bourc.) . . 78
5. columbica {Bourc.) 79,656
6. eriphile {Less.) 80
7. fanniiB {Bourc. 4" Del.) 81
8. nigrofasciata {Gould) . 82
9. tschudii, Gould 83
10. jelskii, Tacz 84
11. fiivcata {Gm.) 84
12. furcatoides, Gould. ... 85
18. refulgens, Gould 86
14. bicolor {Gm.) 86
19. llypuroptila, Gould .... 87
1. Luflbni (Less.) 87
2. ciBruleiventris {Reich.)
88, 656
3. uroclirysoa, Gould .... 89
4. isauiae, Gould 89
5. melanorrboa (Salv.) . . 90
20. Lampornis, Sio 91
1. mango (Linn.) 91
2. violicauda {Bodd.) 92, 657
3. gramiueus {Gm.) .... 95
4. calosoma, Elliot 96
5. dominicus {Linn.) .... 96
6. virginalis, Gould .... 97
7. prevosti {Less.) 98
8. nendeisoui, Cory .... 99
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9. veraguensis, Gould . . 99 10. viridis ( Vieill.) 100
21. Pinarolaema, Gould 101
1. buckleyi, Gould 101
22. Avocettula, Reich 101
1. recurvirostris {Sic.) . . 101
23. Eulampis, Boie 102
1. jugularis (imH ) . .. 102
2. holosericeus {Linyi.) . . 104
24. Petasophora, Gray 105
1. serrirostris ( Vieill.) . . 106
2. iolata, Gould .... 107, 657
3. germana, Salv. Sr
Godm 108
4. coniscans, Gould .... 109
5. thalassina (Siv.) . . 109, 657
6. cvauotis {Bourc.) . 110, 657
7. delphinM {Less.) . . Ill, 657
25. Chn solampis, i?o;'e .... 113 1. moscMlus {Linn^ . 113,657
TROCniLI INTEBMEDII.
26. Pteriiplianes, Gould 117
1. temminckii(£o«'ss.) 118, 657
27. Helioiu aster, Bj) 119
1. furcifer {Shaw) 119
28. Lepidolarynx, Reich 120
1. mesoleucus (Temm.). . 120
29. Dipblo2-a;na, Gould 121
l.irhXGould) 121
2. hesperus, Gould 122
3. aurora (Gould) 122
30. Ilelianthea, Gould 123
1. typica, Rp 124, 658
2. bonapartii {Boiss.) 124, 658
3. eos, Gould 125
4. lutetiaj (Del. ^ Muls.). 126
5. violifera (Gould) . . . 126
6. osculans, Gould 127
7. dicbroura, Tacz 128
31. Bourcieria, Bp 128
1. inca, Gould 129
2. insectivora (Tsch.) . . . . 129
3. conradi {Bourc.) 1.30
4. torquata (Boiss.) . 130, 658
5. fulgidigula, Gould .... 131
32. Eudosia, .lfz«/s 132
1. ix&\-\&9,\ (Muls. ^ Verr.) 132
33. Lamprojiygia, Reich 132
1. priinellii (Bourc. ^
Muls.) 133
2. assimilis (Elliot) .... 134
3. purpurea ( Gould) .... 134 A. WAsom (Del. ^ Bourc.) 134
STSTEMATIC INDEX.
5. coeligena (Less.) 13^5
6. Columbiana, Mliot . 135, 658
7. holi\iiina,Gould 136
34. Cyanolesbia, SfeJ. ' . igQ
1. gorgo iJieich.) . . '137, 658
2. coelestis (Gould) 139
3. ruocoa (Del. ^- Bourc') 140
4. smaragdina {Gould) . 140
5. gviseivjtns, Tacz. ..137
35. Zodaha, Muls 141
1. glyceria, lip ' 14^
2. ortoni (Lawr.) ." .' I42
36. Sappho, Jiet'ck ,[[ 140
1. spargamira (Shaw) . . I43
2. phaon (Guuld) 144
3. caroli (Bourc.) ' I44
37. Neolesbia, Scdv , ,\\ 24.5
1. nehrkorni (BerL) ' '. " ' .' I45
38. Lesbia, Less ' ' ] 14(3
1. victoriffi (Bou7-c. ^
„ ^Y"''*-) 146,658
2. eucharis (Bourc.) I47
3. nuna (Zess.) 143
Qo ,4- ^ou^di (ZorffZ.) .. 149,658
39. Metallura, Gould 1,50
1. opaca ( Tsch.) ' ' " " 150
2. jelskii, Cab [,[ 151
3. chloropogon (Cab."^- , Hfine) 151
4. asneicauda (Gould) . . 152
5. tviianthina (Lodd.) 152,658
6. smaragdiuicollis((Z'0;-6.
f Lafr.) 1,54
7. primolina, Bourc I54
8. wiUiami, Bourc ." .' 1,5,5
9. eupogon, Cab .' ." 1,55
40. Eustephauus, Bekh. . . 1.56
1. galeritus (Mol.) . . 156, 659
2. lernandensis (King) \
01 ,. ,.. 157,659 I
3. leyboldi, Goidd 158 ,
41. Panterpe, Ch6.4-^e»ie .. 1,58
1. msignis, Cab. S,- Heine. 1.58 |
42. lleliangelus, Gould 1,59
1. clarissffi (deLong.) 160, 6.59
2. latielavius, 8alv.. . 160, 659
3. ametbysticollis (d'Orb.
4" W'-.) 161
4. strophianus (Gould) . 161
5. violicollis, Salv. . . 162, 659
6. spencii (Bourc.) 162
7. mayors, Gould . . ,' ' ." " 163 43. Ileliotrypha, Gould '.' 164
1. viola (Gould) I64
2. exortis (Fraser) . . im, 659
3. micrastur (Gould) 166
4. bairali, Muls. 8/- Verr. . 166
5. speciosa, Salv 167, 659
44. Urosticte, Gould 167
1. benjamini (Bourc.) ' .. 167
2. mterniedia, Tacz. ... 168
3. ruficrissa, Laicr 169
45. Adelomyia, ^^^ \\' ' iqq
1. melanogenys (Fraser) '
169, 659
2. ffineotincta, Sitnon 171
3. cervina, Gould 171
4. inornata (Gould) ... 172
46. Anthocti^hala,Cab.^fireine 172
1. floriceps (Gould) ... 172 4i. Phlogopbilus, Gould ..". 173 .0 1- ^^'^""leucurus, Gould . 173 48. Polytmus, Briss. ... 174
49. 50.
51.
183
183 184 185
1. thaumantius(Z/ww.) 174,059
2. viridissimus ( T'ieill.) . . 176
3. leucorrbous, Scl. ^- Salv. 176 Uoleromyia, Bp 177
1. fallax'(^OT<;-c.) ' .' ' ." ' " 177 Leucochloris, JReich. ...'. 178
1. albicollis ( Vieill.) , 178
Agyrtria, Beich 173
1. niveipectus, Cab. ' '^ ' „ , -^«'«« 180, 659
2. leucogastei- (Gm.) 181
3. viridiceps (Gould) 181
4. millen (Bourc.) . . 182 660
5. casruleiceps (Gould) . .'l83
6. mtidifrons (Gould)
7. neglecta (Flliot)
8. bartletti ( Gould)
9. brevirostris (Less.) ' .. ,^„
10. affinis (Gould) I85
11. alleni, Flliot .[[ jqq
12. viridissima (Less.). ".'.' 186
13. maculicauda (Goidd). '. 188
14. luciae (Lawr.) 188
15. fluviatilis (Gould) "' 188
16. apicalis (Gould) . . iso, 660 1/. Candida (Bourc. 4-
Mnls.) 190 660
18. tephrocepbala ( Vieill.). 191
19. nitidicauda (Elliot) 190
20. nigricauda (Elliot) . .\\ 192
21. compsa, ZTewe 192
"i-I. taczanow.skii (Scl.) 19,3
52. Arinia, Muls \ '' 193
1. boucardi, Muls. . . .' .' ." I93
53. Cyanomyia, Bp. .....*' 194
1. verticalis (Licht.) '. '. ' " 194
2. violiceps, Goidd .' 196
SYSTEMATIC INDEX.
Page
3. virldifrons, Elliot 196
4. uiicrorliyncha, Elliot. . 197
5. cyaiiocephalii {Less.). . 197
6. guatemaleusis, Gould
198,660
7. franciae (Bourc.S,- Muls.)
199, 660
8. cyaneicollis {Gould) . . 199
54. Leucippus, Bp 200
1. cbionogaster {Tsch.) . . 200
2. pallidas, Tacz 201
3. chlorocercus, Gould . . 201
4. viriilicauda, Berl 202
55. Amazilia, Reich 203
1. pristiua, Gould 205
2. leucopluea, Bcich 205
3. alticola, Gould 20ri
4. dumerili (Less.) 206
5. cinnamomea (Less.) 207, 660
6. praysoui, Lrnvr 209
7. berVllina {Licht.) .... 209
8. devillii (Bourc.).. 211,660
9. castaneiventris, Gould. 212
10. cyanura, Gould . . 212, 661
11. ocai, Gould 213
12. sumichrasti, Salv. 213, 661
13. yucatanensis (Cahot) . . 214
14. cerviniventris, Gould . 214
15. lawrencii, Elliot . . 215, 661
16. riefferi (Bourc.) . . 216, 661
17. viridiventris {Reich.)
219,661
18. iodura {Reich.) 219
19. lucida, Elliot 220
20. cupreicauda, Salv. ^•
Godm 220
21. edwardi (Del. 8,- Bourc.) 221
22. niveiventris (Gould) . . 221
23. warszewiezi ( Cab. Sf
Heine) 222
24. saucerottii (Bourc. iij
Del.) 223
25. sophiffi {Bourc. Sf Muls.) 224
26. ervthronota (Less.) . . 225
27. toLaci (Gm.) 226
28. felicijB (Less.) 226
29. elegaus (Gould) 227
30. cvauifrons (Bourc.) . . 227
56. Floncola, Elliot 228
1 . lon^rostri.s ( Vie{ll.)229, 260
2. albicrissa (Govld) 231
3. coustanti (Dc/rt^)'7-e)231,661
4. leocavdise (Z?oM;r.). .. . 2.32
57. Cyanophaia, Reich 2:]'S
1. caeruleigularis (Gould) 233
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2. goudoti (Bourc.) 234
3. luminosa (Lawr.) .... 235
58. Damophila, Reich 235
1. julia3 (Bourc.) 2.36
2. panamensis, Berl 237
59. Polyerata, Heine 237
1. amabilis (Gould) .... 237
2. decora, Salv 238, 662
60. Eucephala, Reich 239
1. grayi (Del. ^- Bourc.) . 239
2. smaragdinea (G<ndd). . 240
3. pvi'opygia, Salv. i^-
' Godm 241
4. chlorocephala (Bourc.) 241
5. cserulea ( Vieill. ). 241
6. cyanogenys ( Wied) . . 243
7. scapuiata, Gould .... 243
8. CEci'uleo-lavata, Gould . 244
9. hypocyanea, Gould . . 244 10. subcserulea, Elliot .... 244
61. Ilylocharis, Boie 245
1. sapphirina {Gvi.) .... 245
2. cyauea ( Vieill.) 246
3. lactea {Less.) 247
62. Cbrysurouia, Bp 248
1. oeuone (Less.) 248, 662
2. neera (Less.) 249
3. bumboldti (Bourc. ^
Muls.) 250
4. eliciffi {Bourc. i§- Muls.)
251, 662
5. ruficollis ( Vieill.) 251
63. Basilinna, Boie 252
1. leucotis ( VieiU:) . . 252, 662
2. xautusi (Lawr.) 255
Trochili l^virostres.
64. Eutoxeres, Reich 261
1. aquiU (Bourc.) .. 261,662
2. beterura, Gould 262
3. salvici, Goidd 262
4. condaminii (Bourc.) . . 263
65. Tbrenetes, Gould 263
1. leucurus (Linn.) 264
2. cer\inicauda,6-'oMW265, 662
3. ruckeri (Bourc.) .... 265
4. fraseri (Gould) 266
5. antoniae {Bourc. &•
Muls.) 266
66. Pbaetbornis, <S'w 267
1. guyi(Zm.) 268
2. emiliae (Bourc. ^ Muls.)
268,662
3. yaruqui {Bourc.) .... 269
SYSTEMATIC INDEX.
Page
4. superciliosus {Linn.)
270, 662
5. longirostris {Less. Sf
Del.) 272,663
6. bolivianus, Gould .... 273
7. hispidus (Gould) . 273,663
8. syrniatopliorus, Gould . 274 U. antliophilus {Bourc. Sf
Muls.) 275
10. eurynnme {Less.) .... 276
11. sqiialidui (Natt.) 276
llrt. rupunimii, Buucard. . HQQ
12. augusti (Bourc.) 277
13. pretrii (Less. 8f Del.) . . Til
14. uattereri, Bevl 278
15. bourcieri (Less.) 278
16. philippii (Bourc. ^■
Mtds.) 279
07. Pygmornis, Bp 280
1. griiseigulaiis (Gould)
280, 663
2. striigularis (Gould) . . 281 8. adolphi (Gould) . . 282, 663 4. louguemarii (Less.) . . 283 6. idaliae {Bourc. Sf
Mtils.) 284
6. episcopus (Gould). 284, 663
7. pj'gniaeus (Splx) 285
8. nigiicinctus (Laivr.) . . 286
08. Splienoproctus, Cab. <$•
Heine 286
1. pauipa (Less.) 286
2. curvipennis (Licht.) . . 287
69. Camp3'lopteru.?, Sw 288
1. largipennis (Bodd.) . . 288
2. obscurus, Gould 289
3. ensipennis (Stv.) 290
4. hemileucurus (Licht.)
291 , 664
5. lazulus (Vieill.) . . 292,664
6. villrtviceucio (Bo^irc.) . 293
7. pbaiiiopeplus, Salv. (§-
Godm 294
8. rufiis. Less 294, 664
9. bypei ytbrus, Cab 295
70. Eupetomena, Gould .... 295
1. macnira (Gm.) 295
2. hirimdo, Gou/d 296
71. Apbantocbroa, Gould. . . . 297
1. cirrocbloris ( J'ieill.) . . 297
2. bvposticta, Gould 298
3. giilari.s, Guuld 298
72. Pbteocliioa, Gould 299
1. ciivieii (Del. ^- Bourc.) 299
2. roberti (Salv.) 300
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73. Sternoclyta, Goitld 300
1. C3'aueipectus (Gould) . 300
74. Urocbroa, Guuld 301
1. bougueri (Bourc.) .... 301
75. Eugenes, Gould 302
1. fulgeiis (Sw.) 302
2. spectabilis (Lawr.) . . 304
76. Cceligena, Less 304
1. clemencife (Less.) .... 304
77. Oreopyra, Gould 305
1. leucaspis, Gould 306
2. ciuereicauda, Lawr. . . 307
3. calobTjma, »S'a/r 307
4. pectoralis, 6'«Zy. . 308,604
78. Delattria, Bp 308
1. benrici (Less. ^- Del.) . 308
2. margarelbae, Salv. i^
Godm 310
3. viridipallens, Bourc. eV
Muls 310, 664
3rt. sybillffi, Salv. 4' Godm. 664
4. bemileuca (Salv.) .... 311
79. Clytolifima, Goidd 311
1. rubioea (Gm.) 312
2. aurescens (Gould) .... 313
80. Lamprolieuia, Gould .... 314
1. rbami (Less.) 314
81. Docimastes, Gould 315
1. eusiferus (Boiss.) . 315, 664
82. Eugenia, Guuld 316
1. imperatiix, Gould .... 316
83. Heliodoxa, Gould 317
1. leadbeateii (Bourc. ^
Muls.) 317,664
2. jacula, Gould .... 319, 665
3. jamesoui (Bourc.) .... 320
4. xanthogonys, Salv. ^
Gudm 321
84. lolsema, Gould 321
1. scbreibersi (Bourc.) , . 321
2. wbitelyana, Gotdd . . 322
3. luminosa, Elliot 323
85. Lampraster, Tarz 323
1. brauickii, Tacz 323
86. PhfeoliBuia, Beich 324
1. rubinoides (Bourc. c^
3Iuls.) 324
2. cervinigulariSj'SaZv. 325, 665
3. sequaturialis, Gould . . 325
87. Ilylonympba, Gould .... 325
1. macrocerca, Gould . . 326 8S. Lafresnaya, Bp 326
1. flavieaudata (Fraser)
326, 625
2. gayi (Bourc. J^- Muls.) 327
SYSTEMATIC INDEX.
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89. I'loiisupa, Bp ^28
1. mellivora {Linn.) (329, 665
2. fusca ( Vieill.) 331
90. Topaza, Gray 3o2
1. pella {Linn.) 332
2. pyra, Guuld 333
91. Oi'ootrocliilus, Gotild ... 334
1. pichincba (Bourc. ^
Mn/s.) 334
2. cliimboiazo {Del. ^•
Bourc.) 335
3. estellffi (d'Orb. ^- Lafr.) 335
4. leiicopleurus, Gould
336, 666
5. melanogaster, Govld . . 337
6. adela {d'Orh. Sf Lafr.) 337
92. Ort'onyiupha, Guuld .... 338 1. nobilis, Gould 338
93. Oxvpogon, Gould 339
1. iindeni {Boiss.) 339
2. guerini (Boiss.) . . 340, 665
3. cvanoljemus, Salv. ^
"Godm 341
94. Rhampliomicion, Bp. . . 341
1. ruiciorhynchuui
(Boiss.) .342,665
2. dorsale, Salv. Sf Godm. 343
3. heteropogon (Boiss.)
343, 665
4. olivaceum, Lau-r 344
5. stanleyi (Bourc. ^
Muls.) 344
6. Tulcani, Gould 345
7. hevram(I)el.4- Bourc.) 345
8. ruficeps (Gould) 346
95. Opisthoprora,Co6. i!j-i7a'we 347
1. euryptera (Lodd.). . . . 347
96. Patagona, Gray 348
1. gigas ( Vieiil.) . . 348, 666
97. Agiifiactis, Gould 349
1. cupreippimis (Bourc. Sc
Muls.) 350, 666
2. caumatonota, Goidd . . 351
3. castelnaudi (Bourc. (§■
Muls.) 351
4. pamela (d'Orb.S,-Lafr.) 3-52
98. Bellona, Muls. ^- Verr. . . 352
1. cristata (Linn.) 353
2. ornata (Gould) 354
3. e.xilis (Gm.) 354
99. Loddigesia, Bjj 355
1. mirabilis (Bourc.) .... 355
100. Ceplialolepis, Lodd 356
1. delalandi (Vieill.) .... 356
- 2. loddigesi (Gould) .... 357
101. Abeillia, Bp 358
1. typica, Bp 358, 666
102. Klais, Beich 359
1. guinieti (Bourc. ^
Muls.) 359,666
103. Eiiocnemis, Reich 360
1. derbyi (Del. ^ Bourc.) 362
2. alinte (Bourc.) 363
3. vestita (Long.) . . 363, 066
4. smaragdinipectus, Gld. 364
5. ventralis, Salv. . . 364, 666
6. nigrivestis (Bourc.) . . 365
7. godini (Bourc.) 365
8. luciani (Bourc.) 366
9. glaucopoides (d'Orb. 8f
Lafr.) 367
10. cupreiventris (Frascr)
367, 666
11. chrysorama, Elliot . . 368
12. simplex, Gould 368
13. dyselius, Elliot 368
14. mosquera (Bourc. 8f
Del.) 369
15. isaacsoni (Parz.) .... 369
16. aureliae (Bourc. i^
Muls.) 370, 666
17. russata, Goidd 370
18. assimilis, Elliot 371
19. lugens (Gould) 371
20. squamata, Gould .... 371
21. incultus, Elliot 372
104. Paiioplites, Goidd .... 372
1. jardinii (Bourc.) .... 372
2. niatthewsi (Bourc.) . . 373
3. flavescens (Lodd.) 374, 666
105. Spatbiira, Gould 375
1. uoderwoodi (Less.) 375, 6G6
2. melananthera, Jard. . . 376
3. solstitialis, Gould .... 377
4. peruana, Gould 378
6. addse (Bourc.) 378
106. Rliodopis, Reich 379
1. vesper (Less.) 379
2. atacamensis (Leyb.) . . 380
107. Doricha, Reich. 380
Leuicma. {Vieill.) . 381,667
2. elizffi (Less. 4'- Del.) . . 382
3. evelynje (Bourc.) .... 383
4. lyrura, Goidd 383
5. brvantse, Later 384
108. Tilniatuia, Reich 385
1. diipouti (Less.) . . 385, 667
109. Calliphlox, Boie 386
1. amethystiua (Gin.) . . 386
2. mitchelli (Bourc.) 388
SYSTEMATIC INDEX,
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HO. Smaragdochrysis, Gould 3-^8
1. iridesceus, Gould .... 388
111. Ptochoptera, Elliot 389
• 1. iolsema {Reich.) 389
112. Calothorax, Gray. ..... 390
1. lucifer {Sw.) .' 390
2. pulclira, Govld 391
113. Selasphorus, Sw 391
1. floresii, Gould 392
2. rufiis [Gm.) 392
3. alleiii, Hensh 394
4. scintilla, Gould 395
0. tovridus, Salv 395
6. platycercus {Siv.) .... 396
7. ardens, Salv 398
8. flammula, Salv 398
114. Trocliilus, Linn 398
1. colubris, Linn. . . 399, 667
2. alexandri, J3owc. ^- M. 402
115. Calypte, Gould 403
1. annse (Less.) 403
2. coste (Bourc.) 404
3. helenfe [Lemh.) 405
116. Acestrui-a, Gould 406
1. mulsanti {Bourc.) 406, 667
2. decorata ( Gould) ... 408
3. heliodori {Bourc.) 408, 667
4. micrura {Gould) .... 409
117. Mellisuga, Briss 409
1. minima {Linn.) 409
118. Catharma, Elliot 410
1. orthura {Less.) 410
119. Atthis, Reich 411
1. heloisse {Less. Sf Del.) 411
2. ellioti, Ridgiv. . . 412, 667
120. Stellula, Goidd 413
1. calliope (Gould) 413
121. ChjBtocercus, Grai/ .... 414
1. rosae {Bourc. 4' Muls.) 414
2. jourdani (Bourc.) .... 415
3. burmeisteri, Scl 415
4. bombus, Gould 416
122. Myrtis, Reich 416
1. fanny {Less.) 417
2. yarrelli (Bourc.) .... 418
123. Tbaumastura, Bp 418
1. cora (Less. S,- Gam.). . 418
124. Lophornis, Ze«s 419
1. ornatus (Bodd.). . 420, 667
2. gouldi (Less.) ' 421
3. magnificus ( VieiU.) . . 422
4. regulus (Gould) 423
5. delattrii {Less.) . . 423, 668
6. stictolophus, Salv. 4"
Elliot 424, 668
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7. helense {Bel.) 425
8. adorabilis, Salv 425
9. chalybreiis ( VieiU.) . . 426
10. verreauxi {Bourc.) 427, 668
11. pavoninus, Salv. 8f
Godni 427
125. Prymnacantha, Cah. ^
Hei7ie 428
1. popelairii {Du Bus)
428, 668
2. langsdorffi (Bonn. ^•
VieiU.) 429
3. conversi {Bonrc. ^
Muls.) 430
4. letitise (Bourc.) 431
126. Discura, lieich. 431
1. longicaiida (Gni.) 431
127. Heliactin, Boie 432
1. cornuta ( JVied) 433
Suborder COKACI^. Fam. Cypselid^.
Subfam. I. Cypselin^.
1. Micropus, Meij. ^- Wolf . 437
1. melba (Z.) 438
a. africanus (7em»H.). . 440
2. sequatorialia (Miill.) . . 441
3. apus (Z.) 442
a. pekinensis(<S'?w«A.) , , 444 j3. murinus ( Brehm) . . 446
4. barbatus (Scl.) 447
6. unicolor (Jardine) .... 448
6. pacificus (Lath.) .... 448
7. leuconyx (Blijth) 450
8. caffer (Licht.) 450
a. streubeli (Hartl.) . . 452
9. horus {Heuffl.) 452
10. toulsoni {Bocage) .... 453 \1. affi.m>i{Gray8fLIardiv.) 453
12. subfurcatus {Bli/fh) . . 456
13. andicola (Lafr. ^
d'Orb.) 457
14. montivagus (d'Orb.). . 458 16. myoptilus {Salvad.) . . 459 16. nianspe (Reichen.) .... 459
2. Aeronautes, Hartert .... 459
1. melanoleucus (Baird) . 459
3. Panyptila, Cah 461
1. cayanensis (Gm.) .... 461
2. sanctihieronymij/SftZym 462
SYSTEJIATIC INDEX.
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Tachornis, Gosse 402
1. parva (Lichf.) 463
a. gracilis (Skarju^ . . 464
2. batas^iensis {J. E.
Gray) • 466
3. infumata {Sd.) 467
4. phreuicobia, Gosf:e . . 468 Claudia, Hart erf 4G9
1. squamata {Cass.) .... 469
Subfam. II. Ch-5:tubix-e.
6. Chretura, Steph 470
1. caudacuta (Lath.) .... 472
2. nudipes, Hoch/s 474
3. gigantea (Temvi.) .... 475
4. indica, Hume 475
5. celebensis {Salv.) .... 476
6. zonai'is (Shaw) 476
a. albicincta {Cab.) . . 478
7. biscutata, Sd 479
8. semicollaris {Sauss.) . . 479
9. pelagica (Z.) 480
10. vauxi ( Towns.) 481
11. gaumeri, Later 482
12. cinereicauda (Cass.) . . 482
13. spinicauda (7V;h/h.) .. 483
14. f iimosa, Salvia 483
lo. ■poiiuva {Temm.) .... 484
16. sclateri, Peh 485
17. cinereiventris, Sd 485
a. guianen.sis, Hartert 486
18. acuta {Gm.) 486
19. picina, Ticeedd 487
20. novseguineje, d'Alb. ^■
Sahad 487
21. sabinei, J. E. Gray . . 487
22. ussheri, Sharps 488
23. cassini, Sd 488
24. boehmi, Sc/ialmc .... 489
25. grandidieri, Sdileg. . . 489
26. sylvaticaCr/cA:.) .... 489
27. leucopygialis {E/yth) . . 490
28. cochincliinensis, Oust. 491
29. klaesii {Biittik.) 491
30. ancbietee, Sousa 492
31. stictiljema {Reidien.) . 492 7. Cypseloides, Streuhel .... 492
1. rutilus (Vieill.) 493
2. brunneitorques {Lafr.) 493
3. niger {Gm.) 494
a. borealis (Kenn.) .... 495
4. fumigatus {Streubel) . . 496
5. senex {Temm.) 496
PaRe
8. C'allocalia, Graij 496
1. lowi {Sharpc) 498
2. fuciphaga (77utw6.) .. 498 a. brevirostris {Mc-
Clell.) 501
3. leucciphsea [Peak) .... 502
4. innoniinata, Hume . . 503
5. francica (Gm.) 503
a. inexpectata, Hume . 505 /3. merguiensis, Har-
tert 506
0. leucopygia, Wallace . , 506
7. troglodytes, Gray .... 507
8. lu-opygialis, Gray .... 507
9. marginata, Salvad 508
10. \mc\n,Horsf.^- Moore. 508
11. esculenta (L.) 509
12. neglecta, Gray 510
13. natalis, Lister 511
Subfam. III. Macropterygin^.
512 512 614 515 516 517
9. Macropteryx, Sicains.
1. coronata {Tick.). . . .
2. longipennis (Rajin.)
3. wallacei {Gould) . .
4. mystacea {Less.) . .
5. comata {Temm) . .
Fam. Caprimulgid^.
Subfam. I. Caprimulgin.e.
1. Caprimulgus, L 521
1. europseus, L 526
a. unwini, Hinne .... 528
^. plumipes, Prjev. , . 530
2. ruticollis, Temm 531
3. rufigena, Smith 532
4. frsenatus, Salvad 533
5. fervidus, Shnrpe .... 634
6. pectoralis, Cuv 534
7. madagascariensis,
Sga7izin 635
8. lentigrnosus, Smith . . 536
9. macriu-us, Horsf. .... 637 a. albonotatus, Tick. . . 540
10. atripennis, Jerd 542
11. andamanicus, Hume . . 643
12. manilensis, Walden . . 544
13. phalsena, Hartl. ^■
FiiLsch 545
14. poliocepbalus, Riipp. . 546
SYSTEJTATIC INDEX.
15. monticola, Fratikl. . . IC. affiriis, Horsf.
17. griseatus, Gray
18. fossii, Hartl
a. clarus, Eeichen
19.jotaka, Temm. ^•
Schleg
a. kelaarti, BIyth . . . .
20. inornatus, Heugl. . . . .
21. asiaticus, Lath
22. nubicus, Licht
23. mahrattensis, Sijkes . .
24. segj'ptius, Zu7it
25. eximius, Temm
26. natalensis, Smith .... a. fulviventris, Hartl. .
27. carolinensis, Gm.
28. rufus, iJodd
29. sericeocaudatus (Cass.).
30. salvini, Hartert
31. Tociferus, Wils
a. macromystax, Wayl.
32. cubanensis (Lawr.) . .
33. satuiatiis {Salviri) ....
34. nigrescens, Cab
35. whitelyi (Salvin) ....
36. parviilus, Gould
37. maculicaudus (Lawr.).
38. yucatanicus, Hartert .
39. binotatus, Bp
40. concretus, Bp
41. enarratus, Gray
42. ocellatus, Tsch
43. pulchellus, Sali-ad. . .
2. Phalcenoptilus, Eidgio. . .
1. nuttalli (Aud.)
3. Otophanes, Brewst
1. macleodi, Brewst
4. Stenopsis, Cass
1. candicans, Peh
2. cayennensis (Gm.). . . .
3. ru'ficervix, Scl.
4. longirostris (Bp.) ....
5. decussata (Tsch.) ....
5. Nyctidronms, Gmtld ....
1. albicollis ( G7n.)
a. merrilli, Sennett. . . .
6. Siphonorhis, <S'e/
1. americauus (i.)
7. Heleothreptus, Gray ....
1. anorualus (Gould) ....
8. Macrodiptei-yx, 8ic
1. macrodii^terus (Afzel.)
647 549 550 551 552
552
555
556
558
560
561
562
563
564
564
565
566
567
568
568
570
571
572
572
573
574
575
575
676
576
577
578
579
679
579
581
681
682
582
583
684
685
686
587
687
591
691
592 j
592
693 1
694 i 594 t
9. Cosmetornis, Gray
1. A-exillarius (Gould) .
10. Scotornis, Szo
1. climacurus (Vieill.) .
11. Hydropsalis, Wagl. . . .
1. torquata (Gm.)
2. furcifera ( Vieill.) . . .
3. climacocenis, Tsch. .
4. scbomburg-lii, Scl. . . .
12. Macropsalis, Sri
l.lym (Bp.)
2. segmentata (Cass.) .
3. forcipata (JS'ifzsch) .
13. LjTicornis, Goidd
1. cerviniceps, Gould. . .
2. macrotis ( Vig.)
3. mindanensis, Tweedd.
4. macropterus, Bp. . . . 6. teinmincki, Gould . . . 6. papuensis (Schleg.) .
14. Eurostopus, Gould
1. albigularis ( Vig. ^
Horsf.)
2. argils, Hartert
3. nigripennis, Bams. .
15. Cbordeiles, Siv
1. virgiiiianus (Gm.) . . .
a. benryi, Cass
^. chapmaui, Coues . y. minor, Cab
2. acutiperinis (Bodd.) . a. pruiuosus (Tsch.) . /3. texensis, Lawr. ...
3. rupestris (Spi.v)
4. pusillus, Gould
16. Nyctiprogne, Bp
1. leucopygia (Spi.v) . . .
17. Podager, iVagl
1. nacunda ( Vieill.) ...
18. Lurocalis, Cass
1. semitorquatus (Gm.)
2. rufiTentris, Tacz. . . .
595 595 596 596 598 598 699 600 601 601 602 602 603 603 604 605 605 605 606 606 607
607 6C8 609 609 610 612 613 613 614 610 616 617 618 619 619 619 619 621 621 622
Siibfam. II. NxCTiBnN^.
19. N ctibius, Vieill. 623
1. bracteatus, Gould .... 623
2. leiicopterus ( JVied) . . 624
3. jamaicensis (Gtn.). . . . 625
4. longicaudatus (Spix) . 626
5. 8ethereu.s ( Wied) 627
6. grandis (Gm.) . . . , . . 628
SYSTEMATIC INDEX.
Fam. PODARGID^.
Subfam. I. Podakgin.?:.
1. Podargus, Cuv 630
1. papuensis, (itioy et
Gaim 630
2. strigoides {Lath.) 631
3. phalanoides, Gould . . 634
4. ocellatus, Quoi/ et
Gnim 634
a. niannoratus, Gould . 635
2. Batrtachostomus, Gould . . 636
1. aiiritus, Grai/ 637
2. liarterti, Sharpe 638
3. Septimus, Tweedd 638
4. poliolophus, Hartert. . 638
5. stellatus {Go^dd) 639
6. jarensis (Horsf.) .... 640
7. hodgsoni {Gray) .... 642
8. affinis, Bhjth 643
9. moniliger, Blyth .... 644
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Subfam. II. ^gothelin^.
3. ^gotheles, Vig. ^ Horsf. 646
1. crinifrons {Bp.) 646
2. insignia, Salvad 647
3. albertisi, Scl. 648
4. dubius, A. B. Meyer . 648
5. salvadorii, Hartert . . 649
6. affinis, Salvad 649
7. waLacei, Gray 650
8. lorise, Salvad 650
9. bennetti, Salvad. 8f
d'Alb 650
10. noT8e-liollandi8e(i«<A.) 651
11. savesi, Layard 8f
Tristr 652
Fam. Steatoknithid^.
1. Steatornis, Hmnholdt . . . . 653 1. caripensis, Huniboldt . 653
CATALOGUE
BIRDS.
Order IV. PICARIiE.
At the time of the publication of the third volume of this work, it was intended to follow as closelj' as possible the systematic arrange- ment proposed by Garrod in the ' Proceedings ' of the Zoological Society, 1874. However, owing to the subsequent researches by that and other anatomists, various modifications were proposed, and especially Mr. Sclatcr, in a paper " On the present State of the Systema Avium " (' Ibis,' 1880), indicated what were clearly im- provements on Garrod's classification.
In that paper Garrod's " Passeriformes " were abandoned, and the " suborder Passeres," as characterized in Volume III. p. 1, is raised to an order. "We not only adopt here this view, but follow Mr. Sclater further in reviving the term " Picarice " for the next order, which would comprise the Cypseli {Macrochires), Anisodacfyli, Hetero- dacii/Ii, Scansores, and Coccyges, although we are not aware that the order with these wide limits has been or can be diagnosed.
To Mr. Seebohm, who has endeavoured to work out a complete scheme in which the various groups are circumscribed by diagnostic characters (' Classification of Birds,' 1890), we are much indebted for the assistance we obtained from his work in defining the divisions in the following scheme. The adoption of an " order of Picarians " is, at the best, a provisional measure, and if this " order" be thought to be inadmissible, then the dinsions proposed by Mr. Seebohm would have to rank as separate orders, and might be arranged in a sequence more in conformity with what are, at present, considered their natural affinities.
PICAEI^.
I. Three or four toes are directed forwards (Anisodactyli and
Famprodacti/U).
A. Flexor digitorum perforans split into three
branches leading to the second, third, and fourth digits, but not to the first.
1. Palate desmognathous. Flexor digitorum
perforans and flexor hallucis entirely separate Suborder UPUPiE (xvi. p. 3).
2. Palate schizognathous.
Suborder TROCHILI (xvi. p. 27).
B. Flexor digitorum perforans split into
branches, of which one leads to the first digit, one to the second, and generally one to the third and fourth. 1, Flexor digitorum perforans, and not flexor hallucis longus, leading to hallux. a. Spinal feather-tract well defined on the neck, and a. forked on the upper back.
Suborder CORACI^ (xvi. p. 434). /3. single between the shoulders.
Suborder HALCYONES (xvii. p. 93). h. Spinal feather-tract not defined on the
neck Suborder BUCEROTES (xvii. p. 347).
II. The first and second toes are turned backwards, the two
others forwards (HeterodactifU). A. Flexor digitorum perforans split into two branches leading to the two front toes. Flexor longus hallucis split into two branches leading to the two hind toes. Spinal feather-tract well defined from nape to oil-gland, and not forked.
Suborder TROGONES (xvii. p. 429).
III. The first and fourth toes are turned backwards, the two others forwards {Zygodactyli).
A. Flexor digitorum perforans not split, lead-
ing to third digit only. Flexor longus hallucis first sending a tendon to the other plantar, then a second to the fourth digit, after which (if the hallux is present) it splits into two tendons, one leading to the hallux, the other to second digit. Am- biens absent Suborder SCANSORES (xviii. p. 1).
B. Hallux always present and connected with
the flexor longus hallucis, and not with the flexor digitorum perforans, which leads to the second, third, and fourth digits. Palate desmognathous.
Suborder COCCYGES (xix, p. 209).
Suborder UPUPiE.
(By OSBERT SALYIN «.)
The history, general anatomy, and classification of the Family Upupidw -were carefully examined by Dr. Mnrie in 1873 (Ibis, 1873, pp. 181 et seq.) ; several additional points were subsequently bronght forward by Garrod (' Collected Scientific Papers '), and the relation- ship of the Family to its supposed allies was again discussed by Stejneger in J. S. Kingsley's ' Standard Natural History ' (iv. pp. 408 et seq., 1885).
The general opinion of these authors as to the systematic position of the Upupcv is that their nearest allies are the JSuceroiidcr, an alliance first suggested by Gould and worked out by Blyth and others.
That the Ujmpce find a place immediately after the Passercs, and are associated with the Humming-Birds, is due to the high, the very high, value placed upon the structure of the foot, which is Passerine in the arrangement of the plantar tendons.
The points of resemblance to the Hornbills are subordinated iu favour of this character at the expense of the natural afiinities of the group, for with the TrochUi the Upupct: have little else that I know of in common.
Key to the Families.
A. Nostrils open, round, semidorsal, without over-
hanging edge: tail square, shorter than the wings ;
plumage dull, without shining gloss Uptipidae,
B. Nostrils more or less elongated, lateral, and with [p. 3.
an overhanging edge or well-developed oper- culum ; tail cuneate, longer than the wings ;
plumage more or less glossy Irrisoridse,
[p. 16.
Family I. UPUPIDiE.
This Family contains the single genus Upvpa, comprising sis more or less closely-allied species.
The peculiar habits of the Hoopoes and their structure have been very fully described by various authors, and a careful summary of the literature of this subject is contained in Dr. Murie's paper already referred to.
* The references to tlie literature of the Tarious species of this Suboi'der hare been collected and arranged for me by Mr. K. Bowdler Sharpe.
b2
Type. Upupa, Linn. Sijsi. Nat. i. p. 1S3 , U. epops.
Range, Southern Palsearctic Eegion from the British Islands to Japan, Africa, Madagascar, Arabia, the Indian peuinsi;la and Ceylon, the Indo-Chinese region as far south as Tonka in the Malay peninsula, Hainan, and N. Borneo.
Key to the Species.
a. Primaries crossed by a white band ; abdomen more or less striped. a'. Secondaries black, crossed with four equidistant white bands. a". Transverse caudal band wide, first primary narrow, seldom reaching to the proximal end of the white transverse band of the second primary. a'". Black apical spots of the longest crest- feathers edged inwardly with white .... epops, p. 4. h'". No white inner edging to the black apical
spots of the longest crest-feathers indicci, p. 10.
b" . Transverse white caudal band narrow, first primary large, reaching to the distal end of the white tran.sverse band of the second
primary marghmia, p. 13.
h' . Secondaries with the basal two-thirds white,
and with a subtermiual white transverse band, somalejisis, p. 13. h. Primaries black, without a white band ; abdomen
(in adult) chestnut, unhanded africana, p. 14.
1. Upupa epops.
The Hoop or Hoopoe, Albin, Nat. Hist. B. ii. p. 39, pis. 42, 43
(1738). The Hoopoe, Edwards, Gleanings Nat. Hist. iii. p. 282, pi. 345
(1764) ; Yarr. Brit. B. ii. p. 167 (1843). La Huppe ou Puput, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 455, pi. xliii. fig. 1 (1760). Upupa epops, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 183 (1766) ; Gm. S. N. i. p. 466
(1788); Temm. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 415 (1816); Naian. Vog.
Deutschl. V. p. 176, Taf 142 (1826) ; Roux, Orn. Prov. pi. 240
(1825) ; Werner, Atlas, Anisod. pi. 5 (1827) ; Menetr. Cat. rais.
Cauc. p. 45 (1832) ; Goald, B. Eur. iii. pi. 238 (1837) ; Macgill.
Brit. B. iii. p. 41 (1840) ; Schl. Sf Susem. Vog. Eur. pt. vii. pi. xi.
(1847); T/iomps. B. Irel. i. p. 353 (1849); Bj). Co7isp. I y>. 88 (18.50); Kjcerb. Danm. Fugle, pi. 13. fig. 1 (1852); Beichenb. Handb. Scans, p. 318, Taf. dxcv. figs. 3032-34 (1853) ; Hewit--: Eggs Br. B. i. ],. 249, pi. 63. fig. 3 (1856) ; Smidev. SvensJ;. Fogl. pi. 19. fig. 5 (185G) ; Jaub. et Barth.-Lapomm. Rich. Orn. p. 302 (1859) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1859, p. 27 (Palestine) ; E. C. Taylor, t. c. p. 49 (Egypt) ; Si^npson, t. c. p. 268 (Sweden) ; Salvin, t. c. p. 304 (Ain Djendeli); Heugl. t. c. p. 340 (Danakil) ; Tristr. t. c. p. 435
1. UPtJPA.
tfcc «,^,/. Zo;;.?, tav.27 (1865-70); Tnstr. Ibis, 1866 .80 '
/Vyo;-, /J^., 1867, p. 56 ; Chaibe/s, t. c. p. ^ 00 (SSol ) • sJt f. 0 p 13o (Lmbala) ; Beacan, t. c. p. 143 (Simla) ; S^jfe'
oa'^P't'^"-'^' ^""'^■^' -^- ^^- ^'•- i ■ pi. 12 (1868) • Pefe Ihh 186^ p,307 (Kotegurh); &«/M, ^. e. p. 448 (pUS) i;;^;'?!^; fSfdeutschl. p 69 (1869); 2)^;-/. j«/. S p Sf i869T ^/•o.fo, 16,., 1869, p. 48 (Almora); Saunders, tc. p 18MS Spain); Heugl. Om. N.O.-Afr i d -^IS HSflQ -Vt^^ ir i , -^i. p. K)3, 4. 1250 (1869/f ^J^^^li^^; ^"^ g^S Sf\/l-ff--t^b. la %. 11 (1870): ^/^rt, iei 1870, p 164-' Mwes ^- Buckley, t. c. p. 189 (Biagaria) ; ^e«m« < c n 310
p1t';i8;6)^v''%^T^'"V°>' ^^^''^^^ ^^^ z://':41'
p^ 33J|1«70) ; i^m5c;j, Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 226 (1870) ; id & Hartl F^^O.|^^y0..p 195(1870); Salvad.Faun.Ital, Ucc^ 46 (18m - fZf-f- f; ?■ ^^'}> P; 348 ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 67 ; Gun'i'
(LaDane.) ^. C Taylor, t. <y. p. 230; Dy6««-,A/, J.f. 0 187^,
P #o'-'ltf'7?'z^^/^r' P- ^"^^ ^^^^ Brooke, -Ibis, 1873 p. -30 , Severtz Turkest. Jevotn. p. 68 (1873) ; Hume &• Benders
p. 162(15/.); erZ. ,S//-. 7". 1. p. 174 (1873); Cock &■ Marsh t c n87^\' ;^T V- P- f'^ (Sambhur); i«//, 6'f ;•. V. ii p 397 (lb/4) (Cliota ^agpur); Siciuh. Ibis, 1874, p. 437 (Cliefoo)- %WA/./ O. 1874, p. 334; Irby B Gil. p. 68 (1875)' Fadon, O^s. Bely. p. 118 (1875); Lilford, Ibis,^1875,v k (SjTaciise) ; Cordeau,; t. c. p. 184 (Heligolaml) ; Danf. 4 Saruie f>-02vn,t c. p. 300; Sfoliczka, Str. F. iii?p. 218 (1875 • B Z-
tJ~' n^?'t"'i^"l l^'^' P- 19 (Corsica); Dresser, t. c. p. 319 iT p ifo /i #6^ f • •^'"""^'- 1^ V3-5 (18^6) ; ^/««/. ^„...^P«.ei /; P'-i p A i I'. ^5^^"- "* ^oW'-^s O™. Misc. ii. p. 164 (1877) • f^«^lf^ ^5- 0«:^^ O... Chine, p. 79 (1877) ; Butler, Str. F v. p 228
^b; z -l' ^ri- *' ^- P- 399' ^""'f- ^^'> 18"8, p. 7 (Asia Minor) asSf ^ ^T'eS'V.Ps-^l (Japan); ^J., ^i-. i^ vlfT 55' (1878) ; Z)„w,/,o« ^. J.fWe«, t.c. p. 79; ^«//, ^ c. p. 209; cLm t.c. p. 267 ; Sharpe, P. Z.S. 1879, p. 329 (Labuan) • Hmne Sh-
18/ J, p 446 IfesO p. o2 (Afghanistan) ; ,See6. t. c. p. 180 Kras-
(Chaman); W/,e-^rf,,.«/-^., C i2. xci. p. 1036 (1880 ; M^f ed Yarr. Br. B 11. p 419 (1881) ; Butler, Sfr. F ix. p. 391 (Ssi) ^a «e.^.c p 4o4; Beid, t. c. p. 30; Bidd. ml 1831 p 50 (Gilgit) ; 6'c«%, ^. .. p. 432; Blak. S,' Fryer, B. 'japan I lS=<
(188-2) ; Davidson, Str. F. x. p. 300 (1882) ; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 102 (Afghanistan) ; Seeb. f. c. p. 210 (Astrachan); Duron, t. c. p. 560 (Algeria) ; Marsh. 8f Pelz. Orn. Vindob. p. 37 (1882); B. O. U. List Bv. B. p. 82 (1883) ; Homeyer ^- Tancre, MT. orn. Vcr. Wien, p. 90 (1883) ; Seeb. Ibis, 1883, p. 21 (Caucasus) ; Severtz. t. c. p. 71 (Pamir) ; Ivby, t. c. p. 179 (Santander) ; Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, viii. p. 206 (1883) ; Seeb. Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 335 (1884J ; Blak. Amended List B. Jajtan, p. 47 (1884) ; Tristr. Faun. ^ Flor. Palest, p. 89 (1884) ; Seeb. Ibis, 1884, p. 36 (Yezo) ; Eaqle Clarke, t. c. p. 144 (Hungary) ; Seeb. t. c. p. 261 (Central Cliina) ; Saunders, t. c. p. 380 (Pyrenees) ; C. H. T. Marshall, t. c. p. 412 (Chamba) ; Radde, Orn. Cauc. p. 298 (1884); Murray, Vertebr. Faun. Sind, p. 120 (1884); Whitehead, Ibis, 1885, p. 28 (Corsica); Stvinh. ^ Barnes, t. c. p. 04 (Mhow) ; Me7izb. t. c. p. 357 (Upper Tarim) ; S/efn. Orn. Expl. Kamtsch. p. 354 (1885) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1880, p. 16 (Aden), p. 166 (Muscat), ]). 498 (Jiushire) ; Davi.wn, Str. F. x. p. 364 (1887) ; Saluad. Flench. Ucc. Ital. \\ 77 (1887) ; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. xlvi. p. 80 (1887) ; Lorchz, Beitr. Orn. Faun. Cauc. p. 43 (1887) ; Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 229 (Foocliow); Tait, t. c. p. 306 (Portugal); Savile Eeid, Ibis, 1887, p. 74 (Teneriffe) ; Hume, Str. F. xi. p. 88, 1888 (Mauipur) ; Meade- Waldo, Ibis, 1889, p. 11 (Canaries) ; St. John, t. c. p. 159 (Kelat) ; Lilford, t. c. p. 331 (Cyprus) ; Eayle Clarke, t. c. p. 548 (Pyrenees) ; Gigl. Avif. Ital. p. 357 (1889) ; Everett, Journ. Straits Br. B.' Asiat. Soc. 1889, p. 165; Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. vol. v. p. 84 (1889) ; Giyl. Avif. Locali, p. 327 (1890).
La Huppe, Dauhent. PI. Enl. vi. pi. 52 ; Month. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 439 (1779).
t'ommon Hoopoe, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. pt. 2, p. 687 (1782).
I'romerops marcheur d'Eiirope, Levaill. Hist. Nat. Promerops et Guepiers, vii. p. 53, pi. 22 (1807).
Upupa vulgaris, Pall. Zoor/r. Bosso-Asiat. i. p. 433 (1811).
Upupa af'ricana (nee Bechst.), Less. Traited'Orn. p. 323 (1831).
Upupa bifasciata, Brehni, Vdg. Deutschl. p. 215, Taf. 15. fig. 2 (1831).
Upupa senegalensis. Swains. B. W. Afr. ii. p. 114 (1837) ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 42 (1856) ; id. J.f. O. 1861, pp. 107, 108; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 103, no. 1251 (1869) ; Antin. ^- Salvad. Viagg. Bogos, p. 58 (1873) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. (2) i. p. 105 (1884) ; id. op. cit. vi. p. 220 (1888).
Ujjupa iudica, Hodgs. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Passeres, pis. 26, 27. fig. 1 (no. 132) ; id. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 82 (1844).
Upupa niaculigera, Reichenb. Handb. Scansores, p. 319 (1853).
Upupa brachyrbyncLos, U. macrorbyncbos, U. exilis, U. africana, U. vii?i\ov , Brehm, Voyelf. p. 77 (1855).
Upupa major, Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 103^ no. 1254 (1869).
Adidt male. Upper surface light brown ; a transverse band of buff widely edged with black crosses tho back and scapulars, the latter being also tipped with buffy white ; rump white, longest upper tail-coverts black towards the tip, and sometimes with a narrow white edge ; primaries black, crossed by a wide white band ; on the fiirst primary this baud is usually represented on the inner web by a white spot, but is sometimes absent, on the second to seventh quills it crosses tho feather, but on the eighth to tenth it becomes a sub- terminal elongated transverse spot ; secondaries black, with white
bases, all but the innermost two crossed by four equidistant wliite transverse bands, which on the outermost two are confined to the inner webs, the innermost two have a buff edge to the outer web and a buff line on the inner web close to the shaft ; primary-coverts black, crossed with two bands, the outer buff, the inner white; median coverts black, with buff tips ; lesser coverts aud the edge of the shoulder light brown, like the baciv ; head, neck, and breast vinous- rufous, darker on the long occipital crest-feathers, the ends of which are black, preceded by a white transverse space, the proximal edge of which blends with the rufous of the rest of the feather ; abdomen very pale buff; a longitudinal dark stripe on the inner web of the flank-feathers next the shaft ; under tail-coverts white ; tail black, crossed by a white bar, which is central on the middle feathers, and approaches the tip towards the outermost pair, being widest on the outer web of those feathers ; bill blackish, base of both maxilla and mandible flesh-colour; feet black. Total length about 12 inches, wing 5-7, tail 4, bill 2-2, tarsus 0-8.
Adult female. Similar to the male.
Young. Similar to the adult.
Hah. Southern Patearctic region from Southern Scandinavia and the British Islands to Japan (accidental in Spitsbergen), migrating in winter to N.E. Senegambia and N.E. Africa ; Arabia, Plains of India from the N. W. Provinces to Assam, extending also into Central India, where it appears to blend with U. inclica.
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Bigbury, Devonshire. Valkeuswaard, Holland (J.
Baker). Silesia. Near Vienna lyDr. Steindach-
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Seville, April 1Q{H. Saunders).
Morocco {Olcese).
Tunis.
Madeira, Sept. {E. V. Har-
court). River Gambia. River Gambia. Koomayli, Abyssinia, Feb. 2.
SenaffS, March 12.
Rairo, Bogos-Land, Aug. ( W.
Jesse). Below Sbendy (J. Murie).
Egypt, Feb. to April (G. E. S).
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Safed, Palestine. Damascus, June 9 (H. B.
Tristram). Athens.
BelgTade, April 5 (T. Robson). ,\k"Maidan, Txu'key, April 11
{T. Pearce). Sweet Waters, Turkey, Sept. 8
(T. Pearce). Petnahor, Turkey, Aug. G {T.
Pearce). Asia Minor, Aug. 28 {T. Rob-
son). Smyrna, Sept. 14 {Dr. Kriiper). Anascha, Taurus, March 30
(C. G. Dcniford). Erzeroum {Dickso7i ^ Ross). Mesopotamia {Commander
Jones). Bagdad. Bushire, Persian Gulf, Feb. &
March. Fao.
Muscat.
Samarkand, Aug. 11 {Russoiv).
Barna-ul, June 2i {Dr. 0.
Finsch). Yarkand ( Col. Chapman). Yarkand, Aug. 24 {Dr. G.
Henderson). Gulran, N. Afghanistan,
March 7. Cabul {Dr. Griffith). Candahar, April-Dec. Candahar, Feb. {Sir O. St.
John). Nal, Kelat, May, July, Aug.
(0. T. Duke). Jalk, Baluchistan, March 17.
Sukhm-, Sind, Dec. {A. O. H.). Sehwau, April 1 {A. 0. H.). Kutch, Jan. {Dr. StoUczka). Deesa, Feb. 15 [E. A. Butler). Ramoo, Kashmir, May 16
( W. E. Brooks). Dhm'msala, May {JV. E.
Brooks). Gilgit, March 9. Simla, June {R. C. Beavcm). Kotegurh, Nov. 10 {A. 0. H.). Pxmjab.
Mooltan {Capt. Tweedie). Sirsa, Feb. 3. Sambhm-, Jan., June., Aug.
{R. M. Adam).
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Behar.
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Sikhim.
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Kamptee.
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vf. Ad. sk. Sliauo-hai (J. M. Beeves). Gould Coll.
??". Ad. sk. Iloopih, April 5 (H. S.). iSeebolim Coll.
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2. Upupa indica.
Upiipa minor (nen Shaw), Si/ke.s, F. Z. S. 18.32, p. 97.
Upupa epop.s vel indicus, Ilodr/s. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mm., Pussercs, pis. 2U, 27. fig. 1 (no. 238) ;' id. in Graifs ZooL Misc. p. 82 (1844).
U])upa seuegalensis {nee Sw.), Blijth, J. A. S. Ben;;, xiv. p. 18'.) (1845) ; id. Cat. B. Mies. As. Soc. p. 46 (1849) ; Kclaart, Prodr. p. 119 (1832) ; Layard, Amu. Sf Mag. Nut. Hist. xii. p. 174 (1853).
Upupa indica, Reichenh. Handh. Scansorcs, p. 320, Taf. dxcvi. fig. 4037 (1853); Bp. Consp. Valuer. Anisod. p. 12(1854); Finseh S)- Hartl. Vdf/. Ostafr. p. 198 (1870); Sharpe c^ Dresser, B. Eur. v. p. 183 (1871); David S,- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 79 (1877); Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 90 (1878) ; Reid, Str. F. x. p. 33 (1881) ; Davidson, Str. F. X. p. 301 (1882) ; Davison, Str. F. x. p. 364 (1887) ; McGregor, t. c. p. 458 ; Terrtj, t. c. p. 472.
Upupa ceylonensis, Rciclienh. Handb. Scans, p. 320, Taf. dxcvi. fig. 4036 (1853) ; Bbjth, Ibis, 1866, p. 366 ; Sivinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 91 ; id. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 343 ; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 435 ; Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 22 ; Oates, ed. Hume's Nests Sf Eggs Ind. B. ii. p. 334 (1890).
Upnpa nigripennis, Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. Mas. F.I. Co. i. p. 725 (1854, "e.f Gould MS'S., sed descr. nulla) ; Jerd. B. hid. i. p. 392 (1862, descr. princeps) ; Schomb. Ibis, 1864, p. 248 (Siam) ; Grag, Hand-l. B. i. p. 103, no. 1253 (1869) ; Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 22 ; Hume, Nests S;- Egqs Ind. B. p. 163 (1873) ; Hayes Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 408 ; Adam, Str. F. i. p. 375 (1873) ; Butler, Str. F. iii. p. 462 (1875); Morgan, Ibis, 1875, p. 316; Fairb. Str. F. iv. p. 256 (1876) ; Htane, t. c. p. 458 ; Fairb. Str. F. v. p. 399 (1887) ; Anders. Zool. Eaped. Yiinyian, p. 578 (1875) ; Davifkon S,- Wenden, Str. F. vii. p. 79 (1878); Hmne, t. c. p. 517 (1878); Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 279 (1879) ; Gould, B. Asia, i. pi. 66 (1880).
p. 09 (1875) ; Armstr. Str. F. iv. p. 315 (1876) ; Hume, Str. F. V. p. 28 (1877) ; Oates, t. c. p. 149; Hume ^- Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 202 (1878) ; Oates, Str. F. vii. p. 41 (1878) ; Hume, Str. F. viii. ))p. 90, 155 (1879) ; Bingh. Str. F. ix. p. 171 (1880) ; Oates, Str. F. X. p. 199 (1882) ; Oates, Hatidb. B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 02 (1883) ; Hume, Str. F. xi. p. 88 (1885) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. (2) iv. p. 588 (1887) ; Oates, ed. Hume's Nests ^ Eggs Ind. B. ii. p. 338 (1890).
Adult male. Very similar to that of U. ejjojjs, but the long
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occipital feathers are without any white or whitish edgiiig^to the terminal black spots ; the general colour of the back, ueck, lesser wing-coverts, and breast darker rufous, this colour extending further over the upper abdomen.
Female and young similar to the adult.
This bird is not quite definitely distinct from U. epops in many districts where the ranges of the two overlap, and in such places intermediate individuals occur in some numbers. These transitional forms spread over Central India, and thence southwards to Ceylon, tlie typical bird occurring in the districts bordered by the western shores of the Bay of Bengal.
In Burma and Teuasserim this Hoopoe occurs in its most marked form, and, moreover, the bill is in many instances longer tlian in birds from Continental India. This long-biUcd bird was sepa- rated by Jerdon as U. lonr/irosfris, but the character is not suffi- ciently stable to be used to define the Burmese bird with certainty, and this seems to be the opinion of most recent writers on the subject.
Of the two names given by Reichenbach to the Indian Hoopoes, U. indka is undoubtedly referable to the bird without any white edging to the terminal spots of the long crest-feathers, and, being the oldest (1853), must be used. U. ceyhnensis applies to the intermediate form which occurs in Ceylon and many parts of Central India. Gould's title U. nigripennis, first defined in 1862 by Jerdon in his ' Birds of India,' may therefore be dropped out of use.
Hah. Peninsular India and Ceylon, and the Indo-Burmcse region, thence eastwards to Hainan.
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('jfi!/- 6 fid.; //, Uotocamund, Nilgliiris, Jan. to Hume Cull.
i,j. $ ad. sk. April {W. Dacison).
k, I. S ad. ; m. Mysore, December. W. Davison, Esq.
$ ad. sk. [P.].
?i. Ad. sk. Mysore (J^. i>«2/). India Museum.
0. Ad. sk. Madras. Gould Coll.
p. (S ad.sk. N.E. of Ahmeduuggur, Sept. 27 Twecddalu Coll.
{S. B. Fairbank).
q, r. Ad. sk. Deccan (Si/kes). India Museum,
s. c? ad. sk. f>-Amhhm;Aug.U{It. M.Adam). Hume Coll.
t. cJ ad. sk. Etawab, Oct. Hume Coll.
u. Ad. sk, Dehra Doon. Tweeddale Coll.
V. 9 ad. sk. N. Kbasia Hills, Jau. {A. W. Tweeddale Coll.
Chennell).
IV. Ad. sk. Cachar. Hume Coll.
.f, y. c? 2 ad. sk. Elephant Point, Dec. 6 (/. Hume Coll.
Armstrouji) .
z. (S ad. sk. Vaytho, British Eurmab, June Tweeddale Coll.
10(7?. G. Wardlaw Ramsay).
12
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a', |
. Ad. sk. |
Tougboo, |
Tweeddale Coll. |
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//. |
Ad. sk. |
Toiighoo Hills, Nov. {R. G. W. B.). |
Tweeddale Coll. |
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c'. |
fJ ad. sk. |
Rangoon, Xov. 27 (^. &. TF. R.). |
Tweeddale Coll. |
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<l', |
,e'. dad.;/. |
llangoou, Oct., Nov. (/. Arm- |
Hume Coll. |
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2 ad. sk. |
strong ^- W. D.). |
Hume Coll. |
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if- |
Ad. sk. |
Pegu, Feb. |
Gates CoU. |
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h\ |
. Ad. sk. |
Thayeimyo. |
Hume Coll. |
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i't |
;■'. 2 a<l- »^k. |
Lower Pegu, Dec. G. |
Oates Coll. |
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k: |
■ Ad. sk. |
Upper Burmah, Sept. 20. |
Dr. J. Anderson [C.]. |
|
r. |
? ad. sk. |
Kollidoo, Tenasserim, Feb. 4 ( JF. Davisoji). |
Hume Coll. |
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7n' |
'. S ad. ; n'- p. 2 ad. sk. |
Pahpoon, Dec, Jan. ( W. I).). |
Hume Coll. |
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1'- |
-t'. (j ad. ; ?«'. |
Kaukaryit, May, Oct., Nov. |
Hume Coll. |
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$ ad. sk. |
(J". Darling). |
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v'. |
S ad. sk. |
Assoon, Feb. 1 (IF. Limhorq). |
Tweeddale Coll. |
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lu' |
, x'. S ad. ; J/', z'. 5 ad. sk. |
Tbatone, Nov., Dec. ( W. D.). |
Hume Coll. |
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a" |
. $ ad. sk. |
Tbeinzeik, Dec. (TF. Z».). |
Hume Coll. |
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6'' |
. S ad. sk. |
Wimpoug, Dec. ( W. D.). |
Hume Coll. |
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c" |
. S ad. ; d!' , e" . 5 ad. sk. |
Moulmein, Nov., Dec. (W. B.). |
Hume Coll. |
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/' |
. (S ad. sk. |
Tboimgyeen Valley, Oct. 8 {C. T. Bingham). |
Hume Coll. |
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fj" |
, h". (S ad. ; r-r.2 ad.sk. |
Amberst, Marcb {J.Armstrong). |
Hume Coll. |
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m |
"-q". 6 ad.sk. |
Pakcban, Jan. (TF. D.). |
Hume Coll. |
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r" |
. d ad. sk. |
Tonka, Jan. (/. Darlinq). |
Hume Coll. |
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s" |
, <". d ad.; u". 2 ad. sk. |
Salaug, Feb., Marcb [J. D.). |
Hume Coll. |
|
v' |
', lo". Ad. sk. |
Siam (Schomburgk). |
Gould Coll. |
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.v' |
'. Juv. sk. |
Cambodia, Sept. |
M. E. Pierre [P.]. |
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y' |
', z". Ad. sk. |
Hainan, Feb. {R. Siuinhoe). |
Seebobm Coll. |
Speclmeus intermediate between U. hidica and U. epoj^s.
a. Ad. sk. h-e. Ad. sk.
f,g. 6 2 ad. sk. h. 2 ad. .sk.
i. cS ad. sk. j. 2 ^^- sli. k. Ad. sk. I. Ad. sk. »«, n. (S ad. ; o.
2 ad. sk. 2}. Ad. sk. q. cS ad. sk. r-y. Ad. sk. E. (S ad. sk. a', b'. Ad. sk.
India.
Ceylou, Nov., Dec. (<S'. Chapman
and H. Nevill). Coonoor, Jan., Feb. {F. Bay). Coonoor Gbaut, April {R. G.
Wardknv Ramsay). Nedivuttum.
Seegore, Feb. 17 ( W. Davison), Bangalore, April {R. G. W. R.). Madras. Belgaum, Jan., Marcb, Jime
[E. L. Butler). Deccan (S. B. Fairhank). Kbandeisb, I'eb. 3 [J. Davison). Etawab, Sept. to February. XJmbala, Oct. {R. C. Beavan). Naini Tal.
Gould Coll. Tweeddale Coll.
Hume Coll. Tweeddale Coll.
Hume Coll. Hume Coll. Tweeddale Coll. Gould Coll. Hume Coll.
Tweeddale Coll. Hume Coll. Hume Coll. Tweeddale Coll. Hume Coll.
1. UPUPA. 13
c', d! . S ad. ; e', Futtehgurh district, Jan., Feb. Hume Coll.
f . 5 ad. sk. {A. Anderson),
ff'-i'. cJ ad. sk. Futtehgurh, Aug., Sept. i^A. Hume Coll.
Anderson), j'-l'. Ad. sk. Oiulli Terai. Pinwill CoU.
m'. Ad. sk. Nepal. Hodgson Coll.
(Type of U. indica, Hodgs.) n'. Ad. sk. Darjiling. A. Bygrave Wharton,
Esq. [P.].
3. Upupa marginata.
Upupa marginata, Bjy. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 12 (1854, e.v Peters' MSS. in Mus. Berol. ut descr. nulla !) ; Cab. ^ Hein. Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 127 (18U0) ; Hartl. Faun. Madmj. p. 32 (1861) ; Schl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 421 ; Grandid. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1857, p. 355 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 103, no. 1256 (1869) ; Finsch Sf Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 199, note (1870) ; Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 84 (1877) ; Bartl P. Z. S. 1879, p. 771 ; Milne-Ediu. S) Grand. Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. p. 270, pis. 93-95 (1879).
Adult. Similar to that of U. ejiops and with the primaries and secondaries similarly banded, but the transverse band of the tail is narrower and crosses the central feathers a little nearer the base ; the first primary is wide and long and reaches to the distal edge of the white band of the second primary, instead of being'narrow and short as in U. epops, and seldom reaching to the proximal edge of the band of the second primary. Total length about 12 inches, wing 5-8 tail 4-4, bill 2-0, tarsus 0-9.
Hah. Madagascar.
a, b. Ad. sk. Betsileo. Kev. J. Shaw [C.].
4. Upupa somalensis. (Plate I.) Upupa epops senegalensis {nee Sic), Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 397.
Adult mcde. Similar to that of U. epops, and with the primaries and tail similarly banded with white ; the upper back, neck, head, and under surface are deeper rufous almost as in U. afrkana, and the secondaries are marked as in that species, the basal two-thirds being white and the aincal third black crossed by a white transverse band. Total length about 10-5 inches, wing 5-4, tail 3-7, bill 2-2, tarsus 0'8.
There can be little doubt that the bird here described belongs to a species distinct from U. epops and U. africana, having the primaries banded as in the former bird and the secondaries like those of the latter as well as its rich colour.
Hah. Somali-Land.
a. Ad. sk. Somali {E. Lort-PhilUps). Shelley Coll.
(Type of the species.)
14
5. Upupa africana.
Upupa africana, Bechst. Euvze Uebers. iv. p. 172 (1811) ; lemm.
Man. cTOni. i. p. 416 (1820) ; Licht. Verz. Doiihl. p. IG (1823) ;
Finsch Sf mirtl. Voq. Osfafr. p. 200 (1870) ; SJiarpc m Dresser's
B. Eur. \. p. 182 (1871) ; id. ed. Layard's B. 8. Afr. pp. 134, 808
(1875-84) : Barratf, Ibis, 187G, p. 198 ; Bocac/e, Ont. Anqola,
p. 124 (1877-81); Ayres, Ibis, 1879, p. 294; 'Sharpe in Gates'
Matabele-Land, App. p. 304 (1881) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 570 ;
id. Ibis, 1882, p. 245 ; Butler, Feilden, ^- lieid, Zool. 1882, p. 207 ;
Schalou; J. f. 0. 1886, p. 426; Symomh, Ibis, 1887, p. 328;
Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. p. 195 (1889) ; Soiiza, Jorn. Lish. (2) i.
p. 114 (1889). Upupa minor, Shaio, Gen. Zool. viii.p. 139 (1812) ; Wagler, Syst.Av.,
Upupa, sp. 2 (1827) ; Less. Traitc, p. 323 (1831); Jerd. ^- Selby, III. Orn. text to pi. 142 (1839) : Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 90 (1847) ;
Bp. Consp. i. p. 88 (1850) ; Grill, Zool. Antech}.^-^. 11, 40 (1858) ;
Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 128 (^1860) ; Kirk, Ibi^, 1864,
p. 324 (Zambesi) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1865, p. 265 (Natal) ; Layard,
Ibis, 1868, p. 243 (Swellenclam) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 103,
no. 1252 (1869); Buckley, Ibis, 1874, p. 365 (Bamangwato) ;
Sliellci/, Ibis, 1875, p. 69 (Durban) ; Sharpe ^- Bouvier, Bull. Soc.
Zool. France, i. p. 41 (1876, Landana) : Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 234
(Teita). ? Le Promerops Marcbeur Largup, male, Levaill. Hi^t. Xat.
Promerops etc., iii. p. 56, pi. 23 (1807) La Huppo cl'-\frique, VieiU. N. Diet. (THist. Nat. xv. p. 4 (1817) ;
id. i5)' Audeb. Ois. Dor. pi. ii. Promerops, p. 11 (1802). Upupa cristatella, VieiU. Gal. Ois. i. p. 306, pi. 184 (1825). Upupa capensis, Swains. B. W. Afr. ii. p. 115 (1837); Jard. 8f
Selby, III. Orn. pi. 142 (1839) ; Beichenb. Sandb. Scansares, p. 319,
pi. dxcv. fig. 4035 (1853). Upupa decorata, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 86 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i.
p. 103, no. 1255 (1869) ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 127 (Ngurumau,
&c.) ; Schalou; J. f. 0. 1887, p. 236 (Mpava) ; Beichcn. J. f. O.
1889, p. 276 (Usegua).
Advlt male. Similar to that of U. epops, but the rufous colour much darker, the apical black spots of the crest-feathers without any trace of -white margin, no longitudinal dark streaks on the ab- domen, the primaries -nhoUy black, the basal two-thirds of the secondaries white, the terminal third black with a white transverse baud ; the white transverse band of the tail is much nearer the base than in TJ. epops.
Adult femcde. Similar to the male, but with the abdomen streaked as in U. epops, and with a black transverse band across the middle of the white basal two-thirds of the secondaries.
Hah. Southern Africa as far north as the Congo District on the west, and the Zanzibar District on the east.
a. Ad. sk. Cape Colony. F. Campbell, Esq.
[P.]. h. Ad. sk. Cape Colony. Earl of Derby [P.].
c. Juv. sk. South Afiica. Shelley Coll.
1. TTPrPA.
15
d, e. Ad. sk ; f-h. c? ad.;
i. 2 ad. sk. j. Ad. sk.
k. 2 ad. sk.
1. c? ad. sk.
m. $ ad. sk,
n. Ad. sk. o,p. (S ad.; q. 2 ad. sk.
r, s. S 2 ad.
sk. i. <S ad. sk.
M. c? ad. ; V, w.
2 ad. sk. X. 2 ad. sk.
y. 2 ad. sk.
2. Ad. sk. a'. Imm. sk.
b'. Ad. sk. c'. 2 ad. sk.
S.E. Africa.
Eland's Post, May (T. C.
Kroonstad, Orange Free State,
June (E. Si/mcincis). Pinetown, Natal, Feb. {T. L.
Ayres). Swazi-land, July 8 {T. E.
Uuckley). Bet-^\-een Pretoria and
Bamangwato {F. Oates). Transvaal ( T. Ayres). Transvaal, July, ^o^.{T.E.
Buckley). Lydenburg, Transvaal, June
(Gordge). Elephant Vley, Oct. (C. J.
Andersson) . Otjimbinque, March, June
(C. J. A.). Benguela.
Zambesi.
Zambesi [Chcqmian).
Mamboio, E. Africa {Sir J.
Kirk). Pangani (Sir J. Kirk). Kdi in Teita, Feb. {Dr.
Sildebrandt).
J. Eocke, Esq. [P.]. Sharpe & Shelley
Colls. Gui'uey Coll.
Shelley Coll.
SheUey Coll.
W. E. & C. G. Oates,
Esqrs. [P.]. Gumey Coll. Shelle'y Coll.
Shelley Coll.
Tweeddale Coll.
Sharpe Coll.
Monteiro Coll. (Type
of U. decorata.) Sir J. Kirk [P.]. Sharpe Coll. Shelley Coll.
SheUey Coll. SheUey Coll.
16 lEEISOBID^-.
Family II. IRRISORIDtE.
The relationship subsisting between the Upupidce and Irrisoridce, so strongly urged, by Strickland, is now generally admitted, the many similar points of their structure being corroborative of this alliance. The points of difference, too, are manifest, but all of them of less apparent importance and serving only to separate the two families the one from the other.
The male in Irrisor has a much longer, more curved, and slender bill than the female.
Several fictitious species of Levaillant's have usually been placed in the Irrisoridce. They are as follows : —
Irrisor sibilator (V.). „ caudacutus (V.). „ lamprolo])hus (Wagl.). „ cceruleus (V.). „ cyaneus (V.).
The synonymy of these spurious species is fully given by Drs. Fin&ch and Hartlaub in their ' Yogel Ost-Afrika's ' (pp. 210, 211).
Another species, Irrisor theophilei of Prevost, has also probably no real existence (cf. Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 220),
Key to the Genera.
a. Nostrils elongated and open, slightly over-
hung by a strong thickened eave-like
edge. Bill luoderately arched 1. Irrisor, p. 16.
b. Nostrils elongated and completely over-
hung by a corneous membrane or oper- culum. Bill moderately arched or much curved.
a'. Bill moderately arched 2. Scopteltts, p. 21.
b'. Bill much curved 3. Rhinopomastus, p. 23.
1. IRRISOR. Typ,
Irrisor, Less. Trait/ d' Orn. p. 239 (1831) I. viridis.
Mange. Confined to Africa.
Key to the Species.
a. Head and throat metallic green or purple, wings and tail with white spots.
a'. Tail more or less purple viridis, p. 17.
b'. Tail more or less gi-eeuish blue erythrorhynchus, p. 19.
1. IRRISOR.
Head and throat buft or white, wings and
tail spotless. c . Head and throat buff; middle and lesser
wing-coverts bronzy purple bollii, p. 20.
d'. Head and throat white ; middle and lesser
wing-coverts steel-blue jacksoni, p. 21.
1. Irrisor viridis.
Upupa viridis, A. A. H. Lkht. Cat. rer. Nat. Hamb. p. 22 (1793). Promt5rops moqueur, Levaill. Hist. Nat. Promerops etc. p. 8, pis. 1,
2, 3 (1807). Falcinellus erytlirorhynclius (nee Lath.), Vieill. N. Diet. d'Ifist. Nat.
xxviii.p. 163 (1819). Nectariuia erythrorhynchos (nee Lath.), Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 15
(1823). Epimachus erythrorhynchos (nee Lath.), Wagler, Si/st. Av. Epi-
machus, sp. 4 (1^-^27). Irrisor capensis, Less. Traite cTOrn. p. 2.39 (1831) ; Cab. ^ Heine, Mus.
Hein. Th. ii. p. 1.39 (1860). Promerops erythrorhynchus (nee Lath.), Hm-tl. Vtrz. Brem. Samml.
p. 16 (1844) ; Bianc. Spee. Zuol. Mosamb. fasc. xviii. p. 320
(1867). Irrisor e.rvthrorhynchus (nee Lath.), Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 90 (1847,
pt.) ; Bn. Cons'p. i. p. 410 (18,50, pt.); Strickl. !^ Set. Contr. Orn.
1852, p. 154 (Damara) ; Grill, Zuol. Anteck. pp. 11, 40 (1858) ;
Gurney, Ibis, 1862, p. 27 (Natal) ; Mont. t. c. p. 334 (Angola) ;
Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 325 (Zambesi); Layarcl, B. S. Afr. p. 72
(1867) ; Hartl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 824 (Zanzibar) ; Gray, Hand-l B.
i. p. 104, no. 1259 (1869); Layard, Ibis, 1869, p. 364 ; Sharpe,
P.Z. S. 1870, p. 149 (Rio Dande) ; Finsch Sc Hartl. Voq. 0»tafr.
p. 205 (1870) ; Gurney in Anderss. B. Dam.-Ld. p. 65 (1872) ;
Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873," p. 712 (Mombasa) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1865,
p. 69 (Durban) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 137, 808
(1875-84) ; Buckley, Ibis, 1876, p. 133 (Bamangwato) ; Ban-att,
t. c. p. 199 (Lydenburg) ; Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 126 (1877-81) ;
Nichols. P.Z'.S. 1878, p. 355 (Dar-es-Salaam); Fisch. ^- Reichen.
J. f. O. 1878, p. 256 (Wanika), 1880, p. 141 (Nguru Mts.) ;
Ayres, Ibis, 1879, p. 294 (Transvaal) ; Sharpe, in Oates'' Matabele-
Ld. App. p. 304 (1881); Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 125 (Mombasa);
Shelley, Ibis, 1881, p. 570; Holub Sf Pelz. Orn. Siidafr. p. 71
(1882) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 245 (Umvuli River) ; id. P. Z. S.
1882, p. 302; Bohm, J.f. O. 1883, p. 190; Schalow, t. c. p. 351
(Mpapwa; Kakoma) ; Fisch. Zeitsch. qes. Orn. i. p. 360 (1884,
Pangani); Bohtn, J. f. O. 1885, p. 46; Fischer, t. c. p. 127;
Ayi-es, Ibis, 1885, p. 51 (Umzeila's country) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1885,
p. 395 (Somali) ; Souza, Jorn. Lisb. 1886, no. 43, p. 152 ; Schaloiv,
J. f. O. 1886, p. 426 ; Reicheji. J. f. O. 1887, p. 61 (Usandawi) ;
Schalow, J. f. O. 1887, p. 236 ; Biittik. Notes Leyden Mus. x.
p. 222 (1888, Kasinga River), xi. p. 68 (1889, Humpata) ; Tristr.
Ibis, 1889, p. 225 (Kikombo) ; Souza, Jorn. Lisb. no. 48, p. 221
(1888) ; Reichen. J.f. O. 1889, p. 276. Irrisor senegalensis (nee V.), Gurney, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 2 (Damara);
Cab. in Von der Decken's Rets. iii. p. 34 (18(59) ; id. J. f. 0. 1878,
p. 234 ; Holub ^- Pelz. Beitr. Orn. Siidafr. p. 71 (1882)."
VOL. XVI. " C
18 IRElSOKIDJi.
Adult male. Upper surface glossy metallic green, with a shade of bronze on the back ; posterior portion of the crown and nape shaded with steel-blue ; lower back and upper tail-coverts purple or blue- black, edged with dark copper ; wings steel-blue, the primaries and primary-coverts greener, the latter tipped with white ; lesser coverts darker blue and broadly edged with coppery ; a band of white crosses the primaries beyond the middle, consisting of a large spot on the inner web and a small one on the outer (the latter absent in the three or four outer quills) : the shafts blackish ; tail purplish, with violet reflections above, greener beneath, the middle pair of rectrices unspotted, the rest with a transverse slightly oblique subterminal white bar more or less divided by the dark shaft ; under surface glossy metallic green on the breast and anterior portion of the abdomen ; throat aud chin glossy steel-blue ; lower abdomen and under tail- coverts black, with a tinge of purple ; under wing-coverts steel-blue. Total length about 14"5 inches, wing 5-4, bill from gape 2-45, tail 7 to 9, tarsus 0-9.
Adult female. Similar to the male in colour, but with a shorter, straighter bill, the primary wing-coverts more widely tipped with white: "bill and feet scarlet; iris dark hazel" (y. E. BucMey). Total length about 13"5 inches, wing 5-2, bill from gape 1'75, tail 7-8, tarsus 0-9.
Young. Differs from the adult in having a black bill, the upper surface dusky black with a purplish or bi'onzy gloss, especially on the head, and sometimes with rusty-brown feathers on the crown and throat ; under surface dingy black, with hardly any gloss, this colour appearing first on the throat ; distal half of the primary- coverts white, the alar speculum being thus larger than that of the adult female, and much larger than that of the male.
Hah. Africa, from Angola and Mombasa southwards.
a, b. Ad. sk. Mombasa (Itev. J. Wakefield). Sharpe CoU.
c, d. Ad. sk. Mombasa (Handford). Rev. A. F. Buxton
[P.].
e. 9 ad. sk. Mainland opposite Mombasa, Dr. J. Hildebrandt
Aug. [C.].
f. Ad. sk. Dar-es-.Salaam. Messrs. Moir [P.].
g. Ad. sk. Dar-es-Salaam {E. C. Buxton). Shelley Coll. h. Ad. sk. Mamboio {Sir J. Kirk). Shelley CoU. i,j. Ad. et juv. Ugogo {Sir J. Kirk). SheUey Coll.
sk.
k,l. Ad. etjuv. Usambara Moimtains {Sir J. Shelley Coll.
sk. Kirk),
m, n. Ad. etjuv. Makalaka Country {Dr. Brad- Shelley Coll.
sk. shmv).
o. 5 ad. sk. 1st Makalaka Kraal, Zam- W. E. & C. G. Dates,
besi Road, March 30 {F. Esqrs. [P.]. Oates).
p. $ ad. sk. Tati, Matabele-Land, Jime 26 W. E. & C. G. Oates,
{F. Oates). Esqrs. [P.].
q. Juv. sk. Rnstenburg. F. A. Barratt, Esq.
[P.].
r. d" juv. sk. «• ? ad. sk.
<. Ad. sk.
"• 2 ad. sk.
V. Ad. sk. w, T. Ad. sk. y. Ad. sk.
z, «'■ c? ad. sk.
b'- S ad. sk. c'. 2 ad. sk.
6?'y. Ad. sk.
ff'. Ad. St. A',/, c? juv. ;/,
^. $ ad. et
juv. sk. I', d ad. sk.
m'. 2 ad. sk. n'. (^ juv. sk.
o'. d" ad. sk.
1. IRRISOR.
Rustenburg, June 7 (T. Ayres).
Limpopo River, Aug-. 1.3 (T. Ayres).
Potchefstroom {T. Ayres).
Swaziland, June 27 (T. E. Buckley).
Natal (T. Ayres).
Upper Umlaas River (Gordge).
Newcastle {Capt. Savile Raid).
Eland's Post, S.E. Africa {T. C. Atmore).
Eland's Post, June {T. C. A.).
Knysna, Jan. 16 ( C. J. Anders- son).
Damara-Land (C J. Anders- son). Damara-Land. Otjimbinque, Sept. (C. J. A.).
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Gurney Coll. Gurney Coll.
SheUey CoU. Shelley Coll.
Sharpe Coll. Shellev Coll. Shelley Coll. Sharpe Coll.
Shelley Coll. Sharpe Coll.
Sharpe Coll.
C. J. Andersson [CI. Sharpe Coll.
Elephant \lev,
J. A.). Ovaquenyama, June 4( C. J! A.). River Okavango, May (C J
A.). ■' '
Rio Dande, Angola, April Sharpe Coll
{Sala).
Aug. o (C. Gurney Coll.
Sharpe CoU. Sharpe Coll.
2. Irrisor erythrorhynchus.
Red-billed Promerops, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. p. 124, pi. 110 ri787)
Upupa erythrorhrachos, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p 980 (1790)
Plipupa erythrorhynchos, -S/iaw ^- Miller, Cimel. Phys. p 96 (1796) :
l^haw ^- ^odd. Aat. Misc. xiii. pi. 533 (ex Miller) Promerops purpureus, Shair ^- Miller, Cimel. Phys.%\. 52 (1796)
piTs afei27 "'■^•'■°'''°'' '^'^'■'"' ^"'- ^''^■'^''- p*- 1' p- 1-50.
Promerops erythrorhynchos, Riipp. Syst. Uebeis. p. 28 (1845)- IIeuylSyst.Uehers.-^.2l{lSm) ^ ^'-°*^) ^
^^j/p'°?rpr4 aSO^^^^^^ ^"''''' '' ^"''' ^'''- """'■ ^''""''''P'
^V^16b7Si9)^'"^°''^^''' ^''^"- ^- ^*- '^^^^- ^«^- ^^™^- Nectarinia melanorhynchos, Licht. Verz. Bouhl. p 15 (1893) lalcmellus senegalensis, Vieill. Enc. Meth. ii. p. 580 (IS^S) Epimachus senegalensis, Wagler, Syst. Av. Epimachus, sp. 3 (1827) Epimachus erythrorhynchus, Riipp. Neue Wirb. p. 73 (ISS-oJo) Promerops senegalensis, Swains. B. W. Afr. ii. p. 117 (1837) ^' irnsor melanorhynchus, Gray, Gm. B. i. p. 90 (1847) : Bn Consn
fig?: 4i4i,'4^4i' (fSr'- '''"'''■ ''"'''''■ '''' '''' ^^^' ^-™- Irrisor senegalensis Str^k/ P^Z. S 1850, p. 216 ; Hartl. Orn. West-
p:tS^, T^&^si^t^T^-^-l^:^
c2
20 IRKISORID.E.
Irrisor erythrorhyncbus, Jard. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 57 (Abomey) ; Scl. t. c. p. 124 (Danakil) ; Brehm, Reis. Habesch, pp. 211, 279 (1863); Antin. Cat. descr. Ucc. p. 32 (1864) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.- Afr. i. p. 214 (1869) ; Blanf. Geol. 8f Zool. Abyss, p. 332 (1870) ; Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 226 (1870) ; Antin. Sr Salvad. Viagg. Boqos, p. 60(1873); Hartl. Abhandl.nat. Ver. Bremen, vii. p. 107 (1881); Feh. Verh.z.-h. Ges. Wien, xxxi. p. 608 (1881) ; Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xvii. p. 427 (1884) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) i. p. 106 (1884), vi. p. 220 (1888).
Rhinopomastes cvanomelas (nee Vieill. !), Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. p. 727 (1856-58); Heugl. J.f. O. 1867, p. 201 (ex Wiirt. MSS. !!).
Irrisor blythii, Heugl. J.f. O. 1867, p. 202.
Similar to /. viridis, but differing in its steel-green tail, which shows scarcely any violet or purple reflections.
There can be no doubt, I think, that Latham's title applies to the northern form of this Irrisor, of which /. senegcdensis, Sw., is a synonym. Of the latter, I have examined the type kindly lent me by the authorities of the Cambridge University Museum.
Hah. "West Africa, from the Gambia to the Niger. N.E. Africa, from Bogos-Land to Shoa, extending into the Niam-Niam country.
a. Ad. etjuv.sk. Bathurst,Eiver Gambia (Qm/m). Sharpe Coll.
b. Ad. sk. Bathurst, River Gambia. Shelley Coll.
c. Ad. sk. Bissao. Sharpe Coll.
d. e. Juv.sk. HiYer Gambia. (Sir A. Moloney). Shelley Coll. /. Ad. sk. Abomey. L. Fraser [C.].
^. Ad. sk. Om-Badr, Darfur. B. Solymos,Esq. [P.].
A, 2. Ad. et juv. Maragaz, Bogos-Land, July 29 Tweeddale Coll.
( W. Jesse).
j. (S juv. sk. Kokai, July 12 ( W. Jesse). Tweeddale Coll.
k, I. c? ad. et juv. ; Anseba Valley, July 30. W. T. Blanford, Esq.
m. 2 ad. sk. [C.].
n. 2 ad. sk. Ailat, Bogos. W. T, Blanford, Esq.
[C.].
o. Juv. sk. Ailat, Bogos (Esler). Sharpe Coll.
p. Imm. sk. Senaf(5, Tigr(5, Feb. 24. W. T. Blanford, Esq.
[C.].
q, r. Ad. ; s, f, Shoa (Sir W. C. Hams). India Museum.
M. Imm. sk.
V. Ad. sk. N.E. Africa (Mus. Vindob.). Sharpe Coll.
w. 2 ad. sk. Kutschugali, Niam-Niam, F. Bohndorff [C.].
Sept.
3. Irrisor boUii. (Plate II.)
Irrisor bollei, Hartl. J.f. O. 1858, p. 445; id. J.f. 0. 1861, p. 108; S/iarpe, Ibis, 1871, p. 414 ; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 10 (1871) ; id. Ibis, 1872, p 67 ; Reichen. J.f. O. 1875, p. 20.
Adult male. Upper surface from the nape to the middle of the back glossy green; lower back, upper tail-coverts, and basal two- thirds of the central rectrices and the rest of the tail on the outer webs towards the base dark reddish purple; terminal third of the central
BCOPTELrS.
21
rectrices and the rest of the tail, together with the wiugs, steel-blue ; middle and lesser wing-coverts reddish-copper ; head and throat bufif; breast and anterior portion of the abdomen glossy green like the back, lower abdomen and under tail-coverts black faintly tinged with bronze ; bill red ; feet yellowish hazel. Total length about 14*5 inches, wing 5'1, tail 8'2, bill 2, tarsus 0'9.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but with a shorter, stouter, straighter bill.
Young. Bin black, the head and throat covered with dusky-black feathers, which are gradually replaced by the buff feathers of the adult.
Hab. Forest-districts of the Gold Coast.
a. Ad. sk. Fantee. Purchased.
(Type of the species.)
b. Ad. sk. Fantee (H. T. Vssher). Sharpe Coll.
c. Imm. sk. Fantee. A. Swanzv, Esq. [P.].
d. e. Ad. sk. Fantee {H. T. Ussher). Shelley Coll. /. Imm. sk. Wasa Province, Julv {H. F. Sharpe Coll.
Blissett). g. Ad. sk. Mampon, Aug. {H. F. B. ). Shelley Coll.
4. Irrisor jacksoni. (Plate III. fig. 1.) Irrisor jacksoni, Sharpe, Ann. 8/- Mag. Nat. Hist. 1890, vi. p. 503,
Adult male. Similar to that of /. hollei, but with the glossy-green of the back rather brighter, that of the breast rather more bronzy ; head and throat nearly white ; middle and lesser wing-coverts steel- blue untinged with bronzy-purple ; central rectrices bluer, less purple : bill, lores, and circumocular region coral-red ; feet yellowish red; iris orange. Total length about 14 inches, wing 5'4, tail 8'5, bill 1'75, tarsus 0-75.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but with a shorter, rather straighter bill. The glossy green of the sides of the neck extends to the posterior margin of the orbit.
Hab. Central East Africa, forests of Mount Elgon.
2. SCOPTELUS.
Type. Scoptelus, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hem. ii. p. 129 (1860) .... S. notatus.
Uanije. Western and North-eastern Afi'ica.
Key to the Species.
a. Head and neck steel-blue ; wings with a white
median band.
a . Tail spotless aterrimus, p. 22.
b'. Outermost rectrix on either .side with a .sub- terminal white baud, sometimes divided into two spots Jiofatus, p. 22.
b. Head and neck chestnut, wiugs uubauded .... castaneiccps, p. 23,
22 IREISORID^.
1. Scoptelus aterrimus.
Lesser Black Promerops, Lath. Gen. Hist. iv. p. Ill (1822). Promerops aterrimus, Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiv. pt. 1, p. 257
(1826) ; Hnril. Verz. Brem. Samml. p. 16 (1844). Promerops pusillus, Swains, B. W. Afr. ii. p. 120 (1837). Irrisor aterrimus, Gray, Gen. B. i. 'p. 90 (1847) ; id. Hand-l. B. i.
p. 104, no. 1267 (1869). RLinopomastes pusillus, Bj). Consp. i. p. 411 (1850); Reichenh.
Handb. Scanasores, p. 326 (1853). L-risor pusillus, Hard. Orn. W.-Afi: p. 43 (1837) ; id. J.f 0. 1861,
p. 108.
Adult {female ?). Glossy purple, more steel-blue on the anterior portion of the crown, wings, and tail ; under surface from the throat to the vent blacker ; wing with a central white band, the outer webs of the first, second, and third quills black ; tips of all the quills grey with a darker edge ; outermost primary-coverts steel-blue, the next six white ; bill dark horn-colour, feet black. Total length about 8-8 inches, wing 3-9, tail 4-7, bill 1-2, tarsus 0-7.
Young. Similar to the adult, but browner on the sides of the head and on the whole of the under surface.
I have not seen an authentic adult male specimen of this species. It probably has the primaries nearly wholly steel-blue towards the tips, with hardly any trace of grey colour characteristic of the females in the allied forms.
Drs. Pinsch and Hartlaub have recorded this species from Damara- Land from an examination of young specimens, and have been followed by Guruey. These specimens, when re-examined, will most probably be found to belong to Rhinopomastus cyanomelas, as urged by Mr. Sharpe.
Hah. Senegambia.
a. Ad. sk. Senegambia. Shelley Coll.
b, c. Ad. et juv. S. Louis, Senegal (i. Tweeddale Coll. sk. Lagluize).
d. Imm. sk. Senegambia.
2. Scoptelus notatus.
Epimaehus cyanomelas {nee V.), Riljsp. Neue Wirb. p. 79 (1835-40). Promerops c3anomelas (»iec V.), Riipp. Syst. fe&ws. p. 28 (1845) ;
Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 20 (1856). Rhinopomastes cyanomelas {nee V.), Ho)-sf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. Mus.
E. I. Co. ii. p. 727 (1854, spec. A). Scoptelus aterrimus {nee Steph.), Cab. ^" Heine., Mus. Hein. Th. ii.
p. 129 (1860) ; Antin. 8f Salvad. Yiagg. Bvgos, p. 61 (1873) ;
Sharpe in Bayard's B. S. Afr. p. 140 (1875). Irrisor cyanomelas (nee V.), Heugl. J.f O. 1864, p. 263. Rhinopomastes pusiUus {nee Sw.), Antin. Cat. deser. Ucc. p. 32
(1854) ; Suhad. Atti R. Accad. Torin. v. p. 729 (1870). Irrisor aterrimus {nee Steph.), Cab. in Von der Decken's Reis. iii.
p. 34 (1869); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr.i. p. 219 (1869) ; Blanf.
3. RHINOPOMASTUS. 23
Geol. Si Zool. Abyss, p. 334(1870) ; Finsch, Ttwis. Z. S. vii. p. 227 (1870) ; Hartl. Abhandl. not. Ver. Bremen, viii. p. 205 (1888). ? Irrisor pusillus {nee Sw.), Reichen. Jf. 0. 1887, p. 305(Leopoldville).
Adult. Similar to that of S. aterrimus, but the upper surface bluer where >S'. aterrimus is purple and greener where that bird is steel-blue ; the outermost rectrix on either side alwaj-s has a subterminal white band, which varies somewhat in width and is sometimes divided into two spots by the dark shaft.
Young. Differs from the young of S. pusillus in the same way as the adults from one another.
The adult males of this species have a dark greyish subterminal patch on the inner webs of the primaries. In the females this is much larger, paler, and more distinct.
This bird of i^.E. Africa has usually been united with the West- African >S'. imsillus, but from the specimens before me I have no difficulty in distinguishing the two birds.
Hab. North-east Africa, perhaps extending into the Congo region.
a. Imm. sk. Ailat, Bogos (Hsler). Sharpe Coll.
b. Ad. sk. Senafe, Abyssinia, May 13 Tweeddale Coll.
( JF. Jesse).
c. S ad. sk. Rairo, Bogos, Aug. ( W. Tweeddale Coll.
Jesse).
d. c? ad. sk. Mohaber, .luly 9 ( W. Jesse). Sharpe Coll.
e. 2 juv. sk. Anseba Vallev, Aug. 7. W. T. Blanford, Esq.
[C.]. /. [ 5 ] ad. St. Abyssmia (Sir JF. C. Harris). India Museum.
3. Scoptelus castaneiceps. (Plate III. fig. 2.) Irrisor bollei, juv., Hartl. J.f. Orn. 1858, p. 445. Irrisor castaneiceps, Sharpe, Ibis, 1871, p. 414, 1872, p. G7 ; Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 51.
Adult. Upper surface glossy steel-blue, brighter and greener on the back, scapulars, and wing-coverts ; lower back and upper tail- coverts darker and duller ; tail rich purple ; whole head and neck chestnut ; abdomen greenish black ; under tail-coverts more purple ; bill horn-colour, the tomia whitish ; feet black. Total length about 12 inches, wing 4-2, tail 6-6, bill 1-3, tarsus 0-7.
Specimen a is in rather fresher plumage than the type and the tail is richer purple.
Bab. Forests of the Gold Coast.
a. Ad. sk. Fantee. Purchased.
b. Ad. sk. Fantee (H. T. Ussher). Sharpe Coll.
(Type of the species. )
3. RHINOPOMASTUS.
-r.1 • r. Type.
Kiimopomastus, Smith, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 2 (182S) . . R. cyanomelas.
Ranrje. Southern Africa as far as Angola and the Congo region on the west ; and throughout Eastern and Xorth-castcrn Africa.
24 IRRISORIDS.
Key to the iSjjecies.
a. "Wings with a median white bar ; tail with sub- terminal white spots more or less distinct.
a. Larger ; bill black cyanomelax, p. 24.
b'. Smaller ; bill yellow minor, p. 2G.
h. Wings and tail spotless, bill yellow cabanisi, p. 26.
1. Rhinopomastus cyanomelas.
Le Prom^rops namaquois, Temiu. Cat. Syst. du Cabinet d'Orn.
pp. 74, 217 (1807) ; Levaill. Hist. Nat. 'From. pi. 5 (ad.), pi. 6
(juv.)(1807). Falcinellus cyanomelas, Vieill. N. Diet. cTRist. Nat. xxviii. p. 165
(1819). Upupa purpurea, Bttrch. Trav. 8. Afr. i. pp. 326, 464 (1822). Epimachus cyanomelas, Wagler, Syst. Av., Promerops, sp. 5 (1827), Epimachus unicolor, Wagler, Isis, 1829, p. 656. Rhinopomastus smithii, Jard. Zool. Journ. iv. p. 1, pi. i. (1828). Ebinopomastes cyanomelas. Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 239 (1831); Bp.
Consp. i. p. 411 ( 1850) ; Reichenb. Handb. Scansoi-es, p. 325, Taf. dc.
tigs. 4048-49 ( 1853) ; Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 129
(1860) ; Hartl. Ibis, 1862, p. 145 ; Barratt, Ibis, 1876, p. 199 ; Sharps,
ed. Bayard's B. S. Afr. pp. 138, 809 (1876-84) ; Cab. J.f. 0. 1878,
p. 234; Sharpe, in' Oates' Matabeh-Land, A^-p. p. .304 (1881);
SheUey, P. Z. S. 18«1, p. 570, 1882, p. .'502 ; Butler, Feilden, Sf Beid,
Zool. 1882, p. 207 ; Schaloio,J.f. O. 1883, p. 351 ; Fischer, J.f. O.
1885, p. 127 ; Ayres, Ibis, 1887, p. 52 ; Symonds, t. c. p. 328. Promerops purpuratus. Strains. B. W. Afr. ii. p. 121 (1837). Rhinopomastes levaillanti, Less, (ubi F), teste G. R. Gray. Epimachus unicolor, Licht. Verz. Vog. Kaffernl. p. 17 (1842). Irrisor cyanomelas, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 90 (1847 ) ; Scl. P. Z. S.
1864, p. 110; Mont. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 94: Layard, B. S. Afr.
p. 73; Gurney, Ibis, 1868, p. 44 ; Ilei/yl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 217
(1869); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 104. no. 1268 (1869) ; Sharps, P.
Z. S. 1869, p". 567 ; Finsch ^- Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 207 (1870) ;
Gurney in Anderss. B. Dam.-Ld. p. 67 (1872) ; Kirk, Ibis, 1872,
p. 325; Buckley, Ibis, 1874, p. 366; Fischer <Sr Reichen. J. /.. O.
1878, p. 256, 1879, p. 344 (Malindi) ; Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 127
(1881); £oh7n, J. f. 0. 1883, p. 190; Fischer, Zeifschr. ges. Orn. i.
p. 360 (1884) ; id. J.f. O. 1885, p. 127 ; Biittik. Notes Leyden Mus.
X. p. 222 (1888), xi. p. 68 (1889) ; Souza, Jorn. Lisb. no. 45 (1887) ;
Shelle}!, Ibis, 1888, p. 297; id. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 358; Reichen.
.If 6. 1889, p. 276 (Quilimane). Irrisor unicolor. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 90 (1847) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 411
(1850). Rhinopomastes unicolor, Licht. Nomencl. p. (!^ (1854). Irrisor aterrimus, Finsch ^ Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 209 (1870) ;
Gurney in Anderss. B. Dam.-Ld. p. 68 (1872).
Adult male. Glossy steel-blue, more purple on the back, scapulars, and hind neck, duller on the chin and throat, blacker on the abdomen and under wing-coverts ; a white band crosses the middle of the primaries, the outer web of the first three quills being wholly dark, a small .=pot of white appearing ou the outer web of the fourth quill,
3. RHIXOPOMASrUB.
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the spot on the inner web of the first quill is sometimea wanting ; the outermost four primary-coverts steel-blue, the fifth to the eighth white ; a subterminal white band on the outermost two rectrices ■white, divided into two spots by the dark shaft : bill and feet black, iris hazel {F. Oates). Total length about 11 inches, wing 4-3, tail 5, bill 1'65, tarsus 1'8.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but with the tips of the primaries grey, and the chin and throat browner.
Young. Similar to the female, but the head and under surface generally browner.
Hah. Southern Africa, ranging to Benguela on the west and the Zambesi on the east, and thence northwards to Mombasa.
a-c. Ad. sk.
d. Juv. sk.
e. Ad. sk.
f. 2 imm. sk. </, h. 5 ad. et
imm. sk. i. Ad. sk.
j. Ad. sk.
k. Ad. sk.
/. 5 imm. sk.
m. 2 ^d. sk.
71. (5 ad. sk.
o. (J ad. sk.
/). (5 ad. sk.
g. cS f^d. sk.
r. Ad. ; s, t, u.
Imm. sk. r', w, .r. Ad. sk. y. Ad. St. z. Ad. sk. a', h\ J ad. et
5 imm. sk. c', d'. (S 5 imm.
sk. e'. Ad. sk. /'. Ad.sk. g'. Ad. sk. A', i'. Ad. et juv.
sk. j' , k'. (^ ad. et
imm. sk.
South Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.].
South Africa (U. L. Layard). Sharpe Coll. Cape Colony {Butler). Shelley Coll.
Griqualand, April (T. 6'. Atmore). Shelley Coll. ls-Ata\ {T. Aijres). Sharpe Coll.
Natal {F. Oates).
Kroonstaad, Orange Free State,
May {Symonds). Marico.
Kanye, Matabele-Land (Dr. H.
Exton) . Matabele-Land, Sept. 22 {T. E.
Buckley). Bamangwato, Aug. 5 {T. E.
Buckley). Metli River, near Shoshong,
Aug. 10 {F. Oates). Serule, Oct. 18 {F. Oates).
Palatswie River, Oct. 20 {F.
Oates). Makalaka Country {Dr. Brad-
shaw). Zambesi. Zambesi. Zambesi {Dr. Otjimbinque,
May, June Otjimbinque,
{C.J. A.). Benguela(J. J. M.). RiverQuanza, Nov. 15 {J. J. M.). Lamu {Sir J. Kirk). Doruma, Aug.
Mauda Island, Nov.
Meller).
Damara-Land, [C. J. Andersson).
April, June
W. E. & C. G. Oates,
Esqrs. [P.]. Gurney Coll.
F. A. Barratt, Esq.
[C.]. Sharpe Coll.
Shelley Coll.
Shelley Coll.
W. E. & C. G. Oatea,
Esqrs. [P.]. W. E. & C. G. Oates,
Esqrs. [P.]. W.E.&C.G. Oates,
Esqrs. [P.]. Shelley Coll.
Sir J. Kirk [P.j. Sir J. Kirk [P.]. Tweeddale Coll. Tweeddale Coll.
Sharpe Coll.
Monteiro Coll. Sharpe Coll. Shelley Coll. 11. C. V. Hunter,
Esq. [P.]. F. J. Jackson, Esq.
[P.].
26 IBBISOBID^.
2. RMnopomastus minor.
Promerops minor, RUpp. Syd. Uebers. p. 28 (1845).
Epimaclius minor, Rilpp. t. c. pi. 8 (1845).
Irrisor minor, Grm/, Gen. B. i. p. 90 (1847) ; Speke, Ibis, 1860, p. 224
Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 104, no. 1269 (1869) ; Heiigl. Orn. N.O.-
Afr. i. p. 218 (1869) ; Fiiisch ^ Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 206 (1870)
Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 397. Rhinopomastes minor, i?;j. Consp. i. p. 114 (1850) ; Reichenb. Handb
Scansores, p. 326, Taf. dc. fig 4050 (1853) ; Cab. ^ Hei>2e, Mm.
Hein. Th. ii. p. 129, note (1860) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov
(2) vi. p. 220 (1888).
Similar to B. cyanomelas, but smaller, the bill yellow and the primary-coverts wholly steel-blue. Total length about 9 inches, wing 3'7, tail 3-7, bill 1-35, tarsus 0-7.
Hab. N.E. Africa, from Shoa to Somali-land.
a. Ad. sk. Shoa. Dr. Rappell [C.].
3. Ehinopomastus cabanisi.
Irrisor cahanisi, De Fili.]}pi, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1853, p. 289 (Upper White Nile) ; Hartl. Orn. IV.-Afr. p. 270 (1857) ; Gray, Hand-l. 5. i. p. 104, no. 1270 (1869); Heiigl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 219 (1869, Upper White Nile ); Finsch ^ Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 207, note (1870) ; Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, vii. p. 107 (1882, Lado); Fischer, Zcitschr. ges. Orn. p. 360 (1884, Mossiro) ; Beichen. J.f. O. 1887, p. 61 (Salaiida).
Promerops icterorhynchus, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 20 (1856).
Rhinopomastes cahanisi, Reichenb. Handb. Scatisores, p. 326 (1853) ; Cah. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 129, note (I860) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 306 (Mamboio) ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 127 (Mossiro).
Irrisor cyanomelas (nee V.), Hartl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 105 (Kazeh).
Irrisor minor (nee Riipj).), Shelley, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 358.
Adult male. Glossy steel-blue, more purple on the back, scapulars, head, and hind neck, blacker on the breast and abdomen ; wings and tail spotless ; bill yellow ; tarsi and toes black. Total length about 9 inches, wing 3-8, tail 4-4, bill 1-5, tarsus 0-8.
Young. Duller than the adult, the under surface browner : " bill yellowish horn -colour ; feet black ; iris dusky brown " (Emin Pasha).
Hub. From the Upper White Nile region to the Zanzibar district of Eastern Africa.
a Ad.sk. Taveta, E. Africa. H.G.V. Hunter, Esq.
[P.].
b. Ad. sk. Mamboio {Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll.
c. 2 j'lv. sk. Lado, Jan. 29 (Fmin Pasha). Shelley Coll.
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Suborder TROCHILI.
(By OSBERT SALVIN.)
Skeleton*. — Maxilla and mandible long and slender; anteorbital very large and blended with the lachrymal, which probably forms but a small portion of it f ; interorbital septum and anterior wall of the brain-case slightly ossified ; deutary process of premaxilla and the maxilla form a free rod beneath the lateral margin of the premaxilla on either side, secured only at its extremities. Maxillo- palatines a flat horizontal lamina widely separated in the median line. Vomer deeply cleft behind, with a somewhat rounded ante- rior margin, from the middle of which a long, straight, slender spine proceeds. Palatines widely separated in the middle line, diverging posteriorly ; outer margins nearly straight, long, and slender ante- riorl}', and, after coalescing with themaxiUa, pass into a pointed free end. Rostrum of basisphenoid very broad; no pterygoid processes. Pterygoids straight subcylindrical rods. Quadrate nearly horizontal ; mastoidal and mandibular ends each with two transverse facets ; a " peg "-like process receives the hollowed end of the pterygoid ; the orbital process much reduced ; angle of the mandible truncated ; ends of the hyoidean apparatus embrace the back of the skull and, meeting on the top, extend forward side by side along the middle line, grooves in the cranium receiving them when they lie in contact with it. Spinal column with 32 vertebra and a pygostyle, the last two dorsals anchylosed to the pelvic sacrum. Sternum long, gradu- ally widening towards the siphoidal end, which has an entire rounded border ; manubrium absent ; carina very deep. Coracoid with a tendinal canal closed with bone, and a large perforation in the shaft below it ; sternal extremity not dilated. Hypocloidium of the very broad U-shaped furculum rudimentary ; blade of scapula bent at an obtuse angle outwards in the same plane as that of its chief surface. Humerus short and broad, of peculiar shape, shorter than the ulna ; radius much arched ; metacarpus considerably longer than the ulna ; phalanges of the manus very long and peculiarly shaped ; four sesa- moids— two in the carpus and two in the elbow. Large free patella ; pro- and ectocnemial processes of the tibio-tarsus rudimentary ; hypotarsus of metatarsus both pierced and grooved for tendons. Hallux incumbent. Phalanges of pes normal (2-3-4-5).
The tongue J of the Trocliili is very long, and can be thrust out far beyond the end of the long bill. The anterior portion moves in a sheath, and presents the appearance of two cylinders united, with a deep groove above and another beneath, for part of their length,
* Shufeldt, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 912.
+ Shufeldt, Journ. Lixri. Soc, Zool. xx. p. 385.
\ W. Macgillivray in Aud. B. Am. iv. p. 197.
28 TROCQILI.
beyond which they become flattened, concave above, thin-edged and lacerated externally, thick-edged internally, and though lying parallel to one another and in contact can be separated.
The trachea bifurcates very high up, there being a small globular swelling at the fork *. There are no sterno-trachiales muscles.
The heart is very large, and the left carotid artery runs in a direct course.
The inteMinal canal is entirely covered by the liver. There are no caeca.
Pterijloijraphii t. — A median naked space of a spindle-shaped outline on the crown, running longitudinally between the eyes and the base of the maxilla ; median naked space of the neck continued nearly to the base of the mandible ; a large naked nape-space ; the humeral tract passes over the head of the humerus, and the femoral tract is apparently absent ; the spinal tract is very broad and iozenge-shaped, spreading over nearly the whole of the dorsal region ; a short longitudinal naked strip occupies tlie middle of this tract.
The number of rectrices is 10, of primaries 10, secondaries 6.
The wings generally are very uniform in structure, but in some species the outer primary is filiform towards the tip, and in others narrow for the whole of its length.
The tail is very diverse in form, and in some cases, as in Loddi- ffcsia, profoundly modified.
The plumage generally, especially on the upper surface, has shining quasi-metallic tints, and special effects are produced, chiefly on the crown and throat, by glittering squamosa feathers.
The female builds a cup-shaped nest, of varied material, such as moss, &c., the exterior of which is frequently covered with spiders' web and ornamented with small bits of lichen. These are stuck on to the outside. The eggs are always two in number, rather elongate in form, and rounded nearly alike at each end ; their colour is always white.
The Trochili may be divided into three sections, as follows : —
Section A. — Sheath of the maxilla serrate towards the I Trochili anterior portion of the tomia ; the sheath of the > serrirostres, mandible sometimes similarly serrate ) p. 20.
Section B. — Sheath of the maxilla indistinctly and | intermedii feebly serrate towards the end of the tomia | .i 114 '
Section C. — Sheath of both maxilla and mandible | igevirostres with a smooth tomia to the end f q^q '
* ShufekU, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zaol. xx. p. oSi), pi. '2o. t Id. ibid. p. 1566.
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Section A. TROCHILI SERRIROSTRES.
Sheath of the maxilla serrate towards the anterior portion of the tomia ; the sheath of the mandible sometimes similarly serrate. (For Sec. B, see p. 114 ; Sec. C, see p. 256.)
Key to the Genera.
a. Bill cuneate, wide at the base, and gradually
compressed towards the tip. a'. Tail cuneate ; nasal covers completely
hidden 1. Heliothbix, p. 30.
h' . Tail rounded ; nasal covers partly exposed. 2. Schistbs, p. 33. c'. Tail square ; nasal covers fully exposed. . 3. Augastes, p. 35.
b. Bill with the sides subparallel, drawn to-
gether rather abruptly towards the tip. d'. Tomia of both maxilla and mandible more or less distinctly serrate ; under surface always plain, without glittering hues. a" . Bill long and nearly straight.
a'". Tail long and rounded ; bill slightly
depressed, strongly hooked and [p. 8G.
deeply serrate ; sexes similar .... 4. Rhamphodon, b'". Tail short and rounded; bill shghtly upturned, strongly hooked and
deeply serrate ; sexes similar .... 5. Androdon, p. 37. c'". Tail very short and rounded ; bill slender and slightly upturned; no terminal houk ; serration feeble ; [p. 38.
forehead of male glittering 6. Hemistephania,
b" . Bill long and arched ; tail rounded ;
sexes similar 7. Glaucis, p. 41.
e'. Tomia of mandible only distinctly serrate towards the distal end ; under surface usually glittering. c''. Interramal space nude ; culmen bare to the base ; nasal covers fully exposed. d'". Tail normal, rounded or forked.
a^. Bill nearly straight, short. [p. 44.
a\ Smaller ; rectrices narrower . . 8. Chlorostilbon,
b'. Larger ; rectrices wider 9. Sporadin us, p. 57.
6'. Bill longer, slightly decurved.
c\ Sexes dissimilar 10. Iache, p. 59.
d^. Sexes similar ; male with female
plumage 11. Phjeoptila, p. 63.
e'". Tail abnormal; the subexternal pair
of rectrices very long 12. Aithurus, p. G4.
d'' . Interramal .space feathered. /'". Bill slender ; tomia of maxilla roUed inwards near the tip ; sexes dis- similar, c*. Tail more or less rounded.
e\ Bill nearly straight ; lateral rec- trices white at the base. ff". Crown pure white ; feathers
full, extending over the nasal [p. 00.
covers 1.3. Microchera,
i°. Crown black; nasal covers par- [p, 67.
tially e.xposed 14. CAixiPHARrs,
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/', Bill nearly straight, stouter ; tail [p. 68.
glittering green 15. Panychlora,
g'. Bill decurved ; lateral rectrices white at the base, c". Bill comparatively long and
less curved 16. Eupherusa, p. 72.
d^. Bill shorter and more curved. 17. Elvira, p. 74. d*^. Tail forked (crown glittering blue, or green or greenish black ; no white at the base of the lateral
rectrices) 18. Thalurania, p. 76.
g'". Bill stouter; tomia of mandible not rolled inwards towards the tip. e^. Cidmen feathered at the base ; nasal covers partially exposed ; sexes dissimilar. h?. Under tail-coverts large and full ; [p. 87.
tail bronze or greenish bronze. . 19. Hypuroptila, t". Under tail-coverts normal ; latei'al rectrices purple or reddish purple.
e°. BiU moderately decurved. ... 20. Lampornis, p. 91. y*. Bill upturned towards the base 22. Avocettula, p. 101. y*. Culmen feathered at the base ; nasal covers also feathered, except along their lower edges ; sexes alike. y°. Wings glittering metallic green ;
no auricular glittering tufts . . 23. Ettlampis, p. 102. ¥'. Wings normal, no glittering blue
auricular tufts 21. PiNAROL^MA.p.lOl.
Z'. Wings normal, purplish black; [p. 105.
glittering blue auricular tufts . . 24. Petasophora, g"^. Culmen feathered a long way from
the base ; nasal covers completely [p. 113.
hidden ; sexes dissimilar 25. Chrysolampis,
1. HELIOTHRIX.
Type. Heliothrix, Boie^ Isis, 1831, p. 547 H. auritus.
Range. Tropical America, from British Honduras and Guatemala to Southern Brazil.
Key to the Species.
a. Crown glittering green.
a. Throat white auritus, p. 30.
b'. Throat glittering green auriculatus, p. 32.
b. Crovsm glittering blue barroti, p. 32.
1. Heliothrix auritus.
Trochilus auritus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 493 ; Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 311 ;
Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 368 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 567 ; Less.
hid. Gen. Troch. p. xx ; Cab. in Schomb. Guiana, iii.p. 707. L'Oiseau-Mouche a oreilles, Aud. Ois. Dur. i. p. 67, pis. 25, 26. Orni.smya aurita, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xix, 63, pis.
Heliothrix auritus, Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 547; Gi'ag, Gen. B. i. p. 115 ;
1. HELIOTHRIX. 31
Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 69 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251 ; Gould, Mon.
Troch. iv. pi. 213 (Oct. 1853); id. Inti: Trock.^. 121 ; id. P. Z. S.
1870, p. 803 ; Eeich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13 ; Des Murs iti Cast. Vmj. i.
p. 38 ; Cab. ^ Heine, Mm. Hein. iii. p. 28 ; Sol. Cat. Am. B.
p. 305 ; Muh. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 58 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i.
p. 103 ; Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 584, 979, 18G8, p. 169,
1873, p. 288 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 34 ; imtehj, P. Z. S. 1873,
p. 189; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 237, iv. p. 207;
id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 214 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 174 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 366 ; id. Ibis, 1885, p. 434 ;
Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 319. Orriismya nigrotis. Less. Siipjjl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 97. Trochilus nigrotis, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xx. Heliothrix nigrotis. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 115; Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 69;
Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 34. Heliothrix longirostris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1862^ p. 124 ; Gray, Hand-l.
B. i. p. 153.
Adult male. Upper surface shining golden green, glittering on the crown and on the sides of the throat from the base of the mandible ; lores and ear-coverts jet-black, a post-auricular patch glittering blue ; entire under surface and the two lateral rectrices on either side pure white ; four median rectrices black ; bill black. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 2-4, central rectrices 1-9, lateral 1*25, bill 0-95.
Adult female. Like the male, but the crown shining green like the back ; no glittering green on the sides of the throat nor glitter- ing blue post-auricular patch ; throat and chest spotted with dusky : tail long (central rectrices 2-9, lateral 1'55) ; lateral rectrices with a transverse black bar near the base.
Young males resemble the female, but have no dusky spots on the throat and no black transverse bar at the base of the lateral rec- trices : the feathers of the crown are generally edged with rufous.
Hah. South America, from the eastern side of the Andes to the mouth of the Amazon ; Guiana and Venezuela.
a. c? ; 6- 2 ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
c, d. cJad. sk. Rotimo, Ecuador {BucMey). Gould Coll.
^- (?;/•$ ad. sk. Cauelos, Ecuador (-BmcA-Zp?/). Gould Coll.
g. (S ; h-j. 2 ad. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman &
sk. Gould CoUs.
k,l. (S; m, n. J Ecuador. Gould Coll. (Types
ad. sk. of H. longirostris, Gould.)
o-q. S; r, s. 2 Pebas, Amazons, Mar. & April Salvin-Godman &
ad. sk. (Haurwell). Gould CoUs.
t. (S juv. sk. Guia, Upper R. Negro, Nov, Salvin-Godman Coll.
( Wallace).
u. (S juv. sk. Para. Gould Coll.
V. c? ad. sk. Cayenne. Gould Coll.
w. (5; .2'. 5ad.sk. Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll
Aug. (H. Whitely).
y, s, a'. d;b'. 2 Merum^ Mts., B. Guiana, Jime Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. and July (H. W.).
c'. 5ad.sk. R. Atapurow, B. Guiana, Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll.
(H. W.).
d'. S ad. sk. Venezuela ? Salvin-Godman Coll.
e'. 5 ad. St. Purchased.
32 TEOCHILI.
2. Heliothrix auriculatus.
Trochihi3 auriculatus, Ncrdm. in Ennan's lieise, p. /J, pi. 2. figs. 1,2.
Troi'hilus auritus, Wied, Beitr. iv. p. 104 {nee Gm.).
Heliothrix poucheti, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 69 ; Muls. Sr Verr. Class.
Troch. p. 58. Heliothrix auriculatus, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 214 (Oct. 1853) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 121 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13 ; Bp. Rev. Zool.
1854, p. 251 ; Cab. S^- Heine, Mas. Hein. iii. p. 28 ; Reinh. Vidensk.
Medd. Nat. For. Ejob. 1870, p. 108 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 153 ;
Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouckes, ii. p. 240, iv. p. 208 ; id. Ann. Soc.
Linn. Lyov, xxii. p. 214 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1870, p. 396 ; id. Syn.
Troch. p. 175. Heliothrix phainolfema, Gould, P.Z. S. 1855, p. 87 ; id. Mon. Troch.
iv. pi. 215 (Aug. 1859) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 121 ; Cab. S,- Heine,
Mus. Hein. iii. p. 28. Heliothrix auritus, Burm. Syst. Ueh. ii. p. 336. Heliothrix phainoleiica, Hartl. in Wiegm. Arch.f. Naturq. xxii. (2)
p. 23 ; Mills. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 58 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i.
p. 153.
Adult male. Like that of H. auritus, but with the chin and upper portion of the throat glittering green like the head.
IT. jiliainolcema, Gould, has the throat covered with green rather lower down towards the chest than usual in typical //. auri- culatus. The character is a variable one, some specimens having a narrow white space extending nearly to the chin.
Hah. South-eastern Brazil.
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a. (S ad. sk. |
Brazil (Rio |
make). |
Gould Coll. |
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b-g. 6; h,i. $ |
S.E. Brazil. |
Salvin-Godman & |
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ad. sk. |
Gould Colls. |
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;. cJ ad. sk. |
" Napo." |
Gould Coll. (Type of II. phainol(ema, Gould.) |
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k. c? juv. sk. |
[Brazil.] |
Gould Coll. |
3. Heliothrix barroti.
Trochilus barroti, Bonrc. Ann. Soc. dAgr. Lyon, vi. p. 48 ; id. Rev.
Zool. 1843, p. 72. Heliothrix barroti. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 115 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 153 ;
Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 69; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251; Gould, Mon.
Troch. iv. pi. 217 (Oct. 1853) ; id. Intr. Trooh. p. 121 ; id. P. Z. S.
1870, p. 803; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13; Cab. Sf Heine, Mus.
Hein. iii. p. 28 ; Salr. Ibis, 1860, pp. 272, 400, 1872, p. 320; id.
P. Z. S. 1867, p. 155, 1870, p. 209 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 305 ;
Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 291, ix. p. 125; Heine, J.f. Orn.
1863, p. 182; Scl. S; Salv. P.Z.S. 1864, p. 365, 1879, p. 529;
Muls.Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 58; Elliot, Ibis, \S7Q,^.ZQ7 ; id.
Syn. Troch. p. 175; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 242,
pi. 52, iv. p. 209; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Li/on, xxii. p. 214; Berl. ^•
Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 567. Heliothrix purpureiceps, Gould, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 87 ; id. Mon. Troch.
iv. pi. 216 (Aug. 18.59); Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 296; Cab. ^- Heine,
Mus. Hein. iii. p. 28. Heliothrix violifrons, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 122.
Z. SCHISTES.
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Similar to H. auritus, but with the crowu glittering blue, like the post-auricular patches, instead of glittering green.
Ilab. Central America, from British Honduras and Eastern Guatemala to Panama ; Xortheru Colombia, and Western Ecuador,
a, b. 5 ad. sk. c-(j. (S ad. sk. /(. S ad. sk. i. (S ad. sk.
,/. 6;h,L 2 ad.
sk. in. cJ; «. 2 ad.
sk. 0. cJ; p- $ad. sk. q. 2 ad. sk. 7--t. cJad. sk. u. cjad. sk. V. (5 ad. sk.
10. c?ad. sk. X. 2 ad. sk. y, z, a'. c?ad. sk. b' . cJad. sk.
c . 2 ad. sk.
d'. S ad. ; e' ,f'.
c?juv.; </'. 2
ad. sk. h'. (S juv. sk. i',j'. cJad. sk. k'-ni . cJad. ; n .
cJjuv.; o'. 2
ad. sk. p. 2 ad. sk.
Belize, Brit. Hondm'as (F. Blancaneaux).
.San Felipe, W. District, Brit. Honduras, Mar. {F. B.)
Cayo, VV. District, Brit. Hon- duras, Feb. {F £.).
Las Salinas, Vera Paz, Guate- mala (0. Salvin).
Choctum, Guatemala, Feb. 1861 (0. -S'. .f F. D. G.).
Chontales, Nicaragua (T, Belt).
Tucurriqui, Costa Rica (Aire). Costa Rica {Carmiol). Chiriqui (Arce). Bugaba, Chiriqui (Arce). Boquete de Chitra, Panama
(ArcS). Calovevora, Panama {Arce). Santa Fe, Panama (Arce). Veragiia. Veragua ? ( JVarszewiez).
Colombia ?
Lion Hill, Panama (McLean- nan).
Esmeraldas, Ecuador (Fraser). "Western Ecuador. Citado, Ecuador {Buckley).
Salvin-Godmau Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salviu-Godman Coll.
Sclater Coll.
Salvin-Godman CoU.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll. Salviu-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godmau Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll. Gould Coll. (Type
of H. violifrons.) Crould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll. Salvin-Godmau Coll. Gould Coll.
W. side of richincLa, Ecuador, Gould Coll. 6000 ft. {Jameson).
2. SCHISTES.
Tjqje. Schistes, Gould, Contr. Om. 1851, p. 140 S. albogularis.
ilr. Elliot gives S. fjcoffi-oyi as the type of this genus, but the name was first used by Gould, in 1851, when describing 8. albo- gularis,
Bange. Andes, from Colombia to Bolivia.
Key to the Species.
a. Whole crowu dark grass-green like the neck ;
lower back bronze ; pectoral band divided in
the middle yeoffroyi, p. 34.
b. Anterior part of the crown glittering green like
the throat ; back grass-green ; pectoral band
white, entire albogularis, p. 34.
VOL. xvr. D
S4 TRoCHIl.l.
1. ScMstes geoflfroyi.
Trocbilus <reo(yrovi, Bourc. &■ Muh. Ann. Sc. P/ii/s. et Nat. Lyon, vi.
p. 37, pf. 3 (1843) ; id. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 101. Polvtmus geoHi'ovi, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 108 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 127. ret'asophora ? geoffroyi/GowW, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 9. Colibri geoii'royi, Bp. Consp. Ac. i. p. GO. Schistes geotfrovi, Gould, Mon. TrocJi. iv. pi. 218 (Oct. 1853) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 122 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860,
p. 70 ; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 305 ; Cah. 8f- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 27 ; .
Tacz.P. Z. S. 1874, p. 541 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 365 ; Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouclies, iii. p. 155 ; id. Ann. Soc. Litm. Li/on, xxii. p. 221 ;
miof, Si/n. Troek. p. 173; Berl. ^- Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 305,
1885, p. 104; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 318. I'etasophora a. Schistes geoflroyi, Reich. Anfz. d. Col. p. 13. Petasophorus geofiroyi, 3Iuls. 4- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 48.
Adult male. Upper surface dark grass-green, the lower back and rump bronzy, a long postocular white stripe, under it a black patch, followed by a patch of dark violet-blue glittering feathers ; throat dull glittering green, becoming duller on the breast, on either side of which is a white patch ; rest of the under surface dull grass-green ; tail dark green, tipped narrowly with white, and the lateral rectrices crossed by a wide subterminal steel-blue band. Total length about 3-5 inches, wing 2'05, tail 1"3, bill 0"7.
Female ? Like the male, and also with glittering violet-blue feathers on the sides of the neck ; but the chin and throat, together with the middle of the breast and abdomen, dull green.
Buckley's Bolivian skins seem certainly referable to this species.
Hah. Colombia, Bolivia.
a, b. <S ad. ; c. c? Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman &
juv. ; fZ-/. $ Gould CoUs.
ad. sk.
[/. 2 ^^- sk. Colombia. Sclater Coll.
/(. d'ad. ; i. S Bolivia (^McWey). Gould Coll.
juv. sk.
j. (S ad. st. Purchased.
2. ScMstes albogularis.
Schistes albogularis, Gould, Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 140 ; id. Mon. Troch.
iv. pi. 220 (Oct. 1853) ; id. Infr. Troch. p. 123; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860,
p. 70; Cab. 4'- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 27. I'etasophora c. Schistes albigularis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13. Schistes albigularis, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251. Schistes personatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 311 ; id. Mon. Troch. iv.
pi. 219; id. Intr. Troch. p. 122; Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii.
p. 153 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 221 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 173. Petasophorus personatus et albigularis, 3Iuls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch.
i. p. 49. Polytmus personatus et albogularis. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 127.
Adult male. Very similar to that of S. r/eojfroyi, but with the ante- rior part of the crown, from a line drawn between the eyes to the base
3. AtTGASTES. 35
of the bill, glittering green like the IhidcUe of the throat; the lateral cervical patches deeper violet-blue ; the white pectoral band extends across the chest ; the lower back and central rectrices are dark grass-green, with only a slight bronzy tint.
Female ? Whole crown dark grass-green like the back ; middle of the throat white, joining the white pectoral band ; violet lateral cervical patches like the male.
Specimens before me show a transition between white-tliroated iadividuals (*S'. alboi/ularis, Gould) and those with glittering green throats (S. 2JCi'sonatiis, Gould), the former being the young males or the females of the latter. The name S. albor/ularis has several years' priority over S. personatus.
Hah. Ecuador.
a. 2 ad. sk. West side of Pichiucha, alt. Gould Ooll. (Type of
GOOO ft., Ecuador {Jameson). S.aIltof/ulai-is,Gonld.)
b. (S ad. ; c. J Pallatanga, Ecuador {Fraser}. Gould Coll. ad. sk.
d. (S juv. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Goidd Coll.
e. cJ ad.; /. (S Baisa, Ecuador {Bucklei/). Salvin-Godmau Coll. juv. sk.
ff, h. J ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll. (Types
of S.personatits, Gould.) i,j. (S ad. ; /.-. Ecuador. Salvin-Godmau &
S juv.sk. • Gould Colls.
/. (S ad. sk. Ecuador {Buckley). Gould Coll.
3. AUGASTES.
Augastes, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. sub pi. 221 (June Type.
1849) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 123 A. superbus.
lihamphomiciou 6. Lamprurus, Reich. Aufz. d. Col.
p. 12 (March] 854).
llanfje. South-eastern Brazil.
Key to the Species.
a. Tail glittering green ; abdomen aud lateral
cervical patches dark blue superbus, p. 3o.
b. Tail glittering golden bronze ; abdomen golden
green ; no lateral cervical patches lumachellus, p. 36.
1. Augastes superbus.
Trochilus superbus, lleill. Euc. Mcth. p. .561 ; Less. Suppl. Ois.-
Mouches, p. 97 ; id. Ind. Gea. Troch. p. xlii. Trochilus scutatus, Katt. in Temm. PI. Col. 299. f. 3. Ornismva nattereri, Less, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxxvii, 75,
pi. 16. Hylocharis superba, Graij, Gen. B. i. p. 114 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 151. Augastes scutatus, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 221 (June 1849) ;
id. Litr. Troch. p. 123 ; 3fuh. ^- Vcrr. Class. Troch. p. 70. Augastes superbus, Bj}. Consp. Av. i. p. 84; id. Rev. Zool, 1854, p. 263 ;
Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13 ; Cab. lV Heine, Mits. Hein. iii. p. 45 ;
Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 305 ; Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 196 ; Reink
D 2
"36 TKOCHILI.
Vide7tsh. Medd. Nat, For. Kjoh. 1870, p. Ill ; Pek. Orn. Bras. p. 33 ; Mills. Hist. Nat. O is. -M ouches, iii. p. 149 ; id. Ann. Soc. Liinn, Lyon, xxii. p. 221 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch, p. 171.
Adult male. Upper surface shiniDg grass-green ; forehead and throat glittering green edged with black ; lateral cervical patches and abdomen rich dark blue ; pectoral band creamy white, partlj' divided by the pointed green throat ; under tail-coverts whitish with greenish discs ; tail glittering green. Total length about 3"7 inches, wing 2'1, tail 1*3.
Female. Like the male, but with the forehead shining green like the back, and with the lateral rectrices tipped with white.
Young bird. Beneath fuscous, the white pectoral band showing first, then the glittering feathers of the under surface, and, lastly, in the male the glittering forehead.
Hab. South-eastern Brazil.
a-f. (S fid. ; ff,h. cJ Brazil. Salviu-Godman, Gould,
juv. ; i. 2 fid. sk. & Sclater Colls.
/. c? ad. sk. S. America. Purchased.
2. Augastes lumachellus. Ornismya lumacliellus, Less. Rev. Zool. 1838, p. 315. Hylocharis lumacheUus, Gray, Gen. B, i. p. 114; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 151.
Trochilus lumachellus, Bourc. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 313.
Augastes lumachellus, Gould, Mon, Troch. iv. pi. 222 (June 1849) ;
id. Litr. Troch. p. 123 ; Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 84 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 253 ; Cab. S,- Heine, Mus. Hcin. iii. p. 46 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B.
p. 305 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 147, pi. 83 ; id. Ann.
Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 221 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 170. Rhamphomicroii fi. Lamprurus lumachellus, Reich. Anfz. d. Col.
p. 12; id. Troch. Enum. p. 10, pi. 823. fif. 4829-31. Heliotryplia lumachella, Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 69.
Adidt male. Shining grass-green : crown and sides of the throat black ; forehead and throat glittering golden green, the lower edge shaded with blue, followed by a central point of glittering fiery red ; pectoral band white ; abdomen shining, and under tail-coverts golden green ; tail rich golden bronze. Total length about 4'3 inches, wing S'i, tail 1"4, bill 0*85.
Female. Like the male on the under surface, but the bright colours duller ; the forehead and crown grass-green like the back.
Hab. South-eastern Brazil.
a-(/. (S ad. ; h. $ Brazil. Sahin-Godmau, Gould,
ad. sk. & Sclater Oolls.
j'-A;. cJ ad. ; Z. cJjuv. ; [Brazil.] Gould Coll.
m. 5 ad. sk.
n. cJ ad.; a. cS juv. st. Purchased.
4. RHAMPHODON.
Type.
Rhamphodon, Less. Hist. Nat. Col. p. IS (1831) It. nsevius.
Grypus, Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 24 (nee Germ.) R. usevius.
Haneje. South-eastern Brazil.
37
1. Rhainpliodon naevius.
Trocliilus ufevius, Dianont, Did. 8c. Nat. xxvii. p. 432 ; Temm, PI,
Col. 120. f. 3. Grypus riilicollis, Spix, Av, Bras. i. p. 79, pi. 80. f. 3. Rbamphodou maculatum, Less. Hist. Xat. Col. p. 18, pi. 1, Giypus iifevius, Gould, Man. Troch. i. pi. 1 (Maj- 1852) ; id. Intr,
Troch. p. 35; Bunn.Syst. Ueh.u. p. 320; Pelz' Oni. Bras. -p. 27;
Muls. 4' Verr. Class. Troch, p. 13 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches,
i. p. 33 ; id. A7171. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 199 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i.
p. 123 ; Eudes-lJesl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 75. Eliamphodou ntevius, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 15 ; Cab. S^- Heine,
Mus. Hein. iii. p. 3 ; Berl. J. f. Orn. 1873, p. 273 ; Elliot, Syn,
Troch. p. 4.
Adult male. Upper surface dark golden green, each feather fringed with fulvous and with a subapical band of dark brown, which becomes wider on the crown, rendering it much darker than the back ; eyebrow and a patch on either side of the throat fulvous, a postocular spot purple-black ; middle of the throat black, each feather with a buff margin ; chest and abdomen black, each feather with a whitish lateral margin, becoming broader and more buff on the belly ; under tail-coverts buff, with a black discal patch ; tail greenish purple-brown, the three lateral feathers on either side with a broad graduated fulvous end, on the outermost rectrix occu- pying the distal half ; maxilla blackish, basal two-thirds of the mandible yellow. Total length 6 inches, wing 2-9, tail 2'15, bill 1-6.
Female. Similar to the male, the maxilla less hooked at the tip and with the serrations not so distinct, the dark patch on the throat less defined.
The dark patch on the throat varies in different individuals, in some becoming obsolete towards the chest.
Hah. South-eastern Brazil.
a-c. (5 ad. ; d-h. Brazil (Rio make). Salvin-Godmau &
5 ad. sk. Gould Colls.
i. $ ad. sk. Registro do Sal, Brazil {Nat- Salvin-Godman Coll.
terer).
j. 2 ad. sk. Rio Claro, Brazil (Joyner). Salviu-Godinau Coll.
k. 2 ad. sk. Santa Fe, Minas Geraes Salvin-Godman Coll.
{Boi/ers).
I. 2 a<l- St. Purchased.
5. ANDRODON.
Type.
Androdou, Gould, Ann, ^- May. N. H. 18G3, xii.
p. 247 A. ffiquatorialis.
Range. Coloml)ia and Ecuador.
38
1. Androdon ssquatorialis.
Androdon a?quatorialis, Goidd, Ann. Sf May. N. H. 1863, xii. p. 247 :
id. Mun. TrocJi. Svppl. pi. i. (Jan. 1881) ; Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 4;
Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. A'. 1879, p. 528 : EmUs-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i.
p. 79. Poljtmns jequatorialis, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 124. Grypus sequatorialis, Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Moucfies, i. p. 32, pi. 1 ;
id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 199.
Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy green ; nape dark blue, crown dark greenish bronze ; a white band across the rump, above and below which are some dark blue feathers : wings purjjle- black, the inner secondaries grey ; under surface and sides of the neck dull greyish white, each feather with a dark lateral margin ; central rectrices greenish grey tipped with dark green, remainder grey, with a broad subapical band of dark green, the tips .white. Total length about 5"3 inches, wing 2'(), tail I'G, bill 1"7.
Female. Like the male, but without the blue nuchal patch ; the maxilla is less hooked, and both maxilla and mandible less strongly serrated.
Hah. Colombia and Ecuador.
a. tS ad. ; I. 5 Ecuador. Gould Coll.
ad. sk. (Types of the species.)
c. 5 ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll.
d. 5 ad. sk". Intac, Ecuador {BucJdey). Salviu-Godman Coll. i\ 5 ad. sk. Remedios, Colombia {Salmon). Salvin-Godman Coll.
6. HEMISTEPHANIA.
Type.
Doryfera, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 95 {necIUir/er) II. ludoviciie.
Dorifera, Bj). Comp. Av. i. p. 68.
Duryphora, Cab. i^- Heine, Mus. iZe/w.iii.p. 77.
Ilellauthea a. Hemistephania, lieic/i. Avfz. d. Col.
p. 9 . . : H. ludovicia\
Hemistephania, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 81.
Haneje. Tropical America, from Costa Eica to Bolivia, Venezuela, Guiana, and the Valley of the Upper Amazons.
Key to the /S^iecies.
a. Forehead glittering bluish green or olive-green. «'. Forehead glittering olive-green ; under sur- face greyish greeu.
a". Smaller ludomcics, p. 39.
b" . Larger rectirostris, p. 39.
b'. Forehead glittering bluish green ; under sur- face blackish green verayxiensis, j). 40.
b. Forehead glittering violet-blue Johanna, p. 40,
6. HEMISTEPHANrA. 39
1. Hemistephania ludoviciae.
X. p. 136 (1840 ; Gray, Hand-L B. i. p. 140. Donfera ludoviciae, Bp. Comp. i. p. GS ; id. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 'X51 •
6o»W, .Vo«. r;-or/^ ii. pi. 88 (Oct. 1853) ; id. Intr. Troch. p"n :
Muls. mst. ^at. 0,s-Mouches, i. p. 200, iii. p. 17; id. Ann. Sov.
Lmn. Lyon, xxn. p. 217. Helianthea a Hemistepliania liidovicise, Bekh. Aufz. Col v i) ■
id. TrocJi. Emvm. p. 6, pi. 731. ff. 4673-74 '
""SlTztli^; pl3/ '^'"' ^" ^^- "^- ^- "^ *'■ ^•
^°KerV"?'''"''^''*''^''^-^'"-^'P--^^ ^^^«^«- ^S- Ven: Class.
Hemi^^ephania l^doviciffi^^/^^^ Syn. Track, p. 81; Scl. .$• Sah:^
^■322 ' ^^' ' ' "'^- '^- •^- O'"' I'^H p. 310, 1887,
_ Adiut male. Upper surface shining green : nape and hind neck rich bronze; upper tail-coverts tinged with greyish blue; forehead as far as a hne between the eyes, glittering olive-green; under surlace dusky grey tinged with bronze-green ; tail i)urple-black
atei-al rectrices broadly tipped with duskv : biU black. Total length about 4-S inches, wing 2-4, tail 1-4 bill 1-5
forSra?" *^™'^'''' ^° ^^"^ °'''^''' ^""^ l'""^^'^!" "^'^^""^ ^ glittering
Yowuj birds are without the glittering forehead.
Bolivian and Venezuelan specimens agree with Colombian in dimensions, and are therefore placed under this species.
Hah. Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia.
a. 6 ad. sk. Sierra Nevada Merida, Vene- Salvin-Godman Coll
zuela (Goering).
b. d ad. sk. Santa Elena, Colombia {Sal- Salvm-Godman Coll.
mon).
c-h d- ad ; (•-/. Colomba (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman &
,. ^^ i i" rr. ., C4ould Colls.
/ fn 1 1 S\''-^'J''V^°^^"> (Bi,.okky). Salvin-Godman Coll.
n-q. d ad. sk. Bohvia (Buckley). Gould Coll.
2. Hemistephania rectirostris.
Doryfera rectirostris, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 71 ; id. Mon. Troch Suppl (Jan. 1883) ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. •>02, iii p. 1/ ; id. Ann. Sac. Linn. L y 071, xxil p. 217; Tacz. Orn. Per i p. 284. ■ ■
Dorifera ludoviciae, -SW. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 95.
Trochilus rectirostris, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p'l40
Hemistephania rectirosti-is, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 81 : Tacx. ^- Berl. 1^, //* o. l^oOj p. 102,
Doryphora rectirostris, Tacx. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 35.
_ Precisely like //. htdovicia; so far as the colour of the pluma'-e
n Tu'',T.^' ^^ "^'^^ ^ ^'^^ <^f considerably larger dimensions (length 1-8 inches).
Bab. Ecuador.
40 TROfFILT.
a. (S ad. slv. Baisa, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
h,c.(S ad.sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Zj'«eA7e^y). Salvin-Godman Coll.
d. S ad. ; e. c? Ecuador {Bucldry). Salviu-Godman &
ad. sk. Gould Colls.
f-h. S ad. : /. Ecuador. Gould Coll.
$ ad. sk, (Types of the species.)
3. Hemistephania veragniensis.
Dorifera veraguensi.-*, <S'rt/r. 1'. Z. 8. 1807, p. lo4.
Doryfera ludovicite ?, Laivr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 121.
Dorij^era veraguensis, Mids. Hist. Nat. Oi's.-MoucJies, i. p. 109, iii.
p. 17; id. Ann. 8vc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 217; Gould, Mon. Track.
>Suppl. pi. 22 (Jau. 1883j. Hemistephania veraguensis, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 82.
Similar to B. ludovicice, but the plumage generally cousidcrably darker, the throat being nearly black. The forehead, too, is of a slightly bluer shade ; the wings shorter (2-3 inches).
Bab. Costa Rica and State of Panama.
a. J ad. ; b, 5 Irazu, Costa Rica {Rogers). Salvin-Godman Coll. ad. sk.
c. cJ ad. sk. Costa Rica {Endres). Gould Coll.
d, e. $ ad. sk. Chiriqui, Panama {Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. /. (S ad. .sk. Cordillera de Tole, Panama Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Arce). (Type of the species.)
y. c? ad. .sk. State of Panama M/Tp). Gould Coll.
4. Hemistephania johannse.
Trochilus johann?e, Bmirc. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 45; id. Eei: Zool. 1847,
p. 257 : Oray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 140. Trochilus (Doryfera) violifrons, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 95. Dorifera johannpe, Bp. Consp. i. p. 68; id. Eev. Zool. 1854, p. 251. Dorvfera johannffi, Gotdd, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 87 (Oct. 1853) ; id. Intr.
Troch. y. 71; Mids. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. ^. 27; M ids. Bis f.
Nat. Ois.-Monchcs, i. p. 196, iii. p. 17, iv. p. 215 ; id. Ann. 8oc. Linn.
Lyon, xxii. p. 217 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 285. Helianthea a. Hemistephania iohannje, Reich. Aufz. Col. p. 9; id.
Troch. Enum. p. 6, pi. 781. ff. 4675-76. Doryphora johanuie, Cah. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 78; Scl. Cut.
Ain. B. p. 292 ; Scl. 8; Scdr. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 753, 1873, p. 287 ;
Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 34. Dorifera euphrosinae, Muls. S,- Verr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xviii.
p. 319 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. Suppl. (Jan. 1883). Dorvfera euphrosiufe, Mids. 4' Verr. Class. Troch. p. 27 ; Muls.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 198, pi. 17, iii. p. 17 ; id. Ann. Soc.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 217. Trochilus euphrosine. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 140. Hemistephania johannae, Elliot, St/n. Troch. ix 80; Sah\ S,- Godm.
Ibis, 1882, p. 80 ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 433 ; Berl. J. f. Orn. 1887,
p. 322. Hemistephania euphrosiufe, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 81. Dorvphera euphrosiuee, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 35.
7. GLAITCIS. 41
Adult male. Upper surface shining bronze-green, darker on the back of the neck and upper back, and almost black on the nape and posterior part of the crown ; ujiper tail-coverts greyish blue ; forehead, as far as a line between the eyes, glittering dark violet- blue ; under surface black ; flanks tinged with green ; under tail- coverts dark steel-blue ; tail dark steel-l)lue ; lateral rectriccs tipped with bronze ; bill black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-2, tail 1-2, bill 1-3.
Female. Paler and greener on the upper surface : the forehead glittering bluish green ; under surface grey ; abdomen and flanks washed with green ; lateral rectrices more broadly tipped with bronze.
Younri birds of both sexes are destitute of the glittering fore- head. In other respect^ they resemble the female.
H. euphrosince has frequently been considered a distinct species, but I have no doubt that it was based upon the adult female of H. johannce.
Hah. Colombia, Ecuador, Upper Amazons Valley, and British Guiana.
a-e. c? ad. ; /-/. Colombia (Bosrota make). Salvin-Godman &
2 ad. sk. " Gould Colls.
k~m. (S ad. ; n. Rotuno, Ecuador {Buckley). Gould Coll.
$ ad. sk.
o. (S ad. ; p. 5 Upper Amazons (E. Bcirtlett). Gould Coll.
ad.sk.
q-t. S ad. ; u-w. Merume Mts., Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman &
$ ad. sk. July & Sept. {H. Wlntehj). Sclater Colls.
7. GLATJCIS.
lype. Glaucis, Boie, Isis, 1831, p. ;j4.j G. hir.«uta.
Range. Tropical America, from Costa Eica to Ecuador, the Amazons Valley, and South-eastern Brazil, Venezuela, Guiana, Trinidad, Tobago, and Grenada.
Key to the Species.
a. Tail chestnut, with a subterminal black bar and
white tip hirsutus, p. 41.
h. Tail reddish bronze tipped with white dohnii, p. 4o.
1. Glaucis Mrsuta,
Polvtmus brasiliensis, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 670.
Trochilus hirsutus, Gm. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 490 ; Vieil/. K Diet. d'Hisf.
N. vii. p. 3.52; Temm. PI. Col. 120. f. 2. Trochilus brasiliensis, Lat/i. Ind. Orn. p. .308 : Wied, Beitr. iv.
p. Ill : Cah. in Schoml. Guiana, iii. p. 708.
42 TROCHILT.
Le Briu blanc femelle, Aud. Sr Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p. 40, pi. 20. Le Colibri a pieds vetus, Aud. Sf Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. pis. 22, 2.3. Trocliiliis feirugiDeus, Wied, Beitr. iv. p. 120. Trochilus dominiciis, Licht. Verz. Donbl. p. 10 (nee Linn.) ; C(d). in
Scliomh. Guitnut, iii. p. 708. Trocliilus siiperciliosns, Less. Hist. Nat. Col. p. oS, pi. 7 ( 5 ) (nee
Linn.). Trocliilus mazeppa, Less. Hist. Nat. Troch. p. 18, pi. .3 ; Jard. Ann.
^' Mafl. N. H. XX. -p. 372. Glaucis ' hirsuta, Loie, Lsis, 1831, p. 54 o : Biirm. S'l/st. Ueh. ii.
p. 321 ; Goxdd, Man. Troch. i. pi. o (May 1858) ; id. Intr. Troch.
p. .38 : Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 4"; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y.
vii. p. 319; id. Pr. IT. S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 271 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras.
p. 27 ; Salr. S,- Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 276 ; >Scl. ^ Sah. P. Z. S.
1879, p. 538; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 6; Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-
Mouches, i. p. 39; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 199; Eudes-
Desl. Ann. Mm. Caen, i. p. 79 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 261 ; Salv.
Ibis, 1885,11.431; Berl. J. f. Or«. 1887, p. 314; Cory, B. West
Ind. p. 142 ; Allefi, Bvll. Am. Mm. N. H. ii. p. 257. Pliaethornis hirsutus, Jard. ^- Selb. III. Orn. iii. pi. 143. Glaucis affinis. Later. Ann. Lye. N. T. vi. p. 261 ; Goidd, Mon.
Troch. i. pi. 7 (Sept. 1861) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 34 ; Scl. ^ Salv.
P. Z. S. 1864, p. 303 ; Eudes-Ded. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 84. Glaucis melanura, Gould, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 364 ; id. Mon. Troch. i. pi. 9
(July 1861) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 39 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen,
i. p. 86. Glaucis lanceolata, Gould, 3Ion. Troch. i. pi. 8 (Sept. 1861) ; id. Intr.
Troch. p. 39 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 85. Glaucis mazeppa, Goxdd, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 0 (Sept. 1861) ; id. Intr.
Troch. p. .38 ; Eudes-Desl. Ami. Mus. Caen, i. p. 83. Polytmus hirsutus, Leot. Ois. Triti. p. 139 (1866). Glaucis teueus, Lawr. Proc. Ac. Phil. 1867, p. 232 ; id. Ann. Lye.
N. Y. ix. p. 121 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 85. Polytmus hirsutus, mazeppa, affinis, lanceolatus, melauuru, peueus,
Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 126.
Adult male. Upper surface shining green, considerably darker on the crown ; upper tail-coverts edged with dirty white ; under surface rufous-brown, darker on the throat, sides of the neck, and flanks ; central rectrices shining green, remainder chestnut, tipped with white and with a wide subterminal black band ; the edge of the outer web of the outermost rectrix also black ; maxilla black ; mandible flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 2-5, tail 1'5, bill 1-35.
Female. Like the male, rather smaller : the bill slightly more curved; the under surface paler, more rufous, and with a maxillary stripe of pale rufous.
Great variation exists in the colour of the plumage of this species, chiefly affecting the width of the subterminal black band of the lateral rectrices, this band being very wide in young birds, nearly evanescent in old ones ; moreover, the tips of the rectrices are much more pointed in young than in old birds.
Hah. Costa Eica and Panama, southwards to South-eastern Brazil, Grenada, Trinidad, and Guiana.
7. GLAUCIS. 43
a. Ad. sk. Costa Eica (JEndres). Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Compared with type of G. ceneus, Lawr.)
h. (^ ad. sk. Lion Hill, Panama llailway Salvin-Godman Coll.
(O. Salvin).
c. d; (I $ ; e,f. Lion Hill, Panama Railway Salvin-Godman Coll.
Juv. sk. {M^Leannan).
(J. Juv. sk. Panama. Gould Coll.
h. 2 ad. sk. Panama Railway (Aire). Gould Coll.
?'. J ad. sk. Santa Elena, Colombia (T. A'. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sahnon).
j-m. J ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Gould Coll.
n. Juv. sk. Medina, Colombia. Gould Coll.
o. (S (0 ad. sk. Caracas, Venezuela (.1. Goer- Salvin-Godman Coll.
;>. J<id.;(/. 5 Roraima, Guiana (//. 7r7/(Yf///). Salviu-Godman Coll.
ad. sk.
r. S ad. ; s. Cayenne make. Gould Coll.
Juv. sk.
t~v. S ad.; tc, x. Trinidad. Gould Coll.
2 ad. ; y. Juv.
sk.
s. Juv. sk. Trinidad (Co/. J. Trty/or). Gould Coll.
a'. $ ad. sk. Tobago I. ' Gould Coll.
I)', c\ 2 ad. sk. Grenada I., March {F. A. Salvin-Godman &
Oher). Sclater Colls.
fZ',p',/". ? ad. Para. Gould Coll.
sk. (Types of G. lanceolata, Gould.)
(/'. Ad. sk. Para, Sept. {E. L. Layurd). Tweeddale Coll.
h'. S juv. sk. Barra do Rio Negro {Nat- Salvin-Godman Coll.
terer).
i'. Juv. sk. Rio Javari, Amazons {Bates). Gould Coll.
,/'. 6 ad. sk. Iquitos, Amazons {H. Gould Coll.
WMtely).
li'-m'. S ad. ; n'- Peba?, Amazons (/. Ilmi.v- Gould & Salvin-
;/. ? ad. sk. well). (Rodman Colls.
</', r'. d' ad. ; s , t' . Peruvian Amazons (Uartlett). Gould Coll.
2 ad. sk.
«'. Juv. sk. . Upper Ucayali, Peruvian Gould Coll.
Amazons (BaHlett).
v'. 5 ad. sk. Santa Cruz, Peru, Mav 21, E. Bartlett \C.\
18G8. ■ ^ ^
w'. Juv. sk. R. Napo, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
(Type of G. melanura, Gould.)
.r', y'. Ad. sk. Baliia ( Wnc/ierer). Salvin-Godman Coll.
z',a. 2 ad. sk. Bahia. Gould Coll.
/3. c? ad. sk. Rio, Brazil. Gould Coll.
y. (S ad. ; S, e. Rio, Brazil {Yotids). Salvin-Godman Coll.
2 ad. sk.
C d ad. sk. Eng. do Gama, Brazil, Seijt. Salvin-Godman Coll, 23, 1826 (Natterer).
2. Glaucis dohrni.
Trochilus dohrni, Bourc. Ann. Sc. Bhys. et Nat. Lyon, (2) vi. p. 139
(1852). J '\ J V
Rhamphodou chrysurus, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 15 {apud Mulsant). Glaucis dolirni, Goidd, Mon. Track i. pi. 10 (May 18-55) ; id. Intr.
44 TROCH'LT.
Trooh. p. 39 ; Salv. S,- Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 276 ; Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 44 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 200 ;
Elliot, Syn. Trocli. p. 7 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 88. Giypus spixi, Gmdd, P. Z. S. 18G0, p. 304 ; id. Mon. Trocli. i. pi. 2
(July 1861) ; id. Inti: Trovh. p. 35 ; Mids. Sf Terr. Class. Troclt.
p. 13 ; Gray,IIand.l. B. i. p. 123 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches,
i. p. 36 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 199. Polytmus dolinii, Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 126.
Adult male. Tpper surface shining bronze-green, darker and more blue on the head ; upper tail-coverts edged with fulvous ; wings purple-black, the outer web of the outermost feather edged with dirty white : eyebrow white ; under surface cinnamon, darker on the throat ; the under tail-coverts with darker centres ; tail bronze- green, each feather tipped with white ; bill black, more than the proximal half of the mandible whitish ; feet yellow ; claws brown. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 2'7, tail 1"7, bill 1'35.
Female. Similar to the male, but the under surface nearly uniform cinnamon ; bill slightly more curved and the serrations obsolete.
Bourcier's name was based upon a female example said to have come from Ecuador ; but it is now practically certain that the species inhabits a limited district in Brazil. Gould's title, Gri/pus spixi, was given to a male. According to Mulsant, lleich en bach's name, Ehamphoclon clirijsimis, also belongs here, but the statement of the Mexican origin of the specimen is doubtless wrong.
Hah. Brazil.
|
2 ad. sk. |
"Ecuador," ex Bourcier. |
Gould Coll. _ (Type of the species.) |
|
|
cJ ad. sk. |
[Brazil.] |
Gould Coll. (Type of G. spi.vi, Gould.) |
|
|
S ad. sk. |
Brazil (Eio make). |
Salviu-Godman Coll. |
|
|
5 ad. sk. |
Espirito Santo, Brazil Gaud). |
{de |
Gould Coll. |
8. CHLOROSTILBON. ^^
Type.
Chlorostilbou, Gotdd, Mon. Troch. v. sub pi. 355 (May 1853) C. pucherani.
Chlorestes, Eeich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10 (1854).
Chlorolampis, Cab. £,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 47
(1860) C. angustipeunis.
Prasitis, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 49 C. iirasinus.
Ohloauges, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 200 C. auriceps.
Chlorostilbon (Marion), Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.- Mouches, ii. p. 92 (1875) C. haeberlini.
Chrysomirus, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 2 (1875) C. angustipeunis.
Eanr/e. Tropical America generally from Mexico to the Argentine Republic.
8. CHLOEOSTILBON. 45
Key to the Sjjecies,
a. Bill black at the tip, botli maxilla and inau- dible flesb-colour at the base. a'. Central rectrices steel-blue, more or less tipped ■v\-ith grej. a". Tail very deeply forked.
a". Lateral rectrices narrow auriaeps, p. 45.
V". Lateral rectrices wider forficatm, p. 46.
h". Tail less deeply forked caniveti, p. 46.
b'. Central rectrices uniform steel-blue. c". Larger ; abdomen usually more golden, sjileiididus, p. 49. d". Smaller ; abdomen usually greener . . puc/ierani, p. .50.
d. Bill black, basal half of the mandible flesh-
colour.
c'. Under surface glittering golden green, not tinged with blue ; crown mode- rately brij^ht ; tail moderately forked. . aiujustipennis, p. 52.
d'. Under surface glitteriug green, tinged with blue in certain lights ; tail more deeply forked haeberlini, p. 53.
e. Bill wholly or nearly black.
e'. Tail forked, lateral rectrices rather narrow.
e". Cro-nu moderately bright melanorhynchus, p. 5.3.
/'. Crown very bright immilus, p. 54.
g". Crown dull like the back assimilis, p. 54.
/'. Tail shorter, less forked ; lateral rectrices
'n'ider atala, p. 55.
(J . Tail rounded or very slightly forked. /(". Tail very slightly forked or rounded,
steel-blue prasmus, p. -56.
i". Tail rounded, purple-black peruanus, p. 57.
1. Clilorostilbon auriceps.
Trochilus auriceps, Gould, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 1.37.
1889, p. 366.
Chlorolampis auriceps, Cab. iy Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 48 ; Goidd, Intr. Troch. p. 174 ; Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 200 ; 3fuls. Hist. Xcd. Oi^.-Mouches, ii. p. 79, iv. p. 198 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 209 ; Eiides-I)esl. Ann, Mus. Caen, i. p. 511.
Adult male. Upper surface shining golden green, crown glitteriuo- golden green ; entire under surface glitteriug green with a golden tinge ; tail very long, steel-blue, all the rectrices except the outer- most one on either side more or less tipped with grey ; bill black at the tip, the mandible at the base aud the maxilla for most of its length tiesh-colour. Total length about 3-6 inches, wing 1-7, lateral rectrices 1*6, central 0*6, bill 0-6.
Adalt female. Upper surface shining grass-green, a postoculai'
46 TROCHILI.
spot aud the whole under surface greyiah white ; ear-coverts dusky ; flanks washed with green ; central rectriccs green ; lateral with the tip, the outer web for most of its length, and a bar beyond the middle greyish white ; a subterminal bar aud the inner web towards the base purple-black.
Hah. Mexico, in the mountains of the AVestern States of Jalisco, Colima, and Guerrero.
a-d. (S "id. ; e. Mexico (F/oresi). Goidd C(dl.
2 ad. sk. (Tygei of the species.)
/. c? ad. ; I/. 9 Mexico (F/orcsi). Salvin-Godman Coll.
ud. sk. (Typical specimens.)
h. <S ad.; ;'. c? Santiago, Terr, of Tepic, Salviu-Godman Coll.
juv. ;/,/.•. $ Mexico, May (TV. B. Eich-
ad. sk. arcJson).
l-n. 5 ad. sk. Tepic, Mexico, May ( W. B. Salvin-Godman Cull.
Richardson), o. cS ad. sk. San Bias, Tepic, Mexico, May Salvin-Godman Coll.
( W. B. Richardson). p,q. (5 ad. sk. Touila, Jalisco, Mexico, June Salvin-Godman Coll.
(TV. Lloyd). r. (S ad. sk. Ohilpaucingo, Guerrero, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Mexico, Aug. (Mrs. H. H. Smith), s. 5 ad. sk. Acaguizotla, Guerrero, Oct. Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Mrs. H. H. Smith).
2. Chlorostilbon forficatus.
Chlorostilbon forficatus, Ridffw. Pr. U. S. Xat. Mus. viii. p. 574 ;
Salv. Ibis, 1889, p. 360. Chlorostilbon caniveti. Sale. Ibis, 1880, p. 191 (nee Less.).
Adult male. Very similar to that of C. auriceps, but ratlicr larger and with a longer bill ; crown less bright, and lateral rectrices wider. Total length about 3*8 inches, wing 1'95, lateral rectrices l"7o, central 0-65, bill 0-7.
Adult female. Like that of 0. auriceps, bat larger, less deeply forked tail, and A\ader rectrices.
Hah. Islands off the coast of Yucatan, Cozumel, &c.
a. S ad. sk. Mugeres I., Yucatan, Dec. Salvin-Godman Coll.
(G. F. Gaumer). b-f. S ad.; (j-j. Cozumel I., April (G. F. Salvin-Godman Coll.
$ ad. sk. Gaumer).
k. S ad. sk. Cozumel I. (E. C. J. Bevis). Salvin-Godman Coll.
3. Chlorostilbon caniveti.
Ornismya caniveti, Less. Suppl. Ois.-Mouehes, p. 174, pis. 37, 38. Trocliilus caniveti. Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxii. Hylocharis caniveti, Gray, Gen. B.\. p. 114. Thaumatias caniveti, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 78.
Chlorestes S. Eicordia caniveti, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. Emim. p. 4, pi. 703. 11'. 4581-3.
8. CHXOROSTILBOX. 47
Sporadinus caniveti, Bj}. Bev. Zool. I80-I, p. 225 : Vcl. P. Z. S. 1859,
p. 367. Chlorolampis cauiveti, Cab. S,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 47; Gould,
Intr. Troch. p. 174 ; Heine, J. f. Orn. I860, p. 200 ; Boucard,
P. Z. S. 1878, p. 71 ; Miik. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 81,
iv. p. 198; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xy.u. p. 209; Eudes-Desl,
Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 513. Chlorolampis salrini, Cab. Sj- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 48; Cab.
J.f. Orn. 18G3, p. 164; Goidd, Intr. Tvoch. p. 174; Heine, J. f.
Orn. 18G3, p. 200 ; Lawr. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 128. ChlorostUbouosberti, Gould, P. Z. S. 1860, p. .309 ; id. Mon. Troch. v.
pi. 354 (July 1861J ; Sah\ Ibis, 1860, pp. 195, 263, 271, 1860,
p. 204 ; Scl. * Cat. Am. B. p. 318 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. 3Ius. Caen,
i. p. 515 ; Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. pp. 375, 394. Chlorostilbou cauiveti, Gould, 3Ion. Troch. t. pi. 351 (May 1860) ;
Scl. i)- Sah: Bjis, 1859, p. 130 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 318 ; Lawr.
Bull. U.S. Nat. 3fus. no. 4, p. 33; Elliut, Syn. Troch. p. 168 ;
Salv. Cat. StricJcl. Coll. p. 370 ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 451. Chlorolampis osberti, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 174 ; Heine, J. f. Orn.
1863, p. 200. Chlorostilbou salvini, Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 317 ; Berl. Pr.
U.S. Nat. Mus. xi. p. 564. Chlorostilbou osberti salvini, Nuttinq, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. v.
p. 501.
Adult male. Eutire upper surface shiniug golden-greeu, glittering ou the crown ; under siu'face glittering green ; tail steel-blue, central rectrices more or less tipped with grey ; bill black at the tip, the base of the maxilla and mandible for most of its length tlesh-colour. Total length about 3'6 inches, wing 1*9, lateral rectrices 1"5, central 0-75, biU 0'75.
Adult female. Like that of C. auriceps, but larger, with much less deeply forked tail.
Eastern Mexican specimens, the true C. cmivdi, have, as a rule, a more deeply forked tail than those from Guatemala (C. osberti), but I doubt the possibility of separating these two forms in every case. In the Guatemalan bird the central rectrices have the tip rather less grey, but this is eminently a variable character. Gould's type of 0. osbcrii has hardly any of this colour on these feathers, but in others from the same locality it is very plainly shown. The green tips sometimes seen to these feathers I believe to be due to immaturity, or perhaps only observable in perfectly freshly moulted featliers. One Duenas specimen before me has the left central rectrix tipped with green ou the outer web, whilst the right-hand one is plain.
Costa-Rican specimens (C. salvini) have a still less deeply forked tail, but the male specimens before me have the grey tips to the median rectrices, moreover the base of the maxUla is less red. I do not, however, think that this bird can be definitely separated from the more northern forms.
Hah. Eastern Mexico, southwards through Central America to Costa Rica.
48
a. 2 ad. sk.
b. (S ad. sk.
c. cJ ad. sk.
d. ('. S ad. sk.
f-i. 6 ad. ; j. $ ad. sk.
A-. $ ad. sk.
/. S ad. sk.
wj. 5 ad. Ai.
ii-p. (S ad. sk. q. (S ad. sk. r. S ad. ; s. $
ad. sk. if. S ad.sk.
w. c? ad. sk. V. S ad. sk.
w-z. cJ ad. sk.
«'. c? ad. ; 6'.
$ ad.sk. e'. (S ad. sk.
d'-f. c? ad. sk.
^'-«i'. c? ad. sk.
«'. c? ad. sk. o',p'. (^ ad. et
(S juv. sk. 5''-s'. c? 2 ad. sk.
t'-y'.cS ad.; ~',a.
c? juv.; /3-e.
2 ad. sk. t. J ad. sk.
t]. (5 ad. sk.
6, 1. (S ad. et cJ
juv. sk. K. c? ad. sk.
X, ^. S ad. ; K. 2 ad. ; f o j uv. sk.
Tampico, Mexico, March
( W. B. Richardson). Misantla, IMexico, March
{F. D. Godnian). Hac. de los Atlixcos, Vera
Cruz, Mexico, March {F. D.
Godmaii). Vera Cruz, Feb. {F. D. God-
man). Cordova, Vera Crui' (Salle).
Atoyac, Vera Cruz, May
(Mrs. H. 11. S)mf7i). Coatepec, Vera Cruz, Oct.
(31. Tnijillo). Jalapa, Vera Cruz, May (M.
Trujdlo). Jalapa (de Oca). •Talapa (de Oca). Plava \'iceute. Vera Cruz,
I)ec. (M. Tnijillo). Chimalapa, Tehuautepec, Feb.
( W. B. Itichardson), N. Yucatan (G. F. Gatwier). Tabi, Yucatan, Feb. (F. D.
Godma/i). Ilolbox I., Coast of Yucatan
(G. F. Ganmer). Orange Walk, Brit. Honduras
( Gaumer). Belize, Brit. Honduras (Blan-
caneaux). Ruatan I., Bay of Honduras
(G. F. Gaumer). Bonacca I., Bay of IlondiU'as
(G. F. Gaumer). Guatemala (Delattre). G uatemala (Skinner) .
Uueuas, Guatemala, Feb, (0.
Salviii). Dueiias, Guatemala, July, Sept.,
Oct., Nov. (0. S. l5- F. D. G.)
Volcau de Fuego, Guatemala,
Sept. (0. -S'.). Coban, Guatemala, Nov.
{O.S.). San Geronimo, Guatemala
Nov. (O. S.). Lanquin, Guatemala, March
(O.S.). Nicaragua ? (Delattre).
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salviu-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman, Gould, & Sclater Colls.
Salviu-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould CoU. Salviu-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salviu-Godmau Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll,
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll. Gould Coll.
Gould Coll.
(Types of C. osherti.)
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salviu-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll.
8. CHLOROSTILBON. 49
o. c? ad. ; w. S Tuciimqui, Costa Rica (Arce). Salvin-Godmau Coll.
juv. sk. p, a. S ad. ; t,v, Costa Rica {Endres). Goidd Coll.
2 ad. sk. \|/'. (S ad. skeleton. Costa Rica. Gould Coll.
4. Chlorostilbon splendidus.
Pica tlores mas bello, Azara, Apimt. ii. p. 487, no. 293.
Trochilus splendidus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. K vii. p. 361 ; td. Enc.
Mm. p. 563. Pica flores cienicente obscure debaxo, Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 489,
no. 294. Trochilus cinereus, Vieill. N. Diet. d^Hist. N. vii. p. 359 {nee p. 348). Trochilus cinereicollis, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 562. Ornismya aureiventris, d'Orb. c^- Lafr. Si/n. Av. ii. p. 28 (1836). Trochilus fiavifrous, Gould, Voij. Beaf/le, iii. p. 110 (1841). Trochilus phaeton, Bourc, Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 274 ; Grai/, Gen. B. iii.
App. p. 300. Chlorestes phaethon, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7 ; id. Troeh. Enum. p. 4,
pi. 743. ff. 4734-5. Chlorestes aureiventris, Reich. Troeh. Enum. p. 4, pi. 754. fF. 4729-
.30. Hylocharis aureiventris, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255. Hylocharis phaeton, i?^j. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255. Hylocharis bicolor, Burm. Si/st. Ueb. ii. p. 348 ; id. J. f. Orn. 1860,
p. 245, 1865, p. 229 ; id. La Plata Reise, ii. p. 448. Chlorolampis phaeton. Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 48. Chlorostilbon bicolor, Cab. c^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 46. Chlorostilbon phaeton, Gould, Mon. Troeh. v. pi. 354 (July 1861)
id. Intr. Troeh. p. 175 ; Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 167 ; Burm
J.f. Orn. 18(36, p. 88. Chlorostilbon aureiventris, Gould, Intr. Troeh, '^.VlQ; Heine, J.f.
Orn. 1863, p. 197. Chlorostilbon splendidus, Elliot, Ibis, 1875, p. 165, 1877, p. 136 ; id.
Syn. Troeh. p. 244 ; Durnford, Ibis, 1877, p. 184 ; Mids. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 93, iv. p. 198 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 209 ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 631 ; Salv. Ibis, 1880, p. 360 ;
Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 521 ; E. W. White, P. Z. S.
1882, p. 616 ; Scl. ^- Huds. Arg. Orn. ii. p. 9.
Adult male. Entire upper surface golden grass-greeu, brighter ou the crown ; under surface glittering golden green, tinged with blue on the throat : tail steel-blue ; bill, except at the tip, flesh- colour. Total length about 3"6 inches, wing 1'85 ; tail, lateral rectrices 1'2, central 0-85 ; bill 0-8.
Adult female. Upper surface paler than that of the male, the crown usually duller ; under surface and a postocular spot dusky white ; tail steel-blue, the central rectrices green, the lateral tipped with white.
C. splendidus apparently varies considerably as to the colour of the upper surface, some specimens being of a more glittering hue, especially on the crown, than others. C. aureiventris is one of
VOL. XVI. E
50 TEOCHTLT.
these bright birds ; but I have not beeu able to arrange the series before me so as to show that the differences arc in any way localized. Compared with 0. splendidas of the Argentine llepublic, Bourcier's specimen of G. aureiventris, from Bolivia, has a shorter bill and more golden tint on the abdomen ; the crown, too, is more golden. -I am not siire that these colour-differences are normal, but rather due to stain of some kind. C. pliaeton belongs to the long-billed form.
The Mendoza specimens are intermediate between the two extremes as regards the length of their bills, and vary considerably amongst themselves both in the colour of the abdomen and in that of the crown.
A larger series of specimens with authentic localities and dates of capture are necessary to determine satisfactorily the status of these forms.
Count V. Berlepsch tells me that C. egregius, Heine, from Eio Grande do Sul, is intermediate between C. splcndidiis and C. puch- erani, and may be called with equal propriety a " subsi)ecies " of either.
Hab. Bolivia, Paraguay, and the Argentine Republic.
a. S ad. sk. Bolivia. Gould Coll.
(Type of C. phaeto7i, Bourc.)
b, c. c? ad. sk. Bolivia (ex Bourcier). Gould Coll.
d. (5ad.sk. Bolivia. Sclater Coll.
e. c? ad. sk. Bolivia {Bridges). Gould Coll. /. (S ad. sk. Bolivia (Bucklei/). Gould Coll.
g. (S ad. ; h. 2 ad. Misqui, Bolivia {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
sk.
/. c? ad. sk. Salta, Argentine Rep., June. II. Durnford [C.].
j-n. cj ad. ; o. 5 lsi.Q\\&oz-A{Weisshaupt). Salvin-Godman and
ad. sk. Gould Colls.
p. c? ad. ; q. $ ad. Meudoza {Reed). Gould Coll.
sk.
r. (S ad. ; s. $ ad. Mendoza. Goidd Coll.
sk.
t. c? ad. ; u. $ ad. Pampas Argentinas {Ley- Salvin-Godmau Coll.
sk. bold).
V. S ad. sk. La Plata. Gould Coll.
to. S ad. sk. Rioja, Argentine Rep. Gould Coll.
a: S ad. sk. Monte Video {Darwin). Gould Coll.
y. S juv. sk. Puuta Lara, IBuenos Ayres, II. Durnford [C.].
July.
z. S ad. sk. Brazil. Gould Coll.
«'. c? ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll.
5, Chlorostilbon pucherani.
TrocliiUis pucherani, Bourc. Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 271.
Ilylocliaris similis, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 74.
Chlorostilbon prasinus, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 355 (May 1853) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 176 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 318. Chlorestes pucherani, Reich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 7; id. Troch, Enum.
p. 4, pi. 755. f. 4736.
8. CHLOROSTILBON. 51
Clilorestes nitidissima, Reich. Aicfz. d. Col. p. 7 ; id. Troch. Emun,
pi. 693. fF. 4538-9. Hylocharis pucherani, Bp. Rev. Zool. 18o4, P- -'55- HVlocharis prasinua, -Cwrai. •Sys^ f/e&. 11. p. 350. __
Chlorostilbon uitidissimus, C«6. >!)■ lfe«*e, Mus Hem. in. p. 4/ ;
Reinh. Vidensk. Medd. For. Kjob. 1870, p. 114. Clilorostilbou igneus, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 1/6; Heme, J. f. Orn.
Chloro!stilbon egregius, Heine, J-f-Oni. 1863, P- 197.
Cblorostilbon pucberani, Tfewi., /./. 0>7* i863 p. 19b ; Elliot, lUs 1875 p 161; id. Syn. Troch. p. 244; Muls. Ann. &oc. Linn Lyon, xxii p 209 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 518 ; Scdv. tat. Strieki. Coll. p. 370; Berl. Pr. U.S Nat Mus. xl p. 564.
Cblorostilbon insularis, iam-. ^«». i^/c ^. f. vii. p. |-5/; ^f<. ^z- 7>'osf Sac N. H. xiv.p. 284 ; id. Mem. Lost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 292 , Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 199 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, u.
Hylocbaris flavifrons, Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 33
Cblorostilbon bicolor, Reinh. Vidensk. Medd. For. Kjoh. 18/0, p. 113.
Adult male. Very similar to that of G. splendidm, but smaller, aud with the abdomen less decidedly tinged with a golden hne ; upper surface, especially the crown, of a brighter, more gUttenng golden green. Total length about 3-3 inches, wing 1-8 ; tail, lateral rectrices 1-05, central 0-8 : bill 0-C5.
Adult female. Similar to that of G. si)lendidus, but smaller, and with a shorter, less deeply forked tail.
G iqneus of Gould was based upon a specimen supposed to have come from Para. The type has rich reddish-golden plumage, un- lil-e that of normal C. imcherani ; but a second specimen from Bahia is somewhat intermediate, so that I doubt the distinctness ot G iqneus and believe these specimens to be in abnormal, perhaps st'ained, plumage. G. insularis, Lawr., supposed to belong to the Tres Marias Islands, is now admitted to have been based upon a specimen of C. imcherani wrongly located.
Hah. South-eastern Brazil.
Gould CoU.
flS'tl/^""''- Bahia. E. Fielding, Es,.
a-f. 6 ad. ; y- ? ^abia.
j. ''d'ad. sk ■'''^" ' ■ Bahia. ^- gi«J-
k. $ ad.; I. 6 juv. Brazil (Rogers). Gould Coll.
,„^^ad.;n. $ Santa Fe, Miuas Geraes Salvin-Godman OoU.
, '^,'-:hk. RiilSlo. Salvin-Godman CoU.
p-t. 5 ad ; u. 2 Bi-a^il (I^io ^^^«)- ^"^^'^ *^^"-
, fS's\< Brazil. Sclater Coll.
f; ^ i sk Ckapada, Matto Grosso, Salvm-Gudmau Coll.
.r,y, cjad.;.. ? [Brazil.] Gould CoU.
, J^y- "I"- , Para ? Gould CoU.
a'. S ad. sk. i axa . ^^^^ ^^ ^, .^^^^^^^.^
52
6. Chlorostilbon angustipennis.
Trochilus augustipeuuis, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 18.
TrocWlus gibsoni, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 17.
Trochilus chrysogaster, Pourc. Bev. Zool. 1848, p. 101.
llylocbaris angustipennis, Gray, Gen. P. i. ]). 114.
Ilylocharis chrysogaster, Gray, Gen. P. i. p. 114; Pp. Consp. Av. i.
p. 74. Chlorestes chrysogaster, Peich. Aufz. d. Vol. p. 7 ; id. Troch. Enum.
p. 4, pi. 69.3. ff. 4540-1. Ghlorostilbou angustipennis, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 353 (May
1861); id. Intr. Troch. p. 175 (partim) ; Perl. J. f. Orn. 1884,
p. 312, 1887, p. 333. Chlorolampis chrysogaster, Cah. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 47. Chlorolampis augustipeuuis, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 201. Chlorostilbon peruana, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 201 {fide H. c.
Perlepsch). Chlorostilbon chrysogaster, Scl. Cat. Am. P. p. 318 ; Gould, P. Z. S.
1870, p. 803. Chlorostilbon haeberlini (tiec Peich.), Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 378 ;
Flliof, Ibis, 1875, p. 160 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 245 ; Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 101, iv. p. 199 ? Chrysomirus angustipennis, AIuls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-3Iouches, ii. p. 102,
pi. 35, iv. p. 199.
Adult male. Upper surface nearly uniform golden green : under surface glittering golden green without any blue tint ; tail steel- blue : bill black, the basal half of the mandible flesh-colour. Total length about 3"2 inches, wing 1-8; tail, lateral rectrices 1-1, central 0-65; bill 0-7.
Adult female. Upper surface shining golden green, duller on the crown ; under surface dirty white ; ear-coverts blacliish ; central rectrices lilce the back, lateral greyish white, with a wide steel-blue subterminal band ; bill black, the mandible pale towards the base.
I have, through the kindness of the authorities of the Derby Mu- seum at Liverpool, had an opportunity of examining the type of this species, and find that it has the base of the mandible flesh-coloured. It follows that Mr. Elliot was wrong in his application of the name. Comparing the type of C. angustipennis with that of C. chrysogaster, which is in the Gould Collection, I find them absolutely alike, as Gould, in his monograph, stated they were. T. gibsoni, Eraser, the tj-pe of which is before me, is a female of 0. angustipennis.
Hah. Colombia, neighbourhood of Bogota.
a-m. cJ ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Gould Coll.
n, 0. (S ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman Coll.
p, q. (S ad. sk. Colombia. Sclater Coll.
r. (S ad. sk. Colombia (Poicrcier). Gould Coll.
(Type of C. chrysogaster, Bourc.)
s. S ad. ; t. 5 ad. Colombia (Poicrcier). Gould Coll.
sk.
u. (S ad. sk. Popayan, Colombia. Gould Coll.
V. (S ad. sk. Colombia ? Gould Coll.
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70. 5 ad. sk. Magdaleua "Valley ( Warsze- Gould Coll.
wiez).
X. S ad. ; y. 5 ad. Bucaramanga, Colombia Salvin-Godmaii Coll.
sk. ( Wyatt).
z. (S ad. sk. Ocafia, Colombia ( Wyatt). Salvin-Godmaii Coll,
a'. cS ad. sk. Heradura, Colombia ( Wyatt). Sclater Coll.
7. Chlorostilbon haeberlini.
Clilorestes haeberlini, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 4,
pi. 703. ff. 4578-80. Cblorolampis haeberlini, Cah. ^ Heine, Mus. Rein. iii. p. 48 ; Heine,
J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 201. Cblorolampis smaragdina, Cab. ^~ Heine, Mus. Hei^i.iu. p. 48: Heine,
J.f. Oni. 1863, p. 202? Chlorostilbon haeberlini, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 175 ; Muls. Ann. Soc,
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 209 ; Eudes-Desl. Anii. Mus. Caen, i. p. 523. ChlorostillDon nitens, Laicr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 305 ; Gould,
Liti: Troch. p. 179.
Adult male. Very similar to that of C. anf/ustipennis, but with a brighter crown, and a slight shade of blue over under surface. Total length about 3-4 inches, wing 1-8 ; ^tail, lateral rectrices 1-2, central 0-65 ; bill 0-75.
Very closely allied to 0. ancjustipennis, but at present appa- rently distinguishable by the brighter crown, rather bluer tint of the under plumage, and more deeply forked tail. The specimen from Panama attributed to this species belongs, I have little doubt, to C as.similis, though the basal half of the mandible is rather pale. It agrees with that species in every other respect rather than with the true C. liaeherlini.
Hah. Colombia, Lower Magdalena Valley ; Venezuela.
ff, 6. S ad. sk. Santa Marta, Colombia. Gould Coll.
c. S fid. sk. Venezuela (ex G. N. Lawrence). Gould Coll.
(Typical of C. nitens.)
d. c? ad. sk. ? Gould Coll.
8. Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus.
Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 308 ; Berl.
V.S- Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 568, 1884, p. 306 ; Tacz. Orti. Per. i.
p. 415 ; Perl. J.f. Orn. 1884, p. 313. Chlorostilbon cbrysogaster, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 198 {nee Powc). Chlorostilbon augustipenuis, Elliot, P)is, 1875, p. 173 ; id. Syn. Troch,
p. 254 {nee Eraser) ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 524. Chlorostilbon atala, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 145, 1860, p. 94.
Adult male. Upper surface shining golden green, rather more glittering on the crown ; entire under surface glittering golden green, with a very slight tinge of blue on the throat ; tail steel- blue : bill wholly black. Total length about 3 inches, wing 2 ; tail, lateral rectrices l-Oo, central 0-8; bill 0-75.
54 TEOCHILI.
Adult female. Upper surface shining grass-green, duller on the crown, brighter on the iiimp ; a postocular spot and under surface duskj' whit^, central rectrices green towards the base, lateral steel- blue with white tips.
Hal. Colombia and Ecuador.
«-/. d ad. ; ff-j. 2 Ecuador. Gould Coll.
ad.; k. djuv. sk.
l-o. S ad. sk. Loxa, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
p, g. 6 2 ^^- ^^- Cuenca, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
r-t. c? ad. ; u, v. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
o ad. sk. (Types of species.)
w, X. (S 2 ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Salvin-Godmau Coll.
y. (S ad. sk. Perucho, Ecuador, March Gould Coll.
(Fraser).
z a'. J ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (5Mc7v/ey). Salvin-Godman Coll.
b'. 5 ad. sk. Santiago, Ecuador {Leh- Gould CoU.
ma?m).
c'. c? ad. ; d'. $ Popayau, Colombia (De- Gould CoU.
ad. sk. laftre).
e'. S ad.; f, ? ad. Colombia? {Delattre). Gould Coll.
sk.
9. Chlorostilbon pumilus.
Chlorostilbon pumilus, Gould, Atrn. S,- Mag. N. H. 1872, ix. p. 195. Chlorostilbon augustipennis, Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 531 {nee
Fraser). Chlorostilbon comptus, Berl. Ibis, 1887, p. 296.
Adult male. Very similar to that of G. melanorhynchus, but smaller, with rather brighter crown and shorter bill, &c. Total length about 3 inches, wing 1-75; tail, lateral rectrices 1'05, central 0-83; biUO-65.
Hah. Colombia, Cauca Valley ; Western Ecuador.
a, b. S ad.; e. $ MedeUin, Colombia (*S'«/?«ow). Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. ; d. c? juv. [Compared with C. compfAis, Berl.]
sk.
e-h. S ad.; i. $ ad. Medellin, Colombia (Sahmi). Goidd Coll.
sk.
j, k. S ad. sk. Popayan, Colombia. Goidd Coll.
7, m. (S ad. ; n. S Citado, Ecuador {Bucldetj). Gould Coll.
iuv. sk. (Types of C. pumilus, Gould.)
0, p. c? ad. sk. Pallatanga, Ecuador, Sept. Gould Coll.
(Fraser).
q. S ad. sk. Pallatanga (Fraser). Sclater Coll.
r. c? ad. sk. Puellaro, Ecuador, April Gould Coll. (Fraser).
10. Chlorostilbon assimilis.
Chlorostilbon assimilis, Lazor. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 292, ix.
p. 128 (?); Gould, Infr. Troch. p. 178. Chlorolampis assimilis, Heitie, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 202 ; Scl. S,- Salv.
P. Z. S. 1804, p. 365 ; Sah: P. Z. S. 1867, p. 150, 1870, p. 211.
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Adult male. Similar to C. melanorhynchus and C pumilus, but with shorter bill and with the crown dark shining green like the back, not ghttering. Total length about 3 inches, wing 1-9 ; tail, lateral rectrices 1-12, central 0-8 ; bill O'G.
Hah. Central America, State of Panama.
a. S f-d- sk.
b. 5 ad. sk.
c. (S ad. sk.
d. S fid. sk. e-A, S ad. sk.
i, j. S ad. sk.
h. c?ad. ; I. ? ad.
sk. m-o. (S ad. ; p. 2
ad. sk. q-t. S ad. ; w. 2
ad. sk. V, IV. S ad. sk.
Volean de Chiriqui {Arce). Cliitra, Panama (Aire). Castillo, Panama {Arce). Sauta F6, Panama (Arce). Santiago de Veraguas (Arce).
Caloverora, Panama (Arce). Veraguas (Warszewiez).
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salviu-Godmau Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll.
Paraiso Station,
(Huf/Jies). Lion Hill, Panama
(3I'Lea)ma)i). " Paragua."
Panama Salvin-Godman & Sclater Colls. Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Gould Coll.
11. Chlorostilhon atala.
Trochilus atala, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxxix.
Hylocharis atala, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 114.
Saucerottia atala, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 77.
Chlorestes (Saucerottia) atala, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7; id. Iroch.
JEnum. p. 4, pi. 700. f. 4568. Chlorostilbon atala, Goidd, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 356 (Sept. 1860) ; td.
Intr Troch. n. 177; R C. Taylor, Ibis, 1863, p. 82; Elliot, Ibis,
1875, p. 159 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 246 ; Emles-Desl. Ann. Mtis. Caen,
i. p. 526. Chlorolampis ataki, Heiiie, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 202. Chlorostilbon carribaeus. Later. Ann. Lye. N. T. x. p. 2. Chrysomirus atala, Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Monches, ii. p. 105, iv.
p." 199 ; id. Attn. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 210.
Adult male. Very similar to that of C. pumilus or C. meJano- rlvjnclms, but smaller, with less deeply forked tail and rather wider lateral rectrices. Total length about 2-8 inches, wing 1-6; tail, lateral rectrices 1, central OwS; bill 0-6.
Hab. Venezuela, Trinidad, and Curaeoa.
a, h. S ad. ; c 2 Trinidad.
d,e. J ad.; /. ? Venezuela (Dyso7i).
ad. sk.
c/. cJ ad. sk. Venezuela {Spence).
h, i. S ad. ; ./. $ Caracas, Venezuela.
k (5 ad. sk. Caracas, Venezuela. Gould Coll.
l' A iuv sk. Curaeoa (G. N. Lawrence). Gould Coll.
'• ^ J"^-^- ^ [Typical of C. carrihceus.^
m. ? ad. sk. Valencia, N. Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Simons),
Gould Coll.
Gould Coll.
Sclater Coll. E. Dyson [C.].
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12. Chlorostilljon prasinus.
All gi-een Humming Bird, Edic. Gleanings Nat. Hist. iii. p. 316,
pi. 360. f. 1. L'Oryert, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 17. Ornismya prasina, Less. Hist. Nat, Ois.-Mcmchcs, pp. xxxv, 188,
pi. 65. Trochilus prasinus, Less. Lnd. Gen. TrocJi. p. xxxix. Ornismya mellisuga, (TOrh. Sf Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 30. Hylocharis prasina, Bp.Gons}). Av.'i. p. 74 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255. Clilorestes prasina, Reich. Avfz. d. Col. p. 7 : id. Troch. Enum. p. 4,
pi. 691. ff. 4529-30, pi. 755. f . 4737. Helianthia /3. Heliauthea phrebe, Reich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 9. Hylocharis phoebe, Bj). Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255. Hylocharis daphne, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255. Prasitis prasina, Cab. 8f Heine, Mns. Hein. iii. p. 49 ; Heine, J. f.
Orn. 1863, p. 203. Chlorostilbon prasinus, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 318 ; Elliot, Lhis, 1875,
p. 163, 1877, p. 139 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 246 ; Scl. 6f Salv. P. Z. S.
1876, p. 17, 1879, p. 631 ; 'Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 527 ;
Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 414 ; Salv. lhis, 1885, p. 436. Chlorostilbon napensis, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 177 ; Scl. S)~ Salv.
P. Z. S. 1867, p. 979, 1873, p. 289. Chlorostilbon daphne, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 177 ; Scl. S,- Salv. P. Z. S.
1866, p. 195. Chlorostilbon brevicaudatus, Gould, Intr. Troch. ]}.17S; Tacz. P.Z.S.
1874, p. 545, 1882, p. 40. Chlorolampis daphne, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 201. Chlorolampis napensis, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 201. Chlorolampis brevicaudatus, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 202. Agyi'tria media, Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 29, 57 ; Elliot, lhis, 1874,
p. 263. Agyrtria meliphila, Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 29, 57 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1874,
p. 263. Chrj^somirus prasinus, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 108,
pi. 36, iv. p. 199 ; id. Ann. Soc. Lin7i. Lyon, xxii. p. 210. Chlorostilbon subfurcatus, Bm-l. Ibis, 1887, p. 297.
Adult male. Very similar to that of C. atala but with the tail scarcely if at all forked, the throat too sometimes has a faint tint of blue.
With typical specimens of C. daphne, C. napensis, C brevi- caudatus, and C subfurcatus before me, I am unable to distinguish between them or to separate them from 0. prasinus of Cayenne.
Hah. Guiana and the whole of the Amazon, up to the foot of the Andes of Ecuador and Peru.
a-f. 6'j'J-9- ^^- ^^- Cayenne. Gould & Sclater
Colls. (Types of C. brevicaudatus.) h,i J ad. & juv.sk. Demerara. Gould Coll.
j, k. c? ; ^. 2 ad. sk. Roraima, Brit. Guiana, Nov. Salviu-Godman Coll. & Dec. {H. Whitely). (Typical of C. subfurcatus.) 7n.cS;n. J ad. sk. Pebas,Amazons, June & .July Salvin-Godman Coll. {Hauxwell).
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0-t, (S; V. 2 fid. sk. Pebas, Amazons, May, June, Gould Coll.
& July {Jlaii.rwell).
V. c?; w- ? ad. sk. Nauta, Amazons, April. E. Bartlett [C.].
2; y. S ad. sk. Napo. Gould Coll.
(Types of C. napensis.)
z-b'. (S ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll.
e'. c? ad. sk. Pampas del Sacramento, Gould Coll.
Bolivia (Bourcier). (Type of C. daphne.)
13. Chlorostilbon peruanus. (Plate IV. fig. 2.)
Trochilus pli£eopyo-os, Tsch. Faun. Per. p. 247 ?
INIetallura pliaeopygos, Eeicli. Attfx. d. Col. p. 8.
Chlorostilbon peruanus, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 179.
Prasitis pluneopyga, Heine, J. f. O. 1863, p. 204.
Cblorostilbou s'tuebeli, Meyer, Zeitsch. yes. Orn. i. p. 206 (1884).
Adult male. Similar to that of C. iirashius, but the tail more distinctly rounded and of a purple-black, not steel-blue colour. Female unknown.
United by Mr. Elliot with C. iirasinus, but easily distinguishable by the colour of the tail.
Hah. Peru and Bolivia.
a. (S ad. sk. Peru (Bourcier). Gould Coll.
(Type of species. ) b-d. d ad. sk. Bolivia (Buckley). Gould Coll.
9. SPORADINUS.
Chlorestes 8. Ricordia, Beich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 (Mar. Type.
1854) S. ricordi.
Sporadinus, Bp. Bee. Zvol. 18o4, p. 255 S. ricordi.
Sporadicus, Cah. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 25 S. ricordi.
Era.^mia, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 191.
Sporadinus (Marsyas), Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches,
ii. p. 77 S. maugfei.
Mange. Greater Antilles, Bahamas, and Florida.
Key to the Species.
a. Under surface glittering grass-green.
a . Under tail-coverts white ricordi, p. 57.
v. Under tail-coverts green maugfei, p. 58.
h. Throat glittering green, middle of the abdomen
black. Hanks green cleyans, p. 50.
1. Sporadinus ricordi.
Trochilus ricordi, Gerv. May. Zool. 1835, pis. 41, 42; Bp. Comp. Av.
i. p.81. Ornismya parzudakii, Less. Bev. Zool. 1838, p. 315.
58 • TEocniLi.
Orthorliyncbus ricordi, d'Orb. in li. de la Saqrct, Hist. Cuba, iii. p. 100,
pi. 21. fig. 2 (1839). Ilylocliaris ricordi, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 114 ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 150. Chlorestes a. Ricordia ramondii, Reich. Avfz. d. Col. p. 8; id. Troch.
Enum. p. 4, pi. 704. ff. 4584-6. Sporadinus ricordi, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255 ; Gould, Man. Troch.
V. pi. 348 (Sept. 18lJ0) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 173 ; Elliot, Ibis,1872,
p. 356 ; id. Si/n. Troch. p. 241 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii.
p. 74, iv. p. 197 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 209; Eudes-
Dcsl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 502 ; Cory, B. West Ind. p. 153. Sporadicus ricordi. Cab. S,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 25. Sporadiuus bracei, Laivr. N. Y. Ac. Sc. i. d. 50; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 240 ; Cory, B. Bahama Ls. p. 113. Chlorolampis ricordi, 'Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 40. Chlorestes ricordi, Gundl. Orn. Cub. pp. 108, 272.
Adult male. Upper surface uniform shiniug grass-green, longest upper tail-coverts bronze ; under surface glittering grass-green ; under tail-coverts white ; tail bronzy black ; maxilla blackish ; mandible except the tip flesh-colour. Total length about 4-2 inches, wing 2 ; tail, lateral rectrices 1'6, central 0-9 ; bill 0-8.
Adult female. Eather brighter on the upper surface than the male, under surface dusky.
Hcd). Cuba, some of the Bahama Islands, and part of Florida,
rt-e. c? ad. ;/-/(. 5 Abaco I., Bahamas. Gould Coll.
ad. sk.
i. tS ad. sk. Cuba {Gundlach). Salvin-Godman Coll.
j. 5 ad. sk. Cuba (C Wright). Salvin-Godman Coll.
h. c? ad.; /. J ad. sk. San Cristobal, Cuba Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Gaumer).
m. <S ad.; n. 5 ad. sk. Cuba (ex Boiircier). Gould Coll.
0. S fid. sk. Cuba. Purchased.
2. Sporadinus maugaei.
Trochilus maugteus, Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p. 93, pis. 37, 38 ; id. N.
Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 368 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 567. Ornismva maugtei. Less. Ilist. Nat. Ois.-Moaches, pp. xiv, 194,
pis. 68, 69. _ Trochilus maugrei, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxii. Thaumatias ourissa, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 79. Cceligena a. Thalurania ourissa, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 3, pi. 688.
ff. 4519-21. Sporadinus maugffius, B2). Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255. Sporadinus maugsei, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 349 (Sept. 1861)
id. Intr. Troch. p. 173 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 356 ; id. Syn. Troch
p. 242 ; Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 77, iv. p. 198 ; id.
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 209 ; Gundl. J.f. Orn. 18/8, p. 182
Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Li/on, i. p. 503 ; Cory, B. West Ind. p. 154 Chlorestes gertrudis, Gundl'. J.f. Orn. 1874, p. 315. Chlorolampis gertrudis. Cab. J.f. Orn. 1875, p. 223. Chlorolampis maugseua, Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 40 ; Gundl,
An. Soc. Esp. Nat, Hist. vii. p. 225.
Adult male. Similar to that of S. ricordi, but with the crown
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glittering and the under tail-coverts green instead of white {fide Gould, Mon, Trocli.).
Female. Under surface whitish; lateral rcctrices tipped with white.
Hal. Puerto Eico.
3. Sporadinus elegans.
Tr ochihis eleoans. Vieill. Ois. Do): i.p. 37, pi. 14; id. N. Diet. (VHist. N. V\\. p. 351 ; id, Enc. Meth. p. 556 ; Less. Stippl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 99. ..
Ornismya swainsoni, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Moxiches, pp. xvu, iJ/, pi. 70.
Trochilus swainsoni, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxiu.
Hylocharis elegans, Gray, Gen. B. i._ p. 114 ; id. Handrl. B. i. p. loO.
Lamporuis elegans, Bp. Coiisp. Av. i. p. 72. o ■ i rr i
Chlorestes 8. Kicordia elegans, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. Eninn. p. 4, pi. 704. f. 4587.
Sporadinus elegans, Bp. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 255; Goidd, Mon. Troch. V. pi. 347 (May 1859) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 173 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 356 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 241 ; Mtds. Hist. Nat. Ois.-3/ouches, ii. p. 72, iv. p. 197 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 209 ; Eudes- jjesl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 500 ; Cory, B. West Ind. p. 152.
Sporadicus elegans, Cah. l^- Heine, Mus. Hei7i. iii. p. 25.
Trochilus (Sporadinus) elegans, Bryant, Br. Bost. Soc. N. H. xi. p. 95.
Clilorolampis elegans, Muls. 4- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 40.
Adidt male. Upper surface shining grass-green tinged with bronze; throat glittering green ; flanks shining green ; whole of the centre of the abdomen black ; under tail-coverts dark green ; tail bronze-black ; maxilla blackish ; mandible except the tip flesh-colour. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 2-3: tail, lateral rcctrices 1-8, central 0-9 ; bill 0-75.
Adult female. Under surface dusky grey, darker on the abdomen and under tail-coverts ; lateral rcctrices with grey bases and grey tips.
Hah. San Domingo.
a. J ad.; b. 2 ad. Samana, S. Domingo, April Salvin-Godman Coll.
sk. 27 (C B.Cory).
c-r/. c? fid. ;/*,?. 2 San Domingo. Goidd Coll.
ad. sk. -r. , J
j. d ad.; k. 5 ad. sk. San Domingo. Purchased.
10. lACHE. rr
Type.
Circe, Goidd, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 338 (May 1857) ; Intr.
Troch. p. 169 {nee Mert.) I. latirostris.
lache, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 234 {vice Circe, Goidd).
Range. Mexico, highlands and west coast.
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TEOCHILI.
Key to tlie F^peclex,
(I. Crown shining- grass-gveen like the back ; under tail-ooverts white. «'. Throat glittering green, more or less tinged with blue.
n". Larger latirostris, p. 60.
h" . Smaller magica, p. 61.
h' . Throat glittering green, without blue shade .. laivrencii,-^.Qi\. b. Crown glittering blue or bluish gi-een; under tail-coverts dark, c'. Crown glittering bluish green ; under tail-
coYerta brown doubleclayi, p. 62.
d'. Crown glittering blue ; under tail-coverts steel- blue nitidfi, p. Cy2.
1. lache latirostris.
Cynanthus latirostris, Sw. Phil. 31af/. new ser. i. p. 441 .
Ornismya lessoni, Delaitre, Rev. Zool. 18.39, p. 15.
Aniazilius latirostris, Bjj. Consp. Av. i. p. 77 ; Eev. Zool. 1854, p. 254.
Aniazilia latirostris, Beich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10.
Circe latirostris, Go^ild, Mon. froch. v. pi. 338 (May 1857) ; id. Intr.
Troc/i. p. 109; Scl. Cat. Am.B. p. 317; id. P.Z.S. 1858, p. 297,
1859, p. 367, 1864, p. 1 77 ; Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 196 ; A. Duges,
La Nat. i. p. 141 ; Villada, La Nat. ii. p. 366; Later. Mem. Bost.
Soc. N. H. ii. p. 292 (partini) ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii.
p. 46, iv. p. 192 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 208 ; Eudes-
Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 487. Hylocharis /3. Cyanophaia lazula, Beich. Avfi, d. Col. p. 10 ; id. Troeh,
Emim. p. 8, pi. 770. ff. 4783-4. Sapphironia circe, B2). Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 256. Hvlocharis /3. Cyanophaia circe, Beich. Troch. Enuni. p. 8, pi. 771.
■ff, 4786-8, Plylocharis doubledayi, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. ]). 44 (fide
Goidd'). Hylocharis latirostris, Muls. 8)- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 38; Gray,
Hand-l. i. p. 151. lache latirostris, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 235 ; Scott, Auk, iii. p. 431. Trochilus circe, Bourc. (Jide Gould). Trochilus schimperi. Saucer. MS. {fide Gould).
Aclidt male. Upper surface shining grass-green with a shade of bronze, duller on the crown ; under surface dark bluish grass-green, centre of the throat more or less shaded with dark glittering blue ; under tail-coverts white ; tail dark steel-blue, the middle rectrices tipped with dark grey ; bill coral red, tipped with black. Total length about 3'8 inches, wing 2*2 ; tail, lateral rectrices 1'3, central 0-95; billl.
Adult female. Similar to the male on the upper surface; under surface grey, paler on the abdomen and under tail-coverts ; a long postocular white stripe ; lateral rectrices tipped with white ; tail less deeply forked.
Considerable variation exists in the colouring of the throat in the male. A series of specimens, all shot in the middle of February in the Sierra of BolaTios by Mr. Eiehardson, show every gradation from a deep blue throat to a nearly pure green one.
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Hah. Mexico, nearly geuorallj' with a range in altitude extending from the sea-level to a height of 7000 or 8000 feet.
a. 5 ad. sk. Distr. of Moctezuma, Sonora, Salvin-Goduiau Coll.
Dec. {Com. Geogr. Expl. Mex.). . (f ad. sk. Niu'i, Souora, April ( W. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Lloi/d).
c. 5 ad. sk. Ysleta, Sonora, May ( JV. Salvin-Godman Ooll.
Lloi/d).
d. S ad. sk. Sierra de Victoria, Taniau- Salvin-Godman Coll.
lipas, April ( W. B. Rich- ardson).
e. 2 ad. sk. Aguas Oalientes, Mexico, Salvia-Godmau Coll.
Aug. {W.B.E.). /. (Jad.; (/. Jad. sk. Oalvillo, Aguas Calientes, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Aug. (TF.i?. i?.). h-m. (S ad. ; n-r. Uolanos, Jalisco, Feb. ( W. Salvin-Godman Coll.
$ad. &juv. B.R.).
s-u. S ad. sk. San Bias, Tepic, Max., April Salvin-Godman Coll.
( W. B. R.). V. (S ad. sk. Lake Chapala, Jalisco, Aug. Salviu-Godmau Coll.
{W.B.R.). w. c? ad. ; .(■. 5 ad. Santa Ana, Jalisco, Feb. (TF. Salvin-Godman Coll.
sk. Lloyd),
y. S ad. ; z. 5 Patzcuaro, Mex., Jan. (2^. D. Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. Godman).
a'. S ad. sk. Hacienda Eslava, Valley of Salvin-Godman Coll.
Mexico, Jan. {Com, Geogr. Expl. Mex.). h'-e'. (S ad.; f-i' . Mexico {Floresi). Salvin-Godman &
2 ad. ; /. (J Gould CoUs.
juv. sk.
2. lache magica.
Hylocharis magica. Mills. Sj- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 38; iid. Ann. Soc.
Linn. Lijon, xviii. p. 110 (1872). Circe magica, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 49, pi. 33 ; id. Ann.
Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p, 209 ; Eudes-Desl, Ann. Mus. Caen, i.
p. 489. laclie magica, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 235.
Very similar to /. latirostris, but smaller, with shorter bill, wings, and tail.
A doubtful species. The collection contains a specimen agreeing with the dimensions given by Mr. Elliot.
Hab. Western Mexico, Mazatlan.
a. (S ad. sk. Mazatlan, Mexico (A. Forrcr). Salvin-Godman Coll.
b. (S ad. sk. [Mexico.] Purchased.
3. lache lawrencii.
Circe latirostris, Grayson, Br. Bast. Soc. N. H. xiv. p. 282 (1871) ;
Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 292 (partim). lache lawrencii, Bcrl. Ibis, 1887, p. 292.
62 TROCHXLI.
Similar to /. latirostris, but with the throat nearly glittering green ^yith scarcely any tinge of bine ; the upper surface is of a rather more coppery hue.
This is another doubtful species, of which the Museum con- tains a pair from the Tres Marias Islands. Count von Berlepsch says that it occurs at Mazatlau, where /. latirostris and /. magica are also found. The green of the throat is purer than the greenest of the Bolaiios specimens, but that three sucli closely allied birds should all occur at Mazatlan is extremely doubtful.
Rab. Tres Marias Islands and, according to v. Berlepsch, the opposite mainland at Mazatlan.
a. (5 ad. ; b. $ ad. sk. Tres Marias Isl., Mexico, Salvin-Godman Coll. Feb. {A. Forrer).
4. lache doubledayi.
Trochilus doubledayi, Bourc. P. Z. 8. 1847, p. 46 ; id. Rev. Zool.
1847, p. 259. Hylocharis doubledayi, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 114 ; Muls. S,- Verr. Class.
Troch. p. 38. Thaumatias doubledayi, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 78. Hylocharis j3. Cyanophaia doubledayi, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10 ? Sapphironia doubledayi, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 256. Circe doubledayi, Gould, Man. Troch. v. pi. 339 (Sept. 1860); id. Intr.
Troch. p. 169 ; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 302, pi. — ; Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouchcs, ii. p. 44 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 208 ;
Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 486. lacbe doubledayi, Elliot, 8yn. Troch. p. 235. Trochilus lerebouUeti, Saucer. MS. {fide Gould).
Adult male. Upper surface dark bronzy shining green, crown glittering bluish green ; under surface glittering dark blue, greener on the abdomen : under tail-coverts brown : tail steel-blue, central rcctrices tipped with grey ; bill coral-red tipped with black. Total length about 2-8 inches, wing 1'9 ; tail, lateral rectrices I'l, central 0-8 ; bill 0-8.
Female unknown.
Hah. South-western Mexico.
a. (S ad. sk. Chinantla, Mexico (Dr. Saucerotte). Gould Coll.
5. lache nitida.
Circe doubledayi, Laivr. Ball. U. S. Nat, Mus. no. 4, p. 33. lache nitida, Salv. ^ Godm. Ibis, 1889, p. 240.
Adult male. Similar to that of /. doulledayi, but with the whole throat and breast of a richer blue, and the crown glittering blue with less of a green tinge.
Adult female. Upper surface shining grass-green ; under surface dusky, with the sides of the breast and the flanks washed with green, a long postocular dusky spot ; base of the lateral rectrices
11. PH.EOPTILA. 63
greenish, the apical portion steel-blue and the ti])s white ; bill black, mandible except the tip fleshy.
Specimens from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec agree with /. ni- t'ula rather than with /. douhlcdaiji, of which at present I have only seen the specimen figured by Gould. A larger series may ])rove that the two birds are inseparable.
Hub. S.W. Mexico, between the Sierra Madre del Sur, Guerrero, and the Pacific Ocean ; Tehuantepec.
a-c. J ad. sk. Venta del Pelegrioo, Guerrero, Sal vin-Godman Coll. Oct. {Mrs. H. H. Smith).
d. 5ad.sk. Piincon, Guerrero, Oct. {Mrs. Salvin-Godman Coll.
H. H. Smith).
e. d ad. sk. Dos Arroyos. Guerrero, Oct. Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Mrs. H. H. Smith).
f. 5 ad.sk. Acapulco, Guerrero, Sept. (J/rs. Salvin-Godman Coll.
H. H. Smith). (I, h. cJ ad. sk. Saliua Cruz, Tehuantepec, Feb. Salvin-Godman Coll.
( W. B. Richardson). i,j.(}ai.;k.cS Tehuantepec, Feb. (TT. i?. i?.). Salvin-Godman Coll. juv. ; I. $ ad. sk.
11. PH^OPTILA.
Type. Pbffioptila, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. -340 (July 1861) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 169 P. sordida.
Doleromyia (Pheeoptilia), Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Monches,
i. p. 207.
Range. South-western Mexico.
1. Phseoptila sordida.
Cyanomyia (?) sordida, Gould, Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. 1859, ix. p. 97 ;
Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 386. Uranomitra sordida. Cab. 4" Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 41. Phfeoptila sordida, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 340 (July 1861) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 169; de Oca., La Nat. iii. p. 210 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 10 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 482. Leucolia sordida, 3Iuls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 35. Doleromyia sordida, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 207 ; id.
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 204. Phffioptlla zonura, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 170 : de Oca, La Nat. iii.
p. 304. Hylocharis sordida, Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 152.
Adult male. Upper surface dull shining green, darker on the crown, ear-coverts blackish ; under surface dark greyish brown, darker on the throat, paler on the under tail-coverts ; tail like the back but darker. Total length about 4-2 inches, wing 2-1 • tail central rectrices 1*2, lateral 1*5; bill 1.
Female. Paler than the male on the under surface, outer rectrices greyish, the tips greyish white and with a subterminal black band.
P. zonura was based upon a specimen in the Loddiges Collection
64 TROCHILI.
said to have been obtained at Bolanos in Central Mexico. It is most probably a female of P. sordida.
Hah. South-western Mexico.
a. S ad. sk. Sierra Madre del Sur, Guer- Salvin-Godman Coll.
rero, Mexico {Mrs. H. H.
Smiih). h-d. (S ad. ; e. $ Cbilpaucing-o, Guerrero, Max., Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. Aug., Oct. (Mrs. II. H. S.].
f, $ ad. sk. Tepetlapa, Guerrero, Nov. Salvin-Godman Coll.
{Mrs. H. H. S.). q. S ad. sk. Venta de Zopilote, Guerrero, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Oct. {Mrs. H. H. S.). h. $ ad. sk. Omilteme, Guerrero, Aug. Salvin-Godman Coll.
{Mrs. H. R. S.). i. tS ad. ; /, /.-. Oaxaca, Mexico, March {M. Salvin-Godman Coll.
$ ad.siv. Trujillo).
I. cS iid. sk. Oaxaca, Mexico {Sallc). Gould Coll.
(Type of the species.) m,n. Jad.sk. Oaxaca, Mexico (i^e«oc7«"o). Salvin-Godman Coll.
o. c? ad. sk. Mexico {SaHe). Salvin-Godman CoU.
2)-r. c? ad. ; .<,^. Mexico {Salle). Gould Coll.
2 ad. sk. u. c? ad. sk. Mexico ? {Salle ?). Purchased.
v,iv. 2ad.sk. Oaxaca, Mexico (<S'fl//e). Purchased.
12. AITHURUS.
Trochilus, Grm/, List Gen. B. p. 14 (1840) {nee Linn.). . A. polytmus. Polytmus, Reich. Av. Si/st. Nat. pi. 39 (1849) {nee
Brisson) A. polytmus.
Aithurus, Cab. Sj- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 50 A. polytmus.
Range. Jamaica,
1. Aithurus polytmus.
Mellisuga avis maxima, Shane, Jam. ii. p. 309, pi. 204. f. 4
Long-tailed Humming Bird, Albin Av. iii. pi. 49.
Long-taUed Black-cap Humming Bird, Edic. i. pi. 34.
Polvtmus viridans, Brown, Jam. p. 475; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 ;
id. Troch. Enum. p. 9, pi. 799. ff. 4858-60. F Mellisuga jamaicensis Cauda bifurca, i?r;s«\ Orn. iii. pp. 728,732,
pi. .35. f. 6 (=Trocb. forficatus, apiul Linn.). Mellisuga jamaicensis atricapilla, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 729. Oiseaux Moucbe a longue queue noire, Bit^ff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi.
p. .39. Trochilus polytmus, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 189 ; 6r?». Si/st. Nat. i.
p. 486 ; Vieill. N Diet. WHist. N. vii. p. 355 ; id. 'Enc. Meth.
p. 554 ; Gosse, B. Jam. p. 97 ; Gould, Man. Troch. ii. pi. 98
(June 1849). Black-capped Hummiug-Bird, Lath. Syn. i. 2, p. 748. La Colibri a tete noire, Aud. Ois. Dor. i. p. 146, pi. 67. Trochilus cephalatra, Less. Lid. Gen. Troch. p. xvi. Ornismya cephalatra, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xviii, 78,
pi. 17.
12. AITHUETJS. 65
Trocliilus Diaria, Gosse, Ann, ^'- Mag. N. H. 1849, iii. p. 258; id. III.
B. Jam. pi. 22. Polytnuis ceplialatra, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 72 ; id. Reo. Zool. 1854,
p. 354 ; ScL P. Z. S. 1861, p. 79 ; Muls. 4- Ven: Class. Troch.
p. 36. Aithurus polytmus, Cab. 4" Seine, 3Ius. Hein. iii. p. 50 ; Scl. Cat.
Am. B. p. 293 ; Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 75 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i.
p. 134 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 353 ; id. Sijn. Troch. p. 9o ; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 335, pi. 29, iv. p. 185 ; id. Ann. 80c. Linn.
Lyon, xxii. p. 207 ; Budes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Cae?i, i. p. 296 ; <S'«/y.
Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 362 ; Cory, B. West Ind. p. 147. Aithurus forticatus, Heine, J.f. O. 186-3, p. 205. Aithiu'us fuligiuosus, Hill (apud Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 134).
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green ; crown, elongated crest, and sides of the head as far as a line below the eyes black ; under surface glittering grass-green ; under tail- coverts blue-black ; wing-coverts like the back ; tail blue-black, the central rcctrices washed with green : bill flesh-colour, tip dark ; feet dark hazel. Total length about 10 inches, wing 2-6 ; tail — pair of rectrices next the outermost 7'2, outermost pair 1-7, central pair 1-2 ; bill 0-95.
Adult female. Upper surface shining grass-green ; crown brown, each feather with a green discal spot ; under siu-face white, each feather of the sides of the neck and flanks with a shining green discal spot ; under tail-coverts white ; tail blue-black, the two lateral feathers on either side tipped with white, the central pair washed with green.
Touncj male. Upper surface, including the head, shining grass- green ; under surface dull green, throat and belly sooty black ; tail blue-black, the central rectrices washed with green, the rest tipped with the same colour ; maxilla of the bill hazel, mandible flesh- colour ; the pair of rectrices next the outermost hardly exceed the outer pair in length. As the young males advance to maturity the adult plumage first appears in the glittering green feathers of the throat, the lateral rectrices lose their green tips, and the pair next the outermost gradually elongate ; the maxilla too becomes paler, and gradually assumes the flesh-colour of the adult.
Hah. Jamaica.
a. S ad. ; b. $ Jamaica. H. Bryant [P.]
ad. sk.
c, d. c? ad.; e, Jamaica. {H. Bryant). Salvin-Godman &
/. 5 ad. sk. Sclater Colls.
17. c? ad. sk. Jamaica. (0-?bi(rn). Sclater Coll.
h, i. S ad. ; j. Moneague, Jamaica, Aug. Salvin-Godman Coll.
2 ad. sk. (0. .S'. ^- F.D.G.).
k. cS ad. ; /, wi, Jamaica. Salvin-Godman &
n. (S juv. ; o. Gould Colls.
2 ad.'sk.
p, q. (S ad. ; r, s. Jamaica. Capt. Hamilton [P.J.
2 ad. sk.
f, u, V. S ad. ; w. Jamaica (/. Hill). Gould & Sclater
(^ juv. sk. Colls.
VOL. XVI. F
66 TKOCHILI.
.r. cf ad. sk. Jamaica {J. Hill). Salvin-Godman Coll.
[Faded specimen, probably A. fidirjiriosus, Hill : see Gray, IIand-1. i. p. 134.] y. S ad. st. [Jamaica.]
13. MICROCHERA.
Type.
Microchera, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 116 (Sept.
1858) ; Intr. Troch. p. 82 M. albocoronata.
Range. Nicaragua, Costa llica, and the State of Panama.
Key to the Sjiecies.
a. General plumug-e dark with reddish coppery re- flections ; terminal band of the lateral rectrices narrow and sharply defined albocoronata, p. 6().
h. General phimage lighter and more purple ; ter- minal band of the lateral rectrices wider and less definite parvirostris, p. 67.
1. Microcliera albocoronata.
Mellisuga albocoronata, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vi. p. 137, pi. 4. Microchera albocoronata, Gould, Mon. Truck, ii. pi. 1 16 (Sept. 1858) ; id
Intr. Troch. p. 82 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 122 ; Salv. P. Z. S.
1867, p. 154, 1870, p. 207 ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 134 ; v. Frantz. J.
f. Orn. 1869, p. 31o ; Mills. Hist. Nat. Ois.-M ouches, iii. p. 134,
pi. 81 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 221 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 104. Chrysolampis albocoronata, Mids. c^- J'err. Class. Troch. p. 57
(1805).
Adult male. Upper surface nearly black viewed from in front, rich dark shining coppery red when viewed from behind ; whole crown pure silky white ; under surface like the upper, the throat washed with dark green ; under tail-coverts white ; tail with central rectrices dark bronze, the rest white for two-thirds of their length from the base, the remaining third blue-black with a narrow white terminal edge ; bill black. Total length about 2*7 inches, wing 1-5, tail 0-75.
Adult female. Upper surface shining grass-green, more golden on the rump and central rectrices ; under surface pure white ; rest of the tail white, with a subterminal blue-black band.
Young male like the female ; dark plumage of the adult showing lirst on the throat and middle of the abdomen, the white crown being assumed at the last.
Hab. State of Panama, mountains of the western portion.
«-/. (S ad. ; g, h. Santiago de Veraguas, Panama Salvin-Godman & (S juv. sk. (Arce). Gould CoUs.
14. CALLIPUARDS. 67
i,j. c? ad. ; h, (S Cordillera del Chucu, Panaruca Salviii-Godmaii &
juv. ; I. 5 ad. {Arce). Gould Colls.
sk. m. c? ad. ; n. S Veraguas {Arce). Gould Coll.
juv. ; 0. 0 ad.
sk.
2. Microchera parvirostris.
ranycblora parvirostris, Lain: Pr. Ac. Phil. 1865, p. 39.
Microchera parvirostris, Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 151 ; id. Ibis, 1872, p. 319 ; Zmcr. Aim. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 122 ; Gray, Kaml-l. B. i. p. 134; V. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 315; Muk. Mist. Nat. Ois.- Mouches, iii. p. 136 ; id. Ann. Sue. Linn. Lyon, xxli. p. 221 ; Elliot, Syn. Troc/i. p. 104 ; Boiward, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 69 ; Gould, Sunpl. Trac/i. pi. 30 (Aug. 1880).
Adult male. Very similar to that of M. ulhororonata, but the plumage generally of a much brighter, more lustrous hue, the terminal dark band of the lateral rectrices is wider and less clearly defined from the white base.
Adult female. Differs from that sex of M. albocoronata in having much less white at the base of the lateral rectrices, the subterminal band being wider and its edges less definite.
Ifab. Nicaragua and Costa Eica.
«-/. c? ad. ; ^. Chontales, Nicaragua (7; i?c'/0. Salvin-Godman, ? ad. sk. Gould, & Sclater
Colls. h. c? ad. sk. Tucurriqui, Costa Eica (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
i,j. 2 ad. sk. Yalza, Costa Rica (Carmiol). Salvin-Godman &
Goidd Colls. k. (S ad.; /, m. Costa Eica ( C«r??!jW). Salviu-Godmau &
S juv.; n. Gould Colls.
$ ad. sk.
14. CALLIPHARUS. ^
Eupherusa (Clotho), Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 205 (187oj; id. Hist. Nat. Ois.- Munches, i. p. 169 (1875) {neo Favj. ; nee Walk. ; nee Gray !) (j_ nigriventris.
Callipharus, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 211 (1879) C. nigriventris.
Range. Costa Eica and the State of Panama.
1. Callipharus nigriventris.
Eupherusa nigriventris, Lawr. Pr. Ac. Ihil. 1867, p. 232; id Ann Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 127 ; 8alv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 210 ; Muls. Hist. A at. Ois.-M ouches, i. p. 270, pi. 2.3, iv. p. ]79.
Eupherusa (Clotho) nigriventris, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 205.
Callipharus nigriventris, Elliot, Syn. Trcch. p. 211; Evdes-Ecsl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 330; Sharpe in Gould's Suvpl. Troch nl 54 (March 1887). ^
f2
68 TROCHILI.
Adult male. Upper siirface shining bronzy green, longest npper tail-coverts and four median rectrices deeper bronze ; crown and entire under surface black, under tail-coverts and three lateral rectrices on either side pure white ; wings purple-black, the inner primaries and secondaries chestnut towards the base ; bill black. Total length about 3-5 inches, wing 1-9, tail (rounded) 1-15, bill 0-65.
Adult female. Entire upper surface including the crown shining grass-green, sides of the head dusky ; under surface dusky white ; crissum and lateral rectrices, as in the male, white.
Young male. Greenish black beneath ; the pure black feathers of the adult commencing on the middle and gradually spreading over the under surface and then over the crown.
Hab. Costa "Rica and Panama.
a, h. cf ad.; c, Costa Eica (Cflf/-»uoO- Salvin-Godman &
d. 9 ad. sk. Gould Colls.
e. S ad. sk. Costa Eica {Endres). Gould Coll.
/. c? ad. ; g. cJ Cordillera del Chucu, Panama Salviu-Godmau Coll.
juv. ; Ji. $ ad. {Arce).
sk.
/. 5 ad. sk. Calobre, Panama (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
j, I: c? ad. ; I. c? Veragua (Arce). Gould Coll.
juv. sk.
15. PANYCHLORA. Type.
Panychlora, Cab. ^- Heme, Miis. Hein. iii. p. 49 (1860) P. aliciffi.
Range. Colombia and Venezuela.
This genus is closely related to CldorostUhon, and is sometimes united with it ; but the interramal space is more feathered and the tail has the peculiar shining colour, characters which serve to separate Panychlora from Chlorostilhon. Some of the species, such as P. in- expectata, P. eucMoris, and P. poorimani, are very closely allied, and may prove to be undefinable. The uncertainty of the exact origin of the specimens before me renders it expedient to leave their position at present in some doubt.
Key to the Species.
a. Lateral rectrices normal. a'. Tail shining green.
n". Base of the mandible pale inctyectata, p. 69.
h" . Mandible wholly black.
a". Lai'ger ; tail lighter shining green.
a. Crown and under surface glittering
green poort?nam', p. 69.
¥. Crown and under surface glittering
golden green euchloris, p. 70.
b'". Smaller; tail darker green.
C*. Tail rather lighter, nearly even alicia, p. 70.
dK Tail darker, shghtly forked micans, p. 71.
h'. Tail rich coppery bronze russata, p. 71.
b. Lateral rectrices very narrow stenura, p. 71.
15. PAXYCHLOKA. 69
1 . Panychlora inexpectata.
PauTcblora inexpectata, Berl. Orn. Centralhl. 1879, p. 63 ; id. J. f. dm. 1879, p. 209, 1887, p. 33-4.
Adult male. Upper surface shining dark golden green, crown and under surface glittering golden green, under tail-coverts less brilliant, tail dark shining olive-green : bill black, basal third of the mandible pale. Total length about 3 inches, wing 1-7 ; tail, central rectrices (1-8, lateral 1 ; bill 0-8. (Typo in the collection of Graf von Berlepsch described.)
The type described above is the only specimen of this bird I have seen. The colour of the crown and under surface is almost exactly that of P. eucMoris, and more golden than that of P. poortmani.
Hah. Colombia.
2. Panychlora poortmani.
Omismya poortmani, Bourc. Ann. Sc. P/ii/s. et Xaf. Lyon, vi. p. 39
(1843) ; id. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 2. Hylocharis poortmani, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 115; Bp. Consp. Av.
i. p. 74. Chlorestes poortmani, i2e?c/(. Aufz. d. Co/, p. 7; id. Troch. Enum.
p. 4, pi. 691. figs. 4530-1. Chlorestes /3. Smaragditis esmeralda, Beich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7 ;
id. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pi. G94. f. 4542-3. Chlorostilbon poortmani, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255 ; Gould, Mon.
Troch. V. pi. 358 (Sept. 1860) ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 319. Panychlora poortmani, Cub. •$• Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 50; Gould,
Intr. Troch. p. 180 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 149 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1875,
p. 170 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 247 ; Muk. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches,
ii. p. 112 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, .xxii. p. 210 ; Eudes-Dvsl. A?i7i.
Mus. Caen, i. p. 530, iv. p. 199"; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 334. Chlorostilbon (Panichlora) poortmanni, Mj</s. 4" Verr. CI. Troch. ip. 42.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, crown and under surface glittering grass-green ; tail also shining, a little darker and of a more olive tint than the back ; biU black. Total length about 3 inches, wing I'T; tail, central rectrices 0'75, lateral 0-9 ; bill 0-75.
Adult female. Uj^per surface shining golden green; ear-coverts black ; under surface dingy white, flanks washed with golden green ; lateral rectrices pale greenish at the base, white at the tip, and with a wide steel-blue subterminal bar ; bill black.
Individuals appear to dift'er in dimensions, some specimens having shorter tails and shorter bills than others, but I am unable to sepa- rate them definitely.
Hah. Colombia, vicinity of Bogota.
a-p. cJad. ; y-ft'. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman, <S juv. ; c'-e'. Gould, & Sclater
5 ad. sk. Colls.
/'-/i'. d" ad. ; i . [Colombia.] Salvin-Godman,
(5 iuv. St. Gould, & Sclater
Colls.
3. PanycUora eucliloris.
Chlorestes ^. Smaragditis eucliloris, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7. Chlorestes eucliloris, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 23 ; id. Track. Enum.
p. 4, pi. G94. f . 4544. Panychlora eucliloris, Cah. Sf Heine, Miis. Ilcin. iii. p. 49 ; Berl.
J. f. Orn. 1887, p. 336. Cblorostilbon (Panicblora) eucliloris, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 42. Pan5'clilora poortraani major, Berl. J.f. Orn. 1884, p. 313.
ArMlt male. Very similar to that of P. poortmani, but the colour of the crown and under surface of a more golden hue.
The following specimens have been named from Count von Berlepsch's series kindly lent me for comparison.
Hah. Colombia.
ii-d. S ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Sahin-Godman,
Gould, & Sclater Colls. e. c? ad. sk. Bucaramanga, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll.
{H. von Berlepsch).
[Typical of P. ^Joortmani major. ~\
4. Panychlora aliciae.
Trocbilus alicife, Bourc. Rev. Zool, 1848, p. 274.
Chlorestes /3. Smaragditis alice, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7.
Chlorestes /3. Sniaragditis maculicoUis, Reich. Avfz. d. Col. p. 7.
Chlorestes maculicoUis, Reich. Aifz. d. Col. p. 23 ; id. Troch. Enum, p. 4, pi. 094. ff. 4545-6.
Chlorestes mellisuga, Reich. Troch. Enmn. p. 4, pi. 754. f. 4731.
Chlorestes alice, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pi. 754. ff. 4732-3.
Cblorostilbon aliciae, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255; Gould, Mon. Troch. V. pi. 357 (Sept. 1860).
Panychlora aliciffi. Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 50 ; Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 178 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 149 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1875, p. 171 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 248 ; Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 115, iv. p. 199; id. Ann. Son. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 216 ; Eudes- Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 5.30; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 334.
Panychlora maculicoUis, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 49.
Panychlora ainata. Cab. S,- Heine, 3Ius. Hein. iii. p. 50.
Smaragdites alicise, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Iroch. p. 42.
Adult male. Smaller than that of P. poortmani, and with darker, shorter, nearly even tail. Hah. Venezuela.
a-e. <S ad.; /. [Venezuela.] Salvin-Godman &
S juv. sk. Gould Colls.
g. S ad. sk. Venezuela. Sclater CoU.
h, i. cJ juv. sk. Caracas, Venezuela. E. Dyson [C.].
j. (S ad. St. [Venezuela.] E. Dyson [C.J.
15. PANTCnr.ORA.
5. PanycMora micans. (Plate IV. fig. 1.)
Adult male. Similar to that of P. alicicn and of about the same size. The whole plumage is of a rich reddish golden hue, brighter and redder on the crown. The tail is very dark and of a more bronzy tint than in the allied species, but the outer rectrices are distinctly green and not coppery-bronze as in P. russata ; moreover the tail is slightly forked.
A single male specimen in the Gould Collection is the only one I have seen of this bird. It is very richly coloured, and though differing obviously from P. alicice may possibly prove to be a variety of that species.
ffab. ?
a. c? ad. sk, ? Gould Coll.
6. PanycMora russata.
Panychlora ?, Salv. Sf Godm. Ibis, 1879, p. 205, 1880, p. 174.
Panychlora russata, Salv. Sc Godm. Ihis, 1881, p. 597 ; Sharpe in Gould's Suppl. Track pi. 59 (Jan. 1883).
Achilt male. Similar to that of P. euchloris, of the same size and with the crown and under surface of nearly the same golden green, the back and wing-coverts are of a more bronzy hue, and the tail of a rich coppery bronze.
Adult female. Like the females oi P. poortmani and P. eucldoris, but the lateral rectrices arc bronzy towards the base, which colour blends on the subtermiual band into a rich purj^lish bronze.
Hah. N". Colombia.
a-e. (S ad. sk. Manaure, N. Colombia, May, Salvin-Godman Coll."|
June, July (F. Simons). f. c? .iuv. : ff, San Jose, N, Colombia, March Salvin-Godman Coll.
/(. 5 fd. sk. {F. Simons). i. $ ad. sk. San Sebastian, N. Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll.
July {F. Simnjis). j. 5 ad. sk. Atanques, N. Colombia, Feb. Salvin-Godman CoU.^ {F. Simons) . (Types of the species.)
7. Panychlora stenura.
Panychlora stenura. Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 50 ; Gould, Intr
Troch. p. 180 ; Heine, .7. f. Orn. 186.3, p. 205 ; Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S.
1870, p. 782 ; Elliot, Iljis,'l875, p. 171 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 248 ; Muls.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 117 ; id. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 210; Endes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 530: Sharpe in
GouhVs Mon. Troch. pi. 58 (Jan. 1883). Cbhn-ostilbon acuticaudus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 308. Chlorostilbon stenura, Mtds. ^~ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 42. Panychlora alicicC, Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 379.
72 TROCUILI.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green ; crown and under surface glittering grass-green, the former a little more golden ; tail shining green, rather darker and more olive than the back, the lateral pair of rectrices very narrow and gradually tapering to a rounded end ; bill black. Total length about 3-3 inches, wing 1-75, tail (slightly forked) O-'J, biU OS.
Adult female. Upper surface shining golden green, duller on the crown, greener on the central rectrices ; under surface dingy white ; ear-coverts black ; lateral rectrices green at the base, white at the tip, and with a subterminal steel-blue band. They seem narrower than in P. poortmani.
Hah. Venezuela and Colombia.
a. cJ ad. sk. Merida, Venezuela {Goering). Salvin-Godman Coll.
b, c. c? ad. ; d. Merida. Could Coll.
$ ad. sk. (Types of P. acuticaudus. )
e. $ ad. sk. Oca.na.,Co\om\iia,{C.W:Wyatt) Salvin-Godman Coll.
16. EUPHERUSA.
Type. Eupherusa, Gould, Mon. TrocJi. v. pi. 324 (Sept. 1857) ;
Intr. Troch. p. 163 E. eximia.
Range. Central America from S.W. Mexico to Panama.
Key to the Species.
Two lateral rectrices white towards the base. a'. Basal two-thirds of the inner web of the lateral rectrices and the shaft adjoining white ;
outer web black eximia, p. 72.
b '. Lateral rectrices tipped with black, outer web
white next the shaft, edged only with black, egregia, p. 73. Four lateral rectrices on either side white towards the base, grey on the outer web and tip poliocerca, p. 74.
1. Eupherusa eximia.
Ornismya eximia, Delattre, Echo du Monde Sav. 1843, p. 1069. Chlorestes y. Saucerottia eximia, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8. Saucerottia eximia, lip. Rev. Zoul. 1854, p.'255. Amazilia eximia, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 8, pi. 776. f 4802. Eupherusa eximia, Gmdd, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 324 (Sept. 1857); id.
Intr. Troch. p. 163 ; 8cl. ^- Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 1.30 ; Salv. Ibis, 1860,
pp. 195, 271 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 316 ; Mids. Sf Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 32 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 272, pi. 25, iv. p. 170 ;
Elliot, Sgn. Troch. p. 212: Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i.
p. 333. Polytmus eximius, Grag, Hand-l. B. i. p. 1 33. Euphrerusa eximia, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lgon, xxii. p. 205.
16. ETTPHERTJSA. 73
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green ; under surface o-littering grass-green ; under tail-coverts pure white ; wings purple- black, secondaries chestnut with dark tips ; tail nearly black, central rectri'ces tinged with bronze, two lateral rectrices on either side witli the inner web and shaft adjoining white for two thirds of their length, outer web black : bill black, feet flesh-colour. Total length about 3-8 inches, wing 2-3, tail 1-4, bill 0-8.
Adult female. Upper surface, wiugs, and tail hke those of the male ; under surface including the under tail-coverts dusky white.
Hab. Guatemala.
a b. S ad. sk. Chimalapa, Tehuantepec, March Salnu-Godman Coll. ' ' & April ( W. B. Richardson),
e S ad. sk. Sien-a de San Domingo, Tehuan- Salvin-Godman Coll.
tepee, April ( W. B. R.). d c? ad sk Choctuiu, Guatemala, Feb. (0. Salvin-Godman Coll.
S. ^- F. D. G.). e J ad sk Kamkhal, Vera Paz, Jan. (O. .S. Salvin-Godman Coll.
SfF.D.G.). f-h. S ad. ; i-h. Coban, Guatemala, Nov. (0. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll.
2 ad. sk. l^p. <S ad.; q, r. Guatemala ((?. U. Skinner). Gould Coll.
$ ad. sk.
2. Eupherusa egregia.
Euphemsa egregia, Scl. l^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 389 ; Lmvr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 146; Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 316, 1870, p 210 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 274, iv. p. 179 ; Bourc. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 71 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 213 ; Eudes- Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 335 ; Sharpe in Goulds Stqypl. Troeh. (April 1885).
Eupherusa eximia, Laivr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 127.
Polytmus egregius. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 133.
Euphrerusa egregia, Muls. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 205.
Adult male. Similar to that of E. eximia, but with the central rectrices clearer bronze, and with the outer webs of the laterals white next the shaft, the edge only being dark.
Female differs in having the white on the lateral rectrices ex- tending to the tip of the shaft and either side of it, having a dark margin only near the tip.
Young male. Like the female, but darker beneath ; the glittering feathers of the under surface of the adult commencing to appear about the middle of the throat and thence spreading over the under surface.
Hab. Costa Rica and Panama.
a-c. c? ad.; d-f. Costa Rica {Carmiol). Salvin-Godman &
j ad. sk. Gould Colls,
a. S .iuv. ; h, i. Costa Rica {Endres). Gould Coll.
$ ad. sk.
74 TROCniLT.
j. (S fid- ; ^<'- $ Volcau de Cliiriqui {Arci). Salvin Godman Coll.
ad. sk.
/. c? juv. sk. Castillo, Pauama {Arcc). Salvin-Godman Coll. "I
m. 5 iid. sk. Calovevora, Pauama (Arce). Salvin-Godraan Coll. J
(Types of the species.)
w. c? jiiv- «k. Veraguas (Arce). Sclater Coll.
3. Eupherusa poliocerca.
Eupherusa poliocerca, Elliot, Ann. ^ Mar/. N. H. 1871, p. 266; Sj/n. Troch. p. 212 ; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 302. pi. — ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois. -Munches, i. p. 271, pi. 24; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 332; Gould, SuppL Troch. pi. 65 (April 1881).
Euphrerusa poliocerca, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. L/yon, xxii. p. 205.
Adult male. Very similar to that of^". ea7i)masofar as regards the colour of the body and wings, the central rectrices are paler bronze- green and the four laterals on either side are white at the base, gradu- ally shading into purple-grey towards the tip and outer edge of the outer web.
Female unknown.
Ifah. South-western Mexico.
a. cJ ad. sk. Putla, W. Mexico {Mhouch). Gould Coll. (A
typical specimen.)
b, c. (S ad. sk. Omilteme, Sierra Madre del Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sur, Mexico, July (Mrs. H. H. Smifh).
17. ELVIRA.
Type. Leucochloris (Elvira), Mtds, Sf Verr. Classif. Troch.
p. 32 (1865) E. chionura.
Elvira, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 266.
Jiange. Costa llica and Panama.
Key to the Sjjecies.
a. Bill straigliter ; crown grass-green ; submedian pair
of rectrices not marked with white chionura, p. 74.
b. Bill more curved ; crown bronzy green ; submedian
pair of rectrices marked with white mpreiceps, p. 75.
1. Elvira chionura.
Trochilus (Thaumatias) chionura, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 162. Thaumatias chiouurus, Gould, Man. Troch. v. pi. 300 (May 1852) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 153 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 349 ; Elliot,
Ibis, 1878, p. 48.
17. ELVIRA. 75
Thaiimantias cliionura, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255 ; Salv. P. Z. S.
1867, p. 156, 1870, p. 210. Agyi'tria cliionura, Cab. i^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 32 ; Heine, J. f.
dm. 1863, p. 18.3. Eiipherusa niveicauda, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 131. Elvira chianura, Muls. S,- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 32. Eupherusa cliionura, Lnwr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 127. Polytmus chionurus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 129. Elvira chionura, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 166, iv. p. 170 ;
id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 205 ; Ludes-Desl. Ann. Mus.
Cam, i. p. 327 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 210.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green ; under sur- face glittering grass-green ; under tail-coverts white ; central rec- trices bronzy green, three laterals on either side white tipped with bronzy black ; wings purple-black, without chestnut at the base of the secondaries ; bill black, basal half of the mandible whitish. Total length about 3-3 inches, wing 2, tail 1-15, bill 0-7.
Adult female. Like the male on the upper surface ; under surface nearly pure white, the sides of the head and neck green ; lateral reetrices tipped with white, leaving a dark subterminal bar.
Hah. Costa Eica and Panama.
a-c. c?ad. ;c?. Costa Eica (Car »h"o/). Salvin-Godmau &
? ad.sk. Gould Colls.
e. cS ad. ; f. $ Cbiriqui ( Warszeiviez). Gould Coll. (Type
ad. sk. of the species.)
g. S juv. ; h-j. Cbiriqui {Arce). Salvin-Godman,
$ ad.; k. <S Gould, & Sclater
juv. sk. Colls.
I, m. S ad. ; n. Calovevora, Panama (Arce). Salviu-Godman &
? ad. sk. Gould Colls.
o-r. (S ad. ; .«. Veraguas (Arce). Gould & Sclater
2 ad. sk. Colls.
2. Elvira cupreiceps.
Eupherusa cupreiceps, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 348 (186G), ix. p. 127.
Elvira cupreiceps, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 263, iv. p. 179; Llliot, Sipi. Troch. p. 210; Gould, Suppl. Troch. -al. 5-3 (Aug. 1880) ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 328.
Thauiuantias cupreiceps, Bourc. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 71.
Elvira cajruleiceps (!), Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 328.
Adidt male. Like that of E. chionura in general appearance, but with the bill shorter and more curved ; the crown and the central pair of reetrices deeper bronze and the latter alone without white on either web. Total length about 3-3 inches, wing 1-8.5, tail 1, bill 0*65.
Adidt female. Also has the curved bill and bronze crown of the male; the lateral reetrices are tipped with white, leaving a very narrow subterminal oblique dark bar.
Hab. Costa Eica.
a. c?ad. ;6, e. Costa Eica (Carauo;). Salvin-Godman Coll
2 ad. sk.
76 TRccniLi.
d. $ ad. sk. TucuiTiqui, Costa Rica {Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
€. c? ad. sk. Costa Rica (e.r t?. iV.iajwfiHce). Gould Coll. (Typi- cal specimen. )
/. c? ad.; g. ^ Costa Rica (Can?i/oZ?). Gould Coll.
juv. sk.
h-k. c? ad. ; I-q. Costa Rica (JEndres). Gould Coll.
$ ad. sk.
18. THALURANIA.
Type. Mellisuga, Bote, Isis, 1831, p. 545 (nee Brisson) .... T. furcata.
Thalurauia, Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 13 T. uigrofasciata.
Glaucopis, Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 333 (185(3) {nee
Hiibner) T. glaucopis.
Range. Central America from Honduras to Panama, and South America generally to South Brazil.
Key to the Sjjecies.
a. Crown and throat differently coloured.
a'. Throat and abdomen uniform glittering green. a''. Crown glittering violet-blue.
a'". Upper sm-face and shoulders shin- ing grass-green t/lcntcopia, p. 77.
b'''. Upper surface dark shining grass- green, shoulders glittering violet- blue fownsendi, p. 78.
h" . Crown glittering green lu/pochlora, p. 78.
c". Crown shining dark green watertoni, p. 78.
b'. Throat glittering green ; abdomen violet- blue.
d". CrowTi glittering violet-blue columbica, p. 79.
e". Crown glittering green.
c'''. Throat only glittering green eripkile, p. 80.
d'". Throat and breast glittering green. , fannice, p. 81. /". Crown shining green like the back, e'". Larger. a . Green of the throat extending over
the breast ; a black pectoral band, nigrofasciata, p. 82. i*. Green of the throat not extending
over the breast ; no pectoral band, tschudii, p. 83.
f". Smaller jelskii, p. 84.
g". Crown greenish black.
g'". Tail more or less deeply forked; under tail-coverts greenish blue, usually indistinctly edged with
dusky white furcata, p. 84.
A'". Tail slightly forked ; under tail- coverts dusky blue plainly edged
with white fnrcatoides, p. 85,
i'". Tail deeply forked ; under tail-coverts
uniform dark steel-blue refulgens, p. 86.
b. Crown and throat nnifonn dark shining blue, bicolor, p. 86.
18. THALUEANIA. 77
1. Thalurania glaucopis.
Trochilus glaucopis, Gm. Sijst. Nat. i. p. 497; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Htst. N. vii. p. 370; id. Enc. Meth. p. 557; Less. Ind. Gin.
Troch. p. xxi ; Wied, Beitr. iv. p. 85. Truchilus frontalis, Lath. Lnd. Om. p. 318. Trocbilus pileatus, Wied, Heise, i. p. 64. Ornismya glaucopis. Less. Hkt. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xiv, 175,
pis. 58, 59. Thalurania glaucopis, Bp. Consp. Av.i. p. 77 ; id. Rev. Zool. 18.54,p. 254 ;
Gould, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 9 ; id. Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 99 (May, 1856) ;
id. Intr. p. 76 ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 23 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B.
p. 293 ; Muls. Sr 7 err. Class. Troch. p. 51 ; Hamilton, Ibis, 1871,
p. 307 ; Beinh. Vidensk. Medd. Nat. For. Kjob. 1870, p. 103 ; Peh.
Om. Bras. p. 29 ; Sail). S,- Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 355 ; Berlepsch, J. f.
Orn. 1873, p. 274 ; id. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xi. p. 501 ; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 59, pi. 72 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 218; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 99; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mm. Caen, i.
p. 304 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 362 ; Allen, Bull. Am. Mm. N.
H. ii. p. 260. Cceligena «. Thalurania glaucopis, Reich. Aufz. der Col. p. 7; id.
Troch. Enum. p. 2, pi. 685. ff. 4509-10. Glaucopis frontalis, Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 333 ; Euler, J. f. Orn.
1867, p. 222. Thalurania luciae, Laivr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 2 ; id. Pr. Bost. Soc.
N. H. xiv. p. 284; id. 3Iem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 291 ; Salv. ^■
Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 355 ; 3Iuls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 62. Polytmus glaucopis. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 130. Thaumantias lucise, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 240.
Adult male. Upper surface and shoulders of the wiug shining grass-green ; crown rich dark glittering violet-blue ; nape black ; entire under surface including the under tail-coverts glittering green ; tail steel-blue ; bill black. Total length about 4-8 inches, wing 2-4 ; tail, lateral rectrices 2, central 0'9 ; bill 0-8.
Adult female. Upper surface including the crown shining grass- green ; under surface dusky white, lateral rectrices with dusky tips.
Count von Berlepsch has shown that T. lucice, said to be from the Tres Marias Islands, is certainly this species wrongly located.
Hub. South-eastern Brazil.
a, b. S ad.; c-f. $ Brazil (Eahia make). Salvin-Godman &
ad. sk. Gould Colls.
g. 2 ad. sk. Bahia, Brazil ( Wi'icherer). Salvin-Godman Coll.
h. (5' ad. sk. Novo Fribom-go, Brazil (i''b?<(7-s). Salvin-Godman CoU.
t-A. cJ <ad.; /. $ ad. Brazil (Kio make). Salvin-Godman &
sk. Gould Colls.
m. S fl'd. sk. Itapetininga Brazil (/. F. Gould CoU. Hamilton).
n. S juv. sk. S. Paolo, Brazil. Gould Coll.
o. 2 ad. sk. Brazil (Royers). Gould Coll.
J). S ad. sk. [Brazil] (dark var.) Gould Coll.
q. S ad. ; r. $ ad. [Brazil] Gould Coll.
St.
78 " TEOCHILT.
2. Thalurania townsendi.
Thalui-auia townsendi, Ridyw. Pi: U. S. Nat. Miis. x. p. 590 (1887).
Adult male. Like that of T. cjlaucopis but smaller, the upper_ sur- face darker, the violet-blue of the crown darker and more restricted to the front, the shoulders of the wings and interscapular feathers tinged with glittering blue ; under tail-coverts dark blue edged with white; bill black. Total length about 3-8 inches, wing 2-1 ; tail, lateral rectrices 1-4, central 1 ; bill 0-9.
Female like that of T. (jlaucopis but smaller.
I am indebted to the authorities of the United States National Museum for an inspection of the types of this species.
Hah. Honduras, Segovia Eiver (C. H. Toivnsend), U.S.Nat. Mus.
3. Thalurania hypocMora.
Thalurania hypocblora, Gould, P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 803,804 ; id. Suppl.
Troch. pi. '28 (Aug. 1880); Sah. ^- Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 3G0;
Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 06, pi. 74 ; id. Attn. i>oc. Linn.
Lyon, xxii. p. 218; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 102 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann.
Mis. Caen, i. p. 309 ; Perl. ^ Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 567. Thalurania fannyas, var., Simon, Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1889, p. 229.
Adult maJe. Darker on the upper surface than T. glaucopis, an- terior half of the crown glittering green like the under surface ; nape and hind neck black ; shoulders of the wings gUttering blue ; under tail-covcrts dark blue, edged narrowly with white ; bill black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-15; tail, lateral rectrices 1-6, central 1 ; bill 0-9.
Adult female. Brighter on the upper surface, the whole crown like the back ; under surface greyish white, lateral rectrices tipped with white.
Young male. Dusky black beneath ; the glittering green feathers of the adult appearing first on the throat and crown.
Hub. Ecuador.
a. c?ad.; h. (S juv.; Citado, Ecuador {Buckley). Gould Coll.
c. $ ad. sk. (Types of the species.)
d. (S ad. sk. Napo, Ecuador. Salvin-Godmau Coll.
e.'cJad.;/.$ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman CoH.
4. Thalurania watertoni.
Trochilus watertonii, " Lodd.," Poiirc. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 44. Thalurania watertoni, Pj}. Cunsp. i. p. 76 ; id. Pev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ;
Gould, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 9 ; id. Man. Troch. ii. pi. 100 (May, 1856) ;
id. httr. Troch. p. 76 ; Salv. ^ Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 358 ; Elliot,
Syn. Troch. p. 101 ; Mtds. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 218 ;
Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 313. Coeligena a. Tbaluiaifia whatertoni, Peich. Aufz. der Col. p. 7. Thalurania wattertoui, 3Iuls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 51 ; Muls.
Hist. Nut. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 78.
18. TKALTJEANIA. 79
Adult male. Ui>per surface dark grass-green ; uape and hind neck black ; back dark glittering violet-blue ; under surface glitter- ing green ; under tail-coverts and tail dark steel-blue ; bill black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 2-1 ; tail, lateral rectrices 2-35, central -8; bill 1.
There is some doubt respecting the habitat of this species. Waterton's original specimen is stated to have been obtained by him at the " Miribi Creek, about 40 miles up the Essequibo E,iver," but no authentic specimens have of late years been found in Demerara. On the other hand, Count von Berlepsch has recently received speci- mens from Pernambuco, and Gould's examples were supposed by him to have been obtained near the mouth of the Amazons.
Hub. Guiana ?; Eastern Brazil.
a, b. (5' ad. sk. " N. Brazil, near the mouth of Goidd Coll.
the Amazons." c, d. J ad. sk. Guiana ? Salvin-Godmaa Coll.
5. Thalurania columbica.
Ornismya columbica, Bourc. Hev. Zool. 1843, p. 2 ; id. Ann. Sci,
Phys. et Nat. Lyon, vi. pi. 6. Trochilus (Thalurania) venusta, Gould, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 163. Thalurania columbica, Gould, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 8; id. Mon. Troch. ii.
pi. 106 (Sept. 1858) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 78 ; Bp. Pev. Zool. 1854,
p. 254 ; Cab. 8i- Heine, Mas. Ilein. ii. p. 24 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B.
p. 294; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 376; Salv. ^ Elliot, Ibis, 1873,
p. 355 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 99 ; Muk. S,- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 51 ;
Mills. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, 'in. p. 63, pi. 73, iv. p. 217 ; id.
Ann. Sac. Litm. Lyon, xxii. p. 218 ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 69 ;
<S'«/r. Sf Godm. Ibis, 1880, p. 172 ; Eudes-IJesl. Ann. Mus. Caen,
i. p. 306 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1884, p. 310, 1887, p. 319. Cceligena a. Thalurania columbica, Peich. Aufz. der Col. p. 7; id.
Troch. Enum. p. 3, pi. 685. ff. 4511-12. Cceligena a. Thalurania puella, Peich. Aufz. der Col. p. 7. Thalurania venusta, Gould, P. Z. iS. 1852, p. 9 ; id. 3Ion. Troch. ii.
pi. 108 (Sept. 1858) ; Intr. Troch. p. 78 ; Bp. Pev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ;
id. Laivr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 292, ix. p. 122 ; Scl. S,- Salv. P. Z. S.
1864, p. 365 ; Muls. 8,- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 51 ; Salv. P. Z. S.
1867, p. 153, 1870, p. 207 ; id. Ibis, 1872, p. 319 ; v. Frantz. J. f.
0)-n. 1863, p. 315; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 308. Polytmus veuustus. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 130. Polytmus columbicus. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 130.
Adult male. Upper surface black when viewed from in front, bronzy green when viewed from behind ; forehead, anterior half of the crown, interscapulium (more or less), smaller wing-coverts, and abdomen dark glittering violet- blue ; throat glitteriug green ; under tail-coverts and tail steel-blue, the former edged with white ; biU black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-05 ; tail, central rectrices 0-9, laterals 1-6 ; bill 0-85.
Adidt female. Upper surface shining green, duller and more bronzy on the crown and najse, bluer on the rump ; sides of the
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head and under surface dusky white ; central rectrices greenish bhie, laterals steel-blue tipped with white.
T. venusfa was founded on Panama specimens, and said to be more extensively marked with blue on the back than is the case in T. cohnnbica. This character is now known to be inconstant, and that there is no material difference between the Central-American and Colombian birds.
Hab. Central America from Nicaragua to Panama ; Colombia.
Salvin-Godman CoU.
a, b. c? ad. ; c, d.
2 ad. sk. e-g. S ad. ; h. $
ad. sk. /. dad.;y, ^. 2
ad. sk. /, m. cJad. ; n. 5
ad. sk. 0, p. S ad. sk.
q. (S ad. ; ;•. 2 ad.
sk. s. 2 ad. sk. t, u. cJ ad. sk. V, IV. (S ad. ; .v. 2
ad. sk. y-a'. cJad. ; b', c'.
2 ad. sk. d'. c5' ad. sk. e'. (5 ad. sk.
f'-h'. (S ad. ; i'.
6 .I'uv. ; j'-l'.
2 ad. sk. m'. (S ad. sk.
n'. d'ad.; o . 2
ad. sk. p. (S ad. sk.
q . 2 ad. sk.
/•'-t/'.d'ad. ; z'-a.
"S juv. ; /3-e.
2 ad. sk. C 6 ad. sk.
T). J ad.; 6. 2 ad.
St.
Chontales, Nicaragua {T. Belt). Tucurriqui, Costa Rica. Costa Rica. Costa Rica {Endres).
Volcan de Chiriqui ( Warsze-
wiez). Boquete de Chitra, Panama
(A}-ce). Castillo, Panama (Ai-ce). Laguna, Panama {Arce). Calovevora, Panama (ArcS).
Santiago de Veraguas, Panama {Arce).
Panama Railway {Arce).
Paraiso Station, Panama {Hughes).
Lion Hill, Panama {McLean- nan).
Minca, Sierra Nevada de Santa
Marta, 13 March {F. Simons). San Jose, Santa Marta,
March, June {F. Si)7io)is). Pueblo Viejo, Santa Marta,
Jan. {F. Si7no7is). Chinchicua Valley, Santa
Marta, Feb. {F. Simons). Colombia (Bogota make).
Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Gould CoU.
Goidd Coll.
Gould Coll. (Types of T. venusta, Gould.) Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Gould Coll. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman & Gould Colls.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
San Cristobal,
(Goering). [Colombia.]
Venezuela
Salvin-Godman Gould Colls.
&
Salvin-Godman Coll. Purchased.
6. Thalurania eriphile.
Omismya eriphile. Less. Stqjpl. Ois.-Mottches, p. 148, pi. 25.
Trochilis eriphile, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xsii.
Thalurania eriphile, Bp. Consp. Av.i. p. 77 ; id. Itev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ;
id. Goidd, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 9 ; id. Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 108 (Sept. 1858) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 70 ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 23 ; Scl. Cat.
18. THALTTRANIA. 81
Am. B. p. 294 ; Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 51 ; Beinh. Vidensk.
Medd. Nat. For. Kjoh. 1870, p. 104 ; Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 30; Salv. ^•
Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 359 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Moiidies, iii. p. 67,
iv. p. 217 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 219 ; Elliot, Sijn. Troch.
p. 101 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 310 ; Simon, Bull. Soc.
Zool. Fr. 1889, p. 230. Cceligena a. Thaluraiiia eripliile, Eeich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7 ; id. Troch.
Enum. p. 3, pi. 08-4. iX. 4507-8. Cceligena a. Tlialurania lydia, Beich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7. Glaucopis eripliile, Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 334. Polytmus eripliile. Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 130.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining bronzy-green, brighter on the rump, nearly black when viewed from in front ; scapulars dark blue ; forehead and anterior half of the crown and throat glittering green ; breast and abdomen glittering dark violet-blue ; under tail-coverts and tail steel-blue ; bill black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-3; tail, central rectrices 1-2, lateral I'O ; bill 0-9.
Adult female. Upper surface shining grass-green ; central rectrices darker; under surface dusky white, lateral rectrices steel-blue tipped with dusky white.
Ilab. Eastern Erazil.
a, b. c? ad. sk. Brazil (Bahia make). Gould Coll.
c-e. cJad. ;/. 5 Brazil (Rio make). Salvin-Godmaii &
ad. sk. Gould Colls.
f/~i. (5 ad. sk. Brazil. Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. ./. 2 <'>d. sk. [Brazil.]
k-p. c?ad. ; q. $ Chauada, Matto Grosso, Jan., Salvin-Godman Cull. ad. sk. May, July, Oct. {H. H. Smith).
7. Thalurania fannise.
Trocliilus fanuyi, Bonrc. i^- Delattre, Beo. Zool. 1846, p. 310. Thalurania verticeps, Gould, Contr. Orn. 1851, pi. 107; id. P. Z. S.
1852, p. 9 ; id. Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 107 (Sept. 1858) ; id. Intr. Troch.
p. 78 ; Bp. Bee. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 95 ; id.
Cat. Am. B. p. 294; Muls. ^f Verr. Class. Troch. p. 51. Creligena «. Thalurania faunv, Beich. Troch. Enum. p. 3, pi. 083.
ff. 4502-3. Chlorestes S. Eicordia verticeps, Beich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch.
Enum. p. 4, pi. 705. f. 4590. Thalurania fanny, Bp. Bee. Zool. 1854, p. 254; Cab. S,- Heine, Mus.
Hein. iii. p. 23. Thahu'auia famiia?. Gould, Intr. Troclt. p. 78 ; Simon, Bull. Soc. Zool.
Fr. 1889, p. 229'. Thalurania faun}"i, Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 51. Polytmus verticeps. Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 130.
Adidt male. Similar to that of T. eryphile, but with the glittering green of the throat spread over the breast, instead of contiiied to the throat ; rectrices narrower, aud the tail more doeplj' forked.
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Total lougth about 4 iuchos, wing 2*2 ; tail, central rectrices 0-95, lateral 1-65 ; bill 0-9.
Adult female'^ Like that of the allied species, but with the dusky white of the under surface extending only to tlie breast, the abdomen being dusky washed with green.
This species has been united of late years to T. eryphile, but appears to me to be distinct, and with a very differently coloured female, it' the specimeu I have described as such is really of that sex. The Quindiu male agrees with Ecuador specimens typical of T. verticeps, Gould.
Hob. Colombia and Ecuador.
a. (S ad. sk. Quindiu Mts., Colombia Gould Coll.
( Warszeiviez).
b. 2 ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Gould Coll.
c. c^" ad. sk. Popayau, Colombia. Gould Coll.
(/. $ ad. sk. Near Pasto, Ecuador (Le/i- Salvin-Godmau Coll.
mann).
e-g. ad. cJ ; h, i. Quito, Ecuador {Jameson). Gould Coll.
5 ad. sk.
j-l. (S ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salviu-Godman CoU.
m, 71. cJ juv. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll.
0. (S juv. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll.
8, Thalurania nigrofasciata.
Trochilus ( ?) nigrofasciata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 89.
Thalurania viridipectus, Gould, P. Z. 8. 1848, p. 13, 1852, p. 9 ;
Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254. Thalurania nigrofasciata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 8 ; id. Man. Troch.
ii. pi. 104 (May 18G1) ; id. Inti: Troch. p. 78 ; Bp. Cojisp. i. p. 70 ;
id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 23 ;
Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 294; Muls. Sf Ven: Class. Troch. p. 51 ; Scl. if
Salv. P. Z. S. 18m, p. 104, 1867, p. 979, 1873, p. 287 ; Peh. Orn.
Bras. p. 30 ; Salu. c^ Mliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 357 (partim) ; Mtcls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 74 ; id. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 319 ;
Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 100 (partim) ; Eudes-Desl. A?m. Mus. Caen, i.
p. 318 ; Tacz. P. Z. 8. 1882, p. 35 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 293 (partim). Coeligena a. Thalurania nigrofasciata, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7 ; id.
Troch. Enum. p. 3, pi. 684; f. 4506.' Cceligena a. Thalurania viridipectus, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7. Thalurania tschudii, Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 753, 1873, p. 287. Polytmus nigrofasciatus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 30.
Adult mcde. Upper surface dark shining green, tinged with bronze on the crown, nape, and upper tail-coverts ; shoulders of the wings and abdomen dark glittering violet-blue ; throat and breast glittering green, separated from the blue abdomen by a black line ; under tail-coverts and tail steel-blue ; bill black. Total length about 4'3 inches, wing 2*3; tad, central rectrices 1, lateral 1-6; biUO-9.
Adult female. Upper surface grass-green, duller on the crown, darker on the central rectrices; under surface dusky white, lateral rectrices steel-blue, grey at the base and tipped with white.
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83
Hah. ITpjjer Aiiiazous valley, to the Colombia and Ecuador.
a. (S ad. sk. h, c. ^ ad. sk. d, c. S ad. ; /. J
juv. ;^. 2 ad.
sk. h, i. cJ ad . sic. y, /.;. S ad. sk. I, rn. <$ ad. ; n. $
ad. sk. o-r. <S ad. ; s, t.
$ ad. sk. u. S ad. sk.
V. 2 ad. sk. w. 2 ad. sk. X. cjad. ; y-a .
2 ad. sk. 6'-^'. cJad. ; e'-(/',
2 ad. sk. /('. S ad.sk.
«■'. c? juv. St.
Colombia (Bogota make). Quito, Ecuador {Jameson). Napo, Ecuador (Jameson).
slopes of the Audes et
Gould Coll. Gould Coll. Gould & Sclater Colls.
Cauelos, Ecuador (Bucklei/). Sarayacu, Ecuador [Bucldcy). Ecuador.
Pebas, Amazons, June (/.
Hauxwell). Guia, Rio Negro, Nov. {A. li.
Wallace). Cobati, Rio Negro. Rio Javari, Amazons. Upper Amazons {E. Bartlett).
Yquitos, Amazons, March to
May {H. Whitehj). Rio Tigre, Amazons, Oct. {J.
Hauxwell).
9. Thalurania tschudii.
Gould Coll. Salviu-Godmau CoU. Gould Coll.
Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Goidd Coll.
A. R. Wallace [C.]. H. W. Bates [C.]. Gould Coll.
Gould Coll.
Sclater Coll.
Gould Coll.
Trochilus furcatus, Tsch. Faun. Per. p. -id {nee Gm.).
Thalurania tschudii, Gould, P. Z. S. 18G0, p. 312 ; id. Mon. Troch. ii.
pi. 103 (May 18151) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 78 ; Muls. Sf Verr. Class.
Troch. p. 51 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 542, 1882, p. 35 ; id. Orn. Per,
i. p. 293 (partim) ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 320. Polytmus tschudii. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 130. Thalurania nigrofasciata, 8alv. Sf Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 357 (partim) ;
Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 100 (partim) ; Scl. ■$■ Scdv. P. Z. S. 1879,
p. 629.
Adult male. Similar to that of T. nigrofasciata, but without the black pectoral collar ; the green throat not drawn to a point over the breast but terminating transversely, bcloM' which the green colour to some extent blends with the bine of the abdomen.
Female. Similar to that of T. nigrofasciata.
Gould's types were from the Ucayali River at the foot of the Andes of Peru. Bolivian examples are rather richer blue on the abdomen, and the line between the green and the blue of the throat is sharply defined.
Hab. Andes of Peru and Bolivia.
a, b. <S ad. sk. UcayaU, Peru {J. Hauxwell).
c, d. c? 2 ad. sk. e. cJ ad. sk. /. 2 ad. sk. y-k. S ad. ; I, m. 2 ad. sk.
Chairo, Bolivia {Buckley). Consat;i, Bolivia (Buckley). Mapiri, Bolivia (Buckley). Yuugas, Bolivia {Buckley).
Gould Coll. (Types of the species.) Salvin-Godman CoU. Salviu-Godman CoU. Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould CoU.
g2
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10. Thalurania jelskii.
Thalurania jelskii, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, pp. 138, 542 ; id. Oni. Per. i. p. 295 ; Mills. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 70 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 219 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 101 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, \. p. 320 ; Sharpe in Gould's Suppl. Troch. pi. 29 (Mar. 1887).
Adult male. Similar to that of T. nigrofasciata, but smaller. Length of wing 2-15 inches, tail 1-35, bill "88.
Unknown to me. Mr. Elliot, who compared the type with spe- cimens of T. nigrofasciata, says there is absolutely no difference between the two except in size. This difference is not great, and I think T. jelskii must be considered a species of doubtful value,
Ilab. Peru.
11. Thalurania fiircata.
Oiseau mouche a queue fourchue, Buff. PL JEnl. 599. fig. 2 ; Aud.
Ois. Dor. i. p. 87, pi. 34. Trochilus furcatus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 486 ; Vieill. N. Diet. (VHist.
N. vii. p. 376 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 672 ; Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxii ;
Cab. in Schomb. Guiana, iii. p. 708. Oiseau mouche violet, Aud. Ois. Dor. i. p. 71, pi. 34. Oj-nismya furcata. Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xiv, 82, pi. 18. Thalurania fureata, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 76 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ;
Gould, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 8 ; id. Man. Troch. ii. pi. 101 (Sept. 1858) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 77 ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 24 ; Scl. Cat.
Am. B. p. 294 ; Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 51 ; Salv. 6r Elliot,
Ibis, 1873, p. 356 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 71 ; id.
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 219 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 99 ;
Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 313 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll.
p. 4.33. Cceligena a. Thalurania furcata, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7 ; id, Troch.
Enmn. p. 3, pi. 682. tf. 4498-9. Cceligena a. Thalurania gyrinuo, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7 ; id. Troch.
Enum. pi. 682, ff. 4500-1. Thalurania forfieata. Cub. ^- Heine, 31us. Hein. iii. p. 24; Heine,
J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 181. Polytmus furcatus. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 1£0.
Adult male. Upper surface nearly black when viewed from in front, with a slight shade of green, which is brighter on the rump ; interscapulium glittering blue ; throat glittering green ; abdomen glittering blue ; under tail-coverts black, with white edges and green discs ; tail steel-blue ; bill black. Total length about 4-3 inches, wing 2 ; tail, central rcctrices O'S, lateral 1-75 ; bill 0-85.
Adult female. Upper surface shining grass-green tinged with golden, central rectriccs darker and bluer; under surface dusky white, lateral rectrices steel-blue, grey at the base, and tipped with white.
Home Cayenne skins have the tail longer and more deeply forked than others. Count Berlepsch tells me that he believes that the type of T. forfieata. Cab. & Heine, really came from Cayenne, and not from Para, and is one of the long-tailed individuals of T. furcata.
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Specimens from Eritish Guiana also vary in the length and depth of the bifurcation of the tail ; they also vary in the colour of the upper tail-coverts, some being greener, others more bronze ; the same variation is to be found in a scries of Cayenne birds. The under tail-coverts of the British-Guiana birds are, as a rule, steel- blue, like those of T. refulgens, but the character is not quite con- stant, some individuals showing light edges to these feathers. I do not, therefore, see any tangible character by ■which to separate the British-Guiana bird.
Hab. Guiana.
a, (5'ad. ; b, c. J Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. April, June, and Nov. (H.
Whitely). d. cJad. ;<>. 5 ad. Caniacusa, Brit. Guiana, April Salvin-Godman Coll.
sk. {H. W.).
f. (S ad. sk. Mernme Mts., Brit. Guiana, Sclater Coll.
July (if. \V.).
(J. (Jad. sk. lioraima, l^rit. Guiana, Nov. Salvin-Godman Coll.
{H. Whitely).
h, i. S ad. sk. Demerara. Gould Coll.
j. (S juv. sk. Cayenne. H. C. Rothery [P.].
k-p. c? ad. sk. (Caynene make.) Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
g. (S ad. .st. Purchased.
12. Thalurania furcatoides.
Thalurania furcatoides, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. {sub T. furcata, pi. 101) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 77 ; Muls. o,- Verr. Class. Troch. p. ol ; 6W. Sf Salv. F.Z.S. 18G7, p. 584; Snlv. ^ Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 357 : Layard, Ibis, 1873, p. 388 ; Muls. Hist. Kat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 73, iv. p. 218 : id. Ann. 8oc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 219 ; Elliot, Syyi. Troch. p. 100 ; Eudes-Desl. Ami. Mus. Caen, i. p. 316.
Thalurania forcipata, Heine, J. f. Orn. 18G3, p. 181.
Thalurania subfurcata, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 181 ?
Polytmus furcatoides, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 130.
Thalurania furcata, Feh. Orn. Bras. p. 30.
Adult male, Yery similar to that of T. furcata, but with the tail considerably shorter and less deeply forked (central rectrices 0*9 inch, lateral 1-4), and with the under tail-coverts white with steel- blue discs.
T. forcipata is a name substituted by Heine for T. furcatoides, and T. subfurcata is, Count Berlepsch tells me, probably referable to the same species. He also tells me that Natterer s birds from Barra, called by v. Pelzeln T. fiircaia, belong rather to T. fur- catoides.
Hab. Lower Amazons Valley.
a-c.c?ad. ; <Z.$ l^wa. {A. B. Wallace?). Gould Coll.
ad.sk. (Types of the species.)
e. cJad.:/. $ad. Para, Nov. and Dec. {E. L. Tweeddale Coll.
sk. Layard).
g. (S ad. sk. Para i" Gould Coll.
TEOCHILT.
//. c?ad. ; /,y. 5 Amazons (^. 7?. Wallace). Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. k. $ ad. sk. Mexiana I., Amazons, Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll.
{A. R. W.).
13. Thalurania refulgens.
Thahirania refulgens, Gould, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 9: id. Mon. Troch. ii.
pi. 102 ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 77 ; Bij. Rvv. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ; Muls.
S) Verr. ClasK. Troch. p. 51 ; Sah. S,- Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 358 ; Muh.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Monches, iii. p. 79 ; id. Aim. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 219; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 101; Eudes-Dcsl. Ann. Mus. Caen,
i. p. 312. Cceligena a. Thalurania refulgen?, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7.
Adult male. Similar to that of T. furcafa, but larger, with deeply forked tail and wider rcctriccs ; under tail-coverts uniform steel- blue without any admixture of white. Total length about 4-9 inches, wing 2-2 ; tail, central roctrices 0-85, lateral 2 ; bill 0-9.
Adult female. Upper surface shining grass-green tinged with gold, especially on the crown ; under surface dusky white ; lateral rectrices grey at the base, with a comparatively narrow steel-blue subterminal band and white tips.
Rah. Trinidad.
a-g. cJad. ;/(. $ ad. Trinidad. Salvin-Godman t^'
sk. Gould Colls.
i. S ad. sk. Trinidad. Sclater Coll.
14. Thalurania bicolor.
Trochilus bicolor, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 496 ; Viei/l. Ois. Dor. i. p. 75,
pi. 36. Oniismya wagleri, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xvii, 203,
pi. 73. Trochilus wagleri. Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxi. Thalurania wagleri, Rp. Consp. i. p. 77 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ;
Gould, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 9 ; id. Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 109 (May 1857) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 79 ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 24 ; Muls.
Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 51 ; Salv. Sf Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 360 ;
Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 80 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon,
xxii. p. 219 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 102 ; Later. Ann. N.Y. Ac. Sc.
i. p. 46 ; id. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 61. Cceligena a. Thalurania wagleri, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7 ; id. Troch.
Enimi. p. 3, pi. 702. ff. 4576-77. Polytmus bicolor. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 130. Thalurania bicolor, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 102 ; Eudes-Besl. Ann.
Mus. Caen, i. p. 302 ; Cory, B. West Ind. p. 148.
Adidt male. Dark shining grass-green, more glittering on the under surface ; upper tail-coverts blue ; head and throat dark cobalt-blue, that of the throat gradually shading into the green of the breast ; under tail-coverts blue tinged with green ; tail steel- blue ; maxilla black ; mandible, except the tip, tiesh-colour. Total
19. HYPUEOPTILA. 87
length about 4-3 iaches, wiug2--l:; tail, central rectrices 115, lateral 1-55 ; bill 0-8.
Achdt female. Upper surface shining golden grass-green, bluer on the crown and upper tail-coverts ; under surface dusky white ; central rectrices steel-blue, lateral whitish towards the base and at the tip, and with a wide subterminal steel-blue band.
The locality " Brazil " formerly given for this species is most pro- bably erroneous. It rests on no satisfactory authority.
Thalurania bicolor is a somewhat abnormal species, having the nasal covers less feathered than in more ty]3ical TJialumnia',
Hah. Dominica Island, West Indies.
a, h. S ad. sk. Dominica, West Indies (jf^. A. Salvin-Godman &
Ober). Sclater Colls.
0. S ad. sk. Dominica, Jan. {Eaviage). West India Expl.
Comm. d-h. d'ad. ; i. 2 "Brazil." Salvin-Godman &
ad. sk. Gould CoUs.
19. HYPUROPTILA.
Type. Agyrtria S. Chalybura, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10
(1854) : H. buffoni.
Hylocharis S. Chalybura, Reich. Aufz. d. Col.
p. 10 (1854) H. cferuleiventris,
Hvijuroptila, Gould, 3Ion. Troch. ii. pi. 89 (May
1854) H. bufioni.
Chalybura (Metbon), Mids. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon,
xx'ii. p. 203 (1875) H. cferuleiventris.
lianr/e. Central America from Nicaragua to Panama ; Colombia and Venezuela.
Key to the Species.
a. Mandible black ; under tail-coverts long.
«'. Under surface green buffoni, p. 87.
b'. Under surface blue cfpndeivetitrii', p. 88.
b. Mandible (except at the tip) ilesh-colour ;
under tail-coverts shorter. c'. Under tail-coverts white.
a''. Throat green uroclirysea, p. 89.
b". Throat bluish green isaurm, p. 89.
d'. Under tail-coverts pui-ple-black mekiiion-hoa, p. 90.
1. Hypuroptila buffoni.
Trochilus buffoni, Less. Hist. Nat. Troch, p. 34, pi. 15.
Lampornis buffoni, Bjh Consp. i. p. 72 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250;
Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Momhes, i. p. 170. Hypm-optila butfoui, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 89 (May 1854). Agvrtria S. Chalvbm-a h\\fii:m, Reich. Aufz. d. Co/, p. 10; id. Troch.
i:«Mm. p. 7, pl.'766. tf. 4773-74.
88 TROCHILI.
Clialybura buffuni, Cah. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 20; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 292; Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 72; Laivr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 319 ; Scl. Sf Salo. P. Z. S. 1864, p. .'305, 1869, p. 028, 1879, p. 529 ; Sail). ^ Godm. Ibis, 1879, p. 205, 1880, p. 171 ; Mtils. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 203 ; id. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Muuches, iv. p. 150 ; Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 45 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, 1. p. 200; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1884, p. 309, 1887, p. 310.
Clialybura Kiieicauda, Lan>r. Pr. Ac. Phil. 1805, p. 38.
Poly tin us bufFoni, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 126.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green ; upper tail- coverts bronzy green ; under surface shining emerald-green ; under tail-coverts pure white ; tail steel-blue, central rcctrices washed with dark bronzy green ; bill black. Total length about 4-8 inches, wing 2-75 ; tail, central rectrices 1-5, lateral 1'85 ; bill 1'2.
Adult female. Under surface grey ; flanks washed with shining green ; lateral rectrices tipped with white.
Some specimens, apparently females, have the grey of the under surface washed with green, each feather having a faint green spot towards the end. These may be young birds, but I have no evidence on the point. The central rectrices of males differ in the extent to which they are washed with a bronze hue. G. ceneicaada, Lawr., appears to have been based upon a bird having this bronze tint in excess.
Hal). Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela. A lowland species.
a-c. cS ad. ; d. $ Lion Hill, Panama {McLe- Salvin-Godman, Gould,
ad. sk. annan), & Sclater Colls.
e. 5 fid. sk. Paraiso Station, Panama Salvin-Godmau Coll.
(Hiiffhes).
/. c?ad. ; ff. 5 ad.sk. Chepo, Panama (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
h. (S ad. ; i. 5 ad. Minca, Sierra de Santa Salvio-Godmau Coll.
sk. Marta, Colombia, Jan., Feb. (F. Simo7is).
j. S ad. ; k. $ ad, Manaure, Colombia, May Salvin-Godman Coll.
sk. (F. Simons).
l-t. (S ad. ; n-.v. 2 Colombia (Bogota make). Salviu-Godman &
ad. sk. Gould Colls.
«/. c? ad .; s. $ ad. sk. Venezuela. Gould Coll.
«'. d ad. sk. Venezuela {Goering). Gould Coll.
U. c?ad. ; c. 2 ad. Venezuela. E. Dvsou fCI.
sk.
2. Hypuroptila caeruleiventris.
Trochilus (Glaucis?) creruleogaster, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 96. Lampornis caeruleogaster, Bp. Consp. i. p. 72 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 250 ; Mids. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 24. Hypuroptila cseruleogaster, Gould, Man. Troch. ii. pi. 91 (Mav
1854). f K .
Hylocliaris S. Clialybura cajruleiventris, Seich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10. Agyrtria d. Clialybura cferuleiveutris, Peich. Troch. Enum. p. 7,
pi. 767. ff. 4775-76. Chalybura cajruleiventris, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 20 ; Scl.
{
19. HYPUROPTILA. 89
Cat. Am. B. p. 293 ; Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 47 ; Berl. J. f. Orn.
1887, p. 316. Chalybura cEeruleigaster, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 73; Eudes-Besl.
Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 207. Lampornis cfiruleiventris, Mats. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Motiches, i.p. 163. Chalybura (Methon) cperaleogiilaris, Mids. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon,
xxii. p. 203 ; Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 153.
Adult male. Very similar to that of ff. hufoni, but with the whole under surface, with the exception of the chin, of a rich blue ; the middle of the back has a slightly bluer shade, and the central rectrices are purer steel-blue.
Adult fimale. Like that sex of iT. hiifoni, hat the upper surface is of rather a bluer shade and the bronzy-green central rectrices are steel-blue towards their tips; the sides of the neck and the flanks are rather bluer than in the allied species.
Bab. Colombia.
a-h. cJad. ; i-k. $ Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman &
ad. sk. Gould Colls.
3. Hypuroptila urochrysea.
Hypuroptila urochrysea, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 198 ; id. Man. Troch.
ii. pi. 90 (July 1861) ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 157;
Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, ii. p. 208. Chalybura urochrysea, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 72; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 46 ; Mids. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 203. Lampornis urochrysea, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 24; Muls.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 176.
Adult male. Upper surface dark grass-green; rump and upper tail-coverts bronzy ; tail rich golden bronze ; under surface emerald- green, almost the same shade as in H. huffoni ; abdomen dull grey washed with green : maxilla black, mandible flesh-colour, tip black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 275 ; tail, central rectrices 1-6, lateral 1-8; bill 1" 15.
Female unknown.
Hah. North-western Colombia, Cauca Valley, and Panama.
a. (f ad. sk. Vaxia.xa?i{Warszewiez). Gould Coll.
(Tj'pe of the species.) i, e. c?ad. sk. Medellin, Colombia {T. K. Gould Coll.
Salmon). d. cJ ad. sk. Remedios, Colombia (7'. K. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll.
4. Hypuroptila isaurse.
Hypuroptila isaurse, Gou'd, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 199 ; 3Iuls. Ann. Soc.
Linn. Li/on, xxii. p. 203; Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 158;
Eudes-Besl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 209. Chalybura isaaroe, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 72; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867,
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90 TROCHILT,
p. 152 ; Xmor. Atm. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 122 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 46. Polytmus isaiira3, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 126. Lamponiis isaiirse, Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 174.
Adult male. Similar to that of H. urochrysea, but "witli the back slightly bluer, the rump tinged with purple ; the throat and chest are tinted with blue, but not so dark a shade as in H. cceriilei- vt'nfris.
Adult female. Under surface from the chin to the vent grey, the under tail-coverts white ; the two lateral rectrices on either side are tipped with dull grey preceded by a dark subterminal band.
Hah. Panama from Boca del Toro to Santa Fc.
Boca del Toro, Costa Eica Goukl Coll.
( Verreau.v). (Type of the species.)
Santa Fe, Panama (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
Santiago de Veraguas, Panama Goidd Coll. (Arc4).
5. Hypuroptila melanorrhoa.
Chalybm-a melanorrhoa, Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 584 ; id. Ibis, 1872,
p. 319; Later. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 122; Elliot, Syn. TrocJi.
p. 47; Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 203; Nuttinq, Pr.
U.S. Nat. 3Ius. vi. p. 406. Chalybura carmioli, Lau-r. Pr. Ac. Phil. 1865, p. 39. Polytmus melanorrhoa, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 126. Lampornis melanorrhoa, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouehes, i. p. 174,
pi. 14. Hypuroptila melanorrhoa, Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 137 ;
Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 210 ; Gould, Suppl. Troch.
pi. 10 (July 1881).
Adidt male. Like that of H. nroclirysea, but with the upper tail- covcrts and tnil rich purple-bronze ; the green of the under surface is a little darker, but not bluish as in H. isavra' ; and the under tail-coverts arc purple-black, not white as in all other species of Hypuroptila.
Adult female also differs from that oi H. isauroi in having the under tail-coverts dark grey instead of white.
Hah. Nicaragua and Costa Eica.
a,h. (^ ad. ; c, r7. Cbontales, iSJicaragua {T. Salvin-Godman Coll.
2 ad. sk. Belt).
e-h. (S ad. sk. Tucurriqui, Costa Eica {E. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Arce). (Types of the species.)
i. cJad.sk. Turrialba, Costa Eica (^•icce). Gould Coll.
j, h. S ad. ; /, m. Costa Eica {Endre.9). Salvin-Godman &
5 ad. sk. Gould Colls.
n. 6 ad.; 0. 5 Costa Eica (C«rwiw/). Gould Coll.
ad. sk.
20. LAMPOKNIS. 91
20. LAMPORNIS. ^
Lampomis, Sivams. Zool. Joiirn. iii. p. 358
(1827) L. mango.
Anthracothorax, Bote, Ms, 1831, p. 546 . . L. Tiolicauda.
Smaragclites, Boie, Ms, 1831, p. 547 L. dominicus.
Anthracothorax B. Floresia, Reich. Aufz. d.
Col. p. 11 (1854) . L. porphyrurns=L. mango.
Anthracothorax 8. Hypophania, Reich.
Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 (18-54) L. dominicus.
Margarochrysis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11
(1854) . Ij- dominicus.
Eudoxa, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 179 . . L. mango. Campylopterus (Crinis), Muls. Ann. Soc.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 202 (1875) L. calosoma.
Bange. Central America from S. Mexico to Panama, Greater Antilles (except Cuba), Virgin Islands, and Old Providence. South America generally to South Brazil.
Key to the Species.
a. Lateral rectrices edged with black.
a'. Sexes similar mango, p. 91.
b' . Sexes dissimilar.
a". Middle of the abdomen black.
a'". Throat black or bluish black violicauda, p. 92.
?/". Throat glittering grass-green.
aK Crown duU green (jramineus, p. 95.
b^. Crown glittering purple-gi-een calosoma, p. 96.
c'". Throat glittering golden-green.
e*. Central rectrices steel-blue dominicus, p. 96.
d'. Central rectrices bronze virginalis, p. 97.
6". Middle of the abdomen green. d'". Throat black.
e*. Bill longer prevosti, p. 98.
/'. Bill shorter hendersoni, p. 99.
e"\ Throat glittering green _ veraguensis, p. 99.
h. Lateral rectrices steel-blue, tipped with white . . viridis, p. 100.
1. Lampomis mango.
Mellivora Avis maxima, Shane, Nat. Hist. Jamaica, ii. p. 305,
pi. 264. fig. 3. Mellivora mango, Albin, Av. iii. p. 45, pi. 49. fig. 2. Polytmus jamaicensis, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 679, pi. 35. fig. 1. Trochilus mango, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 191 ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i.
p. 491. • _ _
Trochilus porphyruriis, Shaw, Nat. Misc. ix. pi. 333 ; id. Gen. Zool.
viii. p. 290. Lampornis floresii, Bp. Coiisp. i. p. 72 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250. Lampomis mango, Gosse, B. Jam. p. 88, pi. 18 ; March, Pr. Ac.
Phil. 1863, p. 284 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 350 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 39 ;
Cory, B. West Ind. p. 144.
92
AnthiMCotliorax (3. Floresia porpli yriira, Heich. Atifz. d. Col. p. 11 ; id. Troch. Enttm. p. 8, pi. 795. ff! 4849-50.
Lamporni.s por])liyriii'U8, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250 ; Gould, 31oii. Troch. ii. ]). 81 (May 1858) ; id. Infr. Troch. p. ()7 ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mils. Hein. iii. p. 19; 8cl. P. Z. 8. 1861, p. 79; id. Cut. Am. B. p. 291 ; 3Iuls. ^ Vcrr. Class. Troch. p. 24 ; Miils. Hist. Nat. Ois.- Monches, i. p. 1(33, iv. p. 155 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 202 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 196.
Eudoxa porphyi'iu-a, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 179.
Polytmus porphyruiiis, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 126.
Adult male. Upper surface dark brown glossed with dark purple ; a patch of glittering purple on either side of the neck from the gape and passing under the eye ; whole under surface deep black ; under tail-covcrts greenish black ; central rectrices brownish black ; lateral rich purple with steel-blue margins ; bill black. Total length about 4"7 inches, wing 2-0, tail 1'7, bill 1"1.
Adult female. Like the male.
Young birds (certainly males, but probably both sexes) have a dark glittering bluish -green throat, which is as.sociated with white tips to somewhat pointed lateral tail-feathers (a sign of immaturity). A specimen in changing plumage is supplanting these green glitter- ing feathers with pure black ones.
liirds with bright throats, associated as they are with black- throated ones, have long been a source of difficulty as regards their status. Gould considered them to be the normal females of this sjiecies, and so figured them in his Monograph. Dissected specimens before me do not support this view ; and the bird in changing plumage, I think, clearly proves them to be immature. I know, however, of no similar instance in the Trochilido' in which imma- ture birds are more highly ornamented than the adults.
IJah. Jamaica.
a, b, (S ad. sk.
0. cJ ad. sk.
d. (S ad. ; e.
juv. ? sk. f, y. Ad. sk. h-o. Ad. .sk. p. (S ad. sk. q. Skeleton.
Spanish Town, Jamaica, Feb. H. Bryant [P.] &
(If. Bryant). Sclater Coll.
Moneague, Jamaica, Feb. {H. Salvin-GodmauColl. Bryu7it).
Moneague (0. S. Sf F. B. G.). Salviu-Godman Coll.
Jamaica (Osbnrn). Jamaica. Jamaica. Jamaica.
Sclater Coll. Gould Coll. Capt. Hamilton [P.]. Gould Coll.
2. Lampornis violicauda.
Le Colibri a queue violette, Btiff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 65 ; Aud. ^
Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p. 31, pi. 11. Le Colibri a queue violette de Cayenne, Btif. PI. Enl. 671. fig. 2. Trochilus violicauda, Bodd. Tabl. Pi. Enl. p. 41. Trochilus albus, GVh. Syst. Nat. i. p. 488. Trochilus puuctulatus, Gm. iSyst. Nat. i. p. 488 ; Vieill. N. Diet
d'Hist. N. vii. p. 358 ; id. £nc. Meth. p. 552.
20. LAJirOHNIS. 93
Trocbilas nitidus, Lath. Lid. Oni. i. p. 305.
Violet-tailed Humming Bird, Lath, iii/n. i. pt. 2, p. 7o4.
Le Plastron noir, Aud. c^- Vielll. Ois. Vor. i. p. 25, pi. 7.
Trochilus punetatus. And. ^ Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p. 24, pi. 8; VieiU.
N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 357 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 550. Le Plastron violette, Aud. Sf Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p. 150, pi. 70. Pica flores tm-qui debaxo, Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 4l»l, no. 29ij. Pica flores faxa negra a lo largo, Azara, Apunt. n. p. 490, no. 29o. Trochilus fasciatus, Shnw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 303. Trochilus nigi-icollis, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 349 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 553. . , „ ,^, ,
Trochilus mango, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 353 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 557 ; Less. Hist. Nat. Col. p. 58, pi. 13, 13 bis, 14, 15 ; id. Lnd. Gen. Troch.Y>.y-; Wied, Beitr.w. ^.^7. _ ,-o ■ , t.
Trochilus quadricolor, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 3o3 ; id. line.
Meth. p. 555. ..
Trochilus atricapillus, Vieill. JV. Diet. d'Hist. N. vu. p. 3o4 ; id. Enc.
Meth. p. 553. Lampornis mango, Bp. Consp. i. p. 71 ; id. Rev. Zool. 18o4, p. 2o0 ; Gould, Man. Troch. ii. pi. 74 (Sept. 1856) ; Burm. Si/sl. Ueb. u. p. 331 ; id. J.f. Oni. 1865, p. 229 ; Cass. Fr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 19 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 254 ; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 291 ; Cab. ^ Heme, Mtis. Hein. iii. p. 19 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 319 ; E. C. Taijlur, Ibis, 1863, p. 91 ; Scl. S^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 365, 1866, p. 193, 1867, pp. 584, 752, 979, 1868, pp. 169, 628, 1873, p. 287; Muls. Sr Verr. Class. Troch. p. 24; Finseh, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 562; W,/att, Ibis, 1871, p. 376 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 28 ; Iteinh. Vidensk. Medd. Nat. For. Kjob. 1870, p. 103 ; Euler, J.f. Orn. 1873, p. 221 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 155, pi. 13, iv. p. 155 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 202; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 189. Anthracothorax mango, Peich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 ; id. Troeh. Enum.
p. 8, pi. 791. fl-. 48;%)-41. Lampornis iridescens, Gould, Intr. Troeh. p. 65 ; Heme, J. f. Orn. 1863 p 179 ; Taez. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 745 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 192 ; Berl. Sf Taez. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 566. Polytmus mango, Leot. Ois. Trin. p. 131 (1866) ; Gray, Hand-l. B.
i. p. 125. Lampornis violicauda, Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 351, 1877, p. 141 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 38 ; Layard, Ibis, 1873, p. 235 ; Scl. Sr Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, pp. 628, 627 ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 178 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 361 ; id. Ibis, 1885, p. 432 ; Taez. Orn. Per. i. p. 281. Lampornis nigricoUis, Berl. J.f. Orn. 1884, p. .309, 1887, p. 317. Adult male. Upper surface golden green, duller on the crown ; middle of the throat and abdomen black ; sides of the neck glitter- ing green, passing into glittering blue along the sides of the black throat : flanks dark green ; under tail-coverts black tinged with dark greenish blue; central rectrices dark green, lateral rich purple edged with steel-blue ; bill black. Total length 4-5 inches, wing 2-6, tail 1-4, bill 1-1.
Adult female. Under surface white, with a median black stripe from the chin to the vent; under tail-coverts green tipped with white ; lateral rectrices rich purple tipped with white, and with a wide subterminal steel-blue bar.
Yuunn birds are without the median black stripe, the middle of the under surface being wholly white. In their first plumage the
94 Tiiocniu.
feathers of the sides of the neck and Hunks tire freely tipped with rufous.
L. iridesveiis seems hardly separable from the ty])ical L. violicamla. In one of types the black of the throat is overspread with a blue gloss, in the other this is less visible.
Hah. South America generally from Panama to South Brazil.
L. violicaiula.
(I. c? ad. ; b. J Lion Hill, Panama (M'Lean- Salvin-Godmau Coll.
ad. sk. ?K/«).
c. (S ad. sk. Paraiso Station, Panama Salvin-Godmaii Cull.
{Ifi(fflies). (I (Jf ad. sk. Cauca Valley, Colombia (T. Sclater Coll.
A'. Salmon). e-ff. 6 ad. ; k. S Colombia (Bogota make). Gould Coll.
,iuv. ; i. $ ad. sk. /, %. S ad. ; /. 2 (Trinidad make.) Goidd Coll.
ad. sk.
Roraima, Brit. Guiana, Dec. Salvin-Godman Coll.
(H. Whitely). Mexiana I., Amazons, Dec. Salvin-Godman Coll.
{A. E. Wallace). Para, Nov. (U. L. Layard). Tweeddale Coll.
Santarem, Amazons. H. W. Bates [C.].
Cobati, Rio Negro {A. R. Salvin-Godman Coll. Wallace),
u-.v. S ad. ; y. 2 U])per Amazons {E. Bartlett). Salvin-Godman &
ad. sk. " Gould Colls.
~. c? ad. ; «'. 5 Vcvn&mhwco {W. A. Fnrhe-i). Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad.sk.
b'. S ad. ; c'. 5 Bahia, Brazil ( Wucherer). Salvin-Godmau Coll.
ad. sk.
d'. 2 ad. sk. Brazil (Rio make). Gould Coll.
e' . <S ad. sk. Rio Claro, Goyaz, Brazil Salvin-Godman Coll.
{Joi/ner).
f. Juv. sk. —^ ? Gould Coll.
'(/'. cf ad. sk. (VnT. or stained specimen.) Gould Coll.
'h'. (5ad. ; i'. $ ? Purchased.
|
m 0. |
. 6 ad.; ad. sk. cJ ad.sk. |
11. |
2 |
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P- r. t. |
■ 6 juv.; ad. sk. c? ad. ; s. ad. sk. 2 ad. sk. |
1- ■ 2 |
2 |
ad. St.
L. irklescens.
f, k'. d ad. ; I'. 2 Guayac[uil, Ecuador {Jameson). Gould Coll.
ad. sk. (Types of L. iridescem.)
m'. cf ad. ; h'. 2 Balzar Mts., Ecuador {Illing- Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. iDorth).
o', p'. 2 ad. sk. Puna I., Gulf of Guayaquil Salvin-Godman Coll.
( Villaffomez) .
y. J ad.; /•'. 2 Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk.
20. LAMPORNIS. 95
3. Lampornis gramineus.
Le Colibri a Cravate verte, Buff. Hist. Nat. Vis. vi. p. 50 ; And. &■
Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p. 29, pi. 10. Le Hausse-Col vert, £iiff. Hist. JS'at. Ois. vi. p. 58 ; dud. &■ Vieill
Ow. Do;-, i. p. 26, pl."9. Le Colibri a gorge verte de Cayenne, £uf. PI. Enl. 671. tig. 1. Green-tbroated Humming Bird, Luth. Syn. i. pt. 2, p. 755." Black-breasted Humming Bird, Lath. Syn. i. pt. 2, p. 756. Trocbilus gramineus, Gm. Syst. Kat. i. p. 488 ; Less. Hist. Nat. Col.
p. 52, pis. 12, 13 ; Lnd. Gen. Troch. p. x. Trocbilus niaculatus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 488. Trocbilus gularis, Lath. Lnd. Oni. pt. i. p. 563 j Vieill. N. Uict.
d'Hist. N. vii. p. 349 ; LJnc. Mct/i. p. 553. Trocbilus pectoralis, Lat/i. Lnd. Orn. pt. 1, p. 306 ; Vieill. N. Diet.
d'Hist. N. vii. p. 351 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 551. Lampornis gramineus, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 77 (May 1858) ;
id. Lntr. Troch. p. 65 ; Cab. |- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 18 : Scl. Cat.
Am B. p. 291 ; E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 1862, p. 91 ; Muls. S,- Verr.
Class. Troch. i. p. 24 ; ;S'e/. l*>- Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 584; Finsch,
P. Z. ,S'. 1870, p. 562; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, \. p. 148,
It. p. 153 ; id. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 202 ; Elliot, Syn.
Troch. p. 40 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 201 ; Salv. Cat.
Strickl. Coll. p. 362 ; Ibis, 1885, p. 432. Polytmus dominicus, Leot. Ois. Trin. p. 132 (1866). Polytmus gramineus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 125.
Adult male. Upper suiface golden green, brighter on the lower back, duller on the head ; throat glittering grass-green ; middle of the abdomen black, flanks dark green ; under tail-covcrts greenish black : central rectrices dark brown with a purple gloss, lateral rich purple edged with steel-blue; bill black. Total length 4-S inches, wing 2-85, tail 1-5.
Adult female. Under surface white, with a black median stripe from the chin towards the abdomen ; sides of the neck and flauk.s green ; lateral rectrices rich purple tipped with white and with a wide subtcrminal steel-blue bar.
Young males have more or less rufous on either side of the black median stripe beneath ; the green of the throat of the adult is usually first assumed on the lower part of the throat, and thence spreads upwards and sideways ; the lateral rectrices are at first like those of the female.
Bab. Venezuela, Trinidad, Guiana, and the Lower Amazon valley,
a-d. S ad. sk. (Trinidad make.) Salviu-Godman,
Gould, & Tweed- dale Colls. c. ^ ad. sk. Guiana {Spencc). Sclater Coll.
f-h. S juv. ; t. Demerara. Gould Coll.
$ ad. sk. j. d ad.; k, I. S (Cayenne make.) Gould & Sclater
juv.:wi. 2ad.sk. Colls.
n. (S ad. sk. Mexiaua Island, Amazons, Salvin-Godmau Coll.
Dec. (A. Li. Wallace).
96 TROCHILI.
4, Lampornis calosoma.
Chrysolampis chloroLTiiia, Elliot, Attn. Sf Mag. N. H. 1870, vi. p. 346 ; Muls. IILH. Naf. Ois.-Muuches, ii. p. 'im.
Lampornis calosoma, Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 351 ; 3Lds. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 177, iv. p. 154, pi. 15; Gould, Suppl. Troch, pi. 9 (Aug. 1880) ; Bert. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 3;i4.
Criuis calosoma, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 212.
Campylopterus calosoma, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 202.
Adult male. Upper surface greenish black, darker on the middle of the back, more purple towards the longest tail-coverts ; crown and nape silvery purple or greenish ; whole throat glittering green ; rest of the under surface black, the Hanks washed with dark purple ; under tail-coverts chestnut ; tail coppery red, edged with dark purple ; bill black. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 2*5, tail 1-4, bill -95.
Ft'male. Unknown.
Graf H. v. Berlepsch has a specimen of this bird received direct from Bahia.
The position of this bird in Lampornis is questionable, as the feathers of the forehead are carried further along the bill and over the nasal coverings than in any of the more typical members of that genus. It has, however, the serrate maxilla of Lampornis, and the colour of the tail is a corroborative character.
Hah. Brazil.
a. (S ad.sk. ? Salvin-Godmau Coll.
5. Lampornis dominicus.
Plastron blane, Buf. Hist. Nut. Ois. vi. p. 61.
Le Colibri de St. Domiugue, Buff. PI. Enl. 680. fig. 1.
Polytnuis domiDicensis, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 072, pi. 35. fig. 4.
Trocbiliis dominicus, Linn. Sijst. Nat. i. p. lOl ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i.
p. 489. Grey-necked Humming Bird, Lath. Syn. i. pt. 2, p. 761. Trochilus margaritaceus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 490. Le Hausse-col dore, Aud. Sf Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. pis. 12, 13. Polytmus aurulentus, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sejit. ii. p. 72. Trochilus aurulentus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 350 ; id. Enc.
Meth. p. 555 ; Less. Hist. Nat. Col. p. 68, pis. 16, 17, 18, 19 ; id. Lid.
Gen. Troch. p. xi ; Bryant, L'r. Bost. Soc. N. H. xi. p. 95 ; Smidev.
CEfr. K. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1809, p. 600. Lampornis dominicus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 71 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250 ;
Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 349 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 41 ; Mids. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 154; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 199;
Cory, B. Haiti Sf S. Dom. p. 90 ; id. B. West Ind. p. 143. Lampornis margaritaceus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 72. Anthracothorax 8. Hypophania dominica, Beich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 ;
id. Troch. Enum. p. 9, pi. 793. if. 4845-46. Mavgarochrvsis aurulenta, Reich. Avfz. d.Col. p. 11 ; id. Troch. Emnu.
p. 8, pi. 781. ff. 4822-23. Eulampis aurulentus, B}}. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 250.
20. LAMPOENIS. 97
Lanipornis aiinileutus, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 80 (May 1858) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 68 ; Cass. Pr. Ac. Phil. 1800, p. 377 ; Muls. i^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 14 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches,\. p. 152; id. Ann. Sac. Linn. Li/on, xxii. p. 202 ; Gundl. J. f. Orn. 1878, p. 181 ; id. An. Soc. Esp. Nat. Hist. vii. p. 22-3.
Polytmus aurulentus. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 126.
Adult male. Upper surface dark golden green, more bronze on the longest npper tail-coverts : throat glittering golden green, pass- ing gradually into dark purple-black on the rest of the under surface, including the under tail-coverts ; flanks green ; central rectrices steel-blue, lateral rich purple edged with steel-blue ; bill black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 2'8 ; tail, central rec- trices 1-5, lateral 1-8 ; bill 1-2.
Adult female. Under surface grey; central rectrices dark green, lateral purple tipped with white and with a wide subterminal steel- blue bar.
Young males commence their adult dress by assuming golden-green feathers on the middle of the throat and purple-black ones on the middle of the chest and abdomen ; these gradually spread laterally until the full adult plumage is acquired.
Hah, Island of JSan Domingo, including Haiti.
a. (S !id. ; Ij-d. § Samaua, Sau Domingo, Sept. Salviu-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. (C. G. McGritjor).
e. cS ad. ; /. $ Sau Domiugo. A. Salle [C.].
ad. sk.
ff. $ ad. sk. Port au Prince, Haiti, March Salvin-Godman Coll.
{C. A. Younylove).
h. (J ad. sk. San Domingo {Smiths. Imt.). Salviu-Godman Coll.
i,j. cJad. ; k. <S Sau Domingo. Goidd Coll.
juv. ; I. $ ad.
sk.
m, 11. c? ad.; o. J Puerto Plata, San Domingo, Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. Nov., Dec. {M. A. Frazar). {Cory Coll.)
p. 5 skeleton. San Domingo. Gould Coll.
6. Lampornis virginalis.
Lamporuis virginalis, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 80 (Sept. 1861) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 06; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 291. Polytnms virginalis. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 126. Lampornis ellioti, Cory, Au7:, vii. p. 374 (1890).
Adult male. Similar to that of L. dominieus but smaller, with less black on the abdomen, shorter rounded tail, the central rectrices of which are bronze and not steel-blue. Length of tail, central rectrices 1-3, lateral 1-4.
Younrj males are grey beneath, the glittering golden-green feathers of the throat commence to appear in the centre and spread to the sides.
Hah. West Indies, Puerto Eico, and St. Thomas
VOL. XVI. H
a. S ad. sk. Piierto'Rico. H, Bryant [P.],
b. c. S ad. sk, Puerto Rico (H. Brycait). Salvin-Godman &
Sclater Colls. d-(/. cH (id. ; Ji-j, St.ThomnSj'W. I. (A. H.Riise). Sahiii-Godmau &
cj" juv. sk. Sclater Colls.
A. (5 juv. sk. St.Thomas,^. 1. {A. H.Eiise). A. Newton, Esq.
7. Lampornis prevosti.
Trocliilus prevosti, Less. Hist. Nat. Col, p. 87, pi. '24 ; id. hid. Gen.
Troch. p. xii; Bourc. ^- Mtds. Ann. Soc. d'Affr. Lyotis, 1843,
p. 39. Lampornis prevosti, IJj). C'onsp. i. p. 72 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250 ;
Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 75 (May 1858) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. G5 ;
Scl. I'. Z. S. 185G, p. 289, 1859, pp. 367, 385 ; Sol. ^- 8alv. Ibis,
1859, p. 127 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 207, 837 ; Mids. ^ Verr. Class.
Troch. p. 24 ; Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 272, 1864, p. 380 ; id. Cat. Strickl.
Coli. p. 362; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 178; id. Bull. U.S. Nat.
Miis. no. 4, p. 121 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 140, iv.
p. 166 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn- Lyon, xxii. p. 203 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch,
p. 89; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Miis. Caen, i. p. 195; Boucard, P. Z. S.
1883, p. 451 ; Salv. Ibis, 1889, p. 365. Anthracotborax prevosti, -Re/c7«. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 ; id. Enum. Troch.
p. 8, pi. 792. ft: 4842-44. Polytmus prevosti, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 125. Lampornis thalassinus, Midyw. Pr. Biol. Sc. Wash, iii. p. 23. Lampornis prevosti thalassinus, Ridytv. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. viii.
p. 673.
Adult male. Upper surface shining golden green ; under surface glittering green ; throat black, on the sides of "which and on the middle of the abdomen the green has a blue tint ; under tail- coverts purple-black, the ends of the feathers dark coppery ; central rectriccs greenish steel-blue black, lateral rich purple edged with steel-blue ; bill black. Total length 4-5 inches, wing 2-6, tail 1*45, bill V2.
Adult female. Under surface white, with a black median stripe sometimes mixed with green feathers on the lower part of the throat ; under tail-coverts dark green tipped with white ; lateral tail-feathers pui'ple tipped with white, and with a wide subterminal steel-blue bar.
In young birds the sides of the neck and tiauks are freely marked with chestnut ; young males assume their adult plumage by the gradual spread of green feathers from the middle of the under sur- face towards the sides. The lateral rectrices in young males are tipped Avith white, sometimes tinged with chestnut.
Hah. Mexico from the State of Tamaulipas southwards, Yucatan and the islands of the Eay of Honduras, Guatemala, and thence southwards to Costa llica, from the sear-level to a height of about 1500 feet ; Venezuela.
a. (S ad.; b. 5 ad. Altamira, Tamaulipas, Mexico, Salvin-Godman Coll. sk. March ( W. B. Richardson).
c. (S ad. sk. Tampico, Tamaulipas, March Salvin-Godman Coll.
( W. B. R.).
d. cj' ad. sk.
e,f. S ad.; (j. $
ad. sk. //. S ad. sk. /,,/. S ad. sk.
h. S ad. sk. /. S ad. sk. iii-u. c? ad.; v. 5
ad. sk. «t>,_.r.d' ad. ;2/.5
juv. sk. s. c? ad. sk.
a'-e. S ad.;/'-/^' ? ad. sk.
»', ;■'. S ad. ; A'.
$ ad. sk. I'. (S jiiv. sk. m' . (S ad. sk. n'. (S ad. sk. o'. 2 ad. sk. p'. c? ad. sk.
20. LAMPORNIS,
Tautiiia near Tainpico, June
( W. B. li.). Misantla, Vera Cruz, March
(F. D. Goclman). S. Mexico {A. Salle). Northern Yucatan (6r'. F.
Gaumer). Meco I., Yucatan {G. F. G.). Mugeres I., Yucatan (G. F. G.). Cozumel I., Yucatan [G. F. G.).
Bonacca I., Honduras (G. F.
Belize, Brit. Honduras {Blan-
caneux). ' Santana, Peten, April (0. Sal-
mri).
Escuintla, Guatemala, Jan. (0.
Salvin). Guatemala (Constancia), Honduras?
Bebedero, Costa Rica [Arce). Costa Rica (Fndres). Venezuela {S^jence).
Salvin-
Salvin-
Gould Salvin-
Salvin- Salvin- Salvin-
99
•Godman Coll.
Godnian Coll.
Coll. Godman Coll.
Godman Coll. ■Godman Coll. •Godman Coll.
Salviu-Godman Coll, Salviu-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman, Gould, & Sclater Colls.
Salvin-Godman & Gould Colls.
Salviu-Godman Coll.
Gould CoU.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sclater Coll.
8. Lampornis hendersoni.
Lamporuis hendersoni, Cory, Auk, iv. p. 177 (1887).
Adult male. Similar to that of L. prevosti, but the bill consider- ably shorter, and the black gular patch longer and narrower. Total length about 4-4 inches, wing 2-65, tail 1-4, bill 0'9.
Adult female. Differs only in its shorter bill.
This bird is very closely allied to L. prevosti, and probably only to be distinguished by its short bill. The differences of colour alluded to by Mr. Cory are untrustworthy when a large series of L. prevosti is examined.
Hah. Old Providence Island.
«, b. (S ad. ; c. $ Old Providence I., March {R. Salvin-Godman Coll. ad. sk. Henderson). {Cory CoU.)
9. Lamporuis veragueusis.
Lampornis veragueusis, Gould, Man. Trock. ii. pi. 7(3 (May 1858) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. Go ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 25!) ; Cab. Sf Heine,
Mils. Uein. iii. p. 18 ; 8cl. Cat. Am. B. p. .'291 ; Muls. Sf Verr.
Class. Troch. p. 24 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 177, ix.
p. 121 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 153, 1870, p. 207 ; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 146, iv. p. 153 ; id. Ann. Sac. Linn. Li/ofi,
xxii. p. 202 ; Elliot, 8yn. Troch. p. 40 ; Eudes-Desl, Ann. Mus.
Caen, i. p. 203. Anthracuthorax y. Sericotes veragaiensis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 ;
id. Troch. Enum. p. 9, pi. 794. f. 4848. Polytmus veraguensis, Grai/, Hand-l, B. i. p. 125,
h2
100 TROCniLT.
Adult male. Similar to that of L. prevost'i, but witli the whole throat glittering green, not black.
Hah. Panama from the Volcau de Chiriqui to Calobre.
a. <S ad. ; b. 5 Volcan do Chiriqui ( Warsze- Gould Coll.
ad. sk. wie£). (Types of the .species.)
c-h. (S ad. ; i. J Calobre, Pauaiiia {A)-c6). Salvin-Godmau Coll.
juv. ; ./, k 2
nd. sk.
10. Lampornis viridis.
Trochilus viridis, Atcd. Sr Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p. 39, pi. 15 ; Vk'ill. N.
Diet. (VHist. N. vii. p. 357 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 551 ; Less. Ilkt.
Nat. Col. p. 50, pi. 11; Ind. Gen. Troch. p. x; Simdev. (Efv. K,
Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1869, p. 600. Lampornis viridis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 71 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 78
(May 1801) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 66 ; E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 169 ;
Mills. 8,- Verr. Class. Troeh. p. 24 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 348 ; id.
Sy7i. Troch. p. 40 ; Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 172 ; Gundl.
J.f. Orn. 1878, p. 180 ; id. An. Soc. Esp. Nat. Hist. vii. p. 222 ;
Cory, B. West Ind. p. 144. AgyrtriaS. Chalybura viridis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10; id. Troch.
Enum. p. 7, pi. 765. ff. 4771-72. Chalybura viridis, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 203 ; id. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 157 ; Eiides-Desl. Ann. Mies. Caen, i.
p. 204. Polytraus viridis. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 125.
Adult male. Upper surface bronzy green ; under surface glitter- ing grass-green ; tail steel-blue, narrowly tipped with white ; bill black. Total length 4 inches, wing 2-5, tail TiS, bill 1*1.
Adidt female. Middle tail-feathers bronze-green, under surface pale grey, lateral rectrices greenish steel-blue tipped with white and with the shafts with the webs adjoining towards the base whitish.
The youny male is dull dark green beneath, the glittering feathers being first shown on the throat.
Hah. West Indies, Puerto Ilico and St. Thomas.
a. (S ad. .sk. Puerto Rico. II. Bryant [P.].
b. 2 ad. sk. Puerto Rico (H. Bryant). Sclate'r Coll.
c. S ad. sk. Puerto Rico (Boureier). Clould Coll.
d. c? ad. sk. Puerto Pico, May(ii. C'.2«yy/&?). Gould Coll.
e. cS ad. sk. Puerto Rico {G. Latimer). Salvin-Gt)dmau Coll.
f. $ ad. sk. Puerto Rico. Smiths. lust. [P.]. .</. ? ad. sk. St. Thomas {A. II. Riise). Sclater Coll.
21. PINAROL^MA. 22. AVOCETTULA. 101
21. PINAROL^EMA.
Type.
Pinarolfiema, Gould, Ann. S,- Mag. N. H. 1880, v. p. 489 . P. buckleyi. Range. Bolivia.
1. Pinarolsema buckleyi.
Pinarolfema buckleyi, Gould, Aim, Si- Maq. N. U. 1880, v. p. 489 ; id. Mon. Troch. SuppL pi. 8 (Aug. 1880).
Adult'? Brown, with a purplish gloss on the back, upper tail-coverts brown ; tail-feathers brown glossed with purple, and with a sub- terminal bar of steel-blue ; under surface brown, apparently tinged with metallic olive-green ; under tail-coverts whitish, washed with brown at the base; bill black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 2-95, tail 1-85, bill 1-2.
Only known from the type, an abraded specimen, from which the plumage of the freshly-moulted bird can only be conjectured, as has been done in Gould's plate. The serrated tomia of both maxilla and mandible show that this bird has no relationship with Oveotrochilus but rather with Lampornis, an alliance borne out by the colour of the tail.
Hah. Bolivia.
a. Ad.? Misqui, Bohvia (5?<cA-%/). Gould Coll.
(Type of species.)
22. AVOCETTULA.
Type.
Avocettula, Reich. A v. Si/st. pi. 39 (1849) A. recurvirostris.
Avocettinus, Bp. C'oiisp. Av. i. p. 75 (1850) {nee Rev.
Zool. 1854) A. recurvirostris.
Streblorhamplius, Cah. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii.
p. 76 (1860) A. recurvii-ostris.
Bcmge. Guiana.
1. Avocettula recurvirostris.
Trochilus recurvirostris, Siv. Zool. III. ii. pi. 105 ; Less. Hist. Nat,
Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxxvi, 129, pi. 37; Suppl. Ois,-MoucJies, p. 98;
Ind. Gen. Troch. p. ix. Mellisuga recurvirostris, Stej)h. in Shmo's Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 248. Ornismya recurvirostris. Less. Suppl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 166, pi .34. Trochilus avocetta, Less. Ind, Gen. Troch. p. ix. Ornismya avocetta. Less. Suppl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 145, pi. 24. Campylopterus recur-\-iro8tris, Sw. Class. B. ii. p. 330. Ilylocharis avocetta, Gray, Gen. B, i. p. 114. Avocettinus recurvirostris, Bp. Consp. Av, i. p. 75. Avocettinus lessoui, Bp, Consp. Av, i. p. 75. Avocettinus carolus, Bp. Rev. Zool, 1854, p. 256. Avocettula recurvirostris, Reich. Aufz. d. Col, p. 6 : id, Troch, Hnum.
p. .3, pi. 679. ff. 4487-9 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 256; Gould, Mon.
Troch. iii. pi. 201 (.May 1856) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 11 4 ; Muh. ^- Verr.
102 TRocniLi.
Class. Troch. p. 52 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Momhes, ii. p. 262 ;
id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 214 ; Elliot, Sijn. Troch. p. 162 ;
Sah. Ibis, 1885, p. 433. Streblorliamplius recurvirostris, Cah. S: Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 76. Hylochaiis recurviro.stris. Gray, Haml-l. B. i. p. 151 .
Achdt male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green, diiller on the crown ; throat and breast glittering green but not very bright ; middle of the abdomen black ; flauks and under tail-coverts washed with green; central rectrices dark bronzy green, lateral coppery purple, beneath fiery coppery red ; bill black. Total length about 3-5 inches, wing 2-25, tail 1-1, bill 0-75.
Adult female. Under surface white, a median line black ; the sides of the neck and tianks shining green ; lateral rectrices blue-black tipped with white.
Yo%mg male. Like the female, but M'ith the bases of the lateral rectrices beneath on the inner webs fiery coppery red, the glittering green of the throat begins to appear in the middle and thence to spread over the white portion on either side.
Hcth. Guiana.
a. 5 ad. sk. Bartica Grove, 13rit. Guiana, Salviu-Godman Coll.
Aug. {H. Whitely).
b, c. c5' ad. ; d. J Guiana. Salvin-Godmau & juv. ; e. 2 ad. Gould Colls,
sk. f. (S ad. St. Purchased.
23. EULAMPIS.
Type.
Eidampis, Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 547 E. jugularis.
Anthracothorax y. Sericotes, Lteich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 (1854) E. holosericeus.
Range. Lesser Antilles, from the Virgin Islands to St. Vincent.
Key to the Species.
a. Wings shining green ; throat rich shining vinous-
red jugtdaris, p. 102.
b. Wings dark purple-black ; throat glittering grass-
green holosericeus, p. 104.
1. Eulampis jugularis.
' Red-breasted Humming-bird, Edio. Glea^iings, ii. pi. 266. fig. 2 ; Lath.
Syn. i. pt. 2, p. 753. Le Grenat, Buff". Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 48; And. ^- Vieill. Ois. Dor.
i. p. 20, pi. 4. Colibri violet, Ltiff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 57. Colibri violet de Cayenne, Bi/f. PL Enl. 600. fig. 2. Colibri a g^rge cariiiin, Buf. Hist. Nut. Ois. vi. p. 5(5. Violet Hummiug-bird, Lath. Syn. i, pt. 2, p. 756. Gamet-throated Humming-bird, Lath. Syn. i. pt. 2, p. 752, pi. 24. Polytmus cayenueusis violaceus, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 083, pi. 35, fig. 3,
23. ETJLAMPrS. 103
Troch'Aufi ]ngn\aris, Li7m. Si/sf. JVat. i. p. 190; Gm. Syst. Nat. i.
p. 489. Trochilus auratus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 487 ; Less. Hist. Nat. Col.
p. 4(5, pi. 10 ; Ltd. Gm. Troch. p. vii. Trochilus bancrofti, LatJ}. hid. Om. i. p. 317 .P Trochilus venustissimus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 490 ? Trochilus cj'anomelas, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 498 ? Trochilus auratus, var. ji, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 487. Trochilus violaceus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 488 ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Htst. ^ N. Tii. p. 358; id. Enc. Meth. p. 552. C'erthia prasiuoptn-a, Sparnn. Mus. Carls, ii. pi. 81. Trochilus gTauatinus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 350. Eulampis jugulari3,-Z?e('c/(. Aufz. d. Cvl. p. 11 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 9,
pi. 796. ff. 4851-52 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 72 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250 ;
Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 82 (Sept. 1857); id. Intr. Troch. p. 67;
Cah. ^ mine, Mm. Hem. iii. p. 17 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 291 ; id.
P. Z. S. 1871, p. 272 ; E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 169 ; Muls. ^- Verr.
Class. Troch. p. 45; Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 352 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 43;
Semper, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 651 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouehes, ii.
p. 131, iv. p. 200 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 210 ; Laicr. Pr.
U.S. Nat. Mus. i. pp. 60, 192, 358, 458 ; Lister, Ibis, 1880, p. 42;
Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 182; Grisdale, Ibis, 1882,
p. 489; Cory, Ibis, 1880, p. 475; id. B. West Indies, p. 145. Polytmus jugularis, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 1.30. Eulampis jugularis exiuiius, Berl. Ibis, 1887, p. 294.
AcluJt mah. Upper surface velvety black, upper and under tail- coverts glittering bluish green ; wings shining green, rather brighter on the coverts than on the quills ; under surface from the chin to the chest rich shining vinous-red, abdomen black ; tail greenish black ; bill black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 3, tail 1-5, bill 1.
Adult female. Precisely like the male except that the bill is longer (1-2) and more arched.
Ilab. West Indies, Windward Islands from Nevis to St. Vincent.
«. d ad. ; b. $ Nevis, West Indies. T. C. Cottle [P.].
ad. sk, c-f. Ad. sk. Nevis. Salvin-Godmau &
Gould Colls. y. 6 ad. sk. St. Kitts, W. I., March (C. S. Salviu-Godman CoU.
Winch). (C. B. Con/ Coll.) h. S ad. sk. Guadeloupe, W. I., Sept. Salvin-Godman Coll.
{F. A. Ober). i. S ad. -J, k. 5 Dominica, W. I. {F. A. Ober). Salvin-Godman &
ad. sk. Sclater Colls.
/. 2 ad. sk. Dominica, Jan. (Ramar/e). West India Expl.
Conim. m-p. (S ad. sk. Landat, Dominica, April West India Expl.
{Ramaye), Comm.
q, r. Ad. sk-. Martinique {E. C. Taylor.) Sclater & Gould
CoUs. s. Ad. .sk. Martinique, Nov. ( W. B. Salvui-Godmau Coll.
Richardson). (C.B. Cory Coll.) t-v. \d. sk. Sta. Lucia, W. I. (Semper). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
104 TEOCHILI.
w. 2 ad. sic. Sta. Lucia, April {Ramage). West India Expl.
Comm. X. Ad. sk. St. Vincent {C. B. Cory). Salvin-GodmanColI.
y. Ad. St. Purchased.
2. Eulampis holosericeus.
Black-bellied green Hunmiing-bird, Hdiu. i. pi. 36. Avis auricoma niexicana, Scba, Thes. i. pi. 99. fig. 4. Colibri vert et noir, Birff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 2'd. Pohtmus mexicanus, Bn'ss. Orn. iii. p. 676, pi. 35. fig. 2. TrocLilus holosericeus, Linn. Si/sf. Niit. i. p. 191 ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i.
p. 491 ; Lath. Lid. Orn. i. p. 305 ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii.
p. 357 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 551 ; Less. Hist. Nat. Col. p. 76, pi. 20 ;
id. Lnd. Gen. Troch. p. xi. Black-bellied Humming-bird, Lath. Syn. i. pt. 2, p. 754. Le Vert et Noir, Aud. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p. 22, pi. 6. Eulampis holosericeus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 72 ; id. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 250;
Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 83 (Sept. 1867) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 68 ;
Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 291 ; id. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 272, 1874, p. 175;
E. C. Taylor, Lbis, 1864, p. 170 ; Muls. S, Verr. Class. Troch. p. 45 ;
Elliot, Lbis, 1872, p. 35 ; id.Sijn. Troch. p. 42; Semim; P. Z. S. 1872,
p. 651 ; Salv. Ibis, 1873, p. 334 ; id. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 363; Mtds.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 134, iv. p. 200; id. Ann. Soc. Linn.
Lyon, xxii. p. 211 ; Laior. Br. IT. S. Nat. Mus. i. pp. 60, 192, 234,
240, 272, 358, 4.58; Lister, Ibis, 1880, p. 42; Grisdale, Ibis,
1882, p. 489 ; Cory, Bns, 1886, p. 472 ; id.B. West Indies, p. 146. Anthracothorax y. Seicotes holosericeus, Beich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 ;
id. Troch. Ennm. p. 9, pi. 794. fig. 4847. Anthracothorax y. Seicotes chlorolfemus, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11. Eulampis chlorolsemus, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250 (ex Gould, 318.) ;
Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 84 (Sept. 1857) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 68 ;
A. Sf E. Newlo7i, Ibis, 1859, p, 138 ; Scl. Cat. Am.B. p. 291. Lampornis holosericeus, Cab. <$- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 17 ; Gundl.
/./. Orw. 1878, p. 181. Lampornis chlorolsemus, Cah. Sj- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii, p. 17. Eulampis longirostris, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 69. Polytmns holosericeus et chlorolaemus, G7-ay, Hand-l. B. i. p. 130. Sericotes holosericeus, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caeii, i. p. 185. Sericotes longirostris, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 186.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining golden green, upper and under tail-coverts glittering greenish blue ; wings purple-black ; tail dark steel-blue ; under surface from the chin to the chest glit- tering grass-green, chest glittering blue ; abdomen black, glossed especially on the flanks with green ; bill black. Total length about 4'5 inches, wing 2-3, tail 1*4, bill 1.
Adult female. Precisely like the male.
Eulampis Morolcemus of Gould was founded upon Nevis specimens, which are described as " having a deeper and less luminous green throat, and the blue patch on the breast dilated into a band of blue extending across the chest." With the series before me I do not see how the species is susceptible of any definite division. The types of E. longirostris, which arc also before me, are in a bad state, and do not justify the supposition that they belong to a distinct species. The bill is rather longer than usual, but as the
24. PETASOPHORA. 105
bill of the female of E. jugularis is longer tlian that of the male, the variation in these specimens may be duo to their being females. But this view is hardly borne out by dissected specimens. Hah. West Indies, from St. Thomas to Barbadoes.
a. Ad. sk. St. Thomas, Dec. (0. Salvin). Salvin-Godmau Coll.
b-g. Ad. sk. St. Thomas {A, H. Riise). Salvin-Godman,
Gould, & Sclater Colls. A. Ad. sk. St. Thomas (^. If. -Ruse). A. Newton,Esq. [P.].
i. cJad.sk. Castle Burke, St. Croix, June A. Newton,Esq. [P.].
(A. N.). j. Ad. sk. St. Croix, Jau. {C. S. Winch). Salvin-Godman Coll.
{C. B. Cory Coll.) k. c? ad sk. St. Croix, Jidy (0. »S'rt7ym). Salvin-Godmau Coll.
/, m. (S ad. sk. Virgin Gorda, Nov. (C. S. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Wmch). {C. B. Cory Coll.) II, o. Ad. sk. St. Kitts, March, Dec. (Ann- Salvin-Godman Coll.
sfrony). (C. B. Cory Coll.) p-u. Ad. sk. Xevis. Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. V. S ad. ; w. $ Guadeloupe, Feb., Sept. Salvin-Godman iV*
ad. sk. {F. A. Ober). Sclater Colls,
.r. Ad. sk. Dominica {E. C. Taylor). Sclater CoU.
y. J ad. ; z. $ Dominica, April {Ramage). West India Expl.
ad. sk. Comm.
a'. Ad. sk. Martinique. Sclater CoU.
i'. Ad. sk. Martinique, Nov. {W. B. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Richardson). (C. B. Cory Coll.) c , d'. Ad. sk. Sta. Lucia (Semper). Salvin-Godman &
Sclater Colls. e'. (S ad. sk. Sta. Lucia, April (Ramage). West India Expl.
Comm. /'. Ad. sk. Barbadoes (.Br (V/^.s). Sclater CoU.
g'. Ad. sk. Barbadoes. Gould Coll.
/*'. Ad. sk. Gould Coll.
(Type of R. longirosfris, Gould.) i'-n'. Ad. sk. [Nevis.] ~ Gould Coll.
o'. Ad. St. Nevis. ' W. Cottle [P.].
(Type of R, chlorolcsmus, Gould.) y. Ad. st. Purchased.
q, r' . Skeletons. . Purchased.
24. PETASOPHORA.
Type.
Colibri, Spi.r, Av. Bras. i. p. 80 (1824) P. serrirostris.
Petasophora, G. R. Gray, List Gen. B. p. 13 (1840). , P. serrirostris.
Trocbilus (Cceligena), Tsch. Faun. Per. p. 39 (1844). . P. iolata.
Trochilus (Lophtrnis), Tsch. Faun. Rer. p. 39 P. serrirostris.
Petasophora y. Praxilia, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13
(1854) P. iolata.
Petasophora /3. Telesiella, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13
(1854) P. delphina;.
TelesiUa, Cah. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 27 (18G0) . . P. delphina;.
Range. Southern Mexico, Central America, and South America generally to Bolivia and South Brazil.
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Key to the Species.
a. General plumage shiuiug green.
«'. Under tail-coverts white; ear-plumes glittering
purple serrirostris, p. lOG.
//. Under tail-coverts dusky, -washed -with green ; ear-plumes glittering blue. a". Cliin glittering- hlue.
o'". Middle of the throat glittering green.
«'. Forehead dull green. . . , iolata, p. 107.
h\ Forehead blue (/enncma, p. 108.
//". Middle of the throat glittering reddish
bronze corusccms, p. 101).
b". Chin glittering green like the throat.
c'". Abdomen blue tMlassina, p. 109.
(T". Abdomen green , cyanotis, p. 110.
b. General plumage bro-wn delphince, p. 111.
1. Petasophora serrirostris.
Trochilus serrirostris, Vieill. N. Diet. (TTIist. N. vii. p. 359 ; ul Enc.
Meth. p. .561 ; Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouc/ies, Siqy))!. p. 9G. Trochilus petasophora, Wied, Eeise, ii. p. 191 ; Beitr. iv. p. 76 ;
Temm. Fl. Col. 20.3. fig. 3; Less. Lnd. Gen. Troch. p. viii. Colibri crispus, Sjnx, Av. Bras. i. 80, pi. 81. Grypus vieilloti, Steph. in Shaids Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 256. Ornismya petasophora, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxxviii,
37, pi. i. Trochilus (Lophornis) petasophorus. Tsch. Fauna Per. p. 245. Petasophora serrirostris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1 847, p. 8 ; id. 3Ion. Troch. iv.
pi. 223 (May 1853) ; id. Lntr. Troch. p. 124 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 69 ; id.
Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 250 ; Beich. Avfz. d. Col. p. 13 : Cab. ^- Heine,
Mas. Hcin. iii. p. 25 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 306 ; Muls. ^- Verr. Class.
Troch. p. 48; Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 28; Beinh. Vidensk. Medd.Nat.
For. Kjob. 1870, p. 105 ; Mtiot, Lbis, 1876, p. 406, 1877, p. 137 ;
id. 8yn. H. Birds, p. 52 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 153,
iv. p. 202 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 211 ; Scl. Sf Salv.
P. Z. S. 1879, p. 029 ; Salv. Cat. StricJd. Coll. p. 366 ; Eudes-Desl.
Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 366 ; Scl. Sf Huds. Arg. Orn. ii. p. 3 ; Allen,
Bull. Am. Mus. N. H. ii. p. 258. Petasophora gouldi, Bp. Cdnsp. i. p. 69. Petasophora chalcotis, Licht. MS., Beich. Attfa. d. Col. p. 13. Petasophora crispa, Burm. Syst. XJeb. ii. p. 335 ; id. J. f. Orn. 18G0,
p. 244 ; id. La-Plata Beise, ii. p. 447. Polytmus serrirostris, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 127.
Aditlt male. Upper surface pale grass-green ; under surface shining green, the throat glittering,- each feather -with a dark centre and a shining edge ; ear-plumes glittering purple ; under tail-coverts Avhite ; central rcctriccs bluish green, lateral the same with a wide submarginal band ; bill black. Total length about 5 inches, -wing 2"8; tail, central rcctriccs I'G, lateral 1-7 ; bill 0'9.
Female. Similar to the male ; the outermost pair of rectrices whitish towards the end of the outer web.
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Yo\mg birds have the feathers widely margined with buff ; the sides of the throat whitish. The plumage of the adult first appears on the throat and ear-plumes.
Ilab. Eastern, Central, and Southern Brazil ; Bolivia.
a. 5 ad. sk. Bahia, Brazil. Gould Coll.
b. $ ad. sk. Brazil {Rogers). Gould Coll.
c-f). c? ad. ; /(. cJ Brazil (Rio make). Salviu-Godmau &
juv. sk. Gould Colls.
i. S ad. sk. Goyaz, Brazil, Aug. {JShd- Salvin-Godman Coll.
terer). /, k. J juv. ; I. Brazil. Gould Coll.
2 ad. sk. m-q. cj"ad.; r-v. Chapada, Matto Grosso, May Salviu-Godmau Coll.
$ ad. sk. to Sept. {H. H. Smith),
w. S ad.; .V. J Coroico, BoUvia {D. Fork's). Gould Coll.
ad. sk. y. Ad. St. Purchased.
2. Petasophora iolata.
Rhamphodon anais, Less. Hist. Nat. Truck, p. 146, pi. 55 (nee Ornis- mya anais, Less. Hist. Nat. Ots.-3Iouehes, Suppl. p. 104, pi. 3).
Petasophora anais, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 8 ; id. 3Ion. J'rock. iv. pi. 224 (May 1853) ; id. Ltdr. Troch. p. 124 ; L'j). liev. Zool. 1854, p. 250 ; Cab. Si- Heine, Mas. Hein. iii. p. 26; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 306 ; Mids. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 49 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 237 ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 782, 1879, pp. 529', 629 ; Wtjatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 378 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 541, 1879, p. 237, 1880, p. 204 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 144, iv. p. 201 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 211 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 50 ; id. Ibis, 1876, p. 403 ; Salv. S,- Godm. Ibis, 1880, p. 173 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. 3Ius. Caen, i. p. 257 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 367 ; Berl. Sr Tacz. P. Z. sS. 1884, p. 303, 1885, p. 104.
Petasophora iolata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 9 ; id. Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 225 (May 1853) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 124 ; id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 459, 1859, p. 145, 1860, pp. 81, 94; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 306 ; Cab. Sf- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 20 ; Muls. 4- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 48 ; Scl. S,- Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 988, 1868, p. 569 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 541 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 259 ; Berl. J. f. Orn. 1887, p. 318.
Colibri jolata, Bp. Consp. i. p. 69.
Colibri anais, Bj). Consp. i. p. 69.
Petasophora y. Praxilla iolata, Reich. Aufz. d. Co,, p. 13
Petasophora y. Praxilla anais, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13
Polytmus anais and iolata, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 127
Adidt male. Upper surface shining grass-green ; under surface glittering green, feathers of the throat with dark centres and glit- tering borders ; chin, cheeks, and elongated ear-plumes and middle of the abdomen rich shining blue ; under tail-coverts pale green, edged with dusky white ; central rectrices shining olive-green, lateral steel-blue, all with a subterminal dark baud ; bill black. Total length 5-4: inches, wing 3-2 ; tail, middle rectrices 1-75, lateral 2-15 : bill 1-2.
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Achdt female. Similar to the male.
YouiKj birds have the feathers both above and below conspicuously edged with fulvous ; the blue auricular plumes and the blue throat are assumed at a very early age, the glittering green feathers at a later period.
The original description of Ornismi/a anais, I^ess., seems to have been bestowed upon the Mexican P. iJialassina, with which the South- American P. iolnta was afterwards confused by Lesson, The latter has usually been called P. anais, but as this seems inad- missible the name P. anais had best be dropped altogether in favour of P. iolata.
Hah. Andes of South America from Venezuela to Bolivia.
a. Ad. sli. h, c. .Tuv. sk. d, e. c? fid. sk.
/. Ad. sk.
(J. Ad. sk.
h-n. S ad. ; o-q.
Juv. sk. r. Ad. ; s. Juv. sk, t, u. Ad. sk.
V, w. Ad. ; .r.
Juv. sk. y,z. c? ad.; a',b'.
2 ad. sk. c', d'. Ad. sk.
e'. <S ad. sk.
/'. Ad. sk. ff'-i'. Ad. sk. _/'. Ad. sk. 'k', I'. Ad. St.
Merida, Venezuela (Goevinp). Valley of Aragua, Venezuela. San Sebastian, Sierra Nevada
de Sta. Marta, Colombia,
June, July (F. Simons). Sierra Nevada de Sta Marta,
July (-F. Simons). Jledeilin, Colombia (T. K.
Sahnoti). Colombia (Bogota make),
Banos, Ecuador [Bticldey). lutac, Ecuador (BucJdei/).
Ecuador.
Quito, Ecuador.
Ecuador (Frasei-).
Tinta, Peru, June (H.
Whitely). Tilotilo, Bolivia {Burldey). Yungas, Bolivia {Bucldey). Bolivia (i*. Forbes).
Salvin-Godman Coll. E. Dyson [C.]. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll.
Gould & Sclater
Colls. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll. Sclater Coll. Pm-chased.
3. Petasophora germana.
Petasophora anais, Cab. in Schomh. Heise Guiana, iii. p. 707 ? Petasophora germana, Salv. Sr Godm. Ibis, 1884, p. 451 ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 434; S/iarpe in Gould's Suppl. Troch. pi. 11 (Mar. 1887).
Adult male. Similar to that of P. iolata, but with the throat of a darker bluer tint, the forehead also is blue.
Adidt female. Similar to the male.
Hah. Guiana, Eoraima Mts., at an altitude of about 5000 to GOOO feet.
J. arl. ,sk.
b. $ ad.
Poraima, Brit. Guiana, Aug. (^H. Whitely).
Salvin-Godman Coll (Types of species.).
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4. Petasophora coruscans.
Trocliilus (Peta?oplioi-a) coruscans, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 44. Petasophora coruscans, Gould, P. Z. 8. 1847, p. 9 ; id. Man. Troch. iv.
pi. 226 (May 1853) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 125; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 251 ; Mids. ^ Vcrr. Class. Troch. p. 49 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 405 ;
id. Syn. Troch. p. 51 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mm. Caen, i. p. 261 ;
Berl. J. f. Orn. 1887, p. 318. Petasophora y. Praxilla coruscans, Reich, Aufa. d. Col. p. 13. CoKbri coruscans, Bp. Consp. i. p. 69.
Adult male. Similar to that of P. iolata, but with the middle of the throat glittering reddish bronze, the middle of the abdomen rich dark blue, the under tail-coverts pale greenish widely bordered with rufous.
An obscure species if really distinct from P. iolata. Mr. Elliot possessed a second specimen precisely like the type, which he found in a large trade collection sent from Bogota. He also obtained another specimen of Petasophora with a fiery patch ou the throat, but differing from P. coruscans. He described it as P. ruhrigularis as follows : —
" Upper and under surface shining grass-green, with a faint tinge of blue in the centre of the abdomen. Line under the eye and ear- coverts deep blue ; chin greenish blue ; throat metallic pink. Under tail-coverts bright buff. Wings purplish brown. Tail light bronze- green, with a subterminal blackish-brown bar. Bill and feet black. Total length 4^ in. ; wing 2| in. ; tail 2 in. ; culmen | in."
Hab. Unknown ; supposed to be Colombia.
a. cJ ad. P ? GoiUd Coll.
(Type of species.)
5. Petasophora thalassina.
Trochilus thalassinus, Siv. Phil. Mar;, new ser. i. p. 441.
Ornismya anais, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, Suppl. p. 104, pi. 3
(orig. descr. of 0. anais) ; Ind. Gen. Troch. p. ix (partim). Ehamphodon anais, Less. Hist. Nat. Troch. p. 148, pi. 56. Petasophora thalassina, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 8; Mon. Troch. iv.
pi. 227 (May 1853) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 125 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 250 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 297, 1859, pp. 367, 386 ; id. Cat. Am.
B. p. 306 ; id. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 177 ; Scl. ^ Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 127 ;
Sail'. Ibk, 1859, p. 468, 1860, pp. 195, 260, 263 ; Mids. ^ Verr. Class.
Troch. p. 48 ; Cab. 8,- Heine, Mas. Ilein. iii. p. 27 ; Laivr. Pr. Post.
Soc. N. H. xiv. p. 284 ; id. Mem. Post. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 292 ; Muls.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 148, iv. p. 102 ; id. Ann. Soc. Lin)/.
Lyon, xxii. p. 211 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 404; id. Syn. 'Troch. p. 51;
Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 157. Colibri thalassina, Bp. Consp. i. p. 69.
Petasophora y. Praxilla thalassina, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13. Polytmus thalassinus, Gray, Hand-l. B, i. p. 127.
Adult male. Upper and under surface dark shining grass-groen ; throat glittering green, the centre of each feather darker ; middle of the abdomen rich blue ; under tail-coverts greenish with buff
110 TROCniLI.
luuryius ; a liuu uuJl;!- the eye iVuiu llic base of llie liill and the ear- plunios rich glittering- hlne ; central rcetrices hluish green, the Ititcral light steel-blvie, all with a dark suhterminal band; bill black. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 2*7, tail 1-7, bill 1.
Adult fenude. k^imilar to the male.
The ifoung has dull green feathers, widely edged with buff on the upper and grey on the under surface ; the bright feathers of the adult appear first on the throat and ear-plumes.
Hah. Highlands of Southern Mexico and Guatemala.
a. Ad. sk. Mexico (F/ored). Gould Coll.
J. Ad.'sk. Mexico {Boucard). Gould Coll.
c, d. Ad. ; e, f. Mexico. Gould Coll.
Juv. sk. //. Ad. sk. Valley of Mexico. Salvia-Godman Coll.
/(-/. J ad.; k-m. Ajusco, Valley of Mexico, Sept. 8alvin-Godmau Coll.
" $ ad. sk. ■( IV. B. Richardson).
71. cJ juv. sk. Hacienda Eslava,Vali. of Mexico, Salviu-CTodmau Coll.
Feb. (jF. Fcrran'-Perez). 0. cJ iid. sk. Tetelco, Vail, of Mexico, Aug. Sidviu-Godman Coll.
(F. Ferrari-Perez). p. (5 juv. sk. Heal del Monte, Mexico, Oct. Salvin-Godmau Coll.
{W.B.R.). (J. (S ad. sk. Montana de Orizaba, Mexico, Salvin-Godman Coll.
May {F. Ferrari-Ferez). r. (S ad. sk. Totoutepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Feb. {M. TrujiUo). s. Ad. sk. Oaxaca (Fenochio). Salvin-Godman Coll.
t. Juv. sk. Jalapa, Mexico (M. Trujillo). Salvin-Godman Coll.
u. Ad. sk. Quezalteuango, Guatemala, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Aug. (0. ,S'). v-y. c? ad. ; s, San Martin, Quezaltenango, Oct. Salvin-Godman Coll.
a'. 2 ^^- ^^' (^^- ■^'- Bichardson).
b'. cjad.sk. Cuipache, Quezalteuango, Sept. Salvin-Godman Coll.
( W. B. R.). c . S lid. sk. Mts. of Chilasco, Guatemala, Salvin-Godman CoU.
Jan. {O.S.S)F.D. G.). f/'. (Jad.; c'. 5 ad. Unenas, Guatemala, Oct. (0. ^S. Salvin-Godman Coll.
sk. _.y F. D. G.).
f'-i'. S ^d. sk. Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala, Salvin-Godman &
July, Sept., Nov. (O. S. Sf Sclater Colls.
F. D. G.).
G. Petasophora cyanotis.
Ornismya anais, Less. Hist. Nat. Truck, p. 151, pi. 57.
Trochilus cyanotus, Bourc. ^- Muls. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon,
vi. p. 41 (184.3) ; iid. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 101. Petasophora cyanotus, Goidd, P. Z. S, 1847, p. 8 ; id. Man. Troc/i.
iv. pi. 228 (May 1853). Colibri cyanotis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 09.
Petasophora y. Pra.xilla cyanotus, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13. Petasophora cyanotis, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251 ; Cab. 8r Heine,
Mtis. Hein. iii. p. 26 ; Scl P. Z. 8. 1850, p. 145 ; id. Cat. Am. B.
],. 300; Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 125 ; id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803 ; Cab.
J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 162; Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 49 ; Scl. i^-
24. PETASOPHORA.
Ill
Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. l&J, 1870, p. 762, 1879, pp. 5.30, &2'J ; Frantz.
J. f. Orn. 1860, p. 316; Salv. F. Z. S. 1870, p. 210; Wyatt, Ibis,
1871, p. 377 ; Whitely, F. Z. S. 1873, p. 784; 3fuls. Hist. Nat.
Ok.-Mouches, ii. p. 150, pi. 41, iv. p. 202 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lt/on,
xxii. p. 211; FUiof, Ibis, 1876, p. 404 ; id Syn. II. Birds, p.'ol ;
Boucard, F. Z. S. 1878, p. 69 ; Tacz. F. Z. S. 1879, p. 251 ; id. Orn.
Fer. i. p. 369 ; Scdv. ^- Godm. Ibis, 1880, p. 173 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann.
Mus, Caen, i. p. 264 ; NiMiny, Pr. U. S. Xat. JIus. v. p. 500 ;
Ferl. ^- Tacz. F. Z. S. 1884, p. 303 ; Ferl. J. f. Orn. 1887, p. 318. Petasopliora cabanidis, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 182. Petasophora cabauisi, Lawr. Ann. Lye. X. Y. ix. p. 126. Polytmus cyauotus. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 127.
Adult male. Very like that of P. tJudassina, but with the whole of the abdomen shiniug green, and not blue in the middle as in the allied species.
Central American specimens (P. cabanidis, Heine) are a little darker on the abdomen, and the bright feathers of the throat ajipear to extend further over the chest than in South-American examples.
Hah. Mountains of Costa Pdca and Panama, and the Andes of South America from Venezuela and Colombia to Bolivia.
Salvin-Godmau Coll. Salvin-Goduiau Coll.
rt. c? ad. sk. b, c. d" ad. ; d. $
ad. sk. e. $ ad. sk. /,^. cJad.; A. $
ad. sk. i. Ad. sk. k-m. S ad. sk.
n. S ad. sk. o,p. cJad,; q. $
ad. sk. r. (S ad. sk.
*'. J ad. sk.
t-y. (5 ad.; z, a .
2 ad. sk. b'. S ad. sk. c'. c? ad. sk. d', e'. 2 ad. sk. f,g'. cJad.; h',i'.
2 ad. sk. /. S ad. sk.
k'. 2 ad. sk.
^'.(5 ad.; nv. 2 ad. sk.
Orosi, Costa Rica {Kramer). Ii-azu, Costa Rica {Rogers).
Costa Rica [Carimol). Costa Rica {Endres).
Costa Rica.
Volcan de Chii-iqui {Arce).
Chitra, Panama (Arce). Calovevora, Panama {Arce).
Miaca, Sierra Nevada de Sta.
Marta, Colombia, Jan. 25
(F. Siinons). Sau Sebastian, Sierra de Sta.
Marta, July 25 (P. Simons). Colombia (Bogota make).
Merida, Venezuela (Goering).
Venezuela.
Valley of Aragua, Venezuela.
Bafios, Ecuador (Buckley).
HuasampUla, Peru, April {H.
Whitely). Tilotilo, Yungas, Bolivia
(Buckley). Yungas, Bolivia (Buckley).
Salvin-Godmau Coll. Gould Coll.
Gould Coll. Salvin-Godmau &
Sclater Colls. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godmau Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman CoU.
Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Salviu-Godman CoU. Gould Coll. Dvson [C.]. Gould CoU.
Salvin-Godman CoU.
Salvin-Godman CoU.
Gould CoU.
7. Petasophora delphinae.
Ornismya delphinae, Less. Rev. Zool. 183 J, p. 41 ; id. 111. Zool. pi. 64. Petasophora d'.'lphinaj, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 9 ; ii. Mon. Troch. iv.
112
pi. 229 (May 1853) ; id. Intv. Troch.^. 1 25 ; id. P. Z. S. 1 870, p. 803 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 30G ; <S'ff/!y. Ihis, 18li0, pp. 194, 195, 201, 27G ; id. P. Z. S. 1870, ]k 210 ; id. Ibis, 1872, p. 320, 1885, p. 474 ; Muls. ^- Ten: Class. Troch. p. 49 : Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 837 : Whitely, P. Z. S. 1873, ]). 784 ; Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Moiiches, ii. p. 157, iv. p. 202 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 211 ; Blliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 400 ; id. Sipi. Troch. p. 52 ; Eudes-Dcsl. Ann. Mas. Caen, i. p. 208; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 37 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 371 ; Berl. J. f. O. 1884, p. 309, 1887, p. 318.
Colibri delpliiuse, Bj>. Consji. i. p. 69.
Petasopbora (3. Telesilla delpliinfe, BeicJi. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13.
Telesilla delphinoe, Cab. S)- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 27.
I'olytnius delpbiuaj, Lcot. Ois. Trin. p. 134 (1860).
Polytmus delphiufe, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 127.
Adnlt male. Upper surface brown, upper tail-coverts widely mar- gined with rufous ; lores pale buff ; a stripe below the eye and ear- plumes rich blue ; under surface dusky brown, paler on the throat, in the middle of which is an elongated patch of green feathers, followed by a few blue ones towards the chest ; under tail-coverts dusky, widely margined with rufous ; tail greenish brown at the base, purple-brown towards the tip ; bill black. Total length 4-5 inches, wing 26, tail 1-5, bill 0-8.
Adult female. Similar to the male.
The upper surface of the young is thickly bordered with rufous, and the adult characters on the throat and ears are assumed at an early age.
Hab. Guatemala southwards to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru ; also Venezuela, Trinidad, and Guiana.
Salvin-CTodmau, Sclater, & Gould Colls.
Gould Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godmau Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
a-c. Jad. ; d-f. $ ad. sk.
(/. Juv. sk. /(-;. c? ad. sk. k.' cS ad. sk. I. 5 ad. sk. m. <S ad. ; n. $ ad. sk.
0-)'. Ad. ; .s'. Juv.
sk. t, u. Ad. sk. t;. Ad. sk. w, .V. Ad. sk. y. Ad. sk. s. Ad. sk. a'. Ad. sk. b', c. Ad. sk.
d',e'. c?ad.; /'.
5 ad. sk. y'. 2 ad. sk.
Coban, Guatemala, Nov. (0. S.)
Guatemala (Skinner). Chontales, Nicaragua (7'. Belt). Costa Kica (Carmiol). Calovevora, Panama {Arce). Minca, Sierra Nevada de Sta.
Marta, Colombia. Jan. & Feb.
{F. Si7nons). Colombia (Bogota make).
Quito, Ecuador {Jameson).
Sarayacu, Ecuador {BticJdey).
Ecuador.
Peru ( Warszewiez).
Caracas, Venezuela.
Venezuela (Spence).
(Trinidad make.)
Merumg Mts., Brit. Guiana, June & July (H Wliitely).
lioraima, Brit. Guiana, June (//. W.).
Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll. Gould Coll. E. Dyson [C.]. Sclater Coll. Salvin-Godman &
Gould CoUs. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
25. CHRYSOLAMPIS. H-3
•2b. CHRYSOLAMPIS.
lype. Clirysolampis, Boic, Ms, 1831, p. 546 C. nioscbitus.
Baiu/e. South America from Colombia to Bahia, Trinidad and Guiana.
1. Chrysolampis moscMtus *.
Eubj-'Crested Humming Bird, i:dw. Glean, p. 314 ; Laf/i. Syu. i. 2,
p.'780. Rubis-topaze, Buff. Nat. Hist. Ois. vi. p. 19.
Oiseau Mouche a gorge topaze duBresil, D'Aub. PI. Enl. 227. fio-. i.^ Oiseau Mouche a gorge topaze du Cayenne, Z)"^i(A PL Enl. 640. fif. 1. Mellisiiga americana gutture topazino, Briss. Oni. in. p. 697. MeUisuga brasiliensis gutture topaziuo, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 699. Mellisuga ca3'ennensis, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 709, pi. 36. fio-. 4. Trocliilus mojcHtus, Linn. Si/st. JSat. i. p. 192 ; Gm. Si/st. Nat. i.
p. 494 ; Vieill. N. Diet, d'llist. N. vii. p. 373 ; id. Enc. Meth.
p. 570 ; Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxxd ; id. Wied, Beitr. iv.
p. 56 ; 8w. B. Braz. pi. 30 ; Cab. in. Schomb. Guiana, iii. p. 70-5 ;
Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 147. Trocbilus pegasus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 192 ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 495. Trocbilus elatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 193 ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 499. Grey-bellied Htimming Bird, Lath. Syn. i. 2, p. 7^8. Ruby-necked Humming Bird, Lath. Syn. i. 2, p. 779. Trocbilus carbimculus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 498. Trocliilus guianensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 498; Vieill. N. Diet.
d'Hist. N. vii. p. 375 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 572. L'Escarboncle, Aud. Ois. Dor, i. p. 122, pi. 54. Le Rubis-topaze, Aud. Ois. Dor, i. p. 74, pis. 29, 30. Le Rubis-topaze femeUe, Aud. Ois. Dor. i. p. 124, pis. 55, 56. Trocbilus bypophfeus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. y'm. p. 333 ? Mellisuga moscbita, <S'<e/;/i. m Shaw's Gen. Zool. sXy. p. 253: Gray
Gen. B. i. p. 113; Leotaud, Ois. Trin. p. 145 (1866). Ornismya moscbita, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-3Iouches, pp. xxviii, 166,
pis. 52, 53, 54.
iv. pi. 204 (Sept. 1856) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 115 ; Burm. Syst. Ueh. ii. p. 322 ; Cab. S,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 21 ; Cass. Pr. Ac Phil. 1860, p. 194 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 303 ; E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 1863, p. 92 ; Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 179 ; Pelz. Orn. Bra». p. 32 ; Scl. 8f Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 629, 1870, p. 782 ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 562 ; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 378 ; Peitih. Vidensk. Medd. Nat. For. KJoh. 1870, p. 104 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-3Iouches, ii. p. 55, iv. p. 210 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 214 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 176 ; Forbes, Ibis, 1881, p. 348 ; Salv. Cat. Strickt. Coll. p. 365 ; id. Ibis, 1885, p. 434 ; Berl. J. f, Orn. 1884, p. 310, 1887, p. 319.
Cbi'ysolampis mosquita, 3£uls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch, p. 57.
Chrysolampis reichenbachi. Cab, ^- Heine, Mus, Hein. iii. p. 21.
* I do not know the bird referred to as : —
Chrysolampis gigliolii, Oust. Le Naiuralistc, 1SS5, p. 3 ; Berl, J. f, Orn, 1887, p. 7.
VOL. XVI. I
114 Tuocinu.
Adult male. Upper surface rich dark brown, darker on the anterior part of the hack ; crowu, nape, and hack of the neck glittering ruhj'-red ; throat and hreast glittering topaz-orange ; ahdomcn dusk}' hrown : under tail-coverts and tail chestnut-red, the latter tipped with black ; bill black. Total length about 3'5 inches, wing 2-25, tail 1-3, bill 0*75.
Adult female. Upper surface dull green, tinted with bronze on the back of the neck ; sides of the head and under surface dusky white, darker ou the breast ; under tail-coverts nearly white ; tail purple-black, the central rectrices bronzy green, the lateral tipped with white.
Young male like the female, the glittering feathers of the adult first appearing in the middle of the throat and afterwards on the crown.
Hah. Tropical America from Eahia to Guiana, the Amazon Valley, Trinidad, and Colombia.
a-c. (S ad. ; d-ff. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman &
d juv. ; /*. $ Gould Colls.
ad. sk.
i, (S ad. ; j. S Venezuela. Sclater Coll.
juv. sk.
k. Jut. sk. Venezuela. E. Dyson [C.].
/;Wi. cJjuv. ; n. (Trinidad make.) Gould Coll.
2 ad. sk.
0. cJad.sk. Georgetown, Uemerara. Salviu-Godman Coll.
2), J ad.; q. S juv.; (Cayeime make.) Salvin-Godman,
r. 2 ad. sk. Sclater, & Gould
Colls,
s, t. S juv. ; w- Para. R. Graham [P.].
5 juv. sk.
v,iv. d" ad. sk. Peruambuco (W. A. Forbes). Salvin-Godman Coll.
x-z. (S ad. ; a. Bahia, Brazil. Gould Coll.
2 juv. sk.
V,c'. $ ad.sk. li&Wa. {Wucherer). Salviu-Godman Coll.
Section B. TROCHILI INTERiMEDII.
Sheath of the maxilla indistinctly and feebly serrate near the end of the tomia. (For Sec. A, see p. 29 ; Sec. C, p. 255.)
Key to the Genera.
a. Culmeu closely feathered at the base ; nasal covers completely hidden. a!. Size large; wings shining steel-blue .. 26. Pterophanes, p. 117. b' . Size moderate or small ; wings normal, not shining, greenish-purple or brown- ish-black. a". Bill long, nearly straight ; tail mo- derately forked. a" . Sexes dissimilar.
«'. Rectrices narrow ; crown glitter- ing pale green ; throat glittering
TROCHILI INTERMEDII. 115
I'lib^'-red ; tlie lateral feathers
elongated.
«'. Rectrices narrower ; tail more
deeply forked ; under surface
glittering bluej bill slightly
curved 27. Heliomasteb, p. 119.
b\ Rectrices wider ; tail less forked ; under surface dark shining green, with a median
white line 28. Lepidolarynx,
h\ Rectrices much wider; bill [p. 120.
slightly upturned ; a small
glittering gular patch.
c\ Lower back, abdomen, and
tail cinnamon ; tail more
forked; crown very bright,
glittering green, red and blue. 21). Diphlog^na, p. 121. d^. Lower back and abdomen glittering, of varied hues ; tail shiny and less forked ; crown black, a glittering- frontal patch 30. IIelianthea, p. 123.
b'" . Sexes similar.
c*. Tail short ; a transverse pectoral band, white or cinnamon, e'. Lateral rectrices white at the
base ; no gular spot 31. Bourcieria, p. 128.
f\ Rectrices wholly dark, with- out white bases; a purple
gular spot 32, Eudosia, p. 132.
d*. Tail longer, more forked, and of uniform colour ; throat plain, or with a white patch on either
side of the neck 33. Lajipropygia, p. 1.32.
b''. Bill short, nearly straight, or slightly decurved. c'". Tail very long, and deeply and regularly forked, e'. Rectrices wide. ^'. Bill short and straight.
«". Rectrices very briUiaut glit- tering blue or gTeen 34. Cyanolesbia, p. 136.
h'\ Rectrices very wide, deep
vinous-crimson 35. Zodalia, p. 111.
/«'. Bill longer, slightly decurved. c^. Rectrices glittering golden
red, with black tips 36. Sappho, p. 142.
d^. Rectrices dark steel-blue . . 37. Neolesbia, p. 145.
/^ Rectrices narrow 38. Le.sbia, p. 146.
d'". Tail short, rounded, or slightly forked. f/'-. Rectrices wide, of bright shining metallic hues ; crown not glit- tering 39. IVIetallura, p. 150.
A'. Rectrices narrower, not espe- cially bright ; crown glittering
ruby-red 40. Eustephanus, p. 156.
i2
11(3
Culmen feathered to the base, but the
nasal covers slightly exposed ; bill nearly
straight.
c'. Tail rounded or forked, but none of the
rectrices tipped with white.
c". Tailrouuded; crown glittering blue ;
under surface glittering, but no pale
pectoral band; sexes similar 41, Pantbrpe, p. 158.
'/". Tail deeply or slightly forked ; a small glittermg fi'outal spot ; sexes dissimilar. e'". Tail slightly forked ; a wide pale
pectoral band 42. IIeliangelus, p. 159.
/"'". Tail deeply forked ; uo pectoral
band 43. IIelioteypha, p. 104.
d'. Tail even or more or less rounded ;
central or lateral rectrices tipped with
white.
e". Tail even, median and submediau
rectrices conspicuously tipped with
white : sexes dissimilar 44. Urosticte, p. 167.
/". Tail rounded, lateral rectrices tipped with white ; throat more or less spotted ; a long postocular stripe ;
sexes similar , . . . . 45. Adelomyia, p. lO'J.
(/". Tail rounded, lateral rectrices tipped with white ; under surface plain ; crown white, passing into brownish red towards the nape ; no postocular
stripe : sexes dissimilar 46. Anthocephala,
//'. Tail much rounded, lateral rectrices [p. 172.
broadly tipped with white ; throat
spotted 47. PhloltOPHilu.s,p.173.
, Culmen feathered to the base, but the anterior portion of the nasal covers dis- tinctly exposed ; bill slightly curved. e'. Tail rather long, rounded ; rectrices narrow, the lateral ones usually edged or tipjjed with white. i". Under surface pale glittering golden green; rectrices green, sometimes tipped and edged outwardly with
white, sometimes plain 48. Polytmus, p. 174.
j". Under surfoce pale cinnamon; lateral
rectrices tijjped with white 49. Boleromyia, p. 177.
/"'. Tail short and rounded, even or slightly forked. k". Throat sometimes white or didl white; crown sometimes glittering blue ; lateral rectrices sometimes tipped with white, base sometimes white. ff'". Tail much rounded, lateral rec- trices tipped with white ; throat
white ; chin green 50. LeucoCHLOEIS, p. 178.
h'". Tail nearly even ; crown dull or glittering green (except A. cceru-
26. PTEROPnAJTES. 117
licejis) ; throat white, dull white, glitteriug- green or blue ; tail uniform.
/*. Sexes nearly alike 51. Agyrteia, p. 178.
_/■'. Sexes dissimilar 52. Aeiana, p. 193.
/"'. Tail uniform, slightly forked ; crown glittering blue, purple,
S'reen, or dull green 53. Cyaxomyia, p. 194.
,/". Tail slightly forked, lateral rec- trices white at the base ; crown
dull green like the back 54. Leucippus, p. 200.
/". Throat never white, no glittering blue colours or any glittering fea- thers on the upper surface ; lateral rectrices never tipped with white
or with white bases 55. Amaziija, p. 203,
d. Culmen bare nearly to the base ; nasal covers fully exposed. f/' . Bill long and straight; tail short, rounded, the lateral rectrices tipped
with white 56. Floeicola, p. 228.
//'. Bill much shorter and slightly decurved : tail moderate, rounded or slightly forked. m". Tail forked, the lateral rectrices
longest, rectrices narrow 57. C'yanophaia, p. 233.
n" . Tail rounded, the lateral rectrices shorter than the next pair. /«•'". Throat glittering green ; abdomen glittering blue : smaller ; bill
shorter 58. Damophila, p. 235.
/'". Throat shining green washed with
blue : larger ; bill longer 59. Polyerata, p. 237.
o". Tail nearly even or slightly forked, steel-blue, golden-copper, or greenish gold, with brighter central rectrices ; with or ^vithout a long postocular stripe. m'" . Tail steel-blue, slightly forked ;
no postocular stripe 60. Eucephala, p. 239.
>?/". Tail steel-blue, nearly even ; no
postocular stripe 61. Hylocharis, p. 245.
<i"'. Tail nearly even, rich golden - copper or greenish gold ; no
postocular stripe 62. Chrysueonia, p. 248.
p'". Tail nearly even, purple-black, median rectrices coppery; a long postocular stripe 63. Heliopedica, p. 252.
2(). PTEROPHANES.
Pterophanes, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. sub pi. 178
(June 1849) P. temmincki.
Diphlogena (Lepidoria), Muh. 8; Verr. Classif. Troch. p. 61 (18G5).
Mam/e. Andes from Colombia to Bolivia.
118 TEOcniLi.
1. Pterophanss temminckii.
Ornismya temmincliii, i'o/.s. liev. Zool. 1830, p. 354 ; id. Mar/. Zool.
1840, Ois. pi. 14 ; Lodd. P. Z. S. 1843, p. 122. Trochilus cyanoptenis, "Lodd." Fraser, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 17. Pterophanes temminckii, Gould, Mon. Trocli. iii. pi. 178 (June 1849) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 10*5 ; 2?^). Consp. i. p. 70; id. Evv. Zool. 1854,
p. 251 ; Peicli. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14 ; Cab. &i- Heine, Mu.f. Hein. iii.
p. 80; Scl. Cat. Avi. B. p. 301 ; Whitehj, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 190;
Tacs. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 543, 1880, p. 204 ; id. On,. Per. i. p. 338 ;
Mills. Hif^f. Nat. Ois.-Monehes, ii. p. 299, pi. 69, iv. p. 211 ; id.
Ann. 6'oc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 216 ; Elliot, Syn. H. Birds, p. Gli ;
Tucz. Sj- Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 103 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 324. Diphlogfena (Lepicloria) temminckii, Muls. ^~ Verr. Classif. Trocli.
p. 61. Trochilus temmincld, Gray, ILind-l. B. i. p. 138.
Adult male. Plumage generally dark shining grass-green, a little more golden on the upper surface, bluer on the under : wings above and below, both coverts and quills shining steel-blue, the latter tipped with black ; tail dark shiny olive-green ; bill black. Total length about 6*5 inches, wing 4'2 ; tail, central rectrices 1-95, lateral 2-75 ; bill 1-5.
Female. Upper surface shining grass-green, dusky on the crown ; under surface rufous, flanks and under tail-coverts shining green ; wings purple-black, the coverts shining steel-blue, shading ijito green on the shoulders : tail — four central feathers shining green, the next two on either side black, washed with green along the shaft ; outermost pair black, with a white longitudinal stripe on the outer web including the shaft, and passing on to the inner web at the base and tip.
Young males have the under surface dusky, which is gradually replaced by shining green ; the wings are at tirst like those of the female, the steel-blue of the primaries is gradually assumed.
Hab. Andes of South America from Colombia to Bolivia.
a-c. S ad.; d. cj Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman &
juv.; e. 5ad.sk. ' . Gould Colls.
/. S ad. sk. Intac, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
V/. (Jad.; /i. 5ad. sk. LI oa, Ecuador (-Fr^se;-); Sclater Coll.
i-m. d ad. ; n~r. Ecuador. iSalviu-Godman &
J juv.; s.$ ad.sk. Gould Colls.
t.d ad.; u.^ad. sk. Cillutincara, Yuugas, Boll- Salvin-Godman Coll. via {Bvchley).
v-x. S ad.; y. J juv. ; Yungas, Bolivia {Buckley). Gould Coll. z. 2 ad. sk.
a'. S ad. St. Purchased.
v. $ ad, St. Colombia. Purchased.
27. HELIOlIASrEB. 119
27. HELIOMASTER. t.
Type, Heliomaster, B2}. Compt. Bend. xxx. p. 382 (1850) ;
Ullwt, Si/n. Troch. p. 85 H. fiircifer.
Calliplilox 6. Calliporidia, Beich. Aufa. d. Col. p. 12.
Eanr/e. Soubhern Brazil, Paraguay, Argentine Republic.
1. Heliomaster fiircifer.
Pica flores cola de tixera, Azam, Apunt. ii. p. lU^-i, iw. 299 (180.5).
Trocliilus furcifer, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 2.^0.
Trocliilus caudacutus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hkt. N. aH. p. .347; id. Enc.
Meth. p. o49. Ornismya augelfe, ie.-i.s-. III. Orn. pis. 4-5, 46 ; d'Orb. S,- Lafr. Sijn.
Av. ii. p. 28. TrocliiliLs regis, Schreib. Naturf. Wien, 1832, Ms, 1833, p. 533 ;
id. Colleet. ad Faun. Bms. i. pi. i. fig. 1 ; Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 30 ;
Gvay, Hand-l. B. i. p. 138. Heliomaster angelas, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 70 ; Gould, Man. Troch.
iv. pi. 263 (May 1853) ; Burm. J.f. Orn. 1860, p. 244, I860, p. 229;
id. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 466 ; id. La-Plata Beise, ii. p. 448. Calliphlox S. Calliperidia augelse, Beich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id. Troch.
Enum. p. 10, pi. 842. ff. 4986-89. Ornitliomyia augelse, Bp. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 251. Campylop'terus inornatus, 5«n?j.. J.f. Orn.lSQO, p. 244; id. La-Plata
Beise, ii. p. 447. Calliperidia angelae, Gould, Tntr. Troch. ]). 141 ; Muls. S,- Verr. Class.
Troch. i. p. 50 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 137. Trocliilus angelas, Burm. J.f. Orn. 1866, p. 89. Calliperidia furcifer, Scl. S,- Salv. Norn. Av. Neotr. p. 90 ; Durnford,
Ibis, 1877, p. 184 ; Scl. S,- Huds. Arf/. Orn. ii. p. 5. Calliperidia regis, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 278, pi. 58 ;
id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 215. Heliomaster furcifer, Elliot, S,pi. Troch. p. 86 ; E. W. Wliite, P. Z. S.
1882, p. 616.
Adult male. Upper surface shining bronze-green, glittering on the middle of the back and crown ; under surface glittering blue ; the middle of the throat glittering rosy -red ; flanks, under tail- coverts, and tail greener blue, a large white flank-spot ; bill black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 2; tail, central rectrices 1, lateral 1-6 ; bill 1-35.
Fenvde. Upper surface uniform bronzy grass-green ; under surface greyish white ; throat-feathers with blackish discs, a white line on each side from the gape ; lateral rectrices with a dark subterminal band and white tips.
Hah Southern Brazil, Paraguay, and the Argentine Republic.
« c? ad • <^ 2 ad. Chapada,Matto Grosso,Brazil, Salvin-Godman Coll. "sk. ixxXy (II. H. Smith).
c. (S juv. sk. Matto Grosso, Brazil, Jidy Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Nafterer).
d. cJ ad. sk. Cnntinho, Brazil, .luly Salvin-Godman Coll.
{Natterer).
120 TPvOcniLi.
€. S ad.;/. 5 ad. Pacliaco. Biieros Ayres, Nov. 11. Duruford [C.l.
sk.
g. $ ad. sk. Pimta Lara, Bueuoi? Awes, H. Durnford [C.].
Feb.
h. (5 ad. sk. Buenos Ayres. II. Durnford [C.].
i. (S ad. ; j. J juv. ; Bueuos Ayres (Burmeisfer). Sclater Coll.
k. 5 ad. sk.
I, m. S iuY. ; n. 9 Buenos Ayres. Prof. Burmeister
ad st-. [P.].
0, p. (S ad. St. Purchased.
28. LEPIDOLARYNX. ^^^^
Selasplaorns 8. Lepidolarynx, Eeich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13
(1854) L- mesoleucus,
Lepidolarynx, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 140 (1861).
Mange, South-eastern Brazil.
1. Lepidolarynx mesoleucus.
Trochilus mesoleucus, Temm. PI. Col. 317. f. 1 ; Legs. Iiul. Gen. Troch.
p. xix ; Gray, Hcind-l. B. i. p. 137. Ornismya niesoleuca, Less. Hist Nat. Ois.-Moiwhes, pp. xxiv, 110,
pis. 19, 20; <SV^jj;Z. p. 98. Ornismya temminckii, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouclies, pp. xxvi, 88,
pi. 20. Heliomaster mesoleucus, Bp. Co7isp. Av. i. p. 70 ; Gould, P. Z. S.
1853, p. 100; id. Man. Troch. iv. pi. 262 (May 1853); Peinh.
Medd. Nat. For. Kjob. 1870, p. 106. Trochilus squamosus, Temm. Pi. Col. 203. iio'. 1. Selasphorus 8. Lepidolarynx mesoleucus, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13. Ornithomyia mesoleuca, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251. Calothorax mesoleucus, Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 339. Heliomaster squamosus. Cab. 8f Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 53 ; Peh.
Orn. Bras. p. 31. Lepidolarynx mesoleucus, Gould, Litr. Troch. p. 140 ; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 283 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 215 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 85. Calliperidia (Lepidolavvnx) mesoleucus, Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 50.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green : an irregular white patch on the lower back; whole crown glittering bluish green ; throat glittering rosy-red, the lateral feathers elongated, a stripe on either side from the gape white ; abdomen dark shining green, a median stripe and a patch on each ilank white ; under tail-coverts dark green, broadly edged with white ; tail dark green, the lateral rectrices darker than the central; bill black. Total length about 4-4 inches, wing 2-25; tail, central rectrices 1-2, lateral 1-6 ; bill 1-3.
Female. Upper surface paler, the crown uniform with the back ; throat black, most of the feathers with a white edge but with them a few glittering rosy-red feathers ; rectrices uniform dark green, the lateral with a subterminal dark band and a white tip.
otphlog.t;x\.
121
Young males sometimes have the throat nearly white owing to the great width of the white edges of the feathers. Nab. Eastern and Southern Brazil.
rt-r/. d' ad. ;<?,/". cJ j II V. ; Brazil (Bahia make). Salvin-Godmau ..t
ff, h. 2 ad. sk. Goidd Colls.
i. (S ad.;/. J ad. sk. Brazil (Rio make). Gould Coll.
k. cJ ad.'sk. Brazil. Salvin-Godmau Coll.
29. DIPHLOG-ffiNA. rr
lype.
Diphlogfena, Gould, 3Ion. Troch. iv. pi. 247 (Oct. 1854) U. iris.
Range, Andes from Ecuador to Bolivia.
Key to the Species.
a. Crown with a median stripe of brilliant glittering blue.
a . Lower back and abdomen chestnut iris, p. 121.
h'. Lower back and abdomen golden green Aes^e/7«, p. 122.
h. Crown brilliant golden, shading into bluish green on
the front, but with no median blue stripe aurora, p. 122.
1. Diphlogaena iris.
Helianthea ms, Gould, P. Z. S. 1853, p. 61 ; Bj). Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 251. Helianthea y. Hypochiysea iris, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. Troch.
Enum. p. 6, pi. 735. ff. 4685-86. Diphlogajna iris, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 247 (Oct. 1854) ; id. lutr.
Troch. p. 133 ; Muh. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. i. p. 61 ; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouclies, ii. p. 302 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, i. p. 216;
Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 69; S'cl. S,- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 629;
Tacs. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 38 ; id. Orn. Per. i, p. 384. Trochilus iris. Gray, Sand- 1. B. i. p. 138. Diphlogaena iris buckleyi, Berl. Ibis, 1887, p. 295.
Adult male. Upper hack dark shining green, becoming black towards the nape ; lower back chestnut ; crown glittering fiery copper, rather more golden on the forehead ; a median stripe ex- panding towards the back of the crown rich lustrous violet-blue ; lores and throat as far as the breast glittering green ; a spot in the middle of the throat lustrous lilac ; abdomen and under tail-coverts chestnut ; tail chestnut, the central feathers tipped with bronze ; outer primary purple-brown, edged with chestnut ; inner primaries and secondaries chestnut, edged with purple-brown ; bill black. Total length about 5-5 inches, wing 3-2 ; tail, ceucral rectrices 1-5, lateral 2-2 ; bill 1-4.
Female. Crown glittering golden green, becoming coppery pos- teriorly, and the blue median stripe appears to be absent or paler ; the throat is glittering green, but without the lilac spot.
122 TRocniLi.
Tonnfj birds have the crown dark duskj- chestnut without glittering feathers'; the throat is chestnut, each featlier with a discal green spot.
D. iris hucl-Ic»/i, of Ecuador, is stated to have the front and sides of the pileum of a more goklcn or a greenish-golden hue than is the case in D. iris, which is there of a more crimson lustre. These dif- ferences are not borne out by the specimens before me, which vary without reference to locality. A good deal of the apparent difference is due to the way the bkins are made up, thus altering the angle at which the light is reflected from the feathers.
J fab. Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, on the eastern slope of the Andes at an elevation of C>00() to 8000 feet.
a,h. c?ad.; c. Yorba Buena, Ecuador (7??/cA-%). Salvin-Godman Coll. 2 ad. sk.
d. Juv. sk. Maravina, Ecuador (BucJdey). Salvin-Godman Coll.
e. 5 sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll. (One of
the types of D. hesperus !) /-;■. c^ ad.;./. c? Between Illimani and Sorata, Gould Coll. (Types juv. ; /.'. ? ad. sk. Bohvia ( Warszetciez). of the species.)'
2. Diphlogsena hesperus.
Piphlogsena hesperus, Gould, Atm. ^- Mag. N. H. 1865, xv. p. 129 ; Mills. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 61 ; Muls. Hist Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 302, pi. 62; id. Aim. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 216; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 70 ; Berl. S^- Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 303 ; Sliarpe in Gould's Suppl. Troch. pi. 16 (April 188.5).
Adult male. Similar to that of D. iris, but with the loAver back and abdomen shining dark golden green, the crown of more fierj'- red coppery lustre.
Females and yotmg birds also differ from those of the allied species in having the lower back and abdomen tinged with green.
Goiild's type of his female of D. hesperus is a female of D. ?>?>.
Hab. Ecuador, eastern slopes of the Andes at an elevation of 9000 to 11,000 feet.
rt-e. (? ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll. (Types
of the species.)
f. (/■ dad.;h.cS Maravina, Ecuador (i^McAfcy). Salvin-Godman Coll. fuv. ; i. 2 juv.
"sk. ;, k. S ad. sk. Ceche, Ecuador, April, May Sclater Coll.
{Stolzmann).
3. Diphlogaena aurora.
Heliauthea aurora, Gould, P. Z. S. 1853, p. 61 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 251 ; Cab. ^- Heine, M)i.«. Hein. iii. p. 80. Heliauthea y. Hypochrysea aurora, Peich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 9. CcEligeua 8. Leadbeatera warszewizii, Peich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7. Creligpua warszewizii, Peich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 23 ; id. Troch, Mmm.
p. 4, pi. 690. f. 4520.
30. HELIANTHEA. 123
Diplilogsena aurora, Gould, Mo)i. Troch. iv. pi. 248 (Sept. 1861) : id.
Intr. Troch. p. 134; Muh. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 61 ; Mids. Ann.
Sue. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 216 ; Scl. ^- Salr. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 630 ;
Sharpe in Gould's Siippl. Troch. pi. 17 (April 1885). Diplilogsena warszewiezi, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 204 ; id. Orn. Per. i.
p. 383.
Adult male. Body above and below and tlie tail chestnut; nape black ; crown and anterior part of the throat glittering green, be- coming more blue towards the base of the bill and more golden towards the nape, where occasionally one or two deep-blue feathers may be seen ; lower neck shining grass-green, duller than the throat ; outermost quill purple-brown edged with chestnut, the inner quills chestnut edged with purple-brown. Total length about 5'5 inches, wing 3-2 ; tail, central rectrices 1-4, lateral 2 ; bill 1-4.
Female. Like the male, but with the crown and throat less brilliant and the former of a more uniform glittering green.
Taczanowski uses Eeichenbach's name C. ivarszcivkzi for this species, which cannot, I think, be justified. Gould's paper in which his H. aurora was described was read before the Zoological Society on 22nd March, 1853, and was noticed in the ' Athenaeum ' for that year. Ptcichenbach's ' Aufziihlung der Colibris ' was certainly not published before March 1854, and in it Gould's name is mentioned as HelianfJtea y. Hypoclirysea aurora, which seems conclusive as to its priority.
Hah. Peru and Bolivia : on the eastern slopes of the Andes at an elevation of between 9000 and 10,000 feet.
a, h. (5 ad. sk. Cuter vo, Peru, Jan. (Stolz- Salviu-Godmau &
viann). Sclater Colls.
c, d. (S ad. ; e. Between Illimani aud Sorata, Gould Coll. (Types
(^ juv. fik. Bolivia ( Warszewiez). of the species.)
30. HELIANTHEA.
Type.
Ileliauthea, Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 11 H. tj'pica.
Helianthea y. Hvpochrysia, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9
(partim) (l8o4 ) Diphlogseua (Helianthea), MiUs. ^- Verr. Classif.
Troch. p. 61 (I860). Calligenia, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 305
(1876) II. lutetioe.
Ranrje. Andes from Venezuela and Colombia to Bolivia.
Key to the Species.
a. Abdomen lustrous,
a'. Rump glittering greenish plumbeous; abdomen
glittering silvery-rose typica, p. 124.
//. Piump and abdomen glittering golden orange.
a". Tail nlivp-grfeu : secondaries purple-brown. Imiapartii, p. 124. b". Tail and secondaries chestnut eos, p. 125.
124 tkochtijT.
/). Abdomen uniform shining grass-pToen ; second- aries buii' hitcti(P, p. 126.
e. Lower abdomen cinnamon.
c'. A white pectoral band vioUfera, p. 126.
d'. Breast shining green.
(■". Tail cinnamon, narrowly edged with bronzy
green osculans, p. 127.
d" . Tail widely edged with bronzy green .... dichroura, p. 128.
1. Helianthea typica.
Ornismya helianthea, Less. Fev. Zool. 1838, p. 314.
Trochikis helianthea, GoiiM, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 11.
Helianthea tvpica, £p. Cotisj). i. p. 74 ; id. licv. Zool. 1854, p. 251 ;
Bcich. Aiifz. d. Vol. p. 9 ; id. Troch. Fmum. p. 6, pi. 732. ff. 4677-79 ;
Goidd, 3Ion. Troch. iv. pi. 235 (Oct. 1854) ; id. Mr. Troch. p. 130 ;
Cab. S)- Heine, Mvs. Hein. iii. p. 79 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 308 ;
Elliot j.Ibis, 1874, p. 332 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 71; Scl. ^- Salt. P.Z. S.
1879, p. 530 ; Salv. Cat. StricM. Coll. p. 366. Diphlogrena (Helianthea) helianthea,'iVfM/s. ^Ferr. Class. Troch. p. 61. Trochiius heliantheus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 138. Helianthea porphy vogaster, Mtds. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 293,
iv. p. 211 ; id. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. j). 210. Hypochrysia helianthea, Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 323.
Adult mcde. Upper surface nearly black, with a tinge of green on the middle of the Isack and wing-coverts : upper tail-coverts glittering greenish plumbeous; head and neck deep black ; forehead glittering green, a crescent-shaped glittering violet gular spot ; abdomen glittering silvery rose ; under tail-coverts dark purple ; tail dark greenish purple ; bill black. Total length about 4*8 inches, wing 2-85 ; tail, central rectrices 1"25, lateral 1'75 ; bill 1"5.
Female. Upper surface shining grass-green, the rump like that of the male but with a rosy tint ; under surface cinnamon, the sides of the breast green ; abdomen scantily marked with dark glittering rosy spots ; under tail-coverts dusky green, edged with cinnamon ; tail dark olive-green.
Hub. Colombia.
fl-^. c? ad. ;/*-Hi. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godmau, c? iuv. ; n-q. Gould, & Sclater
5 "ad. sk. Colls.
r. c? ad. st. Colombia. Purchased.
s, t. Ad. St. Purchased.
2. Helianthea bonapartii.
Ornismya bonapartii, Boiss. liev. Zool. 1840, p. 6 ; Bowc. Ann. Soc. d'Agr. Lyotis, 1842, p. 307, pi. 14 ; Lodd. P. Z. S. 1843, p. 122.
Trochiius aurogaster, Fraser, P. Z. 8. 1840, p. 16.
Helianthea bonapartii, Bp. Consp. i. p. 74 ; id. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 251 Govld, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 236 (Oct. 1854) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 130 Cab. S)- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 80 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 308 Elliot, Ibis, 1874, p. 332; id. Syn. Troch. p. 72; Mids. Hist. Nat Ois.-Mmiches, ii. p. 295, iv. p. 211 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn, Lyon, xxii p. 216 5 Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 367.
30. HELIANTHBA. 125
Helianthea y. Hypochrysea bonapartii, Reich. Aiifz. d. Vol. p. U ; id.
Troch. Enum. p. 6, pi. 734. fi". 4683-84. Diphlogt^na (Heliautliea) bouapartii, Muls. i, Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 61. Trochiliis bonapartii, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 138. Hypochrysea bonapartei, Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 823.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green ; crown and nape black ; forehead glittering grass-green ; rump and upper tail- coverts glittering golden-orange : under surface glittering green as far as the breast, a glittering violet gular spot ; abdomen glittering golden-orange ; under tail- coverts and tail bronzy green ; bill black. Total length about 4' 8 inches, wing 3 ; tail, central rectrices 4*1, lateral 1*75 ; bill 1-5.
Female. Under surface cinnamon ; the breast washed with bright green, the abdomen with golden-orange ; under tail-coverts cinnamon ; lateral rectrices tipped with dingy white.
Yotiug males are grass-green on the crown and assume the bright forehead after the violet gular spot is developed ; the under tail- coverts are bronzy green edged with cinnamon, and tlie lateral rectrices are narrowly tipped with dusky white.
Hab. Colombia.
a-f, (S ad. ; g-l. Colombia (Bogota make). 8alvin-Godmau &
$ ad. ; m. Sclater Colls.
Juv. sk.
n, 0. d ad. st. Colombia, Pm-chased.
p. $ ad. St. Colombia. Purchased.
3. Helianthea eos.
Helianthea eos, Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 11 ; id. Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 237 (Sept. 1855); id. Intr. Troch. p. 131 ; Bp. Co7isp. i. p. 75; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251 ; Cab. <!^~ Heine, Mm. Hein. iii. p. 79 ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 235 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1874, p. 333 ; id. Stjn. Troch. p. 72.
Calligeoia eos, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 311, iv. p. 212 ; id. Ann. 8oc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 216.
Helianthea y. Hypochrysea eos, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 6, pi. 733. fl. 4680-82.
Adult male. Very like that of H. honajpartii in general appearance, the head, upper back, and under surface being similarly adorned ; the rump and upper tail-coverts are hardly so bright, the breast a little more golden ; the secondaries are cinnamon, with a very narrow dark tip, the outermost primary is edged with cinnamon ; the tail, too, is cinnamon tipped with bronzy green, and the under tail-coverts are pure cinnamon ; bill black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 1-9 ; tail, central rectrices 1-4, lateral 1-7 ; bill 1-5.
Female. Diflfers from that of H. bonapartii in the same waj- that the male does as regards the colour of the secondaries and tail.
Hub, Venezuela, in the highlands near Merida, &c.
a-d. (S ad- ; e,f- Paramo de los Conejos, Merida, Gould Coll.
2 ad. sk. Venezuela {Funk S,- Schlim). (Types of the species.)
126 TKOCIULI.
.'/. c^ (ul. .-ik. Sierra Nevada of Merida Salviii-Guduuui Cull.
( Goerinr/).
h. S tid. .sk. Venezuela (Goeritii/). Gould Coll.
i-7c. c? ad. .^k. Venezuela. Salvin-Godmau &
Gould Colls
4, Helianthea lutetiae.
Trocliilus lutetise, Delattre <^- Muh. Itev. Zool. 1846, p. 307 ; Gray,
Hand-l. B. i. p. 138. Heliauthea lutetise, B2J. Consp. i. p. 74 ; id. Eev. Zool. 1854, p. 251
Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. Troch. Emtm. p. 6, pi. 736. ff. 4687-88
Goidd, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 238 (May 1857) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 131
id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803 ; Jameson |- Fraser, Ibis, 1850, p. 400 ; Scl.
P. Z. S. 1800, p. 81 ; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 308 ; Cuh. ^' Heine, Mas.
Hein. iii. p. 79 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1874, p. 333 ; id. Si/n. Troch. p. 73 ;
Tacx. .5- Berl. P. Z. ,S. 1885, p. 105. Diplilogoena lutetite, Muls. c^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 61. Calligeuia lutetiffi, 3fids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 300, iv.
p. 212; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 216.
Adult male. Upper surface black, the wing-coverts glossed with green, a glittering grass-green frontal spot : under surface shining grass-green, with a glittering violet giilar spot ; secondaries buff, tipped with puri:)le-black, outermost primarj' edged with dull white : tail uniform bronzy-black ; bill black. Total length about 5-5 inches, wing 3'2 ; tail, central rectrices 1-4, lateral 1-9 ; bill 1-6.
Female. Upper surface uniform dark shining grass-green ; under surface cinnamon, the breast, flanks, and abdomen thickly spotted with shining green : under tail-coverts green, edged with cinnamon ; secondaries like those of the male, buff tipped with purple-black.
Young males resemble the female; the violet gular spot is assumed before the frontal spot.
Hah. Ecuador.
a-e. S ad. ; f-i. Ecuador (Jameson). Gould Coll.
c? juv. ; j-l. 2 ad. sk. m. (S ad. ; 71. J Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll.
juv. ; 0. 2 ad.
sk. p. 2 ad. sk. Lloa, Ecuador (i^ra.<«'). Sclater Coll.
(J. c? ad. sk. Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll.
;•. cJ ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Bachley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
J. Helianthea violifera.
Trochilus violifer, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 87.
Helianthea violifera, Bp. Co7isp. i. p. 75 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251 ;
Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; Gotild, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 239 (Sept.
1855) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 131 ; Cab. S,- Heiiie, 3Ins. Hein. iii. p. 80 ;
Elliot, Ibis, 1874, p. 333; id. Stjn. Troch. p. 73; Scl. c^- Salv.
P. Z. S. 1879, p. 629. Diphlogsena violifera, Muls. S,- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 61. Calligenia violifera, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouchcs, ii. p. 313, iv.
p. 213; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 216.
30. HELTANTHEA, 127
Adult male. Upper surface brouzy green, almost black ou the crown ; upper tail-coverts ciunamon ; under surface shining grass- green, darker on the throat, lighter on the breast, a violet gular spot; feathers of the middle of the breast edged with white, forming an indistinct pectoral baud ; lower abdomen and under tail-coverts ciunamon ; tail cinnamon, narrowly tipped with bronzy green ; outermost primary edged with ciunamon ; bill black. Total length about 5"3 inches, wing 3'25 ; tail, central rectrices 1'8, lateral 2-1 ; bill 1-6.
Female. Crown greener than in the male ; the under surface cinnamon ; each feather of the breast with a shining grass-green discal spot.
Young males are like the females ; the gular spot is assumed before the throat becomes green.
In very young birds the under surface is dusky, and this is superseded, at least on the breast, by cinnamon feathers with green disks.
Hab. Bolivia.
a, b. J" ad. ; c. Saudillani road, Yuugas, Gould Coll.
5ad.sk. Bolivia (^r/r/y/es). (Types of the species.)
d. (5 ad. sk. Cbulumani, Bolivia ( Warsze- Salviu-Godmau Coll.
wiez).
e. cJad.;/. 5 J] nd\xa.vi, Bo]ivia (Bucklei/). Salvin-Godman Coll. ad. sk.
ff. c? ad. ; /;. Tilotilo, BoUvia {Buckley). Salviu-Godmau Coll.
(S juv. sk. i-vu (S ad. ; n. Bolivia {Buckley). Gould Coll.
$ ad. sk.
6. Helianthea osculans.
HeUauthea osculans, Gould, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 503 : Whitely, P. Z. S.
1873, p. 191 ; JElliot, Ibis, 1874, p. 334 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 73 ;
Skarpe in Gould's Sujjjyl. Troch. pi. 18 (Mar. 1887). Calligeuia osculans, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 310, pi, 64,
iv. p. 212 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 216.
Adult male. Upper surface golden bronze ; crown dark shining grass-green, with a glittering green frontal spot ; uuder surface bright shining grass-green, a little darker on the chin, and more golden on the upper abdomen and flanks, a violet gular spot ; middle of the abdomen and under tail-coverts cinnamon ; tail cinnamon, tipped with bronzy green ; outermost primary edged with cinnamon ; bill black. Total length about 5"5 inches, wing 3 • tail, central rectrices 1-G.5, lateral 1"9 ; bill 1*6.
Female. Upper surface greener than that of the male, not so golden, the central rectrices bronzy green throughout, no frontal or gular spots ; under surface pale ciunamon ; all the feathers but those of the middle and lower abdomen with a bright green discal spot, smaller on the throat, larger on the breast.
Mab. Peru, tSouthern Provinces.
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«. d ad. sk. lluasampilla, Peru, Sept. (//. Gould Coll.
TJliiteli/). h,c.dai.;d. Cacliupaia,reru,Feb.(if. W^.). Gould Coll.
2 ad. sk. (Types of the species.)
c- 6 ad.sk. Cacliupata, Oct. (7/. W.). Salvin-Goduian Coll.
7. Helianthea dichroura.
Helianthea dichroura, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, pp. 138, 54:1 ; id. Orn.
Per. i. p. 377 ; E/Uot, P. Z. ,S. 1874, p. 334; id. >Si/n. Troch. p. 74 ;
Gould, Suppl. Troch. pi. 19 (Jan. 1881). Callig'enia dichroura, Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouclics, ii. p. 309,
pi. 63, iv. p. 212 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 210.
Adult male. " Closely resembling [that of] //. oscidans. The UDder surface, with the exception of the lower portion of the abdomen and I under] tail-coverts, dark green. The principal difference is in the tail, which has the terminal third part brouzc-grecn, forming a conspicuous apical baud. Maxilla black; mandible flesh-colour, tip black." (Elliot, I. s. c.)
The colour of the mandible in this species is noteworthy, as in all other members of the genus it is black in both sexes.
Hab. Peru, Northern Provinces.
31. BOURCIERIA.
Type. Bourcieria, 5p. Compt. Rend. xxx. p. 380 (1850) .... B. torquata. Bourcieria a; Conradinia, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10
(1854) B. couradi.
Polysena, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 215 B. tor(juata.
Range. Andes from Venezuela and Colombia to Bolivia.
Kei/ to the Species.
n. Breast chestnut , ineu, p. 129.
b. Breast pm'e white.
a . Centre of crown, throat, alxloineu, and tips to lateral rectrices glittering grass-green. a". Crown, nape, and back black, the crown
with glittering green centre insectivora, p. 129.
b". Grown and nape uniform glittering green . . conradi, p. 130. I'. Centre of crown violet, sides black; abdomen and tips to the lateral rectrices black or green- ish black. c". Throat black, centre fiiiutly tuiged witli
green ; abdomen black torquatu, p. 130.
d". Throat black, centre bright green ; abdo- men greenish black fulyidigula, p. 131.
31. BOTJECIEEIA. 129
1. Bourcieria inca.
Bourcieria inca, Gould, Contr. Oni. 18o2, p. 136; id. Mon. Troch. iv. p. 234 (May 1854) ; id. Litr. Troch. p. 13G ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252; Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 7, pi. 752. ff. 472o-2G; Whitelxj, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 675 ; Elliot, Si/u. Troch. p. 75 ; Scl. Hf Salu. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 630 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 388.
Ilomophaina inca. Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 79 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 322; id. Ann. Sue. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 216.
Poljfena inca, Heuie, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 216.
Diphlogsena inca, Muh. S^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 61.
Trochilus inca. Gray, Handel. B. i. p. 139.
Adult male. Body, including upper and under tail-coverts, glittering grass-green, rather brighter and more golden on the abdomen ; breast chestnut ; head and throat black, a glittering green frontal spot, the feathers of the middle of the throat with dark green discs : outermost ^nimary edged with chestnut ; central rectrices shining golden green, lateral white, with golden-green tips, which become wider towards the outermost pair ; bill black. Total length about 5-2 inches, wing 3-1 ; tail, central rectrices 1*6, lateral 1-95 ; bill 1-65.
Female. Crown and nape grass-green, a little duUer than the back, the frontal feathers more glittering ; under surface from the chin to the breast chestnut, the sides of the throat washed with green ; lateral rectrices white, the outermost pair black on the outer web for two-thirds of their distal end and with the inner web dusky near the tip ; the next pair are dusky on the edge of the outer web for one-third of their distal end, this dusky margin crossing the feather to the inner web, leaving the shaft white.
Hah. Peru and Bolivia on the eastern slopes of the Andes.
a. S ad. ; &, e. 5 ad. Coroico, Bolivia ( Warsze- Gould Coll. (Types
sk. ^viez). of the species.)
d. c? ad. ; e. (S juv. Cillutincara, Bolivia {Buck- Salviu-Godman CoU. sk. leii).
f. 2 ad. sk. Tilotilo, Yungas, Bolivia Salvin-Godman Coll. [Buckley).
g-i. rS ad. ; /, k. $ Bolivia (Buckley). Gould & Sclater
ad. sk. Colls.
I. (S ad. sk. Huasampilla,Peru, Oct. (H. Gould Coll. Whitely).
2. Bourcieria insectivora.
Trochilus insectivorus, Tsch. Faun. Per. p. 248. f. 1.
Bourcieria fulgidigula, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 7, pi. 749. ff. 4718-
20? Bourcieria insectivora, Gould, Tntr. Troch. p. 135; Tacz. P. Z. S.
1874, p. 543, 1882, p. 38 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 389 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1876,
p. 5 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 76 ; Sharpe in Gould's Sujijil. Troch. pi. 20
(Mar. 1887). Polvffina insectivora, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 216.
VOL. XVI. K
130 TRocniLi.
DipUogaena insectivom, Mids. ^ Verr. Clms. Troch. p. Gl. Homophaina insectivora, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 213 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 216.
Adult male. Upper surface shining greenish black, a frontal spot glittering greenish blue, and an occipital spot of glittering green ; throat glittering green tinged with blue ; abdomen green ; a wide pectoral band white ; under tail-coverts green ; wings blackish with a purple gloss ; tail forked, the central rectrices brassy green, the rest white with brassy-green tips ; bill black. Total length about G inches, wing 3-2, tail 1"95, bill 1-45. (Ex Taczanowski, I. s. c.)
Female. Upper surface including the crown uniform shining grass-green ; throat white, each feather with a discal green spot.
Ilab. Peru.
a. 2 fi*i- sk. Peru {Tschudi). Gould Coll.
(A typical specimen.) h. 5 ad. sk. [Peru.] Gould Coll.
3. Bourcieria conradi.
Trochilus conradi, Bourc. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 4.5.
Bourcieria conradi, Bp. Consp. i. p. 73 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252 ;
Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 253 (Sept. 1859) ; id. Intr. Troch.
p. 136 ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 782 ; Elliot, Sijn. Troch. p. 76. Bourcieria a. Conradinia conradi, Reich. Troch. Eaum. p. 7, pi. 747.
ff. 4714-15. Heliantbea conradi, Cah. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 80. PolyiBna conradi, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 216. Diphlogfena conradi, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 61. Homophaina conradi, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 320, iv.
p. 213 ; id. Ann. Soc. Lvin. Lyon, xxii. p. 210.
Adult male. Upper surface, throat, and abdomen shining grass- green, the head and throat more glittering ; breast with a wide white band ; central rectrices golden green, lateral white with golden-green tips, wider towards the outermost pair ; outermost primary edged with rufous ; bill black. Total length about 5*4 inches, wing 3-1 ; tail, central rectrices 1-4, lateral 1*8; biU 1-45.
Female. Like the male, but duller ; the throat white ; the lateral feathers with green discal spots.
Hab. Venezuela, in the highlands.
a-d. c?ad. ; e,f. Sierra Nevada de Merida, Salvin-Godnian, Gould,
$ad. sk. Venezuela {Goerinfi). & Sclater Colls.
(j-j. S 'id. ; k. 5 [Venezuela] {Linden). Gould Coll. ad. sk.
4. Bourcieria torquata.
Omismya torquata, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 6. Bourcieria torquata, Bp. Consp. i. p. 73 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251 ; Gotdd, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 251 (May 1854) ; id. hitr. Troch. p. 135 ;
31. BOUECIEEIA. 131
id. P. Z. 8. 1870, p. 803 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 309 ; Elliot, Syn.
Troch. p. 77 ; Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 530 ; Tacz. ^- Berl.
P. Z. S. 1885, p. 105; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 324. Bourcieria /3. lloiuophaiiia pvimellii, lieich. Troch. Enum. p. 7, pi. 748.
ff. 4710-17. Homophaina torqnata, Cab. Sj Heine, Mus. Sein. iii. p. 79 ; Muh.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 316, iv. p. 213 ; id. Ann, Soc. Linn.
Lyon, xxii. p. 210. Polyffiiia torquata, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1803, p. 215. Diphlon-sena torquata, Mids. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 61. Trochiius torquatiis. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 139.
Adult male. Upper surface black, with a greenish gloss on the lower back and wing-coverts, a glossy violet occipital spot ; throat black, the central feathers with dark green discal spot, a wide white pectoral baud ; abdomen black ; tinder tail-coverts dark green, central rectrices greenish'black, lateral white with greenish- black tips, wider on the ontermost feathers ; bill black. Total length about 5-5 inches, wing 3"1, tail 1*9, bill 1-6.
Female. Upper surface and abdomen dark shining grass-green, darker on the crown ; throat white, each feather with a dark green discal spot ; breast white as in the male.
Young birds are dusky black beneath, the white feathers of the breast begin to appear at the sides and gradually spread irregularly across ; the occipital spot is the last to develop.
Hab. Colombia and Ecuador.
a. $ ad. sk. Santa Elena, Colombia (T. Salvin-Godman Coll.
K. Salmon).
b. cJ juv. sk. Medellin, Colombia (T. K. Gould Coll.
8.).
c-f- 6 ^'^•'t g-J- Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman, Gould,
S] Liv. ; k, I. $ & Sclater Colls.
ad. sk.
m, n. (S ad. sk. Baisa, Ecuador (Buckley'). Gould Coll.
o-r. cJad. ; s. ^ Bafios, Ecuador (^wcA/e^). Salvin-Godman &
j uv. ; t, u. 5 Gould Colls.
ad. sk.
V, IV. S ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll.
X. Ad. St. Purchased.
5. Bourcieria fulgidigula.
Bourcieria fulgidigula, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. p. 252 (Maj^, 1854) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 135 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 145, 1800, p. 81 ;
id. Cat. Am. B. p. 309; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 76; Berl. Sf Tacz.
P. Z. S. 1884, p. .304. Ilomophaiua fulgidigula. Cab. l^- Heine, Mux. Hein. iii. p. 79 ; 3Iuls.
Hist. Xut. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 318, iv. p. 213 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn,
Lyon, xxii. p. 210. rolyteua fulgidigula, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 216. Trochikis fulgidigula. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 139.
Adult male. Like that of B. torq^uata, but mth the occipital spot
k2
132 TROCHILI.
of a greener hue, the throat bright grass-green, and the lower back and abdomen glossed with dark green.
Female and young birds are like those of the allied species, and difficult to be distinguished from them ; the throat and abdomen of the female are of a rather lighter green.
Hab. Ecuador. a, b. d ad. sk. Intac, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman &
c. S juv. sk. Balsa, Ecuador {Buckley). Salviu-Godmaa Coll.
d-f. d ad. sk. Ecuador (Fraser). Salvin-Clodmau, Gould,
•^ & Sclater Colls.
(/. S ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll.
(Type of the species.)
h-7i. S ad. ; o, p. Ecuador. Gould Coll.
diuy.;q-v. 2 ad. sk.
32. EUDOSIA. „
Type. Eudosia, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ni. p. 2 (1870) . E. traviesi.
Range. Colombia.
1. Eudosia traviesi.
' Diphlogena (Helianthea) traviesi, Muls. ^ Verr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lijon, 1866, p. 199. Eudosia traviesi, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 2, pi. 66 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lxjon, xxii. p. 216 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 323. Bourcieria traviesi, Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 77 ; Sharpe in Gould's Supjjl. Troch. pi. 21 (Mar. 1887). Adult male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green ; upper tail- coverts purple-bronze ; forehead and middle of the crown blue, shading into greenish blue towards the occijxit ; throat green ; chin black, followed by a violet gular spot ; a large white pectoral spot ; abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts glittering grass-green ; tail dark bronzy green ; bill black. Total length about 4-8 inches, wing 3 ; tail, central rectrices 1*65, lateral 1*9 ; bill 1-5.
Young males have the crown dark green like the back, the whole throat dusky black ; the thoracic male characters ai'e assumed before those of the crown. Hub. Colombia.
a. (S juv. sk. [Colombia.] Salviu-Godman Coll.
b. Juv. sk. [Colombia.] Salviu-Godman Coll.
33. LAMPROPYGIA.
Bourcieria y. Lampropygia, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10
(1854) L. wilsoni.
Bourcieria jS. Homophaina, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10
(1854) " L. prunellii.
Pilonia, Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 4 (1876) . . L. prunellii.
Range. Andes from Venezuela and Colombia to Bolivia.
33. LAMPROPXGIA. 133
Key to the Species.
a. A white patch on either side of the breast.
a'. General phimage Uack with a bright gular spot. a". Gular spot shining green or bluish green ;
scapulars blue prunellii, p. 133.
b". Gular spot dark puq^le ; scapulars dark
purple-bronze assimilis, p. 134.
b' . General plumage dark purple-brown ; gular
feathers edged with pale dusky purpurea, p. 134.
c". Gular feathers shining rosy purple wilsoni, p. 134.
b. No ^^•hite spot on either side of the breast.
c'. Upper surface, including the tail, dark rufous- bronze ; lower back (viewed from behind) shining coppery gTeen cccligena, p. 135.
d'. Upper surface, including the tail, dark olive- green ; lower back (viewed from behind) shining green cohimhiana, p. 135.
e'. Upper surface, including the tail, blackish brown ; lower back (viewed from behind) shining green boliviana, p. 13G.
1. Lampropygia prxmellii.
Trochilus prunellii, Bourc. ^ Mvls. Ann. Sc. Phys. et JS'at. Lyon, vi.
p. 36 (1843) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 139. Bourcieria prunellii, Bp. Consp. i. p. 73 ; id. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 252;
Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 78 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 324. Bourcieria torquata, Beich. Troch. Eymm. p. 7, pi. 750. ff. 4721-22. Cceligena prunellii, Gould, Man. Trvcli. iv. pi. 257 (Sept. 1857). Homophaina prunellii, Cab. 8f Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 79. Lampropygia prunellii. Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 137 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B.
p. 309 ;" Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 58. Dlplilogfena (Helianthea) prunellii, Muls. S/- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 61 . Pilonia prunellii, 3Iuls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 4, iv. p. 214. Eudosia prunellii, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 216.
Adult male. General plumage black, a golden-green glo.ss on the rump when viewed from in front ; upper tail-coverts dark purple ; when viewed from behind the whole back is of a shining coppery- purple lustre, brighter and more golden on the rump ; the scapulars are lustrous blue, shading into dark purplo on the smaller wing- coverts ; a large white spot on each side of the breast ; a gular spot shining greenish blue ; under tail-coverts black, with dull white edges; tail deep purple-black ; bill black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 3-1 ; tail, central rectrices I'S, lateral 1-9 ; bill 1-3.
Female. Like the male.
Hai. Colombia.
a-g. 6 fid. ; h, i. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman, Gould,
Juv. sk. «& Sclater Colls.
j. Ad. St. Purchased.
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2. Lampropygia assimilis.
Lampropygia ?, EUwf, Ibis, 187G, p. 58.
Bourcieria assimilis, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 78; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1884, p. 310, 1887, p. 324 ; id. Zeitsckr. ges. Orn. iv. p. 120, pi. 3. f. 2.
Adult male. Similar to that of L. prunellii, but with the gular spot of a deep purple colour ; the scapulars and. wing-coverts also are dark brouzc instead of blue. (Mus. v. BcrJej^sch.)
Huh. Colombia.
This is apparently a distinct species allied to L. prunellii, but differing as stated above. The only specimen I have seen was submitted to me by Graf von Berlepsch.
3. Lampropygia purpurea.
Coeligena purpurea, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 256 (Oct. 1854) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 137 ; Heich. Troch. Etmm. p. 3, pi. 753. ff. 4727-28. Lanipropvgia purpurea. Cab. 8f Heine, Mtis. Jlein. iii. p. 78 ; Elliot,
Ibis, 1876, p. 69. • Piloiiia purpurea, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Monches, iv. p. 213. Bourcieria purpurea, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 78.
Adult mcde. General plumage dark purple-brown, darker on the crown, a greenish lustre on the rump ; upper tail-coverts, scapulars, and wing-coverts rich dark purple : a white spot on each side of the breast ; throat dusky brown, each feather with a pale dusky edge ; abdomen and under tail- coverts blackish brown, the latter edged with rufous ; tail uniform dark bronze-brown ; edge of the wing and edge of the outermost primary chestnut.
Female unknown.
Hah. Unknown, but probably Colombia.
a. Ad. sk. [Popayan.] Gould Coll.
(Type of the species.)
b. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Gould Coll.
4. Lampropygia wilsoni.
Trochilus -wilsom, Belattre S,- Bourc. Bev. Zool. 1846, p. 305 ; Gray,
Hand-1. B. i. p. 139. Bourcieria wilsoni, Z?/;. Consp. i. p. 73 ; id. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 252 ;
Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 77. Bourcieria y. Lampropygia wilsoni, Beich. Troch. Emim. p. 7, pi. 751.
fE. 4723-24. Cceligena wilsoni, Goxdd, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 258 (May 1856) ;
Jameson Sf Eraser, Ibis, 1859, p. 400 ; Scl. B. Z. S. 1859, p. 145,
1860, p. 94. Lampropygia wilsoni. Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 78 ; Scl. Cat.
Am. B. p. 309 ; Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 137 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 79 :
Berl. ^- Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 567, 1884, p. 304. Dipblogffina (Helanthea) wilsoni, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 61. Pilonia wilsoni, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 7. Eudosia wilsom, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 216.
Adult male. Upper surface dark bronzy brown, greener on the
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rump ; upper tail-coverts darker bronze ; under surface dark brown, chin black, a large gular spot shining purple ; a spot on each side of the neck white ; under tail-coverts indistinctly edged with rufous ; edge of wing and edge of outermost primarj'^ chestnut ; tail dark bronze ; bill black. Total length about 4*8 inches, wing 2-9 ; tail, central rectrices 1*4, lateral 1"7 ; bill 1-4.
Female. Like the male.
Younri birds in their first plumage are very like the adult and possess the white spots on the side of the neck. The purple throat is assumed at a later stage.
Hah. Colombia and Ecuador.
«. S ad. sk. Pasto, Ecuador (Lehmann). Salvin-Godman Coll.
b-d. cJ ad. sk. Intac, Ecuador {Bvckley). Salviu-Godmau Coll.
e. Juv. sk. Citado, Ecuador (Buckley'). Gould Coll.
/, g. (S ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
h-m. c? ad. ; 7i. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman & $ ad. sk. Gould CoUs.
5. Lampropygia coeligena.
Ornismya coeligena, Less. Hist. Nat. Troch. p. 141, pi. 53. Trochilus coeligena, Zcss.Jmc?. Gen. Troch. p. xviii ; Gray,Hand-l. B.
I. p. 139. Coeligena typica, Bp. Consp. i. p. 73 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252; Reich.
Aufz. d. Col. p. 7 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 3, pi. 686. f. 4515. Lanipropvgia coeligena. Cab. Sj- Heine, Miis. Hein. iii. p. 78 ; Scl. Cat.
Am. B'-p. 309 ; Gould, Inir. Troch. p. 136 ; id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 80 ;
Scl. (^ Sah. P. Z. S. 1868, pp. 169, 629 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 55 ;
Mills. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 10, iv. p. 214 ; id. Ann. Soc.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 216. Bourcieria coeligena, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 79.
Adult male. Upper surface dark rufous-bronze, with a tinge of purple on the crown and upper tail- coverts ; rump shining green when viewed from behind, preceded on each feather with a zone of bright bronze ; tail dark rufous-bronze ; under surface dusky, the feathers of the throat edged with white, under tail-coverts edged with rufous ; edge of wing and of outermost primary chestnut ; bill black. Total length about 5-8 inches, wing 315 ; tail, central rectrices 1-5, lateral 2-05 ; bill 1-6.
Female. Like the male.
Mob. Venezuela.
a, b. Ad. sk. Venezuela (Goeriny). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. e. Ad. sk. Venezuela (Spence). Sclater Coll.
d-h. Ad. sk. [Venezuela.] Gould Coll.
t. Ad. sk. Aragua, Venezuela. E. Dyson [C.].
6. Lampropygia columbiana.
Coeligeua typica, Goidd, Mun. Troch. iv. pi. 255 (Oct. 1854). Lanipiopvuia eceligeua, Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 378; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p.'543, 1879, p. 239; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 390.
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Diphlog-rena (Ileliantliea) lessoni, 3Lds. S,- Verr. Class. TrocJi. p. 61. Lampiopyyia columbiana, Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 57 ; Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Movchcs, iii. p. 1-2, iv. p. 214 ; Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S.1879, p. 530 ;
Tacz. f Brrl. P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 105. Boiircieria columbiana, Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 79 ; Bed. J. f. Orn.
1887, p. 324.
Adult male. Very similar to that of L. coeligena, but the plumage generally of a much more olive tint. The size, too, is less. JIah. Colombia, Ecuador, and N. Peru.
Frontino, Colombia {T. K. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sahnon). Medellin.Colombia {T. K. S.). Colombia (Bogota make).
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sk. |
Quito, Ecuador {Jameson). Intac, Ecuador {BucMcy). Ulloa, Ecuador (BiicJilfi/). Sarayacu, Ecuador {Bucldey), Bancs, Ecuador {Buckley). Ecuador {Buckley).
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman &
Sclater Colls. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll. Gould Coll.
7. Lampropygia boliviana.
Lampropypia boliviana, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 137 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 57 ; j\Itils. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 13, pi. 67 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 216 ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 630.
Bourcieria boliviana, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 79.
Adidt. In its dark upper surface this species resembles L. coelicjena rather than L. columbiana, but is blacker and not so rufescent, the discal spots of the crown-feathers are dark green rather than purple. The tail is of a blacker more purple-bronze than that of either of the allied species.
Ifab. Bolivia.
a, b. Ad. sk. Bella Vista, Bolivia {Buckley),
c, d. Ad. sk. Tilotilo, Yungas, Bolivia
{Btickley). e-i. Ad. sk. Bolivia {Buckley).
j. Ad. sk. Boliva.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould & Sclater
Colls. Gould Coll. (Type of the species.)
34. CYANOLESBIA.
Type.
Cynanthus, Sicains. Class. B. ii. p. 330 (1837) {nee 1827) ;
Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 150 , C. gorgo.
Lesbia, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 71 C. mocoa.
Cyanolesbia, Stej. Auk. ii. p. 46 (1886).
Range. Andes from Venezuela and Colombia to Bolivia.
34. CYANOLESBIA. 137
Key to the 8pecies *.
a. Lateral pair of rectrices glittering violet-blue.
a'. Smaller ; under surface greener fjorgo y. I6i.
b'. Larger ; under surface browner .•••:•• '"*«<-'«"*'; P- -^•^^•
b. Lateral pair of rectrices like the rest, glittering
green. c' Upper surface darker ; gular spot sapphire-bhie ;
tail longer ; •.• »"'^''«' P- J^^.
d'. Upper surface lighter; gular spot greener; tail LP- i^"-
shorter smaraffdma,
1. Cyanolesbia gorgo.
P Lono--tailed Green Humming-bird, Edw. i. pi. 33. *'' Trocbilus forficatus, Linn. Si/sf. Nat. i. p. 190 ; Gm. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 486 ; Vieill. N. Diet. dJHist. N. vii. p. 366 ; id. Enc. M6th.
Oiseau-Mouches a longe Queue, or, yert et bleu, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois.
L'Sseau-Mouche a tete bleu, Aud. Sf Vieill. Dor. i. p. 129, pi. GO. Trochilus cyanurus, Steph. in Shaw's Zool. xiv. p. 339 (182G) {nee
Vieill.); Grai/,IIa7id-l.B.i.\xUS. .-, r ^ r.-
Trochilus kingi, Less. Hist. Nat. Tvoch. p. 107, pi. 38 ; id. Ind. Gen.
Truck, p. xviii. Cynauthus foi-ficatus, Sio. Classif. B. ii. p. 330 (1836) {nee Linn. ? ?) ;
Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 81; Mliof, Si/n. Troch. p. 151. Ornismya (Lesbia) kingi, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 7. MeUisuga forficata. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113. Mellisuga cyanura. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113. Lesbia gorge, Reich. Aujz. d. Col. pp. 8, 24 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 301 ;
Cah. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 71. Lesbia forficata, Reich. Axtfz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. Emim. p. 5, pi. 718. ff 4(528-9 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252 ; Cab. i^ Heine, Mus. Hem. iii. p. 71 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 301 ; Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1868,
C\^anthus cyanurus, Gotdd, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 172 (May 1852) ; id Intr Troch. p. 102 ; Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 83 ; IVyatt, Ibis 1871, p. 377; Scl. 8f Salv. P. Z. S 1875, p. 235; Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 10 ; Mtds. Hist. Nat.^ Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 268, iv. p. 220; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 224.
Lesbia kingi, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 212.
* The following species is unknown to me : — ■
Cyanolesbia gkiseiventris. Cjmanthus gi-iseiventris, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 72 ; id. Om.Pcr.L p. 334. " C supra viriclis, fronte squamosa longissime splendidissima ; subtus totua pallid'e cinereus, prnso gulari splendide coeruleo, pluuiis basi albis ; crisso albo ; tectricibus alaruui dorso concoloribus ; canipterio albo ; remige primo externe albo niargiiiato ; cauda profunda emarginata, splendide \iridi, rectricibus niediis splendore apicali latissime cupreo ; rectricibus extcrnis nigris viridi ter- minatis; cauda subtus ca^ruleo virens.
"Hab. Paucal, Peru (Raymondi)." (Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 334.)
138 TROCnILT.
Lcsbia margareHire, Jlmic, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 213.
Lesbia cyanurus, Hoinc, J.f. O'-n. 18G3, p. 213.
MelHsuga salvadoiii, Beav. Ann. Mus. Zool. Flor. 1805, p. 204.
Cynantbus gorgo, Miils. S)- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 83.
Cyanolesbia cyanura gorgo, Berl, J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 326.
Adult male (Bogota). Upper surface dark shining grass-green ; crown glittering green, drawn to a point towards the nape and edged with black on either side, when viewed from in front ; under sur- face dull green, a gular spot glittering sapphire-blue ; tail rich violet-blue, black at the base, the exposed portion of the eight median feathers very frequently shading into glittering green towards their tips; bill black. Total length about 8-3 inches, wing 2-75 ; tail, central rectrices 1, lateral about 5"5 ; bill 0'S5.
Adult female. Upper surface shining bronzy green ; crown shining green ; under surface chestnut ; throat white, each feather with a green disk ; flanks green ; lateral rectrices steel-blue with white tips, rest shining green above. Length of lateral rectrices 1'6 inch, of the next pair 1'75, central 0-9.
Young males are like the old males above and beneath ; but the crown is dull green, and the tail in the first instance like that of the female ; the brilliant rectrices of the adult are first developed, and afterwards the gular spot and the glittering crown.
Hah. Colombia and Venezuela.
Some females from Bogota have the crown shining blue and the breast white.
Specimens from the VenezAielan province of Caracas (margaretJice, Heine) are lighter green above, and all the rectrices except the lateral pair are glittering green like those of C. mocoa. The male from Caripe, further to the eastward, has a tail which is nearly pure violet-blue on the exposed upper surface, and the lateral pair of feathers are unusually long and wide. Specimens from Merida are without the gular spot. It is quite possible that several well-marked forms are here united, but most of the specimens before me have their origin too indefinitely marked to justify my attempting their sepa- ration. The males from Bogota with j^ure violet tails may come from a different valley from those which have the central rectrices more or less green.
The name Trochilus cjianm-us cannot be used for any of these forms. Its application by VieiUot in 1823 (Enc. Moth. p. 550) to a figure of Seba's (Thes. i. p. 84, pi. 51. f. 7), which does not repre- sent one of the TrocJiilidce at all, excludes Stephens's T. cyanurus of 1826. I therefore use gorgo, Eeich., for the Bogota bird, as has already been done by Count Berlepsch.
Linnajus's title T. forjicatus, has often been applied to this bird, but a reference to Edwards's plate (upon which the Linnajan name was founded) and the reproductions of it, shows that it cannot be employed with any certainty.
The title C gorgo (Eeich.) applies to the Colombian bird, -njhich has the central rectrices more or less craerald-grecn, and thus comes very near to the Caracas bird called C. margurethce (Heine).
34, CYANOLESBIA.
139
The birds from Eastern Yenezuela and Merida, as well as the violet-tailed form from Colombia, arc without names that can be properly ajiplied to them.
Form a. a. c? ad. sk.
Forests of Caripe, E. Vena- Salvin-Godman Coll. zuela, June 1867 {A. Goer in ff).
Form h. C. margarefho'. (Heine).
b, 0. S ad. sk. Caracas, Venezuela {Salle). Gould Coll.
d. c?ad. ;e. $ad. Caracas. Gould Coll.
sk.
/. 2 ad. sk. Valley of Aragua, Vene- E. Dysou [C.].
zuela.
ff. 2 ad. sk. Venezuela (Spence). Sclater Coll.
Form c. h. cJ ad. sk.
Merida, Venezuela (y. I^er- lejiscli).
Form d, C. gorgo (Pieich.).
i-n. cjad. ;o-n S Colombia (Bogota make), juv.; s-v. $ad. sk.
Form e. ?
%v-y. (S ad. ; z. Colombia (Bogota make).
5 ad. sk. a'. S ad. ; U. $
ad. St.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sahiu-Godman, Gould, & Sclater Colls.
Salvin-Godman Gould CoUs. Purchased.
2. Cyanolesbia ccelestis.
Cynanthus ccelestis, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 102; Muls. ^'- Verr.
Class. Troch. p. 83 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 96. Cynanthus cyanm-us, Scl. P. Z. S. 1869, pp. 70, 95 ; Goidd, P. Z. S.
1870, p. 803. Lesbia ccelestis, Scl. Cat, Am. B. p. 301 ; Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863.
p. 212. _ y ^ > J
Trochilus ccelestis, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 143. Cynanthus cvauurus ccelestis, Berl. Sf Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 507,
1884, p. 305.
Adult male. Similar to that of C. fjorgo, but larger and with a larger bill ; the under surface is browner, the feathers having brown edges, and this also applies to the under tail-coverts.
Adult female. The crown varies from shining green to shining blue, and the breast is always white.
Young males go through the same changes as in C. gorgo.
Hah. Colombia (Popayan) and Ecuador.
a. cJ ad. sk.
b. (5 ad. sk.
Popayan, Colombia. Intac, Ecuador {Buckley).
Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
140 TROCHILI.
c. (S ad. sk. Pallatanga, Ecuador, Nov. Sclater Coll.
(Frascf).
d. c?ad. ; p. c? jiiv. ; Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll. f. $ ad. sk.
g-o. ^ &A.;p-s. S Ecuador. Gould Coll. (Type
juv. ; t-v. 5 ad. sk. of the species.)
w-V. (5 ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godnian Coll,
3. CyanolesWa mocoa.
Trocliilus mocoa, Del. ^- Bowc. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 311 ; Gray,
Haml-l B. i. p. 148. Cynanthus mocoa, Bp. Consp. Ai\ i. p. 81 ; Gould, Intr. Troch.
p. 103 ; Muh. cS- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 83 ; Gould, P. Z. S. 1870,
p. 803 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 544 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 334 ;
WhHelij, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 188 ; Scl. Sr Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, pp. 529,
628 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 271 ; id. Ann. Sac.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 224 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 152 ; Tacz. 8f
Berl. P.Z. S. 1885, p. 103. Lesbia mocoa, Reich. Avfz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 5,
pi. 717. ff. 462(3-7 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252; Heine, J.f. Orn.
1863, p. 212. Cynanthus smaragdicauda, Goidd, Mon. Troch, iii. pi. 173 (May
1852).
Adult male. Similar to that of C. gorr/o, but with the whole of the exposed upper surface of the tail glittering green ; gular spot sapphire-blue.
Bab. Colombia (Cauca Valley) and Ecuador.
a, (S ad. sk. Santa Elena, Antioquia, Co- Salvin-Godman Coll.
lombia {T. K. Salmon).
b. cJad.; c. $ad. Antioquia (7^. A'. /S.). Sclater Coll. sk.
d. cJ juv. sk. Popayan, Colombia. Gould Coll.
e. cJ juv. sk. Santiago, Ecuador {Lehmann). Gould Coll.
f-i. (S ad. ; j, k. Bafios, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman &
5 juv. sk. Gould Colls.
l-p. c? ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll.
q. $ ad. sk. Peru ? Gould Coll,
4. Cyanoles'bia smaragdina.
Trochilus (Lesbia) smaragdinus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 85. Mellisuga siuaragdinis, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113.
Cvnanthus bolivianus, GoiJd, Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. 1880, v. p. 489 ; 'id. Svppl. Mon. Troch. pi. 40 (Aug. 1880) ; Elliot, Ann. ^ Mag. iV^. IT. 1880, vi. p. 232. Lesbia mocoa. Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 1.
Adult male. Similar to that of C. mocoa, but with a shorter tail and with the gular spot glittering pale greenish blue rather than sapphire-blue.
Adult female. Upper surface bronzy green, the crown brighter bluish green ; abdomen chestnut ; throat white, each feather with a large green discal spot.
Hab. Bolivia.
35. ZODALIA. 14^1
All Bolivian males of this form that I have seen differ from typical C. mocoa in the points indicated above ; but see Mr. Elliot's notes on this bird.
a, b. cS ad. ; c, cJ Tilotilo, Yungas, Bolivia Salvin-Godman Coll.
juv. sk. {Bucklei/).
d. (S ad. sk. Liria, Yungas, Bolivia Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Biicklei/).
e-i. S ad. ; j. <S Bolivia (Bucklei/). Gould Coll. (Types
juv. ; k. $ ad. sk. of C. boliviana.)
I. (S ad. St. BoUvia. Bridges [C.].
35. ZODALIA. ^^ ^
Zodalia, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mauches, iii. p. 281 (1876) . . Z. ortoni.
Ranrje. Southern Colombia, Ecuador.
Key to the Species.
a. Upper surface shining green glyceria, p. 141.
b. Upper surface shining purple ortoni, p. 142.
1. Zodalia glyceria.
Cometes mossia, Gould, Rep. Brit. Assoc. 18o3, p. 68 ; Athenmum,
185.3, p. 1166. Lesbia glyceria, Bp. Rev. Zool. 18o4, p. 2-52. Cometes? glyceria, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 176 (May 1858) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 104 ; llnls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii . p. 225. Sparganura mossai, Cab. S,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 52. Zodalia glyceria, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Motiches, iii. p. 283 ; Elliot,
Syn. Troch. p. 150. Sparganura glyceria, Gould, Suppl, Troch. pi. 38 (Aug. 1880).
Young malel Upper surface dark shining bluish green, the feathers of the crown edged with rusty red (immaturity ?) ; under surface dusky buff, the feathers of the flanks and sides of the neck with bluish discal spots, throat glittering brassy olive-green ; tail dark shining purple, the lateral rectrices for three fourths of their outer webs and the shaft adjoining dusky white, the shaft of the next feather also dusky white ; bill black. Total length about 5'7 inches, wing 2-5 ; tail, central rectrices 1-25, lateral 3-2 ; bUl 3-7.
Female unknown.
Hah. Colombia (Popayan).
This species was never characterized by Gould under the name C. mossia, either in the ' Athenaeum ' or Brit. Assoc. Eep. It must therefore stand as C. glyceria, the name given to it by Bonaparte and adopted by Gould in the ' Monograph of Trochilidas.'
a. cJ juv. sk. Popayan, Colombia (3Iossa). Gould Coll. (Type
of species.)
142 THOCHILI.
2. Zodalia ortoni.
LesLia ortoni, Luior. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 2G9 ; Mxds. A^in. Soc.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 225. Zodalia ortoni, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 282 ; Elliot,
Syn. Troch. p. 149; Gould, Suppl. Troch. pi. .38 (Aug. 1880).
Adult male. " Entire upper surface and wing-coverts of a rich glossy purple ; the concealed bases of the feathers are green ; upper tail-coverts similar in colour to the back, but marked centrally between the purple and green with crimson ; the tail-feathers are brownish black, except the two central, which are green ; the ends of the eight middle feathers are largely marked with a deep vinous bronzy crimson, most in extent on the short central feathers ; the long outer feather on each side ends with obscure bronzy green ; the outer edge of the lateral feather is buff for three quarters of its length from the base — this colour occupying only about one third the width of the web ; the under surface of the tail is steel-blue, bronzy at the ends of the feathers ; the shafts of the two long lateral feathers are whitish at the base for about half their length ; wings brownish purple ; the throat gorget is of a brilliant metallic pale green ; the sides of the neck, breast, upper part of the abdomen, and sides are a shining green ; lower part of abdomen ashy buff. Bill and feet black. Length 5| inches, wing 2^ ; tail, lateral feathers 3jL, short central ones l^\; bill |." {Lawr. l.s.c.)
Adult female. Upper surface dark shining bluish green ; under surface pale buff, becoming nearly white on the lower abdomen ; feathers of the throat, breast, and flanks with green discal spots ; tail dark purple, central rectrices greener, lateral narrowly tipped with dusky white. Length of the central rectrices I'l, lateral 2.
Hah. Ecuador.
a. 2 ad. sk. Intac, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
b. $ ad. sk. Ecuador ? Gould Coll.
36. SAPPHO. Type
Coraetes, Gould, P. Z. S. 1841, p. 31 (wee Hodys. 1837) S. sparganura.
Sappho, Peich. Syst. Av. pi. 40 (1849) S. sparganura.
Sparganura, Cab. Sf Heine, 3Ius. Hein. iii. p. 52
(18G0) S. sparganura.
Polyonyiuus, Heitie, J.f. Orn. 18G3, p. 206 S. caroli.
Leo'bia, Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 298 . . S. caroli.
Bange. Andes of Central Peru; Bolivia and ChiU; Argentine Bepublic.
Key to the Species.
a. Tail long, glittering red or orange-red ; throat
glittering gi-een.
a. Back crimson ; tail gUttering orange-red spargamira, p. 143.
v. Back dark crimson ; tail glittering red ;j/i«ow, p. 144.
b. Tail shorter and duller ; throat glittering red . . caroli, p. 144.
36. SAPPHO. 143
1. Sappho sparganura.
Trochilus sparganurus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 291, pi. 39 ; Gray,
Hand-l. B. i. p. 143. Trochilus cliysurus, Cuv. Itbgn. An. i. p. 486 (1829) ; Tsch. Faun.
Per. p. 244. Ornismya sappho, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouclies, pp. xlii, lOo, pis.
27, 28; id. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 83; id. Traite d'Oni. p. 272. Trochilus sappho, Less. Lnd. Gen. Troch. p. xvii. Trochilus chrysochloris. Less. Su-ppl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 98. Ornismya chysura, d'Orb. S/- Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 26. Mellisuga spargauura, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113. Cometes sappho, Gould, 1\ Z. S. 1847, p. 31. Coinetes sparganurus, Bp.Consp. i. p. 81 ; Des Murs, in Casteln. Voy.
Ois. p. 39 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 174 (Oct. 18o8) ; id. Lntr.
Troch. p. 104 ; Burni. J. f. Orn. 18G0, p. 245 ; id. La-Plata lieise,
ii. p. 449 ; Set. Cat. Am. B. p. 301 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.- Mouches, iii. p. 274 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 134. Sappho sparganura, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. Troch. Enurn.
p. 5, pi. 724. ff. 4651-2 ; Muls. 8,- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 83 ;
Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 154 ; Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 224 ; Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 628; Salv. Ibis, 1880, p. 363. Lesbia sparganura, Bp. Eev. Zool. 1854, p. 252. Sparganura sappho. Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 52 ; E. W.
White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 615 ; Scl. Sf Huds. Arg. Orn. ii. p. 3.
Adult male. Crown, neck, and under surface shining bronze- green ; back and rump shining crimson ; throat glittering grass- green ; tail dark brown, the exposed portion on the upperside fiery orange-red, the central pair of rcctrices narrowly, the rest widely tipped with black ; basal portion of the outer web of the lateral rectrices dusky, the adjoining portion of the shafts whitish ; bill black. Total length about 7 inches, wing 2"06 ; tail, central rec- trices 1, lateral 4-4 ; bill 0-8.
Adult female. Upper surface shining green, becoming coppery on the upper tail-coverts ; an irregular whitish patch on the rump ; under surface whitish, all the feathers, except those on the middle of the abdomen, with green discs ; under tail-coverts buff; exposed surface of the tail fiery orange-red, the central rectrices tipped with black, outermost feathers with the whole of the outer web, the shaft, and the adjoining part of the inner web (except at the base) whitish, the next pair of rectrices narrowly tipped with whitish. Length of central rcctrices 1 inch, lateral 1-9, next pair 2.
Young male. Similar to the female, but with longer, more fiery orange-red tail ; the outermost rectrix like that of the female, but without white on the inner web. The plumage of the adult first shows ou the middle of the back and subsequently on the throat.
Hah. Eastern Bolivia, the Argentine Eepublic, and the Andes of Chili.
a, b. S ad. sk. Ghuquisaca, Bolivia {Bridges). Gould Coll.
c. cJ juv. sk. Bolivia (ij'nrfc/fs). Sclater Coll.
d. S juv. sk. Salta, Argentine Piep., June. II. Durnford [C.].
144 TKocniLi.
e. S ad. sk. Jachal, Ar;r. Rep. Gould Coll.
/. ^ ad. ; g. S Tucuman, June. H. Duruford [C.].
juv. ; h. 2 ad.
sk. i,j- 6 ad. ; k. S Portillo Pass, Chilian Andes Salvin-Godman Coll.
juv.; l,m. § {Weisshaupt).
ad. sk. n. (S ad. ; o, p. $ Portillo Pass. Gould Coll.
ad. sk. q. (J ad. ; r. 5 Chilian Andes (Leybold). Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. s. (S ad. ; t. cS " Brazil." S. Feilding, Esq.
juv. sk. [P.].
M. 5 juv. sk. Gould Coll.
2). J ad. ; w. 5 Purchased.
ad. st. X. 2 ad. st. Bolivia. — Bridges [C.].
2. Sappho phaon.
Ornismya chrysura, var., (VOrb. ^ Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 27. Cometes phaon, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 31 ; id. Mon. Troch. iii.
pi. 175 (Oct. 1853); id. Intr. Troch. p. 104 ; Bp. Consp.Av.'i.
p. 81 ; Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 279, pi. 97; Elliot,
Ibis, 1877, p. 135. Mellisuga phaon. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113. Sappho phaon, Beich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. Troeh. Enum. p. 5,
pi. 725. fE. 4653-4 ; 3Iuls. df Verr. Class. Troch. p. 83 ; Elliot,
Syn. Troch. p. 154 ; Muls. Attn. iSoc. Linn. Lyon, xxii, p. 225 ;
Scl. <t Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 628. Lesbia phaon, Bp. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 252. Spargauura phaon, Cab. ^- Heine, Mas. Hein. iii, p. 52. Trochilus phaon. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 143.
Adult male. Similar to that of S. spargamu-a, but with louger, more curved bill ; the under surface whiter, each feather with a green disc, the back darker crimson, and the exposed portion of the upperside of the tail darker fiery red.
Female resembles that sex of *S. sparganura ; but the rectrices are, as in the male, darker, and the bill longer and more curved.
Hah. Andes of Bolivia and (?) Peru.
a, b. c? juv. ; c. Peru ? Salvin-Godman &
2 ad. sk. Gould Colls.
d. c? ad. ; e. c? Sapahaque, Bolivia (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
juv. sk.
f-h. (S ad. ; i,J. Bolivia {Buckley). Gould Coll.
6 juv. sk.
3. Sappho caroli.
Trochilus caroli, Bourc. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 48 ; id. Bev. Zool. 1847,
p. 260. Hylocliaris caroli, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113 ; Bp. Consp, Av. i. p. 74. Citlliphlox caroli, Beich, Aufz. d. Col. p. 12.
37. NEOLKSBIA. 145
Cometes caroli, Gould, Moti. Track, iii. pi. 177 (.Iiily 1861) ; id. Intr.
Troeh. p. 104 ; Muls. Ann. Sue. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 225. Polvonvmus caroli, Heine, J.f. Orn. 186.3, p. 200; Nation, P. Z. S.
1881, p. 487. Leobia caroli, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 298. Sappho caroli, Elliot, Syn, Troch. p. 155.
Adult ? male. Upper surface, including the central rectrices, shining bronz}' green ; under surface dusky, each feather with a green disc ; throat glittering red ; lateral rectrices purple-black, the exposed portion more coppery ; outer web of outermost rectrix dusky white for the greater part of its length : bill black. Total length about 5-2 inches, wing 2*5 ; tail, central rectrices 1'2, lateral 2*2 ; billl.
Female unknown.
Notwithstanding the opinion of various writers, I think this aber- rant species had best be retained in the genus Sappho. Though the tail is short, its shape and the coloration of the outermost rectrix are similar to what obtain in young examples of the more tj'pical species. The bill closely resembles that of S. sparganura.
Hah. Andes of Peru.
a. c? juv. ? sk. Peru ? _ Gould CoU.
h. <5juv. sk. Andes of Lima, Peru, Oct. Salvin-Godman Coll.
{Nation"). c. (j' juv. sk. Andes of Lima, Peru {Na- Sclater Coll.
tion\
37. NEOLESBIA.
Type. Cyanolesbia, partim, Bvrl. l.i.c N. nehrkomi.
1. Neolesbia nehrkomi.
Cyanolesbia nehrkomi, Berl. J. f. Orn. 1887, p. 326 ; id. Zeitschr. ges. Orn. iv. p. 178, pi. 3. f. 1.
Adult male. Upperside, including the tail, deep steel-blue, the whole top of the head brighter, the bright part drawn into a point towards the nape; wings purple-black; underside metallic bluish green, rather bluer on the throat ; abdomen duller, the sides blue ; under tail-coverts dark steel-blue, the sides of each feather white : bill black, long, slightly decurved ; feet dark. Length about 5-3 inches, wing 2-5 ; tail, central rectrices I'Oo, lateral 2-6 ; bilJ0'9o, {Type in Mus. Berlepsch.)
A very distinct species, known from two specimens. That sub- mitted to me is of the usual Bogota make, and was sent to Count Berlepsch by Mr, Nehrkorn, who possesses the second specimen.
The bill of this species is longer and more curved than that of either Cyanolesbia gorgo or Zodalia glyceria. The tail-feathers are about the same width as in Zodalia glyceria.
Hah. Colombia.
14U TROCHILI.
3S. LESBIA.
Type.
Lesbia, Less. Lid. G&n. Troch. p. xvii (1832) L. nuna.
Agaclyta, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 70 (1860) . . L. gouldi. Psalidoprymna, Cab. Sf Heine, Miis. Hein. iii. p. 52 (1860) L. victorise.
Range. Andes from Venezuela and Colombia to Bolivia.
Key to the Species.
a. Larc^er : all the rectrices, including the central pair,
black tipped with green victories, p. 146.
6. Smaller : central rectrices wholly green.
a'. Exposed portion of the sublateral rectrices black tipped witli green. a". Lateral rectrices reddish purple beneath, the pale portion of the outer web extending be- yond the ends of the sublateral pair ; glitter- ing throat more elongated eucharis, p. 147.
b" . Lateral rectrices steel-blue beneath, the pale portion of the outer web not extending beyond the ends of the sublateral pair; glittering
throat less elongated, rounded nuna, p. 148.
b' . Smallest : exposed portion of all the rectrices,
except the lateral pair, green gouldi, p. 149.
1. Lesbia victorise.
TrochUus victorise, Bourc. ^ Muls. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, ix.
p. 312 (1846) ; iid. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 315, pi. 4. Mellisuga victorife. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113. Trochilus amaryllis, Bourc. Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 273 ; Gray, HandA.
B. i. p. 143. Cynanthus victoriag, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 81 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 252. Cynanthus amaryllis, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 81. Psalidoprymna amaryllis, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 53. Lesbia amaryllis, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 5, pi. 714. ff. 4620-1 ;
Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 170 (May 1854) ; id. Lntr. Troch.
p. 101 ; Jameson ^ Fraser, Lbis, 1859, p. 399 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1855,
p. 140, 1868, pp. 460, 555, 1860, pp. 81, 94 ; id. Cat. Am. B.
p. 301 ; Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 83 ; Laiur. Ann. Lye. N. Y.
IX. p. 237; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 376 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 148;
Berl. i^ Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 305, 1885, p. 103. Lesbia victoriae, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 5,
pi. 715. ff. 4622-3 ; Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Motickes, iii. p. 286 ;
Muls. 8f Verr. Class. Troch. p. 83. Psalidoprymna victorise. Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 52 ; Berl.
J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 328. Lesbia gouldi amaryllis, Berl. Sj- Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 305.
Adult male. Upper and under surfaces shining golden green (rather dull) ; throat glittering grass-green, drawn to a point on the breast ; under tail-coverts buff ; tail very long, purple-black, each
38. LESBIA. 147
feather tipped with bronzy green, the outermost rectrix with the basal portion of the outer web to a little beyond the tips of the next pair, with the shaft adjoining, dull white ; bill black, Total length about 9-.5 inches, wing '2-3o ; tail, central rectrices 0-85, lateral 6-8 ; bill (rather curved) 0-85.
Adult female. Under surface white, each feather with a green discal spot ; tail much shorter than in the male, but similarly marked. Length of central rectrices 0-95, lateral 3-3.
Young male. Like the female ; the glittering throat of the adult gradually taking the place of the spotted one.
Hah. Andes of Colombia and Ecuador.
a, b. S ad. ; c-g. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman &
(S juv. sk. Gould Colls.
h. ^ juv. sk. Colombia. Bourcier [C.].
i. (S ad. sk. Riobamba, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
/, k. c? ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador (Fraser). Gould & Sclater
CoUs.
I. c? ad. ; m. $ Ecuador (Fraser). Salvin-Godman &
ad. sk. Sclater Colls.
n, 0. c? ad. ; p-u. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman &
cJjuv. ;?;-y. 2 Sclater Colls.
ad. sk. z. cf ad. St. Purchased.
2. Lesbia eucharis.
Trochilus eucharis, Bourc Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 274.
Lesbia eucharis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. iii.
pi. 171 ^Sept. 1860) ; id. hitr. Troch. p. 102 ; Muls. ^- Verr. Clasa.
Troch. p. 88 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 289 ; id. Ann.
Soc. Liyin. Lyon, xxii. p. 2-25; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 147. Cynanthus eucharis, £p. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252. Psahdoprymna eucharis, Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 328.
Adult male,. Similar to that of L. victoria but smaller, and with a shorter tail and shorter, straighter bill ; the glittering green of the throat is nearly as elongated, but not shortened and rounded as in L. mma and L. gouldi. The central and next two pairs of rectrices are shining green, the sublateral pair dark for most of the exposed portion of their length, with green tips ; the lateral pair, too, are tipped with bronzy green ; the pale -webs of the outer rectrices reach beyond the tips of the next pair.
Adult female. Under surface nearly white, all the feathers with green discal spots ; the white portion of the outer webs of the outer rectrices extends over more than three fourths of the feather.
Hah. Colombia.
Very closely allied to L. nuna.
a. <3 ad. sk. San Buenaventura, Colombia Gould Coll.
(Bourcier). (Type of the species.)
b. S ad. ; c. 9 (Skins of similar make.) Gould Coll.
ad. sk.
l2
148 TKOCHII.I.
(I. S ad. sk. Peru (?) (ex Bourcier). Gould Coll.
(Erroneously marked as the type of T. nmui-hadU.) 2 ad. ; /- Pull. ? ' Gould Coll.
sk.
8. Lesbia nuna.
Ornismya nuna, Less. Suppl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 169, pi. 35.
Prochilus nuna, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xvii ; Grai/, Hand-I. B. i. p. 143.
3rn\smya gouldi, d'Orb. Sf Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 27 (nee Lodd.).
Ornismya nuna-kaoli, Del. 4" L ss. Rev. Zaol. 1839, p. 19.
Cynanthus bifurcatus, Sw. Birds Mex. Tp. 411?; Bp. Consp. A>'. i. 'p. 81 ; id. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 232.
Mellisuga bifurcata, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113.
Lesbia bifurcata, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 5, pi. 716. ff. 4624-5.
Lesbia nuna, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 169 (Sept. 1860) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 101; Muls. 8c Verr. Class. Troch. p. 83; Whitely, P.Z.S. 1874, p. 675; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, 'm. Tp. 291, pi. 98 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 225; Elliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 137 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 147 ; Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. iS". 1879, p. 628.
Psalidoprymna bifurcata. Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 53.
Agaclyta nuna, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 211.
Adult male. Very similar to that of L. eucharis, but with the glittering green of the throat more restricted and rounded at its lower edge, instead of produced towards the breast ; the lateral rectrices are steel-blue rather than purple-blue at the base, and the pale outer web does not extend so far along the feather.
Female. Does not differ from that of L. eucharis.
Hah. Peru and Bolivia.
The specimen from d'Orbigny's collection agrees with Whitely's and Buckley's examples, and proves that 0. gouldi, d'Orb. & Lafr., should be referred to L. nuna.
Whether C. bifurcatus, Swains., said to be from Mexico, is also referable to the same bird is more doubtful ; the locality attributed to it must be wrong, no species of Lesbia passing the Isthmus of Panama.
a. 5 ad.sk. Yicinity of Lima, (Nation). Salvin-Godman CoU.
6-9. (S ad. ; h, i. Paucatambo, Peru, Nov., Dec. Salviu-Godmau &
2 ad. sk. (H. Whifety). Gould Colls.
j. 2 ad. sk. Huatocto, Peru, July {H. W.). Salvin-Godman Coll.
k. (S ad. sk. Peru or Bolivia ( Warszeioiez). Gould Coll.
I. (S ad. sk. Bolivia {d^Orbigny). Sclater Coll.
m. (S ad. ; «. J Valley of Milipaya, Sorata, Gould CoD. juv. sk. Bolivia, alt. 10,500 feet (In- wards).
o. S ad. sk. Sorata, alt. 12,000 feet (D. Gould Coll.
Forbes).
p. (S ad. sk. Sorata (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
38. LESBIA. 149
4. Lesbia gouldi.
Trochilus gouldi, Lodd. P. Z. S. 1832, p. 7 ; Gra>/, Hand-l. B. i.
p. 143. Ornismj'a sylphis, Less. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 73. Tiochilus (Lesbia) gracQis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 86. Mellisuga gouldi, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113. Mellisuga gracilis, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113. Cynanthus gouldi, Bjy. Consp. Av. i. p. 81 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 282. Lesbia gouldi, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. iii.
pi. 167 (Sept. 1856) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 101 ; Scl. S^- Sale. P. Z. S.
1875, p. 235; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 293, iv.
p. 230; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 225 ; Ulliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 146. Oynauthus gracilis, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 81. Lesbia gracilis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. o,
pi. 713. ff. 4018-9; Scl. P. Z. 6'. 1860, pp. 70, 94; Cat. Am. B.
p. 300 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 168 (Sept. 1860) ; id. Litr.
Troch. p. 101; Muls. Hist. Nat.' Ois.-31ouches, iii. p. 295; id.
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 225 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 238,
1880, p. 200, 1882, p. 36 ; id. Orn. Per. i.p. 330. Agaclyta gouldi, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 70. Agaclyta gracilis, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 71. Lesbia sylpbia, Muls. 4" Verr. Class. Troch. p. 83. Lesbia chlorura, Gould, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 504. Psalidoprymna gouldi, Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 328.
Adult male. Similar to those of L. eucliaris and L. nuna, but decidedly smaller, with shorter bill ; the glittering portion of the throat rounded posteriorly as in L. nuna : the exposed portion of the sublateral pair of rectrices is glittering green throughout, a little brighter towards the tip. Total length about 6 to 7 inches, wing 1-95 ;. tail, central rectrices 0-8, lateral 4-5 ; hill O-oo.
Female. Similar to the females of the allied species; white beneath, each feather with a green discal spot. Length of the lateral rectrices about 2-3 inches.
Young male. Similar to the female, and spotted on the under surface. These spotted feathers are replaced by green ones as maturity advances.
Hah. Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru (?).
L. gouldi applies strictly to the Colombian bird and L. gracilis to the Ecuadorean ; but I am unable to separate them satisfac- torily. The former is perhaps smaller and has greener under tail- coverts, but both characters are variable.
a fS ad. sk. Sierra Nevada of Merida, Yeu- Salviu-Godman Coll.
ezuela, alt. 8000-9000 feet
(Goering).
b-f. i ad. ; g-l. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godmau &
2 ad. sk. ' Gould Colls.
m-p. S juv. sk. Colombia (Purdie). Purchased.
q. 2 ad. sk. Above Puellaro, Ecuador (Fra- Salvin-Godnian Col!.
ser).
c, «. c? ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
150 TEOCHILI.
t, u. (S ad. ; v. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Btickley). Gould Coll.
2 ad. sk.
w. (^ ad. sk. Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll.
.v-z. (S ad. ; «'- Ecuador {Buckley). Gould Coll.
c'. 5 ad. sk.
d', e. cf ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll.
/'. c?ad. sk. Vqxvl? {Warszeiriez). Gould Coll.
g, h'. cJ ad. st. Purchased.
39. METALLURA. rr
Type.
Metallura, Govid, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 94 M. opaca.
Urolampra, Cab. ^ Heine, Mtis. Hein. iii. p. 68 (1860). M. tjriauthina. Metallura (Lavinia), Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 100 (1877) M. eupogon.
Rcmge. Audes from Venezuela and Colombia to Bolivia.
Key to the Species.
a. Upper and under surfaces brownish or purple-
black ; gular spot glittering bluish green.
a. Kectrices beneath glittering copper- colour ; under tail-coverts bronzy purple, edged with dusky rufous opaca, p. 150.
b'. Rectrices beneath glittering vinous-purple; under tail-coverts purple-black edged with rufous jekkii, p. 151.
c . Rectrices glittering purple ; under tail- coverts greenish edged with ochraceous . chlo7-o])0(/on, p. 151.
b. Upper and under surfaces shining bronzy
green. d'. Gular spot glittering green. a". Gular spot with definite edges.
a'". Larger (eneicauda, p. 152.
b'" . Smaller.
a*. Rectrices beneath glittering cop- pery purple tyrianthina, p 152.
h*. Rectrices beneath glittering violet- purple smaragdinicollis, p. 154.
b". Gular spot without definite edges, c'". Rectrices beneath gUttering bronzy
green jjrimolina, p. 154.
d'". Rectrices beneath glittering purple . williami, p. 155. e. Gular spot glittering red eiipogon, p. 155.
1. Metallura opaca.
Trochilus (Lampornis) opacus, LicJit. in Tsch. Conttp. p. 38. Trochilus opacus, Tsch. Faun. Per. Orn. p. 248.
Trochilus ( ) cupreicauda, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 87.
Trochilus cupreicaudus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 143.
Mellisuga cupreicauda. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113.
Metallura cupreicauda, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 94 ; id. Mon. Troch.
iii. pi. 191 (May 1859) ; id. Int.r. Troch. p. Ill ; Bp. Consp. At: i.
p. 75: Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 5, pi. 721.
tf. 4638-9 ; Sol. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 987, 1868, p. 569 ; Muls.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 110.
39. METALLUEA. 151
Aglseactis cupreicauda, Bp. Sev. Zool. ISSi, p. 253. Metallura opaca, Cab. Sf Heine, Mas. Hein. iii. p. 69 ; Elliot, Syn. Troth, p. 1G.3; Sd. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 488 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 353. Urolampra cupreicauda, Muls. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 220.
Adult male. Upper and under surfaces sooty black, nearly pure black ou the sides of the bluish-green glittering gular spot ; under tail-coverts bronzy purple, with obscure fulvous edges ; tail dark bronzy green on the upper surface, glittering copper-colour or bronze beneath ; biU black. Total length about 4*5 inch, wiug 2*85 ; tail, central rectrices 1-85, lateral 2-05.
Female unknown.
Hab. Andes of Peru and Bolivia.
M. (5 ad. sk. Andes of Lima, Peru, Sept. Sclater Coll.
(Nation). b. (S ad. sk. Chiuata, Peru, July {II. Gould Coll.
Whitehj). c-e. J ad. sk. Valley of Palea, near Tacna, Gould Coll.
Bolivia [Bridges). f, (J. d ad. sk. Bolivia. Bridges [C.].
2. Metallura jelskii.
Metallura jelskii, Cah. J.f. Orn. 1874, p. 99 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.- Mouches, iii. p. 109, pi." 79 ; Blliot, Syn. Troch. p. 164 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 354.
Metallura cupreicauda, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 544.
Adult 7nale. Said to differ in the colour of the tail, which is (according to Mr. Elliot, who had a typical example in his posses- sion) " luminous vinous-purple."
Hah. Andes of Central Peru.
A specimen sent by Prof. Nation from the Andes, near Lima, certainly agrees with Bolivian examples which have been referred to M. opaca. If M. jelskii is distinct from 31. opaca, their ranges must approach each other very closely.
3. Metallura chloropogon.
Urolampra chloropogon, Cab. i^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 68 ; Mtils.
Hid. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 122. Metallura chloropogon, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 164.
Adult male. " Purpnreo-fuscesccus nitore quodam metallico vire- scenti, vertice, humcris uropygioque valde, imprimis autem macula gulari splendidissime vircscenti-fulgentibus ; alls purpureo-fuscis, rectricibus latissimis pulchre purpureo resplendentibus ; crisso albido, tectricibus caudiB inferioribus virescenti-niteutibus, margine lutes- centi. Fcm. (an mas juv.) : Subtus brunnescenti-ochracea, gula lateribusque maculis parvis fuscis virescentibusque guttatis, rectri- cibus splcudide purpurascentibus, tribus externis apice pallide albescentibus." {Cah. i5f Heine, I. s. c.)
Hab. ?
I have not yet met with specimens answering to this description.
152 TROCHILI.
4. Metallura seneicauda.
Trochilus ( ?) seneocauda, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 87.
Mellisuga seneicauda, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113.
Metallura seneicauda, Gould, P. Z. S. 1817, p. 94; id. Mon. Troch. iii.
pi. 19:2 (May 1859) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. Ill ; Bp. Camp. Av. i. p. 75 ;
licieh. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. Emim. p. 5, pi. 720. ff. 4634-5 ;
Whitely, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 191 ; 3Iuls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches,
iii. p. Ill ; miot, Syn. Troch. p. 165 ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1879,
p. 628. Aglseactis seneicauda, Bp. liei\ Zool. 1854, p. 253. Urolampra seneicauda, Cab. 4' Heine, Miis. Hei^i. iii. p. 68 ; Muls.
Ann. 8oc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 220.
Adult male. Upper surface bronzy green ; under surface bronzy green, each feather edged with fulvous ; throat with a well-defined glittering greeu spot ; tail above dark shining olive-green, becoming purple when viewed from behind, beneath glittering bronzy green ; bill black. Total length about 4-2 inches, wing 2-5 ; tail, central rectrices 1"5, lateral 1-7 ; bill 0*9.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but instead of the gular spot the feathers of the throat are fulvous, with green discs, becoming dusky towards the chin ; the rectrices beneath are edged with a coppery hue and very narrowly tipped with white.
J/ab. Andes of Southern Peru and Bolivia.
a. cS juv. sk. Cachupata, Peru, Nov. {H. Gould Coll.
Wkitely).
b, c. (5' ad. sk. Unduavi, Bolivia (2?nV/^es). Gould Coll.
d. (S ad. ; e,f. 5 CiUutincara, Bolivia {Buck- Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. ley).
g, h. S ad. ; i. S Bolivia {Buckley). Gould Coll.
juv. sk.
j, k. (S ad. sk. Bolivia. Bridges [C.].
5. Metallura tyrianthina.
Trochilus tvrianthinus, Lodd. P. Z. S. 1832, p. 0 ; Fraser, P. Z. S.
1840, p. 18 ; Gray, Hund-l. B. i. p. 142. Ornismya allardi, Boiirc. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 294 ; id. Ann. iSc. Phys.
et Nat. Lyon, (2) iii. p. 226, pis. 3, 4 (1840). Ornismya paulinte, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 354 ; id. Mag. Zool.
1840, pi. 13. Mellisuga tyrianthina, Gi-ay, Gen. B. i. p. 113. Metallura tyrianthina, Bp. Comp. i. p. 75 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253 ;
Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8; id. Troch. Enmn. p. 5, pi. 719.
ff. 4630-1 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 195 (May 1859) ; id. Intr.
Troch. p. 112; id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803; Hcl. P. Z. S. 1859,
p. 145, 1860, p. 95 ; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 303 ; Scl. ^ Sale. P. Z. S.
1868, pp. 169,629, 1870, p. 782, 1879, p. 529; Wy a tt, Ibis, 1871 ,
p. 377; Muls. Hist. JSat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 117; Elliot, Syti.
Troch. p. 166 ; Berl. Sf Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 305, 1885, p. 104 ;
Tccz. 0-n. Per. i. p. 358; Berl. J. f. Orn. 1884, p. 311, 1887,
p. 325. Trochilus allardi, Jard. Contr. Orn. 1850, pp. 81, 89, 151, pi. 55. Urolampra tyrianthina. Cab. S,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 68.
39. METALLCRA.
153
grass-green ; under surface the neck with green discal
Metalhira tbyriantbina ?, (THamonv. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. xi. p. 311
(1880). Metallura quitensis, Gould, Intr. Trorh. p. 112; Laior. Ann. Lye.
N. Y. ix. p. 237 ; Mnls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 115. Urolampra quitensis, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 210. Adelomya tyrianthina, Muls. (^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 70.
Adult male. Upper and under surfaces dark shining grass-green ; throat black, with a large spot of glittering green extending to the chin ; tail rich bronze, beneath purple-bronze ; bill black. Total length about 2'2 inches, wing '2-2t> ; tail, central rectrices 1"2, lateral 1"S5.
Adult female. Upper surface shining as far as the breast rufous, the sides of spots ; abdomen white, each feather with a wide discal green bar ; under tail-coverts dusky with buff edges, lateral rectrices tipped with buff.
Young male. Bronzy green on the underside, each feather with a subterminal whitish spot ; the under surface becomes darker, and the throat shows glittering green feathers as maturity is approached.
Hah. Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador.
M. quitensis of Ecuador is said to differ from M. tyrianthina in its larger size, but I am unable to confirm this statement with any certainty. A female or young male from Bolivia has discal green spots on the throat-feathers ; the under surface is nearly uniform rufous, the middle of the abdomen being slightly lighter, the tail is lighter and less purple beneath. This bird may belong to another species of this section of the genus, but adult males are required to make this point certain.
a. c? ad. ; h. Juv. sk.
c. S ad. ; d. <S juv.
sk. e. cS ad. sk.
/. c? ad. sk.
ff,k. cJ ad. ; i. 2 ad. sk.
j. cJ ad. ; k. $ ad. sk. l-t. (S ad. ; u, V. S
juv. ; tc-y. 2 ad. sk. z. cJ ad. ; a'. § juv.
sk. b'-d'. c? ad. ; e'. d'
juv. ;/'. 5 ad.sk. ff',h'. S ad. ; i'-k'. $
ad. sk. I'. (S ad. sk.
m'. S ad. sk.
ti, 0. (S ad. ; i)'-s'. 2
ad. sk. t'. 5 ad. sk.
Paramo of Merida, Vene- zuela.
Valley of Aragua, Vene- zuela.
Caracas, Venezuela, Oct. {A. Goering).
Venezuela.
MedelUn, Colombia {T. K. Salmon).
Colombia (Purdie).
Colombia (Bogota make).
Laguna near Pasto, Ecua- dor (Lek)nann). Ulva, Ecuador (^Buckley).
Quito, Ecuador.
Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buck- ley). Rio Napo, Ecuador. Ecuador.
Bolivia (Bitckki/).
Gould Coll.
Dyson [C.].
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll. Gould Coll.
Purchased. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman CoU.
Gould Coll.
Gould Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll.
Gould Coll.
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TROCHILI.
6. Metallura smaragdiuicollis.
Orthorliyuchus smaragdiuicollis, d'Orb. 8j- Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 31 ;
d'Orb. Voy. Am. Mer. iv. p. 375, Atlas, pi. 59. f. 2. Mellisuga smaragdiuicollis, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113. Metallura smaragdiuicollis, Gould. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 94 ; id. 3Ion.
Troch. iii. pi. 19G (May 1859) ; id. Intr. rroch. p. 112 ; Bp. Consp.
Av. i. p. 75 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ;
id. Troch. Enum. p. 5, pi. 719. f. 4632, pi. 720. f. 4633 ; Whitely,
P. Z. S. 1873, p. 191 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 544, 1879, p. 238,
1880, p. 207, 1882, p. 37 ; id. Orti. Per. i. p. 366 ; Mtds. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 120, pi. 80, iv. p. 219 ; JElliot, Ibis, 1877,
p. 141 ; id. Syti. Troch. p. 166; Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 220 ; Salv. ^ Godm. Ibis, 1879, p. 205 ; Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S.
1879, p. 629. Urolampra smaragdinicoUis, Cab. <!(■ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 88. Trocbilus smaragdinicoUis, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 142.
Adult male. Similar to that of M. tyriantluna, but with the tail both above and beneath much deeper purple of a violet and not a coppery hue.
Hab. Andes of Peru and Bolivia.
a. (S juv. sk. Chinchicua Valley, N. Colom- Salvin-Godman Coll.
bia, Feb. {F. Simons).
6-^. c? ad. sk. Cacliupata, Peru, Feb., Oct. (ZT Salvin-Godman,
WTiitely). Gould, & Sclater
Colls.
h. (S juv. sk. S. Jose de Chicalulo, Bolivia, Gould Coll.
Mar. (Z>. Forbes).
i. S ad. sk. Tilotilo, Bolivia (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
/. 2 ad. sk. Araca, Bolivia (i?i<cAfe!/). Salvin-Godman Coll.
k-n. (J,o,p. 5 Bolivia. (Buckley). Gould Coll.
ad. sk.
q. 2 ad. sk. Bolivia. Bridges [C.].
r-t. c? ad. ; u. Bolivia. Salvin-Godman & (5 Juv. ; V. 2 Gould Colls,
ad. sk.
7. Metallura primolina.
Metallura primolina, Bonrc. Rev. Zool. 1853, p. 295 ; Reich. Aufz.
d. Col. ^ &; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. 'iii.
pi. 194 (Sept. 1861); Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 113;
Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 165 ; Tacz. ^ Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 103. Urolampra primolina. Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 68 ; Mvls.
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 220. Metallura primolii, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 112; Sharpe in Gould's
Suppl. Mon. Troch. pi. 45 (March 1887).
Adult male. Upper and under surfaccvS dark shining bronzy green ; a dark glittering olive-green patch on the throat without distinct margins, but shading off gradually into the duller sides ; tail dark shining bronzy green, changing into purple when viewed from behind ; bill black. Total length about 3"8 inches, wing 2"3 ; tail, central rcctrices 1-45, lateral 1-6.
39. METALLUEA. 155
Adult female ? Throat without the glittering patch, but rufous with a green disc on each feather, becoming dusky towards the chin ; feathers of the abdomen with a median whitish bar, lateral rectrices tipped with buff.
Hab. Ecuador.
Mr. Sharpe, in the Supplement to Gould's ' Monograph,' calls this bird the " Guiana Copper-tail," stating that Mr. Whitely obtained a specimen in British Guiana. The specimen in question is that mentioned below from Buckley's Collection. It came, as all other specimens of the species have done, from Ecuador.
a, b. i ad.; c, d $? sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll.
e. <S ad. sk. Ecuador {Buckley). Salvm-Godman Coll.
8. Metallura williami.
Metallura williami, Bouvc. 8,- Del. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 308 ; Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 94 ; id. Mon. Track, iii. pi. 193 (May 1859) ; id. Intr. Track, p. 112 ; Bp. Co>isp. Av. i. p. 75; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mauches, iii. p. 114 ; Elliot', Syn. Track, p. 165.
Mellisuga williami, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113. ' Urolampra williami, Cab. ^ Heine, Mies. Hein. iii. p. 68 ; Mids. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 220.
Adult male. Similar to that of M. primolina, but with the tail beneath of a rich purple hue instead of bronzy green.
Adidt female. Under surface rufous as far as the breast, each feather with a green disc ; the abdomen is white, but also spotted ■with green ; outer rectrices tipped with pale buff.
Hah. Southern Colombia (Popayan).
a. S ad. ; b. S juv. ; Popayan, Colombia. Gould Coll.
c. 5 ad. sk.
9. Metallura eupogon.
Metallura eupogon, Cab. J.f. Orn. 1874, p. 97 ; Elliot, Syn. Track.
p. 164. MetaUura hedviga?, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 139 (pub. 1 Jime, 18/4), p. 544; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 352; Muls. Hid. Nat. Ois.-Mouckes, iii. p. 107.' Adult male. Upper and under surfaces dark shining bronzy green ; a line down the middle of the throat glittering red ; tail dark bronzy green, changing to jjurple when viewed from behind, beneath glittering bronzy green ; bill black. Total length about 3-7 inches, wing 2-4 ; tail, central rectrices 1-4, lateral 1-5. Female unknown. Hah. Andes of Central Peru.
a. 6 ad. sk. Marayniuc, Peru, 1871 (Jelski). Salviu-Godnian Coll.
[An authentic specimen.]
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40. EUSTEPHANUS. „
Type.
Eiistephanus, Reich. Av. Si/sf. pi. 40 (1849) E, galeritus.
Sephanoides, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 82 (1850).
Thaumaste, Eeich. .'iufz. d. Col. p. 14 (1854) E. fernandeusis $ .
Range. Chili, aud the islands of Juan Fernandez and Masafuera.
Key to the Species.
. Sexes similar galeritus, p. 156.
, Sexes widely dissimilar. a . Crown glittering fiery red ; outer web of
outermost rectrix of $ wholly white .... fernandensis, p. 157. b'. Crown and nape glittering fiery red ; outer web of outermost rectrix in 5 white only at the tip leyboldi, p. 158.
1. Eustephanus galeritus.
Trochilus galeritus, ilfo/ma, Hist. Chili, y. 219; Gm. Si/st. Nat. i.
p. 484 ; lath. hid. Orn. i. p. 304 ; Viei/l. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii.
p. 348 ; id. Eric. Meth. p. 552 ; Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mottches,
Suppl. p. 97 ; Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 114 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i.
p. 147. Mellisuga kingi, fiy. Zool. Journ. iii. p. 432. Ornismya sephanoides, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois. -Munches, pp. xxv, 69,
pi. 14 ; Si/ppl. p. 109, pi. 5 : dJOrh.Sf Lafr. Sijn. Av. ii. p. 29. Trochilus sephanoides, Less. Ind. Gen. Troeh. p. xxix. Orthorhynchus sephanoides, Less. ^ Gam. Voy. Coquille, pi. 31.
f. 2. Trochilus forficatus, Gould, Zool. Voy. Beaylc, iii. p. 1 10. Sephanoides hingi, Gray, List Gen. B. p. 19. Mellisuga galerita, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113. Eustephanus galeritus, Goidd, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 265 (May 1852) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 141 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14 ; Ctdj. ^ Heine, Mus.
Hein. iii. p. 76 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 310 ; id. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 328 ;
id. Ibis, 1871, p. 181 ; Sel. S,- Salv. Ibis, 1869, p. 283 ; id. P. Z. S.
1878, p. 433; id. Voy. Chall. Zool. ii. pt. 2, p. 103 ; Reed, Ibis, 1874,
p. 82; Salv. Ibis, 1875, p. 376; id. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 367 ; id.
P.Z.S. 1883, p. 425 ; Blliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 138 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 93 ;
Muk. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouohes, ii. p. 246, pi. 63, iv. p. 209 ; id. Ann.
Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 214. Sephanoides galeritus, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 256. Orthorhynchus galeritus, Muls. 8r Verr. Class. Troch. p. 57.
Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy green ; entire crown glittering orange-red ; under surface greyish white, each feather with a shining green discal spot, smaller on the throat, larger on the breast and flanks, absent on the middle of the abdomen ; under tail-coverts dull green, edged with pale rufous ; tail uniform bronze-green, the outer web of the outermost rectrix paler ; bill black. Total length about 4-3 inches, wing 2-o, tail 1-4, bill 0-85.
40. EUSTEPHANUS. 157
Female. Like the male, the crown being like the back instead of glittering orange-red.
Hah. Chili, and Juan Fernandez Island.
a. (S ad. sk. Valparaiso, Chili. Capt. Brett [P.].
b, c. (S ad. sk. Chili {Lei/bold). Salvin-Godraan Coll.
d. 2 ^^- sk. Santiago, Chili. Gould Coll.
e. cJjuv.sk. Cockle Cove, Straits of Magel- Lords of the Admi-
lan, Feb. 9 (Dr. Coppim/er). ralty.
/. 5 ad. sk. Puerto Bueno, Straits of Ma- Challenger Exp.
gellan, Jan. 9. g-l S ad. ■,j. ? [Chili.] Gould CoU.
ad. sk. A, /. d'ad. ; m. 2 Juan Fernandez I. Challenger Exp.
ad. sk. n, 0. S ad. sk. Juan Fernandez I. Gould &SclaterColls.
p. (S ad. ; q. 5 ad. Juan Fernandez I. {A . H. Salvin-Godman Coll.
sk. Markham).
2. Eustephanus fernandensis.
Trochilus fernandensis, Kiriff, P. Z. S. 1830-1, p. 30 ; Gray, Hand-l.
B. i. p. 147. Trochilus stokesi, Einij, P. Z. S. 1830-1, p. 30; Less. Hist. Nat.
Troch. p. 13o, pi. 50 ; id. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxix. Ornismya fernandensis, d'Orb. &• Lafr, Sijn. Av. ii. p. 29. Ornismya ciunamomea, Gerv. 3Iaf/. Zool. 1835, Ois. pi. 43. Ornismya robinson, Delattre 4' Less. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 18. Mellisuga fernandensis, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113. Mellisuga stokesi, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113. Sepbanoides fernandensis, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 82 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 256. Sepbanoides stokesi, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 82 ; id. Rev. Zool, 1854,
p. 25G. Eustephanus fernandensis, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 267 (May 1854) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 142 ; id. Svppl. Troch. pi. 26 (Jan. 1881) ; Reich.
Aufz. d. Col. p. 14 ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 76 ; Landb.
P. Z. S. 18G6, p. 556; Scl. Ibis, 1871, p. 180 ; Reed, This, 1874, p. 82 ;
Salv. Ibis, 1875, p. 377 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 137 ; id. Syn. Troch.
p. 93 ; Scl. S,- Salv. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 4.34 ; id. Voy. Chall. Zool. ii. pt. 2,
p. 103 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 248, pi. 54, iv. p. 209 ;
id. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 214. Eustephanus stokesi, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 266 (May 1854) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 142 ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mas. Hein. iii. p. 75. Tbaumaste stokesi, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14. Orthorhynchus fernandensis et stokesi, Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 57.
Adult male. Entire plumage rich cinnamon-red ; crown fiery orange-red ; wings purple-brown ; coverts cinnamon ; bill black, Total length about 5-2 inches, wing3*15 ; tail, central rectrices 1*85, lateral 2-1; bill 0-85.
Female. Upper surface shining bluish grass-green, brighter on the rump, more glittering on the crown ; under surface white, the feathers of the throat and flanks with a small green discal spot ; under
158 TEOCHILI.
tail-coverts white, with a discal green spot ; central rectrices shining bluish green, lateral white on the inner web, the two outer ones on either side with the inner portion of the outer web also white.
Toting males are like the old ones, except that the crown is coloured like the back.
Younfj females resemble old ones, the crown being much duller and the spots of the under surface more diffused and not so clear.
Hah. Juan Fernandez Island.
a-d. S ad. ; e,f. S Juan Fernandez I. Challenger Exp.
hj- 2 juv. sk.
/t-o. c? ad. ; J!). 2 Juan Fernandez I. (^.CiEeetf). Salvin-Godraan &
ad. sk. Sclater Colls.
q, r. S ad. ; s, t. Juan Fernandez I. (Landbeck). Sclater Coll.
5 ad. sk.
u. 5juv.sk. Jna,nFeYna.nAezl.(Capt.Kinff?) Gould Coll.
V. (S skeleton. Juan Fernandez I. {Cuming'). Purchased.
3. Eustephanus leyboldi.
Eustephanus leyboldi, Gould, Ann. S, Blaq. N. H. 1870, vi. p. 406 ; id. Suppl. Troch. pi. 25 (Jan. 1881) ; Scl. Ibis, 1871, p. 181 ; Salv. Ibis, 1875, pp. 370, 377; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 251, iv. p. 210 ; id. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 214 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 94.
Adult male. Precisely like that of E. fernandensis, except that the fiery orange-red of the crown extends to the nape.
Female. Also resembles that sex of the allied species, but the upper surface and the spots of the under surface are golden rather than bluish green ; the lateral rectrices are white only at the tips, and this chiefly on the inner webs.
Hah. Masafuera Island.
a. S ad. ; b. $ Masafuera 1. {LeybohV). Gould Coll. (Types of ad. sk. the species.)
c-e. S ad. ; /, y. Masafuera I. (Leybold). Salvin-Godman & Gould $ ad. sk. Colls.
41. PANTERPE,
Type.
Panterpe, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 43 (1860) P. insignis.
Rawje. Costa Rica and Western Panama,
1, Panterpe insignis.
Panterpe insignis. Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 43 ; Cab. J. f. Orn. 1862, p. 164 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 336 (May 1861) ; id. Intr. Troch, p. 167 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 45 (partim), ix.
42. HELIANGELTJS. 159
p. 124; Frantz.J.f. Orn. 1869, p. 316; Muh. Hist. Nat. Ois.- Moiiches, ii. p. 25, pi. 31, iv. p. 188 ; id. Ann. Svc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 208 ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 71 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 195 ; Eudes-Desl. Aym. Mvs. Caen, i. jj. 401. Clytolsema insignia, Muls. 8^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 59.
Adult male. Upper surface shining bluish green, becoming bluer on the upper tail-coverts ; nape black ; crown glittering blue ; centre of the throat glittering red, shading into glittering orange on the sides ; middle of the breast glittering blue, shading into green on the flanks and abdomen ; under tail- coverts bluish green ; tail dark steel-blue : bill black, mandible at the base flesh-colour. Total length about 4-2 inches, wing 2-5, tail 1-5, bill 0-9.
Adult female. Similar to the male.
Hah. Costa Rica.
a-g. Ad. sk. Volcan de Cartago, Costa Eica Salvin-Godman &
{E. Arce). Gould Colls.
h. S ad.; i,j. $ Volcan de Chiriqui {E.A)-ce). Salvin-Godman &
ad. ; k, I. Ad. ak. Gould Colls.
42. HELIANGELUS.
Type.
Heliangelus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 12 H. claris.sae.
Trochilus, ^. Anactoria, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12
(1854) H. clarissse.
Anactoria, Muls. 8f Verr. Class. Troch. p. 69
(1865). Trochilus, y. Diotima, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12
(1854) H. spencei.
Peratus, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 219
(1875) H. amethysticollis.
Range. Andes from Venezuela and Colombia to Bolivia,
Key to the Species.
a. Frontal spot glittering grass-green.
a' . Tail shining grass-green ; rump slightly tinged with bronze. a" . Pectoral band white.
«'". Pectoral band narrow, bordered below by glittering green ; middle of abdo- men greyish buff clarisses, p. 160.
b'". Pectoral band wide without glittering- gi'een lower border ; middle of abdo- men bulf laticlavius, p. 160.
h" . Pectoral band buif amethysticollis,
b'. Tail steel-blue ; rump reddish bronze. [p. 161.
c". Throat glittering rosy red strophianus, p. 161.
d". Throat glittering violet-blue violicollis, p. 162.
b. Frontal spot glittering silvery green spencii, p. 162.
c. Frontal spot glittering tiery orange-red mavors, p. 163.
160
1. Heliangelns clarissae.
Ornisinva clarissre, f?e Longuem. Rec. Zool. 1841, p. 306; id. Mag.
ZooLlS^-2, Ois. pi. 26. Mellisug.a clarissse, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 112. Heliangehis Clarissas, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 76 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 252; Gould, Mon. Troch.iv. pi. 241 CMav 1855) ; id. Intr. Troch.
p. 132 ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p.>5 \ Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 308 ; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 378; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 84,
iv.p. 218; id. Ann. Soc.Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 219; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 89 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1884, p. 310, 1887, p. 322. Trocliilus /3. Anactoria clarissse, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id. Troch.
Enum. pi. 830. ff. 4953-55. Trocliilus fi. Auactoria libussa, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12. Anactoria clarissse, Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 69. Troehilus clarissse, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 139. Heliangelus taczanowskii, Pelz. Ibis, 1877, p. 338 ; Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 218.
Adult male. Upper surface shining green, slightly tinged with a golden or bronze hue, a little darker on the rump ; head and neck nearly black when viewed from in front ; a small frontal spot and the lower breast glittering grass-green ; throat glittering rosy red, shading into glittering purple towards the sides and chin ; pectoral band white ; abdomen green, each feather edged with greyish buff; under tail-coverts white, with a dusky shaft-stripe ; central rectrices shining grass-green like the back, lateral purple-black ; bill black. Total length 4-3 inches, wing 2-8 : tail, central rectrices 1-6, lateral 1-7; bill 0-9.
Female. Very similar to the male on the upper surface, the bright frontal spot faintly shown ; the throat is dusky black, each feather with paler lateral edges.
Young birds resemble the female, and the males, as they advance to maturity, assume the bright feathers of the throat by degrees, the bright frontal spot appearing simultaneously.
Hab. Colombia.
a-d. c? ad. ;e-7J. c? juv. ; Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman & q, r. 2 ^^- ^^- Gould Colls.
2. Heliangelus laticlavius. (Plate V. fig. 1.)
Adult male. Very similar to that of H. clarissce, and with the upper surface and tail coloured in the same way ; on the under surface the white pectoral band is much wider, more than double the width of that of the allied form ; there is no band of glittering green feathers below the white, and the middle of the abdomen is more distinctly buff ; the under tail-coverts are white, with wider dusky shaft-stripes.
Female unknown.
Hab. Ecuador.
4:.'. aELiAxaELus. 161
a. cS ftd. sk. Jima, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. (
b. J' aa. sk. Intac, Ecuador (^2<cA;/ej/). Salvin-Godman Coll. j'
(Types of the species.)
c. c? ad. sk. " Rio Napo," Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll.
3. Heliangelus amethysticoUis.
Orthorhynchus amethysticoUis, d'Orb Sj-Lafr. Syn. Av. p. 31 ; d'Orb.
Voy. Am. Mh-., Ois. p. 576, pi. 8. tig. 2. Trocliilus amethysticoUis, Tsch. Fauna Per. p. 246 ; Gray, Uand-I.
B. i. p. 140. Mellisuga amethysticoUis, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 112. Heliangelus amethysticoUis, Bp. Con.sp. Av. i. p. 76 ; id. Rev. Zool.
1854, p. 252 ; Gould, Mo?i. Troch. iv. pi. 245 (May 1855) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 133 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 381 ; Cab. ^ Heine, Mus.
Hein. iii. p. 75 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 543 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1877,
p. 141 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 90 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii.
p. 90, Trochilus ^. Anactoria amethysticoUis, iJe/cA. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id.
Troch. Enum. p. 10, pi. 829. fF. 4950-52. Anactoria amethistina, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 69. Peratus amethysticoUis, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 219.
Adult male. Very similar to that of H. darissce on the upper surface, the green of the rump a little more golden ; the frontal spot larger ; the pectoral baud is buff instead of white and is followed below by shining green, not glittering green ; in the latter respect this species resembles H. laticlavius.
The female has the fore part of the crown rather bright shining green ; the pectoral band is buff as in the male ; the throat is dusky black, each feather with a wide rusty edge.
Young males are like the females, and gradually replace the throat- feathers of that sex with the glittering ones of the adult.
Hab. Peru and Bolivia.
a-c. d ad. ; d, e. S Huasampilla, Peru, April Salvin-Godman &
juv. ;/. 2 ad. sk. and Sept. (H. Whitely). Gould CoUs.
g. $ ad. sk. Tilotilo, Bolivia (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
h. c? juv. sk. CiUutincara, Bolivia Salvin-Godman Coll. (Buckley).
«'. c? ad. ;_;■. 2 ad. sk. BoUvia (Bridges). Gould Coll.
k. 2 ad. sk. BoUvia. ' Bridges [C.].
l-n. (S ad.;o,p. d Bolivin (Rucklei/). Gould CoU. juv. ; q. $ ad. sk.
4. Heliangelus strophianus.
Trochilus ( ?) strophianus, Goicld, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 45.
MeUisuga strophianus. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 112.
Heliangelus strophianus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 76 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 252 ; Gould, Man. Troch. iv. p. 243 (May 1855) ; id. Intr. Troch.
p. 132 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 95 ; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 308 ; Muls.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 86 ; id. Ann. Soc. Litm. Lyon, xxii.
p. 219 ; Elliot, Sy7i. Troch. p. 90. TrochUus fi. Anactoria strophiana, Reich. Aufz. d. Co/, p. 12; id.
Troch. Enum. pi. 831. ft", 4956-57. VOL. xyi. SI
162 TEOCHILT.
Anactoria strophiana, Muh. Sr Verr. Class. Troch. p. 69. Trochilus strophianus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 139.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining bronzy green, greener on the middle of the back, deeper, more reddish bronze on the rump ; head viewed from in front nearly black, the frontal spot glittering grass-green ; throat like that of //. dat-issce ; pectoral band white, followed by glittering green as in //. clarissce ; abdomen dusky, washed with green ; under tail-coverts bronzy green, edged with white ; tail steel-bue, central feathers slightly tinged with bronze ; bill black. Total length about 4*5 inches, wing 2- 75 ; tail, central rectrices 1-4, lateral 1-9; bill 0-8.
Female and yonng birds resemble those of H. clarissce ; but the tail seems to be always of a darker, more steel-blue, with less green or bronze on the central feathers.
ffab, Ecuador.
a-d. J ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador {Jamison'). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
e-i. cJ ad. sk. Ecuado? (Jameson). Gould Coll.
_;', k. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll.
/, m. c? ad. sk. Sarayacu, Eciaador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
n. cJ ad. sk. Yanayacu, Ecuador (BwcAj/ej/). Salviu-GodmaB ColL
5. Heliang-elus violicoQis. (Plate V, fig. 2.)
Adnlt male. Similar to that of H. strophianus, but the upper surface of a darker, more rufescent brown, especially in the middle of the back ; the abdomen, too, has a more bronzy hue ; the most obvious difference is in the colour of the throat, which is glittering violet-blue without any red or rosy tint.
Young male. Has the feathers of the throat black with white edges, amongst these the glittering violet feathers of the adult appear.
Hob. Ecuador.
a. (J ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley}. Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Type of species.) h. c? juv. sk. Ecuador ? Gould Coll.
6. Heliang-elus spenciL
Trochilus spencei, Bourc. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 46.
Mellisuga spencii, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 112.
HeUangelus spencii, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 76 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 252 ; Guuld, Men. Troch. iv. pi. 244 (May 1855) ; id. Intr. Troch.
p. 132 ; Scl. (^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 752 ; Muh. Hist. Nat. Ois.-
Mouches, iii. p. 88, pi. 75 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 219 ;
Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 90. Trochilus y. Diotima spencii, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12. Anactoria speucei, Muls. 8f Verr. Class. Troch. p. 69.
42. HELIANGELUS. 163
Adult male. Upper surface shining golden green ; head, viewed from in front, black ; frontal spot glittering silvery green ; throat glittering rosy red, a little darker and not quite so silky as in H. clarissce ; pectoral band white ; abdomen shining green, the middle mingled with pale buff ; under tail-coverts bronzy green, with narrow dusky-white edges ; central rectrices like the back, lateral dark purple-black ; bill black. Total length about 4-1 inches, wing 2-4 ; tail, central rectrices 1-5, lateral 1"65 ; bill 0"75.
Female. Feathers of the throat dusky at the base, with a sub- terminal rufous bar which widens towards the edge on each side, and with a terminal dark bronzy-green spot ; the forehead is only slightly greener than the rest of the crown, and the lateral rectrices have a dusky-white tip.
Hah. Venezuela.
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a- |
-I. cJad. ;y. S |
Merida, Venezuela {Funck |
Salvin-Godman & |
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ad. sk. |
^ Schlhn). |
Gould Colls. |
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k. |
2 ad. sk. |
Merida {A. Goering). |
Salvin-Godman Coll. |
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Ad. sk. |
Venezuela. |
Gould Coll. |
7. Heliangelus mavors.
Heliangelus mavors, Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 12 ; id. Mon. Troch. iv.
pi. 246 (May 1855) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 133; Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 76;
id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252 ; Muh. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii.
p. 92 ; Flliot, Spi. Troch. p. 91. Mellisuga mavors, G)-ay, Gen. B. i. p. 112. Trochilus mavors, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12; id. Troch. Fman.-p. 10,
pi. 827. ff. 4945-47 ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 140. Anactoria mavors, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 69. Peratus mavors, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 219.
Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy green, more golden on the upper tail-coverts and central rectrices ; head, viewed from in front, black ; frontal spot glittering fiery orange-red ; throat glit- tering orange-red, not quite so lustrous as the frontal spot ; a wide pectoral band and middle of the abdomen cinnamon-buff ; flanks washed with green ; under tail-coverts bronze, edged with dusky white ; lateral rectrices bronzy, slightly tipped with dull white ; bill black. Total length about 4-2 inches, wing 2-5 ; tail, central rec- trices 1-5, lateral 1-65; bill OS.
Female. The throat is brownish black, each feather edged with rufous.
Hab. Colombia.
a-l c? ad. sk. N. Colombia {Funck 4" Schlim). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. wt. (5 ad. sk. Colombia. Sclater Coll.
u2
16-i TKOCHILI.
43. HELIOTRYPHA. „
Type.
Heliotryplia, Oould, M(m. Troch. iv. pi. 241 (May
i853) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 131 ". . H. viola.
Heliotryplion, Cah. ^ Heine, Aim. Hem. iii. p. 74. Ehamphoniicron /3. Parzudakia, Reich. Aufz. d. Col.
p. 12 (1854) H. exortis.
Helymus, Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 93
(1876) H. micrastur.
Nodalia, Muk. Hist. N^at. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 99
(1876) H. barrali.
Range. Andes from Colombia to Peru.
Key to the Species.
a. A glittering frontal spot ; breast-feathers dark at the base.
a'. Tail deeply forked ; frontal spot large viola, p. 164.
h'. Tail moderately forked ; frontal spot small. a". Gular spot glittering rosy red, shading into
purple towards the chin exortis, p. 165.
b''. Gular spot hery golden, shading into fiery
crimson towards the chin micastur, p. 106.
h. No glittering frontal spot ; breast-feathers whitish towards the base, c". Throat and chin glittering leaden green . . barrali, p. 166. d" . Throat and chin glittering oliye-green .... speciosa, p. 167.
1. Heliotrypha viola.
Heliangelus viola, Gould, P. Z. S. 1853, p. 61 .
Rhamphomicron /3. Parzudakia viola, Reich. Aufz.d. Col. p. 12; id.
Troch. Enum. p. 10, pi. 832. ff. 4958-59. Heliotiypha viola, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 241 (May 1853);
id. Intr. Troch. p. 131 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252 ; Scl. P. Z. S.
1859, p. 145 ; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 308 ; Muls. k Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 69 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1875, p. 317 ; id. Stjn. Troch. p. 87 ; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 97 ; id. Ami. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 219; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 238, 1880, p. 205, 1882, p. 38 ; id.
Orn. PSr. i. p. 379; Berl. 8f Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 303, 1886,
p. 105. Heliotryphon viola, Cab. ^ Heine, Mas. Hein. iii. p. 74. Trochilus viola. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 140.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green ; forehead and breast glittering bluish green ; entire throat glittering purplish violet, the sides edged with black ; rest of the under surface dark shining grass-green like the back ; under tail-coverts green, widely edged with buflf ; central rectrices shining grass-green, lateral steel- blue tipped with green ; bill black. Total length about 4-7 inches, wing 2'6 ; tail, central rectrices I'l, lateral 2*3 ; bill 0'75.
Female. Upper surface shining grass-green ; forehead and breast
43. HELIOTRVPHA. 165
rather brighter ; throat black, each feather with a dusky spot on the lateral margin.
Hah. Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, on the slopes of the Andes between Iliimani and Sorata.
a. (^ ad. ; b, c. " Banks of the Maranon " Gould Coll.
5 ad. sk. (Wwszewiez). (Types of the species. )
d, e. cS ad. sk. Jima, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
/. c? ad. ; i'. $ R. Napo, Ecuador. Salvia-Godman Coll.
ad. sk.
h-j. ^ ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll.
k. (S ad. sk. Tambillo, Peru, 25th April Sclater Coll. {H. IVJiitely).
2. Heliotrypha exortis.
Trochilus e.tortis, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 14.
Ornismya parzudakii, de Long. ^ Farz. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 72 [nee
Less.). Eriopus exortis, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 80. Heliangelus parzudakii, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 76. Rhaniphomicron /if. Parzudakia dispar, Reich. Atcfz. d. Col. p. 12 ;
id. Troch. Etimn. p. 10, pi. 833. ff. 4y60-62. Heliotrypha parzudakii, Bp. Rev. Zoo!. 1854, p. 252 ; Gould, Mo7i.
Troch. iv. pi. 240 (May 1860) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 131 ; id. P. Z. S.
1870, p. 803 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 308 ; Muh. ct Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 69; Mtds. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 219; Scl. (S" Salv.
P. Z. S. 1879, p. 529 ; Tacz. Sf Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 105. Heliotryphon parzudakii, Cab. ^- Heine, Mas. Hein. iii. p. 74. Heliotrypha exortis, Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 318 ; id. Sy7i. Troch. p. 87 ;
Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouclies, iii. p. 95, iv. p. 218 ; Berl. J. f.
Orn. 1887, p. 322. Trochilus parzudakii. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 140.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green, nearly black in certain lights on the upper tail-coverts ; neck and nape, forehead (narrowly) and breast glittering grass-green ; sides of the chin and throat black ; a large gular spot ghttering rosy red, shading into blue on the middle of the chin ; rest of the under surface dark shining grass-green ; under tail-coverts white ; central rectrices very dark bronzy green, lateral purplish black ; biU black. Total length about 4-3 inches, wing 2-6; tail, central rectrices 1-3, lateral 1-8; bill 0-8.
Female. Upper surface like the male but Kghter, the forehead less brilliant ; throat brown, with a large white central patch ; lateral rectrices narrowly tipped with dusky white.
Young birds have a brown throat supplanted by glittering rosy red in the male and white in the female. Young males assume their glittering feathers at a very early age, sometimes when only half-grown.
Hub. Colombia, Ecuador.
a-d. S ad. ; e. Medellin, Colombia ( T. K. Gould Coll.
(S juv. sk. Salmon),
f. J ad. sk. .\uti()C[uia, Colombia (jT. K. S.). Salviu-Godnuui Coll.
166
g-o. J ad. ; p-u. Colombia (Bogota make)
S juv. ; v-x.
$ ad. sk. y. S ad sk. s. c? ad. ; a'. $
ad. sk. b'. <3 ad. sk. c'-e. (S ad. ; /'.
5 ad. sk. ^'. 6 ad. ; A'. $
ad. sk.
Santiago, Ecuador (Lehmaiin). Puella near Riobamba,
Ecuador. Baiios, Ecuador {Biwkley). Quito, Ecuador (Jameson).
8alvin-(jtodman & Gould Colls.
Gould Coll. Gould Coll.
Gould Coll. Gould Coll.
Yauayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
3. Heliotrypha micrastur.
Heliangelus micrastur, Gould, A?in. ^ May. N. H. 1872, p. 195 ;
id. Mm. Troch. Sujyjyl. pi. 23 (Jan. 1883). Helymus micrastur, Muls. Hist. Kat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 93 ; id.
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 219. HeKotrvpba micrastur, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 88 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1889,
p. 205 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 380.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining green, becoming bronze on the lower back and upper tail-coverts ; head and chin nearly black when viewed from in front ; frontal spot and breast glittering grass- green ; throat glittering fiery golden, shading into fiery crimson towards the chin ; abdomen like the back ; under tail-coverts white, with a dusky central streak including the shafts of each feather ; tail — central rectrices dark bronzy green, lateral bronzy black ; bill black. Total length about 3'6 inches, wing 2-55 ; tail, central rectrices ] -3, lateral 1'7 ; bill 0'75.
Female. Lighter above than the male and greener, the glittering frontal spot less vivid : throat whitish, mingled with glittering red feathers ; abdomen pale buff, the flanks spotted with green ; under tail-coverts white ; lateral rectrices tipped with dusky white.
Hab. Ecuador and Peru.
a, b. (5 juv. sk.
c-r. cj ad. ; /.
(S juv. sk. g, h. cJ ad. ; i.
$ ad. sk.
San Lucas, Ecuador (Buckley). San Lucas (Buckley). Cutervo, Peru (/. Stolzmann).
Gould Coll. (Types of the species.) Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Salvin-Godman & Sclater Colls.
4. Heliotrypha barrali. (Plate VI. fig. 2.)
Heliotrypha barrrli, Muls. (^- Terr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xviii.
p. 106 ; JElliot, Syn. Troch. p. 88 ; Sharpe in GoukVs Suppl. Troch.
(Mar. 1887). Heliangelus squamigidaris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 503. Nodalia barrali, 3Iuls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 100.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, the distal half of the crown appearing almost black in some aspects ; throat glittering le.iden green, with a dark margin on either side; breast glittering
44. TTROSTICTE. 167
green ; abdomen shining green ; under tail-coverts green, with dusky-white edges ; central rectrices dark shining green, lateral steel-blue ; bill black. Total length about 4-1 inches, wing 2-5 ; tail, central rectrices 1-3, lateral 1*7 ; bill 0'9.
Female unknown.
Young males have the feathers of the throat dusky black with dark green discs, amongst which the glittering feathers of the adult appear.
Hab. Colombia.
a. c? ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Gould Coll.
(Type of H. squaytiigularis, Gould.)
b. 5 juv. sk, Colombia (Bogota make). Gould CoU.
5. Heliotrypha speciosa. (Plate VI. fig. 1,)
Adult male. Very similar to that of H. barrali, but with a longer bill, and the throat of a more glittering olive-green without the leaden or silvery hue of the allied species ; the feathers of the breast are rather more conspicuously white at the base, but this character is also seen in II. barrali. Total length about 5 inches, wing 2-5 ; tail, central rectrices 1*45, lateral 1-6 ; bill 1.
Hab. Colombia ?
a. cT ad. sk. (Apparentlj' of Bogota make.) Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Type of species.)
44, UROSTICTE.
Type.
Urosticte, Gould, Mon. TrocL iii. pi. 190 (Oct. 1853);
id. Intr. Troch. p. 110 U. benjamini.
BasiUnna S. Urosticta, Reick. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13
(1854).
Range. Andes from Ecuador to Peru.
Key to the Species.
a. Throat glittering green ; a lilac pectoral spot.
a'. Pectoral spot large ; white postocular spot
large ; under tail-coverts green with white
edges benjamini, p. 167.
6'. Pectoral spot small ; white postocular spot
small ; under tail-coverts green with rufous
edges intermedia, p. 168,
b. Throat and breast uniform glittering green ; no
pectoral spot ; under tail-coverts rufous ncficrissa, p. 169,
1. Urosticte benjamini.
Trochilus benjamini, Bourc. Compt. Bend, xxxii. p. 187 : Graii,
Hnnd-l. B. i. p. 142. Urosticte benjamini, Goxdd, Mon. Track, iii. pi. 190 (Oct. 185.3) ; id.
168 TROCHIM.
Intr. Troch. p. 110 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 263 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860,
p. 96; id. Cat. Am. B. p. y08 ; Muk. Hid. Nat. Ois.-Mouches/vA.
p. 101, pi. 77 ; id. Anti. Soc. Linn. Li/on, xxii. p. 2:20 ; Elliot, Syn.
Troch. p. 92. Basilinna d. Urosticte benjamini, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13. Heliotrypha benjamini, Muls. (^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 69.
Adult male. Upper surface uniform grass-green, a large postbcular white spot ; throat glittering green ; a large lilac pectoral spot followed below by a white band ; abdomen shining grass-green, the feathers of the middle edged with greyish white ; under tail- coverts green, edged with white; central rectrices bronze-green, and as well as the next pair conspicuously tipped with pure white ; lateral rectrices dark bronzy green ; bill black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2 ; tail, central rectrices 1*2, lateral 1'55 ; bill 0-9.
Female. Upper surface uniform shining grass-green ; a large white postocular spot as in the male ; under surface white, each feather with a shining green discal spot ; lateral rectrices tipped with white.
Young males have rufous throats and gradually assume the glittering green feathers of the adult ; the white tips to the four median rectrices and the pectoral spot are assumed at an early age.
ffah. Ecuador.
a-c. c? ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. d-f. (^ ad. sk. Baisa, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman &
Gould CoUs. g. S *id. ; h. cS Eoxa, Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll.
juv. sk. i-p. (S ad. ; q-u. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman &
J juv. ; v-z. Gould Colls.
$ ad. sk. a'. 2 ad. sk. Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll.
2. Urosticte intermedia.
Urosticte intermedia, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 36; id. Orn. P6r. i. p. 351 ; Sharpe in Gould's Suppl. Troch. (Mar. 1887).
" Supra aureo viridis ; gula et coUo antico squamosis, nitente viridibus ; pectoris medio oruamcnto obscure violaoeo ; abdomine viridi, plumis griseo marginatis ; subcaudalibus rufescentibus, disco viridi ; macula alba postoculari minima ; remigibus brunneis, nitore violaceo ; cauda emarginata, rectricibus basi aeneo-viridibus, apice fusco cupreis, mndiis et submediis brevioribus, macula alba terminatis.
'■^ Few. Subtus alba, viridi maculata ; rectricibus ternis utrinque lateralibus albo terminatis ; subcaudalibus rufescente albida." (Taczanovjski, I. ,«. c.)
Hah. Peru.
45. ADELOMTIA. 169
3. Urosticte ruflcrissa.
Urosticte ruflcrissa, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 44 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouc/ies, iii. p. 103, pi. 78 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn Lyon, xxii. p. 220 ; Ulliot, Syn. Troch. p. 91 ; Gould, Suppl. Troch. pi. 24 (Jan. 188.3).
Adult male. Similar to that of V. henjamini but larger ; bill longer ; tail more deeply forked ; throat and breast uniform glittering green, without a pectoral spot and hardly any white across the chest ; under tail-coverts rufous. Total length about 4-4inches, wing 2-4 ; tail, central rectrices 1'2, lateral 1*8 ; bill 1.
Female. Like that of U. henjamini, but with pale buff under tail- coverts.
Hah. Ecuador.
a-d. cJ ad. ; e, f. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman &
cJ juv. ; g, h. Gould Colls.
$ ad. sk'.
45. ADELOMYIA.
Type.
Adelomyia, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253 A. raelanogenys.
Adelisca, Cab. 8,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 72 .... A. melanogenys.
Range. Andes from Venezuela and Colombia to Bolivia.
Key to the Species.
a. Throat spotted with green or brown. a'. Under surface pale whitish buff.
a". Larger ; gular spots spread over the
whole throat melajiogenys, p. 169.
b". Small ; gular spots confined to the upper
part of the throat ameotincta, p. 171.
b' . Under surface dark buff ; gular spots confined
to the upper part of the throat ce?-vina, p. 171.
b. Throat spotted with blue inornata, p. 172.
1. Adelomyia melanogenys.
Trochilus melanogenys, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 18 ; Gray, Hand-l.
B. i. p. 142. Trochilus sabinae, Bourc. l^ Muls. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, vi.
p. .323 (1846) ; id. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 316. Mellisuga melanogenys, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 112. Mellisuga sabinre. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 112. Ivhamphomicrou sabinje, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 79. Khamphoniicron melanogenys, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 79. Metallura sabime, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 5,
pi. 720. ff. 46.36-7. Adelomyia sabinae, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253. Adelisca melanogenvs, Cab. S( Heine, Mus. Hein, iii. p. 72 ;
Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 214.
170 TROCHILI.
Adelomvia raelanog^nys, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 145, 1800, pp. 70, 94 ;
id. Cat. Am. B. p. 303; Jameson ^- Fraser, Ibis, 1859, p. 400 ;
Mills. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 71 ; Mills. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches,
iii. p. 131 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 220; Elliot, Syn.
Troch. p. 182 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 238, 1880, p. 207 ; id. Orn.
Per. i. p. 361 ; JJerl. J.f. Orn. 1884, p. 311, 1887, p. 325. Adelomvia raaculata, Gould, Mon. Troch. hi. pi. 199 (Sept. 1861) ;
id. Iritr. Troch. p. 113; Muls. S^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 71 ; Gould,
P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 303; Tacz. P. Z. S.
1882, p. 37. Adelisca maculata, Heine, J.f- Orn. 1863, p. 214. Trocliilus maculata, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 142. Adeloun-ia clilorospila, Gould, Ajin. ^- Mag. N. H. 1872, x. p. 452 ;
WliiUly, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 189; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii.
p. 128; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 220 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 182; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p 360; Skarpe in Gould's Suppl. Troch.
(April 1885). Adelomyia melanogenys maculata, Berl. Sf Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 305,
1885, p. 104.
Adult male. Upper surface golden grass-green, darker on the crown ; a postocular white stripe ; ear-coverts blackish brown ; under surface pale buff, darker on the flanks ; each feather of the throat with a brown discal spot, this colour changing in most cases into bronzy green in certain lights ; flank-feathers with obscure green discs ; tail bronzy brown, paler at the base, lateral rectrices tipped with buff: bill black, base of mandible and feet yellow. Total length about 3-5 inches, wing 2-25, tail 1-45, bill 0-7.
Adult female. Similar to the male.
The bird from Ecuador is said to be larger and to have a longer bill than the typical Colombian bird (the actual type from the Liverpool Museum being before me) ; but I am unable to distinguish them with certainty. A. chlorospila, described from a Peruvian specimen, has the spots of the throat more distinctly green than others from the same locality which I cannot separate from A. melanogenys. As these spots nearlj- always have some tint of green in certain lights, I am not disposed to recognize A. clilorospila as distinct.
Hah. Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
a. Ad. sk. Alto, Colombia (C W. Wyatt). Sal vin-Godman Coll.
b-ff. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman,
Gould, & Sclater Colls.
h, i. Ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould CoU.
(Probable types of A. maculata, Gould.)
j. Ad. sk. Intac, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman CoU.
k, I. Ad. sk. Monji, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
m-o. Ad. sk. Ulva, Ecuador (Buckley). Gould Coll.
p, q. Ad. sk. Napo, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
r, s. Ad. sk. Ecuador (Fraser). Gould & Sclater
Colls.
/. S ad. sk. Tambillo, Peru {J. Stohmann^. Gould Coll.
45. ADELOMYIA. 171
M, V. d ad. sk. San Antonio, Peru, July Gould Coll. (Types {H. Wliitely). oi A. chlorospila, Gould.)
tv. 9 ad. sk. Guadalupe, Peru, Nov. Gould Coll.
{H. W.)
X. S ad. ; y. $ Iluasampilla, Peru, April Salviu-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. {R. W.).
a. Ad. sk. Feiu {Warsezwiez). Gould Coll.
2. Adelomyia aeneotincta.
Adelomyia melanogenvs, Gould, Mon. Track, iii. pi. 198 (May 1859) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 113 (partim) ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 736. Adelomyia ajneotincta, Simon, Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1889, p. 2i!3.
Adult maU. Very similar to that of A. melanogenys, but smaller and with a shorter bill ; the under surface is paler, and the gular spots are confined to the upper part of the throat ; the rectrices, too, appear to be wider. Length of wing 2 inches, bill 0'6.
This bird was identitied and figured by Gould as A. melano- genys, from which it presents several points of distinction ; Gould, when describing A. maculata, recognized the difference, but un- fortunately described the wrong bird. This has recently been rectified by M. Simon.
Hah. Venezuela.
a. S a-d. sk. Sierra Nevada de Merida, Vene- Salvin-Godman Coll.
zuela, alt. 8000 feet {Goeriny).
b. Ad. sk. Valley of Aragua, Venezuela. Dyson [C.]. c-e. Ad. sk. [Venezuela.] Gould Coll
3. Adelomyia cervina.
Adelomyia cervina, Gould, Ann. 8f Mag. N. H. 1872, x. p. 453; Mtds. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 130 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 220 ; JElliot, Syn. Troch. p. 181 ; Scl. 8f Salv. 1'. Z. S. 1879, p. 529 ; SJuirpe in Goukl's Stqypl. Troch. pi. 46 (March
1887).
Adult. SimUar to A. melanogenys, but larger and with propor- tionally shorter bill ; under surface fawn-colour, rather lighter on the throat and middle of the abdomen, darker on the flanks, the feathers of which have indistinct green discs ; throat spotted with brown, apparently without any shade of green : bill black, base of the mandible and the feet yellow. Total length about 3'8 inches, wing 2'3o, tail V5, bill 0-65.
Hub. Colombia, Cauca Valley.
a. Ad. sk. Medelhn, Colombia {T. K. Salmon). Gould Coll.
(Type of species.) *. Ad. sk. Medellin, Colombia (T. Z; iS'.). Salvin-Godman Coll.
172 TROCHIIJ.
4. Adelomyia inornata.
Trochilus ( ?) inonmtus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 89.
MellisufTJi inornata, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 112.
Khainjilidmicron inoruatua, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 79.
Metallura inornata, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8.
Adelomyia inornata, Bp. Rev. Zool. 18o4, p. 25-3 ; Gould, Mon.
Trocfi. iii. pi. 197 (May ISS.^)) ; id. Mr. Troch. p. 11^; Muh. ^
Verr. Class. Troch. p. 71 ; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 377 ; Muh. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 127 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 220 ; Ulliof, Si/n. Troch. p. 1«1 ; Scl. Sr Salv. P. Z. S. 1879,
p. 629 ; Tacz. Or'n. Per. i. p. 359. Adelisca inornata, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 72. Trochilus inornatus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 142.
Adult male. Similar to those of the rest of the genus ; the upper surface, especially on the rump, more bronzy green ; the middle of the under surface buff, the flanks washed with green ; the discs of the central feathers of the throat glittering blue : bill nearly black, feet hazel. Total length about 2-5 inches, wing 2-05, tail 1-45, bill 0G5.
Hah. Bolivia.
a. (S ad. sk. ? Sandillani, Yungas, Bolivia Gould Coll.
(Bridges). (Probably a type.)
b, c, d. S ad. sk. Bolivia (Buckley). Gould Coll.
e. J ad. sk. Tilotilo, Yungas, Bolivia Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Buckley). /. cJ ad. sk. Chairo, Yungas (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
46. ANTHOCEPHALA.
Anthocephala, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 72 (1860). A. floriceps. Kancje. Northern Colombia.
1. Anthocephala floriceps.
Trochilus ( ?) floriceps, Gould, P. Z. S. 1853, p. 02.
Metallura floriceps, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8.
Adelomyia floriceps, Bp. Rev. Zool. 18o4, p. 253 ; Gould, Mon.
Troch. iii. pi. 202 (May 1855) ; Mills. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 71. Anthocephala floriceps. Cab. i!y- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 72;
Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 115 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii.
p. 125 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 220 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 183 ; Salv. ^ Godni. Ibis, 1881, p. 595.
Adult male. Upper surface golden grass-green, becoming bronzy on the upper tail-coverts and central rectrices ; forehead pale buff, with a narrow anterior edge of blackish, and shading into " peach- blossom " colour on the crown ; under surface greyish buff, darker on the flanks, which are also tinged with green ; lateral rectrices bronzy at the base, jiassing into a dark subterrainal purplish band, the tips being buif ; bill black. Total length about 3-3 inches, wing 2, tail 1-2, bill 0-7').
47. PHLOGOPHILUS. 173
Adult female. Similar to the male, but with the forehead and crowu dark bronzy green.
Young male. Similar to the female, but with the tips to the lateral rectrices wider and whiter, the rest of those feathers greener.
Hah. Northern Colombia.
a. (S ad. sk. San Antonio, Sierra Nevada de Goidd Cull.
Santa Marta, Colombia {Lin- (Type of the species.) den).
b. S juv. sk. (A skin of Bogota make.) CJould Coll.
c. <5 ad. sk. ? Salvin-Godman Coll.
d. 2 ad. sk. San Jos(5, Sierra Nevada de Santa Salvin-Godman Coll.
Marta, March {F. Simons).
47. PHLOGOPHILUS. _
Type.
Phlogopbilus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 310 P. hemileuciirus.
Range. Andes of Eastern Ecuador.
A genus of doubtful affinity. Gould, unable to indicate its position, placed it at the end of the Trochilidce, but suggested, without stating his reasons, that it might be allied to Adelomyia. This view I am inclined to think justified. Mr. Elliot places it between Augastes and Sc?iistes, and went so far as to state his belief that it might turn out to be inseparable from the former, and that P. hemileucurus might even prove to be only the female of one of the species of Augastes I
1. Phlogopbilus hemileucurus.
Phlogophilus hemileucurus, (?(y(</c/, F. Z. S. 1860, p. 310; id. Man. Trock V. pi. 360 (Sept. 1861 ) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 181 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 172 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 325.
Leucolia hemileucura, Muls. Sf Terr. Class. Troch. p. 31.
Elvira hemileucura, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 264 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 205.
Adult male ? Upper surface dark shining grass-green ; under surface white, the feathers of the throat and flanks with green discs ; pectoral band, centre of the abdomen, and under tail-coverts white ; central rectrices green tinged with bronze ; lateral white with a wide central band, and the edges of the outer webs of the tips steel-blue-black : bill black ; feet yellow. Total length about 3"5 inches, wing 1*9 ; tail, central rectrices 1'3, lateral 0*9 ; bill 0-8.
Adult female ? Like the male, but with the tips of the lateral rectrices wholly white.
I have now seen a considerable number of specimens of this species, all closely resembling one another. Some examples have a dark outer edging to the white tip to the lateral rectrices. These I take to be males, and those without this edging to be females, I have no dissected specimens before me, so that this supposition as to
174 TROCHILI.
the sexes is only suggested by the fact that in TrocJiilidce generally the lateral rectrices of the females are, as a rule, tipped with lighter colour than those of the males. Hah. Andes of Eastern Ecuador.
a. Ad. ? sk. Banks of the Eiver Napo ?, Gould Coll.
Ecuador (Bourcier). (Type of the species.)
b, c. Ad. ? sk. Loxa, Ecuador {Buckky). Salvin-Godman Coll. d-o. Ad. ? sk. Ecuador {Buckley). Gould Coll.
48. POLYTMTJS.
Type.
Polytmus, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 667 (1760) P. thaumantias.
Chrysobronchus, Bj). Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252.
Mange. South America from Colombia, Venezuela, and Trinidad to Guiana and South-eastern Brazil.
P. thaumantias has the nasal covers less exposed than either P. viridissimus or P. leucorrlious ; moreoTcr, the tail is more rounded, being almost cuneate, and tipped and edged with white. The interramal space is more feathered in P. thaumantias than in either of the other species ; so that it becomes a question whether they should aU be referred to one genus. No attempt has as yet been made to make a separation, and I am hardly prepared to do so at present.
Key to the Species.
a. Tail more rounded, lateral rectrices tipped and
edged with white ; interramal space more
feathered thaumantias, p. 174.
b. Tail less rounded, lateral rectrices uniform green ;
interramal space less feathered.
a' . Under tail-coverts glittering green viridissvmts, p. 176.
b'. Under tail-corerts white leucorrhous, p. 176.
1. Polytmus thaumantias.
Polytmus, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 667.
Trochilus thaumantias, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 190 ; Gm. Syst. Nat.
i. p. 489 ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 353 ; id. Enc. MHh.
p. 557. Colibri, Daub. Fl. D?il. 600. fig. 1. Petit Colibri, Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 64. Admirable Humming Bird, Lath. Syn. i. 2, p. 763. Trochilus viridis, Atid. 8f Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p. 101, pi. 41 ; Vieill. N.
Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 354 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 557 ; Less. Ind.
Gin. Troch. p. xxvii ; d^Orb. 8f Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 32; Cab. in
Schomb. Guiana, iii. p. 707. Trochilus chrysobronchus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 287. Trochilus virescens, Dumont, Diet. Sc. Nat. x. p. 49 (1818) ; Wied,
Beitr. iv. p. 107. Ornismva viridis, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxxiii, 178,
pi. 60.
48. POLYTMUS. 175
Polytmus clirysobroiicbus, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 108.
Leucippus clirysobronchus, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. ] 1 ; id. Troch.
E7im7i. p. 8, pi. 781. ft". 4816-7. Chrysobrouclius virescens, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252 ; Gould, Mon.
froch. iv. pi. 230 (Sept. 1858) ; E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 18G3, p. 92 ;
Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Moucfies, i. p. 276, iv. p. 180; id. Ann. Soc.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 205; Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 629;
Eudes-Besl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 442 ; Forbes, Ibis, 1881, p. 348 ;
Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 435. Polytmus virescens, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 126 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i.
p. 129 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 142. Polytmus tbaumantias. Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 5 ; Scl. Cat.
Am. B. p. 307 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 'IB ; Reinh. Vidensk. Medd.
Nat. For. KJob. 1870, p. 106 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 214 ; Salv.
Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 366; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 317. Polytmus leucocblorus, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 176. Cblorestes tbaumantias, Mids. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 32. Polytmus tbaumantias virescens, Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 317.
Adult male. Upper surface golden green, upper tail-coverts rather brighter, crown duller ; under surface glittering yellowish green ; under tail-coverts white with green discs ; tail bluish green, tipped with white, the base of the outer web of all the feathers whitish, this colour in the outermost pair meets the white tip ; bill blackish, the middle of the culmen and the mandible (except the tip) flesh-colour. Total length about 4-2 inches, wing 2-2, tail 1-5, bUI 1 (Roraima).
Young male. Under surface fawn-colour, a median line of glitter- ing green feathers on the throat, outermost rectrix nearly white ; bill black.
There is a good deal of variation in the length of the bill in this species, and also in the colour of the central rectrices as well as acuteness of the outer ones. The latter characters seem to vary with age. P. leucochlorus, Heine, was based upon Venezuela speci- mens ; P. thaumantias virescens, Berl., upon Bogota examples, I do not think either can be definitely separated.
ffab. Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad, Guiana and South- eastern Brazil.
a. 2 ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Gould Coll.
b. (j ad. sk. Venezuela. Sclater Coll. c-f. c? ad. ; y, Trinidad. Gould Coll.
h. Ad.etiuv.
sk. ^
i,j. S a.d.;k,l. Roraima, Brit. Guiana, Jan., June, Salvin-Godman Coll.
S juv. ; 7n. Dec. {H. Whitely).
2 ad. sk. n, 0. cJ ad. ; p. Pernambuco ( W. A. Forbes). Salvin-Godman &
2 ad. sk. Sclater Colls.
g, r. c? ad. sk. 'Bahia,, Brazil (Wucherer). Salvin-Godman Coll.
s-v. c? ad. sk. Bahia. Gould Coll.
w. cJ juv. ; X. Chapada, Matto Grosso, Mav and Salvin-Godman Coll.
2 juv. sk. July (H. H. S7mth).
i:g
2. Polytmus viridissimus.
Oiseau-Mouche tout vert, And. ^- Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p. 102, pi. 42. Trochilus viridissimus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. vii. p. 375 ;
id. Enc. Meth. p. 572 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 129. Trochilus virescens, Wied, Beitr. iv. p. 107 (nee Dum.). Trocliilus theresise, Da Si/va, Mai. 3Iin. Bras. p. 2 (1843). Amazilius vii-idis.simus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 77. Chlorestea /3. SmaniiT-ditis viridissima, Reich. Avfz. d. Col. p. 7. Chrysobroncliua viridissimus, i?/j. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252; Muls.
Hist. Nat. Ois.'Mouches, i. p. 279, pi. 26; id. Ann. Sac. Linn.
Lyon, xxii. p. 206 ; Eudes-Desl. Arm. Mus. Caen, i. p. 445 ; Salt:
Ibis, 1885, p. 435. Chlorestes viridissima, Reich. Track. Enum. p. 4, pi. 695. ff. 4547-8 ;
Muls. (§• Verr. Class. Troch. p. 32. Tbaumantias viridissimus, Btirm. Syst. Ueh. ii. p. 344. Thaumautias chrysurus, Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 345. Chrysobronclius viridicaudus, Gould, Men. Troch. iv. pi. 231 (Sept.
1858). Polytmus viridissimus, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 127 ; Scl. Cat. Am.
B. p. 307 ; Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 28 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 214. Polytmus theresiae, Cab. i^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 5. Trochilus viridicaudus. Saucer. MS. {fide Cab.). Trochilus prasiuus, Licht. Mus. Ber. {fide Cab.).
Adult mctle. Upper surface shining bronzy grass-green, duller on the crown ; under surface, including the under tail-coverts, pale glittering grass-green ; tail uniform glittering green : bill brown ; mandible, except the tip, flesh-colour. Total length about '&1 inches, wing 2-3, tail 1-3, bill 0-8.
Female. Duller on the under surface than the male, under tail- coverts edged and lateral roctrices tipped with white.
Hab. Venezuela and Guiana.
a. S ad.sk. [Venezuela.] Salvin-rjodman Coll.
b-d. S ad. sk. Demerara. Gould Coll.
e. 5 ad. sk. Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sept. 2 {H. Whitely).
f, a. (S ad. sk. Merum(5 Mts., Brit. Guiana, July Salvin-Godman &
{H. W.). ' Sclater Colls.
h, X. S ad, sk. (Cayenne make.) Salviu-Godman &
Sclater Colls.
3. Polytmus leucorrhous.
Polytmus leucorrhous, Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 584, 763, 1873, p. 288 ; Gould, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 606 ; ElUot, Syn. Troch. p. 215.
Chrysobronchus leucorrhous, Mit/.s. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 281, iv. p. 180; id. Ann. Soc. TJnn. Lyon, xxii. p. 206; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 446 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 373.
Polytmus leucoproctus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 128.
Adult male. Similar to that of P. viridissimus, but with the under tail-coverts white.
49. DOLEROMYIA. 177
a. (^ ad. sk. Xeberos, Upper Amazons, June Salviu-Godman Coll.
(K Bartlett).
b-d. J ad. ; e- Upper Amazons (E. B.). Gould Coll.
//. Ad. sk. (Types of the species.)
h. (S ad. sk. Xeberos, June 27. E. Bartlett [C.].
*>./• <S ad.sk. Upper Amazons. E. Bartlett [C.l
k, I. (S ad. sk. Cobati, Rio Negro, Xov. {A. R. Salvin-Godmaii &
Wallace). Gould Colls.
wt, 11. 5 ad. sk. Rio Negro, Dec. {A. R. W.). Salvin-Godman Coll.
49. DOLEROMYIA.
Type.
Doleromya, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 249 D. Vallax.
Dolerisca, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Ileiii. iii. p. G D. fallax.
Range. Northern Colombia and Venezuela.
1 . Doleromyia fallax.
Trocliilus fallax, Bourc. Ann. Soc. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, vi
p. 44 (1843 J ; id. Rev. Zool. 184.3, p. 103. Trocbilus (Lampornis ?) fulviventris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 88. Poljtmus faUax, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 129. Doleromyia fallax, Bp. Rev. Zool. 18-54, p. 249 ; Muls. Hint. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 206, pi. 18 ; Budes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i.
p. 166 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 9. Leucippus fallax, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 56 (Sept. 18o6). Dolerisca fallax. Cab. i^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 6 ; Gould, Intr.
Troch p. 56 ; Set. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 168. Dolerisca cerviua, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 56. Leucolia fallax, Muls. &f Verr. Class. Troch. p. 31. Doleromya faUax, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 204.
AcluU male. Upper surfaee dull green, the feathers edged with dusky, darker on the crown ; under surfaee fulvous, the lower abdomen and under tail-coverts white; central rectriccs dull green, the rest tipped with white and having a dark subtermiual band ; mandible black, maxilla flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-5, tail 1-5, bill 1.
Young almost exactly like the adult.
The Colombian birds have a little less white on the lateral rec- trices, and in this respect agree with the type of D. cervina, (iould. The difference is hardly material.
Hah. Northern Colombia and Venezuela.
a. Ad. sk. Venezuela. Gould Coll.
b. Ad. sk. [Venezuela.] Gould Coll.
(Probable type of T. fvlvii.entris, Gould.)
c. (S i*d. sk. Carupano, Venezuela, Dec. Salvin-Gcdniau Coll.
(A. Goeriny).
d. ad. sk. ? _ Gould Coll.
(Type of I), cervina, Gould )
e-y. Juv. sk. ? _ ■ (?ould Coll.
h, i. Ad. sk. Northern Colombia (F. Simons). Salvin-Godmaii Coll.
178 TKOcniLi.
50. LEUCOCHLORIS. ^^^^
Agj'rtria y. Leucochloris, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10
(1854) L- albicolli
Range. Southern Brazil aud Paraguay.
1. Leucochloris albicollis.
Trochilus albicollis, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Sist. N. xxiii. p. 426 ; id. Enr.
Meth. p. 558 ; Le6s. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxv ; Temm. PL Col. 203.
f. 2. Colibri albogularis, Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 81, pi. 82. f. 1. Trochilus vulgaris, Wied, Beitr. iv. p. 72. Ornismya albicollis, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-M ouches, pp. xxxiii, 184,
pi. 63 ; dOrb. >^; Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 30. Poljtmus albicolU.", Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 108; id. Haiid-l. B. i.
p. 127. Thaumantias albicollis, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 78 ; id. Eev. Zonl. 1854,
p. 255 ; Bia-7n. Si/st. Ueh. ii. p. 342 ; id. J.f. Orn. 1860, p. 245 ; id.
La Plata Reise, ii. p. 448. Agyrtria y. Leucochloris albicollis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10. Leucippus albicollis, Reich. Troch. Eniim. p. 8, pi. 782. ff. 4818-9. Leucochloris albicollis, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 291 (Sept. 1855) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 151 ; 3Iuls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 32 ; Muls.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 261, pi. 22, iv. p. 178; id. Ann.
Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 205 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 138 ; id. Syn.
Troch. p. 200; 8cl. S^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 630; Eudes-Desl.
Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 7, p. 323 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 368 ;
Scl. ^ Huds. Ary. Orn. ii. p. 7. Agyrtria albicollis. Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 32 ; Heine,
J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 183 ; Reinh. Vidensk. Medd. Nat. For. Kjiib. 1870,
p. 112; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 29; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1873, p. 276.
Adult male. Upper surface, chin, chest, and flanks shining grass- green ; throat, middle of the abdomen, and under tail-coverts pure white ; central rectrices rather darker than the back, lateral steel- blue conspicuously tipped with white ; bill black, basal three- fourths of the mandible flesh-colour. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-4, tail 1-3, bill 1.
Hah. Southern Brazil and Paraguay.
a, b. Ad. sk. Rio Janeiro, Brazil (Youds). Salvin-Godman Coll.
c-y. Ad. sk. Rio. Gould Coll.
h. Ad. sk. Santa Catarina, Brazil (Rogers). Salvin-Godman Coll.
i. Ad. sk. Santa Catarina {Rogers). Sclater Coll.
51. AGYRTRIA.
Type.
Thaumantias, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255 (nee
Eschsch.).
Agyrtria, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10 (1854). Thaumasiiis, Schite'r, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 146 A. taczaiiowskii.
51. AGTRTRIA. 179
Ran/e. Tropical America, from Southern ilexico to Bolivia and South Brazil.
Kei/ to the Sjjecies.
a. Throat white, green, or blue.
a'. Crown glittering green or bluish green. a". Throat and breast white.
a'". Bill whoUj black niveipectus, p. 180.
b"'. Mandible except the tip flesh-colour.
«*. Lateral rectrices steel-blue leucogaster, p. 181.
i*. Lateral rectrices greyish green. a'. Larger; lateral rectrices without
definite subterminal bar viridiceps, p. 181.
i'. Smaller ; lateral rectrices with more or less detinite subterminal
bar viilleri, p. 182.
b" . Throat and breast glittering green, e'". Crown glittering pale bluish green ;
bill longer cceruleiceps, p. 183.
d'". Crown glittering green ; bill smaller, nitidifroiu, p. 183. b' . Crown dull green, slightly darker than the back, c". Breast glittering blue.
e". Lateral rectrices pale greenish bronze, with a subterminal blackish
bar nec/leefa, p. 183.
/"'. Lateral rectrices steel-blue bartletti, p. 184.
d' . Throat and breast glittering green or white. ff'". Under tail-coverts greyish edged with white. c*. Lateral rectrices gi-eyish green, with a more or less distinct sub- terminal bar. c^. Middle of the throat and breast
white bi'evh'oslris, p. 185^
d\ Throat and breast covered with
green spots affints, p. 185 *.
d*. Lateral rectrices steel blue, some- times tipped with bronze or whitish. «'. Lateral rectrices with more or less distinct tips of grey or bronze. a^. Lateral rectrices steel - blue beneath except at the ex- treme base. a'. Larger : lateral rectrices less
distinctly tipped viridissima, p. 186.
b''. Smaller ; lateral rectrices
very distinctly tipped .... mamlicauda, p. 188. A*. Lateral rectrices bronzy green, with purple - bronze subter- minal bar hici(e, p. 188.
y. Lateral rectrices nearly uniform, or with narrow whitish tips.
* A. alleni, Elliot, p. 186, probably belonga here.
s i'
180 T1{0(UIII.I.
cO. Throat and breast bliiisli green : lateral rectrices nearly uni- form " fluriatilk, p. 188.
d«. Throat and breast golden green ; lateral rectrices nar- rowly tipped with whitish . . cqncalis, p. 1 89. h!" . Under tail-coverts white.
e*. iSliddle of the under surface white. Candida, p. 190. f-. Throat and breast glittering green. g''. Larger; central rectrices green
tipped with blacldsh tephrocephala, p. 191 .
A'. Smallt-r ; central rectrices wholly
gi-een yiitidicauda, p. 192.
i\ Smaller; central rectrices very dark, faintly washed with greenish towards the base .... nigricauda, p. 192.
t'". Under tail-coverts green compsa, p. 192.
6. Throat and under surface pale grey, the
former faintly marked with dusky spots . . taczanoicskii, p. 19-3.
1. Agyitria niveipectus.
Thaumatias chionopectus, Gould, Mon. Tronh. v. pi. 29.'J (Sept. 1859) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 152 ; E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 1863, p. 92 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1878, p. 40. Agyrtria niveipectus, Cab. 8,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 33 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 312 ; Hei7ie, J. f. Oni. 18ti3, p. 184 ; Elliot, 8yn. Troch. p. 202 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 3(38.^ Leucolia chionopectus, Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 31 ; Eudes-
Desl. Ann. Mvs. Caen, i. p. 337. Leucolia niveipectus, Muls. Hist. Kat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 227, iv.
p. 173 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 204. Polytmus chionopectus. Leot. Oi's. Trin. p. 140 (1866) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 128. Adult male. Upper surface bronzy green, becoming darker on the upper tail-coverts ; crown and sides of the neck glittering green ; throat and middle of the abdomen white ; flanks golden green ; under tail-coverts pale grey with white edges ; tail purple-bronze, the lateral rectrices with an indistinct subterminal darker band ; bill black. Total length about 3-0 inches, wing 2-15; tail, central rectrices 1-1, lateral 1-3 ; bill 0-85.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but with the crown less brilliant, and the subterminal band on the lateral rectrices more distinct, and the outer three feathers on either side tipped with grey.
Nah. Trinidad, Venezuela, and British Guiana.
«-c. d ad. ; f7. $ Trinidad (T'Mc/.-er). Gould Coll.
ad. sk. (Types of T. chionopectus, Gould.)
e. S ad. sk. Trinidad. " Sclater Coll.
/. 5 ad. sk. Venezuela {Spence). Sclater Coll.
(/. (S ad. sk. iJritisli Guiana {Schomburyk). Gould Coll.
'h. S ad. sk. guonga, Brit. Guiana, Oct. 23 Salvin-Godman Coll.
{H. Whitrly).
i. Ad.sk. '■ Salvin-riudninii Coll.
181
2. Agyrtria leucogaster.
Mellisuga cayennensis, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 704, pi. 36. f. 3.
Vert-dore, Bvf. Hist. Nut. Ois. vi. p. 29.
Oiseaux Moiiches de Cayenne, d'Aub. PL Unl. 276. f. 3.
Trochilus leucogaster, 6'?«. S'l/st. Nat. i. p. 495; Vieill. N. Diet.
cTHist. N. vii. p. 363 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 564. Oiseaux Mouclies a gorge et ventre blanc, And. Ois. Dor. i. p. 104,
pi. 43. Ornismya albirostris, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxxiv, 212,
pi. 78. Trochilus albirostris, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxv. Thaumatias leucogaster, Bp. Consp. Av. i.p. 78; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 255 ; Gould, Mon. Trovh. v. pi. 294 (Sept. 1859) ; id. Intr. Troch.
p. 152; Elliot, Ibis, 1878, p. 41 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i.
p. 374. Agyrtria leucogaster, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 7,
pi. 762. ff. 4762-64 ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 34 ; Pelz.
Orn. Bras. p. 29 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 202 ; 8alv. Ibis, 1885,
p. 435. Leucolia leucogaster, Muls. 8f Verr. Class. Troch. p. 31 ; Muls. Hist,
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 231 ; id. Ami. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 204. Polytmus leucogaster, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 128. ? Trochilus niellisugus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 192 ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i.
p. 494 ? ? Thaumatias mellisuga, Bp. Consp. i. p. 78.
Adult male. Upper surface golden grass-green ; crown and sides of the neck and breast glittering grass-green ; whole of the middle of the \mder surface and the under tail- coverts white ; flanks shining green ; tail steel-blue, the central rectrices bronzy green : maxilla black ; mandible, except the tip, flesh-colour. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2 ; tail, central rectrices 1, lateral 1-2 ; bill 0-9.
Adult female. Like the male, but with the lateral rectrices obscurely tipped with bronzy grey.
Hah. Cayenne, and Eastern Brazil to Bahia.
The bird marked " Demerara " is immature, and lacks the glittering crown. I doubt the correctness of its locality.
a, h. cJ ad. sk. (Skins of Cayenne make.) Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
c. c? ad. sk. Cayenne. E. Wilson, Esq. [P.].
d. 2 ad. sk. Demerara. Gould Coll.
e. f. cJ ad. sk. Peruanibuco {Forbes). Salvin-Godman Coll. g-k. S ad. ; l-n. Bahia, Brazil. Salvin-Godman &
§ ad. sk. Gould Colls.
3. Agyrtria viridiceps.
Tbiiumatias viridiceps, Gould, T. Z. S. 1860, p. 307 ; id. Mon. Troch. V. pi. 295 (Julv 1861) : id. Intr. Troch. p. 152 ; id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803 ; Elliot', Ibis, 1878, p. 42.
182 TEornii.i,
Agvrtria viridiceps, Hfine, J. f. Orn. ISfi.S, p. 185; Elliot, Syn.
froch. p. '208 ; Berl. S> Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 568. Polvtmus viridiceps, Orai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 128. Leucolia viridiceps, Muh. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 31 ; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ou.-Mouches, i. p. 229 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 204 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 360.
Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzj' green, becoming more bronzy on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; crown and sides of the neck glittering green : under surface, including the under tail- coverts, pure white ; flanks washed with shining green ; tail greyish green, the lateral rectrices with a subterminal dark band : maxilla black ; mandible flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2'1, tail 1*3, bill 1*1.
Female. Similar to the male.
Hab. Ecuador.
a, b. J ad. ; c. $ Ecuador, near Nanegal ? Gould Coll.
ad. sk. (Types of species.)
d. S ad. sk. Intac, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
e. (S ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. /. c? ad. ; g. 2 Citado, Eciiadar {Buckley). Gould Coll.
ad. sk. h. Juv. sk. Balzar Mts., Ecuador filling- Salvin-Godman Coll.
worth), i-o. cj ad. ; p. 2 Ecuador. Salvin-Godman &
ad. ; q. Juv. sk. Gould Colls.
4. Agyrtria milleri.
Trochilus milleri, Bourc. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 43 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1847,
p. 255. Polytmus milleri, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 108 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 128. Thaumatias milleri, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 78; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 255 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 296 (Sept. 1859) : id. Intr.
Troch. p. 152 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1878, p. 42. Agyrtria milleri, Reich. Avfz. d. Col. p. 10; id. Troch. Enum. p. 7,
pi. 759. ff. 4752-3 ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 33 ; Scl. Cat.
Am. B. p. 313; Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 185 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras.
p. 29 ; Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 584 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 203 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 330. Leucolia milleri, Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 31 ; Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.- Blanches, i. p. 225, iv. p. 173 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 204 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 362.
Adult male. Very similar to that of A. viridiceps, but smaller, and with much shorter bill ; the bright crown and sides of the neck with a slight bluish tint (a somewhat variable character). Total length about 3"3 inches, wing 1-9, tail 1"15, bill 0-75.
Hah. Rio Negro, Colombia.
a-h. c? ad. ; i-k. Colombia (skins of Bogota Salvin-Godman,
$ ad. sk, make). (4oiild, & Sclater
Colls. I. r7 ad. sk. Cobati, Kio Negro, Ts'ov. (A. Salvin-Godmiiu Coll.
R. Wallace).'
51. AOVKTRIA. 183
5. Agyrtria caeruleiceps. (Plate VII. fig. 1.)
Thaumatias cffiruleiceps, Gould, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 307; id. Intr.
Tfoch. p. l.")2 ; Muk. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 239; id. Ann.
Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii, p. 204 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. 1878, p. 62. Leucochloris cferuleiceps, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 31. Agyrtria casruleiceps, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 185; Elliot, Syn.
Troch. p. 206; Sharpe, in Gould's Mon. Troch. Sujipl. (Mar.
1885); Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 330. Leucolia caeruleiceps, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Miis. Caen, i. p. 370.
Adult male. Upper surface shining green, passing into bronzy- green on the rump and upper tail-coverts, and into glittering greenish blue on the nape and crown ; under surface shining green, more glittering on the throat, the sides of which are bluer, and the feathers in the middle edged with dusky white (? immature) ; under tail-coverts grey, with darker centres ; tail nearly uniform bronzy green, with a very faint indication of a darker subterminal bar: maxilla dark brown ; mandible (except at the tip) flesh-colour. Total length about 3-5 inches, wing 2-1, tail 1-2, bill 0-85.
Hub. Colombia.
a. (S ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Gould Coll. (Type
of species.)
6. Agyrtria nitidifrons.
Thaumatias nitidifrons, Giuld, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 308 ; id. Mon. Troch.
v. pi. 297 (Sept. 1861) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 152; 3Iuls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 238, iv. p. 174 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, x.xii.
p. 204; Ellwt, Ibis, 1878, p. 52. Agyrtria nitidifrons, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 185 ; Elliot, Syn.
Troch. p. 205 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 368. Leucochloris nitidifrons, Mids. Sf Terr. Class. Troch. p. 32. Leucolia nitidifrons, Eudes-Desl. Ami. Mus. Caen, i. p. 367.
AduU nicde. Similar to that of A. coerideiceps, but smaller and with shorter bill. The whole head, sides of the neck, and throat are glittering green, the crown being slightly bluer ; tail olive- green, the lateral feathers crossed by a subterminal band of purplish brown : under tail-coverts grey, edged with white. Total length about 3 inches, wing 1-9, tail 0-85, bill 0-68.
Hah. ?
a. S ad. sk. ■? Gould Coll. (Type
of species.)
7. Agyrtria neglecta.
Ornismva bicolor, d'Orh. Sf Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 30.
Thaumatias neglectus, Elliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 140, 1878, p. 53 ; Mtds.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 174; Scl. S,- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879,
p. 630. Agyrtria neglecta, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 205. Leucolia neglecta, Eiides-lJesl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 868.
184 TKocHir.r.
" Male. Top of head, nape, and mantle metallic green ; throat and tipper part of the breast brilliant metallic blue, the white bases of the feathers on the throat and breast showing conspicuously amid the blue ; but this may be caused by the plumage of the specimen being disarranged. Back, rump, and upper tail-coverts light greenish bronze ; wings purplish ; flanks and lower part of breast shining green ; abdomen whitish ; under tail-coverts pale brown, margined with white ; tail pale greenish bronze ; a subterminal black bar, as in many species of lliaumatias, is present on all the feathers excepting the two median ones : bill very slender and pointed ; maxiUa black ; mandible flesh-colour ; feet black. Total length 3'25 inches, wing 2, tail 1-25, bill 0-75.
'■'Female. Head and upjjer parts, sides of throat, and flanks shining grass-green ; centre of throat and underparts whitish, apparently spotted -with metallic light green ; tail like that of the male, tips of lateral feathers whitish ; under tail-coverts whitish ; wings purple : maxilla broken off, the base black ; mandible flesh-colour ; feet black. Lenglh 3-75 inches, wing 2, tail 1-25, bill 0"75." {Elliot, I. s. c.)
Described by Mr. Elliot from specimens in the Paris Museum, brought by d'Orbigny from Moxos and Yungas in Bolivia. The so- called female was in bad condition, but if correctly described shows a sexual difference in the colour of the throat from the male with- out precedent in this genus.
Hah. Bolivia.
8. Agyrtria bartletti.
Thaumantias bartletti, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 194; 8cl. ^- Salv.
P. Z. S. 1873, p. 388 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 255 ; id.
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 205 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1878, p. 53 ; Eudes-
Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 378. Polytmus bartletti, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 128. Agyrtria bartletti, Elliot, Syn. Trocli. p. 205 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i.
p. 403 ; SharjK in Gotdd's Mon. Troch. pi. 50 (Mar. 1885).
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green, changing to bronzy green on the upper tail-coverts ; throat and breast dark glittering blue ; middle of the abdomen greyish white ; flanks shining bluish green ; under tail-coverts dark brown edged with greyish white ; tail steel-blue, the central rectrices above washed with bronzy green : maxilla black ; mandible flesh-colour, tip black. Total length about 4-1 inches, wing 2-1, tail 1-15, bill 0-9.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but with the lateral rectrices tipped with greyish white.
Hab. Upper Amazons Valley.
a, b. cJ ad. sk. Upper Ucavali, Peru, June, 1
July (E.'Bartlctt). ■ Gould Coll.
c. $ ad.sk. 8arayacu, Peru, Aug. (£. 7A). ) (Types of tlie
species.)
d-f. S ad. ik. Saravacu, Peru, June, Sept. Salrin-Gndman Co]].,
[E. B.). k^.
51. AGYRTRIA. 185
9. Agyrtria brevirostris.
Oriiismya brevirostris, Less. Hist. Xat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxxvii,
L^ll, pi. 77. Trochilus brevirostris, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxvi. Polytmus brevirostris, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 108 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 128. Trochilus versicolor, Nordm. in Erman's Bei.se, Atl. pi. i. ff. 1-3. .Ilylocharis versicolor, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 115; Bp. Cunsp. Av. i.
p. 74. Agyrtria brevirostris, Beick. Anfz. d. Col. p. 10; id. Troch. Enum.
p*. 7, pi. 759. f. 4749 ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mvs. Hein. iii. p. 34 ; 8cl.
Cat. Am. B. p. 313; Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 185 ; Pel-. Orn.
Bras. p. 29 ; Berl. J. f. Orn. 1873, p. 276 ; Elliot, Syn. Truck.
p. 204. Agyrtria versicolor, Reich. Aufz. d. Cvl. p. 10 ; id. Troch. Enum.
p. 7, pi. 759. ff. 4750-1. Leucocbloris brevirostris, Muls. 8f Terr. Class. Troch. p. 3L l.eucolia brevirostris, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 365. Thaumatias brevirostris, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 78; id. Bev. Zool. 1854,
p. 255 ; Gould, Mo7i. Troch. v. pi. 298 (May 1855) ; id. Lntr. Troch.
p. 152 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 343 ; E'lliot, Ibis, 1878, p. 44 ;
Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 241, iv. p. 176 ; id. A7in. Sue.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 205.
Adult male. Tpper surface shining bronzy green ; middle of the under surface from the chin to the vent pure white ; sides of the neck glittering green ; flanks shining golden green ; under tail- coverts greenish grey, edged with white ; tail shining olive-green, the lateral rectrices with a dark subterminal band : maxilla black ; mandible flesh-colour, tip black. Total length about 3-5 inches, wing 1-95, tail I'lo, bill 0-7o.
Female. Similar to the male, the lateral rectricea with pale tips.
Hah. South-eastern Brazil.
a-d. S ad. ; e. $ Bahia, Brazil ( Wucherer). Salvin-Godman &
ad. sk. Gould Colls.
f. 'r? ad. sk. Bahia. E. Fielding, Esq.
[P-]-
fi, h. rf ad. sk. Eio Janeiro, Brazil. Salvm-Godman & •'' ° Gould Colls.
i. S ad. sk. Brazil (Nafterer). Salvin-Godman Coll.
/, A:, f^ ad. sk. Santa Catarina, Brazil (Bayers). Salvin-Godman & "^' Sclater Colls.
/, m. d ad. sk. Parana, Brazil {Rogers). Gould Coll.
10. Agyrtria afiinis. Thaumatias aflinis, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 299 (May 1855) ; id.
lntr. Troch. p. 153. „ , ^
A"-vrtria afiinis, Cob. Sf Heine, Mus. Hem. m. p. 33; Scl. Cat. Am.
//. p. 313 : Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 185 ; Reinh. Vidensk. Medd.
Xat. For. KJob. 1870, p. 112. rolytuius atlini.s <''rny, Hand-l. B. i. p. 128.
18(1 TKOCHIM.
Similar to A. brerirustris, but with a glittering green disoal spot on all the feathers of the throat and breast, so that there is no con- tinuous median white lino on the under surface.
This form of A. hrerij-osfi-is seems sufficiently distinct for recog- nition. It probably has a distinct range, but trade skins do not afford trustworthy data on this point. All Mr. Herbert Smith's specimens from Matto Grosso are of this form.
Hab. South-eastern Brazil.
a. S ad. ; b, c. $ Miuas Geraes, Brazil. Gould Coll. (Types
ad. sk. of the species.)
d-h. S iid. ; i. $ Kio Janeiro, Brazil. Salviu-Godman,
ad. ; ;'. Juv. sk. Gould, & Sclater
Colls.
k. 2 ad. sk. Brazil {Natterer). Salvin-Godman Coll.
/. c? fid. ; m. $ Brazil. Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk.
w-r. S ad. ; ,«-«. Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil, Salvin-Godman Coll.
2 ad. ; r. Juv. June, Sept. Oct. {H. H.
sk. Smith).
11. Agyrtria alleni.
Agyrtria alleni, Elliot, Auk, vi. p. 26.3.
" Top of head and occiput dark greenish blue, not metallic ; nape, back, and shoulders shining grass-green; rump and upper tail- coverts glittering bronze ; tail shining bronze, with the tips of the feathers pale grey, widest on the outermost rectrices and diminish- ing to the central ones, which have a mere indication of grey at the tip ; wings purplish brown ; sides of neck shining bluish green ; throat and centre of breast white, speckled with shining green ; sides of breast and flanks metallic grass-green ; abdomen whitish ; under tail-coverts pale brown, edged with white : maxilla black ; mandible flesh-colour, tip black ; feet black. Total length 3| inches, wing 1|, tail ly^y, bill |.
Hab. " Yungas, Bolivia." {Elliot, I. s. c.)
Unknown to me.
12. Agyrtria viridissima.
? Trochilus maculatus, Vteill. Ois. Dor. i. p. 106, pi. 44 ; id. N. Diet.
d'Hist. N. vii. p. ;i61 ; id. Enc. MM. p. 56.3. Ornismya viridissima. Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxxiv, 207,
pi. 75. Trochilus viridissima, Less. Ind. G6n. Troch. p. xxvi. Chloresles malvina, Reich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 7 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 4,
pi. G96. ff. 4550-1. Chlorestes Saucerottia viridipectus, Heich. Anfz. d. Col. p. 7; id,
Troch. Enum. p. 4, pi. 702. ff. 457.3-4. Thaumatias linnaji, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255 ; Gould, Mon. Troch.
V. pi. .302 (Sept. 1856) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 153; Muls. Hist. Nat.
51. AGVRTRIA. 187
Ois.-Moucfies, i. p. 2-i8, iv. p. 17(3 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xsii.
p. 205. Thaumatias viridissimiis, Bunn. 8i/st. Ueb. ii. p. 344 ? Agyrtria uialvina;, Cab. S,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 33 ; Heine, J.f.
brn. 1863, p. 183. Ap;yrtria terpna, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863. Leucochloris linna;i, Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 32. Polytmus linnsei, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 128. Thaumatias tobaci, Elliot, Ibis, 1878, p. 49; Elliot, Sijn. Troch.
p. 206 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 383 ; Salv. Ibis, 1885,
p. 435. Thaumatias terpna, Mids. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 205. Agyrtria maculata, Cab. <$• Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 33 ; ScL Cat.
Am. B. p. 313; Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 184; Felz. Orn. Bras.
p. 29 ; Scl. ^- Salv. F. Z. S. 18G7, p. 554. Agyrtria viridissima terpna, Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 330.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining bronzy green, darker on the head ; throat and breast glittering grass-green ; middle of the abdomen -white ; flanks shining green ; under tail-coAcrts grey, broadly edged with white ; tail dark steel-blue, median pair of rec- trices bronzy green, lateral greenish at the base and on the edges of the outer webs and tips ; maxilla blackish ; mandible flesh-colour, tip black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-2, tail 1-2, bill 0-9.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but with the tips of the lateral rectrices grey.
Mr. Elliot identifies this bird with Latham's " Tobago Humming Bird " (TrocJiilus tobaci, Gm.), but I much doubt if he is correct in so doing ; and I agree with Count Eerle])sch that this name is better applicable to an Amazilia of the erythronota group, perhaps to A. erythronota itself. Trochiliis maculatus, VieilL, probably applies to this species, and was so assigned by Cabanis and Heine, but there are discrepancies in the description which render this determination doubtful. On the whole Lesson's title 0. viridissima is the least unsatisfactory one to use, and this is Count Berlepsch's opinion.
I feel very doubtful as to the status of A. apicalis and A. macxdicaiida with respect to A. viridissima, but the materials before me are insufficient and the data respecting them too imperfect to enable me to decide how many forms can really be recognized. It would not surprise me if eventually only one is admitted, with a range extending from Guiana to Colombia.
A. fluviatilis can apparently be always distinguished by the bluer shade of the throat ; and, in the male, by its uniform tail.
Hab. Guiana, Venezuela, Trinidad, and Lower Amazons Valley.
a, b. cJ ad. sk. Trinidad. Gould Coll.
c, d. (S a.i.; e-ff. MerumiS Mts., Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman &
$ad. sk. July {H. Jl'Tiitely). Sclater Colls.
A. S ad.; i. $ Roraima, Brit. Guiana, Nov. Salvin-Godinan Coll.
ad.sk. {H. W.).
j-m. S ad. ; n. 5 Cayenne. Salvin-Godman,
ad. sk. Gould, & iSclater
Colls.
ISS TKOCHILI.
o. J aJ. s\i. Mt'xiaim I., Auiazons, Nov. yalviu-Godiuan Coll.
(A. Ji. Wdlhur). p. (S 'id. sk. Para. Wallace [C.].
13. Agyrtria maculicauda.
Tbaumatias maculicauda, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 154 ; Muh. Hist.
Ncif. Ois.-SIouches, i. p. 250, iv. p. 176 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon,
xxii. p. '205 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1878, p. 51 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mas.
Caen, i. p. 387. Auryrtria maculicauda, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 184 ; Elliot, Syn.
Troch. p. 207 ; iSharpe in Gmdd's Man. Troch. (Mar. 1885). Leucochloris maculicauda, Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 31.
Female ? Upper surface shining golden green, a little duller ou the crown ; throat and breast glittering green ; middle of the abdo- men and under tail-coverts dusky white ; tail shining green, the central pair of rectrices tipjjcd with black, the lateral with a wide subtermitial band of steel-blue, the tips pale green at the base, the ends whitish ; the outermost pair of rectrices beneath are steel-blue, green at the base of the outer web and tipped as above : maxilla black ; mandible flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 4*3 inches, wing 2, tail 1-1, bill O'SJ.
Hub, British Guiana.
a. 2 '• ^d. sk. British Guiana (Scho7nburffk). Gould Coll.
(Type of species.)
14. Agyrtria luciae.
Thaumatias lucise, Later. Pr. Ac. Phil. 1867, p. 2.33; Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 205 ; Elliot, This, 1878, p. 52 ; Eudes- Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 385.
Agyrtria lucise, Elliot, 8yn. Troch. p. 208.
" Upper plumage of a dull bronzy dark green, the crown duller ; the upper tail-coverts of a lighter bronzy green, somewhat golden ; the tail-feathers are dull bronzy green, all except the two central ones are broadly marked near their ends with dark purplish bronze, the tips being ashy grey ; the throat and breast are glitter- ing bluish green ; middle of the abdomen white ; the under tail- coverts are light olive, margined with white ; wings brownish purple : upper mandible black, the under yellow, with the end blackish ; feet black. Length (skin) 3| inches, wing 2^, tail 1|, bill If.
Hah. "Honduras." (Laivrence, I. s. c.)
I do not know this bird. Mr. Lawrence compares it with A. viridissima, but remarks that the lateral rectrices differ, resembling those of A. niveipectus.
15. Agyrtria fliiviatilis.
Thaumalias fliiviatilis, donld, Intr. Troch. p. 154 ; »S'(7. S: Salv. P. Z. S. l8(:)(i, p. rj4, J. ^07. pp. 753, ii7'J, 1873. p. 288; Mids.
51. AGYRTUrA. 189
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Moiicfie.t, i. p. 25.3, iv. p. 176; id. Ann. 8oc. Linn.
Li/on, xxii. p. 205; Elliot, Ibis, 1878, p. 51 ; FA(de.s-Desl. Ann.
Mm. Caen, i. p. 380 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 39 ; id. Orn. Per. i.
p. 404. Agvrtria fluviatilis, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 184 ; Elliot, Syn.
Troch. p. 207; Sharpe in Gould's Mon. Trock. Suppl. pi. 51 (Mar.
1885). Leucochloi-is fluviatilis, Mul". ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 32. Polytmus fluviatilis, firay, Hand-l. B. i. p. 128.
Adult male. Similar to that of A. v iridissima, hut witli the throat rather bluer, the under tail-coverts with larger and darker diseal spots, and the outer rectrices uniform steel-blue without green tips.
Female, llesembles the male, but has very faint indications of pale tips to the lateral rectrices.
Hah. Upper Amazons Valley.
a. S <iil- ; b. Juv. Napo, Ecuador. fJould Coll. (Types
sk. of the species.)
c. S ad. ; d'f. Ecuador. Gould Coll.
Juv. sk.
g. S ad. ; h. (S Lower Ucayali, Peru, May. E. Bartlett [C.].
juv. sk.
i. Juv. sk. Amazons {E. B.). Gould Coll.
j~n. c? ad. ; o,p. Pebas, Amaznns, May, June Salvin-Godman,
2 ad. sk. (J. Hauxwell). Gould, & Sclater
Colls.
q. c? ad. sk. Iquitos, Amazons, Mav {H. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Whitely).
16. Agyrtria apicalis.
Thaumatias apicalis, Gmdd, Intr. Troch. p. 154 ; Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 252 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 205 ;
Elliot, Ibis, 1878, p. 51 ; Eudes-Desl. Ami. Mus. Caen, i. p. 386 ;
Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 331. Agyrtria apicalis, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1803, p. 184; Elliot, Syn. Trock.
p. 207; Sharpe in GouhVs Mon. Troch. Suppl. (Mar. 1885). Agyi'tria terpna, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 184; Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Moiwhes, i. p. 253. Leucochloris apicalis, Muls. S,- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 32.
" About the same size as A.Jluviatilis, and with equally lengthened bill ; the upper surface golden green ; the centre of the abdomen and under tail-coverts pure white ; the four outer tail-feathers Bteel-black, with pure white at the tip. Total length about 3-5 inches, wing 2'12, tail l-2o. bill 1." {Gould, I. s. e.)
The under tail-coverts in the type specimens can hardly be called pure white, as there is a dark shade over their diseal area, more plainly shown in other examples. I am inclined to think that Gould's type is a female, and that the male has a greenish tip to the outer rectrices. If this is so, the relationship to A. viri- dissima becomes very close, and the only point of distinction lies
190 TKornii.i.
in the more uniformly steel-blue tail towards the base in A. ajncalis.
A. terpna was probably founded on a male of A. apicalis.
Hah. Colombia.
a. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Gould C(dl.
(Type of species.) h-f. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-dodman &
Gould Colls.
17. Agyrtria Candida.
TrocLilus candidus, Bourc. Sc Mtds. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, ix. p. 326 (1846) ; id. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 319.
Polytmus candidus, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 108 ; id. Iland-l. B. i. p. 128.
Thaumatias candidus, Bp. Consj). Av. i. p. 78 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 25o ; Scl. P. Z. S'. 1858, p. 358, 1859, p. 386; ScL S,- Sal v. This, 1859, p. 130; Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 467, 1860, pp. 197, 270, 1873, p. 320; Goidd, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 292 (May 1860); id. Intt: Troch. p. 151 ; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 206 ; Lawr. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 33 ; Blliof, Ihis, 1878, p. 43.
Agyrtria magaritacea, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 7, pi. 758. f. 4748.
Agyrtria Candida, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 33; Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 183 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 20-3.
Leucolia Candida, Muls. &r Verr. Class. Troch. p. 31 ; Mu's. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 233, pi. 21, iv. p. 174 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 204 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mt(s. Caen, i. p. 364.
Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy green, more bronzy on the crown and upper tail-coverts ; under surface, including under tail-coverts, white ; sides of the neck and flanks shining golden green; tail shining olive-green, the lateral rectrices with a bronzy purple subterminal band : maxilla black ; mandible fle.sh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 3-6 inches, wing 2, tail 1-2, bill 0-75.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but with the tips of the outer rectrices paler.
Hah. Southern Mexico and Central America, from Guatemala to Nicaragmi.
a Ad. sk. Misantla, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Feh. (F. D. G.). b. cj ad. sk. Xochiapa, Vera Cruz, Jan. {M. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Triij'illo). c-e.(S ad.;/. 9 Chimalapa, Teh uantepec, March Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. ( ir'. B. Richardson).
g. 2 ad. sk. Temax, Yucatan, Oct. (G. F. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gttumer). h. (S ad. sk. Belize, British Honduras Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Blancaneau.r). i. Ad. sk. Corosal, Brit. Ilond. (Roe). Salvin-Godman Coll.
J. 2 8.d. sk. Southern pine-ridge, Brit. Salvin-Godman Coll.
llond., Jan. (Blancaneaux). k-m. J ad. .sk. Cayo, Western District, Brit. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Ilond., March (Blancaneaux).
51. AGYRTRIA. 191
nq. c5'ad.;r. 5 Coban, Guatemala, Nov. Salviu-Oodman,
ad. sk. (O. Salvin). Sclater, & Gould
Colls.
s. S <ifl. sk. Choctum, Guatemala, Fel). Salvin-Godman Coll.
(O. S. ^- F. D. G.).
t, u. S ad. sk. Guatemala (Skinner). Gould Coll.
r. (^ ad. sk. Guatemala. Tweeddale Coll.
w-z. c5' ad. sk. Guatemala ? (Delattre). Gould Coll.
a'. S id. sk. Chontales, Nicaragua, Feb. Salvln-Godman Coll. {Belt).
18. Agyrtria tephrocephala.
Trochilustephrocephalus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. i\''. xxiii. p. 403 ;
id. Enc. Meth.^. 560; Less. hid. Gen. Troch. p. xxvi. Ornismva tepbrocephalus. Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxxii,
182, pi. 02. Ornismva albiventris, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. pp. xxxiv,
209, pi. 70 ; d'Orb. Sc Lafr. Sijn. Av. ii. p. 30. Trochilus albiventris, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxvi. Trocbilus vulgaris, Wied. Beitr. iv. p. 72. Thaumatias albiventris, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 73 ; id. Rev. Zoo/. 18o4,
p. 255; Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 301 (Sept. 1856); id. Intr.
Troch. p. 153 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 138 ; Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.- Mouches, I. p. 244, iv. p. 176 ; id. Ann. 8oc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 205. Coeligena y. Cceligena tepbrocepbala, Reich. Anfz. d. Col. p. 7. Agyrtria thaumatias, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10 ; id. Troch. Enum.
p. 7, pi. 756. ff. 4738-9. Agvrtria albiventris, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 7, pi. 757. S. 4744-5 ;
Cab. .y Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 32 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 313 ;
Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 183 j Burnt. J. f. Orn. 1865, p. 229;
Feb. Orn. Bras. p. 28. Coeligena tepbrocepbala, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 3, pi. 687. f. 4518. Leucochloris albiventris, Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 32. Thaumatias tepbrocephalus, Elliot, Ibis, 1878, p. 48 ; Eudes-Desl.
Ann. 3Ius. Caen, i. p. 381. Thaumasius albiventris, Scl. ^- Salv. F. Z. S. 1879, p. 630. Agyrtria tepbrocepbala, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 206; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 368 ; Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 260.
Adult male. Upper surface shining dark grass-green, duller on the crown and upper tail-coverts ; under surface glittering grass- green, duller on the flanks ; middle of the abdomen and uudcr tail- coverts pure white ; tail steel-blue, middle rectrices greener with dark tips, lateral faintly tipped with gre)' : maxilla brownish black ; mandible flesh-colour, tip black. Total length about 4*3 inches, wing 2-4, tail 1-5, bill 1.
Female. Similar to the male, but with the tips of the lateral rectrices paler.
Hab. Brazil.
a-c. (S ad. ; d, e. Rio Brazil. Gould Coll,
$ ad. sk.
/. Ad. sk. Brazil. Salvin-Godman Coll.
g. Ad. sk. " Demerara." Gould Coll.
192 TKOcnir.r.
li). Agyrtria nitidicauda.
Thauuiatias nh'uWcmida, Elliot, Ibis, 1678, -p. AS; Muh. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 1715; Eucles-Desl. Aim. Miis. Caen,\. p. ."'SS). Agyvtria nitidicauda, Elliot, Si/n. Trocli. p. 208 ; Sharpe in Gould's
Mon. Troch. >Suppl. (Mar. l'885).
Uppor part bright bronze-green, with a slight coppery tinge on the head ; cliin white ; throat, breast, and sides of the neck bright metallic grass-green ; flanks and abdomen dull green ; middle of abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts pure white; median rec- trices bronze-green ; lateral purplish black, the edges of the outer webs and tips bronze-green ; wings purplish brown ; bill flesh- colour (perhaps red in life) with a dark tip. Total length 3'5 inches, wing 3-12, tail 1-5, bill (culmen) 0-75." (Elliot, I. s. c.)
I do not recognize any specimens answering to this description in the Museum Collection. The pure white under tail-coverts indicate its relationship to A. tephrocephala.
Hah. Guiana.
20. Agyrtria nigricauda.
Thaumatias nigricauda, Elliot, Ibis, 1878, p. 47 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann.
Mus. Caen, i. p. 388. Agyrtria nigricauda, Elliot, Si/n. Track, p. 208 ; Sharpe in Gould's
Mon. Troch. Suppl. (Mar. 1885.)
Adult male. Very similar to that of A. tephrocephala, but decidedly smaller, and with the median rectrices darker above. As in A. tephrocephala, the middle of the abdomen and under tail- coverts are pure white. Total length about 3-4 inches, wing 2, tail 1-15, bill 0-72.
Mr. Elliot also gives as the habitat of this bird, Trinidad and Guiana. I have not seen skins from either place.
Ilah. Brazil.
a-j. Ad. sk. Bahia, Brazil. Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
21. Agyrtria compsa.
Agvrtria niellisuga, Cab. >S' Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 34; Peh. Orn.
Bras. pp. 29, 37. Agyrtria compsa, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 185; Elliot, Si/n. Troch.
P- 204. Thaumatias compsa, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 256 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 205; Elliot, Ibis, 1878, p. 45; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 370.
" Similis A. hrevirostri sed jiaulo minor, rostro longiore. Supra splendide aureo-viridis ; subtus alba maculis nitidis aureo-viridibus varia, pectoris epigastriique lateribus unicoloribus, smaragdino-
52. AKINIA. 193
viiidibus, abdomine medio unicolore albo, tectricibus caudae iut'e- rioribus nitide smaragdineis ; remigibus fuscis ; rectricibus nigro- chalybeo-cyaueis ; maxilla fuseo-, maadibula bruniiescenti-comea ; pedibus fuscis. Loug. tota 3" 3'", al. 1" 10'", caud. 1" 11'", rostr. ciilm. Tg'"."' {Heine, I. s. c.)
I do not know this species, which seems to be distinguished by its small size and green under tail-coverts.
Hal. Guiana.
22. Agyrtria taczanowskii.
Thaiunasius taczanowskii, Scl. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 146 ; Tacz. P. Z. S.
1879, p. 239, 1880, p. 208 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 405 ; Sharpein Gould's
Mon. Troch. Supjjl pi. 52 (Mar. 1885). Leucolia taczanowskii, Uude-s-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 359.
Adult male. Upper surface bronzy green ; crown dark coppery brown ; under surface pale grey, the feathers of the throat each with a pale green discal spot ; flanks faintly tinged with green ; tail pale olive-green, tinged with bronze towards the end, but without definite subterminal band ; bill black. Total length about 4-G inches, wing 2-65, tail 1*5, bill 1.
Adult female. Similar to the male.
Hah. Peru.
a. S ad. ; h. $ CaUacate, Peru (Stolzmann). Sclater CoU.
ad. sk. (Types of species.)
c. (S ad. sk. Callaeate (Stolzmann). Salvin-Godman GoU.
62. ARINIA.
Type.
Arinia, Mids. " Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyoyi, 1877, Oct, 12 "* A. boucardi.
Eanc/e. Costa Kica.
1. Arinia boucardi.
Arinia boucardi, Muls. I. s. c. ; Elliot, Syn, D-och. p. 209 ; Sharpe in
Gould's Mon. Troch. Suppl. (April 1885). Arena boucardi, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 194, pi. 121 ;
Eudes-Dcsl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 484. Sapphironia boucardi, Boitc. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 71.
" Male. Upper surface and flanks bronzy green, darkest on the head. Throat and breast shining bluish green. Abdomen and under tail-coverts pure white. Median pair of rectrices dark bronze- green, next bronze-green with black tip, remaining lateral feathers bronze-green at the base, rest black, the bronze-green decreasing in extent as it goes towards the external feather. All the lateral feathers edged with white at their tijis. Maxilla black, mandible flesh-colour, tip black. Feet black. Total length 3|^ inches, wing 2, tail ly^^, culmen \^.
* Thus quoted in ' The Ibis ' and ' Zool. Kec' (1878) from a separate copy of the paper, but not published in tlie work alluded to.
VOL. XVI. 0
l!)4 teociiiM.
" Female. Differs in having the middle of the throat und uudur- parts pure white. Median rectrices bronzy green, lateral feathers green at the base, then black and tipped with grey. Itest like the male." {Elliot, I. c.)
Bah. Costa llica.
Only known from specimens obtained near Puuta Arenas in Costa llica by Mons. Boucard.
53. CYANOMYIA.
Cyanomyia, Bp. Rev. Zool. 18-54, p. 254.
Agyrtria ft. Uranomitra, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10 (1854).
Uranomitra, Cab. Sf Heine, Mm. Hein. iii. p. 41.
Jianr/e. Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and the Andes of Colombia and Peru.
Bonaparte's name Cyunomyia was for many years used for this genus, though of a few mouths' later date than lleichenbach's subgeneric or sectional name Uranomitra. Both are equally un- characterized, and if cither have claims to be adopted, the genus rather than the subgenus should have the preference. Cabauis and Heine raised lleichenbach's title to generic rank, and it has been adopted, wrongly I think, by Elliot and subsequent writers.
Key to the Sjiecies.
a. Maxilla, except the apex, flesh-coloured ; flanks
nearlj' pure white. «'. Tail shining olive-greeu ; crowugiitteriugblue
or purple-blue verticalis, p. In4.
b', STail shining bronzy reddish ; crown glittering
purple-blue violicejis, p. 1913.
c'. Tail shining golden green; crown dull dark
bluish green viridifrons, p. 19G.
b. Maxilla black ; flanks shining green.
d'. Under tail-coverts bronzy red {Elliot) viicrorhyncha, p. 197.
e. Under tail-coverts grey, with white edges.
a". Tail pale olive-green cyanocephala, p. 197.
b". Tail darker bronzy green yuatemalensis, p. 198.
f. Under tail-coverts white.
c". Nape and sides of the neck glittering green. frand(e, p. 199. d". Nape and sides of the neck shining
greenish blue cyaneicollis, p. 199.
1. Cyanomyia verticalis.
Trochilus quadricolor, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 573 {nee 555 !) ??
Polytmus quadricolor, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 13-3.
Trochilus verticalis, Licht. Preis- Verz. Mex. Too. p. 1 (cf. ./. /'. Oni.
186.3, p. 55). y 1 V ./
Ornismya cyanocephala, Lesg. Suppl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 132, pi. 17. Agyrtria 3- Urauomitra quadiicolor, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10 ; id.
Troch, Enum. p. 7, pi. 7(31. tt'. 4758-9.
53. CTANOMTIA. 195
Agyitria /3. Uranomitra cyancephala, Reich, Troch. Erium. p. 7,
pi. 760. ft: 4754-5. Cyanomyia verticalis, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254, Cyauomyia quadiicolor, Rp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ; Gould, 3Ion.
Troch. V. pi. 284 (May 1855) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 147 ; Scl. P. Z. S.
1859, p. 386; A. Diufes, La Xat. i. p. 141 ; Villada, La Nat. ii.
p. 362; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 209; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 311;
Laicr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 292 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 312 ;
Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 169 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn.
Lyon, xxii. p. 204 ; Rudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 340. Urauomitra quadricolor. Cab. ^- Heine, 3Ii(s. Hein. iii. p. 41 ; Elliot,
Syn. Troch. p. 196 ; Berl. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xi. p. 561. Leucolia quadricolor, Mids. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 31 ; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 215. Uranomitra ellioti, £e)-l. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xi. p. 662.
Acliilt male. Upper surface brownish olive with a greenish tinge, greener ou the back of the neck, crown and sides of the neck glit- tering blue, the latter paler ; under surface, including the under tail-coverts, pure white; the tlauks under the wings tinged with greyish brown ; tail shining olive-green, the lateral feathers very narrowly tipped with white ; bill flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-2, tail 1'25, bill 1-05.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but with the crown less bril- liant.
This species has long been known as Cyanomyia or Uranomitra quadricolor (VieUl.), a name which cannot be retained for it. In the first place VieiUot called two distinct species TrocMlus quad- ricolor. The older of these (N. Diet. d'Hist. N, vii. p. 353, 1817) applies to a Lampornis ; the other (Enc. Meth. p. 573, 1823) to a bird said to have come from Trinidad, the description suiting Cijanomyiafrancia' much better than the present species. Anyhow, the previous use of the name T. quadricolor precludes its being employed for any species of Cyanomyia.
1 therefore retain for this species Lichtenstein's title T. verti- calis, which is, according to Cabanis and Heine, applicable to C. quadricolor of recent authors. I may, however, remark that I suspect that Deppe's specimens may prove to belong to the same form as Gould's C. vioUcejis, and in that case 0. verticalis should supersede C. violiceps, and the present bird must be called C. ellioti.
Bab. Sierras of Durango and Jalisco to the Pacific coast of Mexico.
«-/. Ad. sk. Mexico [Floresi). Salvin-Godman &
Gould CoUs. y. S ad. sk. Mazatlan, Mexico, Dec. (A. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Forrer). h. (5 ad. sk. San Bias, Mexico, March {W. Salvin-Godman Coll.
B. Richardson). /. cJ ad. sk. Zapotlan, Jalisco, Mexico, Dec. Salvin-Godman Coll,
( W. B. R.).
o2
196 TKOCIIILI.
j. Juv. sk. Lake Chapala, Mexico, Aiig. Salvin-Godmai) Coll.
(W.B.M.). k-w. (S ad. ; .r-d'. Bolafios, Mexico, Feb., Mar., Salviu-Godmau Coll.
cJ ad. sk. April ( W. B. li.).
e'. (S ad. sk. Sierra de Bolaiios, Mexico, Salvin-Godman Coll.
March ( W. B. M.). f, $ ad. sk. CalviUo, Aguas Calientes, Salyin-Godman Coll.
Mexico, Aug. (IF. B. B.).
2. Cyanomyia violiceps.
Cyanomyia \'ioliceps, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 285 (Sept. 1860) ; id,
Iiifr. Troch. p. 147 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 18-59, p. 386 ; de Oca, La Nat.
iii. p. 208 ; Laicr. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 32 ; Elliot, Ibis,
1876, p. 313; Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 170; id. Ann.
Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 204; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i.
p. 341. Urauomitra violiceps, Cab. ^ Heine, Mtis. Hein. iii. p. 41 ; Elliot,
Syn. Troch. p. 196. Leucolia violiceps, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 31 ; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 213. Polytmus violiceps. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 133.
Adult male. Similar to that of C. verticaJis, but the crown usually of a deeper purple tint and the tail a shining bronzy-reddish hue.
Young birds have a dark crown without blue lustrous feathers, and a slight tinge of buff on the sides of the neck and the flanks.
This bii'd is very closely allied to 0. verticalis, but may be dis- tinguished by the reddish-bronze colour of the tail : the sides, too, of the neck appear to be rather greener than in that bird.
Hccb. Western Mexico, from the Sierra Madre del Sur to the State of Oaxaca.
a, h. S ad. ; c. Ad.
sk.
d. Ad. sk.
e. Ad. sk.
9-
f. cJad
h. Ad. sk. i-k. S ad. sk. I. Ad. sk. m. Ad. sk.
Juv.
Chilpaucingo, Guen-ero, Mex- ico, Aug. {Mrs. H. H. Smith) .
Venta de Zopilote, Guerrero, Mexico, Oct. {Mrs. H. H. Smith).
Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico {Mrs. H. H. Smith).
Oaxaca, Mexico {Sail 6).
Athxco, Mexico {Salle). Oaxaca, Mexico {Boucard). Mexico {Boucard). Mexico.
3. Cyanomyia viridifrons.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sahdn-Godmau Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould CoU. (Types
of the species.) Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould CoU. Sclater Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Cvauomvia viridifrons, Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 314 : de Oca, La Nat.
"iii. p. 304. Urauomitra \aridifrons, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 197 ; Sharpe in Gould's
Mon. Troch. Suppl. pi. 49 (April 1885) ; Bert. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus.
xi. p. 562.
I
53. CT\NOMTIA. 197
Adult male. Similar to that of C. vertkalls in general coloration but the tail is coloured like that of G. violiceps. The crown is not glittering purple-blue as in these allied forms, but dark greenish on the vertex, shading into very dark greenish indigo on the forehead. The flanks under the wings are shining green.
Apparently a distinct form, having ;i similar range to C. violicejis.
Hah. Western Mexico, from the Sierra Madre del Sur to the State of Oaxaca.
«. Ad. sk. Putla, W. Mexico (S<-5o?/c/0. Gould Coll. (A typi-
cal specimen.)
b. Juv. sk. Oaxaca, Mexico {Fenochio). Salviii-Godman Coll.
c. S ad. sk. Eincon, Guerrero, Mexico, Oct. Salvin-Godman CoU.
{Mrs. H. H. Smith).
d. e. (S ad. sk. Acaguizotla, Guerrero, Oct. Salvin-Godman CoU.
{Mrs. JS. H. Smith), f, (/. (S ad. sk. Tierra Colorada, Guerrero, Oct. Sahdn-Godoiau Coll.
{Mrs. H. H. Smith). /(. c? ad. sk. Tehuantepec, Mexico, Feb. (jr. Salvin-Godman Coll.
B. Hichard^oii). i. (S ad. sk. Tonala, Chiapas, Mexico, June Salvin-Godman Coll
( W, B. Richardson).
4. Cyanomyia microrhyncha.
Cyanomyia microrhyncha, Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 316 ; Mids. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 172, pi. 119; Eudes-Desl. Aiin. 3Ius.
Caen, i. p. 345. Uranomitra microrhyncha, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 197 ; Sharpe in
Gould's Mo7i. Troch. Suppl. (April 1885).
"■Adult. Top of head and occiput dark metallic blue. Hind neck and mantle shining metallic green ; rest of upper parts bronzy red. Throat, upper part of breast, and centre of abdomen white, with a few metallic green feathers scattered among the white ones. Flanks and under tail-coverts metallic bronzy red. Wings deep brown, slightly shaded with purple. Tail brilliant metallic bronze. Total length 3| inches, wing 2|, tail Ig, culmen |." {Elliot, I. s. c.)
Hah. " Honduras ? "
Mr. Elliot's type is all that is known of this bird.
5. Cyanomyia cyanocephala.
Ornismya cyanocephalus, Less. Hi^t. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, p. xlv,
Suppl. p. "134, pi. 18. Trochilus cyanocephalus. Less. Ind. Gin. Troch. p. xxii (partim). Agyrtria ^. Uranomitra faustina, Reich. Troch. Entim. p. 7, pi. 760.
ff. 4756-7. Cyanomyia cyanocephala, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ; Gould, Mon.
Troch. V. pi. 286 (May 1856) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 147 : Scl. P. Z. S.
1859, p. 367: de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 159 : Laio: Bull. U.S. Nat.
198 TEOCHIII.
Mm. no. .-■, p. 32 ; EHiof, Ibh, 1876, p. 314 ; Muh. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 170; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 204;
Eudes-Desl Ann. Mvs. Caen, i. p. 342 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll.
p. 368. Agyrtria /3. Uranomitra cyanocephala, Meich. Avfz. d. Col. p. 10. Uranomitra lessoni, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 41. Leucolia cyanocephala, Muh. 8)- Verr. Class. Track, p. 31 ; Mills.
Hist. No}. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 210. Polytmus cyanoceplialus, Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 133. Uranomiti-a cyanocephala, Elliot, 8yn. Troch. p. 107 : Ferrari-Perez,
Pr. U.S. Nat. Mm. ix. p. 158.
Adult nude. Upper .surface ' shining bronzy green, crown glit- tering blue, sides of the neck glittering green ; under surface white ; flanks shining bronzy green, leaving a narrow white median ventral line ; under tail-coverts olive, edged with white ; maxilla black : mandible, except the tip, flesh-colour. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2'3, tail 1-35, biU 0-9.
Adult female. Like the male, but the crown rather greener duller blue.
Hah. Eastern Mexico, chiefly the States of Vera Cruz and the eastern side of the mountains of Oaxaca.
Mexico (Floresi). Gould Coll.
.Jalapa, Mexico {de Oca). Gould Coll.
Jalapa, Jan. to March (F. L>. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Godman), Jalapa, May (M. Trujillo). Salvin-Godman Coll.
Coatepec (Jalapa), May, Aug., Salvin-Godman Coll.
Oct. {F. Ferrari-Perez). Coatepec, Oct., Nov. {M. Tru- Salvin-Godman Coll.
^illo'). Orizaba, Mexico, Dec. (F. Sah-in-Godman Coll.
B. G.). Cordova, Mexico (Salle). Gould Coll.
Oaxaca, Mexico (Salle). Gould CoU.
Chimalapa, Tehuautepec, Mex- Salvin-Godman Coll. ico, March, April (W. 5. Iiicha7'dso9i).
6. Cyanomyia guatemalensis.
Cyanomyia cyanocephala, Sol. ^ Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 127 ; Salr. Ibis, 1860, pp. ,39, 195, 261, 204, 269 ; G. C. Taylor, Ibis, 1800, p. 114.
Cyanomyia guatemalensis, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 148 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 312 ; Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 204 ; Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 31 : Lawr. Pr. Bost. Soc. N. II. xiv. p. 284 ; Eudes-Jbesl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 344.
Uranomitra guatemalensis, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 195 ; Berl. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mm. xi. 5. 562.
Polytmus guatemalensis. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 133.
Adidt male. Very similar to that of C.cyanocepliala,'h\\tvi\{\i the tail-feathers of a bronzy green rather than olive-green.
A form closely allied to the Mexican 0. cyanocepliala, but with its distinctive characters localized and recognizable.
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53. CYANOMTIA. 199
Hah. British Honduras, Guatemalan Highlands.
Southern Pine-ridge, Western Salvin-Godman Coll.
District, Brit. Honduras,
Jan., Apr. {F.Blancuneaux).
Pine-ridge of Poctun, Guate- Salvin-Godman Coll.
mala, March ( O. S.).
Cohan, Guatemala,NoY.(0.&). Salvin-Godman &
Sclater Colls.
Vera Paz {Hague). Salvin-Godman Coll.
Mountains of Chilasco, Guate- Salvin-Godman Coll.
mala,Jan.(0.<S'..5-i''.D.Cr.).
Duenas, Guatemala, Feb., July Gould Coll. (Types
[O. S.). ' of the species.)
Dueiias (O. S.), Sahin-Godman Coll.
Duenas (O. -S'. ^ F. D. G). Salvin-Godman Coll.
Guatemala (Skinner). Gould Coll.
7. Cyanomyia francise.
Trochilus irancise, Boiirc. S,- Mitls. Ann. So. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, ix.
p. 324 (1846). Polytmus franciaj. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 109; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 138. Agyrtria /3. Uranomitra francise, Reich. Avfz. d. Col. p. 10 ; id. Troch.
Enum. p. 7, pi. 761. ff. 4760-1. Cvanomyia francise, Bp. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ; Goidd, Mon. Troch. 'v. pi. 287 (Sept. 1860) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 149 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B.
p. 312; Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 316; Mtds. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon,
xxii. p. 204; Scl. 8^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 530; Eudes-Desl. Ann.
Mus. Caen, i. p. 346. Uranomitra francise. Cab. 8f Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 41 ; Elliot, Syn.
Troch. p. 197; Berl. J. f. Orn. 1887, p. 331. Leucolia franciie, Muh. %• Verr. Class. Troch, p. 31 ; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 217.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, becoming more hronzy on the lower back and upper tail-coverts ; crown glittering blue ; hind neck and sides glittering green : under surface, including the under tail-coverts, pure white ; flanks green ; tail olive-green : maxilla black : mandible, except the tip, flesh-colour. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-2, tail 1-45, hill 0-95.
Female. Similar to the male, the crown being less brilliant.
Hah. Colombia.
a. $ ad. sk. Autioquia, Colombia ( T. E. Sclater Coll.
Salmori).
b-h. d' ad.; i-n. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman &
2 ad. sk. Gould Colls.
8. Cyanomyia cyaneicoUis.
Trochilus ( ?) cyaneicoUis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1853, p. 61.
Agyrtria /3. Uranomitra cyaneicoUis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col p. 10. Cyanomyia cyaneicoUis, Bi). Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ; Goxild, Mon. ■ Troch. V. pi. 288 (Sept. 1860) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 149 ; Elliot,
200 TROCniLI.
Ibis, 1876, p. 316; Miih. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 173: id.
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 204 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mns. Caen,
i. p. 348 ; Tacx. P. Z. S. 1882. p. 39. Uranomitra cyaneicollis, Cah. S,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 41 ; Elliot,
Syn. Troch. p. 198 ; Scl. S,- Salv. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 208. Leucolia cyaneicollis, Muls. ^" Verr. Ctass. Troch. p. 31 ; Muls, Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 212. Leucolia pelzelni, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 239.
AdnJt male. Similar to C. francice ; but the crown less brilliant, the nape and sides of tbe neck also less bright and greenish blue instead of glittering green ; the back and tail more uniform duller green, the bill shorter, &c.
The female or young bird has bluish-green crown, the feathers edged with rufous.
Hah. Peru.
«, 6. cT ad. sk. P&m {Warszeioiez) . Gould Coll. (Types
of the species.) c, d. (S ; e, f. 2 ■ Callacate, Peru, May Salvin-Godman &
ad. sk. (/. Stolzmann). ' Sclater Colls.
54. LEUCIPPUS.
Type.
Leucippus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 73 (1849) L. cMonogaster.
Leueippus (Talaphorus), Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.- Mouches, i. p. 257 (1874) L. chlorocercus.
Range. Andes of Peru and Bolivia, Upper Amazons valley and North-western Argentina.
Key to the Species.
a. Tail with white or grey at the base.
a'. Inner web of lateral rectrices ^Yhite at the , , • , .-,An
1 ,, , , . , chionoqaster , p. 200.
base ; throat pure white < ,,.,•' -wf-.
h'. Lateral rectrices grey at the base, throat ' ' > 1 • -
indistinctly spotted chlorocercus, p. 201,
h. Tail uniform .... viriclicaucla, p. 202.
1. Leucippns cMonogaster,
Trochilus (Lampornis) leucogaster, Tsch. in Wiegm. Arch.f. Natury.
1844, i. p. 297 (nee T. leucogaster, Gm.). Trochilus chionogaster, Tsch. Faun. Per. p. 247, pi. 22. f. 2 (1844).
Trochilus ( ?) hypoleucus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 90.
Trochilus turneri, P'ourc. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 313.
Leucippus turneri, Reich. Aufz. cl. Col. p. 11 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 8,
pi. 779. f. 4811. Thaimiantias chionogaster, Pp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255. Leucippus nigrirostris, Reich. Troch. Enmn. p. 8, pi. 779. f. 4812 .^ Leucippus chionogaster, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 8, pi. 780, ff.
4813-5 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 290 (May 1855) ; id. Ititr.
Troch. p. loO ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 31 ; Scl. Cat. Am,
54. LEFCiPPrs. 201
B. p. 312 ; Scl ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 630 ; Tctcz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 542, 1882, p. 39 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 400; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.- Mouches, i. p. 259, iv. p. 178 ; id. Arm. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 205 ; Elliot, Spi. Troch. p. 199 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 350; E. TV. White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 616; Scl. Sf Huds. Arcj. Orn. ii. p. 7.
Leucolia chionogaster, Muls. Sf Verr. Class. 2)-och. p. 31.
Polytmus cliionogaster, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 129.
Leucippus leucogaster, Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 8.
Adult male. Upper surface bronzj- green, duller on the crown ; under surface white, the feathers of the sides of the neck and the flanks and the proximal under tail-coverts with green discal spots ; inner webs and shafts of the lateral rectrices towards the base white, and a narrow white terminal edge ; maxilla black; mandible flesh-colour, with the tip black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-25, tail 1-25, bill 1.
Female. Similar to the male.
Hah. Peru and Bolivia.
a, b. (^ ad. sk, Chuquisaca, Bolivia. Gould Coll.
c, d. 5 ad. sk. Bolivia. Gould Coll.
(Types of T. hypoleucns.) e, S ad. ; f. 2 Irupana, Bolivia (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. ff, h. (S ad. ; /. 5 Bolivia {Buckley). Gould Coll.
ad. sk. i. S ad. sk. Fuerte de Andalgada, Cata- Salvin-Godman Coll.
marca, October (£. W. JVJiite). k. (S ad. sk. Andalgada, Catamarca, Oct. Sclater Coll.
(E. W. W.).
2. Leucippus pallidus.
Leucippus paUidus, Tacz, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 542 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 402 ; Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn, Lyon, xxii. p. 205.
" L. capite supra fusco griseo plumis viridi terminatis et subgriseo marginatis ; corpore supra pallide viridi, nitoro aureo minimo ; subtus sericeo albus, lateribus colli viridi maeulatis ; lateribus pec- toris et hypochondriis maculis magnis pallide viridibus ; cauda truncata, rectricibus mediis glauco viridibus, reliquis pogonio in- terne latissime albo." (TaczanoivsJd, I. s. c.)
Hah. Peru, Huanta.
Mr. Elliot (Ibis, 1876, p. 9) considered L. pallidus to be simply a synonym of L. cJiionogaster ; but Taczanowski (Orn. Per.) has reasserted his opinion to the contrary. Without authentic specimens before me, I am unable to satisfy myself either way.
3. Leucippus chlorocercus.
Leucippus chlorocercus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 194 ; Scl. Sr Salv. P. Z. S. 1807, p. 979, 1873, p. 288 ; MuU. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches,
202 TKOCHILr.
i. p. 257, iv. p. 178; id. Ann. Soc. Limi. Lyon. xxii. p. 205; jElhot, Syn. TrocJi. p. 199 ; Emles-Desl. Ann. Miis. Caen. i. p, 362 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 399 ; Sharpe in Gould's Mon. Troch. Suj^j'l- (Mar. 1887). Polytmiis chlorocercus, Ch'ay, ITand-l. B. i. p. 129.
Adult male. Similar to that oi L. clnonogasier,\>\\\j yfii\\ shorter bill, the mandible of which is black to the base; the under surface' is of a less pure -white, and all the feathers of the throat have a pale greenish-brown discal spot ; the central rectrices are brighter and the lateral ones are grey with an indistinct subterminal greenish band.
Hah. Uj^per Amazons Valley.
CI, b. 2 ad. sk. Upper Ucayali, Amazons {E. Gould Coll.
Bartlett). (Types of species.)
c. S fid. sk. Upper Ucayali, June. E. Bartlett [C.J.
d. S ad. sk. Nauta, Amazons, April. E. Bartlett [C.].
e. S ad. sk. Nauta, May {E. Bartlett). Salvin-Godman Coll. f-h. S ad. ; i-l. Pebas, June, July (/. Hau.v- Sahin-Godman Coll.
$ ad. sk. ivell).
m. 5 ad.sk. Ehira, Amazons (J'.i7«?/.rwe/?). Salvin-Godman Coll.
n. <S ad. sk. Yquitos, Amazons, Sept. (iff. Gould Coll.
^Mniely).
4. Leucippus viridicauda.
Leucippus ehionogaster, Scl. 4* Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 17 ? Leucippus A-iridicauda, Berl. Ibis, 1883, p. 493 ; id. in Tacz. Orn, Per. i. p. 399 ; Sharj^e in Gould's Mon. Troch. Suppl. (Mar. 1887).
" L. supra aureo-Yiridis, subtus sericeo albns, gulte et colli lateri- bus maculis paryis, lateribus pectoris hypochondriisque aureo viridibus ; subcaiidalibus albis, minoribus macula centrali viridi aurea ; rectricibus acuminatis glauco viridibus unicoloribus." (Ber- lepsclt, in Orn. Per.)
This bird appears to differ from its congeners by the uniform coloration of its tail. Count Eerlepsch's specimen was obtained by Whitely at Huiro in Peru, and others from the same source were doubtless referred to L. cMonor/aster by Sclater and Salvin in their list of Whitely's birds from that locality. One of these specimens, through Mr. Whitely's kindness, I have now before me, and it agrees with Count Eerlepsch's description. The Peruvian skin sent to Gould by Warszewiez I believe to be the female of this species. It is a discoloured specimen. The tail is pale at the base, the lateral rectrices have whitish tips and a wide indefinite subterminal dark band.
Hah. Peru, Huiro.
a. cJ ad. sk. Huiro, Peru, Juue 12, 1874 Salviu-Godmau Coll.
(H. Wliitehj).
b. 2ad.sk. Vexw (Warszewiez). Gould Coll.
55. AMAZILIA. 203
55. AMAZILIA.
Type. Trocliiliis (Amazilis), Less. Lid. Gen. Troch.
p. xxvii (1832) A. pristin.i.
Amazilia, Lieich. Av. Si/st. pi. 39 (1849) ?
Amaziliiis, B2}. Cottsp. Av. i. p. 77 A. pristiua.
PyrrhopliaBiia, Cah. ^- LLelne, Mvs. LLein. iii. p. 35. A. pristiua.
Ilemitliylaca, Cab. S,- Heine, Mus. Llein. iii. p. 37. A. uiveiveDtris.
Hemistilbon, Gould, Lntr. Troch. p. 149 A. ocai.
Eranna, Lleine, J. f. Or)i. 1863, p. 187 A. cinEamomea.
Eratina, Lleine, j'.f. Om. 1863, p. 190 A. iodura.
Ariana, Mvls. Sf JWr. Class. Troch. p. .36 A. nireiventris.
Myletes, Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-3Loaches, i. p. 284. A. yucatanensis.
Saiicerottia, i)/). Compt. ^fw^. xxx. p. 381 (1850). A. erytbronota.
Erythronota, Gould, Man. Troch. v. (1800) A. erj-thronota.
Eratopis, Heine, J.f. Dm. 1863, p. 191 A. eleg'aiis.
Erasuria, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 191 A. wavszewiezi.
Ariana (Lisoria), Muls. Ann. 80c. Linn. Lyon,
xxii. p. 207 A. warszewiezi.
Leucodora, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 206 A. edwardi.
Range. Tropical America from the northern frontiers of Mexico to Colomhia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guiana, Trinidad, and Tohago. Also the Andes of Peru.
Key to the Species.
a. Middle of the breast more or less white. a'. Rump and upper tail-coverts chestnut.
a''. Throat glittering emerald-green, white
spot of the breast small pristina, p. 205.
b". Throat glittering golden green, white
spot of the breast large lencoplia'a, p. 205.
b' . Rump and upper tail-coverts olive or golden green. c". Lateral rectrices chestnut in the middle, alticola, p. 200. d'' . Lateral rectrices olive-green dwnerili, p. 206.
b. Entire under surface rufous.
c'. Smaller ; wing 2'2o cinnamomea, p. 207
d' . Larger ; wing 2'65 graysoni. p. 209.
c. Throat and breast glittering green.
e'. Bases of the inner primaries and secon- daries chestnut, e''. Tail more or less chestnut, purple- chestnut, or steel-blue. a'". Tail purple-chestnut : under tail- coverts chestnut. a^. Lower abdomen greyish chestnut ; chestnut bases of wings more
extensive beryllina, p. 209.
i'. Lower abdomen glittering green ; chestnut bases of wings less ex- tensive deviflii, p. 211.
204
b'". Tail, aLdomai, aud under tail- coveits rich cliestinit, the first edged
and tipped with bronze casianeiventris, p. 212.
c'". Tail and under tail-coverts steel-blue, cyanuva, p. 212. f". Tail shining bronzy olive-green or rich coppery bronze. d'". Tail olive-green ; throat white
spotted with green ocai, p. 213.
e'". Tail rich coppery bronze; throat
wholly glittering green sumichrasti, p. 213.
f, Bases of the inner primaries and secon- daries lihe the rest of those feathers, purplish brown. g". Abdomen more or less chestnut; lores green. /'". Bill flesh-colour, tip dark.
c*. Abdomen and flanks chestnut .... yucatanensis, p. 214. d*'. Abdomen chestnut, flanks washed
with green cerviniventris, p. 214.
(f". Bill black ; base of mandible flesh- colour lawrencii, p. 215.
h". Lower abdomen grey.
/*'". Lores rufous ; tail chestnut ; maxilla
(except the tip) flesh-colour riefferi, p. 216.
i'". Lores green ; tail purple or bronzy chestnut ; maxilla black, e*. Tail dark purple ; under tail-coverts
brown with chestnut edges .... viridiventris, p. 219 *. /*. Tail bronzy chestnut ; under tail- coverts chestnut cupreicauda, p. 220.
i". Abdomen pure white.
j '". Tail rich reddish bronze edivardi, p. 221.
k'". Tail purplish steel-blue niveiventris, p. 221.
j" . Whole abdomen glittering green. /'". Crown green. ^■'. Tail steel-blue.
a'. Rump green ; upper tail-coverts steel-blue.
(f\ Tail lighter, brighter ivarszeiviezi, p. 222.
¥. Tail darker saucerottii, p. 223.
¥. Rump purple ; upper tail-coverts
steel-blue sophia, p. 224.
e'. Rump and upper tail-coverts rufous purple. c". Tail dark.
a'. Larger ; tail more forked . . tobaci, p. 226.
¥. Smaller; tail more rounded. erytJtronota, p. 225.
rf". Tail lighter, brighter felicice, p. 226.
A*. Tail purplish bronze, long, more
deeply forked elegans, p. 227.
in'". Crown dark blue cycmifrons, p. 227.
A. iodura (p. 219) and A. lueida (p. 220) belong near here.
55. AMAZILIA. 205
1. Amazilia pristina.
Orthoi'hyncliiis amazili, Less. Voy. Coq. pi. 31. f. 3.
Ornisinya amazili, Zess. H. Nat. Ois.-Mouclies, pp.xxvli,67,pls. 12, 13.
Trochilus (Amazilis) amazili, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxvii.
Trocliilus (Lampornis) amazilia, Tsck. Faun. Per. p. 246.
Polytmus amazili. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 108; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 131.
Amazilius latirostris, Bj). Consp. Av. i. p. 77 {nee Sw.).
Amazilia pristina, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 303 (May 1857) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 155 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 313 ; id. P. Z. S. 1871,
p. 498 ; Tacs. P. Z. S. 1874. p. 543 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 406 ;
Mliot, Syn. Troch. p. 217 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 425. Pyrrhophrena amazilia, Cah. Sf Seine, Mies, Hein. iii. p. 35 ; Seine,
J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 186. Amazilia lessoni, Muls. %■ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 35 ; Muls. Sist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 181 : id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 206. Amazilis amazili, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 395.
Upper surface shining greenish bronze, crown darker ; rump and upper tail-coverts chestnut ; throat emerald-green, each feather being white with a large green discal spot ; middle of the chest and abdomen white, rest of the abdomen and flanks chestnut ; under tail-coverts pale chestnut with whitish edges ; tail chestnut, the central rectrices edged and tipped with bronzy green ; bill flesh- colour at tho base, the tip black. Total length about 4*2 inches, wing 2-3, tail 1-45, biU 0-8.
Sexes alike.
Juv. Under surface wholly chestnut, the green feathers of the throat gradually assumed.
Hah. Western Peru.
a-c. Ad. ; d, e. Western Peru, probably from Gould Coll,
Juv. sk. the vicinity of Lima. (Types of the species.)
f, <S ad.sk. Rimac Valley, N. Peru (yl. ZT. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Markham),
g. Ad. sk. Western Peru. Salvin-Godman Coll. h. Ad. sk. Western Peru, Sclater Coll.
2. Amazilia leucophsea.
Amazilia leucophsea, Reich. Aufz, d. Col. pp. 10, 24 ; Gould, Mon.
Troch. V. pi, 306 (Sept. 1859); id. Intr. Troch. p. 156; Muls. ^
Verr. Class. Troch. p. 3o ; Muls. Sist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i.
p. 291 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 206 ; Tacz. P. Z. S.
1877, p. 337, 1879, p. 239, 1880, p. 208; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 407;
Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 218. Amazilia amazilicula, Peich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10; id. Troch, JEtium,
p. 8, pi. 777. ff. 4805-6. Pyrrhophsena leucophsea, Cab. c§- Seine, Mus. Sein. iii, p. 35 ; Seine,
J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 186. Amazilis leucoph^a, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 399,
Similar to A. pristina, but rather smaller ; the white spot on the breast is larger, and the green feathers of the throat more restricted ; these latter are also of a golden rather than an emerald-green.
Hah. Western Peru.
206 TROCtllLT.
a, h. Ad. sk. Volcano of Arequipa, Peru Gould Coll.
{Warszewiez).
c. S ad. sk. Pacasmayo, Peru (Je/ski). Salvin-Godman Coll,
d. c? ad. sk. Tumbez, Peru {Jchki). Sclater Coll.
3. Amazilia alticola.
Amazilia alticola, Gould, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 309 ; id. Mon. Troch. v.
pi. a04 (Sept. 1861) ; id. Ljtr. Troch. p. 1-56 ; 3riils. ^- Verr. Class.
Troch. p. 35 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Moiiches, i. p. 289 ; id. Ann.
Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 206 ; Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 218. Pyrrhophasna alticola, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 187. Amazilis alticola, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 399.
Adult. Upper surface shining greenish bronze, darker on the crown, more golden on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; under surface white, the feathers of the chin and the sides of the throat with glittering golden-green discal spots ; flanks chestnut ; under tail-coverts pale chestnut edged with white ; tail chestnut, the central rectrices nearly wholly, the lateral edged and tipped with shining golden green ; bill flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-4, tail 1-4, bill 0'9.
Sexes ahke.
Hah. Peru and Ecuador.
«. Ad. sk. Puna district, Peru (Bourcier). CTOuld Coll.
(Type of species.) b-e. Ad. sk. Ijoxa, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
/. Ad. sk. Intac, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
ff. Ad. sk. Ecuador (Biwkley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
4. Amazilia dumerili.
Oruismya dimierili, Less. Suppl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 172, pi. 36.
Trochilus dumerili. Less. Lid. Gen. Troch. p. xxvii.
Trochilus nonisi, Bourc. P. Z. 8. 1847, p. 47.
Polytmus uorrisi. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 108.
Amazilius uorrisi, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 77 ; id. Rev. Zool. 18.54, p. 254.
Amazilius dumerili, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 77 ; id. Pev. Zool. 1854,
p. 254. Amazilia dumerili, Peicli. Aitfz. d. Col. p. 10 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 8,
pi. 777. ff. 4803-4 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 305 (Sept. 1859) ;
id. Lntr. Troch. p. lo6 : Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 253 ; id Cat. Am. B.
p. 314; Later. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 237 ; Muls. Sf Verr. Class.
Troch. p. 35 ; Muh. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 287 ; id. Ann.
Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 206 : Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 218 ; Berl. ^
Tacz. P. Z. k 1883, p. 568, 1885, p. 105. Amazilis dumerili, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 397. Amazilia uorrisi. Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 36. Pyrrhoplisena dumerili, Cab. ^- Hei^ie, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 36 ; Heine,
J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 187. Hemistilbon norrisi, Gould, lntr. Troch. p. 150. Thaumatias norrisi, Elliot, Ibis, 1878, p. 44. Leucodora norrisi, MuU. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Motiches, i. p. 309, iv.
p. 183.
5o, AMAZILIA. 207
Polytmus dumerili, Gray, Hand-l. B. i, p. 132. Agyrtiia norrisi, Elliot, Syn. Troch, p. 204.
Adult. Similar to A. alticola, but rather smaller; the upper surface of a shining olive- rather than a goldeu-green ; the tail is uniform olive-green, Avithout any chestnut on auy of the rectrices.
Sexes alike.
Jkv. Outer rectrices tipped -with buff.
Gould represents the under tail-coverts of this bird as pale chestnut, but in the specimens before me they are nearly all pure white.
Hab. Western Ecuador.
ri, b. Ad. sk. Piiua I., Gulf of Guyaquil, Salviu-Godmau Coll.
Ecuador ( Villayoinez).
c,«Z. Ad.etjuv.sk. Guayaquil. Gould Coll.
6,f' 6 ad. sk. Babahoyo, Ecuador {Fraser). Gould Coll.
y. Ad. sk. Babahoyo (Fraser). Sclater Coll.
h. Juv. sk. ? Gould Coll.
{. Ad. sk. r Gould Coll.
(Type of A. amazilicula, Sauc. MS.)
5. Amazilia cinnamomea.
Oruismya ciunamomea, Less. Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 175.
Ornismya rutila, Delattre, EcJw du Monde Savant, 1843, p. 10(30.
Trocliilus corallirostris, Bourc. ^- Muls. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon,
ix. p. 323 (1840). Amazilius ervthrorhyuchus et haematorhynchus, Bp. Conipt. Rend.
XXX. p. 382 ( 18 50). Amazilius corallirostris, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 77 ; (//. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 2o4 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1853, p. 35S, 1859, p. 386. Amazilia corallirostris, Reich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 10; id. Troch. Etmm.
p. 8, pi. 776. ff. 4300-1 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 307 (May 1857) ;
-S'f^. I Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 115 ; Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 115 ; Salv.
Ibis, 1860, p. 263. Pja-rhophiBna ciuuamomea, Goukl, Intr. Troch. p. 156 ; Salv. Ibis,
1866, p. 204 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 204 ; id. Mem. Bost. Sac
K H. ii. p. 292 : id. Bull. U. S. NaL Mas. no. 4, p. 32. Amazilia cimiamoiuea, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 314 ; Salv. Ibis, 1864,
p. 380, 1870, p. 115 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p 219 ; Muls. ^- Verr.
Class. Troch. p. 35 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches. i. p. 284, iv.
p. 180; id. Ami. Soc. Linn. Lyon, x.x;ii. p. 206; Bouc. P. Z. S.
1878, p. 71, 188.3, p. 451 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 219 : Ridr/w. Pr.
U.S. Nat. Mus. iv. p. 26 ; id. 3Ian. N. Am. B. p. 318 ; Nuttiny,
Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 386. Pm'hophrena corallirostris, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 35. Polytmus cinuamomea, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 132. Amazilis cinnamomea, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 400.
Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy green, duller and darker on the crown ; lores and entire under surface cinnamon on pale chestnut, paler on the chin ; tail chestnut, tipped and edged with dark bronze ; bill flesh-colour (in life pale blood-red), tip black. Total length about 4-2 inches, wing 2-25, tail 1-3, bill 0*9.
208
Adult female like the male, but paler on the under surface. Hah. Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica.
a, h. S «'id- ; c. Presidio de Mazatlan, Mexico,
2 ad. sk. June, Dec. {Foirer).
d. 5 ad. sk. Mazatlan, Dec. {Forrer).
<',/• c? acl. 5 f/, A. San Bias, Topic, Mexico, $ ad. sk. April, May ( W. B. Richard-
son). i,j. S ad. sk. Tacolapa, Colima, Mexico,
May (W.Lloyd), k. cJ ad. sk. Culata, Colima, Mexico, June
( W. Lloyd). I. $ ad. sk. Plains of Colima, Jan. {W. B.
Richardsoti). m. $ ad. sk. Tierra Colorada, Guerrero,
Mexico, Oct. [Mrs. H. H.
Smith), n. J ad. sk. Eio Papagaio, Guerrero, Oct.
{Mrs. IT. U.S.). o. <S ad. sk. Acaguizotla, Guerrero, Oct.
{Mrs. H. H. S.). p. (S ad. sk. La Venta, Guerrero, Sept.
{Mrs. H. H. S.). <I'S. S fid. sk. Dos Arroyos, Guerrero, Sept.,
Oct. {Mrs. H. H. S.). f, u. i5 ad. sk. Alto de Camaron, Guerrero,
Oct. {Mrs. H. H. S.). V. S ad. sk. Venta de Pelegriuo, Guerrero,
Oct. {Mrs. H. H. S.). tv. (S ad. sk. Chimalapa, Tehuantepec,
April {W. B. Richardson), X. (S ad. sk. Tehuautepec ( W. B. R.).
y. cJ ad. : ~. $ Tonala, Chiapas, Mexico, June
ad.sk. {W.B.R.).
a . Ad. sk, Merida, Yucatan, Feb. {F. D.
Godman). h',c'. S ad. sk. Merida, Yucatan, Dec. {G. F.
Gaumer). d'-g . S ad. ; h'. Plolbox I., Yucatan, Dec. {G.
2 ad. sk. {'. (J ad. sk.
k'-m . (S ad. sk.
h', o . S ad.; p', 2 ad. ; (?'. Juv. sk.
«■',«'. (5 ad. sk.
t' . cJ ad.sk. v!-z . S ad. sk. a" ,b". (S ad. sk. c"- a^. (S ad. sk.
F. Gaumer).
Belize, British Honduras {Blancaneaux).
Orange Walk, British Hon- duras (Gaumer).
San Geroninio, Guatemala, Dec. (0. Salvin).
Escuintla, Guatemala, Jan.
(O. 8.). _ Santana Mixtan, Guatemala,
Mar. (O. S.). Retalhuleu, Guatemala, July
( W. B. Richardson). Retalhuleu, Guatemala, Sept.
(O. S. ^- F. D. G.). Costa Rica (Canniol).
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman ColL
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman ColL
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman CoU.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman & Gould Colls.
Gould Coll.
Gould Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
55. AMAZILIA. 209
6. Amazilia graysoni.
Amazilia (Pyrrhophsena) graysoni, Laior. Ann. Lxjc. N. Y. viii. p. 404.
Pyrrhophasna graysoni, Grayson, Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H. xiv. p. 183-
Lmor. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 292. '
Amazilia graysoni, Gould, Ibis, 1807, p. 247 ; Muh. Hist. Nat. Ois.-
Z!"'-^;,^- ^^^' '^- P- ^®^; '■'^- ^^«- '^"^- ^^«"- Lyon, xxii. ^ ^Oo; Elhot, Stjn. Troch. p. 219; d^ Hamonv. Bull.' Soc. Zoul. J -!"• '^^^ P- •^1'^ ; Sharpe m Gould's Mon. Troch. Steppl. (xMarch
Amazilis graysoni, Eicdes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 402.
Adult. Very similar to that of A. cinnamomea as regards the colour
2-6 taUW^biu"! "''''^ ^'''"^''''' '^"^''^ ^''"^^^ ''^"''^ '^■'^ '"''^'''' "^'"^
^a6. Tres Marias Islands, Western Mexico. «, 6. d" ? ad. sk. Tres Marias Is., Mar. (Ferrer). Salvin-Godman Coll.
7. Amazilia beryllina.
Trocbilus beryllinus, Lickt. Preis-Verz. Hex., Vog. p. 1 (cf. J. f. Orn loDo, p. 55 ). • L \ ./ J
Ornismya arsinoe, Less. Suppl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 154, pis. 28, 29 Irochilus arsinoe, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxviii Irochilus maris, Bourc. Aim. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, ix. p. 319 (1846) ; id. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 316. ^ > P- ^^^
Hylocharis niarise. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 115 ; Bp. Consp. Av. i. p 74. Amazihus arsinoe, B^j. Comp. Av. i. p. 77; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 •
Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, pp. 297, 367. Amazma arsinoe, i^enA. Avfz. d. Col. p. 10 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 8,
pi. / / 4. If . 4/94-7 ; Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p, 35. ^
Ohlorestes (i. Smaragditis marise, Reich. Azifz. d. Col. p 7 .Saucerottia maria, ^jo. i?ey. Zoo/. 1854, p. 254. Chlorestes maris, Reich. Troch. Enwn. p. 4, pi. 695 f 4549 Pyrrhophaena beryllina, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p.36; Muls.
Hist. A at. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 303, iv. p. 182; id. Ann. Soc. Linn.
Lyon, xxu. p. 206. Amazilia beryllina, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 312 (July 1861)-
td.Intr. Troch. p. 159 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 314 ; id. P. Z. S 1864
p. U 7 ; A. Diujh, La Nat. i. p. 141 ; Villada, La Nat. ii. p. 364 1
de Oca, La 2s at in. p. 23 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 221 ; Ridyw. Man.
i>. Am. B. p. 317. Eranna beryllina, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 188. Polytiims beryllinus. Gray ,' Hand-l . B. i. p. 132. Amazilis beryllinu?, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 410 Amaziha maris, Feirari-Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mm. ix. p. 158.
Adult male. Upper surface shining golden green, becoming more golden on the crown, and passing through bronze on the rump to rich purple-bronze on the upper taU-coverts; under surface glittering grass-green, passing into greyish chestnut on the lower abdomen, and rich chestnut edged with buff on the under tail- coyerts ; tail shining purple-bronze : maxilla black; mandible flesh- J^f°J^' tip black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-1, tail 1-3,
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210
Adult female. Similar to the male, but the colours not quite so bright, and the lower abdomen more decidedly grey.
There is considerable variation in the colour of the tail in this species. In some specimens the upper tail-coverts as ■well as the central rectrices are of a deep violet-purple. I am unable to trace these variations to any definite localities, but the darker specimens, as a rule, are from the more northern parts of Western Mexico. This, however, is by no means universally the case. The range in altitude of this species extends from near the sea- level (San Bias) to the plateau of Mexico.
Mr. Elliot is quite wrong in referring A. casta aeiventr is, Gould, to this species.
Hah. Southern Mexico,
a. c? ad. sk. h. (S ad. sk.
c-g. cS ad. ; h. 5
j uv. sk. i,j. (S ad. ; h.
Juv. ; I. 2 ad. sk, m. cJ ad. sk. n, 0. 5 ad. sk. p. (S ad. sk.
q-s. c? ad. ; t. $
ad. sk. u. Ad. sk.
V, w. cJ ad. sk.
x-c'. (S ad. sk.
d', e'. J 2 ad. sk.
/'. c?ad.;£r'. $
ad. bk. h'~r. c? ad. ; m'.
5 ad. sk. n'-r'. (S ad. ; «'.
5 ad. sk. t'. (S juv. sk.
?«'. cJ ad. sk. v'. (5 ad. sk.
w'-y'. d" ad. st.;
a', a". 5 ad. sk. b"-d". S ad. sk. e". (S juv. sk.
f ",!/"• $ juv. sk.
h". Juv. sk.
Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico, June
{W.Lloyd). San Bias, Tepic, Mexico, May
( W. B. Richardson). Tepic, May ( W. B. R.).
Huayimo, Sierra de Tepic, June
( iV. B. R.). Bolauos, Jahsco, July( W.B.R.). Sierra de Tepic, Juue ( W.B.R.). Zapotlau, Jalisco, Dec. ( W.
B. R.). Tonila, Jalisco, June {TV.
Lloyd). San Marcos, Jalisco, May ( W.
Lloyd) . Beltran, Jalisco, April, May
{Lloyd). Volcan de Colima, Jan. {W.
B. Richardson). Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Aug.
{Mrs. H. H. Smith). Xautipa, Guerrero, July {Mrs.
H. H. S.). Aniula, Guerrero, Aug. {Mrs.
H. H. S.). Omilteme. Guerrero, July,
Aug. (Mrs. H. H. S.). Tetelco, Valley of Mexico,
July {Ferrari-Perez) . Valley of Mexico. Cofre de Perote, Mexico, July
{M. Trtijillo). Jala])a, Mexico,
{M. T.). Jalapa {de Oca). Coatepec, Vera Cruz, Sept.
{Ferrari-Perez) . Coatepec, Oct., Nov. {M. Tru-
jillo). Orizaba, Mexico {Batter i).
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salviu-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Mar., May Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll.
55. AMAZILIA. 211
i".da.d.;f'. Covdoxa (SalM). Salvin-Godman &
z"^/l'^- w.„ Gould Colls.
A . d ad. sk. Villa Alta, Mexico, Mar. {M. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Triijtllo).
l".d ^d.-,n". Totontepec, Mexico, Feb. Salvin-Godman Coll,
2 ad. sk. (M. r.).
**',!' ''''• 2 ad. sk. Oaxaca. Gould Coll.
^,r I , • , • Oaxaca (Fenochio). Salvin-Godman Coll.
q ~u . c? ad. ; V '. Mexico (Delattre ?). Gould Coll.
2 ad. sk.
?o'>".c?ad.;y". Uexico (Floresi). Gould Coll. 2 ad. ; z . Juv. sk.
«^ $ skeleton. Gould Coll.
6', c\ c? juv. Chimalapa, Teliuantepec, Salvin-Godman Coll,
s'^'- April { JV. B. Rkhanho)!).
8. Amazilia devillii.
Trochilus devillii, Bourc. Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 272 AmazHia devillii, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 8, pi. /78. ff. 4807-8; Gould, Man. Troch. v. pi. 31-3 (May I860)' !^; ^'*^'/,^'''«C''*. p. 158; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. .315; Muls. & Verr. £ f o ?o^; P- 35; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 369; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 451. Amazilius devillii, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254. Amazilia arsinoe, Scilv. Ibis, 1860, p. 195. Amazilia dumerili, Salv. Ibis, 1860, pp. 263, 270. Pyrrhophasua devillii, Salu. Ibis, 1866, p. 204 ; Lawr Ann Luc NY no. 4, p. 33; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p'. 305." pi. 27 ; id. Ami. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 206 Eranna devillii, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 188. AmazUia mariffi, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 222 ; Ridgto. Man. N. Am. B.
p« ol7. Amazilis devillii, Eudes-Desl. Ann, Mus. Caen, i. p. 412. Adult male. Similar to that of A. beryllina, but with the chest- nut colour at the bases of the inner primaries aud secondaries more restricted in extent, and with the glittering green of the under surface spread over nearly the whole abdomen to the crissum Bourcier's name Trochilus marice was doubtfully referred to the same author's T. devillii by Gould, and substituted for it with- out hesitation by Mr. Elliot. On carefully comparing the two descriptions, I feel pretty confident that T. marice refers to A. benjllma rather than to T. devillii, and have therefore placed %^m V^.r^"''^ "^ ^^^ ^°™^'' species. Regarding the application ot 1. clevilhi there can be no doubt, as it was based on Guatemalan specimens, and one from that country was compared by Gould with the type. T. marice was ascribed to Venezuela most probably m error. •'
Eab. Guatemala.
a~e c? ad ; /, g. Duenas, Guatemala, July, Aug., Salvin-Godman
? ad.sk. Sept. (O. ««/«•«). Gould, & Sclater
, J Colls.
h. <S ad. sk. Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala, Salvin-Godman Coll
Sept. (O. Salvin).
p2
212 TEOCHILT.
J. $ ad. sk. lia Trinidad, Volcande Fuego, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Oct. (O. Snlvin).
j. (S ad. sk. (Jhoctum, Guatemala, Feb. Salvin-Godman Coll.
(0. S. ^- F. D.G.).
k. c? ad. sk. Guatemala. Gould Coll.
(Compared witli type.)
l,m. 5 ad.sk. Guatemala. Gould Coll.
9. Amazilia castaneiventris.
Amazilia castaneiventris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 150 ; id.BIon. Troch.
V. pi. 310 (Sept. 1861); Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 85. PyrrLophpena castaneiventris, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 157 ; Mids.
Hist. Kat. Ois.-Miniches, i. p. 300, iv. p. 182 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn.
Lt/on,xxu. p. 206; d'Hainonv. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. xi. p. 314;
Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 331. Eranua castaneiventris, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 187. Amazilis castaneiventris, Fudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 409.
Adult male. Upj^er surface shining reddish bronze, duller on the head ; rump and upper tail-coverts greyish, with a slight bronzy lustre ; under surface, as far as and including the breast, glittering green ; abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts rich chestnut ; tail chestnut, edged and tipped with shining bronze : maxilla brown ; mandible flesh-colour, tip black. Total length about 3 5 inches, wing 2-15, tail 1-15.
Hab. Colombia.
a. Ad.sk. Colombia (Bogota make) (ilfflJ-A;). Gould Coll.
(Type of species.)
b, c. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
10. Amazilia cyanura.
Amazilia cyanura, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 315 (Sept. 1859) ; Salv.
Ibis, 1873, p. 239 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 223 ; Berl. Pr. U. S. Nat.
Mus. xi. p. 563. Hemithylaca cyanura, Cab. 4" Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 38. Pyrrhophsena cyanura, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. IGO ; Salr. Ibis, 1806,
p. 195 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 307 ; id. Ann. Soc.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 206. Eratina cyanura, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 191. Ariana cyanura, Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 36. Polytmus cyanurus. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 132. Saucerottia cyanura, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 417.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, becoming more glittering on the crown when viewed from in front, more purple on the lower back and steel-blue on the upper tail-coverts ; entire under surface glittering grass-green ; under tail-coverts and tail steel-blue : maxilla black ; mandible flesh-colour, tip black. Total length about 3-6 inches, wing 2-1, tail 1*3, bill 0-85.
Hah. Guatemala and Nicaragua.
55. AMAZILIA. 213
a, b. c? ad. sk. Retalhuleu, Guatemala, Sept. Salviii-Godman &
(O.Salvin). Gould Colls.
c-j. d ad. ; k. cJ Retalhuleu, Guatemala, July Salvin-Godman Coll. juv. ; I. 2 ad. {TV. B. Richardson). sk.
?», n. S ad. sk. Pie de la Cuesta, San Marcos, Salvin-Godman Coll. Guatemala, Nov. ( W. B. R.).
0, p. cJ ad. sk. Realejo, Nicaragua {Sir E. Bel- Gould Coll.
cher). (Types of the species.)
q. (S ad. sk. Chontales, Nicaragua {Belt). Salvin-Godman Coll.
11. Amazilia ocai.
Amazilia ocai, Gould, Moti. Troch. v. pi. 289 (July 1861); de Oca,
La Nat. iii. p. 16, pi. — ; Muls. <^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 35 ;
Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 221. Pyrrhophaena ocai, Cab. (^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 36 ; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 301, iv. p. 182 ; id. Ann, Soc. Linn. Lyon,
xxii. p. 206. Ilemistilbon ocai, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 1-50. Thaumatias lerdi, de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 24 .P Amazilis ocai, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 415.
Adult male. Upper surface shining golden green, crown glittering grass-green, lower back and upper tail-coverts greenish bronze ; throat and breast glittering grass-green, each leather being white with a green discal spot, those of the throat being small and the white of the feathers appearing ; middle of the abdomen grey, flanks washed with golden green ; under tail-coverts pale greenish bronze, broadly edged with dull white ; tail bronzy olive-green, the lateral rectrices with the shafts and outer webs towards the base chestnut : bill black, mandible towards the base flesh-colour. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-3, tail 1-35, bill 0-85.
'Thaumatias lerdi, de Oca, from Paso del Macho, near Vera Cruz, Mexico, may have been based upon a female of this species. The dimensions agree exactly, and the coloration is apparently similar.
Hah. Mexico.
a. (^ ad. sk. Jalapa, Mexico {de Oca). Gould Coll.
(Type of species.)
12. Amazilia suinichrasti. (Plate VII. fig. 2.)
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, darker on the head, more golden bronze on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; throat and breast glittering grass-green, the white bases of tho feathers hardly showing anywhere ; abdomen and flanks shining grass-green ; under tail-coverts rufous ; tail rich lustrous coppery bronze ; bases of the inner primaries and secondaries chestnut : maxilla black ; mandible flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 3-8 inches, wing 2-1, tail 1-2, bill 0-9.
In some respects this species resembles A. ocai, but the richer more coppery colour' of the tail, the dull-coloured crown, and uni-
214 TKOCHILI.
form green throat readily distinguish it. I am indebted to M. Boucard for the specimen now described. Hah. Southern Mexico.
a. cJad.sk. Santa Efigeuia, Isthmus of Tehu- Sal vin-Godmau Cull, antepec, Dee. (F. Sumichrast).
13. Amazilia yucatanensis.
Trochilus yucatanensis, Cabot, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. II. 1845, p. 74. Amazilia yucatanensis, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 308 (Sept. 1861) j
Mills, t^-" Verr. Class. Troch. p. 35 ; de Oca, La Nut. iii. p. 303 ;
Muls. Hist. Nut. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 295, iv. p. 181 ; id. Ann. Soc.
Linn. Li/rm, xxii. p. 206 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 219 (partini) ;
lUdqiD. Pr. U.S. Nut. Mus. ir. p. 25 ; id. Man. N. Am. B. p. 317 ;
Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 451. Pyrrhophsena yucatanensis, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 157. Erainia yucatanensis, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 187. Pyrrhopliseua cerviniventris, Salv. Ibis, 18G6, p. 195 {nee Gotdcf). AJmazilis yucatanensis, Eudes-Ded. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 402.
Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy green, darker on the crown ; throat and breast glittering green ; abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts rich chestnut ; tail chestnut, edged and tipped with bronze ; bill flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length 4 inches, wing 2-2, tail 1-5, bill 0-95.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but with the abdomen paler, and the central rectrices bronze to the base.
Hah. Yucatan and adjoining parts of Guatemala.
a. c? ad. sk. Northern Yucatan {G. F. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gcaimer). h, c. (S ad. sk. Merida, Yucatan, Feb. {F. D. Salviu-Godman CoU.
G.). d, e. (S ad.;/. $ Santaua Peten, April (0. <S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. ad. sk.
14. Amazilia cerviniventris.
Amazilius cerviniventris, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 150 ; Scl. P. Z. S.
1856, p. 287, 1857, p. 17. Amazilia cerviniventris, G^oj/W, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 319 (May 1857) ;
Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 314; Muls.S^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 35; de
Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 209 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 296,
iv. p. 182; id. Ami. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 206; Merrill, Bull.
Nutt. Orn. Club, ii. p. 26 ; Coues 4" Sennett, Bull. U.S. Geoyr.
Surv. iv. p. 35 ; Bidyw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. iv. p. 25 ; id. Man. 'N.
Am. B. p. 317. Pyrrhopbajna cerviniventris. Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Heiri. iii. p. 36 ;
Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 157. Eranna cerviniventris, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 187. Polytmus cerviniventris, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 132. Amazilia yucatanensis, Bidyw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 1-J8 (par-
tim) : Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 157 (partim). Amazilis cerviniventris, Eude.'^-Pcsl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 404.
55. AMAZILIA.
215
Adult male. Similar to that of A. yucatanensis, but with the abdo- men and under tail-coverts paler, the flanks and upper portion of the abdomen are washed with shining green, so that the glittering green of the breast and the chestnut of the abdomen do not meet in a sharply defined line.
Female. Similar to the male.
Hab. Eastern Mexico, from the mouth of the Rio Grande to the southern extremity of the State of Yera Cruz.
a-h. (5 ad.; i-l.
2 ad. sk. ?«. $ ad. sk.
n. (S ad. sk.
o-s. c? ad. ; t, z
2 juv. sk. V. cj juv.sk,
to. c? ad. sk.
X, y. 2 ad. sk.
z, a' . S ad. sk.
b' . Juv. sk.
c . cS juv. sk. d' . (5 ad. sk. e'. S fid. sk. /, g-. S ad. 2 ad. sk. i'-V . S ad. sk
h'.
mf. 2 ad. sk.
n', o. S ad. ;
2 ad. sk.
q'. S ad. sk.
r'. 2 ad. sk.
Brownsville, Texas, April and
May (-F. B. Armstrong). Presas de Aldama, Tamaulipas,
Mexico, March {W. B.
Hickardsou). Altamira, Tamaulipas, March
(W.B.B.). Tampico, Tamaulipas, Feb.
March, June (W.B.R.). Tantina, Vera Cruz, June ( W.
B. R.). Valles, San Luis Potosi, Mex.,
May ( W. B.R.). Misautla, Vera Cruz, Mar. {F.
D. G.). Colipa, Vera Cruz, March (F.
D. G.). Veg-a del Casadero, Vera
Cruz, Dec. {M. Tntjillo). Tomatla, June {M. T.). Jalapa, Vera Cruz (de Oca). Tlacotalpam, Vera Cruz (Salle). Cordova, Vera Cruz, Nov.
(Salle). Vera Cruz, Feb. (F. I). G., W.
B. R.). Laguua, Vera Cruz, Feb. (W.
B. R.). Vera Cruz (Boueard).
San Andres, Tuxtla, Vera Cruz. Xochiapa, Vera Cruz, June (M. Trujillo).
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll,
Salvin-Godman Coll,
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll,
Salviu-Godman CoU, Gould CoU. Sclater Coll. Gould Coll. (Types of the species.) Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
A. Sallg [C.]. Salvin-Godman CoU.
15, Amazilia lawrencii.
Amazilia lawrencii, Elliot, Auk, vi. p. 209.
" Crown of head, neck, back, upper wing-coverts, and upper tail- coverts dull bronzy-green. Wings purple ; base of primaries and secondaries blackish. Throat, sides of neck and breast glittering grass-green ; lower part of flanks and abdomen very dark chestnut- brown ; under tail-coverts cinnamon. Tail bright chestnut ; tips and edges of both webs bluish black, most extensive on lateral tail- feathers, reaching on outer webs nearly to their base. Maxilla
216 TROCHILI.
black ; mandible black, ■with a slight indication of flosh-colonr at the base. Feet black. Length of wing 2 J^ inclios, tail 1^, bill j"^. Total kMigthot" skin ."5 ,^'., inches, but as it has been very much shortened in making it up, it is probable the real length would bo nearer four inches.
"//((/*. 15ogotft? {Elliot,'" I. s. c.)
1 do not recognize any skin answering to tliis descrijjtion in the ISIuseum series. The bird seems to belong to theyl. ricjj\ri section of the genus, and the type is i)robably, to judge from tlie darkness of the bill, the skin of a female bird.
1 0. Amazilia riefFeri.
Trochilus fuscicandatus, Frciser, P. /. 'S. Is4(), p. 17 ?
Trochilus rioHeri, L'ourc. Aim. !Sv. riujg. vt Ant. Lyon, vi. p. 45
(184:{) ; id. licr. Zool. 1843, p. 10;5. llylocluiris fuscitauda, Graij, O'cii. B. i. p. 114. Polytnius rit'fferi, (irmj, den. li. i. p. 132. Trochilus aglaiie, lUnirc. i.y Muh. Ann. Sc. Phi/s. et Nat. Lyon, i.x.
p. ;'.!'!) (184(1) ; i(J. L'er. Zool. 1840, p. 31(5. Amazilius riofferi, Up. C'o/isj). Ac. i. p. 78 ; id. Jicv. Zool. 1854, p. 254 }
Scl. r.Z.S. 1859, p. 145. Amnzilius aglaia', J>p. Consp. Av. i. p. 71. Trochilus dubusi, L'ourc. Ann. Sc. IViys. et Nat. Lyon, {2) iv. p. 141
(1852). Chlorestes -y. Saucerottia fuscicaudata, Itvich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8;
id. Trod,. Enum. p. 4, pi. (59ti. tf. 4552-3. Ama/ilia rirffcri, JiV/(7(. -Ivt/i. rf. Co/, p. 10; id. Troch. JiJnmn. 'p. 8,
])1. 778. ff. 47U8-9 ; Scl. .V Salr. //-(>, 1859, p. 1;!0 ; iid. P. Z. S. 18(54,
p. 3(55, 1879, p. 530; Gould, Mon. Trocli. v. \\. 311 (May 18(;()) ;
Scl. P.Z.S. 18(50, pp.94, 25.-!, 29(); id. Cat. Am. B. p. 314 ; Sale. Iln.^;
1860, pp. 195, 270, 1872, p. ;520 ; id. I\ Z. S. 18(57, p. 15CS, 1870,
p. 210; /(/. Cat. Sfric/^l. Coll. p. 3(59; Later. Ann. Lye. N. 1'. vii.
p. 292 ; Muls. .y Verr. Class. Troch. p. 35 ; Wyait, Ibis, 1871,
p. 378; Merrill, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, i. p. 88; Berl. J.f. Orn.
1884, p. 311. _ Amazilia dubusi, Lieich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10 ; /(/. Troch. Enum. p. 8,
pi. 778. ff. 4809 10. Chlorestes y. Saucerottia aglaia^, lieich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8. Anuizilius dubusi, Bp. liev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ; <SV/. P. Z. S. 1859,
p. 38(5. Pyvrliopluviia dubusi. Cab. S,- Heine, 3Iug. Ilein. iii. p. 30; Cab. J.f.
'Orn. 1802, p. 103. l\yrilui])lucna rictferi. Cab. S)- Heine, Mas. Ilein. in. p. 35; Gould,
' Intr. Troch. p. 158 ; Laicr. Ann. Li/c. N. Y. viii. p. 184, i.x. p. 127 ;
id. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mu.<. no. 4, p. 33 ; v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869,
].. 317 ; Scl. S,- Sa/r. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878,
p. 71 ; Jhrl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 331. Pyrrhopluena sauvis. Cab. lij- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 38. Evanua dubusi, Heine, J.f. Orn. 18(53, p. 188. Iloniitliylaca agluia\ Cab. S\- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 38. ]'>niuna siiavis, Heine. J.f. Orn. 186.'!, p. 188. Ei'anua jiu uiidii, Heine, ,1. f. Orn. 18().'>, p. 188. l^ianna ricffcri, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. \Sii.
5;j. AMAZII.IA, 217
Arianii riefferi, MuU. Jlisf.. Nat. Ois.-Moiiclu:^, i. p. .'510, iv. p. 184 ; id,
Atin. Siii: Linn. Ly<»i, xxii. p. 200. Anmzilia fiiscicnudiita, Itidyw, I'r. U.S. Nut. iMiik. i. p. 147, x.
p. TjOl ; id. Mail. N. Am. li. p. .'{l?; ElUot, .Siju. Troclt. p. '210 ;
Kutlin;/, J'r. fj'.S. Nat. Mm. v. p. .'WH, vi. p. 40(). Aniazilis fuscicaudatua, Eudes-Dest. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 405.
A'JhU male. Upper surface shiiiinpj hronzy-f^roen, darker f)ii the crown ; upper tail-covorts clicstnut ; under surt'.ico ^'lilteririf^ },'reeM, passinj^ into aliininf^ green on the upper abdomen and flanks ; lower abdomen fuscous, lores and under tail-coverts chestnut; tail chest- nut, tii)ped and ed^^ed with bronze: bill (lesli-colour, the tip black. Total length about 4 inches, wiuf; 2-;3, tail 1 •;{'>, bill ()-!)3.
Adult, fi mdU. Similar to the male, but with the maxilla darker, the base onlj" tlesh-colour.
i'ouny. Very similar to the adult, the {^littering discal spots of the throat and breast-feathers replaced by shining green.
This species passed .-is A. riefftri, until Mr. lUdgw.iy and Mr Elliot substituted Eraser's title T. fusciaiuddt^iii for it. The latter name was included amongst the synonyms of A. ricfftri by Gould, but its locality wrongly stated to be Honduras. Count Berlepsch has recently (luostioned the projiriety of the change of name, and suggested that Eraser's type should be re examined. This I have attemptt d to do with the following result, the so-ealled type having kindly been lent me by the authorities of (he i.iveri)Ool Museum. Eraser, when describing his T. fnscicauddlux, gave its locality as " Chachapoyus, Peru ;" but the so-called type sj)ecimen bears the following inscription in Eraser's handwriting :■ — " Trocldlun fusciaindntiis. Eraser, Orig. of desc. in I'roc. Zool. iSoc. Eel). l.S4(). Eiom St. BY' do Bogota." It follows that either the original locality was wrongly given, or that this bird is not the type. (Jomparing the latter with the description, I find the following discrepancies: — The tail being slij>htly forked, cannot well be called " subrotundata." The feathers of the u!ider surface can hardly be said to be " albido marginalis," though the tliroat-jdumes have the whitish fringe of freshly moulted feathers. The crissum, as distinguished from the anal feathers, is said to be " fuscuin," whereas the under tail-coverts in the Bogota bird are chestnut, the same colour as the base of the tail, the latter being called " submetallice castanea."
I much doubt the Bogota bird being the type of the description, notvvitiistanding Eraser's statement, and therefore I doubt the pro- priety of superseding yl. riefferi by A. fimricfiHdntu.i.
The series before me (about Hu specimens) shows on the whole that this species is very constant througliout its rang(>, and exhibits no localized races that I can trace. It follows that the names dubusi (Honduras), .•ivnvis (Cartagena), Jiionidti (W. Ecuador), and aijluiip (ex patria ignota) fall as synonyms of A. rieffiri.'
The chestnut lores are a distinguishing feature in this bird.
11<(I>. Hastern Mexico, from (he Uio (irande Valley, Central America, Colouibia and Kcuador.
218
a. c? ad. sk.
b. S ad. sk.
c. d. c? ad. sk.
c, /. d fid. ; 5r. 5
ad. .sk. h-j. c? ad. ; k, I.
$ ad. sk. m. S ad. ; n-p.
2 ad. sk. q, r. S ad.; s. 2
ad. sk. i. c? ad. sk.
M. cj ad.; V-.V. $
ad. sk. t/. c? ad. sk. «. c? ad. ; «'. 2
ad. sk. b', c'. Juv. sk.
d'. S ad. ; e'. 2
ad. sk. f-h'. c? ad. ; i'-
Tc'. 2 ad. sk. I. 2 ad. sk.
m'. c? ad. ; n ,
2 ad. sk. o'. S ad. sk. p'. 2 ad. sk. q'. tS ad. sk. r', s'. c? ad. ; t'.
2 ad. sk. u'. (^ ad. sk. «;'. 2 ad. sk. w'. 2 ad. sk. a;'. (^ ad. ; y'. 2
ad. sk. z'. S ad.; a". 2
ad. sk. b". 2 ad. sk. c". cj ad. sk. d"' c? ad. sk. e"-h". S ad. sk.
Tampico, Mexico ( W. B.
Kiihardsoti). Cordoba, Vera Cruz, Jan.
{S(dle\. Playa Vicente, Vera Cruz, Dec.
(31. Tntjdlo). Xocbiapa, Vera Cruz, Jan. (3/.
T.). Teapa, Tabasco, Marcb {Mrs.
K. H. Smith). Orange Walk, Brit. Honduras
(G. F. Gamner). Corosal, Brit. Honduras (Hoe).
Belize, Brit. Honduras (Blan-
caneaiLv). Cayo, Brit. Honduras (Blan-
caneau.v). Santana, Peten, AprU (O. /S.). Choctuni, Guatemala, Feb. (0.
S. ^ F. D. G.). Lauquin, Guatemala, March
(O.S.). Coban, Guatemala, Jan., Nov.
{O.S.). Guatemala.
Honduras (Bourcier).
Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt).
Orosi, Costa Rica (Kramer). Irazu, Costa Rica (Boc/ers). Tucurriqui, Costa Rica (Arce). Costa Rica (Carmiol, Endres).
David, Panama ( Warszewtez). Chitra, Panama. Boquete de Chitra (ArcS). Calovevora, Panama (Arci).
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salviu-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll,
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould & Sclater
Colls. Gould Coll.
Gould Coll. (Type of T. dubusi.) Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould CoU.
Gould Coll. Arc6 [C.]. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Lion Hill, Panama (O. ^S"., Mc- Salvin-Godman CoU
Leannan). Paraiso, Panama (HugJies). Baranquilla, Colombia (Bippon) Medellin, Colombia (Salmon). Colombia (Bogota make).
i",j". 6 ad. sk. Gorgona (Kellett^ Wood).
k". (5 ad. sk. Esmeraldas, Ecuador (Fraser).
I". cJ ad. sk. Guayaquil, Ecuador.
m". S ad. sk. Peruche, Ecuador, March
(Frnsei-).
n". S ad. sk. Pallafanga, Ecuador (Fraser).
o". c?ad. ; ;)". 2 Quito, Ecuador. ad. sk.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Sclater Coll. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Sclater Coll. Gould Coll. Gould Coll.
Gould Coll. Gould Coll.
55. AMAZILIA. 213
?"> >■"• c? ad. sk. Santa Rita, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
«". t". Juv. sk. Monji, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
u . 5 ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
v"-x". (S ad. sk. Citado, Ecuador {Buckley). Gould Coll.
17. Amazilia viridiventris.
Trochilus viridigaster, Bourc. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, vi. p. 42
(1843) ; id. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 103. Ilylocliaris viridigaster. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 11.5 ; Bj}. Consp. Av. i.
p. 74. Chlorestes y. Saucerottia viridiventris, Belch. Atifz. d. Col. p. 8. Saucerottia viridigaster, Bp. Rev. Zool. 18.54, p. 255. Clilorestes viridiventris, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pi. 699. ff.
4564-5. Amazilia viridigaster, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 314 (Sept. 1860). Hemitlivlaca viridiventris, Cab. ^ Heine, Miis. Hein. iii. p. 38. Pjrrhophfena viridigaster, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 159. Amazilia viridiventris, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 315 ; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871,
p. 378 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 220. Eratina viridiventris, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 191. Ariana viridigaster, Muls. |- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 36 ; Mids. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p, 320, iv. p. 185 ; id. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon,
xxii. p. 207. Polytmus viridigaster. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 132. Saucerottia viridigaster, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 419. Pyrrhoplisena viridiventris, Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 332.
Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy green, browner on the rump, and shading into purple on the upper tail-coverts ; under surface glittering grass-green, shading into greyish brown on the abdomen ; under tail-coverts brown or greyish rufous with lighter edges ; tail dark shining purple-violet : maxilla black ; mandible flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 3"5 inches, wing 2*1, tail 1-2, bill 0-8.
Female. Similar to the male.
The colour of the tail seems to vary much in this bird, as in A. heryllina, from violet to reddish bronze. All occiu' in liogota skins, and I cannot localize the various forms.
Hah. Colombia and Venezuela.
«-A. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Gould [type], Salvin-
Godman, & Sdater Colls.
i. S ad. sk. Tachiro, Venezuela (Goeriny). Salvin-Godman Coll.
18. Amazilia iodura.
Trochilus iodurns, Saucerotte, 3IS. {Jide Cab.).
Chlorestes y. Saucerottia iodura, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch.
Enum. p. 4, pi. 698. ff. 4560-1. Heniithylaca iodura, Cab. S)- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 39. Pyrrhophajna iodura, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 159; Muh. Hist. Nat.
220 TRocniLi.
Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 299; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 206 ;
Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 382. Eratina iodura, Heine, J.f. Orn. 18G3, p. 190. Ainazilia iodiira, Elliot, Si/n. Track, p. 223 ; Sharpe in Goukfs Mofi.
Troch. Suppl. (March 1887). Saucerottia iodura, Eudes-I)esl. Ann. Miis. Caen, i. p. 418,
" Capite, collo, pectore, dorso superiore tectricibusqvie alarum splendide viresccntibns, gala paululum alba intermixtis ; alis cae- ruleo-virescentibus laHssirae pallide fulvescente-limbatis ; cauda splendide purpureo-violacea : abdoraiue fulvesccnte ; crisso albido. Long, tota '6" Ji'", al. 2", caud. 1" 2'", rostr. culm. 9'". Hah. Colombia." {Cab. ^ Heine, I. s. c.)
Unknown to me.
19. Amazilia lucida.
Amazilia lucida, Elliot, Ann. S)- Mag. N. H. 1877, xx. p. 404 ; id. Syn.
Troch. p. 2^3 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 183 ; Sharpe
in Gould's Mon. Troch. Suppl. (MarcL 1887). Pyrrhophsena lucida, Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 332. Amazilis lucidus, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 408.
"Adult. Crown of the head dark metallic grass-green ; upper sur- face shining grass- green, lighter than the head ; upper tail-coverts golden bronze. Throat, breast, abdomen, and Hanks metallic grass- green ; a light mouse-coloured spot on the lower part of the abdo- men. Thighs white, feathers fluff)-. Under tail-coverts dark bronzy brown edged with white. Wings dark purple. Tail reddish bronze, darkest in the centre along the shafts, with the tips of the lateral rectrices bluish black, their edges reddish bronze. This bluish-black colour almost resolves itself into a subtermiual bar, and is espe- cially conspicuous on the underside of the tail, l^ill brownish red, flesh-colour in life, tip black. Total length 3-5 inches, wing 2-12, tail 1"25, culmen 3'75.
" Hah. Colombia." {Elliot, I. s. c.)
I am unacquainted with this bird, which from the description seems allied to A. viridiventris.
20. Amazilia cupreicauda.
Amazilia cupreicauda, Salv. «§• Godm. Ibis, 1884, p. 452 ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 483 ; Sharpe in Goidd's Snpjjl. Truck, pi. 56 (March
1887).
Adidl male. Upper surface shining coppery bronze, becoming more coppery on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; crown and under surface glittering grass-green, becoming duller on the abdomen ; under tail-coverts dark cinnamon or cliestuut ; tail chestnut, washed with purple-bronze : maxilla black ; mandible flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 3*5 inches, wing 2, tail 1'15, bill 0-8.
Female. Similar to the nuile.
Hah. Guiana,
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Allied to A. viridiventris, but with the upper surface more coppery, the taU chestnut washed with bronze, not dark violet- blue, and more rounded, &c.
a-c S a.A.; d,e. Roraima, Brit. Guiana, Feb., Salvin-Godman Coll.
^ S*^^' , 'inne,3xi\y, Dec.{H.Whitelij). (Tvpesof the species.)
/. S ad. sk. Merume Mts., Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll.
July {H. W.).
g. 6 ad. sk. Quonga, Brit. Guiana, Oct. Salvin-Godman Coll.
(ff. W.),
21. Amazilia edwardi.
Trochilus edward, DeJatfre Sf Bourc. Rev. Zool. 1846, p 308 Polytmus edwaidsii, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 109 ; id. Han'd-l. B i
p. 13l'. Amazilius edward, Bj). Consp. Av. i. p. 78. Chlorestes y. Saucerottia edwardsii, Reich. Aiifz. d. Col p 8 Tbaumantias edward, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854. p. 255. Chlorestes edwardsii, Reich. Troch. Enmn. p. 4, pi. 698 fi" 4-558-9 Erythronota edwardi, Gotdd. Mon. Troch. v. pi. 318 (May 1858) • id
I»t>: Troch. p. 161 ; Lawr. Ann. Lijc. N. Y.Vu. p. 292, ix v hi Ilemitbylaca edwardi, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii p 37 Eratina edwardi, Heine, J.f. Om. 1863, p. 191. Saucerottia edwardi, Scl. Sf Sab. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 365 : Eudes-Desl
Ann. Mus. Caen,_ i. p. 427. Leucodora edwardi, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 311 iy
p. 184 ; id. Ami. fSoc. Litin. Lyon, xxii. p. 206 '
Amazilia edwardi, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 35; Elliot, Syn.
Iroch. p. 221. ' "^
Adult male. Upper surface shining reddish coppery, duller on the lower back and rump, greener on the back of the neck and crown • throat and breast glittering grass-green ; abdomen white ; under tail-coverts dusky, edged with greyish white ; tail shining reddish bronze : maxilla black ; mandible flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 3-5 inches, wing 2, tail 1-2, bill 0-9.
Female. Similar to the male.
Hah. Panama.
a~c d ad. ; d-f. Lion Hill, Panama {McLean- Salvin-Godman,
?ad. sk. nan). Gould, & Sclater , ^ , Colls.
g, h. c? ad. sk. Paraiso Station, Panama Salvin-Godman Coll. (Huf/hes).
i-h. S ad. ; I. d' Line of Panama Railway Salvin-Godman &
juv.sk. {Arce). Sclater Colls.
w. c? ad. sk. Panama? (Z)e/a«/-e?). Pmchased.
22. Amazilia niveiventris.
Trochilus ( ?) niveiventer, Gould, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 164.
Chlorestes y. Saucerottia niveiventer, Reich. Aufz. 'd. Col. p 8
Thaumantias niveiventer, Bj). Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255.
Chlorestes niveiventer, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pi. 700. ff 4566-7
222 TROCHILI.
Ervthronota niveiventris, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 319 (May 1858);
id. Intr. Troch. p. 161 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 155, 1870, p. 210. Hemithylaca niveiventris. Cab. Sr Heine, Mas. Hein. m. p. 37 ; Heine,
J.f. brn. 1863, p. 192. Saucerottia niveiventris, Scl. 8,- Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 365 ; Eiides-
Desl. Ann. 3Iug. Caen, i. p. 429. Ariana niveiventris, .!/«/*. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 36. Leucodora niveiventris, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 313, iv.
p. 184 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 206. Amazilia niveiventris, Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 222. Polytmus niveiventris. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 133.
Adult male. Similar to that of A. edwardi, but with the tail purplish steel-blue instead of reddish bronze.
Female. Similar to the male ; the lateral rectrices tipped with bronze.
Hab. Costa Eica and the State of Panama.
a, b. S ad. sk. Costa Rica. Gould Coll.
c5 ad. sk. Near David, Cbiiiqui(7Frtrsse- Gould Coll. (Type
wiez). of the species.)
d. S ad. sk. Chitra, Panama {Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
e-g. (S ad. sk. Chiriqui (Arce). Salvin-Godman &
Sclater Colls.
h, i. S ad. sk. Veraguas (Arce). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
_/. Juv. sk. Cordillera del Chucu (Arci). Salvin-Godman Coll.
k, I. S ad. ; m. Calovevora, Panama (Arce). Salvin-Godman &
Juv. sk. Gould Colls.
n. J ad. sk. Lion Hill, Panama {McLean- Salvin-Godman Coll.
nan).
o. S ad. sk. Panama ? {Seemann ?). Gould Coll.
p. Skeleton. Gould Coll.
23. Amazilia warszewiezi.
Hemithvlaca warszewiezi, Cah. Sf- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 38 ; Heine,
J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 193. Saucerottia warszewiezi, Gotdd, Lntr. Troch. p. 163 ; Wyatt, Ibis,
1871, p. 378 ; Salv. i^- Godm. Ibis, 1880, p. 173 ; Eudes-Besl. Ann.
Mus. Caen, i. p. 423. Hemithylaca caligata, Cab. S)- Heine, Mas. Hein. iii. p. 39 ? Hemithylaca hraccata, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 193? Ariana warszewiezi, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 327, iv.
p. 185 ; id. Ami. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 207. Polytmus warszewiezi. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 131. Amazilia warszewiezi, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 235 ; Sharpe in Gould's
Mon. Troch. Suppl. (March 1887).
Adult male. Upper surface shining dark grass-green ; longer upper tail-coverts and tail bright steel-blue; under surface glittering grass-green ; under tail-coverts steel-blue, more or less edged with white : maxilla blackish ; mandible flesh-colour, the tip black.
Female. Similar to the male.
Cabanis and Heine described this species from two specimens said to have been obtained by ^\^ arszewiez in Yeragua ; but Gould
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tells us that his examples (no longer in the collection) from the same source came from the " Banks of the Magdalena ;" and I have little doubt all Warszewiez's examples were from the latter localitj^, and none from Veragua.
The specimens from Merida, given us by Count von Berlepsch, are labelled A. warszewlezi hraccata (Heine).
Hah. Northern Colombia, Magdalena Valley, Sierra de Santa Marta, &c.
a-g. Ad. sk. Santa Marta, Colombia. Gould Coll.
h. Ad. sk. Sierra de Santa Marta (i^ Salvin-Godman Coll.
Simons), i. S ad. ; j. 5 Minca, Sierra de Santa Marta, Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. Feb., Mar. (J^. S.).
k. Ad. sk. Atauques, Sierra de Santa Salvin-Godman Coll.
Marta, Feb. {F. S.). I. J ad. sk. Valencia, Sierra de Santa Marta, Salviu-Godman Coll.
May (-F. S. ). 7ra.Ad.sk. Manaure, Colombia, May (i^.»S.). Salvin-Godman CoU.
n. Ad. sk. Herradura, Colombia ( Wyatt). Sclater CoU.
o, p. Ad. sk. Prov. Santauder, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll.
( Wyatt). q-s. c? ad. ; t, u. Merida, Venezuela (S. Bn- Salvin-Godman Coll.
Juv. sk. ceho) (e don. H. v. Berlepsch). V. r? ad. sk. ? Gould Coll.
24. Amazilia saucerottii.
Trochilus saucerottii, Boiirc. Sf Delatfre, Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 311. Saucerottia tvpica, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 77 ; id. Bev. Zool. 1854,
p. 255 ; G6uld, Intr. Troch. p. 162 ; Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879,
p. 530. Chlorestes y. Saucerottia typica, Beich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7. Chlorestes typica, Beich. Troch. Eimm. p. 4, pi. 701. ff. 4569-70. Hemitbvlaca saucerottii, Cab. 4" Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 38 ; Heine,
J.f. brn. 1863, p. 192. Erythroiiota typica, Gould, Man. Troch. v. pi. 321 (Sept. 1861). Ariaiia saucerottii, Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 36 ; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 331, iv. p. 185 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon,
xxii. p. 207. Amazilia saucerottii, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 225. Saucerottia warszewiezi, Scl. S,- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 530? Saucerottia saucerottii, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 424. Pyrrhophiena saucerottii, Berl. J. f. Orn. 1887, p. 332.
Adult male. Very similar to that of A. ivarszewiezi, but with a duller darker tail and upper tail-coverts ; under tail-coverts dusky, washed with greenish and edged with white.
The types of this species were obtained by Delattre near Call, in the Cauca Valley, Colombia.
Hob. Colombia, Cauca Valley.
a, b. Ad. sk. Cali, Colombia (Delattre). Gould Coll. (Typi-
cal specimens.) c-e. Ad. sk. Prov. Antioquia, Colombia Salvin-Godman &
(Salmon). Sclater Colls.
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25. Amazilia sophise.
Trochilus sopliire, Bourc. Sf Muls. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, ix.
p. 318 (1846) ; id. Rev. Zuol. 1846, p. 316. Trochilus caligatus, Gould, P. Z. 6'._1848^, p. 14. Amazilius sophiae, Bp. Consp. A v. i. p. 78. Saucerottia cali<,^at.a, Bp. Consp. Au. i. p. 78. Chlorestes y. Saucerottia sophiaj, Reic/i. Aiifz. d. Col, p. 8. Chlorestes y. Saucerottia caligata, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8. Saucerottia sophise, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 2-55 ; Gould, Intr. Troch.
p. 162 ; Scl. Cat. A?n. B. p. 315 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 127 ;
Boiicard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 71 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i.
p. 425. Chlorestes sophise, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pi. 697. ff. 4554-5. Erythronota sophise, Goidd, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 322 (July 1861). Hemithvlaca sophise. Cab. Hf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 38 ; Heine,
J.f. dm. 1863, p. 192. Hemithylaca hoffmanni, Cab, ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 38 ; Cab.
J.f. brn. 1862, p. 163. Ai-iana sophite, Muls. Sr Verr. Class. Troch. p. 36 ; Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 328, pi. 28, iv. p. 185 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn,
Lyo)i, xxii. p. 207. Amazilia sophise, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 224. Polytmus sophise, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 131.
Adult male. Similar to those of A. warszeiviezi and A, sauceroftli, but rather larger. It has steel-blue under tail-coverts like the former, but differs from both in having the lower back bronzy green, shading into purple on the proximal upper tail-coverts. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-2, tail 1-2, bill 0-85.
Young birds are dusky on the under surface, the glittering green feathers of the throat appearing first in the middle and then spread- ing to the sides ; the under tail-coverts are dusky.
The type of T, sophue, Bourc. & Mula., is said to have come from Bogota ; but the name has of late been strictly associated with the Costa Rica bird, the description applying best to it, rather than to either A. warszewiezi or A. saucerottii, both of which are Colom- bian species. Gould compared named examples of his T. calic/atus, T. sophice, and Hemithylaca hoffmanni, and failed to find any differ- ence between them.
Hah. Costa Rica.
a b. S ad.; c. Bebedero, Costa Rica (.4rce). Sal vin-Godman Coll.
Juv. sk.
d. (S ad. sk, Tucurriqui, Costa Rica (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
e~j. d ad. ; k, I. Costa Rica (Endres). Gould Coll.
Juv. sk.
m n A ad. sk. ? (Delattre ?). Gould & Sclater
Colls.
o, p. cJ ad. ; q. ? Gould & Sclater
Juv. sk. Colls.
r. Skeleton. Gould Coll.
oo. a:^iazu.ia. li2o
2G. Amazilia erythronota.
OrnisniTa ervtbronotos, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxxii,
]81, pi. Cl"; id. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 19. Trochilus ervtbrouotus, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxviii. Polytmus erytbronotiis, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 108; id. Iland-l. B. i.
p. 132 ; Leot. Ois. Trin. p. 137. Saucerottia erytbronota, Bp. Consp. An. i. p. 77 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 2o5 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 315; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen,
i. p. 421. Chlorestes y. Saucerottia erytbronota, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8. Cblorestes erythronota, Reidi. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pi. 699. ff. 4562-3. EJrythronota autiqua, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 316 (JNIav 1860) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 160; E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 1863, p. 02. Hemithylaca erytbronota, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 37 ;
Heine, J.f. O'rn. 1863, p. 192 ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 562. Ariana erytbronota, Ahds. Sf- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 36 ; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 323 ; id. Anti. <S'oc. Lin7i. Lyon, xxii. p. 207. Amazilia ervthrouota, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 224 ; Sale. Cat. Strickl.
Coll. p. 369.
Adnlf. Upper surface shining reddish coppery, becoming deeper on the rump and reddish purple on the longer tail-coverts ; crown and under surface glittering grass-green : under tail-covorts reddish brown or dusky, edged with pale grej- ; tail dark steel-blue : maxilla black ; mandible tiesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 3-6 inches, wing 1'95, tail 145. bill O'S.
Female. Similar to the male (?).
It has long been a question whether there is more than one form of this bird — that is to say, whether A. erythronota, A. felicice, and the bird from the island of Tobago are sufRcieiitly distinct to be accurately defined. Gould admits two species, and mainly relies on the colour of the upper surface to distinguish A. ertythronota from A. felicict *. Elliot speaks of the upper tail-coverts of A. felicice
* I find, however, that this character is most variable and untrustworthy, and that if these two birds are to be separated at all, the darker colour of the tail in the Trinidad specimens (A. '•rythronofa) alone serves to distinguish it from the lighter-tailed continental {A.fcHcicB). The difference is very trifling. The culour of the under tail-coverts, at first sight, appears to afford grounds for separation ; but this character, too, is most variable, and due perhaps to sex, perhaps to age or season. The birds with chestnut -red under tail-coverts seem more prevalent in Venezuela. There remains the Tobago Is. bird, which, as Gould says, is larger, with a more deeply forked tail. There can, I think, be little doubt that this is the " Tobago Humming-bird " of Latham ( T. tobaci, Gm.). In Gould's collection there is one of Kirk"s specimens from Tobago, and two others ijerhaps from the same source. For the present I think it advisable to keep this bird distinct, and to admit of the distinctness of the Trinidad from the Venezuelan bird ; but I must say that questions of such nicety can only be settled by an examination of very different materials from those before me. Many specimens, with exact localities, with sexes properly determined and date of capture recorded, ai-e essential for their discrimination, and not a mass of trade skins with none of this necessary information.
Should it prove that only one speciies can be admitted, this should bear the name of A. tobaci (Gm.). notwithstanding Elliot's ajjiilication of the title to an Agyrtria. Count Berlepsch has already dissented froui this determination, and I quite agree with him on this point.
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as " bluish black," which indicates that spociniens of some other species were before him.
Hah. Trinidad.
a~c. Ad. sk. Trinidad. Salvin-Godman, Gould,
& Sclater Colls. (/-/(. Ad. sk. (Skinsof Trinidad make.) Gould Coll.
27. Amazilia tohaci.
Tobaofo Humming- Bird, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. (2) p. 781.
Troohilus tobaci, Gm. Syst. Nut. i. p. 4'J8 (nee Agvrtria tobaci,
Elliot). Trochilus tobagensis, Lath. Ind. Oni. p. 316. Trochilus erythronotus, Jard. Ann. ^- May. N. H. xx. p. 374.
Adult. Very similar to that oiA. erythronota, but rather larger, the bill longer, and the tail more deeply forked : upper tail-coverts rich purple : proximal under tail-coverts purple with bronzy-green tips, distal purple, all with dusky edges. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-1, tail 1-4, bill 0-85.
Very doubtfully distinct from A. erythronota, but now kept sepa- rate pending the receipt of additional specimens.
Ifah. Tobago.
a. Ad. sk. Tobago (Kirk). Gould Coll.
b, c. Ad. sk. Tobago ? Gould Coll.
28. Amazilia feliciae.
Ornismya feliciae, Lcxs. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 72.
Ornismya feliciana, Les.'t. Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 4-'!3.
Chlorestes y. Saucerottia felicipe. Reich. Atifz. d. Col. p. 7.
Saucerottia felicife, B}}. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 25o.
Chlorestes feliciae, Reich. Troch. Eman. p. 4, pi. 697. ff. 4556-7.
Erythronota feliciffi, Gould, Man. Troch. v. pi. 317 (Sept. 1849); id.
Intr. Troch. p. 161 ; Scl. 8>- Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 629 ; Eudes-I)esl.
Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 422. Hemithvlaca feliciae, Cah. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. .38 ; Heine,
J.f. brn. 18C3, p. 192. Ariana feliciae, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 36 ; Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 325, iv. p. 185 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Li/on, xxii.
p. 207. Polytmus felicite, Crray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 132. Amazilia feliciae, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 234 (P).
Aihdt. Similar to A. erythronota, but with the tail rather brighter steel-blue.
Most of Dyson's specimens, and one marked " Orinoco " by Gould, have the under tail-coverts reddish chestnut ; but one of the former has a feather reddish on one side of the shaft and purple on the other ! This shows how little value can be attached to this character. Another specimen (without locality) has the outermost
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rectrix but oiie on one side only purple, the rest being of the normal colour. This feather I suppose to be an old one, altered by exposure to light.
The colour of the back in this bird varies from reddish coppery to green, and it is quite the exception to find a specimen as green as represented in Gould's plate. The lighter brighter tail alone seems to separate A. felicice from A. erythrnnota ; but the difference is so slight rhat it is more than probable that both these birds and A. tohaci will have to be placed under one specific name.
The specimen mentioned by Gould as having purple tips to the lateral rectrices is immature.
Hah. Venezuela.
a, b. Ad. sk. Venezuela. E. Dyson ^C.].
c-e. Ad. sk. Venezuela {Dyson). Gould Coll.
/. Ad. sk. Venezuela, Gould Coll.
y. Juv. sk. Orinoco. Gould Coll.
/(-/. Ad.sk. Caracas, Venezuela (irtH.s- Could Coll.
berg).
k. Ad. sk. Santa Cruz de Orinoco, Prov. Gould Coll.
Barcelona, Venezuela.
I. Ad. sk. Venezuela (Gueriny). Salvin-Godnian ColL
tn. Ad. sk. Venezuela. Sclater Coll.
n.o. Ad.sk. Y (iould Coll.
29. Amazilia elegans.
Ervthronota ? elegans, Gndd, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 307.
Erytlironota elegans, Goidd, Mon. Troch. y. pi. :i20 (Sept. 1861);
id. Intr. Truck, p. 162. Erasinia elegans, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 101. Arania elegans, Muls. S^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. .'iO. Sporadinus iucertus, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Sloue/ies, ii. p. 76 ; Eudes-
Desl. Ann. Mus. Cafn, i. p. 505. Amazilia elegans, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 226 ; Shirpe in Gould's Muh.
Troch. Suppl. (March 1887).
Adult. Similar to that of A. erytkronofa, but of a brighter, more golden glittering green ; bill shorter and moi'e slender ; tail dark purple-bronze (not steel-blue) and more deeply forked ; under tail- coverts bronzy green edged with dusky white.
Hab. Unknown.
a. Ad. sk. ? Gould ColL
(Type of the species.)
30. Amazilia cyanifrons.
Trochilus cyanifrons, Bourc. Ann. 8<\ Phi/s. et Nat. Lynn, vi. p. 42
(1843); id. Eer. Zool. 1843, p. 100. Thalurania cyanifrons, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 77. Chlorestes y. Saucerottia cyanifron.'^, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8. Saucerottia cyanifrau.s, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 1o5 ; Gould, Mon,
q2
228 TROciiii.i.
Trodi. V. pi. ;12.3 (Sept. 18r,6); Scl Cat. Am. 5. p. 815 ; Wyatt,
Ibis, 1871, p. 378 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 430. ^ Chlorestes cyanifrons, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pi. 701. ff. 4571-2. Hemithylaca cyauifrons, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 39 ; Oould,
Intr. Troch. p. 163. Eratopis cyanifrons, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 191. Ariaiia cyanifrons, Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 36 ; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 332, iv. p. 185 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon,
xxii. p. 207. Polytmus cyanifrons, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 131. Amazilia cvanifrons, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 225 ; Berl. J. f. Orn.
1884, p. 312. Pyrrophaena cyanifrons, Bcrl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 332.
Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy green, shading into dusky on the rump and shorter tail-coverts, and then into steel-blue on the longer coverts ; crown shining dark blue ; under surface glittering grass-green ; under tail-coverts dusky, washed with a shade of blue and edged with whitish ; tail steel-blue : maxilla black : mandible flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 3"7 inches, wing 2-2, tail 1-3, bill 7'05.
Female. kSimilar to the male, but with the' crown duller blue and the under surface duller green.
Hab. Colombia.
a, b. 2 ^^- sk. Herradura, Colombia ( Wyatt). Salvin-Godmaii Coll. c~l. (S &d. • ni-p. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godnian &
2 ad. sk. Gould Colls.
56. FLORICOLA.
Type.
Floricola, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 82 (1879) F. longirostris.
Ileliomaster, auct., nee Bp. Heliomastes, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251.
Ranr/e. Southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Amazons Valley, Guiana.
Key to the Species.
a. Crown glittering bluish green.
«'. Under tail-coverts brownish black tipped with
white lonyirostris, p. 229.
b' . Under tail-coverts greyish white albicrissa, p. 231.
h. Crown bronzy green like the back.
c. Glittering fiery spot of the throat wide, chin
narrowly black constanti, p, 231.
d' . Glittering fiery spot of the throat narrow,
chin broadly black leocardice, p. 232.
56. FLOKICOLA. 229
1. Floricola longirostris.
Oiseaux-Mouche a loug- Bee, And. Ois. Dor. i. p. 12S, jil. 59. Trochilus lons-irostris, Vieill. N. Diet. oC Hist. .lV. vii. p. ;J66 ; id. Enc.
Meth. p. 5GG ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 137. Trochilus superbus, Shaw, Nat. Misc. xiii. pi. 5] 7 ; id. Gen. Zool.
viii. p. .32.3, pi. 41. f. 2 ; id. PL Col. 299. f. 1 ; Less. hid. Gen.
Troch. p. xix. Ornismya superba. Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxv, 40, pi. 2 ;
id. Supjil. Ois.-Mouches, p. 164, pi. 33. Ornism_ya longirostris, d'Orb. S^ Lafr. 8yn. Av. ii. p. 29. Ileliomaster longirostris, L'p. C'o/isp. Av. i. p. 70; Gould, Mon. Troch.
iv. pi. 259 (May 1853) ; id. Int.r. Troch p. 138 ; id. P. Z. S. 1870,
p. 803; Scl. P. Z. 8. 1856, p. 140, 1857, p. 16; id. Cat. Am. B.
p. 310; Salv. Ibis, 1860, pp. 195, 263, 276, 1869, p. 316, 1885,
p. 435; id. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 155, 1870, p. 210; Cab. Sf Heine, Mit.s.
Hein. iii. p. 54 ; E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 1863, p. 92 ; Peh. Orn. Bras.
p. 31; Lajur. Ann. Lye. N'. Y. ix. p. 126; Fiiisch, P. Z. S. 1870,
p. 562 ; Scl. ^- Sah: P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 753, 979, 1873, p. 288,
1879, p. 530 ; Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 215 ; Elliot,
Ibis, 1877, p. 138; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 38; Perl. J.f. Orn.
1887, p. 321. Selaspliorus y. Heliomaster longirostris, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13. Heliomastes longirostris, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251 ; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 271, iv. p. 211. Ileliomaster sclateri, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 54 ; Sol. Cat.
Am. B. p. 310 ; Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 139 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y.
viii. p. 4, ix. p. ] 26. Heliomaster pallidiceps, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 139 ; Scl. Cat. Am.
B. p. 310; Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 205, 1869, p. 316, 1872, p. 320; id.
Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 367 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 126 ;
id. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus, no. 4, p. 32 ; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 27 ;
Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 275, iv. p. 211 ; id. Ann. Soc.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 215. Heliomaster stewartse, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 291 ; Gould,
Ibis, 1860, p. 309 ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 138 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 310:
Scl. 8f Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 365. Trocbilus stuartee, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 137. Mellisuga longirostris, Leotaud, Ois. Trin. p. 147. Trocbilus pallidiceps. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 137. Floricola longirostris, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 83.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, tinged with bronze on the nape and upper tail-coverts ; an irregular white ])atch on the lower back ; crown glittering bluish green, a post- ocular spot, rictal stripe, a patch on the flanks, and middle of the abdomen pure white ; chin black ; a large gular patch glittering rosy red ; breast and sides of the abdomen grey, flanks tinged with shining green ; under tail-coverts greyish at the base, a wide sub- terminal greenish-black band, and tips white ; tail, central rectrices bronzy green, rest greenish at the base, steel-blue towards the end, and tipped with white ; bill black. Total length about 4-6 inches, wing 2-6, tail 1-2.5, bill 1-4.5.
Female. Crown like the back, rictal stripe wider, throat black,
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each feather edged with white, and sometimes interspersed with glittering red feathers.
Younq males are like the female, the rosy-red feathers of the throat gradually increase in number, and generally become fully developed before the glittering feathers of the crown appear.
Of the names given to this bird //. lonc/irostris applies to that of Venezuela, Trinidad, and the whole of the Amazons region and Guiana, //. steivarto' to that of Colombia, H. sdateri to that of Costa Kica, and H. pallidiceiis to that of Mexico. The only one of these that appears to have any substantial claims to recognition is the last. The paler green, less blue crown are said to distinguish it, and certainly the Mexican birds have this distinctive character when compared with others of the typical Trinidad form. But the transition between one and the other seems complete.
Hah. Mexico, southwards to Colombia, Venezuela, Guiana, and the Amazons Valley.
a. S ad. sk.
Jalapa, Mexico {de Oca). Gould Coll.
(Type of H. palluliceps, Gould.)
b. c? ad. sk. Oaxaca, Mexico (Boucard).
c. cJ juv. sk. Mexico.
d. e. (S ad. sk. Sierra de San Domingo, Teh-
uantepec, Mexico, April
{W. B. Richardson), f 9 ad. sk. Santana, Peten, April 1862
(O. S.). g, h. S ad. sk. Las Salinas, Guatemala
(O. S.). i.j. J ad. ; i, /. 9 Retalhuleu, Guatemala, Sept.
ad.sk. (O.S.).
m. d ad. ; n. $ ad. Duenas, Guatemala, Nov.
sk. (0. S.).
o-q. (S ad. sk. Guatemala.
r, s. S ad. ; t. S Chontales, Nicaragua ( T.
juv. sk. Belt).
u. (S juv. sk. Bebedero, Nicoya, Costa
Rica (Arce). V. cJad.;?r. Jad. sk. Tucurriqui, Costa Rica (^4rcc).
X, y. S ad. sk. 2. S ad. ; al. J
juv. sk. h' . S ad. sk.
c. 2 ad. sk. d'. S juv. sk.
e'jf. S ad. sk.
«-/'. c^ juv. sk. h', i S ad. sk. j'-V S juv. sk.
m'. S ad. sk. n'. cT ad. sik.
Chiriqui {A7-ce).
Cordillera del Chucu, Pana- ma (AiTc).
Lagima de Castillo, Panama (Arc^).
Chitra, Panama (Arce).
Cordillera de Tole, Panama (Arce).
Calovevora, Panama (Arce).
Santa Fe, Panama (Arce). Veraguas ( Warszewiez). Lion Hill, Panama {Mc-
Leannan). Panama Railway (Aitc). I'araiso Station, Panama
(Aire).
Gould Coll. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin - Godman &
Sclater Coils. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll. Salvin - Godman &
Sclater Colls. Salvin-Godman Coll. Siilvin-Godman Coll.
50. laoRicoLA.
231
o'. J ad. sk.
p'. cJad. ; q'. 5 ad.
8k. r'-u. S ad. ; v' . 5
ad. sk. iv' . 5 ad. sk.
.(•'. cJ juv. sk. y, s'.'c? juv. 8k. «"-e". (J ad. sk.
d". S juv. sk.
e". S juv. sk.
/■' $ ad. sk.
<j" , h" . (5 ad. sk.
i"-l" c? ad. ; m" . S juv. sk.
Gliepo, Panama (^Arve). Baranquilla, Colombia {Hip-
pon). Colombia (Bogota make).
Balzar Mts., W. Ecuador
illlingworth). Canelos, Ecuador (Buckley). Napo, Ecuador {Jameson). Pebas, Amazons, 20 April
(J. Hau.iicell). Iquitos, Amazons, Oct. {H.
Whit el y). Engeuhu do Gama, Matto
Grosso, Sept. (/. Natterer). Merume Mts., Brit. Guiana,
July (//. Whitely). liuraima, Brit. Guiana, Oct.
& Nov. {H. JV.). Triuidad.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Sclater CoU.
Salvin-Godman,
G ould, & SclaterOolls.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll. Gould Coll. Salvin - Godman Sc
Gould Colls. Salvin-Godmau Coll.
Salvin-Godman ColL
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godmau Coll.
Savin - Godman & Gould Colls.
2. Floricola albicrissa.
Ileliomaster albicrissa, Gould, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 504 ; Muh. Ann.
8oc. Linn. Li/on, xxii. p. 215 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 745 ; Berl.
& Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 567, 1885, p. 105 ; Shcirpe in Gould's
Mun. Troch. Stippl. (April 1885). Ileliomastes albicrissa, Mtils. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 274. Floricola albicrissa, Jilliot, Syn. Troch. p. 8o.
Very similar to F. longirostris, but with the crown paler glitter- ing bluish green, almost as in Mexican specimens ; the gular spot redder, less rosy, and the under tail-coverts greyish white.
Hal). Ecuador.
a. c? ad. sk. Citado, Ecuador [Buckley).
b. S ad. sk. Ecuador.
c. (S juv. sk. Ecuador.
Gould Coll. (Type of the species.) Purchased. Salvin-Godman Coll.
4. Floricola constant!.
Trochilus constant!, Delattre, Echo du Monde Savant, 1843, p. 10G9. Selasphorus y. Ileliomaster constanti, lieich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13. Ileliomastes constanti,//;;. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251; Mids. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mduches, ii. p. 209, pi. 57, iv. p. 210. Ileliomaster constanti, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 2G0 (Mav 1853) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 140 ; Scl. Sf Sale. Ibis, 1859, p. 129 ; Salv. Ibis,
1860, p. 263 ; id. Cat. Strickl. CoU. p. 367 ; Cab. l^ Heine, Mus. Ilein.
iii. p. 54; Muls. ^- Terr. Class. Troch. p. 26; Lawr. Ann. Lye.
N. Y. ix. p; 126 ; id. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 32 ; o. Frantz.
J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 317 ; Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 26. Floric-ula constanti, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 84.
Adult male. Upper surface, including the crown, ehining bronzy
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green ; an irregular white patch on the rump ; a white rirtal stripe on either side of a glittering tiery-red throat ; chin black, the feathers as well as those of the gular spot edged with dusky white; middle of the abdomen white ; rest of the under surface grey, flanks tinged ■with shining green and with a white patch ; under tail-coverts dusky brown tipped with white, central rectrices bronzy green, lateral with a wide subterminal black band, white tips, and greyish at the base on the inner webs ; bill black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 2-7, tail 1"45, bill 1'5.
Female. Like the male, but the bright gular spot cither smaller or altogether absent.
J-Jah. Central America, from Guatemala to Costa llica.
a. 5 ad. sk.
b-d. cJ ad.; e. Juv.
sk. t, (]. (S ad. ; /i, /'.
Juv. sk.
San Gerouimo, Guatemala, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Nov. 1860 (O. S.). Guatemala.
Brbedero, Nicoya, Costa liica (Arce).
SalviD-Godnian Goald CoUs.
Salvin-Godman Sclater Colls.
&
4. Floricola leocardise.
Trochilus leocardias, L'ourc. Ann. Sc. Phijs. et Nat. Lyon, (2) iv.
p. Ul (1802). Heliomaster pinicola, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 261 (May 1853) ;
de Oca, La Nat. i. p. 299. Selasplioriis y. Heliomaster pinicola, Eeich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13. Heliomastes leoeardia, Bjj. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251. Heliomaster leocardise, Gould, Lntr. Troch. p. 140 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B.
p. 310 ; Muh. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 26 ; Latvr. Mem. Bost.
Soc. N. H. ii. p. 292 ; id. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 32 ; Muls.
A717/. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 26. P'loricola leocardiaj, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 84. Heliomastes leocardise, Muls. Llist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 276.
Very like P. constanti, but with the fiery gular spot much smaller, the black of the chin spreading further down. Hah. Mexico, chiefly on the western side.
a. S juv. sk.
b. S ad. sk.
c,d. S .juv.; e,f. 2 ad. ; ff, h. Juv. sk. i. c? ad. sk.
;, k. c? ad. sk.
/. J ad. sk.
m. d ad. sk.
n. S ad. sk.
Sien-a de Alamos, Sonora,
May ( W. Lloyd). Presidio de Mazatlan,
Mexico, Feb. {A.jF(»-rer). Bolaiios, Jalisco, Feb. ( W.
B. Richardson). Valley of Mexico (Le
Strange). Dos Arroyos, Giierrero,Sept.
& Oct.(Mrs.ILH.Smith). li'io Papagaio, Guerrero, Oct.
(Mrs. H. H.S.). Alto de Camaron, Guerrero,
Oct. (Mrs. H. II. S.). "S'enta de Pelegrino, Guer- rero, Oct. (Mrs.H.n.S.).
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll, Sahin-Ciodnian Coll,
57. CTAxoriiAiA. 233
o. (^ ad.; p. (S jiiv. ; Mcxii-o (Floresi). (4ould Coll.
q. $ ad. sk. (Types of H. pinicola, Gould.)
r. (S ad. ; s-u. c? Mexico (Fhresi). ' Gould Coll.
juv. sk. V. c? juv. sk. Cbimalapa, Tehuaiitepec, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Mar. ( W.B. Richardson).
57. CYANOPHAIA.
Type.
Cyanophaia, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10 (1854).
Lepidopyga, Reich. Troch. Eiium. p. 7.
Chlorolainpis (Emilia), Muls. (§• Verr. Class. Troch. p. 41
(I860) C. goudoti.
KcuKje. Colombia, including the State of Panama ; Costa Rica.
Key to the Species.
a. Throat and chest, glittering violet-blue ; ab- domen shining green cceruleigalaris, p. 233.
h. Throat, chest, and abdomen glittering golden or bluish green. a'. Under surface glittering golden green ;
under tail-coverts green, edged with white, goudoti, p. 234. b'. I'nder surface glittering bluish green ; under
tail-coverts dark green, edged with grey. . luminosa, p. 235.
1. Cyanophaia csemleigularis.
Trochilus ( ?) cseruleigularis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 163.
Trochilus duchaissingii, Bourc. Compt. Rend, xxxii. p. 187 (1851). Ilylocharis /3. Cyanophaia duchaissingi, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10. Agyrh'ia S. Cyanochloris casruleigularis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10. Hylocharis ^3. Cyanophaia CEerulescens, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10 ;
id. Troch. Enum. p. 8, pi. 770. f. 4785. Sapphironia duchais.singi, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 256. Sapphironia cferuleigularis, L'p. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 256 ; Gould, Mon.
Troch. V. pi. 34(3 (May 1860); id. Intr. Troch. p. 172; Scl. \-
Salv. P. Z. S. 18G4, p. 365 ; iialv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 156, 1870,
p. 211, 1883, p. 425; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 128; Wyatt,
Ibi.% 1871, p. 378. Agvrtria y. Lepidopvgia cteruleogularis, Reich. Troch. Emim. p. 7,
pi. 764. ff. 4768-70. Thalurania cai'lina, Bourc. Rev. Zool. 1856, p. 552. Lepidopygia caeruleigularis, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 40 ;
Mnls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Motiches, ii. p. 68, iv. p. Vdl ■,-id. Ann. Soc.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 208. Ilylocharis caeruleigularis, Muls. S,- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 38. Polytmus csendeogularis. Gray, Haud-l. B. i. p. 131. Cyanophaia C£eruleigularis, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 238 ; Eudes-Desl.
Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 494.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green ; throat and chest glittering violet-blue, shading into glittering green on the sides;
234 TROCIIILI.
abdomen shining green ; under tail-coverts shining green, edged with white ; tail steel-blue, the middle rectrices bronzy green : maxilla black ; mandible flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 1'9; tail, central rectrices 1, lateral 1'35 ; bill 0-85.
Female. Upper siirface shining green, crown darker ; under surface white, sides of the neck washed with bluish green, the chest and flanks with green ; under tail-coverts nearly white, with in- distinct greenish discs ; tail steel-blue, the lateral rectrices tipped with greyish wliite, the middle rectrices above green like the back.
Hah. Northern Colombia, Panama, and Costa Eica.
a. S ad. sk. Costa Eica. Gould Coll. (Type
of species.) I. J ad. sk. Lagujia del Castillo, Panama Salviu-Godman Coll.
(Arce). c, d. iS ad. sk. Castillo {Arce). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. e. 2 fid. sk. Cordillera del Chucu {Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
f-i. c? ad. sk. Calobre {Arce). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. j. 2 ad. sk. Santa Fe {Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
k. (S ad.sk. \eYix^\xn.»{Warszetviez). (iould Coll.
I. S ad. sk. Paraiso Station, Panama Salviu-Godman Coll.
{Huf/hes). m. (S ad. sk. Lieu Hill Station {McLean- Salvin-Godman Coll.
nan). n. 2 ad. sk. Colon (A. II. Mavkhmn). Salvin-Godman Coll.
o. cS ad. sk. ? Gould Coll.
2. Cyanophaia goudoti.
Trochilus goudoti, Bourc. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 100 ; id. Ann. Sc. Phys.
et Nat. Lyon, vi. p. 47 (1843). Saucerottia goudoti, Bp. C'onsp. Av. i. p. 77. Agyrtria b. Chalybura goudoti, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10. Hylocharis goudoti, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1804, p. 2o5. Agyrtria y. Lepidopygia goudoti, Reich. Trorh. Emim. p. 7, pi. 763.
ft". 4765-6. Sapphironia goudoti, Gould, Man. Troch. v. pi. 345 (May 1860) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 172. Lepidopygia goudoti. Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 41 ; 8cl. Cat.
Am. B. p. 317 ; Berl. J. f. Orn. 1887, p. 333. Chrysolampis (Emilia) goudoti, Muls. 4* Verr. Class. Troch, j). 41. Emilia goudoti, Muls. Hifit. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 64 ; id. Ann.
Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 208. Polytmus goudoti, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 131. Cyanophaia goudoti, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 239 ; Eiules-Desl. Ann.
Mus. Caen, i. p. 496.
A(hdt male. Upper surface shining golden green ; under surface glittering golden green, the middle of the throat tinged with bluish green ; under tail-coverts shining green, edged with white ; tail steel-blue, the middle rectrices above bronzy green : maxilla black ;
58. DAMOPHILA. 235
mandible flesli-colour, the tip black. Tutiil length aljout 3() inches, wing 2 ; tail, central rectrices 0-9, lateral 1"3.
Female ? Similar to the male, but with the middle of the abdomen white, and the under tail-coverts nearly pure white.
I am not sure that the birds described as females mti}^ not be immature males. If so, the true female of this species is unknown to me.
Hah. Colombia.
a-l. cJ ad. ; m. (j" juv. ; Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman & n,o. 5? ad. sk. Gould Colls.
3. Cyanophaia luminosa.
Sapphironia lumino.'fa, Laim: Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 458. Lepidopygia \\x\mno?a., Heine, J. f. Orn. 18(33, p. 19-1; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 87. Cyanophaia luminosa, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 339; Eudes-Desl. Ann.
'Mus. Caen, i. p. 498 ; £erl. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mm. xi. p. 563. Emilia luminosa, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. :i08. Cyanophaia Cieruleigularis, Ridyw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 319
{partim, Jide Boiepsch).
" Upper plumage glittering grass-green, inclining to golden on the rump, the crown not so bright and of a very deep green ; entire under surface of a very brilliant bluish green, the sides of the neck golden-orange ; tail forked and of a rich steel-blue, the two middle feathers green like the rump, the next feather bronzed on the outer web at the end ; wings dull purple ; under tail-coverts deep green, very narrowly edged with bluish white ; thighs clothed with groyish- Avhite feathers : upper mandible black, under yellowish, with the end black ; feet and claws black. Length 3-75 inches, wing 1"85, bill 0-73, tail l-2o.
"Hab. Colombia." (Laiurence, I. s. c.)
I am unacquainted with this bird, which appears to be closely related to C. goudoti, but recognized as distinct by Count v. Berlepsch.
58. DAMOPHILA.
Type.
Coeligena ^. Damophila, Rnch. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7 D. juliae.
Juliamyia, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255.
Range. Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador,
Damophila has been applied by Elliot and others to TrocJiilus amabilis, Gould ; but, on the whole, it seems better to keep it for this genus and use Heine's title Pohjcrata for T. amabilis. The question may be argued either way, but I prefer to use these names in the same sense as Count Berlepsch.
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Ki-y to the Sj.iecies.
a. Crown glittering green like the throat jntirp, p. 236.
b. Crown shining green like the back panameiisis, p. 237.
1. Damophila juliae.
Omismyia Julie, Bourc. Bcv. Zool. 1842, p. 373 ; id. Ann. Sc. Phys. et
Nat." Lyon, v. p. 345, pi. 21 (1842). Ornismyia feliciana. Less. Ilei\ Zool. 1844, p. 433. Coeligena (3. Damophila julia, Reich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 7 ; id. Troch.
Enum. p. 3, pi. 681. ff. 4494-5. Juliamyia typica, Bp. Rev. Zool. 18o4, p. 255; Gould, Mon. Troch. v.
pi. 337 (Sept. 1859) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 168 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860,
pp. 253, 296; Scl. ^- Salv.P.Z.S. 1879, p. 530; Berl. Pr. U.S.
Nat. Mus. xi. p. 563. Juliamyia julife, Cass. Pr. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 194; Eudes-Desl.
Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 463. Damo])hila julia, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 40; Scl. Cat. Am.
B. p. 316; Keine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 194; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871,
p. 378 ; Mills. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 56, pi. 34, iv. p. 193 ;
id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 208 ; Berl. J. f. Orn. 1884,
p. 312, 1887, p. 333. Juliamya feliciana, Goidd, Intr. Troch. p. 168 ; Berl. ^ Tacz. P. Z. S.
1883, p. 568, 1884, p. 306 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 233 ; Eudes- Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 466. Damophila feliciana, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 316 ; Heine, J. f. Orn.
1863, p. 193 ; Muls. <^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 38 ; Mtils. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 00, iv. p. 193 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 208.
Hylocharis feliciana, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 151. Hyiocharis juliae, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 151.
Adult male. Upper surface shining green, shading into bronzy- green on the lower back and upper tail-coverts : crown and throat glittering grass-green ; entire abdomen glittering violet-blue ; under tail-coverts and tail steel-blue : maxilla black ; mandible flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 3-2 inches, wing 1-65, tail 1-2, bill 0-65.
Female. Upper surface shining grass-green ; under surface greyish white ; under tail-coverts dusky ; tail steel-blue, lateral rectrices tipped with grey.
Hab. Colombia, Isthmus of Darien, and Ecuador.
a, h. S ad. ; c. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman &
2 ad. sk. Gould Colls.
d, e. (S ad. sk. Balzar Mts., Ecuador {Illiny- Salvin-Godman Coll.
2Corth).
f. cJ ad. ; g. J Guayaquil, Ecuador (Z)(?to</'/'e). Salvin-Godman &
juv. ; h. $ ad. Gould Colls.
sk.
i, j. S ad. ; k. Babahoyo, Ecuador {Eraser). Gould & Sclatcr
■ 2 ad. sk. Colls.
l~n. d ad. sk. [Ecuador.] Gould Coll.
59. POLYERATA. 237
2. Damophila panamensis.
Juliamyia typica, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 292 (iiec Bp.), ix.
p. 128 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 233. Damophila julia, Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 365 ; Salv. P. Z. S.
1870, p. 211 {7iec Bourc). Damophila T^&n^iVaensis,, Berl. J. f. Orn. 1884, p. 313; id. Pr. U.S.
Nat. Mus. xi. p. 563.
Adult male. Very similar to that of D. Jul ice, but with the crown shining green like the back, not glittering like the throat. Ilab. Isthmus of Panama.
a-d. cJ ad.; e,f. Lion Hill, Panama {Mc- Salvin-Godman, Sclater,
2 ad. sk. Leannan). & Gould Colls.
g. (S ad. ; h. J Paraiso Station, Panama Salvin-Godman CoU. ad. sk. (Hiiff/ies).
i,j. c?ad. ; k. Line of Railway, Panama Salvin-Godman & Gould
2 ad. sk. {Arce). ' Colls.
I. c? ad. sk. Chepo, Panama {Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
59. POLYERATA.
Type.
Polyerata, Heine, J.f. Orn. 18G3, p. 194 P. amabilis.
Cceligena /3. Damophila, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7(partim). Damophila, Gotdd, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 341 (1859) ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 233.
Range. Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador.
Key to the Species.
a. Bill short ; crown glittering green ; upper tail-
coverts purple-bronze amahilis, p. 237.
b. Bill longer ; crown and nape glittering green ; upper
tail-coverts dark shining green decora, p. 238.
1. Polyerata amabilis.
Trochilus ( ?) amabilis, Goidd, P. Z.S. 1851, p. 115.
Cceligena /3. Damophila amabilis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7 ; id Troch.
Enum. p. 3, pi. 681. ff. 4496-7. Juliamyia amabilis, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860,
p. 296. Damophila amabilis, CJoidd, Mon. Troch. v. p. 341 (Sept. 1859) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 170; Cab. ^- Heine, 3Im. Hein. iii. p. 40; Lawr.
Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 292, ix. p. 128 ; Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1864,
p. 365, 1879, p. 5.30 ; Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 38; Bouc.
P. Z. S. 1878, p. 71 ; Elliot, Stjn. Troch. p. 234 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann.
Mns. Caen, i. p. 467. Polyerata amabilis, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 104; Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 52, iv. p. 193; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 208; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1884, p. 312, 1887, p. 333. llylocharis amabilis, Gr-ay, Hand-l. B. i. p. 150.
Adult male. Upj)er surface shining grass-green ; upper tail-
238 TKocnjLi.
coverts purple-bronze ; crown aud sides of the throat glittering green, middle of the throat black ; breast glittering blue; abdomen gre)- ; flanks green ; under tail-coverts dark fuscous, edged with whitish grey, central rectrices reddish bronze, lateral steel-blue : maxilla black ; mandible, except the tip, flesh-colour. Total length about :3-i) inches, wing 2-1, tail 1-15, bill 0-8.
Adult female. Upper surface, including the crown, shining grass- green : upper tail-coverts and central rectrices as in the male ; under surface greyish white, each feather of the throat with a green discal spot : lateral rectrices tipped with greyish white.
Hdh. Costa llica and Panama (except Chiriqui) ; Colombia and Ecuador.
a, b. cS ad. ; c. Costa Rica {Eiulres). Salvin-Ciodman &
$ ad. .«k. Gould Colls.
d, e. S ad. sk. Line of Railway, Panama Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Arce). f,g. d' ad. ; h, Lion Hill, Panama {Arce). Salvin-Godoian, Gould,
V. 2 ad. sk. & Sclater Colls.
/, k. S ad. sk. Paraiso Station, Panama Salvin-Godman Coll.
( Huyhes ) . I. tS ad. ; m. 2 Chepo, Panama {Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. n. (S ad. sk. Antioquia. Colombia {Sal- Salvin-Godman Cob.
iiKin). o. (S ad. sk. Quindiu Mts., Colombia Gould Coll.
( Warszewiez). t>-t. (S ad. ; u. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman &
cJ juv. ; V, ir. Gould Colls.
2 ad. sk. .r,«/. cj ad. sk. Esmeraldas, Ecuador Gould Coll.
( Fra.^er). z. S ad. .sk. Balzar Mts., Ecuador ('/////(/y- Salvin-Godman Coll.
irorth ).
2. Polyerata decora. Damophila amabilis, Sah. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 211 {nee Gnuld).
Adult male. Similar to that of P. amalnJis, but the bill longer, the glittering feathers of the crown extended to the nape, and the upper tail-coverts and central rectrices dark shining green, without reddish or purple shade. Length of bill l-l inch.
Adult female has also a long bill, and upper tail-coverts and central rectrices dark green without purple shade.
I have long hesitated to separate this bird from P. amabilis, but am now convinced of its distinctness. Its range is probably very restricted, and confined to the western slopes of the Volcano of Chiriqui. On the eastern side the range of P. amabilis is probably continuous from Costa Rica to Panama.
Hab. Chiriqui.
a, b. d ad. ; c. 2 Vulcan de Chiriqui {Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. ad.sk. (Types of species.)
d, e. (S ad. sk. Bugaba, Chiriqui {ArcPj. Gmdd Coll.
GO. EUCEPHALA. 239
60. EUCEPHALA.
Type,
Hylocliaris y. Eucephala, Reich. Auf. d. Col. p. 10 E. grayi.
Chlorestes, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7 E. cserulea.
Chrysolampis (Ilalia), Muh. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 41. . E. cserulea. Ulysses, Muh. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 208 ; id.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 41 E. grayi.
lianr/e. Tropical South America.
Kei/ to the Species.
a. Crown glitterin<r blue ffi'C!/>, P- 239.
b. Crowu glitteriuy- greenish blue.
a'. Throat and breast glittering green smaraffdinea, p. 240.
b'. Throat and breast ghttering bluish green. . p.V'opi/ffia, p. 241.
c. Crown glittering green chlorucephala, p. 241.
c. Under surface glittering golden green.
a" . Larger ccerulea, p. 241 .
b". Smaller cijanoyenys, p. 243.
d. Crown dull dark green.
d' . Throat and breast glittering bluish gr^'en. c" . Central rectrices steel-blue ; sides of the
interseapulium blue scapidata, p. 243,
d" Central rectrices purple-bronze ; inter-
scapiiUuni wholly green cmndeo-lavata, p. 244.
e' . Throat and breast glitteiing blue.
e" . Upper tail-coverts reddish bronze h>ij)oc]ian€a, p. 244.
f". Upper tail-coverts dull green suhcccrulea , p. 244.
1 . Eucephala grayi.
Trochilus grayi, Delattrc ^- Bourc. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. .307. Hvlocbaris gravi, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 74 ; Mids. Sf Verr. Class,
'Troch. p. 38 ;■ Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 148. Hvlocbaris y. Eucephala gravi, Reich. Avfz.d. Col. p. 10; id. Troch.
'Enum p. 8, pi. 772. ff. 4789-91. Sapphironia grayi, Bp. R. Z. 1854, p. 256. Eucephala grayi, Gould, Man. Troch. v. pi. 330 (Sept. 1857) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 166 ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mas. Hein. iii. p. 43 ; Scl. Cat.
Am. B. p. 316; Elliot, Ibis, 1874, p. 88; id. Syn. Troch. p. 228;
Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mtis. Caen, i. p. 451. Ulysses grayi, Mids. Hist. Aat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 41, iv. p. 192 ; id.
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 208.
Adult male. Upper surface shining golden green ; crown and entire head glittering blue ; rest of tlie under surface glittering golden green ; under tail-coverts dull green, edged with greyish white : tail steel-blue : bill flesh-colour at the base, black at the tip. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2'35, tail 1-3, bill I'l.
Female. Upper surface shining golden green, dull on the crown ; under surface greyish white, the feathers of the sides of the neck and flanks with sliiuing green discs ; under tail-coverts grej-ish
240 TRoctiirj.
white ; tail steel-blue, the lutoral feathers with greyish-white tips ; maxilla black, mandible flesh-colour at the base. liab. Ecuador.
a. c? ad. ; b. J ropayan, Colombia (Z*e/««/r). Gould Coll.
ad. sk.
c. (S ad. ; d. J Near Pasto, Colombia {Leh- Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. mnnn).
e. S ad. sk. Iiitac, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
/, g. c? ad. sk. Sarayacu, l^cuador {Buckley). Salviii-Godiuan Coll.
h. cJad.; (■. 2 Ecuador ( r//%owi«). Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk.
j, k. S ad.; /- Ecuador. Salvin-Godman &
n. S jnv. sk. Gould Colls.
2. Eucephala smaragdinea.
Augasma smaragdineum, Gould, P. Z. 8. 1860, p. uOo.
Eucephala smaragdo-cterulea, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. o-'ll (July
18(;i); id. Intr. Troch. p. 106; Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 195;
Bl/iof, Ibis, 1874, p. 88; id. Syn. Troch. p. 220. Cbrysolampis (Eucephala) smaragdocserulea, Muls. Si- Verr. Class.
Troch. p. 41. Eucephala smaragdinea, Muh. Hist. Nat. Ois.-3fouches, ii. p. .37, iv.
p. 101 ; Eudes-De.'<l. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 458. Timolia lerchi, Sato. ^- Godm. Ibis, 1881, p. 596 {nee Muls. ^- Verr.?) ;
Sharjie in Gould's Mon. Troch. Suppl. pi. 57 (April 1885) *.
Adult nude. Upper surface shiniug golden green, rather darker and more bronzj' on the lower back ; crown glittering greenish blue ; under surface glittering green, slightly bluer on the chin ; under tail-coverts dark shining green ; tail steel-blue : maxilla black ; mandible flesh-colour, tip black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2"1 ; tail, centi'al rectrices 1*15, lateral 1-4 ; bill 0-85.
Female. Upper surface shining grass-green ; crown reddish bronze ; under surface, including the under tail-coverts, grey, flanks washed with golden green : lateral rectrices tipped with grey, central pair green with a terminal dark bar.
Young male. Central rectrices tipped with green, tlie lateral with grey.
Hab. Brazil.
* Timolia leuciii. Thahirania lercbi, Muls. 4~ Verr. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lz/ov, xviii. p. 109
(1870-71) ; &(7y. ^- Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 3(i0. Tiuiolia lerchi, Muls. ^ Verr. Cat. Ois.-Mouches, p. 23; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 232. Eucephala lerchi, Elliot, Ibis, 1874, p. 264 ; Mtds. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches,
iv. p. lyi, pi. 120 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 459.
I believe this bird to be the same as Eucephala smaragdinea, but liesitate to unite them from the evidence of the specimens before me. That the specimen described ill ' The Ibis ' (1881, p. fiOfi), and afterwards figured hy Sharpe as Tiiiioliu lerchi, belongs to E. smnragdiiica I am certain, having now compared it with the type of the latter; but I am not .so confident that the first deter- mination was correct.
RD. ErCEPHALA. 241
a. S ad. sk. [Brazil.] Salvin-Goclmau Coll.
h. (S juv. sk. Novo Fribourgo, Prov. Rio, Gould Coll.
Brazil {^Reeves). (Type of species.)
e. $ ad. sk. Brazil. Gould Coll.
3. Eucephala pyropygia.
Eucepliala pyropygia, Salv. ^ Godm. Ibis, 1881, p. 596, pi. 16; Sharpe in Gould's Mon. Troch. Suppl. (Jan. 1883).
Adult male. Upper surface shining golden green, shading into reddish bronze on the ramp and purple-bronze on the upper tail- coverts ; crown glittering bluish green ; breast glittering blue, shading into green on the sides of the neck and middle of the abdomen ; flanks shining green ; under tail-coverts coppery green ; tail steel-blue ; bill black. Total length about 3-4 inches, wing 1'9, tail (nearly even) 1-1, bill 0-9.
Hab. ?
a. (S ad. sk. ? Salvin-Godman Coll. (Type of species.)
4. Eucephala chlorocephala.
Hylocharis ehlorocephalus, Bourc. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 457 ; Bp, Rev,
Zool. 1854, p. 255. Agyi'tria chlorocephala, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 7. Lepidopygia chlorocephala, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 40. Eucephala chlorocephala, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 332 (July 1861);
id. Intr. Troch. p. 166 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1874, p. 88 ; id. Syn. Troch.
p. 231 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 29, iv. p. 189 ; id.
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 208 ; Eudes-Desl. Ami. Mus. Caen,
i. p. 452. Chrysolanipis (Eucephala) chlorocephala, Mids. Sf Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 41.
Adult male. Upper surface shining green, upper tail-coverts slightly tinged with bronze ; crown glittering green, slightly tinged with blue ; under surface glittering grass-green ; longer under tail- coverts dingy white, with dark shafts ; shorter coverts dingy white, with green discs ; tail steel-blue ; bill brown, base of the mandible flesh-colour. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-1 ; tail, central rcctrices 1-1, lateral 1'4; bill 0-95.
Hah. Ecuador?
a. cJ ad. sk. " Guarauda, Ecuador" (J. Bourcier). Gould Coll.
(Tj'pe of species.)
5. Eucepliala cserulea.
L'Oiseau-Mouche a goisier bleu, Aud. Ois. Dor. i. p. 99, pi. 40. Trochilus ca^ruleus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 361 ; id. Enc,
Mcth. p. 563. Ornismya audeberti. Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxx, 164,
pi. 51. Trochilus audeberti. Less. Ind. G6n. Troch. p. xxxvii ; Wied, Beitr,
iv. p. 67. VOL. XVI. R
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Ilylocharis Cffirulea, Gray, G<;n. B. i. p. 114 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 148 ;
'Leot. Ois. Trin. p. 150 (1866) ; Belz. Orn. Bras. p. 33. Thaumatias c?eriileus, Bji. Consp. Av. i. p. 78. Clilorestes cajnilea, Reich. Anfz. d. Col. p. 7; id. Troch. Emon.
]). 4, pi. 69. a. 4534-5 ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mus, Hein. iii. p. 46 ;
Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 196. Hjlocliaris audeberti, Burm. Si/st. Ueb, ii. p. 349. Eiicephala crerulea, Goidd, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 335 (Sept. 1857) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 167 ; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil 1860, p. 194 ; Scl. Cat.
Am. B. p. 316; K C. Taylor, Ibis, 1863, p. 92; Scl. Sf Salv.
P. Z. S. 1866, p. 195, 1867, pp. 684, 753, 979, 1873, p. 289 ; Layard,
Ibis, 1873, p. 388 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1874, p. 89 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 230 ;
Mills. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 31, iv. p. 189 ; id. Ann. Soc.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 208 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 453 ;
Forbes, Ibis, 1881, p. 348 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 40 ; id. Orn. Per.
i. p. 410. Clirysolampis (Ilalia) cserulea, Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 41.
Achilt male. Upper surface dark shining green ; under surface glittering golden green, with a shade of blue on the chin ; iinder tail-coverts shining green ; tail steel-blue : bill black, mandible, except the tip, flesh-colour. Total length about 4 inches, wing 1"9, tail 1-25, bill 0-8.
Female. Under surface white, each feather of the throat with a green discal spot, which becomes smaller towards the chin ; flanks green ; outer rectrix tipped with grey.
Hah. South America generally from Eastern Ecuador, Venezuela, and Guiana to Eastern Brazil ; Trinidad and Tobago.
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a. S ad. sk. |
Ecuador. |
Gould Coll. |
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b. S ad. sk. |
Chamicuros, Amazons {Haux- jvell). |
Gould Coll. |
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c.-q. cJ ad. ; h,i. |
Pebas, Amazons, Feb., Jime, |
Salvin-Godman & |
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'$ ad. sk. |
July [Hauxivell). |
Gould Colls. |
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j-l. S ad. ; m. |
Pebas {Lemert). |
Salvin-Godman & |
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S juv. ; n. 2 |
Gould Colls. |
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ad. sk. |
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o-s. S ad. ; t. |
Iquitos, Amazons, March, |
Salvin-Godman Col] |
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2 ad. sk. |
April, May, Sept. {H. JJTiitely). |
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?<, V. S ad. ; ?t'. |
Para, Amazons {A. R. Wal- |
Salvin-Godman & |
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$ ad. sk. |
lace). |
Gould Colls. |
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X, y- 6 ad. ; z. |
Para, Jan. {E. L. Layard). |
Tweeddale CoU. |
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2 ad. sk. |
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a'. S ad. sk. |
Cayeuue. |
H. C. Rothery [P.], |
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b', c'. S ad. ; d'. |
Cayenne. |
Gould & Sclater |
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e'. 2 ad.sk. |
Colls. |
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f',ff'. dad.; h'. |
Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana, |
Salviu-Godman & |
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2 ad. sk. |
April, Aug., Oct. {H. Wliitely). |
Sclater Colls. |
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i'. S ad.sk. |
Tobago. |
Gould CoU. |
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./'. k . (^ ad. sk. |
Trinidad. |
Salvin-Godman & Gould Colls. |
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I'. (S ad. ; ni. |
Venezuela (Dyson). |
Gould Coll. |
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2 juv. sk. |
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n'. c? ad. sk. |
Caracas. |
E. Dyson fC.]. |
60. ETTCEPHALA.
243
"', p'. S ad. sk. Parahyba do Norte, Brazil Sclater Coll
, , {W. A. Forbes) .
i'-u' ' I ad t' ^^™.^"^J^'^° ( f^- ^- ^■)- Salvin-Godman Coll.
S'ad.sk. Baliia, Brazil. Gould Coll.
W. d ad. St. Eio Claro, Brazil (Jo>/ner). Salyiu-Godman Coll.
6. Eucephala cyanogenys.
TrocLilus cyanogenys, Wkd, Beitr. iv. p. 70 Urmsmya wiedi, Less. Suppl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 150, p]. 26 Irocliilus wiedi. Less. hid. Gen. Troch. p. Asix baucerottia cyanogenys, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 77.
Hylocliaris wiedi, B2). Bev. Zool. 18.54, p 255
Ji^ucephala cyanogenys, Gould, Infr. Troch. p. 167 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1874 lSi''^J^"-nT^ P- 2-31; ^«.fe-Z>..^. Ann. Mus. Ca.nl
Chrysolampis (Eucephala) wiedi, ilfw/s. 4- W. 'c'/as^. rroeA n 41 Eucephala wiedi, 3Ms. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Moi^hes, iy. p. 189 ^' MyJochans cyanogenys, Graij, Kand-l. B. i. p. 148.
Lesson describes the plumage of this bird as foUows :— " Tout le plumage sur le coi;i)s ot la tete brille d'un vert cuivre eclataut. Un
blanche ; mais une temte bleu-lapis regne sur la gorge et 'Lit uu Srt^^^Sr ''^'"'^^^ '' ^^' ' ^^ ^^^^^- ^- ^-« vo5'ri^°n''' ^PP^"^°tly taken from the type, represents a bird SD?cinnpl '"'m "' ^""^ '"'""''• '^^'^ ^^'P^ ^'-^^ b^^'^ l««t, and no obtained '^^^ ^ answering to the description have since been
Ifah. Eastern Brazil.
7. Eucephala scapulata.
Eucephala scapulata, Gould Intr. Troch. f. 166 ; Elliot, Ibk, 1874,
?>S'i,ri^: ietr,^6'^""'- '^''"' ^'- p- ^^^^ ^'^-
Ilylochans scapulata, JJ«fe. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 38.
^'^^f^nale Upper surface dark shining bluish green, darker on the middle of the back and head, shading into bronze on the upper S^r^ .1 -t" "^ *^' interscapuUum blue ; under surface ^Utteriug bluish green ; abdomen blackish, washed with blue • under tail-coverts bronzy brow; tail steel-blue; biU black, the' base 0 the mandible liesh-colour. Total length about 37 inches wing 2 ; tail, central rectrices 1, lateral 1-3 ; bill 0-85. ^hih. Guiana,
«.c? ad.sk. Oyapoc, Cayenne. Gould CoU. (Type of species.)
k2
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8. Eucephala cseruleo-lavata.
Eucepliala cceruleo-lavata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 30(3 ; id. Mon. Troch.Y. pi. 333 (July 1801); id. Intr. Troch. p. 1G6; Elliot, Ibis, 1874, p. 88 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 229 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.- Mouches,\u p. 39, iv. p. 191; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 208 ; Etides-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 459.
Ilylocharis casruleo-lavata, Muls. 8f Verr, Class. Troch. p. 38.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, darker on the crown, ■where a few blue feathers appear, shading into golden bronze on the upper tail-coverts ; under surface glittering bluish green, nearly black on the middle of the abdomen, and shining green on the flanks ; under tail-covei'ts purple-bronze ; tail steel-blue, with a shade of purple, central rectricos above purple-bronze ; bill black, flesh-coloured at the base. Total length about 3'8 inches, wing 2-1 ; tail, central rectrices 1-1, lateral 1'45 ; bill 0-8.
Hah. Brazil.
a, S ad. sk. S. Paolo, Brazil {Reeves). Gould Coll. (Type
of species.)
9. Eucephala hypocyanea.
Eucepliala hypocyanea, Gould, P. Z. S. 18G0, p. 306 ; id. Mon.
Troch. V. pi. 334 (July 1861) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 166; 8cl. ^- Salv.
P. Z. S. 1867, p. 584 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1874, p. 88 ; id. Syn. Troch.
p. 230 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 36, iv. p. 190 ; id.
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 208 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen,
i. p. 457. Hylocliaris hypocyanea, Mids. S," Verr. Class. Troch. p. 38.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, becoming more golden on the lower back and reddish bronze on the upper tail- coverts ; under surface glittering blue, becoming greener on the sides of the neck and flanks ; under tail-coverts bronzy green ; tail steel-blue : bill black, base of the mandible flesh-colour. Total length about 3'0 inches, wing 1*8, tail 1-2, bill 0'7.
Adult female. Under surface greyish white : the lateral rectrices tipped with grey
Hah. Amazons Valley.
a. tS ad. sk. [Brazil.] Gould GoU. (Type
of species.)
b. 2 ad. sk. Cohati, Rio Negro {A. R. Wal- Sclater Coll.
lace).
10. Eucephala subcserulea.
Eucephala subcserulea, Elliot, Ibis, 1874, p. 87; id. Syn, Troch. p. 230; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii.p. 35, pi. 32,'iv. p. 190; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 208 ; Eudes-Desl, Ann, Mus, Caen, i. p. 457.
Adidt. " Upper part of head and back dull green, rest of back
fil . HTLOCHARIS. 245
and upper tail-coverts dark green, with a rufous tinge dispersed over all those parts ; throat, hreast, and centre of ahdomen beautiful metallic cffirulean blue ; flanks shining grass-green. Lower part of abdomen covered by flufJy white feathers. Under tail-coverts metallic green. Wings pui-plc. Tail bluish black. Maxilla black ; mandible yellow (in life possibly red) for its entire length, save the tip, which is black. Feet brownish black. Thighs buffy white. Total length 3-25 inches, wing 2, tail 1-375, culmen 0-625.
" Hah. Brazil ? " {ERiot, I. s. c.)
A species unknown to me, but apparently closely allied to E. hypocyanea.
61. HYLOCHARIS.
Type.
Hylocharis, Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 546 H. sapphiriua.
Range. Tropical South America from Guiana to South Brazil.
Key to the Species.
a. Chin and under tail-coverts chestnut sa])2Mrina, p. 245.
b. Chin glittering blue.
a'. Crown glittering blue ; under tail-coverts dull
steel-bkie cyanea, p. 246.
V . Crown bronzy green ; under tail-coverts white,
with dark discs lactea, p. 247.
1. Hylocharis sapphirina.
Trochilus sapphiriuus, Gin. Syst. Nat. i. p. 496 ; Lath. Ind. Orn. i.
p. 313 ; Vieill. N. Diet. dIHist. Nat. vii. p. 373 ; id. Enc. Meth.
p. 570 ; Less. hid. Gin. Troch. p. xxxviii. Trochilus fulvifrons, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. ii. p. 172 ; Vieill. N.
Did. d'Sist. Nat. vii. p. 349 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 554. Le Saphir, Aud. Ois. Dor. i. p. 89, pi. 35. Le jeune Saphir, And. Ois. Dor. i. p. 127, pi. 58. Omismya sapphuina, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxix, 172,
pis. 55, 57. Ti'ochilus latirostris, Wied. Beitr. iv. p. 64. Hylocharis latirostris, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10. Hylocharis sapphirina, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113 ; id. Hand-l. B. i.
p. 148 ; Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 74 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 342
(May 1852); id. Litr. Troch. p. 171 ; Beich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10;
id. Troch. Enum. p. 7, pi. 767. ff. 4780-2 ; Burm. Syst. I'eb. ii,
p. 346 ; 8cl. Cat. Am. B. p. 317 ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii.
p. 43 ; Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 38 ; Scl. c^ Salv. P. Z. S.
1867, pp. 584, 753, 979, 1873, p. 289 ; Beinh. Vidensk. Medd. Nat.
For. Kjiib. 1870, p. 113; Pek. Orn. Bras. p. 33 ; Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 16, iv. p. 188 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 207; Durnford, Ibis, 1877, p. 184; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 236;
Eudes-Desl. A7m. 3Ius. Caen, i. p. 470 ; Salv, Cat. Strickl. Coll,
p. 369 ; id. Ibis, 1885, p. 436 ; Scl. ^- Huds. Arg. Orn. ii. p. 8 ;
Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H. ii. p. 259. Sapphii-onia sapphirina, Bp. Rev. Zool, 1854, p. 256.
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Adult male. Upper surface shining green, -with a tingo of Wue on the middle of the back ; upper tail-coverts rich bronze ; chin and under tail-coverts chestnut ; throat and breast glittering sapphire- blue ; abdomen and ilanks dark shining green ; tail rich bronze ; bill tlesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 3'8 inches, wing 2-05, tail 1-2, biU 0-8.
Female. Upper surface shining golden green ; iipper tail-coverts and. tail rich bronze : under surface greyish -white ; chin rufous ; discs of the throat-feathers shining blue; flanks shining green ; under tail-coverts greyish white : maxilla black ; mandible flesh- colour, the tip black.
Hah. Guiana, Amazonia, and South-eastern Brazil.
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a. S ad. sk. |
Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana, April (S. Whitely). |
Salvin-Godman Coll |
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b. d ad. ; c. $ |
Meriuud Mts., June, Julv {H. |
Salvin-Godman Coll |
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W.). |
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d. c? juv. sk. |
Camacusa, Feb. {S. W.). |
Salvin-Godman Coll |
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e. d fid. sk. |
Roraima, July {H. W.). |
Salvin-Godman Col] |
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Sarayacu, Ecuador (Bnckley). |
Salvin-Godman Coll |
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ff. d ad. sk. |
Canelos {Buckley). |
Gould Coll. |
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h. d ad. sk. |
Upper Amazons {E. Bart- lett). Pebas, Amazons, Feb., July |
Gould CoU. |
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(J. Hauxwell). |
Gould CoHs. |
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m. c? ad. ; n. $ |
V&r». {Wallace). |
Salvin-Godman & |
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Gould Colls. |
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Bahia, Brazil ( Wucherer). |
Salvin-Godman Coll. |
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Gould Coll. |
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Rio. |
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2. Hylocharis cyanea.
Le SapMr, And. Ois. Dor. i. p. 126, pi. 57.
Trochilus cyanus, Vieill. N. Diet. cVHist. N. xxiii. p. 426 ; id. Enc.
Meih. p. 558 ; Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xl. Ornismya cyanea. Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Moitches, pp. xxxi, 199, pi. 71 ;
id. Suppl. Ois.-MouChes, p. 143, pi. 23. Ornismya bicolor. Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxix, 161,
pis. 49, 50. TrocHlus bicolor, iCc's. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxxviii. Hylocharis cvanea. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col.
p. 10; id. 'Troch. Eniim. p. 7, pi. 768. If. 4777-9 ; Gould, Mon.
Troch. V. pi. 344 (May 1852) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 171 ; Cab. ^- Heine,
Mus. Hem. iil -p. 44; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 317; Mtds. ^- Verr.
Class. Troch. p. 38 ; Scl. 8,-Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 195, 1867, p. 753,
1873, p. 259, 1879, p. 631; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 33; Muls. Hist.
Nat.- Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 19, iv. p. 188 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon,
xxii. p. 207 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 138 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 237 ;
Eudes-Besl. Ami, Mm. Caen, i, p. 474 ; Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N.
H. ii. p. 259. Thaumatias cyaueiis, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 78.
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Advlt male. Upper surface shining grass-green, shading into bronzy green on the rump ; upper tail-coverts dark purple-bronze ; whole head, throat, and breast glittering sapphire-blue ; abdomen dark shining golden green ; under tail- coverts and tail dark steel- blue ; bill flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 3-5 inches, ■wing 1-95, tail 1-1, bill 0-75.
Female. Upper surface shining grass-green, shading into bronzy green on the rump and into purple on the upper tail-coverts ; under surface greyish white, the feathers of the throat with green discs ; under tail-coverts dusky ; lateral rectriees tipped with grey : maxilla black, mandible flesh-colour, tipped with black.
Hab. Guiana, Amazonia, and South Brazil.
a-e. c? ad. ; d. 5 Menune Mts., British Guiaua, Salvin-Godmau & ad. sk. July, Aug. {H. Whitely). Sclater Colls.
e. S ad. sk. Camacusa, Feb. {H. W.). Salvin-Godman Coll.
f. (5' ad. sk. E. Atapurow, Jan. (iT. W.). Salvin-Godmau Coll. //. (5'ad.;/i. 5ad.sk. Roraima, Nov., Dec. (jff. W.). Salvin-Godman Coll. i-k. (S ad. ; /. $ Upper Amazons {£!. Bart- Gould Coll.
ad. sk. lett).
m. S ad. ; n-p. $ Iquitos, Amazons, April, May Salvin-Godman &
ad. sk. {H. Whitehj). Gould Colls.
q-t. S ad. ; u. <S Bahia, Brazil ( Wucherer). Salvin-Godmau &
juv.; V. $ ad.sk. Gould Colls.
to, X. (S ad. sk. Eio, Brazil. Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
y. (S ad. sk. Matto Grosso, July (Natterer). Salvin-Godmau Coll.
z. (S ad. sk. Trinidad (y. Berlepsch). Salvin-Godman Coll.
3. Hylocharis lactea.
Le Saphir, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pi. 56.
Ornismya lactea, Less, Supj)!. Oi's.-Mouclies, p. 98.
Trochilus lacteus, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxxviii.
Hyloeharis lactea. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 148 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 74 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 347 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. V. p. 343 (Sept. 1859) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 171 ; Cab. c^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 43 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 317 ; Muls. Sf Verr. Class, Troch. p. 38 ; Meinh. Vidensk. 3Iedd, Nat. For, Kjob. 1870, p. 112 ; Pek. Orn. Bras. p. 33 ; 3fuls. Hist. Nat. Ois.- Mouches, ii. p. 23 ; id. Ann. Soc, Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 207 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 236 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. 3Ius. Caen, i. p. 472 ; Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N, H. ii. p. 259.
Hvlocharis 8. Cyanochloris lactea, Heich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10 ; id. 'Troch. Enum. p. 8, pi. 773. f. 4793.
Sapphironia lactea, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 256.
Adult mcde. Upper surface shiniug grass-green ; crown and upper tail-coverts bronzy green ; throat and breast glittering sap- phire-blue ; middle of the abdomen white ; flanks shiniug green ; under tail-coverts white, with dark discs ; central rectriees dark shining olive-green, lateral steel-blue with olive margin : maxilla dark brown ; mandible flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 3-8 inches, wing 2-2, tail 1'2, bill 0'8o.
Hah. Southern Brazil.
a-f. (J ad. sk. Brazil. Salviu-Godniau, GoiUd, cS:
Sclater Colls.
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62. CHRYSURONIA. ^^^^
Chrysuronia, Bp. Consp. ^v. i. p. 75 C cEiione.
Chrysunis, Bp. Compt. Rend. 1850, p. 382. Chi-ysurisca, Cub. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 42,
Range. Tropical America from Guatemala to the Argentine Re- public.
Key to the Species.
a. Crown more or less glittering blue.
a'. Upper tail-coverts and tail golden bronze.
a". Throat glittering blue oenone, p. 248.
h". Throat glittering green neera, p. 249.
b'. Upper tail-coverts and tail shining green .... humboldti, p. 250. h. Crown veiy dark shining green.
c'. Throat glittering blue elicia, p. 251.
d!. Throat glittering golden bronze ruficollis, p. 251.
1. Chrysuronia cenone.
Omismya cenone, Less. Siqjpl. Ois.-Motwhes, p. 157, pi. 30 ; Delattre
^ Less. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 17. Trochilus oenone, Less. Lid. Gen. Troch. p. xl, Polytmus cenone, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 133. Chrysuronia cenone, Bp. Consul. Av. i. p. 75 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 254 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. Troch. Emim. p. 5, pi. 722.
ff. 4642-3 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 325 (May 1859) ; id. Intr.
Troch. p. 164 ; Scl. Cat. Atn. B. p. 316 ; Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. 8.
1868, p. 629, 1870, p. 782 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii.
p. 7, iv. p. 186; id. Ann. Soc. Limi. Lyon, xxii. p. 207 ; Elliot, Syn,
Troch. p. 169 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 434. Chrysurisca oenone, Cab. 8f Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 42. Hylocharis oenone, Muls. 4* Yerr. Class. Troch. p. 38. Chrysuronia cenone longirostris, Berl. J. f. Orn. 1887, p. 333.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, becoming golden bronze on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; entire head and throat deep glittering blue ; rest of the under surface ghttering grass- green ; under tail-coverts bronze, with pale edges ; tail golden bronze : maxilla black ; mandible flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-2, tail 1'3, bill 0-9.
Female. Similar to the male, but paler on the upper surface, and the crown greenish blue ; middle of the under surface white ; the feathers of the sides of the neck with greenish-blue discs, those of the sides of the breast and flanks with green discs ; under tail- coverts fuscous, with greenish discs.
Lesson's type of this bird came from the island of Trinidad, and specimens from Venezuela agree with birds from that island. Examples from Bogota have slightly longer bills, a fact noticed by Gould, and nominally recognized by Count Berlepsch, who has named these birds C. oenone longirostris. The glittering blue of the throat is less extensive in birds from Eastern Ecuador, and in the Upper Amazons region (Pobas, &c.) the transition between C. oenone
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and 0. neera seems complete. In all other localities, C. oenone can be distingnished from C. neera by its blue throat.
Hah. Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, and E. Ecuador.
a, b. S ad. ; c. 5 Trinidad. Salvin-Godman &
ad. sk. Gould Colls.
d. (S ad. sk. Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Goerinff).
«,/• 6 ad. ; (/, A. $ Caracas. E. Dyson [C.].
ad. sk.
i. c? ad. ; j, k. 2 Valley of Aragua, Venezuela, E. Dyson [C.].
ad. sk.
/. (^ ad. sk. San Esteban, Venezuela (iVeAr- Sclater Coll.
korn).
m-p. cS ad.; q, >: $ Colombia (Bogota make). Gould Coll.
ad. sk.
s-io. c? ad. ; x. $ Ecuador. Salvin-Godman &
ad. sk. Gould Colls.
y,z. c? ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (0. Buck- Salvin-Godman Coll,
. %)• a'. c( ad. sk. Rio Napo, Ecuador. Sclater Coll.
Transitional Specimens. b'-d'. S ad. sk, Upper Amazons {E. Bartlett). Gould Coll. e'. (S ad. sk. Pebas, Amazons, Aug. (J. Gould Coll.
Hauxivell).
2. Chrysuronia neera.
Ornismya neera, Less, i^ Delattre, Sev. Zool. 1839, p. 18.
Ornismya josepbinae, i?oi<rc. Sj- Muh. Eeu. Zool. 1848, p. 272.
Cbrysuronia josepbinse, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. y26 (May 1859) ; id. hitr. Troch. p. 104 ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 753, 979, 1873, p. 289, 1879, p. 630 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-3Ioiiches, ii. p. 10, pi. 30, iv. p. 186 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 207 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 169 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mtts. Caen, i. p. 438 ; Tacx. P. Z. -S. 1882, p. 40 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 409.
Cbrysurouia neera, Goidd, Intr. Troch. p. 105.
Cbrysuronia cserideicapilla, Goidd, Intr. Troch. p. 165.
Cbrysuriscajosepbinse, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 42,
Hylocbaris josepbinse, Muls. Sf Verr. Class, Troch. p. 38.
Polytraus josephinae. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 133.
Aclult male. Similar to that of C, cenone, but the entire under surface, including the throat, glittering green. In the female the diseal spots of the sides of the throat are green, without any shade of blue.
Typical males of this bird have the entire under surface glittering green ; but at Pebas, and other places in the Upper Amazons Valley, examples occur which have a few blue feathers on the chin, and are thus intermediate between C. neera and C. cenone.
Gould separated two other forms of this bird by admitting the validity of Bourcier's 0. josepliincc as distinct from Lesson's 0. neera, and describing C. ccenileicajnlla. With the types of both the latter
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beforo me, and in view of the close relationship subsisting between C. necra and C. renone, I doubt the existence of more than one form of the former. The points relied upon by Gould seem all to be due to individual variation, and the birds themselves to be connected with the typical form by gradual steps.
Hah. Upper Amazons Valley ; Bolivia.
a. (5 ad. sk.
ad. sk.
0. S f'd. sk. p. 5 fid. sk.
q,r.
s. d
cJ ad. sk. ad. sk.
t. (S ad. sk.
, V. <S ad. ; w. ad. sk. -z. (S ad. sk.
Amazons (Bates ?). Pebas, Amazons, Feb., April to Aug. (J. HmixiveU).
Tilotilo, BoUvia {C. Bucldei/). Consata, Bolivia (C. Buckley). Bolivia (Buckler/).
Gould Coll. Salviu-Godman, Gould, & Sclater CoUs. Salviu-Godman Coll. Salviu-Godman Coll. Gould CoU. Gould Coll. (Type of 0. 7ieera, Less.)
P Gould Coll.
(Type of C. cceruleicapilla, Gould.)
Transitional Specimens. Upper Amazons {E. Bartleit). Gould Coll.
Pebas, Amazons, Feb., Aug. Gould Coll. (/. I£au.vwell).
3. Chrysuronia humboldti.
TrocLilus humboldti, Bourc. 8f Muls. Ann, Sc. Phys. et Nat, Lyon, (2) iv. p; 142 (1852)._
Chrysuronia humboldti, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 327 (May 1859) ; id. Intr, Troch. p. 165 ; id. Ibis, 1867, p. 247 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.- Mouches, iv. p. 187 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 207 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 168 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 436.
Chrysurisca humboldti. Cab. Sf Seine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 42.
Hylocharis humboldti, Mids. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 38.
Thaumatias viridicaudatus, Later. Ami. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 404.
Adult male. Upper surface shining green, bronzy in the middle of the back ; crown and upper part of the throat glittering blue ; breast and abdomen glittering golden green, centre of the abdomen and under tail-coverts white ; tail shining olive-green ; bill flesh- colour, tip black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-5, tail 1'35, bUl 0-8.
Female. Similar to the male on the upper surface, but with the crown dark shining green ; under surface white ; sides of the neck and flanks with green discal spots ; lateral rectrices tipped with whitish, preceded by a dark subterminal bar.
IJab. Western Ecuador.
a, b. (J 2 ^d. sk,
Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
Gould Coll.
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4. Chrysuronia elicise.
Trochilus elicife, Bourc. St Muls. Ann. Sc. Phi/s. et Nat. Lyon, ix.
p. 314 (1846) ; iid. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 316. Chrysuronia elicire, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. Track. Enum. p. 5,
pi. 722. fF. 4644-5; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254; Gould, Man.
Troch. V. p. 328 (Sept. 1858) ; id. Intv. Troch. p. 165 ; Scl. Sf Salv.
Ibis, 1859, p. 130 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 316 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870,
p. 211 ; id. Ibis, 1872, p. 320 ; Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii.
pp. 4, 13, iv. p. 186 ; id. Ami. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 207 ; Elliot,
Syn. Troch. p. 169 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 439. Chrysurisca eliciaj, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 42. Hylocharis elicise, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch, p. 38. Polji;mus elicise, Gray, Hand-l, B. i. p. 133.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green, darker on the crown; upper tail-coverts rich bronze; throat and breast glittering blue; flanks shining green, middle of the abdomen buff; under tail-coverts pale shining bronze ; tail glittering golden bronze ; bill iiesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 3'5 inches, wing 1-9, tail 1-1, bill 0-7.
Female. Similar to the male, but with the blue of the throat reduced to discal spots.
Hah. Central America from Guatemala to Panama.
a-c. S ad. sk. Coban, Guatemala, Mar., Nov. Salvin-Godman &
{0. Salvin). Sclater CoUs.
d. S ad. sk. Choctum, Guatemala (0. -S'. i^ Salvin-Godman Coll.
F. D. G.).
e. c? ad.sk. Masagua, Guatemala^Dec. (0. Salvin-Godman Coll.
5. S; F. D. G.).
f. S ad. sk. Chontales, Nicaragua ( T. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Belt).
g-i. (S ad. sk. Costa Eica (Endres). Salvin-Godman &
Gould CoUs.
./. S ad. sk. Volcan de Chiriqui (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
k. c? ad. sk. Bugaba, Panama (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
/. (S ad. sk. Chitra, Panama (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
VI, n. S ad. sk. Chiriqui (Arce). Gould Coll.
0. cS ad. sk. David, Chiriqui (Arce). Gould Coll.
5. Chrysuronia ruflcollis.
Pica flores pecho de Canela, Azara, Apimt. ii. p. 484, no. 290. Pica flores pecho de Topacio, Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 485, no. 291. Trochilus ruflcollis, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 362 ; id. Enc.
Meth. p. 564 (ex Azara). Ornismya chrysura, Less. Suppl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 107, pi. 4. Trochilus chrysura, Less. Lid. Gen. Troch. p. xl. Ornismya ruflcollis, d'Orb. ^ Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 30. Chrysuronia chrysura, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 75 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 254 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 5, pi. 721.
ff. 4640-1 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 329 (Jlay 1860) ; id. Lntr.
Troch. p. 165 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 316 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 33 ;
Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 4 ; id. Ann. Sue. Linn. Lyon,
252 TEocniLi.
xxii. p. 207 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 140 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 169 ;
Scl. cS- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 630; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mns. Caen,
i. p. 433. Chrysiirisca cbrysura, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 42. Hylocbaris clirysura, MuU, S)- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 38. Polytnius chrysurus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 133. Clirysuronia riificollis, Berl.J. f. Orn. 1887, pp. 18, 120; Scl. ^
finds. Arg. Orn. ii. p. 8.
Adult male. Upper surface shininp; golden green, darker on the crown, more bronzy on the upper tail-coverts ; under surface buff, a golden-bronze discal spot on each of the feathers of the throat ; under tail-coverts and tail glittering golden bronze ; bill flesh- colour, the tip black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-1, tail 1-2, bill 0-9.
Female. Similar to the male, but with the throat duller, the lateral rcctrices tipped with grey, and the upper tail-coverts shining golden green like the back.
Hah. Southern Brazil, Paraguay, and the Argentine Republic.
a-c. (S ad.sk. Peru? Gould & Sclater
Colls. d. 2 ad. sk. Engenho de Gama, Matto Salvin-Godman Coll.
Grosso, July {J. Natterer.) ^,f- 6 fid. ; r/. 5 Cbapada, Matto Grosso, June Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad.sk. {H.H.Smith),
h. c? ad. sk. Conchitas, Buenos Ayi'es Salvin-Godman Coll.
{Htidso7i). i. cS ad. sk. Buenos Ayres, April. Goidd Coll.
./. S ad. ; Ii. Juv.; Punta Lara, Buenos Ajres, H. Durnford [C.]. /. 5 ad. sk. Jan., Feb.
63. BASILINNA.
Basilinna, Bote, Isis, 1831, p. 546 B. leucotis.
Heliopfedica, Gould, Mon. Troch. (May 1858) B. leucotis.
Banr/e. Lower California, Mexico, and Guatemala.
Key to the Species.
a. Abdomen dusky white ; lateral rectrices steel-blue,
tipped with bronze leucotis, p. 252.
b. ^Vbdomen and lateral rectrices chestnut .vantusi, p. 255.
1. Basilinna leucotis.
Trocbilus leucotis, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. xviii. p. 428 ; id. Enc.
Meth. p. 559. Trocbilus lucidus, Shau; Gen. Zool. viii. p. ■)27 ? Trocbilus melanotus, Swains. Phil. May. n. s. i. p. 441. Trocbilus cuculiger, LicM. Preis-Verz. Mew., Voy. p. 1 : cf. .T.f. Orn.
1863, p. 55.
63. BAsiLriorA. 253
Ornisinya arsennii, Less. Sist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxvii, xlvi, GO,
pi. 2 ; id. Sitppl. p. 152, pi. 27. Trocliilus ai'seunii, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxxix. Thaumatias leucotis, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 78. Basiliuna leucotis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13 : Cah. 1^- Heine, Mus.
Hcin. iii. p. 45 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 207 ; Elliot, Syn.
Troch. p. 227 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 477 ; 8alv. Cat.
Strickl. Coll. p. 360. Sapphiionia lucida, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 256 : Scl. P. Z. S. 1858,
p. 297, 1859, p. 386. Ileliopredica melanotis, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 64 (May 1858) ; id,
Intr. Trodi. p. 60. Heliopedica melanotis, Scl. ^- Sale. Ibis, 1859, p. 130 ; Salt'. Ibis,
1860, pp. 195, 263, 271 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 289 ; id. P. Z. S. 1864,
p. 176; A. Diif/i'S, La Nat. i. p. 141 ; Villada, La Nat. ii. p. 365 ;
de Oca, La Nat. iii, p. 28 ; Boucard, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, (2)
xxii. p. 14. Hylocharis melanotis, Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 38. Cosligeua leucotis, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-3Iouches, i. p. 187. Heliopsedica leucotis, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 3, vi.
p. 186. Hylocharis leucotis. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 151,
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, becoming blacker towards the nape and posterior part of the crown, more golden on the rump and tail ; face and chin glittering blue, a long post- ocular streak pure white ; breast glittering green ; abdomen and under tail-coverts shining green, the latter edged with greyish white ; central rectrices shining golden green, the lateral steel-blue tipped with green ; bill flesh-colour, tip black. Total length about 3'5 inches, wing 2, tail 1*2, bill O'Go.
Female. Upper surface shining golden green ; crown and nape dark brown with rufous edges ; postocular streak white, beneath which is a black spot passing under the eye ; under surface dusky white, the throat buff and spotted with dusky, flanks with green discal spots ; under tail-coverts whitish, with dusky discs ; lateral rectrices tipped with greyish white ; bill nearly black.
Young male. Similar to the female, the glittering feathers of the breast and face being gradually assumed.
Hub. Mexico and Guatemala.
a. cS ad. sk. Tutuaca, Chihuahua, March Salviu-Godman Coll,
( W. Lloyd).
b. (S juv. sk. Sierra de Victoria, Tamau- Salviu-Godman CoU,
Upas, April (J-F. B. Rich- ardson), c-f. cJad. ; y-i. Sierra de San Luis Potosi, Salvin-Godmau CoU.
2ad.sk. inly (W. B. R.).
j. cJ ad. ; h. S Ciudad Durango, June and Salvin-Godmau Coll.
juv.; /. 2ad.sk. 3vl\ {A. Forrer). VI, n. S ad. ; o. Sierra de Valparaiso, Zacatecas Salvin-Godmau Coll.
c? juv. ; p, q. Aug. ( W. B. R.).
2 ad. sk. r, s. cS ad. ; t. cS Sierra de Nayarit, Jalisco, July Salviu-Godman Coll.
juv.; (^ 2 ad.sk. {W. B. R.).
254
(', w. (J ad. ; .r. 2 ad. sk.
I/, z. S ad. ; a'.
$ ad. sk. b', S ad. sk.
c'~i' . (S ad. ; /.
cJjuv.; k'.^
ad. sk. I'-o', c?ad. ; p.
ad. sk. /. d juv. ; s'. $
ad. sk. t'. S ad. sk.
u . (S ad. sk.
f'. (S ad. sk.
?(;'. c? ad. sk. a,-', c? ad. sk.
y'. (5 ad. sk.
z'. c? juv. sk. «". S ad. ; 6". §
ad. sk. &'. (5 ad. sk.
d". (5 ad. sk.
e"-f/". Jad. ; /*"- 't"- c? juv., $ ad. sk.
l"-n". cJad.; o". 2 ad. sk.
p", q"- dad. sk.
»■''. d juv. ; s".
$ ad. sk. t", ?<". (5 ad. sk. v". c? ad. sk. id", x". 5 ad. sk. y". dad. sk.
3"-c^. d ad. ; fP. c? juv. sk.
e^-h\ S ad.;
t^, j"^. 5 ad. sk. ¥. d ad. sk.
P, m^. d ad. sk.
Sierra de Bolanos, Jalisco, INIarcli, April ( W. B. Rich- ardson).
Tepic, Jalisco, May {W. B. R.).
^ olcau de Colima, Jau. ( W. B. R.).
Nevado de Colima, April, Dec. ( W. B. R.).
Amecameca, April {F. D.
G.).
Pinal, Puebla, April {F. D.
Rio Frio, Ixtacciliuatl, Sept.
( W. B. R.). Teuang-o del VaUe, Sept. ( W.
B. R.). Ixtapalapa, Valley of Mexico,
Jan. {F. Ferrari-Perez). Tlascala, April {F. D. G). Las Vigas, Cofre de Perote,
July {F. Ferrari-Perez). Cofre de Perote, JNov. {M.
Tnijillo) . Jalapa (de Oca). Cordova (Salle).
Moiitaiias de Orizaba, May
(F. Ferrari-Perez). Amula, Guerrero, Sept. {Mrs.
R. H. Smith). Omilteme, Guerrero, Julv
(Mrs. S. H. S.).
Villa Alta, Oaxaca, March
(31. Trujillo). Totontepec, Oaxaca, Feb.
(M. T.). Touaguia, Oaxaca, Feb. (M.
Oaxaca.
Oaxaca (Fenochio). Mexico (Floresi). Q.uezaltenango, Guatemala,
Sept. 1862 (0. S.). Santa Maria, uear Quezalte-
uango, Guatemala, August
( TV. B. Richardson). Chuipach(5,Quezaltenaugo,Sept.
( W. B. R.). Totouicapam,Guatemala,Sept.
1862 (0. S.). Volcau de Fuego, Guatemala,
Aug. (O. S.).
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godmau Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salviji-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll. Purcbased.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman CoU.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman OoU.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould CoU. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman CoU. Salviu-Godman Coll.
n^. c? juv. ; 0^. 2 ad. sk.
q^, )-^. (S ad. sk. s^, i^ Skeletons.
63. BASILINNA.
Chilasco, Guatemala, Jan.
1862 (0. S. .5- F. D. G.). Coban, Guatemala, . Nov.
(0. S.). Guatemala (Skinner).
255
Salviu-Godmau Coll ,
Salviu-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll. Purchased.
2, Basilinna xantusi.
Amazilia xautu.si, Lmvr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 109. Heliopedica castaneocauda, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 145. Ilelioposdica sautusi, Gould, Lbh, 1860, p. .309 ; id. Mon. Track, ii.
pi. 65 (:May 1861) ; id. Lntr. Track, p. 61 ; IJlliot, B. N. A7n. i.
pi. 22 ; de Oca, La^ Nat. iii. p. 161 ; 3Iuls. ffist. Nat. Ois.-Mouckes,
ii. p. 3, iv. p. 186 ; id. Attn. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 207. Basilinua xantusi, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 196 ; Elliot, Syn. Track.
p. 227 ; Eudes-Desl. Ami. ilus. Caen, i. p. 479 : Beldinq, Pr. U.S.
Nat. Mus. V. p. 542. Hyloeharis xautusi, Mids. ^- Verr. Class. Track, p. 38. Coiligena xautusi, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouckes, i. p. 190, pi. 16.
Achdt male. Upper surface shining green ; anterior half of the crown, chin, and the region below the ej'e black with a tinge of very- dark blue ; throat glitteriug green ; middle of the abdomen chest- nut; flanks washed Avith green; tail dark chestnut, the central rectrices edged and tipped with shining golden green ; bill flesh- colour, the tip black. Total length about 3-5 inches, wing 2, tail 1-2, bill 0-7.
Female. Upper surface, including the central rectrices, shining green, duller on the crown ; under surface buff ; middle of the abdomen nearly white ; lateral rectrices chestnut : maxilla black ; mandible flesh-colour, the tip black.
Hab. Lower California.
a. S ad. sk.
b. S ad. sk.
c. S ad. ; d. $ ad. sk.
e,f. S ad. sk.
Agua Escondida, Lower Cali- fornia, Nov. (Xantus).
Mts. 20 miles S. of La Paz, L. California, Mar. {Belding).
Triumfo, L. California, April (-ff. W. Henshaw).
San Jose del Cabo, L. California. July {H. W. Henskaiv).
Gould Coll. (Typical
specimen.) Salviu-Godmau Coll.
Salviu-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
256 trochilt.
Section C. TEOCHILI L^VIROSTRES.
Sheath of both maxilla and mandible smooth to the end of the tomia, not serrate. (For Sec. A, see p. 29 ; Sec. B, sec p. 114.)
a. Size generally larger; tail normal (with hardly an exception — but see Loddiyesia), forked, rounded, or cuneate ; rectrices as a rule wide ; throat hardly ever glittering red (but see Ch/tokcma, Lamprohema, and Lamjyraster) ; head seldom crested (but when so adorned, the tail is normally forked or rounded, except Loddigesia) ; no lateral cen-ical plumes ; no elon- gated superciliary plumes ; back uniform, without light transverse bar (except in Patctffona) ; lower back sometimes glit- tering when viewed from behind; tibiae sometimes enveloped in down. a'. Tibise partially feathered, but not en- veloped in down. a". Size vai-ied, but not small ; tail varied, cuneate, rounded, or forked, some- times deeply. a'". Lower back not glittering when viewed from behind, a*. Bill curved to the third of a circle ; tail rounded ; rectrices pointed; nasal covers exposed; no glittering plumage ; shafts of
the outer primaries normal .... 64. Eutoxeees, p. 261. hK Bill long, more or less arched ; nasal covers partially exposed ; tail rounded or cuneate, or vsdth the median rectrices elongated.
a'\ Tail rounded 65. Thbenetes, p. 263.
b'\ Larger; tail cuneate, the cen- [p. 267.
tral rectrices elongated 66. Phaethoenis,
c'\ SmaUer ; tail cuneate ; central
rectrices not prominent 67. Pygmoenis, p. 280.
c*. Bill moderate, ciu-ved; nasal covers partly exposed ; shafts of the outer primaries swollen, outer web obhterated at the enlarge- ment. _ d'. Three outer primaries with
swollen shafts. [p. 286.
a". Tail cuneate 68. Sphenopeoctus,
h''. Tail rounded 69. CAJEPyLOPTEEUS,
e\ Two outer primaries with swol- [p. 288.
len shafts 70. Eupetomena,
dK Bill nearly straight ; nasal covers [p. 295.
more exposed ; interramal space less feathered ; shafts of the outer primaries noimal ; plu- mage sometimes with glittering feathers. [p. 297.
/"'. Tail unif )rm 71. Aphantocheoa,
ff^. Tailvrith lateral rectriees tipped
with white 72. Ph^ocheoa, p. 299.
XROCHILI LJiVIROSTRKS. 257
«*. Bill varied, but never much curved; nasal covers and inter- ramal space more feathered ; shafts of the outer primaries normal ; plumage ^\^th glittering patches. A'. Bill long. [p. 300.
c^. Bill slightlv curved 7.3. Sterxoci.yta,
(P. Bill straight.
a'. Tail rounded ; lateral rec-
trices largely white .... 74. Urochroa, p. 801. i'. Tail forked, nearly' uniform. 75. Eugenes, p. 302. j\ Bill short.
tf". Bill slightly curved ; lateral
rectrices tipped with white . 7<'). CcEf.iGENA, p. 304. /'^ Bill nearly straiglit ; tail nearly uniform, c^. Tail rounded ; throat not ruby-red ; a long post- ocuiar stripe.
a'. Crown glittering 77. Oreopyra, p. 30o.
b^. Crown uniform with the
back 78. Delattria, p. 308.
<r. Tail slightly forked ; throat glittering ruby-red. c". Bill longer ; breast glit- tering green 79. Clytol.s:ma,p. 311.
d". Bill shorter; breast gl it- [p. 314.
tering blue SO. Lamproljema,
/*. Bill very varied, straight, or mo- derately curved ; nasal covers completely concealed ; shafts of the outer primaries normal. /. Feet feeble.
ff^. Tail normal, either rounded or forked ; none of the rec- trices developed out of order. e'. Bill stout, nearly straight. c'. Bill nearly straight ; tail moderate.
a" Bill very long 81. Docimastes, p. 315.
li\ Bill moderate.
rt^". Tail Linger, deeply forked ; rectrices
narrow 82. Eugenia, p. 316.
6'°. Tail moderate : rec- trices normal, a'^ Gular spot ab- sent or glittering purple or liery greenish orange. «'-. Under surface green ; throat glittering; tail
more forked . 83. IIeliodoxa, p. 317. //-. Abdomen black or bronze ; chin black ;
tail less fnrked 84. 1ol.^;ma, p. 321. vor.. XVI. s
258
b^\ Gular spot glit- teriug rosy red, or lila'^. c^^. Under sur- face shining green ; gular spot rosy red . d^^. Under surface cinnamon; gular spot
lilac
/'. Bill curved ; tail very long and deeply forked. f. Bill slender, decurved. ff^. Tail short, slightly forked ; lateral rectrices pointed ; under tail- coverts very long .... h^. Tail longer, very slightly forked ; lateral rectrices with rounded ends ; under tail-coverts nor- mal
A". Tail abnormal ; submedian rectrices long, curved in- wards, and crossing
k'. Feet strong.
i^. Size moderate; rump coloured like the back. ff'^. Rectrices narrow; tail nearly square ; bill short
and curved
h''. Rectrices wide and full ; tail more or less forked, t'. Bill normal, not re- curved ; throat with elongated glittering feathers.
c«. Bill long
d". Bill short.
c'". Crown crested. . . . d'°. Crown plain .... j^. Bill recurved; no elon- gated throat - plumes ; tail slightly forked .... j^. Size very large ; rump white, in contrast with the back . . b'". Lower back glittering, when viewed from behind ; bill short and straight (not long as in Lampropyffia) .... '. Size small ; tail profoundly modified, or rounded, hardly forked ; bill feeble ; tomia of mandible decidedly rolled in- wards near the tip ; nostrils concealed. c". Culmen feathered a long way from the base ; feathers of the crown lengthened so as to form a large full crest.
g*. Tail normal
h*. Tail profoimdly modified ; central
85. LAMPRA8TEB,p.323.
86. Ph.^ol.s:ma, p. 324.
[p. 325.
87. Hylonympha,
88. LAFRESNAYA,p.826.
89. Florisuga, p. 328.
90. ToPAZA, p. 332.
[p. 334. 91. Oreotrochilus,
[p. 338.
92. Oreonympha,
93. OxYPOGON, p. 339.
94. Rhamphomicron,
[p. 341.
95. Opisthoprora,
[p. 347.
96. Patagona, p. 348.
97. Agl.«;actis, p. 349.
98. Bellona, p. 352.
TROCHILI LiEVIROSTRES. 259
rectrices obsolete, lateral loDg and curved, aud ending in a
large spatule 99. Loddigesia, p. 355.
d'". Culmen less feathered ; a long [p. 356.
crest composed of a few feathers . . 100. Cephalolepis, e'". Culmen as in Cephalole^ns, but no crest. J*. Bill small and short ; crown green
like the back 101. Abeillia, p. 3o8.
j^. Bill longer ; crown glittering blue
like the throat 102. Klais, p. 359.
V . Tibiae enveloped in downy feathers, c". Larger; tail forked, but without ter- minal spatules. /"'. Tail more or less deeply forked ;
under wing-coverts dark 103. Eriocnemis, p. 360.
g'". Tail less forked ; under wing- coverts cinnamon 104. Panoplites, p. 372.
d" . Smaller; tail very deeply forked and
lateral rectrices ending with spatules. 105. Spathuba, p. 375. b. Size generally smaller; tail usually ab- normal, seldom regularly rounded or slightly forked, but very varied in form, the rectrices often very narrow, the outer pair sometimes ending in a spatule ; throat usually glittering red, sometimes violet or green or very pale green, sometimes plain ; head crested or plain ; neck sometimes adorned with lateral plumes ; head some- times with elongated glittering super- ciliary tufts ; back uniform, or with a transverse whitish or rufous band across the rump. c' . Tail very varied, not regularly cuneate or spatuled ; throat usually glittering red, sometimes violet or pale green, with a violet border, sometimes plain ; rump like the back (except i?/«o(fo/)2s). e" . Tail deeply and regularly forked ; the outermost primary not shorter than any of the others, the median much the shortest ; none of the rectrices filiform. h'" . Size larger; rump cinnamon; bill
long and curved 106. Rhodopts, p. 379.
t'". Size smaller; rump shining green like the back. k'^. Tail long and forked, not trans- versely banded ; bill long and
curved ; throat reddish violet , . 107. Doriciia, p. 380. I*. Tail long and forked ; lateral rectrices tipped and banded with
white 108. Tn.MATrnA, p. 38.5.
m*. Tail shorter ; rectrices wider ; lateral rectrices pointed, but not filiform.
l\ Throat ruby-rod 109. CALLiPHi,ox.p.386.
m'. Throat glittering green. [p. ;>S8.
A". Lat^rnl rectricas straight . . 110. S:\rARAonorHRYSis, /'. l^ater;il rectrices curved in- [p. .'iSO.
wards 111. PTontoPTERA,
260
/". Tail more even, but more or les8 in-egularly formed, the median rec- trices, however, not abnormally short. j'" . Bill rather long and deeurved ; [p. 390.
lateral throat-feathers elongated . . 112. Calothorax, k'" . Bill shorter and straighter.
n^. Median rectrices bluntlj' pointed. n'. Either the outermost primary
or the outermost rectrices re- [p. 391.
diiced to a filiform end 113. Selasphorus,
0°. Neither the outermost primary nor the outermost rectrices
reduced to a filiform end .... 114. Trocuilus, p. 398. 0*. Median rectrices normal, not pointed, lateral narrow and
curved inwards 115. Calypte, p. 403.
/)''. Two outermost rectrices on
either side filiform 116. Acestrura, p. 106.
y" . Tail nearly normal (rounded or forked). I'", Tail slightly forked, lateral feathers of the throat not elongated. q^. Throat plain, not glittering .... 117. Mellisuga, p. 409.
r^. Throat glittering ruby-red 118. Catharma, p. 410.
m" . Tail rounded, tipped with white ;
lateral throat-feathers elongated.. 119. Atthis, p. 411. n" . Tail slightly forked ; lateral throat- feathers elongated ; central throat- feathers white, with a small
terminal ruby-red spot 120. Stellula, p. 413.
h" . Tail abnormal, the median rectrices very short, the lateral shorter than the interniedian. o'". Lateral rectrices short and very
acute, half the length of the next [p. 414.
pair, submedian short 121. CH.iETOCERCUS,
p'". All but the short median pair of rectrices subequal, each pair em'ved
slightly inwards 122. Myrtis, p. 416.
q". Submedian rectrices very long, at
least four times as long as the [p. 418.
outermost pair 123. Thaumastura,
d' . Tail rounded or forked, not cuneate, sometimes with a terminal spatule ; rump with a transverse whitish band ; neck sometimes with elongated lateral plumes ; head sometimes crested. i" . Tail rounded or slightly forked, lateral
cervical plumes long 124. Lophornis, p. 419.
j". Tail long and deeply forked, the rec- trices very narrow and pointed, but no terminal spatule, median pair very [p. 428.
short 125. Prymnacantha,
li' . Tail long and forked, the lateral pair
of rectrices ending with a spatule . . 126. Discura, p. 431. e . Tail cuneate, the rectrices gradually narrowed to a blunt point, the median and submedian pairs equal ; head with long glittering superciliary tufts 127. Heliactin, p. 432.
64. EUTOiEKES. 261
64. EUTOXERES.
Eutoxeres, Reich. Syst. Av. pi. xl. (1849) ^^^'
Myiaetina, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 249. . .' E. aquila.
Range. Central America, from Costa Rica southwards, Colombia Jicuador, and Peru. '
Key to the Species. a. Tail dark greenish brown, each feather more or less tipped with white ; no blue on the neck ; vertex wholly feathered. a. Shafts of the outer rectriees white for fully half
their distal ends _ aauila \> '>61
6'. Shafts of the outer rectriees white onivaVtheir ' P" - •
tips. ■'
a'[. Discs of the abdominal feathers buff heterura, p. 262.
6 . Discs ot the abdominal feathers white salvini, p. 262
6. Three outer rectriees fulvous ; a blue patch on either
side of the neck, a longitudinal bare patch along [p 263
the centre of the vertex ^ condamiHi', '
1. Eutoxeres aquila. Trochilus aquila, Zodd. MS. ; Bourc. P. Z. S. 1847 p 42 Polytmus aquila, Graij ^ 31itch. Gen. B. i. p. 110 pi ,36" Eutoxeres aquila, i?etcA. Aufz. d. Col. p. 15; Cah. ^- Heine, Mus
?T '\f- i' ^^la-^: ^' ^"'''- ^^"''- ^'"«^^- P- 13 ; Gould, Ann.
^' ^^^^- ^: ^- 1^*^^' 1- P- ^36 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches i
p. 2/ pl.i.; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xs.il ^. 199; Elliot, Sun.
Iroch p. 3 (^partim) ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 70 ■ Berl
J.f. Urn. 1887, p. 31.3. Myietina aquila, Bj). Ren. Zool. 1854, p. 249. Grypus aquila, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 123.
Upper surface dark shining green, darker on the crown, bluer on the rump, the feathers of the former narrowly, of the latter broadly edged with dark fulvous ; under surface brownish black, the fea- thers of the throat centred with pale buff, those of the abdomen with white; taU dark greenish brown tipped with white, the shafts also white for more than half their distal ends, the web adjoining gradually becoming more broadly white towards the tip • maxilla brownish black ; mandible yellowish. Total length about 5-3 inches, wing 3-1, tail 2-3, biU (chord) 1-1.
Sexes probably alike.
Hah. Colombia.
a-e. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Salviu-Godman &
/. . , Gould Colls.
f- ^^- «^- Purchased.
262
TUOCHII.r.
2. Eutoxeres lieterura.
Eutoxeres heterura, Gould, Ann. 4" Mag. N. H. 18(58, i. p. 455 ; Elliot, Syn. Track, p. 3 ; Uucles-Dcsl. Ami. Mitf. Cuen, i. p. 73.
Grvpus lieterura, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 123.
Eutoxeres aquila, var. heterura, Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 27.
Eutoxeres aquila heterura, Tacz. ^ Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 132.
^fZtJ<. ' Very similar to that of E. aqidla, but 'with the white portions of the shafts of the rectrices restricted to the white tip, which on the outer web has a more transverse edge than in the allied form ; the spots on the centre of the feathers of the under surface are all uniform buff.
This bird varies much as regards the amount of white to the tips of the rectrices, and specimens are not uncommon in which these tips are wanting, whilst others show them on the central feathers only.
Hah. Eastern valleys of the Andes of Ecuador, up to an elevation of 5000 ft.
a. Ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
b-d. Ad. sk. Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
c-^. Ad. ; A. Juv. Ecuador. Gould Coll. (Types
sk. of the species.)
i,j. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
k-n. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll.
3. Eutoxeres salvini.
Eutoxeres aquila, Gould, Man. Troch. i. pi. 3 (Nov. 1851) (nee
Bourc.) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 36 ; Sah: P. Z. S. 1807, p. 152 ;
Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 120 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 3 (pt.) ;
Eudes-Eesl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 72. Trochilus aquila, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vi. p. 139. Eutoxeres salvini, Gould, Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. IttbS, i. p. 456 ; Salv.
P. Z. S. 1870, p. 204. Grypus salvini. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 123. Eutoxeres aquila, var. salvini, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i.
p. 27, pi. i.
Adult. Very similar to that of E. aquila, and, like that form, with the central spots of the abdominal feathers white and not buff as in E. heterura. The tail, however, is like that of E. hete- rura, the white shafts not being continued beyond the white ter- minal spots.
Mr. Elliot unites this bird with E. aquila, at the same time allowing E. heterura to stand as distinct. All three birds are very closely allied ; but if E. salvini be united to either, it should go with E. heterura and not with E. aquila, the difference of the colour of the spots of the abdominal feathers alone separating them.
Hah. Costa Rica and the State of Panama.
65. THEENETE3. 263
a, b. Ad. sk. Turrialba, Costa Rica (ArcS). Salvin-Godman Coll .
c-e. (S;f. 2j ff) Calovevora, Panama (^rc^). Salvin-Godman &
f>. Ad. sk. Gould CoUs.
i. Ad. sk. Veragua ( Warszewiez ?). Gould Coll.
(Figured in Mon. Troch. i. pi. 3.)
j'-l. Ad. sk. " Central America." Gould Coll.
4. Eutoxeres condaminii.
Trochilus condaminii, Bourc. Compt. Ee?id. xxxii. p. 186 (1851); id. Rev. Zool. 1851, p. 96.
Eutoxeres condaminii, Gould, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 4 (Nov. 1851) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 37 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 15 ; Cab. 8^ Seine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 3 ; 31uls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 13 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 29, pi. 2 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 199 ; Elliot, Stjn. Troch. p. 3 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 541 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 259 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 74.
Myietina condaminii, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 249.
Upper surface dark shining golden green, much darker on the crown, a patch of shining blue on either side of the neck ; under surface with the whole of the throat nearly black, each feather with a narrow central buff streak; abdomen blackish, with the pale buff centres much wider ; under tail- coverts blackish, with a central streak and the tip buff ; tail greenish black, the three outer rectrices on either side, except at their bases, fulvous, the central rectrices tipped with fulvous white : maxilla brownish black ; mandible yellowish for the basal two thirds. Total length about 6 inches, wing 3"1, tail 2*4, biU (chord) l-lo.
The young bird has the feathers of the upper surface edged with buff.
In this species there appears to be a central line from the bill to the nape destitute of feathers — a character not shown in E. aquila and its allies.
Bourcier's type, now in the American Museum of Natural His- tory, was figured by Gould in his Monograph,
Hab. Eastern slopes of the Andes of Ecuador and Peru.
a, h. Ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
c, d. Ad. ; e. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman &
Juv. sk. Gould Colls.
f-h. Ad. sk. Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
65. THRENETES. „
Type.
Threnetes, Gotcld, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 13 (Oct. 1852); id.
Intr. Troch. p. 40 T. leucurus.
Dnophera, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 175 T. antoniae.
Range. Central America from Guatemala southwards ; Colombia, Ecuador, Amazons Valley, and Guiana.
264 TRocniLi.
Kfij to the S2>erii's. c Tail not uiiifunn.
a'. More than the basal half of the lateral rec- trices white or buff. a". Lateral rectriccs, except the outer and terminal portion of the outermost two on
either side, white leucurus, p. 264.
6". Lateral rectrices, except the outer and terminal portion of the outermost two
on either side, bufF cervinicauda, p. 265.
b'. Basal half of the lateral rectrices white, ter- minal half black with white tips. c''. Chestnut gular spot large ; central rec- trices shining green ruckeri, p. 265.
d". Central gular spot small ; central rec- trices greenish black fraseri, p. 266.
b. Tail uniform olive-black antonice, p. 266.
1. Threnetes leucurus.
White-tailed Humming Bird, Edwaj-ds, Glean. Nat. Hist. i. p. 99,
pi. 256 ; Lath. Sipi. i. (2) p. 757. Polytmiis surinamensis, Bn'ss. Orn. iii. p. 674. Colibri a collier rouge, Bvff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 59. Colibri a collier rouge de tSurinam, Buff. Fl. Enl. 600. f. L Trochilus leucurus, Lhin. Syst. Nat. i. p. 190 ; Gni. ISyst. Nat. i.
p. 487 ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. \i\. p. 348 ; id. JEnc. Meth.
p. 552; Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 290 ; id. Hist. Nat. Col. p. 83,
pi. 22 ; id. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xii ; d'Oib. ^' Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 32. Glaucis leucurus, B]}. Consp. Av. i. p. 67 ; 3Iuls. ^ Terr. Class.
Troch. p. 14 ; Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 49, iv. p. 137 ;
id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 200; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 7. Threnetes leucnrus, Goidd, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 13 (Oct. 1852); id.
Intr. Troch. p. 60; Meich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 15; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 249 ; Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 175 ; Salv. ^- Elliot, Ibis, 1873,
p. 277 ; Elliot, His, 1877, p. 142 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Cam, i.
p. 92 ; Boucard, The Humming Bird, i. p. 17. Polytmus leucurus, Gi-ay, Hund-l. B. i. p. 126.
Adult. Upper svirface shining green ; lores, ear-coverts, and chin black ; a buff malar stripe on either side, a fulvous patch on the breast; abdomen grey ; chest and flanks mottled with black ; under tail-coverts with dark greenish-black discs ; central rectrices like the back, outermost pair on either side white at the base, with a large black patch over the distal portion chiefly on the outer web, the next I'ectrix is almost pure white, those next the central pair dark mottled with white, with a white margin and white tip : bill black, the basal two thirds of the mandible whitish ; feet yellow. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 2-3, tail 1-35, bill 1-3.
D'Orbigny is the authority for the extension of this species into Bolivia. His specimen in the Paris Museum was examined by Mr. Elliot in 1877, and its determination endorsed.
Hah. Guiana and Bolivia. a~f. Ad. ek. I'emerara. Gould Coll.
35. THKENETES. 265
2. Threnetes cervinicauda.
Threnetes cervinicauda, Gould, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 109; id. 3Ion. Troch.
i. pi. 14 (Sept. 1861) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 40; Scl. Sj- Salv. P. Z. S.
1867, p. 979, 1873, p. 286 ; Salv. ^f ElUot, Ibis, 1873, p. 278 ;
Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 137; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus.
Caen, i. p. 93 ; Boucard, The Humming Bird, i. p. 17. Glaiieis leucurus, var. cervinicauda, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 14 ; Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 200. Glaucis cervinicauda, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 8; Tacx. Orn. Per. i.
p. 260; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 314. Polytmus cervinicauda, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 127.
Adult. Very similar to that of T. leucurus, bub rather larger, the upper surface rather darker, and the rectrices buff where in the allied form they are white.
Hab. Colombia ; Eastern Ecuador and the valley of the Upper Amazons.
a. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman Coll.
b. Ad. ; c. Juv. Canelos, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman & sk. Gould Colls.
d, e. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
/. Ad. sk. Chamicuros, Peruvian Ama- E. Bartlett [C.].
zons.
g-i. c? ad. sk. Pebas, Amazons, Mar., June, & Salvin-Godman &
July {J. Hau.xivell). Gould Colls.
./. Ad. sk. Amazons (Hauxivell). Gould Coll.
k. Ad. sk. Quito or Napo, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
(A type of the species.)
8. Threnetes nickeri.
Trochilus ruckeri, Bourc. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 46.
Glaucis ruckeri, Gould, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 11 (Nov. 1851) ; id. Litr.
Troch. p, 39 ; Later . A?m. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 319, ix. p. 121 ; Scl.
4- Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 364 ; Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 14 ;
Elliot, Syti. Troch. p. 8 ; Eudes-Desl. A7in. Mus. Caen, i. p. 87. Threnetes ruckeri, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 15 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 249 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 204 ; id. Ibis, 1873, p. 428 ; Salv. i^-
Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 278 (pt.) ; 3Iuls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i.
p. 47 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 200. Polytmus ruckeri, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 126.
Adult. Upper surface shining bronze-green, crown darker ; post- ocular spot and maxillary stripe buff: lores, ear-coverts, and chin black ; breast cinnamon ; rest of the imder surface brownish grey ; iinder tail-coverts with bronze-green discs ; central rectrices like the back, proximal half of the lateral white, distal half black, all tipped with white : maxilla black ; mandible flesh-colour, tip black ; feet yellow. Total length about 4'5 inches, wing 2-3, tail 1'3, bill 1'35.
Young birds have the chin and throat-marks ill-defined.
Mj' authority for including Guatemala in the range of this species rests on the existence of a specimen obtained in that country and
266 TKOCHILI.
(in 1873, when I examined it) preserved in the Museum of the Sociedad Economica de Guatemala.
Hah. Central America from Guatemala to Panama.
a. Ad. sk. Angostura, Costa Rica (Car- Salvin-Godman Coll.
miol).
b. Ad. sk. Costa Rica (Endres). Salvin-Godman Coll.
c. d. Ad. sk. Veragua ( Warszeiviez). Gould Coll.
e. (S ad. sk. Mina de Chorcha, Panama Salvin-Godman Coll.
{Arce).
f, g. Ad. sk. Veraguas {Arce). Gould Coll.
A. Ad. ; I. Juv. Line of Railway, Panama Salvin-Godman Coll.
sk. {Arci).
j. Ad. sk. Paraiso Station, Panama Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Hughes),
k, I. Ad. sk. Lion Hill, Panama (^McLean- Salvin-Godman &
nan). Sclater Colls.
4. Threnetes fraseri.
Glaucis ruckeri, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p._ 296 {nee Bourc).
CtLiucIs fraseri, Gould, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 12 (Sept. 1861) ; id. Intr.
Troch. p. 39. Glaucis ruL-keri, var. fraseri, Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 14; Muls.
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 200. Threnetes fraseri, Boucard, The Humming Bird, i. p. 17.
Adult. Yerj' similar to that of T. rucl-eri, but with the cinnamon patch on the brea.st much smaller and the rest of the under surface greyer ; the central rcctrices on the upper surface are purple-black with hardly a trace of green.
Uab. Ecuador.
a-c. Ad. sk. Esmeraldas, Ecuador (Fraser). Gould Coll. (Types
of the species.) d, e. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador [Bucldey). Salvin-Godman CoU.
5. Threnetes antonise.
Trochilus antoniffi, Bourc. ^- Muls. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, ix. p. 329 (1846). _
Lamporuis antonise, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 72.
Threnetes antonise, Gould, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 15 (Oct. 1852) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 40 ; Bp. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 249 ; Salv. 8f Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 278 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 46, pi. 4, iv. p. 136 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 90.
Aphantochroa antonise, Beich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 15.
Dnopbera antonise, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 175.
Glaucis antonia3, M%tls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 14 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 46, pi. 3 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 200 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 7.
Polytmus antonise. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 127.
Entire plumage of the body dark greenish bronze, paler on the upper surface, darker on the under ; upper tail-coverts edged with black; throat black; tail uniform olive-black, beneath purplish:
66. PHAETHORNIS. 267
tS h2% t-S ^'^'''^" ^°*'^ ^'°^^ '^°^* ^'^ ^°'^''' ^°^ 2-25,
I have no dissected specimens of this species before me ; so that I am unable to note any difference in the plumage of the sexes
Sw '^TkT '.? IT^} ^^"^"- -•!)' ^"^ b^^^^'^ indistinct fulvous mark below the black throat ; these may be females.
ifab. Guiana, Cayenne.
a-ff. Ad. sk. (Cayenne make.) Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
66. PHAETHORNIS.
Phaethornis, Sio. Zool. Joum. iii i, .357 n^=yi\ p ^•^'^^-i-
Phrethornis Boie, Ids, 1831 p 548 ^ ^ P ^^P^^'^? J^^^^.
Ptyonornis, Beich. Avfz. d. Col n 14 r]S5-t^ p" ^"P®'^*="'°sus.
Ametrornis, Reich. Auf.. d Col \ 14 , 5i\ P ^"'^^P^^.^-
Guyornis^; Bev. Zool. 1854%^ 24B l ^Z^"-
Toxoteuches C'«J. !i- Heine, Mas. Rein. iii. p. 11 (IseO)". P.' f uy ' n 1 -"n i-i'^'P^^'^^' ^^^"^^- ^ ^^"•'•- C^^«*^- Trod. ^ ^
P- 1/ (lobo) p
"^(i^SrS™'' '^"^'" ^"^^^ '^''''^' '^'^■-^^^''^"^''''''^/ i' P-'72 ^''""'^'"'
^?S?i; ^'^- ' ^- '^^- ■ o-.-:i/o.d^..; i; • p: • 77 ^- '''''"
p. squalidus.
SoSnE?ar''^'"""''^°" '°^^'^^° ^^^^^'^ *° ^°^-^ --^
•r,.,, , ^^(/ to the Species.
a. Bill ciu-ved.
a'. Dark grey or shining green beneath. Adult males with the extremity of the median rectrices reduced to a point.
a". Bases of the rectrices green „„,„• „ orq
b. Bases of the rectrices bluish green .::::: S'J'p 268
c '. Bases of the rectrices black . ^ ZrZ'/^ 269
b . Grey or rufescent beneath ; median rectrices ^ ^ ' ^" J. °M- j,?^*^^ normal, not reduced to a point a . JJiddle rectrices far exceeding the rest in length. a". A median gular stripe. a\ Under surface buff.
a\ Eump-feathersnaiTovrly edged with
A5 tv" r" ■/,'■■ ; ,; supercilio.'^iiK, p. 270
b\ Eump-featliers broadly edged with ^
buff.
6". Smaller: under surface deeper ' f "'•
fi Lnder surface grey f,i ^j '^073
."' tS^SSE: w^aark disc. ^y-^-Ar.s
d . Greyish white beneath anthophilu,, ^^27:-,
268 TROCHIU.
€*■. Rufescent beneath.
c\ Larger eurynome, p. 276.
d'\ Smaller sqiialidus, p. 276.
e". Kectrices next the central pair very long.
c'". Greyish white beneath augusti, p. 277.
d'". Rufescent beneath.
/^ Larger pretrii, p. 277.
()^. Smaller nattereri, p. 278.
b. Bill nearly straight.
c'. Under surface pale buff bourcieri, p. 278.
d'. Under surface rufous philippii, p. 279.
1. Phaethornis guyi.
Trochilus guyi, Less. Hist. Xat. Troch. p. 119, pi. 44.
Phaethornis guv-i, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 67 ; Ooidd, Mon. Troch. i.
pi. 26 (Oct. 1852) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 44 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col.
p. 14 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 285 ; E. C. Taylor, This, 186.3, p, 90 ;
Mills. 4- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 17 ; Grat/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 121 ; Scl.
Sf Sah. P. Z. S. 1868, ]). 168, 1876, p. 16 ; Salv. ^ Elliot, Ibis, 1873,
p. 12 ; Whitely, Ibis, 1873, p. 189 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches,
1. p. 68, iv. p. 138 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 200 ;
Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 13 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 97 ;
Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 359 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 314. Guyornis typus, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 249. Toxoteuches guyi. Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 11 (pt.j ; Heine,
J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 177. PhiBtornis guy, Leot. Ois. Trin. p. 129.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining green, upper tail-coverts edged with white and with a subtermiual dark band ; ear-coverts black ; under surface dark grey, sides of the neck and flanks tinged with dark green ; throat tinged with ferruginous ; tail black, the tips of the elongated central feathers white, proximal half of all the rectrices dark shining green like the back : maxilla black ; the man- dible (except the dark tip) red. Total length about 6 inches, wing 2-4; tail 2-3, lateral feathers 1-3; biU 1-8.
Younger males have ferruginous postocular and malar stripes, paler greyer under surface, and a central gular stripe ; the central elongated rectrices are longer and the lateral rectrices edged with white.
Female. Like the young male.
Hah. Venezuela and Trinidad.
a, b. S ad. ; c, d. 2 Trinidad. Goidd & Sclater Colls.
ad. ; e. Juv. sk. /. (J sk. Caripe, Venezuela, Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll.
{A. Goeriny).]
2. Phaethornis emiliae.
Trochilus emiliae, Bourc. ^- Muls. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, ix.
p. 317 (1846). Phaethornis emiliae, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 67; id. Rev. Zool. 1864,
66. PHAETHORNIS. 269
p. 249; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14; Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 44;
Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 153, 1870, p. 205 ; Laivr. Ann. Lye. N. Y.
ix. p. 121 ; Grail, Hand-l. B. i. p. 121 ; Salv. <§• Elliot, Ibis, 1873,
p. 12; Mills. 'Hist. Nat. Ois.-Moiiches, i. p. 60; Elliot, Syn.
Troch. p. 13 ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 67 ; Tacz. Orn. PSr. i.
p. 268. Toxoteuches emiliae, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 177. Trochilus apioalis, Tsch. Fauna Per. p. 243. Phaethornis apicalis, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 68. Phsetornis guyi, var. emilise, Miils. 4" Ferr. Class. Troch. p. 17; Muls.
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 200. Phaethornis yaruqui, Cass. Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 194. Phaethornis guyi erailise, Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 314.
Adult male. Very similar to that of P. guyi, but the upper tail- coverts and the proximal half of the rectrices tinged with blue instead of green. The females and young males of the two forms appear undistinguishable with certainty.
Hah. Costa Eica and the State of Panama ; Colombia and Peru.
a, h. S ad. sk. Irazu, Costa Rica (Rogers). Salvin-Godman Coll.
c. <S ad. ; f/, e. 5 ad. ; Tucurriqui, Costa Rica (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
/, ff. Juv. sk.
h, I. 5 ad. Costa Rica (E/idres). Gould Coll.
/. (S ad. ; k. Sk. Boquete de Chitra, Panama Salvin-Godman &
(Arce). Gould Colls.
/. (J juv. sk. Laguna de Castillo, Panama Gould Coll.
(Arce).
m. 2 ad. sk. Calovevora, Panama (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
n. c? ad. ; o-q. Santa F6, Panama (Arce). Salvin-Godman &
(S juv. sk. Gould Colls.
r-t. S ad. ; u-z. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman &
$ ad sk. Gould Colls.
a'. 5 ad. sk. Colombia (Lindig). Sclater Coll.
b'. cS juv. sk. Ecuador (Buckley). Gould Coll.
3. Phaethornis yaruqui.
Trochilus yaruqui, Bourc. Compt. Rend, xxxii. p. 187.
Phaethornis yaruqui, Gould, Man. Troch. i. pi. 27 (Oct. 1852) id. Intr. Troch. p. 44; id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 285; Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch p. 17 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 121 ; Salr. S,- Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 11 Muls. Hist. Nat. Oi.^.-Mouches, i. p. 56, iv. p. 138 ; id. Ann. Soc Lijin. Lyon, xxii. p. 200 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 18 ; Eudes-Desl. Atm. Mus. Caen, i. p. 95 ; Berl. Sf Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 566.
Guyornis yaruqui, Bji. Rei\ Zool. 1854, p. 249.
Toxoteuches yaruqui. Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 11.
Distinguishable from P. e/iii/i and P. emUicp. by having the bases of the rectrices blue-black and the under tail-coverts white. These differences are more conspicuous when adult males are compared, but they can be traced in specimens of both sexes and all ages.
Hah. Ecuador.
a. (S ad. sk. Intac, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
b. (J ad. sk. Banos, Ecuador (Buckley). Gould Coll.
270 TROCHILI.
c. Juv. sk. Ecua,doT (Fr as er). Sclater Coll.
d-f. J ad. ; (f-p. Juv. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman &
Gould CoUs.
4. Phaethornis superciliosus.
Polvtmus cayennensis longicaudus, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 686, pi. 35.
f.' 5. rrocbilus superciliosus, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 189 ; And. SfVieill. Ois.
Dor. i. p. 4:2, pi. 17; Vieill. N. Diet, d' Rid. N. vii. p. 347; id.
Enc. Meth. p. 549 ; Less. Hist. Nat. Col. p. 35, pi. 6 ; id. Ltd. Gen.
Troch. p. xiv. Colibri a longe queue de Cayenne, D'Auh. PI. Enl. 600. f. 3. Supercilious Humming Bird, Lath. Gen. 8yn. i. (2) p. 747. Trochilus malaris, iVb;-(??w. in Ermai^s Raise, p. 2 (1835). Phaethornis superciliosus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 67 ; id. Eeu. Zool. 1854,
p. 249; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14; Gould, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 17
(Sept. 1858) ; Scdv. ^ Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 4 ; Whitely, P. Z. S.
1873, p. 188 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 64, iv. p. 139 ;
id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 200; Elliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 141 ;
id. Si/n. Troch. p. 14 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 34 ; Salu. Ibis, 1885,
p. 431. Phaethornis malaris, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 67 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 249; Reich. Attfz. d. Col. p. 14; Cab. ^' Heine, Mas. Hein. iii.
p. 9 ; Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 41 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 284 ; Heine,
J. f. 0/72. 1863, p. 176; Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 18; Gray,
Hand-l. B. i. p. 121 ; Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 753, 979, 1873,
p. 286; Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 26; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 541. Phaetornis aifinis, Pelz. Sitz. math.-nat. CI. Ak. Wiss. Wien, xx.
p. 157 (18o6j. Phaethornis consobrinus, " Botirc," Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14 ;
Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 42. Phaethornis moorei, Latvr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. Yi. p. 258; Scl. P. Z. S.
1860, p. 296 ; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 284 ; Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863,
p. 176 ; Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 18. Phaethornis fraterculus, Gould, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 18 (Sept. 1861) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 42 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 2&o ; Muls. ^ Verr.
Class. Troch. p. 18. Phaethornis longirostris, Ridgiv. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 309
(partim).
Adult. Upper surface greenish bronze, the crown darker; the feathers of the back and rump with a subterminal dark bar and fringed with buff ; superciliary and malar stripes buff ; lores and ear-coverts black ; under surface greyish drab ; the throat blackish, with a faint indication of a median stripe (much more apparent in some specimens than others) ; tail shining green, the distal third black, the lateral feathers tipped with buff, the elongated portion of the median feathers white : maxilla black ; mandible, except the tip, flesh-colour ; feet brown. Total length about 7 inches, wing 2-5 ; tail 3-1, lateral feathers 1-1 ; bill 1-95.
Female. Smaller than the male, lighter buflf beneath, and with the longitudinal median gular stripe clearer.
Specimens with dark throats on which the central gular stripe can barely be traced all appear appear to come from Cayenne ; they are
66. PHAETHORNIS. 271
the typical P. superciUosus (Linn.) as figured by Audebert and Lesson.
Examples from all other districts have the throat less black and the median stripe apparent. A good deal of variation is also ob- servable in the colour of the tips of the lateral rectrices, which are nearly white iu some examples and strongly tinged with buff in others. Dimensions also vary in addition to the different size of the sexes.
In 1873 Mr. Elliot and I examined the claims of the various birds allied to P. supercUiosus to be considered distinct species ; and goiug over the same ground again with a larger series before me, I see no satisfactory reason for altering the decision we then arrived at, viz., that there was but one really defiuite species.
Of the names given to it, P. superciUosus (Linn.) seems strictly applicable to the dark-throated Cayenne bird, P. malaris (Nordm.) and P. affiiiis, Pelz., being synonymous. P. moorei and P. conso-^ brinus apply to the bird of the Upper Amazons Valley, to which that of British Guiana is precisely similar *. P. fraterculus was based on small specimens from Para and Cayenne, probably females.
In placing these birds together I am only judging from the materials before me, such as they are. Carefully collected specimens with full particulars with each as to sex, date of capture, and exact locality, might alter the view I now adopt.
Hah. Amazons Valley from the base of the Andes ; Guiana.
a-d. A.d.etjuY. Colombia (Bogota make). Sclater& Gould Colls.
sk.
e,f. Ad. sk. Canelos, Ecuador (Buckley). Gould Coll.
ff, h. Ad. sk. R. Napo, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
i,j. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll,
k, I. Ad. sk. Peruvian Amazons (E. Gould Coll.
BaHlett).
m. 2 ad. sk. Yquitos, Amazons, Oct. (H. Gould Coll.
Whitely).
n. Ad. sk. Amazons (Hauxwell's make). Gould CoU.
(Ex G. N. Lawrence, typical of P. moorei.)
o,p. S ad.; q. Pebas, Amazons, AprU, May Salvin-Godman &
5 ad. ; r, s. (J. Hauxxuell). Gould Coll«. Ad. sk.
t, u. Ad. sk. Demerara. Gould Coll.
V. S a,([.; w,x. Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll.
5 ad. sk. Jan., Oct., Dec. (H. Whitely).
y. cJad.sk. Mprume Mts., Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll.
July [H. W.).
z. S ad. sk. Camacusa, Brit. Guiana, Mar. Salvin-Godman Coll.
(H. W.).
a'. cJ ad. sk. R. Atapurow, Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman CoU.
Jan. (H. W.).
b'. (S ad. sk. Quonga, Brit. Guiana, Sept. Salvin-Godman CoU.
(h: W.).
* Recently described by M. Boucard as : —
Phaethornis guianensis, 'The Humming Bird,' i. p. 17 (Mar. 1891).
c'-e'. Ad. sk. /'. Ad. sk.
ff'-o'. Ad. sk.
J)'. Ad. St.
I'ara.
(Caveune niako.)
(Cayenne make.)
Ciould Coll.
Gould Coll. (Type
of P. fraterculus r') Gould & Sclater
Colls. Purchased.
5. Phaethornis longirostris.
Ornismva lonpfh-ostris, Less. Sf Delattre, Echo du Mo?ide Savant,
1843," no. 45; p. 1070. Trochilus cephalus, Bourc. S,- Muls. Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 269. Phaethornis cephalus, Reich. Anfz. d. Col. p. 14 ; Gould, Mon. Troch.
i. pi. 16 (Sept. 1858) ; Scl. ^- Salv.Ibis, 1859, p. 126; Muls.S^Verr.
Class. Troch. p. 18 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 64, iv.
p. 140; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, i. p. 200. Phaethornis longirostris, Gould, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 19 (Sept. 1858) ;
id. I?itr. Troch. p. 42; Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 227 ; id. Cat. Am. B.
p. 285 ; Cah. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 9 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y.
vii. p. 319, ix. p. 121 ; Scl. ^- Sale. F. Z. S. 1864, p. .364, 1879,
p. 528 ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 121 ; SaltK Ibis, 1866, p. 204, 1872, p. 39 ;
id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 205 ; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 376 ; Salv. Sr Elliot,
Ibis, 1873, p. 5 : de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 206 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 42 ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 67 ; Berl. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xi.
p. 560. Phaethornis moorii, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 296. Phaethornis cassini, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 347.
Adult male. Very similar to that of P. superciliosus, but with the feathers of the back and rump more broadl)- edged with buff. The tips of the lateral rectrices are whiter or greyer in northern specimens, but more distinctly tinged with buff in southern ex- amples.
Hah. Southern Mexico and Central America to Northern Colombia.
a, h. Ad. sk. c. $ ad. ; d.
Ad. sk. e-y. S ad. ; /(.
$ ad. sk. i,j. Ad. sk. k. 5 ad. ; /, m.
Ad. sk n, o. Ad. sk. p. 5 ad. ; q, r.
Ad. sk. s. Ad. sk. t. Ad. sk. u. Ad. sk. V. 5 ad. sk. w-a'. Ad. sk.
b', c. (S ad. sk.
d\ Ad. sk.
S. Mexico (Salle).
Chimalapa, Tehuantepec, Mex., Mar., Apr. ( W.B.Richardson).
San Felipe, British Honduras (F. Blancanea u.v ) .
British Honduras [F. B.).
Choctuui, Guatemala, Feb. (O. S. Sf F.D. G.).
Guatemala.
Chontales, Nicaragua (T. Belt).
San Juan, Nicaragua.
Costa Rica (Endres).
Costa Rica (Carmiol).
Bugaba, Panama (Arce).
Lion Hill, Panama [McLean- nan).
Pueblo Viejo, N. Colombia {F. Simons).
Barranquilla, Colombia
{Ripi)07l).
Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godraau Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Sah'in-Godman Coll.
O. Sahin [C.]. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman &
Sclater Colls. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sclater Coll.
G6. I'HAETnoiiNis. 273
e'. Ad. sk. Remedios, Colombia ( T. E. Salvin-Godmau Cull.
Salmon). f'.S ad. sk. Esmeraldas, Ecuador, Nov. Sclater Coll.
{Fraser).
6, Phaethornis bolivianus.
Phaethornis boliviana, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 42. Phaethornis superciliosus, Scl. i^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 626.
Adult. Very similar to that of P. longirostris, but rather smaller, aud the under plumage fawn-colour and less grey ; the outer rec- trices are tipped with deep buff, in this respect resembling more southern examples of P. longirostris. Total length about 5-5 inches, wing 2-2 ; tail 2-5, lateral rectrices 0-9 ; bill I'S.
In our review of the genus Phaetliornis, Mr. Elliot and I con- sidered P. bolivianus, Gould, to be inseparable from P. longirostris, and we doubted the authenticity of the locality ascribed to the type of Gould's description. Several specimens of a Phaethornis obtained by Buckley in Bolivia agree with the type of P. bolivianus, so that the locality given by Gould is fully conBrmed. The slight dif- ferences existing between these birds and typical P. longirostris thus assume greater importance, seeing that the ranges of the two birds are separated by a -wT-de interval, the intervening country being apparently occupied by P. superciliosus.
Specimen /I include herewith some doubt. It is larger than typical P. bolivianus, but has the under plumage deep fawn-colour. It is marked as coming from Brazil on the authority of a Mr. Camp- bell.
Hob. Bolivia.
a. Juv. sk. Bolivia. Gould Coll.
(Tj'pe of the species.) 6. Ad. sk. Tilotilo, Bolivia {Buckley). Salviu-Godman Coll.
c-e. Ad. sk. Bolivia {Buckley). Gould Coll.
/. Sk. "Brazil" (C'a?;ijj6e/0- Gould Coll.
7. Phaethornis hispidus.
Trochilus ( F) hispidus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 90.
Phaethornis hispidus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. QB ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 249 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 22 (Oct. 1852) ; id. hitr. Troch.
p. 4.3 ; MuU. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 18 ; Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S.
1866, p. 193, 1873, p. 186 ; Salv. ^- Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 7 ; Muls.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 70 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyo)i, xxii,
p. 200 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 16 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i.
p. 110; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 34; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 265 ; Berl.
J.f. Oryi. 1887, p. 315. Trochilus oseryi, Bourc. ^~ Mids. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, (2) iv. p. 139
(1852). Ptyouoruis hispida, Reich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 14. Ametrornis oseryi, Reich. Aufz,. d. Col. p. 14.
VOL. XVI. ' I
274 TROCHILl.
Pliaethorais oseryi, Bp. Reu. Zool. 1854, p. 249 ; Gould, Man. Troch
i. pi. 23 (Sept. 1853) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 43 ; Mills. 8f Verr.
Clu^s. Troch. p. 18; Orai/, Iland-l. B. i. p. 122; Scl. S,- Salv.
P. Z. S. 1867, p. 979, 1873, p. 287 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen,
i. p. 112. Phaethornis villosus, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vi. p. 259. Phaetliornis anthopliilus, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 27 ?
Adult. Upper surface dark shining green ; crown dark brown ; feathers of the lower back with a subterminal dark transverse bar, and tipped with a broad grey fringe ; superciliary, malar and gular stripes dull white ; rest of the under surface grey, the sides of the neck mottled with whitish, and the middle of the abdomen white ; lateral rectrices dark green at the base, with white shafts, sub- terminally brownish black and tipped with white, the two elongated central feathers dark green at the base, the prolonged tips white : maxilla black ; mandible, except the tip, whitish. Total length about 5"5 inches, wing 2, tail 2-15, bill I'o.
Hah. Valley of the Upper Amazons from Colombia to Bolivia.
a-c. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
d. Ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
e. Ad. sk. Ecuador ((?. iV^. i/«;we«ce). Gould Coll.
(Typical of P. villosus, Lawr.) f-h. Ad. sk. [Ecuador.] Gould Coll.
i. (S ad. ; j, k. Pebas, Amazons, Juue {J. Hau.v- Salvin-Godman &
Ad. sk. ' iuell). Sclater Colls.
I. c? ad. sk. Iquitos, Amazons, March (Zf. Gould Coll.
Whitely). in. Ad. sk. Bolivia {Bridges). Gould Coll.
(Type of the species.)
8. Phaethornis syrmatophorus.
Phaethornis syrmatophoru9, Gould, Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 129; id.
Mo7i. Troch. i. pi. 20 (Oct. 1852) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 42 ; id.
P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803 ; Beich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14 ; Bp. Rev. Zool.
1854, p. 249 ; Scl. P. Z. <S'. 1859, p. 145 ; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 285 ;
Muls. t^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 18 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 121 ;
Salv. S; Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 8 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i.
p. 68, iv. p. 141 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 200 ; Elliot, Syn.
Troch. p. 16 ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 528 ; Eudes-Desl.
Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 109 ; Tacz. S) Berl. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 303,
1885, p. 102. 't Phaethornis columbianus, Boucard, The Humming Bird, i. p. 17
(Mar. 1891).
Adult. Upper surface dark bronze-green, each feather with a sub- terminal dark band and fringed with buff ; crown dark brown ; rump fawn-colour ; postocular and malar stripes pale buff ; lores and ear- coverts black ; middle of the throat white, edged laterally with an indistinct band of dark spots, more definite in younger birds ; rest of the under surface fawn-colour ; tail dark green at the base, with a broad subterminal black band, the lateral feathers tipped with
<;6. PHAPITHOKNIS.
276
fawii-colour, the olougated portion of the central pair white : maxilla black; mandible, except the tip, orange-red. Total length about 6 inches, wing 2-3, tail 2-9, bill 1"6. Hah. Colombia (Cauca Valley) and Ecuador.
Sta. Elena, Colombia {T. K. Sal- Salvin-Godmau Coll.
')non). Medellin, Colombia {T. K. *S'.). Salvin-Godman Coll. Pallatanga, Ecuador, Oct. Sclater Coll.
{Fvaser). Ecuador {Fraser). Ecuador {Fraser). Napo, Ecuador (Jameson). Ecuador {Jameson). Ecuador (^Buckley).
a. d' ad. sk.
b. Ad. sk.
c. cJ ad. t-k.
(I Ad. sk. e,f. Ad. sk. r/. Ad. sk. 'h. Ad. sk. i-k. Ad. sk.
I, m. Ad. sk. ti. Ad. sk.
Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley), Baisa, Ecuador {Buckley).
Gould Coll. Gould Coll. Gould Coll. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Salviu-Godmau Coll. Salvin-Godmau Coll.
9. Phaethornis anthophilus.
Trochilus anthophilus, Bourc. ^- Mids. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon^
vi. p. 47 (1843) ; id. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 71. Phaethornis anthophilus, i?^j. Consp. Av. i. p. 68 ; id. Rev. Zool.
1854, p. 249 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. i,
pi. 24 (May 1854) ; id. Inir. Troch. p. 43 ; M. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 139 ;
id. Cat. Am. B, p. 285 ; Cah. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 8 ; Mids.
(§• Verr. Class. Troch. p. 18 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 122 ; Scl.
S,- Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 628 ; Salv. ^ Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 9 ;
Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, 1. p. 83 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon,
xxii. p. 201 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 16 ; Sale. S,- Godm. Ibis, 18S0,
p. 171 ; Eades-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 120 ; Berl. J. f. Orn,
1887, p. 315.
Adult. Fpper surface bronze-green, each feather with a narrow subterminal dark band and fringed with buff ; crown dark brown ; postocular spot white ; lores and ear-coverts black ; under surface greyish white, flanks tinged with buff; feathers of the throat with dark discs ; tail pale green at the base, with a broad subterminal dark band and with grey white-edged tips, the elongated portion of the central pair white : maxilla black ; mandible, except the tiji, flesh-colour. Total length about 5'8 inches, wing 2*3o, tail 2*35, bill 1-55.
Hah. Northern and Central Colombia and Venezuela.
a-h. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Salviu-Godmau &
Goidd Colls.
i. $ ad.sk. Valle3'Dupar,N. Colombia, April Salvin-Godmau Coll.
{F. Simons).
j. cJ ad. sk. Valencia, N. Colombia, May Salvin-Godmfin Coll.
{F S.).
h. Ad. sk. Venezuela. Gould Coll.
x2
27fi
10. Phaetliornis eurynome.
Trocliilus euvynome, Less. Hist. Nat. Troch. p. 'Jl, pi. 31 ; id. Lid.
Gen. Troch. p. xiv. Trochilus molauotis, Nordm. in JEnnan's Reise, p. 2, pi. 17. Phaetlioruis euryuouie, Gould., Mon. Troch. i. pi. 16 (June 1849) ;
id. Lntr. Troch. p. 41 ; Bp. Coiisp. Av. i. p. 67 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 249 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14 ; Burm. Si/st. Ueb. ii. p. 324 ;
Cab. S,' Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 9 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 284 ; Mids.
8,- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 18 ; Grctij, Hand-l. B. i. p. 121 ; Pefe. Orn.
Bras. p. 27 ; Salv. ^ Elliot, Lbis, 1873, p. 8 ; Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 80, pi. 6, iv. p. 143 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon,
xxii. p. 201 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 17 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. 3Ius.
Caen, i. p. 118; Salr. Qd. Strickl. Coll. p. 359. Phaetliornis melanotis, Bp. Consp, Av. i. p. 67; Reich. Aufz. d. Col.
p. 14.
Adult. Upper surface dark bronze-green, each feather with a distinct subterminal band and a fulvous fringe ; crown dark brownish black, the feathers edged (broadly on the nape) with fulvous ; post- ocular and malar stripes dark buff, the latter paler ; lores and ear- coverts black ; under surface huffish grey, more buff in some speci- mens, greyer in others, the feathers of the throat with conspicuous black discs ; tail green at the base, a broad subterminal band and white tips, the elongated portion of the central pair white : maxilla black ; mandible, except the tip, yellow. Total length about 6-4 inches, wing 2-3, tail 2-9, biU 1-55.
Hah. Brazil, Southern provinces.
a-g. Ad. sk. Brazil (Rio make). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. /(. Ad. sk., var. Brazil. Gould Coll.
i,j. Ad.sk. N. Fribourgo, Brazil ( I 02«/s). Salvin-Godman Coll.
A-. Ad.sk. Rio ClarOjGoyaz, Brazil (/oywe?')' Salvin-Godman Coll.
/, m. Ad, St. Purchased.
11. Phaethornis squalidus.
Trochilus squahdus, Natt. in Temm. PL Col. 120. f . 1 ; Less. Man.
d'Orn. V. p. 74, f. 2; id. Hist. Nat. Co/, p. 40, pi. 8; id. Ind.
Gen. Troch. p. xv. Trochilus leucophrys, Nordm. in Erman's Reise, p. 2. Phaethornis leucophrys, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 67 ; Reich. Aufz, d.
Col. p. 14. Phaethornis squalidus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 68 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 249 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14 ; Bunn. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 325 ; Cab.
^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 8 ; Gould, lntr. Troch. p. 45 ; Scl. Cat.
Am. B. p. 286 ; Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 18 ; Euler, J. f.
Orn. 1868, p. 182 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 27 ; Salv. Sr Elliot, Ibis,
1873, p. 9 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1873, p. 273 ; id. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xi.
p. 560 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 77, iv. p. 142 ; id.
A7in. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 201 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 17 ;
Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 117. Phaethornis intermedins, Gould, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 30 (Oct. 1853)
(nee Lessoti).
no.
PHAKTIIOKNIS. 277
Pjgmoruis iutemediiis, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p 250 i^tyonornis intermedius, Reich. Aufz. d. Col p 14 ' Pygmornis squalidus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 122. '
Adult. Upper surface dark bronze-greeu, each feather obscurely h-iuged with buft; crowu dark brown; postocular stripe dusky white; lores and ear-coyerts black; under surface buff, brownish on the flanks ; throat brown, the feathers with buff fringes ; tail dull dark green at the ba.se, with a broad subtorminal black band and tipped with buff, the elongated portion of the central pair white: maxiUa black: mandible flesh-colour, distal half black, lotal length 4-S inches, wing 1-8, tail 2, bill 1-05.
Hab. South-eastern Brazil.
a-i. Ad. sk. Brazil (Eio make). Salyin-Clodman &
V vj „i c, , T^. ^^. Gould Colls.
,;• Ad. sk. Santa Fe, Minas Geraes, Brazil Salviu-Godman Coll.
{Rogers).
12. Phaethornis augusti.
'""TitlrT '^""'^^*^' ^''"'■''- ^'^''- ^"^ ^^^'- ''* ^'"^- ^y^"> ^- V- 623
Phaethornis augusti^^,. Consp. Av. i. p. 68; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
fir LffT''--^"fi- '^- ^"^^ P- l'^' ^'^"^'^^^ ^"w- T'roch. i. pi. 29 (May 1854) ■ id Intr.Troch. p. 45 ; Mids. S>- Verr. Clem. Troch.
mds. Hist. Nat Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 75, pi. 5; id. Ann. Sac. Linn. ^on,^xn. i>. 201 -mtot, Syn. Troch. p. 14; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Cam i. p. 116; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 431 ; Berl. J. f. Orn. loo/, p. 314. •'
Allied to P.pretrii, and with the tail similarly formed, but the postocular and malar stripes are white instead of buft' and the entire under surface grey instead of cinnamon. '
Hab. Colombia, Venezuela, and British Guiana.
a, b. Ad. sk. Caracas, Venezuela {Salle). Salvin-Godman &
„ \A ^ TT CtOuH Colls.
^ 7" ; 1 , Venezuela {Spence). Sclater Coll.
a-J Ad. sJr. _ Venezuela. Gould CoU.
9, n. s ad. ; a, Roraima, Brit. Guiana, Jan. Salviu-Godman Coll
.7. ? ad. sk. &Dec. (H. Whitely).
k. 2 ad. sk. Quonga, Brit. Guiana, Sept.
{H. W.).
Salviu-Godman Coll.
13. Phaethornis pretrii.
Trochilus superciliosus, Wied, Beitr. iv. p. 116 (nee Linn.). Irochilus pretrii, Less. ^- Delattre, Rev. Zool. 1839, p 20 Phaethornis pretrii, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 65; id. Rev. Zool. ISoi
(Mayl854); Pefc. Or„.^r«s. p. 27; Salv. .$■ Elliot, Ibis, 1S73, p. 11 ; Mxls. Hist. lA at. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 72 ; id. Ann. 80c Lim,
278 TKocniLi.
Lyon, xxii. p. 201 ; Elliot, Syn. Trnch. p. 14 ; Eurles-Besl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 114; Salv. Cut. StricJd. Coll. -p. 359; Berl. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xi. p. 559. Pliaetliornis superciliosus, Burni. Syst. Ueh. ii. p. 323; Cah. ^' Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. j). 9 ; Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 45 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 286; Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 18; Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 121 ; Reinh. Vidensk. Medd. Nat. For. Kjob. 1870, p. 99 ; Midffic. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 309.
Adult. Upper surface shining bronze-green, crown dark ; rump rusty red ; postocular and malar stripes pale buff ; lores and ear- coverts black ; under surface cinnamon, a little darker on the throat, which has a pale median stripe ; tail bronze-green, all the feathers broadlj' tipped with white, the lateral ones with a broad Bubtormiual black band : maxilla black ; mandible, except the tip, red. Total length about 6 inches, wing 2"25 ; tail, central rectrices 2-9, next pair 2-25, outer pair 1 ; bill 1-5.
Ilab. Brazil from Bahia to the southern provinces.
a, h. Ad. sk. Bahia, Brazil (Wuclierer\ Salvin-fiodman Coll.
c-i. Ad. sk. Brazil (Bahia make). Gould Coll.
j. Ad. sk. Santa Fe, Minas Geraes, Brazil Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Rogers),
k, I. S ad. sk. Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil Salvin-Godman Coll.
.Tan. & Aug. {H. H. Smith).
14. Phaethornis nattereri.
Phaetornis longuemareus, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 27. Phaethornis nattereri, Berl. Ibis, 1887, p. 289. ? Phfetoruis gouuellei, Boucard, The Hunwmiy Bird, i. p. 17 (Mar. 1891).
Upper surface bronze-brown ; rump rufous ; supcrcilium and under surface pale fulvous, a little darker on the throat ; tail graduated, the feathers narrow, the four central ones tipped with white, the rest with pale fulvous : bill black; the mandible, except the extreme tip, flesh-colour ; feet hazel. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 1-8 ; tail, central feathers 1'8, lateral 0-7; bill 1-15. (Type, Mus. Berlepsch.)
T only know this bird from seeing the type, kindly lent me by Count Berlepsch. It appears to be a small form of P. pretrii.
Hah. Brazil, Matto Grosso {Natterer).
15. Phaethornis bourcieri.
Trochilus bourcieri, Less. Hist. Nat. Troch. p. G2, pi. 18 ; id. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xiv.
Phaethornis bourcieri, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 67 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 25 (May 1853) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 43 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B.
■ p. 288 ; Muls. 4- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 18 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 121 ; Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S 1867, p. 752, 1873, p. 286 ; Salv. .S" Elliot, This, 1873, p. 13 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 85, iv. p. 143 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyo7i, xxii. p. 201 ; Elliot, Syn.
nn. niAKTIHiRNIS. 1'70
Troch. p. 12; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mits. Caen, i. p. 121; Tacs.
P. Z. S. 1882, p. 34; id. Om. Per. i. p. 267: Salr. Ibis, 1885,
p. 431. Ametrornis boiircieri, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14 ; Cab. Sf Seine,
3Ius. Hein. ii. p. 10. Ametrornis abnormis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14 ; Pelz. Om. Bras.
pp. 27, 56. Orthornis boiircieri, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 249. Phaethornis whitelyi, Boucard, The Humming Bird, i. p. 18 (Mnr.
1891).
Adult. Upper surface dark bronze-green, the feathers of the lower back and upper tail-coverts tipped with buff and with a sub- terminal dark band; superciliarj' and malar stripes buff; ear- coverts dark ; under surface greyish buff, lighter in the middle line ; tail bronze-green, the central elongated rectrices white towards their tips, the rest blacker towards their ends and tipped with buff: maxilla black : mandible pale flesh- colour, the tip black. Total length about 5-5 inches, wing 2-2, tail 2-2, lateral rectrices 1, bill 1-4.
Female like the male.
Hah. Guiana and the Amazons Valley to the base of the Andes of Ecuador and Peru.
a. Ad. sk. Canelos, Ecuador [BucJcky). Gould Coll.
h, c. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Bucldey). Salvin-Godman Coll.
d, e. Ad. sk. Peruviau Amazons {E. Burtlett). Gould Coll.
/,(-/. c? fid. sk. Pebas, Amazons, April, June (/. Salvin-Godman Coll.
IIau.rwell).
h. S <id. sk. Camacusa, Brit. Guiana, April Salvin-Godman Coll.
{H. WhUely).
i. 2 ad.sk. Merume INIts., Brit. Guiana, . I idy Salvin-Godman Coll,
{H. W.).
j. 2 ad. sk. R. Atapurow, Brit. Guiana, Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll.
{H. W.).
k. c? ad. sk. Pioraima, Brit. Giuana, Nov. Salvin-Godman CoU.
{H. W.).
l-o. Ad. sk. (Cayenne make.) Gould & Sclater
CoUs.
16. Phaethornis philippii.
Trochihis philippii, Bourc. ^- Muls. Ami. So. Phys, ef Xat. Lyoni
X. p. 623 (1847). Trochilus filippi, Bourc. Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 401. Phaethoruis philippii, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 68 ; Gould, Mon. Troch.
i. pi. 21 (Sept. 1855) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 43 ; Muls. 8,- Verr. Class.
Troch. p. 18 ; Salv. S; Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 13 ; Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, i. Y}. 27 ; id. Ann. Soc. Lin7i. Lyon, xxii. p. 201;
Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 12 ; Scl. 8; Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 027 ;
Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 123. Ametrornis defilippi, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14 ; Cab. 8; Heine, Mus.
Hein. iii. p. 10.
Adult. Upper surface dark bronze-green, crown darker, each feather with a fulvous tip and a subtcrminal dark bar, more con-
280 TRocniLi.
spicuous on the lower back and mmp ; nnclcr surface rufoue-ta-wny, under tail-coverts paler ; tail black, the middle pair of rcctrices tipped with white, the rest with rufous : maxilla black ; mandible, except the tip, flesh-colour ; feet pale hazel. Total length about 5*7 inches, wing 2-3 ; tail, central rectrices 2-3, lateral 1 ; bill 1'4. Some years ago I examined the type of this species, then in Mr. Elliot's Collection. More recently a second specimen was obtained by Herr Gustav Garlepp at Fonteboa, on the Amazons. This is now in Count Berlepsch's collection, and was lent to me for examination and description.
Hah. Bolivia and Amazons Valley.
67. PYGMORNIS*.
Type.
Pygmornis, Bih Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250.
Eremita, Beich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 14.
Momus, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 19 (1865) P. idali£e.
Pyg-omis, Muls. S/- Verr: Class. Troch. p. 18.
Range. Tropical America from South-eastern Mexico to South Brazil.
Keij to the Species.
a. No distinct black pectoral crescent.
a'. Hump and mider tail-coverts more or less rufescent. a". Central rectrices subtermiually nearly
black griseiyularis, p. 280.
b". Central rectrices subterminally dark green. a'". Throat grey, with distinct stripes .... striif/ularis, p. 281.
b'". Throat rufous, uustriped adolplii, p. 282.
b' . Rump nearly imiform with the back, the feathers narrowly edged with rufous ; under tail-coverts white, c". Rump-feathers distinctly edged with rufous lonyuemarei, p. 283. d'' . Rump green, scarcely edged with rufous . idalice, p. 284.
b. A distinct black jjectoral crescent.
c' . Basal half of the mandible yellow.
c". Outer rectrices beneath subtermiually
black episcoims, p. 284.
f. Outer rectrices beneath subtermally bronze pygmceus, \>. 28-5. d''. Basal three-fourths of tlie mandible yellow . niyricinctus., p. 286.
1. Pygmornis griseigularis.
Phaethomis griseigularis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 115 ; id. Mon. Troch. i. pi. 36 (Nov. 1851); Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 286; Gray,
* I do not know the bird described by Count v. Berlepsch as : —
PlIAETIIORNIS RIOJiE, IMs, 1889, p. 182.
Hah. N. Peru.
It is said to bo allied to P. sfriiyularis.
(37. PYGMORXIS. 281
Sand-l. B. i. p. 122 ; Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 18 ; Tacz. 1\ Z. S.
1880, p. 204 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 270 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 315. Trocbilus aspasiae, Bourc. 8)- Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, (2) iii.
p. 188. Pvgmornis griseigularis, Bp. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 250 ; Salv. Sf Elliot,
'ibis, 1873, p. 272 ; Heine, J.f. Orn. 186.3, p. 176. Eremita griseigularis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14. Pygornis griseigularis, Muls. Sf Terr. Class. Troch. p. 19. Pyginornis griseogularis, Cab. S,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 8; Gould,
Iidr. Troch. p. 47 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 97 ; id.
An>i. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 201. Phaethoruis zouura, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 305 ; id. Mon. Troch. i.
pi. 30 (Sept. 1861). Pygmornis zonura, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 47.
Adult male. Upper surface bronze-green, darker on the crown; nimp dark rufous ; postocular stripe buil ; ear-coverts black ; under surface pale rufous, chin dark grey ; tail black, the central pair of feathers with a slight bronze hue and tipped witli dingy white, the rest edged terminally with rufous : maxilla black, basal half of the mandible yeUow. Total length about 3'3 inches, wing 1-45 ; tail 1-35, lateral rectrices 0-57 ; bill 1.
Female. Similar to the male, but rather paler beneath.
A common bird in trade collections from Bogota. Stolzmann's specimens were shot at Callacate in Peru at an elevation of 480 (.) feet above the sea.
Hah. Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
a-f. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Gould CoU. (Types
of the species.)
g-m. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godmau &
Gould Colls.
n, 0. Ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
p, q. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll.
r. Ad. sk. Peru ( Warszeiviez). Gould Coll. (Type
of P. zonura.)
s. Ad. sk. Callacate, N. Peru {Stolzmann). Sclater Coll.
2. Pygmornis striigularis.
Pbaethornis striigularis, Gould, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 37 (Oct. 1854) ;
Scl. P.Z.S. 1854, p. Ill, 1855, p. 139; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 280;
Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 122; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 19; Tacz. Orn.
Per. i. p. 272 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 316 ; Pidgtv. Pr. U.S. Nat.
Mus. xi. p. 560. Trocbilus amaura, Bourc. Rev. Zool. 1856, p. 552. Pbaetbornis atrimeutalis, Laicr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vi. p. 200. Phaetbomis amaura, Goidd, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 32 (May 1859). Pbaethornis sp. ?, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 194. Pygmornis striigidaiis. Cab. &,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 7 ; Gould,
Intr. Troch. p. 48 ; Salv. ^- Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 273 ; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 96, iv. p. 146 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon,
xxii. p. 201 ; Berl. Sf Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 566. Pygoruis striigularis, Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 19.
282 TRornnj.
Pj-gniornis aniaurn, Cah. S,- Heme, Mvii. Heine, iii. p. 7 ; Heme, J. f. Oni. 18G?., p. 176 ; Scl. S^- Salv. P. Z. S. 18G7, p. 752, 1873, p. 287. Phaethornis adolpbi, Hiclgw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 309 {nee Bourc. ajnid Perlepsch).
Adult. Upper surface bronze-green, crown much darker, feathers of the rump edged -with rufous ; postocular stripe buff ; ear-coverts black ; under surface greyish, flanks tinged with rufous ; throat dark, -with a more or less striped appearance ; tail dark bronze- green, the central rectrices tipped with dingy white, the rest with narrow buff tips : maxilla black, the basal half of the mandible j'ellow. Total length about 3"S inches, wing 1*7 ; tail, central rec- trices 14, lateral 0-7; bill 1-05.
A close ally of P. griseigularis, the best differential character being the colour of the tail, which has the subterminal portion nearly black in the above-named species, bronzy green in P. .sfrn- (jiilaris. The latter, too, has a more striated throat, more obvious in Colombian than in Ecuadorian specimens.
The names P. striigularis and P. ammira were both based upon Colombian skins, P. atnmentalis on an example from Ecuador.
Hah. Colombia, Ecuador, and Upper Amazons Valley,
a-c. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Gould Coll. (Types
of the species.) d-h. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Gould & Sclater
Colls. i. Ad. sk. Napo, Ecuador {Jameson). GouldColl. (Figured
as P. amaura, Mon. Troch.) /, A-. Ad. sk. Napo {Jameson). Gould Coll.
l. Ad. sk. Ecuador {Bucldey). Gould Coll.
m,n. Ad.sk. Baisa, Ecuador (i)!/rA7p^). Sahiu-Godmau Coll.
0,2}. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buchley). Salviu-Godman Coll.
q. Ad. sk. Santa Eosa, Ecuador ( Villa- Salviu-Godman Coll.
yomez). r. Ad. sk. Balzar Mts., Ecuador {Illinr/- Salvin-Godman Coll.
ivortJi). s. Ad. sk. Chyavetas, Peruvian Amazons Gould Coll.
(P. Bartlett).
3. Pygmornis adolpM.
Phaethornis adolphi, Boure. MS. ; Gould, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 85 (Sept. 1857) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 287 (descr. nulla), 1859, pp. 368, 385; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 286; Scl. 8,- Salv. His, 1859, p. 126, 1860, pp. 38, 19-5, 260; iid. P.Z.S. 1864, p. 365; Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 260, 1872, p. 319 ; id. P.Z. S. 1867, p. 152; Lam: Ann. Lye. N, Y. vii. p. 291, ix. p. 121 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 122 ; Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 18 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 132 ; Bidyic. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 591.
Pvgmornis adolphi. Cab. Sf Heine, Mns. Hoin. iii. p. 7 ; Gould, Litr. ■ Troch. p. 47 ; Salt: >.*>• Elliot, This, 1873, p. 271 ; 3hds. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 102, pi. 10, iv. p. 144 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon. xxii. p. 201 ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, ]i. 67.
Pygornis adolphi, Muk. 8)- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 19,
67. rTGMORNIS.
283
Yery similar to P. striir/ularis, but the throat onl}' slightly greyer than the abdomen and without strife.
Hub. South-eastern Mexico and the whole of Central America to the Isthmus of Panama.
a. cj ad. ; 6. 5
ad. sk. e. $ ad. sk.
d, c. Ad, sk.
/. Ad. sk. fj, h. Ad. sk.
/-/. Ad. sk. VI, n. Ad. sk. 0. Ad. sk. 2). Ad. sk. q. Ad. sk.
r. Ad. sk.
*•, t. Ad, sk.
Cordova, Mexico {Salle).
Playa Vicente, Dec. {M. Tru- jillo).
Teapa, Tabasco, Feb. {Mrs. H. H. Smith).
Guatemala ? {Delattre).
Kamkal, near Coban, Guate- mala ( O. S. Sf F. I). G.).
Cuban, Guatemala (O. S.).
Guatemala {Skinner).
Chontales, Nicaragua ( T. Belt).
Costa Rica {Endres).
Santiago de Veraguas, Panama {ArceX
Paraiso, Panama {Uughes).
Lion Hill, Panama {McLean- nan).
Gould Coll. (Types of the species.) Salviu-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll, Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman CoU. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salviu-Godman Coll.
4, Pygmornis longuemarei.
Trochilus longuemareus, Le-^s. Hist. Nat. Troch. pp. 15, 162, pis. 2,
62 ; id. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xv ; Jard. Nat. Libr. vii. H. Birds,
p. 152. Trochilus intermedins, Less. Hist. Nat. Troch. p. 65, pi. 19 ; id. Ind.
Gen. Troch. p. xv. Pbaethornis longuemareus, Jard. Nat. Libr. vii. H. Birds, p. 177 ;
Gould, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 31 (Sept. 1857) ; Scl. Cat. Am. B.
p. 286; E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 186.J, p. 01; Grat/, Hand-l. B. i.
p. 122 ; Elliot, Syn'. Troch. p. 18. Pnaetornis longuemareus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 67 ; Leotaud, Ois.
Trin. p. 128. Pbaethornis intermedius, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 17. Pbaethornis longuemarei, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14. Pygmornis intermedius, Bp). Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250. Pygornis longuemareus, Mids. Sf- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 19. Pygmornis longuemarei, Cab. Sf Heine, 3Ius. Hein. iii. p. 7. Pvgmornis longuemareus, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 46 ; <S'«/i-. S,- Elliot, 'ibis, 1873, p. 271 ; Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 93, pi, 9 ;
id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 201.
Adult. Upper surface rich bronze-green, much darker on the crown ; feathers of the rump edged with rufous ; postocular and malar stripes and under surface rufous, the latter paler on the middle of the abdomen ; under tail-coverts white ; chin black at the base, edged with rufous ; tail bronzy green, the central feathers tipped with white, the rest narrowly edged with pale buff : bill black, basal two-thirds of the mandible yellowish. Total length about 4-4 inches, wing 1'7, tail 1".5, bill I'l.
Hah. Cayenne and Trinidad.
284 TitocniLT.
«-/.-. Ad sk. (Cayeune nialic.) Salvin-Godman, Gould,
& Sclater Colls. /, Hj.Acl.sk. Trinidad. Gould Coll.
5. Pygmornis idaliae.
Troehilus idalias, Bourc. Sf Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, (2) iii. p. 187
(1856). riiaethovnis obscura, Gould, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 14 ; id. Mon. Troch. i.
pi. uS ( May 18-j8). Pygmoruiti obscura, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 7. Pliaetlioruis viridicaudata, Gould, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 3.3 (May 1868). Pygmornis viridicaudata, Cab. Sj- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 7. Pygornis idaliae, Muls. &i Ven: Class. Troch. p. 19. Pygmornis idalite, Gould, Litr. Troch. p. 48 ; Salv. e^- Elliot, Ibis,
1873, p. 270 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 90, pi. 8 ; id.
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 201. Pygmornis aspasise, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 47 (nee Bourc. 8f Mttls.). Pliaetbornis idaliae, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 19.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining green (darker and more bronzy on the crown and nape), each feather -with a dusky edge ; upper tail-coverts like the back ; postocular and malar stripes buff ; ear-coverts black ; under surface dark grey, chestnut on the throat, and nearly black on the chin ; under tail-coverts white ; tail bronzy green, each feather tipped with buff, the outermost pair with buif : bill black, the basal two-thirds of the mandible yellow. Total length about 3-5 inches, wing 1'4, tail 1-15, bill 0'95.
Female. Like the male on the upper surface ; beneath more rufescent ; the tail longer.
Hah. Brazil.
a, b, S ad. .sk. " Interior of Brazil " {Bour- Gould Coll. (Typical cier). specimens.)
c. c? ad. sk. Brazil (Rio make). Gould Coll. (Type of
P. obscurus.)
d. S ad. sk. Br.azil. Salvin-Godman CoU. e,f. $ ad. sk. " Interior of Brazil." Gould Coll. (Types of
P. viridicaudatus.)
6, Pygmornis episcopns.
Pliaetlioruis episcopus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1 857, p. 14 ; id. Mon. Troch.
i. pi. .39. I 2 (Sept. 1859) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 48; Gray, Hand-l.
B. i. p. 122 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch: p. 20. Pygomis episcopus, Mtds. St Verr. Class. Troch. p. 19. Pygmornis episcopus, Cah. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 7 ; Salv. ^
Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 274. Troehilus longuemai'eus, Cab. in Schonib. Guiana, iii. p. 709. Pygmornis longuemarus, Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 431 {nee Lesson).
Adult male. Upper surface rich shining golden bronze, darker on the crown ; rump rufous ; postocular stripe, under surface, and under tail-coverts rufous ; a purple-black pectoral band ; tail rich bronze, narrowly tipped with l)uff, the lateral rectrices subterminally purple-
(l7. PYGMORNIS. 2S5
black ; bill black, tbc basal half of the mandible yellow. Total length about 3-7 inches, wing 1"3, tail 1-35, bill 0"95.
Female. Like the male on the upper side ; beneath paler and without the pectoral band ; tail longer.
Hob. British Guiana.
a. Ad. sk. Demerara. Gould Coll. (Type
of the species.) b-f. x\d. sk. Demerara. Gould Coll.
(J. c? ad. sk. Bavtica Grove, Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll.
June {H. Whitely). h. S ad. sk. Camacusa, Brit. Guiana, Feb. Salvin-Godman Coll.
(^- " •)• . .
i,j. S ad. : k, Roraima, Brit. Guiana, Jan., Salvin-Godmau Coll. $ ad. sk. Oct. {H. W.).
7. Pyginornis pyginaeus.
Le Brin blanc jeuue age, Audeberf, Ois. Dor. i. p. 46, pi. 19. Trochilus brasiliensis, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 357 (nee
Latham); d'Orb. ^- Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 32. Trochilus pygmasus, Spix, At: Bras. p. 78, pi. 80. f. 1. Trochilus rufigaster, Vieill. Mic. Meth. p. 551 ; Less. Hist. Nat. Col.
p. 43, pi. 9 ; id. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xv. Trochilus davidianus, IjCss. Hist. Nat. Troch. p. 50, pi. 13 ; id. hid.
Gen. Troch. p. xv. Phaethornis eremita, Gould, Man. Troch. i. pi. 40 (June 1840) ; Bp.
Consp. Av. i. p. 68 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 287 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i.
p. 122 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 27 ; Eeinh. Vidensk. Medd. Nat. For.
Kjoh. 1870, p. 101. Phaethornis pvgmaeus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 68 ; Gould, Mon. Troch.
I. pi. 41 (Oct. 1852) ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 287 ; Reinh. Vidensk.
Medd. Nat. For. Ejob. 1870, p. 101 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 20. Eremita rufigaster, davidiauus, et pygmaeus, Reich. Aiifz. d. Col,
p. 14. Pygmornis rufigaster et davidianus, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250. Phaethornis rufigaster, Burm. Syst. TJeh. ii. p. 326. Pygmornis rufiventris, Cah. ^' Heitie, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 7. Pygmornis pygmteus, Cah. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 0; Sedv. ^•
Elliot, Ibis] 1873, p. 273 ; Layard, Ibis, 1873, p. 388 ; Elliot, Ibis,
1877, p. 141 ; Scl. 8f Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 027 ; Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 105, iv. p. 144 ; id. Aim. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 201 ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 431. Pygornis davidianus, Muls. 8f Verr. Class. Troch. p. 19. Pbaetoruis davidianus, Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 27.
Closely allied to P. episcopus, but with wider rufous tips to the rectrices, the subtcrminal portion being more dingy.
P. episcopxis seems to be barely distinct from P. pygmeeus, thouo-h the points of difference given above are fairly trustworthy.
Hah. Cayenne, the Lower Amazons Valley, Eastern and Central Brazil, Bolivia.
a-c. Ad. sk. (Cayenne make.) Gould & Sclater CoUs,
d. cj ad.sk. Vm's., Oct. {E. L. Layard). Tweeddale Coll.
286
e-g. Ad. sk. Para.
h-k. Ad. sk. Uiazil (JJahia make).
/, m. Ad. sk. Brazil.
n t. Ad. sk. Brazil (Uio make).
u,v. Ad.sk. N. Friboiirg-o, Brazil (Youds).
tp. Ad. sk. Brazil {Royvrs).
X. Ad. sk. Eiigeulio do Gama, Matto Grosso,
Sept. (JVatterer).
y, z. Ad. sk. Guanai, Bolivia {Buckley), a' . Ad. St.
Gould Coll. Gould OoU. Salviu-Godman Coll. Goidd Coll. Salvin-Godmau Coll. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godmau Coll. Purchased.
S. Pygmornis nigricinctus.
Phaetliornis nigricinctus, Later. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vi. p. 260 (1858) ;
Gould, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 39. f. 1 (Sept. 1859) ; Gray, Hand-l. B.
i. p. 122 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 20 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 34, Pygmornis nigricinctus, Cab. 4" Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 7 ; Sol. ^"
Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 75.3, 979, 1873, p. 287 ; Salv. ^f Elliot, Ibis,
1873, p. 274 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-MoucJtes, i. p. 108 ; id. Ann.
Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 201.
Closety allied to P. pygmceus, but with the tip only of the mandible black, the rest yellow.
Hah. Upper Amazons VaUey.
a, b. cJ ad. ; c.
$ ad. sk. d-tn. c? ad. : n.
$ ad. sk.' 0,2}. Ad. sk. (J. Ad. sk.
Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
Pebas, Amazons, Feb., April, June {J. Haux'icell).
Upper Amazons {E. Bartlett).
Upper Rio Negro {A. E. Wal- lace) ,
Salvin-Godman Gould Colls. Gould Coll. Gould Coll.
&
68. SPHENOPEOCTUS.
Type.
Sphenoproctiis, Cab. ^" Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 11 S. pampa.
Pampa, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 S. pampa.
Range, Southern Mexico and Guatemala.
Key to the Species.
a. Crown dark shining blue ; bill shorter pampa, p. 286.
b. Crown paler blue ; bill longer curmpennis, p. 287.
1. Sphenoproctus pampa.
Ornismya pampa, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, Suppl. p. 127,
pi. 15 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 18. Trochilus pampa. Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. vi. Gampylopterus pampa, Bp. Consp. i. p. 76 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 250; Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. p. 43 (Sept. 1855); Sol. ^ Salv.
Ibis, 1859, p. 127 ; Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 260 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B.
p. 287 ; Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 22.
68. SPHENOPROCTTJS. 287
Painpa campyloptera, Reich. Aufz. d Col « 11 • ,V/ t. i r^
., p. i), pi. 800. ff. 4861-6-^ ^" ' ^""''^- -^"«"*-
p. 1^/ , m Aim. iioc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. id. 201 • Elhnf .<?,,„ t' /
fsltvS"*''- -""'■ *"' '^""" '^ ^- "«i^«4 > i t
and tl a'tn,' p„>t rot;:"' ?* *f """ ^""« l"'" ">»«. ei*e, side .o.S SmZ?,:,:?";: H f.L°"lSar"^ ""
A d a.1. St. ChU Gt.f;«?.Mi, .s-0 gSc S"""
h. $ ad. St. (-Toidd Coll.
Purchased.
2. Sphenoproctus curvipennis.
^'tS^^t^^^'"''- ^--^- ^-. ^% p. 1 K^lJ.f. "^'St'i'rS^'lS ^- i.f • 1?9 1^.287,1859, pp. 367, 385 ; Sphenopi^ctus curvipennis, Gould, Lntr. Troch. p. 51- Muh Hist
c..p,£=p.L,sp.v^-;-:f:»-.^,f#*|--
Poljtmus ciu'vipeunis, Graij,Sand-l. B. i. p 105
io4e;td';t'"„;;„'Xt,;!-/"'^"' ^"' '^"^ *« «" »*-
ir«6. Southern Mexico, eastern side of the CordUlera.
«. (Jad. ; 6. 2 JMisantla, Vera Cruz Ar^-ir q i • ,. ,
ad.sk. Mar.(>S^.) ' ' '^''^ivin-Godmau Coll.
c. 2 ad. sk. Colipa, Vera Cruz lAIav ^ai • r^ 1
{F D G) fealvm-Godman Coll,
'■ ' "■ "■ 'Tk ^l^""»' ^- Salvia-God^aa CoU.
e-^. rf «1. sl<. C,j.g«. Ve„ c,„., Oct. .a,vi„.GoJ„a„ Cell,
288 TRocniLi.
h-j. S Jid. ; h f- 2 .Talapa, Vera Oruz, Mav Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. & June {M. T.).
m, n. 2 ad. 8k. Jalapa, Feb., Mar. {F. Salvin-Godman Coll.
D. G.).
o. Ad. sk. Jalapa (C. F. Hoge). Salvin-Godman Coll.
p. Ad. sk. Jalapa. Gould Coll.
q. d ad. sk. Atoyac, Vera Cruz, May Salvin-Godman Coll.
{Mrs. H. H. Smith),
r, s. Ad. sk. Mexico (Salli'). Gould Coll.
f-.v. Ad. sk. Mexico (Floresi). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
!/. (S ad. St. Purchased.
69. CAMPYLOPTERUS.
Type. Campylopterus, Sw. Zool. Journ. ii. p. 358 (1826) . . C. largipennis.
Sfepiopterus, Reich. Atifz. d. Col. p. 11 C. lazulus.
Platystylopterus, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 C. rufus.
Loxopterus, Cah. S,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. ]). 13 . . . . C. hyperytkrus.
Range. Southern Mexico to Bolivia ; Venezuela, Trinidad, Guiana, and the Araazons Valley.
Key to the Species.
a. Under surface grey, gi-een, or blue.
«'. Outer rectrices white at the tip in both sexes. a". Under surface uniform gi-ey ; sexes alike. a'". Outer rectrices broadly tipped with
white laryipennis, p. 288.
b'" . Outer rectrices narrowly tipped with
white ohscwus, p. 289,
b" . Under surface green, throat blue ; sexes
different ensipennis, p. 290.
c". Under surface imiform dark blue ; sexes
diflerent hemileucuriis, p. 291.
b'. Outer rectrices uniform ; sexes different.
d". Rectrices rufous lazulus, p. 292.
e". Rectrices dark steel-blue.
e'". Crown glittering olive-green ; back
dark shining green villavicencio, p. 293.
d'". Crown like the back, shining green . . jjkainopeplus, p. 294,
b. Under surface rufous ; sexes alike.
c'. Outer rectrices rufous with a subterminal
black band rufus, p. 294.
d'. Outer rectrices uniform rufous hyperythrus, p. 295.
1. Campylopterus largipennis.
Oiseau-Mouche a large tuyaux de Cavemie, Buff, PI. Enl. 672.
f. 2; Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p! 59, pi. 21. ' Oiseau-Mouche a large tuyaux, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 35. Trochilus largipennis, Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 41. Ash-bellied Humming Bird, Lath. Syn. i. pt. 2, p. 759. Broad-shafted Humming Bird, Lath. Syn. i. pt. 2, p. 765. Trochilus campylopterus, Gm. St/st. Nat. i. p. 499.
69. CAMPYLOPTEEUS. 289
Trocliilus cinereus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 490 ; Vieill. N, Did. d'Hiat.
N. vii. p. 348 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 552. Trochilus latipeunis, Lath. Ind. Oni. i. pt. 1, p. 310 ; Vieill. N. Did.
d'Hist. iV. vii. p. 365 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 566 ; Less. Ind. Gen. Troch.
p. V ; Siv. Zool. III. iii. pis. 130, 131. Le Colibri a ventre ceudre, Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p. 21, pi. 5. Ornismva latipennis. Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xlii, 121,
pi. 34. Campy lopterus latipennis, Cab. in Schonib. Reise n, Guiana, iii. p. 709;
Bj). Consp. i. p. 71 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 ; id. Troch, Enum.
p. 9, pi. 802. ff. 486J-66 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250 ; Gould,
Man. Troch. ii. pi. 48 (May 1860) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 53 ; Muls.
i-^j- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 2i. Campyloptenis largipenni,?, Cah. ^ Seine, Mus. Hein, iii, p. 12;
Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 283 ; F. Seine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 177 ; Scl. 4-
Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 584 ; Felz. Orn. Bras. p. 28 ; Muls. Sist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 119, iv. p. 148 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon,
xxii. p. 201 ; Elliot, 8yn. Troch. p. 24 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus,
Caen, i. p. 147 ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 432. Polytmus largipennis, Gray, Sand-l. B. i. p. 124.
Adult male. Upper surface dark gi'ass-green, under surface grey, ear-coverts darker, sides of the neck and flanks tinged with green ; four central rectrices green like the back, rest black, tipped (on the outer feather for the distal third) with white ; bill black, mandible except the tip greyish. Total length about 5'5 inches, wing 3 ; tail, central rectrices 2-1, lateral 1*9 ; bill 1-15.
Adult female. Like the male, the shafts of the outer primaries not swollen.
Hah. Guiana.
a, cJad. ; b-d. (Cayenne make.) Salviu-Godmau, Sclater,
$ ad. sk. & Gould Colls.
e. 2 ad. sk. Guiana (Spence). Sclater Coll.
f. $ ad. sk. Berbice, Brit. Guiana. Gould Coll.
!;,h. 2- ad. sk. Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman CoU.
Jan. {S. Whitely). i. S ad. sk. Camacusa, Brit. Guiana, April Salvin-Godman Coll.
(if. W.). ;. cJad.; k. $ Merume Mts., Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad._sk. June, Jidy (If. W.).
I. cJ juv. sk. R. Atapurow, Biit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Jan. {S. W.). m. $ ad. sk. Cobati,R.Negro(^.22. Wallace). Salvin-Godman Coll. n. $ ad. St. Demerara. Pm'chased.
0. $ ad. St. Pm'chased
2. Campylopterus ol)scrirus.
Campylopterus obscuvus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 13 ; id. Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 49 (May 1860) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 54 ; Bp. Consj). i. p. 76 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 ; Scl. ^• Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 584 ; Layard, Ibis, 1873, p. 388 ; Muls. Sist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 121 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 25 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 149. VOL. XVI. V
290 TROCHILI.
Campylopterus lequatoiialis, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 54 ; Scl. S,- Salv.
P.'Z. S. 1867, pp. 753, 979, 1873, p. 287, 1879, p. 627. Campylopterus latipeuuis var. obscunis and var. sequatorialis, Mids.
(§• Vevr. Class. Troch. p. 22. Campylopterus largipennis, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 541. _ Polytinus requatorialis and obscurus, Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 124. Campylopterus largipenuis, vara, isquatorialis and obscurus, Mids.
Ann. Soc. Linn. lymi, xxii. p. 202.
Adult. Similar to that of G. laryipenais, but with the lateral rcctrices on either side much more narrowly tipped with white.
Hah. Amazons Valley from Para to the Andes, and southwards to Bolivia.
a, 6. 2 ad.sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salviu-Godman & Gould
Colls, c. c?ad. ; d. $ Ecuador. Gould Coll.
ad. sk. e. $ ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould CoU.
(Type of C. cequatorialis, Gould.) /. (S ad. sk. Amazous (Natterer). ■ Salviu-Godman Coll.
g-i. 2 fi-d- sk. Upper Amazous (E. Bartlett). Gould Coll. y-/. cj ad.; w-o. Pebas, Amazous, Feb., April, Sal vin-Godmau & Gould
2 ad. sk. June, Aug. {J. Hauxioell). Colls.
p, q. Ad. sk. Mapiri, Bolivia {Buckley'). Salviu-Godmau Coll.
r. tS ad.; s, t. Para, April (^4. R. Wallace). Salviu-Godmau &
2 ad. sk. Sclater Colls.
u,v. (S fid.; ID- Para, Nov. {E. L. Layard). Tweeddale, Salvin-God-
y. 2 ad. sk. man, & Gould Colls.
z. (S ad. sk. Amazous Valley. Gould Coll. (Type of
the .species.) a'. S ad. st. Para. R. Graham [P.].
3. Campylopterus ensipennis.
Trochilus eusipeuuis, Stu. Zool. III. ii, pi. 107 ; Ze.s.s. hid. Gen. Troch.
p. vi ; id. Hist. Nat. Troch. pp. 124, 127, pis. 46, 47. Campylopterus eusipeuuis, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ]ip. xliii,
124, pi. 35 ; Jard. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. 1847, p. 372 ; Bp. Consp. i.
p. 71 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 ; id.
Troch. Enum. p. 9, pi. 803. IF. 4867-68 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. ii.
pi. 46 (Sept. 1857) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 53 ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mus.
Hein. iii. p. 12 ; Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 22 ; Scl. Sf Salv.
P. Z. >S. 1869, p. 169 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 123,
iv. p. 149 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 202 ; Elliot, Syn.
Troch. p. 26; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 151. Polytmus ensipennis. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 124.
Adult male. Shining golden green ; throat deep lazuliue-blnc ; central rectrices darker than the back, the next pair steel-blue, tlie rest broadly tipped with white, the outer pair for more than two- thirds of their length; bill black. Total length about 5'2 inches, wing 3, tail 2-1, hill 1-25.
Adult female. Like the male, but the under surface less brilliant and mixed with grey, the blue throat paler and greener.
Hah. Venezuela and Trinidad.
69. rAMPYLOPTEETJS. 291
a-c. d" ad. ; f7, e. 2 Trinidad. LJoiild >i Sclatert'ullcs.
ad. sk.
/. c? ad. sk. Caripe, Venezuela, June {A. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Goennff).
I/. (S juv. sk. Venezuela. Salvin-C4odman Coll.
4. Campylopterus hemileucurus.
Trocliilus hemileucurus, Licht. Frets- Verz. Mex., Vog. p. 1 (cf, /. /.
Orn. 1863, p. 56). Oruismya delattrii, Less. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 14. Camjjylopterus delattrii, Bp. Consp. i. p. 71 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854
p. 250 ; Reich. Aufx. d. Col. p. 11 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 9, pi. 804.
ff. 4869-70 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 45 (Sept. 1855) ; Scl. 8f Salv.
Ibis, 1859, p. 127 ; 3Ioore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 53 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859,
pp. 367, 385 ; Salv. Ibis, 18G0, p. 105 ; Muls. S/- Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 22 ; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 20, pi. — ; Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-
Mouches,\. p. 134, iv. p. 149 ; id, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 202;
Rudes-Desl. Ann. Mas. Caen, i. p. 153. Campylopterus liemileuciu'us. Cab. Sj- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 13 ;
Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 288 ; Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 52 ; Cab. J.f. Orn.
1862, p. 162; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 176; Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 204,
1870, p. 205 ; Lawr. Ann. Lijc. N. Y. ix. p. 121 ; Bull. U.S. Nat.
Mus. no. 4, p. 32; v. Frantz. J.f. Orn. 1869, p. 315; Boucard,
P. Z. S. 1878, p. 68 ; Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 26 ; Nutting,^ Pr. U.S.
Nat. Mus. V. p. 501 ; Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 157;
Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 316. Poljiimus hemileucurus, Gray, Hand-l. B, i. p. 124.
Adult male. Dark shiuiug violet-blue, top and sides of the head and nape black ; ■wing-coverts and upper tail-coverts dark shining green ; tail purple-black, the central rectrices tinged with green, the outer three on either side broadly tipped with white (on the outermost occupying half the feather) : bill black. Total length about 6 inches, wing 3'3, tail 2-3, bill 1"3.
Adidt female. Above shining green, crown bronze; beneath gre)^ flanks dark shining green , thi'oat shining blue ; outer three rectrices on either side blue-black, broadly tipped with white as in the male, the rest shining green like the back.
Young male. Green on the back, like the female ; the under surface brownish black ; the blue feathers of the adult are first assumed on the throat, afterwards on the abdomen, and lastly on the back; only very fully adult birds have the back pure blue without any admixture of green feathers.
Hah. Southern Mexico and Central America from Guatemala to Panama, in mountain-forests at an elevation of from 2000 to 6000 feet above the sea-level.
a, b. S ad.; c. $ Mexico {Floresi). Gould CoU.
ad. sk.
<^. cJad.; e. 5 ad.sk. Jalapa, Mexico {de Oca). Salvin-Godmau Coll,
f-i. S ad. sk. Jalapa, July (M. Trujillo). Salvin-Godmau Coll.
/. c? juv. sk. Huatusco, Mexico, July {F. Salvin-Godman Coll. Ferrari-Perez).
292
A'. S ad. sk.
/. ? ad. sk.
7)1. (5 ad. sk.
w. c? ad. ; o~q. $
ad. sk. ?--2<. c? ad. sk.
2)-,r.c?ad.; ?/, s. $
ad. sk. rt'. (S ad. sk.
6', c'. c?ad. ; rf'. c?
juv.;c',/'. 5ad.sk, 5^', h'. c? ad. sk.
*', /'. $ ad. sk.
A;'. 5 ad, sk.
I', m', c? ad. sk.
n'.cJad. ; o', $ ad.
sk. p'-r'. cJad. ; s'. $
ad. sk. ^'. (5 ad. sk.
u', (5 ad. sk.
v', cJ ad. ; w'. S juv.; a:'.$ad. st,
Omilteme, Guerrero, July
{Mrs. H. H. Smith). Playa Vicente, Vera Cruz,
Feb. (3/. T-irjillo). Tehuantepec, Feb. {W. B.
Richardson). Chimalapa, TeIiuantepec,Feb.
to April {W. B.R.). Sierra de San Domingo, Tehu- antepec, Feb., April ( W. B. B.). Coban, Guatemala, Nov. (0.
Salvin). Kamkal, near Coban (O. *S'. ^
F. I). G.). Guatemala (Skinner).
Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala,
Aug. {O.S.). Volcan de Agua above Sau
Diego, Nov. (0. S.). Totonicapam, Guatemala,
Sept. (0. S.). Ketalhuleu, Guatemala, July
{W. B. Ilichardson). Costa Rica {Carmiol).
Calovevora, Panama {E.
Arce). Cordillera del Cliucu, Panama
(Arce). Boquete de Cliitra, Panama
(Arce).
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman &
Sclater Colls. Salvin-Godman &
Sclater Colls. Gould Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman CoU
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll.
Purchased.
5. Campylopterus lazulus.
Trochilus lazulus, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 557 ; id. Gal. Ois. ii. p. 296,
pi. 179. Ornismya falcata, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xliv, 126, pi. 36. Trochilus falcatus. Less. hid. Gen. Troch. p. vi ; Sw. Zool. III. ii.
pi. 89. Campylopterus lazulus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 71 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 250; Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 44 (Sept. 1856) ; id. Intr. Troch.
p. 51 ; Cah. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 13 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B.
p. 287 ; Mids. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 22 ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S.
1868, p. 169, 1870, p. 782 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1875, p. 10 ; id. Sijn. Troch.
p. 26 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 132, iv. p. 149 ; id.
Ann. Soc. Limi. Lyon, xxii. p. 202; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 316. Ssepiopterus lazulus, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 ; id. Troch. Enum.
p. 9, pi. 801. ff. 4863-64; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 156, Campylopterus falcipennis, Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 328. Polytmus lazulus. Gray, Hand-l, B. i. p. 124.
Adult male. Upper surface glittering grass-green ; under surface from the chin to the abdomen rich glittering purple-blue, thence to
69. CAMPTLOPTERTJS. 293
the crissiim passing into glittering green ; under tail-coverts chest- nut ; tail dark chestnut, the central rectrices tipped with hronze- greon, the rest more narrowly with dark purple ; bill black. Total length 5-4 inches, wing 2-8, tail 1-9, bill 1-2.
Adult feniale. Above shining green, brighter on the rump and central rectrices ; under surface grey ; throat greenish blue, with a whitish malar stripe on either side ; flanks tinged with green ; under tail-coverts mixed with chestnut.
Youncf male. Cinnamon malar stripes ; under surface blackish brown, the feathers edged with chestnut.
Hah. Colombia and Yenezuela.
a-f. S ad. ; g. (J Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman & juv. ; h~A: $ ad. sk, Goukl Colls.
/. <S ad. sk. Merida, Venezuela. Sclater Coll.
7n. cS ad. sk. Venezuela (Goering). Salvin-CTodmau Coll.
n. (S ad. sk. Caracas, Venezuela. E. Dyson [C.].
0, p. $ ad. sk. Valley of Aragua, Venezuela. E. Dyson [C.j.
q. S ad. St. [Venezuela.] E. Dyson [C.].
r. (S ad. st. Purchased.
6. Campylopterus villavicencio.
Trochilus villavicencio, Bourc. Compt. Rend, xxxii. p. 187 ; id. Rev,
Zool. 1851, p. 97. Selasphorus y. Heliomastes villavicencio, Reich. Axifz. d. Col, p. 13. Heliomastes villavicencio, Bp. Rev, Zool. 1854, p. 251. Campylopterus villavicencio, Goidd, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 42 (May
1859) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 43; Muls. ^- Ven: Class. Troch. p. 22";
Mids, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 129; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon,
xxii. p. 202 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 27 ; Eudes-Desl. An?i, Mus.
Caen, i. p. 150. Campylopterus splendens, Laicr. Ann, Lye. N. Y, vi. p. 262 ; Gould,
Intr. Troch. p. 53. Polytmus splendens, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 124.
Adult male. Upper surface dark green, darker on the nape, crown glittering golden-green ; sides of the head and chin black ; chest rich dark glittering blue ; abdomen dark grey, flanks and under tail-coverts dark green ; tail dark green, lateral rectrices dark steel- blue ; biU black. Total length about 5*4 inches, wing 2-8, tail 2, bill 1-3.
Adtdt female. Above like the male, but the colours a little duller : beneath grey, the lateral rectrices tipped with greyish.
Hab. Ecuador.
ff, h. c? ad. sk. Ecuador (ex G. N. Lawrence). Sahiu-Godmau &
Gould Colls. (Typical of C. splendens.) c. cJ ad. ; d. 9 ad. Ecuador. balvin-Godnian &
sk. Gould Colls.
e. (S ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould CoU.
f,ff. cjad.;^, ?'. 2 Sarayacu, Ecuador (5McA;/ey). Salvin-Godman Coll. ad. sk.
294 TRocniLi.
7. Campylopterus phainopeplus.
Campylopterus pliainoperlus, Salv. Sj- Godm. Ibis, 1879, p. 202, 1880, p. 171 ; S/iarpc in Gould's Mon. Troch. Sup2>l. pi. 3 (April 1885) ; d'JIamonv. mill. Soc. Zoot. Fr. viii. p. 78 (1883).
Adiilt male. Glittering green, a little brighter on the abdomen ; throat glittering dark blue ; under tail-coverts dull green ; tail dark steel-blue, the central rectrices slightly tinged with green; bill black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 2-8, tail 1*75, bill 1-1.
Adult female. Shining green, duller on the anterior half of the crown ; beneath grey ; ear-coverts fuscous ; flanks tinged with green ; under tail-coverts green, lateral rectrices tipped with grey.
ITab. Sierra Nevada of N. Colombia.
a. cJ ad. sk. Atanques, Sierra Nevada de Sta. Salviu-Godman Coll.
Marta, Colombia, Feb. (F.
Simons).
b-d. cJad. ; e. San Jos4, Sierra Nevada de Sta. Salvin-Godman Coll.
5 ad. sk. Marta, Mar., April (2'''. <S'mho?js). (Types of the species.)
/. c? ad. sk. Sau Jose, March (F. Sinw)2s). Salvin-Godman Coll.
ff, h. c? ad. sk. San Sebastian, Sierra Nevada de Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sta. Marta, July (F. Si7no7is).
i. (S ad. ; ;. $ ad. N. Colombia {F. Simoiis). Gould Coll.
sk.
8. Campylopterus rufus.
Campylopterus rufus, Less. Hev. Zool. 1840, p. 73 ; B^y. Consp. i.
p. 71 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250 ; Gotdd, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 50
(May 1852) ; id.Intr. Troch. p. 54; Scl. Sr Salv. Ihis, 1859, p. 127;
Salv. Ibis, 1860, pp. 38, 195, 260, 263, 264; id. Cat. Strickl. Coll.
p. 360 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 288 ; Mids. S,- Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 22 ; Mtds. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 133 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn.
Lyon, xxii. p. 202 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 25. Platystylopterus rufus, Iteich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11; id. Troch. Fnum.
p. 8, pi. 789. if. 4834-35; Endes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 158. Polytmiis rufus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 124.
Adult male. Shining golden green, duller on the forehead ; under surface rufous, ear-coverts darker, middle of the abdomen paler ; central rectrices bronze-green, lateral rufous, with a subterminal black band stopping at the shaft of the outermost feather, which thus has the whole of the outer web rufous ; bill blackish. Total length about 5"3 inches, wing 2-8, tail 2, bill 1*2.
Female. Similar to the male.
Hub. Mountains of Guatemala from 5000 to 7000 feet above the sea-level.
a-d. S ad.; e. $ Dueiias, Guatemala, Nov. Salvin-Godman, Sclater,
ad. sk. (0. S. &>■ F. D. G.). & Gould Colls.
/. cJad.; ff. 2 ad. Volcau de Fuego, Guate- Salvin-Godman Coll.
sk. mala, Aug. (O. S.).
h. cjad. ; i, $ad. Guatemala (Corestowm). Gould Coll.
sk.
./, k. 5 ad. st, Guatemala. Purchased,
9 ad, St. [Guatemala.] Purchased.
70. EUPETOMENA. 295
9. Campylopterus hyperythrus.
Campyloptorus hyperytlims, Cab. in Schomb. Reise n. Guiana, iii.
p. 709 ; Bp. Mcv. Zool. 1854, p. 250 ; Gmild, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 51
(;May 1852) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 54 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois-Mouches,
i. p. 135; id. A)in. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 202; Elliot, Syn.
Ti-och. p. 25 ; Wldtely, Ibis, 1884, p. 357 ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 432. Platystylopterus hyperytlims, Reich. Attfz. d. Col. p. 11 ; id. Troch,
Enum. p. 8, pi. i'DO. 11'. 4836-38 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i.
p. 159. Loxopterus liyiierythrus. Cab. Sj- Heine, Mus, Hein. iii. p. 13 ; F,
Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 177. Campylopterus hypertrurus (!), Mnls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 22,
Adult male. Similar to that of C. rufits, but the under surface darker, the lateral rcctrices wholly rufous, without a subterminal dark baud ; bill shorter. Total length about 4*7 inches, wing 2-6, tail 1-8, bill 0-9.
Adult female. Like the male.
Hah. British Guiana, Roraima, at an altitude of 6000 feet and upwards.
a. (S ad.; b. 5 ad. sk. Roraima, Brit. Guiana, Aug. Salviu-Godman Coll. {H. Whitely).
70. EUPETOMENA.
Type.
Eupetomena, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 42 (Oct. 1852) . . E. macrura. Prognornis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 E. macriua.
Range. Eastern South America from Guiana to S. Brazil ; Peru.
Key to the Species.
a. Head and throat deep blue ; tail deeply forked ; rec-
trices comparatively narrow maci-ura, p. 295.
h. Head and throat paler blue ; tail less deeply forked ;
rectrices broad . hirundo, p. 296.
1. Eupetomena macrura.
Mellisuga cayeunensis, cauda bifurca, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 76. Cayenne fork-tailed Humming Bird, Lath. Syn, i. pt. 2, p. 751. Trochilus macrourus, Gm. Si/st. N. i. p. 487 ; Vieill. iV. Diet. d'Hist.
N. vii. p. 366 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 566 ; Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 13 ;
Wied, Beitr. iv. p. 93. Trochilus f orcipatus. Lath. Ind, Orn. i. pt. 1, p. 304. Oiseau-Mouche a queue fourchue de Cayenne, Vieill. Ois. Dor. i.
p. 130. Ornismya hirundinacea, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xii, 98,
pi. 25 ; id. Suppl. p. 179, pi. 39. Trochilus hirundiuaceus, Less. Ind. G6n. Troch, p. v. Eupetomena hirundinacea, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 42 (Oct. 1853). Prognornis macrura, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 ; id. Troch, Enum.
p. 9, pi. 806. ir. 4873-75 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 330.
296
TKOCHILI.
Eupetomena macroiira, Bp. Rev. Zool 1854, p. 254 ; Cah. ^ Eeine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 14 ; GovJd, Intr. Troch. p. 50 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 287 ; Muls. Si Verr. Class. Troch. p. 21 ; Scl. S,- Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 583 ; Beink. Tidensk. Medd. Nat. For. Ejoh. 1870, p. 102 ; Feh. Orn. Bras. p. 25 ; Muh. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. Ill, pi. 11 ; id. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxi. p. 201 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 134: id. St/n. H. Birds, p. 21 ; Budes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 141 ;' Salv.'Caf. StricAi. Coll. p. 360.
Polytmus macrourus, Gray, Hand-l, B. i. p. 125.
Adult male. Body shining dark green ; whole head and throat deep shining prussian-bhie ; anal region and lateral tufts pure white ; iinder tail-coverts dark steel-blue ; longest upper tail-coverts dark blue with a tinge of bronze ; tail steel-blue ; bill and feet black. Total length 7 inches, wing 2-9 ; tail, central rectrices 1"3, lateral 4-2 ; biU 1-05.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but the head and throat of a paler blue.
Toung in first plumage. The tail but slightly forked, the blue of the head and throat faintly shown, the latter brownish.
Hah. "Whole of Eastern and North-eastern Brazil and inland to Matto Grosso : Lower Amazons Yalley ; Guiana.
a. S ad. ; h. Ad. sk.
c. Ad. sk.
d, e. Ad. sk. f-k. Ad. ; I. Juv. ;
m. 5 ad. sk. n, 0. S ad. ; 2h 1- 2 ad. sk.
dad.
St.
s. $ad.
Mexiana I., Amazons, Jan. &
Oct. (A. B. Wallace). Ceara, Brazil {Jesse). Peruambuco (W. A. Forbes). Brazil (Bahia make).
Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil, May, Sept., Dec. {H. H. Smith).
2. Eupetomena Mrundo.
Sal vin-G odm an Coll .
Salvin-Godman Coll. Sal vin-G odman Coll. Salvin-Godmau &
Gould Colls. Salviu-Godmau Coll.
Purchased.
Eupetomena hirundo, Gould, Ann. S,- Mag. N. H. 1875, xvi. p. 370 ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 16 ; Muh. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 145, pi. 114; Elliot, Syn. Troch. t^. 22; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 143.
Similar to E. macrura and very closely allied. The head and throat in both sexes is of a paler, more cobalt-blue, the rectrices wider, and the tail less deeply forked. Length of the central rec- trices I'o inch, lateral 3'4.
Hah. Eastern Peru.
a. (S ad.; I/. 5
lid. sk. c. J ad. ; d. 2
ad. sk.
Huiro, Peru, June [H. Whitely). Huiro, Jime, July {H. W.).
Gould Coll. (Types
of the species.) Salvin-Godman Coll.
71. APHANTOCHROA. 297
71. APHANTOCHROA.
Type.
Apbantocliroa, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 54 (Oct.
1854) A. cirrocliloris.
Agapeta, Heine, J.f. Orn. 186.3, p. 178 A. gularis.
AphantocLroa (Placopliorus), Muls. Ann, Soc. Linn,
Lyon, xxii. p. 202 (187-5) A. gularis.
Range. Ecuador to Bolivia, Amazons Valley, and Eastern Brazil.
Key to the Species.
a. No glittering spot on the throat ; under tail- coverts dark edged with white. «'. Under surface dark grey washed with green . cirrocliloris, p. 297. b' . Under surface white, each feather with a
shining green discal spot hyposticta, p. 298.
h. A guttering metallic spot on the middle of the
throat ; under tail-coverts white gularis, p. 298.
1. Aphantochroa cirrocMoris.
Trochilus cirrochloris, Vieill. N. Diet. cVIIist. N. xxiii. p. 430 ; id.
Enc. Meth. p. 560. Trochilus campylostylua, Licht. Verz. Bouhl. p. 14; Burm. Syst,
Ueb. ii. p. 329. Ornisniya simplex, Less. Hist, Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xliii, 119,
pi. 33 ; id. Supi)l. p. Ill, pi. 6. Trochilus simplex. Less. Lnd. Gen. Troch, p. vi. Campylopterus cirrochloris, Bp. Consp. i. p. 71 ; Muls. ^- Verr. Class.
Troch. p. 22. Aphantochroa cirrochloris, Goidd, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 54 (Oct. 1853) ;
/(/. Lntr. Troch. p. 55 ; Lteich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 15 ; Bp. Rev. Zool.
1854, p. 250 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 288 ; F. Heine, J. f. Orn. 186.3,
p. 178 ; Reinh. Vidensk. Medd. Nat. For. Kjob. 1870, p. 102 ;
Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 28 ; Berl. J. f. Orn. 1873, p. 274, 1887, p. .334;
31uls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches,'l-p. 1.39, iv. p. 150; id. Ann. Soc.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 202 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 27 ; Fudes-Desl.
Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 163; Forbes, Ibis, 1881, p. 348; Salv. Cat.
Strickl. Coll. p. 360, Campylopterus campylostylus, Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 329. Polytmus cirrochloris. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 125.
Adult male. Upper surface dark green ; wings purple-black ; tail with the median rectrices green, darker at the tip, the lateral rectrices dark purplish bronze-green ; under surface dark grey ; throat and flanks washed with green ; under tail-coverts dark grey edged with dull white ; bill black. Total length about 4*7 inches, wing 2-75, tail 1-6, bill 1.
Female. Like the male.
Hah. Eastern Brazil.
a, S ad. sk. Macuca, Pernanibuco, Brazil Sclater CoU.
( W. A. Forbes).
b. Ad. sk. Santa F^, Minas Geraes, Brazil Salvin-Godman Coll.
(//. Rogers).
298 TRocnn.T.
c. Ad. sk. N. Fribourg'o, Brazil (Yotids). Salvin-Godman Coll.
d. Ad. slv. Ypanema, Brazil, May (Nat- Salviu-Godman Coll.
terer). e-i. Ad. sk. Brazil. Gould & Sclater
Colls.
2. Aphantochroa hyposticta.
Aphantochroa hyposticta, Gould, P. Z. S. 18G2, p. 124 ; Whitely,
P.Z. S. 1873, p. 189; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 545, 1882, p. .34;
id. Orn. Per. i. p. 276; Muls. Hisf. Naf. Ois.-Mouc/ies, iv. p. 151 ;
id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 202 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 29;
Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 027 ; Eudes-Besl. Ann. Mm. Caen, i.
p. 164. Polytuius liypostictus. Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 125. ? Aphantochroa alexaudria, Boucard, The Humminc/ Bird, i. p. 18
(Mar. 1891).
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green : tail with the central feathers darker at the tip, lateral feathers with a suhterminal dark bar ; under surface, including the under tail-coverts, white, each feather with a large shining green spot ; bill black, base of the mandible flesh-colour. Total length aboiit 5 inches, wing 2*7, tail 1-5, bill 1-1.
Hah. Eastern slope of the Andes from Ecuador to Bolivia.
a. Ad. sk. Ecuador {e.x Gould). Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Type of the species.)
b-f. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll.
ff. Ad. sk. [Ecuador.] Salvin-Godmau Coll.
h. Ad. sk. San Antonio, Peru, July {H. Gould Coll.
Whitely).
i. Ad. sk. Peru ? Salvin-Godman Coll.
/. Ad. sk. Nairipi, Bolivia (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
3. Aphantochroa gularis.
Aphautochroa gularis, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1800, p. 310; id. 3Ion. Troch.
ii. pi. 55 (May 1861) ; id. Lnir. Troch. p. 55 ; m. §• Salv. P. Z. S.
1867, p_. 753, 1873, p. 287 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i.
p. 141, iv. p. 151 ; id. Ann. Son. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 202 ; Elliot,
Syn. Troch. p. 28 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 165. Agapeta gularis, F. Heine, J.f. Orji. 186.3, p. 178. Campylopterus gularis, Muls. <§• Verr. Class. Troch. p. 22.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green ; wings purple-black ; tail with the lateral feathers tinged with bronze ; under surface shining grass-green ; feathers of the throat white at their bases ; a large thoracic spot glittering rosy lilac ; thighs and under tail-coverts white ; bill dai-k. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 2-4, tail 1-4, bill (chord) 1-2.
The Peruvian specimen has the lateral tail-feathers tipped with ■white, probably due to immaturity.
Hah. Eastern Ecuador ; Eastern Peru.
a. Ad. sk. Napo, Ecuador. Gould Coll. (Type
of the species.)
b. Ad. sk, Chyavetas, Peru (E. Bartlett). Gould Coll.
72. rniEocHEOA. 299
72. PH^OCHROA.
Tj'pe. Phpeochroa, Gould, Mon. Troch. p. 55 P. cuvieri.
Bange. British Honduras and Guatemala to Colombia and Vene- zuela.
Key to tJte Species.
a. Subterminal dark band of the lateral rectrices narro-^v ;
basal two-thirds of the mandible flesh-colour cuvieri, p. 299.
b. Subterminal dark baud of the lateral rectrices broad ;
mandible wholly dark roherti, p. 300.
1. Phaeochroa cuvieri.
Trochilus cuvieri, Delattre ^ Bourc. Hev. Zool. 1845, p. 315. Campylopterus cuvieri, Bp. Consp. i. p. 71 ; Reich. Troch. Union.
p. 9, pi. 805. f. 4871 ; Gonkl, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 52 (Sept. 185G) ;
Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 319; Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 22 ; Elliot, \Syn. Troch. p. 27. Aphantochroa cuvieri, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250 ; Cab. 8f Heine,
Mus. Hein. iii. p. 14 ; Mills. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 137,
iv. p. 150 ; Etides-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 161. Cceligena clemencige 5 , Reich. Troch. Enmn. p. 3, pi. 687. f. 4517
{apud Cab. Sj- Heine). Phasochroa cuvieri, Gonld, Intr. Troch. p. 55 ; Scl. S)- Salv. P. Z. S.
1864, p. 365 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 153, 1870, p. 205 ; Lawr.
Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 121 ; Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 202. Polytmus cuvieri, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 125.
Adult male. Above shining grass-green ; lateral rectrices tipped with white and with a narrow subterminal dark band ; under sur- face dull bronze-green, the feathers edged with grey ; middle of the abdomen drab ; under tail-coverts pale greenish grey edged with whitish ; bill black ; mandible, except the terminal third, flesh- colour. Length 4-G inches, wing 2-7, tail 1-7, bill 1.
Adult female. Like the male.
Hah. Costa Rica, the State of Panama, Colombia, and Yenezuela.
a. S ad. sk. Punta Arenas, Costa Rica, July Salvin-Godman Coll.
(O. -s-.).
Mirabaves, Costa Rica {E. Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
Bebedero, Nicoya, Costa Rica Salvin-Godmau Coll.
{E. Arce).
Bugaba, Panama (Arci). Salvin-Godman Coll.
David, Panama ( Warszeiuiez). Gould Coll.
Panama (M'Leannan). Sclater Coll.
Lion Hill, Panama (M'Lean- Salvin-Godman Coll. na>i).
I. Ad. sk. Paraiso, Panama {Hughes). Salvin-Godman Coll.
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300 TKOCHILI.
2. Phaeocliroa roljerti.
AphantocLroa roterti, Salv. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 354 ; F. Heine, J.f. Orn.
1863, p. 178; Muh. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 139. Cauipyloptenis lobeiti, Govld, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 53 (Sept. 1861) ;
Muh. iy Verr. Class. Troch. p. 22; Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 28. Phreocbroa roberti, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 55 ; Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 202 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 102 ; Nutting, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mm. vi. p. 406. Polytinus roberti, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 125.
Adult male. Like that of P. cuvieri, but with a much broader subterminal dark band of the lateral rectrices, aud with the whole of the mandible dark.
Adult female. Like the male.
Bah. ]3ritish Honduras and Eastern Guatemala, in forests iip to an elevation of 2000 feet.
a, b. S ad. ; c. J San Felipe, Western District, Salvin-Godnian Coll. ad. sk. Brit. Honduras, Feb., Mar.
(J^. Blancaneau.v).
d. $ ad. sk. Belize River, Dec. {F. B.). Salvin-Godnian Coll.
e. 5 ad. sk. Cayo, Western District, Brit. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Honduras {F. B.). f. cJad.sk. Choctum, Guatemala (-R.O?wm). Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Type of the species.) g-j. c?ad. sk. Choctum, Feb. (0. S. 8f F. Salvin-Godman,
L). G.). Sclater, & Gould
Colls. k. Ad. sk. Cantooloc, Guatemala, Feb. Salvin-Godiuan Coll.
(0. *S'. ^ F. D. (?.). I. Ad. sk. (Skin of Guatemala make.) Gould Coll.
73. STERNOCLYTA.
Type.
Sternoclyta, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 58 (Sept. 1858) S. cyaneipectus.
Eange. Venezuela.
1. Sternoclyta cyaneipectus.
Trocbilus (Lampornis) cyauopectus, Gould, P. Z. 8. 1846, p. 86.
Lampornis cyauopectus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 72 ; Muls. ^ Verr. Class, Troch. p. 24.
Sfepiopterus cyanopectus, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11.
Campylopterus cyanipectus, Bjj. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250.
Sternoclyta cyaneipectus, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 68 (Sept. 1858) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 57 ; Cah. 8f Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 13 ; Scl. Sr Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 628 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 178, iv. p. 158 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. I^yon, xxii. p. 203 ; Elliot, Sijn. Troch. p. 60 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Cae7i, i. p. 272.
Adult male. Upper surface and sides of the neck dark shining grass-green ; throat glittering grass-green ; breast glittering dark
74. FROCHKOA. 301
blue ; abdomen green, the feathers with dusky edges ; under tail- coverts dusky green with pale edges ; edge of the outermost primary whitish ; secondaries beneath at the base and some of the wing- coverts chestnut ; tail dark bronzy green, the two outer feathers on either side tipped with white ; bill black. Total length about S'-l inches, wing 2-8 ; tail, central rectrices 1'35, lateral 1*8, bill (chord) 1-4.
Female. Upper surface shining grass-green ; under surface greyish white ; abdomen chestnut ; each feather of the throat and flanks with a green discal spot ; wings beneath] marked with chestnut like the male ; lateral rectrices tipped with white.
Hah. Venezuela.
a. (5 ad. sk. Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. Sclater Coll.
b. (S ad. sk. San Cristobal, Venezuela. Salvin-Godman Coll. c-e. cJ ad, sk. ' Venezuela. Salviu-Godman,
Gould, & Sclater Colls.
74. UROCHROA.
Type.
Urochroa, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 57 (Sept. 1856) . . U. bougueri. Range. Ecuador.
1. Urochroa bougueri.
Trochilus bougueri, Bourc. Com^yt. Rend, xsxii. p. 186.
Coeligeua y. CoeUgena bougueri, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7.
Coeligena bougueri, Bp. Reo. Zool. 1854, p. 252.
Urochroa bougueri, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 57 (Sept. 1856) ; id.
Inti: Troch. p. 56 ; id. P. Z. S. 1800, p. 803 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860,
p. 95 ; Mztls, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches,\. p. 192, iv. p. 159 ; id. Ann.
Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 20.3 ; Elliot, St/n. Troch. p. 62 ; Eudes-
Desl. A?in. Miis. Caen, i. p. 219. Uroclu'oa leucura, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N, Y. viii. p. 43. Lampornis bougheri, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 24.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green ; rump and upper tail-coverts golden bronze ; throat glittering blue, shading into green at the sides and also on the lower chest ; abdomen grey ; flanks tinged with green ; under tail-coverts bronze, the shorter ones edged with white ; middle rectrices greenish broiize, the next three pairs on either side white, narrowly edged outwardly with black and also inwardly for their distal half with a wider margin of the same colour, but leaving the tip itself white ; outermost rectrix on either side also white, but with a wider black border on each side extend- ing to the tip of the feather; under wing-coverts green.- bill black; feet yellow. Total length 5-3 inches, wing 2-95 ; tail, central rec- trices 1-75, lateral 1'7 ; bill Vo.
Young male. More bronze over the whole upper surface ; a large chestnut patch on either side of the gape : central rectrices darker, almost steel-blue ; next three on either side with wider black border, the outermost pair being steel-blue-black.
3A2 TROCHTLT.
Tlie young main is typical of U. hourjueri, the adult of U. leucura ; but I agree -n-ith Elliot uud others in referriug them to a single species.
Hah. Eastern Ecuador.
a-e. Ad. sk. Euvirous of Quito, Ecuador Gould Coll.
{Jameson).
f. Ad. sk. Banos, Ecuador (Buckh't/). Gould Coll.
ff, h. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Gould Coll.
i. Ad. sk. Intac, Ecuador {Bucklerj). Salviu-Godmao CoU.
j. Ad. sk. R. Napo, Ecuador. Salvin-Godmau Coll.
k. Ad. sk. Ecuador {ex Verreaux). Salviu-Godman Coll.
75. EUGENES *.
Type. Eugenes, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 59 (Sept. 185G) .... E. fidgens.
Bange, Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica.
Key to the Species.
a. Breast black ; lateral rectrices bronzy greeu .... fulgens, p. 302.
b. Breast dark shiuiug green ; lateral rectrices dark
bronzy brown towards the tip spcctabilis, p. 304.
1. Eugenes fulgens.
Trochilus fulgens, Sw. Phil. Mag. new ser. i. p. 4-41 ; Grat/, Hand-l. i?. i. p. 137.
Ornismya rivolii, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxvi, 48, pi. 4.
Trochilus rivolii. Less. Ind. Ghi. Troch. p. xviii.
Ornismya clemenciae 5 , Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, Suppl. p. 115, pi. 8.
Delattria fulgens, Bp. Consp. i. p. 70.
Cceligena y. Coeligena fulgens, Reich. Aufa.d. Col. p. 7.
Coeligena fulgens, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 2o2 ; Reich. Troch. Enum, p. 3, pi. 686. If. 451.3-14; Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 297, 1869, pp. 367, 386.
Eugenes fulgens, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 52 (Sept. 1856) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 58 ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 52 ; Scl. Sf Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 128 ; Salu. Ibis, 1860, pp. 197, 201, 263 ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 20 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 268 ; id. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 176 ; A. Duges, La Nat. i. p. 141 ; Villada, La Nat. ii. p. 349 ; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 164 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 212, pi. 47, iv. p. 206 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 213 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 60 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Miis. Caen, i. p. 279 ; Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 157.
Clytolijema fulgens, 3Itds. &• Verr. Class. Troch. p. 59.
Acltdt male. Upper surface dark bronzy green, the neck and upper back appearing black when seen from in front ; crown rich glitter- ing violet ; throat glittering green ; rest of the under surface black as far as the middle of the abdomen, but shining greeu when seen
* I do nut know ; —
EroENEs viRinicKi's, Boucard, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, (2) xxv. p. 55 (1878), rrotn Giuitemala.
75. EFGEXES,
303
from behind ; lower abdomen dusky; under tail-coverts duU <^reen edged with pale dusky ; under wing-coverts green ; tail bronzy green ; bill black. Total length 5-o inches, wing 3 ; taU, central rectrices 1-5, lateral 1-85 ; bill 1-4.
Adult femaU. Upper surface dark shining grass-green • crown dusky,: under surface grey; flanks green; feathers of the throat with darker centres ; lateral rectrices green tipped with white, and with a wide subtermiual dark steel-blue band.
Yoimg males have the lateral rectrices tipped with dusky white ■ the feathers of the crown are dull dark green, amongst which the glittering violet feathers graduaUy appear. The chest becomes darker as maturity is reached.
Hab. Southern Arizona and Mexico from the Sierra 3Iadre of Souora southwards ; also the highlands of Guatemala at an elevation of about oOuO feet.
a. $ ad. sk.
b. S ad. ; c-f. $ ad. sk.
g-i. S ad. sk.
j. 2 ad. sk. k. S ad. sk. I. c? ad. sk.
m. $ ad. sk.
n. J ad. sk.
0,2)- 6 ad. ; q-s.
? ad. sk. t. (S ad.; V. $
ad. sk. v-x. S ad. : y.
$ad. sk. ■ z-h'. c? ad. ; c',
iV. (S juv. ; e', /'. 2 ad. sk. </'. $ ad. sk.
/t'._ d ad. ; i'. ^
juv. sk. f,'k'. 2 ad. sk.
I', d ad. sk.
m', n'. (S ad. sk.
o'. d ad. : p. 2
ad. sk. q'. d ad. sk. >•', s'. d ad. ; t',
u'. J juv. ; v'.
$ ad. sk.
Arizona {H. W. Renshaw).
Sierra de San Luis Potosi, Mexico, July ( W. B. Rich- ardson).
El Patio (Jalapa), June {M. Trujillo).
Jalapa, May {M. T.).
Jalapa {de Oca).
Chiiualpa, VaUey of Mexico, April {F. Ferrari-Perez).
Hacienda Eslava, Valley of Mexico, April (F. F.-P.).
Ajusco, Valley of Mexico, Sept. (W.B. Richardson).
Valley of Mexico.
Ptio Frio, Istaccihuatl, Mexico, Sept. ( W. B. Richardson).
Sierra de Bolauos, Mexico, Feb ( W. B. R.).
Sierra Nevada de Colima, April to July ( W. B. R.).
Sierra de ^"alparaiso. Jalisco,
Aug. (^.£.i2.). Sierra de Nayarit, Jalisco ( W
B. R.). ^
Omilteme, Guerrero, Mexico,
July (Mrs. If. S. Smith). Xucumauatlan, Guerrero, July
{Mrs. H. H. Smith). Touaguia, Oaxaca, Feb. {M.
Trujillo). Oaxaca, Mexico {Feuochio).
Oaxaca.
Mexico {Floresi).
Sah iu-Godmau Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salviu-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godmau Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godmau Coll.
Salvin-Godman & _ Gould Oolls. Salviu-Godman Coll.
Salviu-Goduiau Coll.
Salvin-Godmau Coll.
Salvin-Godmau Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godmau Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll. Gould Coll.
304 TRocniLi.
w',.v'. cj ad.sk. Sta. Maria, near Quezaltenaugo, Salviii-Godman Coll.
Guatemala, Aug-. ( W. B.
Richardson) . y', z'. S fid. sk. .San Martin, Quezalteuaugo, Salviu-Godman Coll.
Get. ( W. B. R.). a". (S ad. sli. Cluiipache, Qufzaltenango, SalTin-Godman Coll.
Sept. {W.B.R.). h" , c", 5 ad. sk. El Rincoii, Sau Marcos, Get. Salvin-Godman Coll.
(ir.B.R.). d". cJad. ; e",/". Volcau de Fuego, Guatemala, Salviu-Godmau Cull.
$ad. sk. Aug. {O.S.).
'/"-/'• 6 ad.sk. Dueiias, Guatemala, Sept. (©.(S. Salviu-Godmau &
SfF.D.G.). Sclater Colls.
k". S fid. sk. Tactic, Guatemala, Nov. {O.S.). Gould Coll.
/". 5 ad. sk. Mts. of Cbilasco, Guatemala, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Jan. (O.S.^-F.D.G.). m". 2 ad. st. Mexico. Purchased.
n", (5juv. St. Purchased.
2. Eugenes spectabilis.
Heliomaster spectabilis, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 472 ; Salv.
Ibis, 1868, p. 251. Eugeues spectabilis, Salv. Ibis, 1869, p. 316 ; Lawr. Ann. Lijc. N. Y.
ix. p. 121, X. p. 140; v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 31-5; Mills.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 215, iv. p. 206; id. Ann. Soc. Linn.
Lyon, xxii. p. 213 ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 68 ; Flliot, Syn.
Troch. p. 61 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann.Mus. Caen, i. p. 281.
Adult male. Very similar to that of E. fuhjens, the head being ornamented iu the same way ; the chest, however, is dark shining green, and not black as in the allied species. The lateral rectrices, also, are of a brownish- rather than a greenish-bronze colour towards the end, and the tail itself less deeply forked.
The female is probably not to bo distinguished from that of E. fulgens.
Hah. Costa Eica.
a, b. c? ad. sk. Irazu, Costa Rica (H. Rogers). Salvin-Godman Coll.
c. S juv. sk. Irazu, Costa Rica {Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
d. cJ ad. sk. Costa Rica (e.f G. iV. LajweHce). Gould Coll. c. S ad. sk. Costa Rica {Carmiol). Gould Coll. f. S ad. sk. Costa Rica {Endres). Gould Coll.
76. C(ELIGENA.
Type. Creligeua, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xviii (1832) C. clemencife,
liancje. Mexico.
1. Coeligena clemencise.
Ornismya clemencise. Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp, xlv, 216,
pi. 80 ; id. Suppl. p. 115, pi. 8. Trochilus clemenciiB, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xviii ; Gray, Hand-l.
B. i. p. 139. Lampornis clemencise. Less. Traits d'Orn. p. 279 ; Bp. Rev. Zool.
1854, p. 250; Muls. S; Verr. Class. Troch. p. 24.
I I . OKEOPYRA,
305
Delattria clemenciifi, Bp. Consp. i. p. 70 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. ii.
pi. 60 (May 1855) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1808, p. 279, 1859, p. 367 ; dc Oca,
La Nat. iii. p. 100. Ccelig-ena a. Cueligena clemencise, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7. Coeligena clemenciffi, Reich. Troch. Eniini. p. 3, pi. 687. ff. 4516-17 ;
Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 15 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 289 ;
Gnidd Litr. Troch. p. 59 ; A. Diu/es, La Nat. i. p. 141 ;
Villada, La Nat. ii. p. 350 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches,
i. p. 180, iv. p. 158 ; id. Ann. Sue. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 203 ;
Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 30 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 232.
Adult male. Upper surface bronze-green, greener on the neck, more bronze on the rump, where the colour runs into purple -black, the colour of the Avings and tail ; crown dark ; two lateral rectrices on either side broadly tipped with white ; a long narrow white postocular stripe ; ear-coverts dark ; under surface grey ; throat glittering blue ; flanks faintly washed with green ; under tail- coverts edged with white ; bill black. Total length about 5-3 inches, wing 3-1, tail 2, bill 1-5.
Adult female. Like the male, but the whole throat grey ; not blue.
Hah. Mexico, from the State of Durango to that of Oaxaca, Vera Cruz, &c.
a. d ad. ; b. $
ad. sk. c-e. cS ad. ; /.
2 juv. ; «/. $
ad. sk. h. cj ad. sk,
i. (S ad. sk.
j. 6 ad.;&. 2
ad. sk. /, m. c? ad. : m,
o. 2 ad. sk. p-r. (S ad. ; s.
2 ad. sk. t. cJ ad. sk.
u,v.
?
x,y. z,a'.
cS ad. ; 10. ad. sk.
5 ad. sk.
6 ad. ; b', 2 ad. sk.
, c?ad.;/, 2 ad. sk.
Ciudad in Durango, Mexico, July
{A. Forrer). Sierra de Valparaiso, Aug. (W.
B. Richardson).
Sierra de San Luis Potosi, Mexico,
July ( W. B. Richardson). Las Vigas, Mexico, July [F.
Ferrari- Perez). Ajusco, Valley of Mexico, Sept.
( W. B. Richardson). Amecameca, Mexico, April (F.
D. G.). Eio Frio, Ixtaccihuatl, Mexico,
Sept ( W. B. R.). Omilteme, Guerrero, July [Mrs.
H. H. Smith). Cordova, Mexico.
Oaxaca, Mexico {Fenochio). Mexico (Floresi).
(Mexican make.)
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sahan-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
A. Salle [C.].
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Salvin-Godman &
Gould CoUs.
77. OREOPYRA.
Oreopyra, Gould, P. Z. S. 1800, p. 312
Runrje. Costa Rica and the State of Panama.
Type. 0. leucaspis.
;306 TEOCHILI.
Key to the Species.
a. Throat wliite.
«'. Tail purple-black leucaspis, p. 300.
//. Tail grey cinereicauda, p. 307.
h. Throat glittering reddish purple.
c. Chest glittering green calol(Pma, p. 307.
d'. Chest blackish green pectoralis, p. 308.
1. Oreopyra leucaspis.
Trochilus ( ?) castaneoventris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 163.
Anthocephala ? castaneiventris, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 203
(Sept. 1885) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 115 ; Mvk. ^ Ven: Class. Troch.
p. 71 ; Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 123, iv. p. 219. Oreopyra leucaspis, GoiM, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 312 ; id. Mon. Troch. iv.
pi. 264 (May 1861); id. Intr. Troch. p. 141; Salv. P. Z. S.
1867, p. 153, 1870, p. 205; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 125;
31uls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 160, pi. 115; id. Ann. Soc.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 203 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 33; Eudes-Desl.
Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 241 ; Shaiye in Gould's Mon. Troch. Sup2^l-
(April 1885). Diphlogsena leucaspis, Muls. <§• Verr. Class. Troch. p. Gl. Oreopyi-a castaneiventris, Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 163; id. Ibis, 18G9,
p. 316.
Adult male. Upper surface dark sliiniDg grass-green, slightly tinged with bronze on the middle of back ; crown glittering bluish green ; wings purple-black ; tail dark steel-blue-black ; a long white postocular stripe ; ear-coverts dark green ; throat pure white, edged below with bluish green ; chest glittering green ; middle of the abdomen grey : flanks green ; under tail-coverts greyish, w^ashed with green and edged with whitish ; bill black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-5, tail 1-4, bill 0-95.
Adult female. Like that sex of 0. calolmna, and not to be dis- tinguished by any certain characters, the crown is perhaps a little brighter. Females from the Volcano of Chiriqui most probably belong to this species.
Young males have the crown of the same green as the back, the white throat is gradually assumed, and in some specimens bluish feathers are scattered over the surface.
Trochilus castaneoventris, Gould, subsequently figured as Antho- ceplicda castaneiventris, is most probably the oldest name for this bird. But as it was applied to female specimens obtained by Warszewiez in Chiriqui, where 0. le^icasjiis and 0. calolcema are found, and as the females of these species are not distinguishable with certainty', the names based upon male examples had best be retained.
Hah. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui.
a. (S ad. sk. Cordillera of Chiriqui ( Warsze- Gould Coll.
wiez). (Type of 0. leucaspis, Gould.)
fi-e. 9 ad.sk. Cordillera of Chiriqui ( TFa/^'^e- Gould Coll.
iviez). (Type o{ Anthocephala castaneiventris.)
77. OEKOPi'EA. 307
f-0. <S ad. ; ju- Volcan de Cluriqui {E. Arci). Salviii-Godmau,
w. cTjiiv.;.!- Gould, & Sclater
d. $ ad.sk. Colls.
2. Oreopyra cinereicauda.
Orenpyra cinereicaiida, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 4So, ix. p. 125; )'. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. .316; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 206; Boucai-d, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 68; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, IV. p. 16.3, pi. 116 ; id. Ann. Soc. Li?m. Lyon, xxii. p. 203 ; Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 34 : Eudes-Ded. Ann. 31us. Caen, i. p. 243 ; Gould, Man. Troch. Suppl. pi. 7 (April 1885).
Oreopyra castaneiventris, Lnm: Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 125 (partim).
Adult male. Like that of 0. hucaspis, but the crown is of a bluer tint, and the tail instead of being steel-blue is grey, darker towards the apex.
Adult female. Like the females of the other species of Oreopyra, the bill being rather longer than in 0. leucaspis and 0. calolcema.
Hah. Costa llica.
rt.dad.sk. Costa Rica (Car?«w/). Sal vin-Godniau Coll.
h-d. cj' ad. ; e. Costa Eica. ' Gould Coll.
$ ad. .sk.
3. Oreopyra calolaema.
Oreopyra calolffima, Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 584, 1867, p. 15.3, 1870,
pp. 205, 206; Halmd. Atti R. Ace. Tor. 1868, p. 183; Lawr.
A)m. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 125 : v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 316 ;
Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 69 ; Muls. Hist. 'Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv.
p. 164, pl.ll7; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 203; Elliot, Syn.
Troeh. p. 33 ; Eudes-Uesl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 239 ; Nutting, Pr.
U. S. Nat. Mus. V. p. 500 ; Sharpe in Gould, Man. Troch. Suppl.
pi. 6 (April 1885). Oreopyra veiiusta, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 484 ; Eudes-Desl.
Anil. Mus. Caen, i. p. 240. Antliocephala castaneiventris, Lator. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 124 ;
V. Fra7itz. J.f. Orn. 181.9, p. 316. Trochilus ealolcEmus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 138.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green, darker on the rump ; crown glittering bluish green, edged toM'ards the nape with green which looks black in certain aspects ; a long white post- ocular stripe ; wings dark purple-black ; tail dark steel-blue-black ; ear-coverts dark green ; throat metallic reddish purple ; chest glittering green, abdomen ashy, flanks washed with green ; under tail-coverts dark greyish, washed with green and edged with whitish ; bill black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-o, tail 1-45, bill 1.
Adult female. Upper surface like the male, but without the glittering crown ; under surface uniform cinnamon, whitish on the middle of the abdomen ; tail green, the outer rectrices with a black subtcrminal bar, the tips white.
In the young male the crown is dark shining green like the back, and there is often an admixture of green on the throat, but the chest is always more or less of a glittering hue.
x2
308 TEOCHILI.
Hah. Costa Rica and the more western of the mountains of the State of Panama.
a-d. S ad. ; e. Volcan de Cartago, Costa Rica Salvin-Godman &
$ ad. sk. (K Arc6). Gonld Colls.
(Types of the species.)
/, g. S ad. ; h, Irazu district, Costa Rica {H. Salvin-Godman Coll.
i. $ ad. sL Ro(/ers).
j. (S ad.sk. Costa Rica (Crtrwiz'o^. Gould Coll.
k. J ad. ; /. 5 Volcan de Chiriqiii {U. Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk.
m, n. cf ad. ; o, Cordillera de Told, Panama Salvin-Godman &
p. 2 ad. sk. {Arce). Gould Colls.
q. cS ad. ; r. 5 Cordillera del Chueu, Panama Salvin-Godman &
ad. sk. (Arce). Gould Colls,
s. c? ad. sk. Calovevora, Panama {Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
t. iS ad. sk. Calobre, Panama (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
M, V. cJ ad. sk. Veragua (lioucard). Gould Coll.
4. Oreopyra pectoralis.
Adult male. Similar to that of 0. calolcema in all respects, except that the breast when viewed from in front is nearly black and not glittering green.
The fhnale is probably undistinguishable from that of 0. calolcema. The specimens mentioned below as probably females of this species came in the same collection as the males.
Ilab. Costa Rica.
a. c? ad. sk. Costa Rica. Salvin-Godman Coll.
6. (5 ad.; c. c? jnv.; Costa Rica (E. R. Endres). Gould Coll. d, e. 5 ad. sk.
78. DELATTEIA.
Type.
Delattria, Bjh Consp. Av. i. p. 70 (1850) Y). henrici.
Chariessa, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 178 D. henrici.
CceUgena (Himelia), Mids. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 203 (1875) D. henrici.
Ranrie. Southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica.
Key to the Species.
a. Under surface greyish brown.
a'. Throat rose-coloured henrici, p. 308.
b'. Throat violet manjaretha, p. 310.
h. Under surface white.
e'. Throat uniform glittering green viridipalkns, p. 310.
d'. Throat with a central glittering blue spot .... hemileuca, p. 311.
1. Delattria henrici.
Ornisinya henrica, Less. <!>• Delattre, Jiev. Zool. 1839, p. 17. Delattria henrici, £p. Cnnsp. i. p. 70 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. fi2 (Oct. 1854) ; Scl. S^ Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 129;
78. BELATrRIA.
309
Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 279, 1859, pp. 367, 386 ; Salv. Ibis, 1860,
p. 196, 1802, p. 96 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 289 ; Villada, La Nat. ii.
p. 351 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 234. Heliodoxa 5. Lamprolaema henrici, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 : m^. Trocli.
^«M?«. p. 6, pi. 742. ff. 4701-3. Coeligena henrici, Cah. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 15; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 182, iv. p. 159; id. Ann. Soc.Linn. Lyon,
xxii. p. 203 ; Elliot, St/n. Troch. p. 30 ; Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U. S.
Nat. Mus. ix. p. 157. Chariessa henrici, F. Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 178. Lampornis henrici, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 24. Topaza henrica, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 134.
Adult male. Upper surface dark bronze-green, becoming brownish on the rump, the longest upper tail-coverts being dark steel-blue like the rectrices ; crown dark, each feather obscurely edged with dark green ; a long white postocular stripe ; a rictal stripe fulvous ; throat glittering rosy red ; rest of the under surface grey, tinged especially on the flanks with green ; under tail-coverts grey, faintly edged with white ; lateral rectrices obscurely tipped with greyish ; bill black. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 2-6, tail 1-6, bill 1.
Adult female. Like the male, but with the whole under surface pale grey, the breast slightly rufesceut, and the lateral rectrices more distinctly tipped with greyish.
Hab. Southern Mexico and the highlands of Guatemala, at an altitude of TOGO feet and upwards.
a-d. c?ad. ; e,f.
2 ad. sk. ff. cJ ad. sk.
h. S juv. ; i, j. 5 ad. sk. k.' 5 ad. sk. /. c? ad. sk.
m. (S ad.sk.
n, 0. c5' ad. sk.
p-r. c? ad. ; s.
$ ad. sk. t. (S ad sk.
u. cJ ad. sk.
V. 5 ad. sk.
xu-a'. c?ad. ; h',
2 ad. sk. c'. cJ ad. ; d' ,e' .
$ ad. sk. /. 6 ad. St.
Jalapa, Mexico {de Oca).
Montanas de Orizaba, Mexico,
May {F. Ferrari-Perez). Coatepec (Jalapa), Mexico, Oct.,
Nov. (M. Trujillo). Valley of Mexico (Je Stranye). Hacienda Eslava, Valley of
Mexico, April {F. F.-Perez). Sierra Nevada de Colima, Dec.
( W. B. Richardson). Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala,
Nov. (O. S. 4- F. I). G.). Calderas, Volcan de Fuego, Sept.
(O.S.). Totonicapam, Altos of Guatemala,
Sept. (O. S.). Quezaltenango, Sept. ( W. B.
Richardson). San Martin, Quezaltenango, Oct.
( W. B. R.). Chuipache, Quezaltenango, Sept.
( W. B. R.). El Rincon, San Marcos, Oct.,
Nov. ( W. B. R.). Mexico.
Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Purchased.
310
2. Delattria margarethae.
Uelattria margaretbje, Salv. Sf Godin. Ibis, 1889, p. 239.
Adult male. Similar to that of D. henrid, but with the throat of a violet hue, not rosj- red.
Hub. Mexico, Sierra Madre del Sur, at an elevation of 8000 feet.
H'l. c? ad.; «i- Omilteme, Guerrero, July & .\ug. Sal vin-Godman Coll. p. $ ad. slv. {Mrs. H. H. Smith). (Types of the species.)
3. Delattria viridipallens.
Trochilus viridipallens, Bowc. ^- Muls. Ann. So. P/n/s. et Nat.
Li/on, ix. p. 321 (1840). Delattria viridipallens, £p. Consp. i. p. 70 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. ii.
pi. 03 (May 1855); id. Intv. Troeh.^. 00; Scl. S,- Salv. Ibis, 1859,
p. 129; Sah. Ibis, 1859, p. 468, 1800, pp. 195, 2(52, 263 ; Scl. Cat.
Am. B. p. 289 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mies. Caen, i. p. 235. Agyrtria viridipallens, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10 ; id. Troch. JEnum.
p. 7, t. 758. if. 4746-47. Thaumantias viridipallens, Sp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255. Chariessa viridipallens, F. Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 178. Lampornis viridipallens, Mtds. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 24. Coelig'ena viridipallens, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Moteches, i. p. 185, It.
p. 159; id. Ann. Soc. Linjj.Lymi, xxii. p. 203; Elliot, Sijn. Troch.
p. 31. Topaza viridipallens. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 134.
Adult male. Upper surface bronze-green, becoming pure green on the crown, bronze on the rump, the longest tail-coverts being dark greyish purple lilie the middle rectrices, outer reetrices paler and greyer ; a long postocular white stripe ; ear-coverts greenish black ; under surface white, the throat-feathers with a pale green discal spot, flanks and sides of the breast washed with dull green ; under tail-coverts dull greyish ; bill black. Total length about 4-4 inches, wing 2-7, tail l-Oo, bill 0-9.
Adult female. Like the male, but the whole under surface, includ- ing the throat, white ; the lateral rectrices tipped with greyish.
Ilah. Guatemala, Highland forests at an elevation of from 5000 to 7000 feet.
a-i. S fid. ;_/. $ Santa Maria, near Quezaltenango, Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. ' Guatemala, Aug., Sept. {W. B. Richardson),
k S ^^- » '• $ P^® ^^ ^^ Cuesta, San Marcos Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. ( W. B. R.).
VI. S ^^- i '*> "• Vtilcau de Fuego, Guatemala, Salvin-Godman Coll.
2 ad. sk. Sept. (0. S. S^ F. D. G.).
p. c? ad.; q. 2 Chilasco, Guatemala, Jan. (O. S. Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. c5- F. D. G.).
r, s. c? ad. sk. Cuban, Guatemala, Nov. (O. <S'.). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
t, II. r? ad. ; v, Guatenialn (Skinner). Gould T'oU.
u: 2 ad. sk.
79. CLYTOL^MA. 311
4. Delattria hemileuca.
Oreopvra hemileuca, Sah. F. Z. S. 1804, p. 584; Lmur. Ann. Lye.
N. Y. ix. p. 12o ; V. Frantz. J.f. Orn. 1869, p. 310; Muk. Hkt.
Nat. Ois.-Moiiches, iv. p. 187, pi. 118; id. Atin. Soc. Linn. Lyon,
xxii. p. 203 ; Boucard, P. Z.^S. 1878, p. 79 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus.
Caen, i. p. 237. CcBligena hemileuca, Elliot, Syn. H. Birds, p. 31. Trochilus hemileucus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 138.
Adult male. Upper surface, including the central tail-feathers, grass-green, the latter tinged with bronze ; crown glittering green ; the nape in certain lights black ; a long white postocular stripe ; throat glittering green, with a large central blue patch ; rest of the under surface white ; flanks green ; centres of the under tail- feathers greyish ; lateral rcctrices greyish green, with a dark sub- terminal bar, bill black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2*4, tail 1-5, bill 0-9.
Adult female. Like the male, but with the crown less glittering ; the throat white, with a few small green spots and no blue patch ; the lateral rcctrices paler at the tip.
Hah. Costa Rica.
a,h, (^ ad.;c;d. Turrialba, Costa Rica (^. ^/-ce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
2 ad. sk. e. (S ad. sk. Tucurriqui, Costa Rica (ArcS). Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Types of the species.) /-/«. d ad ; i. $ Costa Rica. Gould Coll.
ad. sk.
79. CLYTOL.aEMA.
Type. Clytolffima, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 249 (Oct. 1853). C. rubinea. Polyplancta, Ueine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 182 C. am-escens.
Range. Upper Amazons Valley and Eastern Brazil,
Key to the Species.
a. Breast and a patch on the crown ghttering green ;
a coppery-red gular spot rubinea, p. 311.
b. Breast chestnut ; a patch on the crown glittering
violet ; no gular spot aurescens, p. 313.
1. ClytolaBina rubinea.
Mellisuga brasiliensis gutture rubro, i?/-/,ss. Orn. iii. p. 720, pi. 37.
f. 4. Oiseau-Mouche a gorge rouge du Bresil, Buff". Pi. Enl. 276. f. 4. Rubis emeraude, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 31. Rubj'-throated Humming Bird, Latli. Syn. i. pt. 2, p. 768. Duskj'-crowned Humming Bird, Lnt/i. Syn. i. pt. 2, p. 776.
312 • TRocniLi.
Tiochilus rubincus, Gnu Syst. Nat. i. p, 493 ; Lath. Ind. Orn. i.
p. 312 ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 371 ; id. Enc. Meth.
p. 5(38 ; Less. Ind. Gf.n. Troch. p. xxiv ; Cab. in Schomb. Meise n.
Guiiina, iii. p. 767 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 140. Trocliilus obscurus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 495; Vieill. N. Diet.
d'Hist. N. vii. p. 361 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 573. Le Grand Kubis, Aud. Ois. Dor. i. p. 70, pi. 27. L'Oise<au Mouche brun-gris, Aud, Ois. Dor. i. p. 72, pi. 28. Trochilus ruficaudatus, Vieill. N. Did. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 370; id.
Enc. Meth. p. 573. Ornismya rubinea, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxiv, 146,
pis. 44, 45, 46. Heliomaster rubineus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 70. Clytolsema rubinea, Gonld, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 249 (Oct. 1853) ; id.
'Intr. Troch. p. 134 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ; Cab. <Sr Heine,
Mus. Hein. lii. p. 30; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 309; Muls. ^ Verr.
Class. Troch. p. 59; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 31 ; Hamilton, Ibis, 1871,
p. 307; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1873, p. 275; Reinh. J'idmsk. Medd. Nat.
For. Kjob. 1870, p. 107 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 227 ;
id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 213; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 56;
Eudes-Desl. Attn. Mus. Caen, i. p. 251 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll.
p. 367. Heliodoxa a. Phaiolsema rubinea, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 6, pi. 744.
ff. 4706-9. Calotborax rubineus, Burm. Syst. Ueh. ii. p. 240.
Adult male. Upper surface shining reddish bronze ; crown dark green ; forehead and a line along the middle of the crown tapering posteriorly glittering green ; chin blackish ; throat glittering coppery red ; breast glittering green ; rest of the under surface dusky, washed with green ; under tail-coverts green, edged with pale chestnut ; edge of outermost primary and under wing-coverts chestnut ; tail chestnut, central rectrices and edges or tips of the laterals golden bronze ; bill black. Total length about 4*8 inches, wing 2-8 ; tail, central rectrices 1"5, lateral 1"8 ; bill 1.
Adult female. Crown like the back, shining green; under surface chestnut, paler on the throat ; lateral rectrices (except the outer- most pair, which are plain chestnut) tipped with buff.
Young males are at first like the females, and gradually assume their sexual characteristic jjlumage first on the throat and on the abdomen.
Two males (q and r) iu the Gould Collection are in peculiar plumage. The upper and under surface is dusky, the bright throat is of a dull greenish leaden hue, and the median stripe of the crown and breast (normally of a glittering green) are of a dull purple.
Ilah. South Brazil.
a. (5 ad. ; h. 2 l^'o, Brazil ( Youds). Salvin-Godman Coll.
;id. sk. r. $ ad. sk. i;io Claro, Goyaz, Brazil Salvin-Godman Coll.
{.Tnyner). d^ K ad. sk. Brazil (Rio mako). Salvin-Gndman &
Gould ColLs
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E.Fielding, Esq. [P.]. Mrs. [P.]. |
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Rio, Brazil. |
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2. ClytolsBina aurescens.
Trochilus (Lampornis) aurescens, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 88. Lampornis aurescens, Bp. Consp. i. p. 72. Margarochrysis aurescens, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11. Uanipylopterus aurescens, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 2o0. Clytoleema aurescens, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 250 (May 18G1) ;
id. Intr. p. 134 ; 6W. 8f Salv. P. Z. S. 18G6, p. 194, 1867, pp. 753,
5)79, 1873, p. 288 ; Mtils. Hi»t. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 225 ; id.
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 213; Elliot, Syji. Troch. p. 57;
Eudea-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 254 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 387 ;
d'Hamonv. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. xi. p. 316. Polyplancta aurescens, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 182. Trochilus aurescens, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 140. GlytolEema azurescens (!), Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 59.
Adult male. Upper surface shining green ; crown black viewed from the front, with a glittering violet patch extending from the forehead backwards on the middle of the crown to a point between the eyes ; chin black ; sides and front of the neck glittering golden green ; a wide pectoral band chestnut, darkest in the middle ; rest of the under surf ace, including the under tail-coverts, shining golden green ; edge of the outermost primary dusky white ; under wing- coverts shining green, the longest purple-black ; central rectrices golden green, lateral chestnut, tipped and edged with golden green ; bill black. Total length about 4*8 inches, wing 2-6 ; tail, central rectrices 1"3, lateral 1"45 ; bill 1.
Female. Similar to the male but duller, and the forehead dark green like the crown not glittering blue.
Young males have the crown like the back, the glittering violet feathers being gradually assumed ; the neck is not so bright and the chestnut pectoral band not so definite as in the adult.
Hab. Valley of the Upper Amazons and its tributaries.
a. c? ad. ; b. J Rotuno, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman &
ad. sk. Gould Colls.
e. (J ad. ; d. J Sarayacu, Ecuador (Btick/ey). Salvin-Godman Coll. ad. sk.
e,f. cJ ad. sk. Chamicuros, Peru (J. Haiu- Gould Coll. ivell).
g, 5 ad. sk. Upper Amazons. E. Bartlett [C].
h-l. S ad. ;m. c? Pebas, Amazons, Feb., June, Salvin-Godman,
juv. ; w, o. 5 & July [J. Haiuncell). Gould, & Sclater
ad. sk. Colls.
p. Juv. sk, Ega, Amazons. II. \V. Bates [C.].
314 TROCHILI.
SO. LAMPROL^MA. ^^^
Laniprolrcma, Goulil, Moa. Truck, ii. pi. 01 (May 1850) . . L. rbami.
Itange. Southern Mexico and Guatemala.
1. Lamprolaema rhami.
Oinismya rbami, Less. Rev. Zvol. 1838, p. 315; Less. ^ Ddattre,RcL\
Zoo;.'l83'J, p. 13. Lampornis rhami, Bp. Consp. i. p. 72. Jlelattria rhami, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1858,
p. 297, 1859, p. 367. Ileliodoxa S. Lamproltema rhami, Reich. Troch. Enwn. p. 6, pi. 746.
ft: 4712-13. LaraproL-ema rhami, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 61 (May 1856) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 59; Scl. ^ Sale. Ibis, 1859, p. 129; Salv. Ibis,
1859, p. 468, 1860, p. 196; Cab. Sr Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 30;
Clytolaema rhaaii, Muls. 8f Verr. Class. Troch. p. 59. Trochilus rhami. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 140.
Adult male. Upper surface grass-green, brighter on the crown, duller on the riimp : wings chestnut-red — the larger coverts, the secondaries narrowly, and the primaries widely edged with black ; tail deep reddish purple ; throat rosy red, on either side black ; chest rich purple ; abdomen dull black, the flanks washed with dark green ; under tail-coverts purple black ; bill black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 3-2, tail 2, bill 0-8.
Adult female. Under surface dark greyish brown, the feathers of the chest and flanks with obscure greenish spots ; the throat usually has a few of the rosy-red feathers of the male.
In the maturing young males the throat-patch extends, and the chest gradually changes from green to blue ; the dark edges of the wing-feathers become narrower.
Hab. Southern Mexico and Guatemala, in mountain-forests at an elevation of from GOOO to 8000 feet.
a-c. (S ad. ; d. $ Cofre de Perots, Mexico, July Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. & Nov. (M. Trujillo).
e-g (S ad sk. Coatepec (Jalapa), Mexico, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Nov. {M. T.)
/(. (5 jiiv. ; z. $ Coatepec (Jalapa), July [F. Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. Ferrari-Perez),
j. S ad. sk. Jalapa, July {M. T). Salvin-Godman Coll.
k, I. c? ad. sk. Jalapa (de Oca). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
711-0. S ad. ; p. Cordova, Mexico {Salic). Gould Coll.
2 ad. sk.
q. 2 ad. sk. S. Mexico (Floresi). Gould Coll.
r-it. (^ ad. sk.
V, w. J ad. sk.
.V. 2 ad. sk. ?/. c? ad. sk. z. c? ad. ; a', h' .
S juv. ; c. 5
ad. sk. d-i' . (S ad. ; ;'.
5 ad. sk. ■
k'-n . (S ad. sk.
o'-q'. J ad.; ;■'.
$ ad. sk. «'. S ad. ; <'. 2
ad. sk. u', v . $ ad. sk.
71''. 2 ad. sk. .v . S ad. st.
81. DOCIJI.iSTES.
Orailteme, Guerrero, Me.xico, July, Auc. {Mrs. H. li. Smith).
Tonaguia, Mexico, Feb. {M. Trujillo).
Totontepec, Feb. {M. T.).
Oaxaca, Me.xico (Fenochio).
(Mexican skins.)
Santa Maria, near Qaezalte-
nang'o, Guatemala, Aug.
( JF. B. Richardson). Sau Martin, Quezaltenango,
Oct. ( If. B. R.). Calderas, ^'olcau de Fuego,
Guatemala, Sept. (O. <S'. ). Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala.
Dec. (O.S. ^F.IJ. G.). Chilasco, Guatemala, Jan.
(O.S.^-F.D. G.). Caliabon, Guatemala. Mexico.
315
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-GJodman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll. Purchased.
81. DOCIMASTES.
Tvpe.
Docimastes, Gould, Man. Troch. iv. pi. 233 (June 1849) D. ensiferus. Docimaster, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 74 D. ensiferus.
llaiuje. Colombia and Ecuador.
1. Docimastes ensiferus.
Ornismya ensifera, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 354 ; id. Magi. Zool.
1840, Ois. pi. 15 ; Lodd. P. Z. S. 1843, p. 122. Trochilus derbianus, Fraser, P. Z. 8. 1840, p. 16. Docimastes ensiferus, Gould, Man. Track, iv. pi. 233 (June 1849);
id. Intr. Troch. p. 129 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14; ScL P. Z. S.
1860, p. 8] ; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 307 ; Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 60 ; Whitely, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 189; Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1875,
p. 235 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 543, 1880, p. 204, 1882, p. 38 ;
id. Orn. Per. i. p. 375 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-3Iouches, ii. p. 286,
pi. 60, iv. p. 211; id. Ann. Sue. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 215; Elliot,
Sijn. Troch. p. 61 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 323. Docimaster ensiferus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 74 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251. Docimastes schliephacki, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 215; Gould,.
P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803. Trochilus ensiferus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 136. Docimastes ensifer schliephacki, Berl. ^- Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 304,
1885, p. 105.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining bronzy green, the crown and nape tinged with copper lustre ; cheeks and throat black ; rest of the under surface dark shining green ; the breast
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glittering green ; under tail- coverts green, edged with white ; tail bronzy green : bill black ; feet yellow. Total length about 8*5 inches, wing 3'1 ; tail, central rectrices 1*35, lateral 2*5 ; bill 4-1.
Female. Like the male on tho upper surface ; beneath white, each feather with a green discal spot, larger and brighter on the breast and flanks ; outermost rcctrix on either side whitish on the outer web nearly to the tip, and with a whitish tij) ; bill usually longer, 4'7 inches.
In young males the feathers of the under surface have narrow whitish edges, and the black of the throat is thus less intense, and the green of the abdomen and breast less lustrous.
0. ensifera, Boiss., of which T. clerhianus, Fraser, is simply synonymous, was based upon Colombian specimens. D. schVtepliacki, Heine, applies to the Ecuador bird, in which the bill is of rather longer average length.
Hob. Andes from Venezuela and Colombia to Peru.
a. 5 ad. sk.
b-d. S ad. ; e. S juv. ;/-i. 2 ad. sk.
j. cJ ad. sk.
k. S ad. ; I. $
ad. sk. VI. S ad. sk. n. 5 ad.sk. OS. (S ad. ; t, u.
$ ad. sk. V. S ad. ; 10. 5
ad. sk. .r. S ad. ; y. $
ad. st.
Sierra Nevada, Mevida, Vene- zuela, 8000 ft. {Goering). Colombia (Bogota make).
Pasto, Ecuador, Feb. {Leh-
mann). Riobamba, Ecuador (^Buckley).
.San Lucas, Ecuador [Buckley).
Ecuador {Fraser).
Quito, Ecuador (Jameson).
Ecuador.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman & Gould Colls.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll. Gould Coll.
Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Purchased.
82. EUGENIA.
Type. Eugenia, Gould, Mon. Troeh. iv. pi. 234 (May 1856) . . E. imperatri.x.
Bancjc. Ecuador.
1. Eugenia imperatrix.
Eugenia imperatrix, Gould, P. Z. S. 18o5, p. 192; id. Mon. Troeh.
iv. pi. 2.34 (May 1856) ; id. Intr. Troeh. p. 130 ; Jameson S,- Fraser,
Ibis, 1859, p. 400 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mowhes, ii. p. 198, pi. 45;
id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 212; Elliot, Syn. Troeh. p. 62;
Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 292. Clytolsema imperatrix, Muls. ^ Veir. Class. Troeh. p. 69. Trochilus imperatrix, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 1 37.
Adidt male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green, darker on the middle of the back; forehead, throat, and under surface as far as the abdomen glittering, dark green, turning into glittering golden
83. HELIODOXA. 317
green on the abdomen ; under tail-coverts dark green ; a glittering rosy-coppery spot on the middle of the throat ; tail greenish black ; bill black. Total length 5'5 inches, wing 3 ; tail, central rectrices 0-9, lateral 2-5 ; biU 1-4.
Female. Upper surface dark shining grass-green ; under surface white, on the abdomen pale buff ; each feather of the sides of the neck and breast with a central green spot, these spots on the abdo- men being of a more golden hue.
Youmj males are dull green on the upper surface, rather brighter beneath, with a more golden tint on the abdomen ; the chin at first is chestnut, the middle of the throat black.
Mab. Ecuador,
a. cj ad. sk. Near Pasto, Ecuador (Leh- Salvin-Godman Coll.
mann). 6,€. c? ad.; d. cj Intac, Ecuador {Buckley). Salviu-Godman Coll.
juv.; ej. 2
ad. sk. g-n. <S ad.; o,p. Environs of Quito, Ecuador Gould Coll.
S juv. ; q-s. (Jameson). (Probably types of the species.)
$ ad. sk. i,u (^ ad. ; v-y. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman &
$ ad. sk. ■ Gould CoUs.
83. HELIODOXA.
Type.
Ileliodoxa, GomM, P. Z. «. 1849, p. 95 H.jacula.
Leadbeatera, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 70 H. leadbeateri.
Aspasta, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 179 H. leadbeateri.
Hypolia, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 212
^ (1875) ._. H. leadbeateri.
Xanthogenyx, d' Hamonville, Bicll. Soc. Zool. Fr. viii.
p. 77 (188.3) H. xanthogonys.
Range. Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, to Bolivia, Venezuela, and Guiana.
Key to the Species.
a. Middle of the crown glittering blue ; throat glit-
tering green ; without a gular spot leadbeateri, p. 317.
b. Middle of the crown glittering green ; throat glit-
tering green ; with a blue gular spot, a' . Mandible wholly black.
a" . Entire crown glittering green jacula, p. 319.
b". Middle of the crown glittering green ; sides
black jamesoni, p. 320.
b'. Mandible, except the tip, yellow xanthogonys, p. 321.
1, Heliodoxa leadbeateri.
Trochilus leadbeateri, Bourc. 6)- Muls. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, vi. p. 43 (1843) ; iid. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 102 ; Gray, Haml-l. B. i. p. 1.S7.
Trochilus otero, Tsch. Arch. f. Nature/. 1844, i. p. 298 ; id. Faun. Per p. 249, pi. 23. f. 2.
318 TROCHILI.
Leadbeatera grata, Bp. Consp. i. p. 70; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. i'ol ;
Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 75. Coeliireua (Leadbeatfi-a) sagitta, Reich. Avfz. d. Col. p. 7. Ca>ligena sagitta, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 2'6 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 4,
pi. 689. f. 4525, pi. 690. ft". 4527-28. Creligena (Leadbeatera) typica, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7. Leadbeatera otero, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251 ; Gould, Intr. Troch
p. 75 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1^74, p. 543. Cojligeiia S. Leadbeatera otero, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 3, pi. 689
K 4523-24. Ileliodoxa leadbeateri, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 97 (Sept. 1800)
Cah. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 22 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 293
Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 7 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 65 ; Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S.
1879, p. 627 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 283. Ileliodoxa otero, Gotdd,Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 90 (Sept. 18(0); Cab. i^-
Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 22; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i.
p. 285 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 85. Leadbeatera splendens, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 74. Heliodoxa sagitta, Cab. 4" Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 22. Aspasta leadbeateri, Heine, J.f. Or7i. 1863, p. 179. Aspasta otero, Heinf, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 180. Aspasta ^ijlendeus, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1803, p. 180. Hypolia leadbeateri, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 207 ; id.
Arm. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 213. Clytolfema leadbeateri, var. otero, Muls. Sf Terr. Class. Troch. p. 59. Clytolajma leadbeateri, 3Iuls. ^- Verr. Class. Iroch. p. 59. Hypolia otero, Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 209. Hypolia splendens, 3Iuls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 211. Heliodoxa splendens, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 286. Ileliodoxa leadbeateri parvula, Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 320.
Adult male. Upper surface dark grass-green, more bronzy on the hind neck and upper tail-coverts ; crown rich glittering violet-blue, tapering towards the nape, where it is bordered on either side with black ; under surface glittering grass-green, brighter on the throat ; under tail-coverts narrowly edged with white ; tail steel-blue, the central rectrices tinged with bronze ; bill black. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 2-75; tail, central rectrices 1-35, lateral 1-9 ; bill 0-9.
Female. Crown dark shining green ; under surface white, each feather with a shining green disc ; middle of the abdomen but! : under tail-coverts dull green, edged with dingy buff; lateral rectrices tipped with white.
Younij males have the feathers of the upper surface edged with rufous, wider and darker on the crown, the throat rufous where the glittering green feathers of the adult are gradually assumed.
Very old females have a patch of light blue feathers on the crown of the same shape as the violet patch of the males.
Bab. Andes of South America from Venezuela to Bolivia.
a. (S ad.; b. $ ad. Caracas, Venezuela. E. Dvsou [C.]. sk.
c. (5 ad. sk. Caracas, Venezuela (GwnW/)- Salvin-Godmau Coll.
d. 5 ad. sk. Caracas, Venezuela. Gould Coll.
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Venezuela. |
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Venezuela (Goentig). |
Gould Coll. |
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Colombia (Bogota make). |
Salvin-Godman, |
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Gould Coll. |
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Ecuador. |
Gould Coll. |
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Ecuador. |
Gould Coll. |
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La Paz, Bolivia {Bridyes). |
Gould Coll. |
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Tilotilo, Yungas, Bolivia {Bi(ckhy). |
Salvin-Godman Coll. |
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Chairo, Yungas {Buckley). |
Salvin-Godman Coll. |
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Bolivia. |
T. Bridges [C.]. |
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2. Heliodoxa jacula.
Heliodoxa jacula, Gould, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 9G ; id. 3Ion. Troch. ii.
pi. 94 (Sept. 18o8) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 74 ; id. Ibi.<<, 1867, p. 247 ;
Cub. >^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 22 ; Scdv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 154,
1870, p. 202; id. Ibis, 1869, p. 283; Later. Ann. Li/c. N. Y. ix.
p. 122; Mills. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Moiiches, ii. p. 202, pi. 46 ; id. Ann.
Son. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 212; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 59;
Elliot, St/n. Troch. p. 64 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 287 ;
Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 320. Leadbeatera jacula, Bp. Consp. i. p. 70; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251. Cceligena (Leadbeatera) jacula, Reich. Avfz. d. Col. p. 7. Ca?ligena jacida, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pi. 688. f. 4522. Heliodoxa henryi, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 402. Clytolaema jacula, Mids. 4" Verr. Class. Troch. p. 59. Trochilus jacula, Gray, Hand-l. B, i. p. 137.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green ; crown and under surface glittering grass-green, duller on the abdomen ; a glittering blue gular spot ; under tail-coverts greenish brown ; tail steel-blue, central rectrices tinged with bronze ; bill black. Total length about 4-7 inches, wing 2-8 ; tail, central rectiices 1-35 lateral 2 ; biU 1-1.
Female. Crown like the back, dark shining grass-green ; under surface white, each feather with a bright green discal spot ; lateral rectrices tipped with white.
Youufj males have rufous throats ; the blue gular spot is deve- loped at an early stage, some time before the bright feathers of the crown begin to appear.
Birds I take to be very old females have a shining green ci-own of the same shape as that of the male, but paler. The under surface is normal.
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Central America have rather less bronze on the
Panama, and Colombia.
Tucurriqui, Costa Rica Salvin-Godmau &
(Arce). Gould Colls.
Costa Rica (Carmiol). Gould Coll.
Costa Rica {Endres). Gould Coll.
Cordillera de Tol6, Panama Salvin-Godman Coll.
{Arce).
Boquete de Chitra,Pauama Goidd Coll.
(Arce).
Castillo, Panama (Arce). Gould Coll.
Calovevora, Panama [Arce). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
Santiago de Veraguas, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Panama (Arce).
Colombia (Bogota make). Gould Coll.
3. Heliodoxa jamesoni.
Trochilus jamesoni, Bourc. Compt. Rend, xxxii. p. 187 ; id. Rev.
Zool. 1851, p. 97 ; Gray, Hmul-l. B. i. p. 1.37. Coeligena (Leadbeatera) jamesoni, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7. lieadbeatera jamesoni, Bp. Reo. Zool. 1854, p. 251. Heliodoxa jamesoni, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 95 (May 18G1) ; id.
Infr. Troch. p. 74 ; id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860,
p. 94 ; id. Cut. Am. B. p. 293 ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii.
p. 22 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 204 ; id. Ann. Soc.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 212 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 65 ; Eudes-
Desl. Ann. Mus. Cae7i, i. p. 289 ; Berl. ^^ Tacz. P. Z. &'. 1883,
p. 567, 1884, p. 304. Clytolsema jamesoni, Muls. Sr Verr. Class. Troch. p. 59.
Adult male. Very similar to that of H.jacula, but rather larger and with a stouter bill ; the crown is black, the forehead glittering green, produced along the middle of the crown as a comparatively narrow stripe.
The female is perhaps only distinguishable from that of H. jacula by its longer bill.
Hab. Ecuador.
a-c. (5 ad. ; d. d
juv.;e-j. 2 ad.
sk. k-m. (S ad. ; n,
0. 2 ad. sk. p. S juv. sk. q-s. <S ad. ; t. 2
ad. sk. M. cJad.; ?;. 2ad. sk.
Environs of Quito, Ecuador Gould Coll. {Jameson).
Nanegal, Ecuador (Eraser).
Citado, Ecuador (Buckley). Intac, Ecuador (Buckley).
Ecuador.
Gould & Sclater
Colls. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
84. lOLjsMA. 321
4. Heliodoxa xanthogonys.
Ileliodoxa xanthofronvs, Salv. i^- Godin. Ibis, 1882, p. 80 ; Whitely,
Ibis, 1884, p. 3-57 ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 433. Xanthogenyx salvini, (VHamonv. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. viii. p. 77
(1883).
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green ; crown black, Avith a comparatively narrow glittering green central stripe extending from the forehead ; under surface glittei-ing green, with a slight blue tinge ; gular spot bright blue ; tail steel-blue, the central rectrices slightly tinged with purple ; bill black, the man- dible for two thirds of its length yellow. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2*45 ; tail (nearly even), central rectrices 1"3, lateral 1-4 ; bill 0-95.
Female. Uniform dark grass-green above ; under surface white, each feather with a bright green discal spot ; lateral rectrices tipped with white.
Young males have dark throats on which the bright feathers of the adult begin to appear ; there are also some rufous feathers about the gape.
Hob. British Guiana.
a. S ad. ; 6, c. 5 Merum6 Mts., Brit. Guiana, Salvln-Godman Coll.
ad.sk. 3uue.,3\Ay (H. Whitely). (Types of the species.)
d. (S juv. sk. Roraima, Brit. Guiuna, Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll. (//. Whitely).
84. lOL^MA.
Type.
Heliodoxa y. lonolaima, Reich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 9 ... . I. schreibersi.
lonolaima, Gotdd, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 93 (May 1857) . . I. schreibersi.
lolsema, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 73 I. schreibersi.
Bange. Upper Amazons Valley and Peru.
Key to the Species.
a. Gular spot glittering violet-purple.
a'. Breast glittering green schreibersi, p. 321.
6'. Breast black whitelyana, p. 322.
b. Gular spot glittering fiery golden, changing with
the incidence of light to golden green luminosa, p. 323.
1 . lolsema schreibersi.
Trochilus schreibersi, '•' Lodd.,'" Bourc. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 43 ; id. Rev.
Zool. 1847, p. 255. Thalurania schreibersi, Bp. Consp. i. p. 77. Campy lopterus schreibersi, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250. Heliodoxa y. lonolaima schreibersi, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 6, pi. 745.
ff. 4710-11. lonolaima schreibersi, Gotdd, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 93 (May 1857) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 73 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 543. lonolaima frontalis, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. T. vi. p. 263.
rOT,. XVI. T
322 TROCHILI.
lolfema frontalis, Guuld, Intr. Troch. p. 73 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 59 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mu^. C'nen, i. p. 274.
lolfema schveibersi, Scl. S( Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 979, 1873, p. 287 ; Muls. .V Verr. Class. Troch. p. 59; Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 31 ; Mtils. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 138, pi. 40, iv. p. 200 ; id. Amu Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 211 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 58; Eudes- Desl. Ann. Mns. Caen, i. p. 275.
Calotliorax schreibersi, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 136.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shiuing grass-greeu ; a glittering green frontal spot; under surface black; a glittering violet-purple gular spot ; breast glittering green : flanks washed with green : under tail-coverts and tail dark steel-blue ; central rectrices tipped with green ; edge of the wing and edge of the outermost primary chestnut ; bill black. Total length about 5"5 inches, wing 2'9 ; tail, central rectrices 1*25, lateral 2-15 ; bill 1"2.
Female (as determined by Hauxwell). Very similar to the male, but with a fulvous rictal stripe.
Toun^l birds have more or less fulvous or buff upon the sides of the head stretching from the gape and extending under the eye; the gular spot appears at an early age, but the frontal spot is the last adult feature to be developed.
A specimen from Sarayacu, which I should have thought to be a normal female, has the gular spot, but the breast is much less lustrous and the abdomen much greener ; moreover, the central rectrices are green throughout.
Hub. Valley of the Upper Amazons and Eastern Ecuador.
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2. lolsema whitelyana.
lolsema whitelvana, Goidd, Ann. Sc Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) x. p. 452 ; Whitely, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 188; Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 141; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 211; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 59 ; Eudes-Desl. A/in. Mus. Caen, i. p. 276 ; Sharpe in Gould's Man. Troch. Suppl. pi. 12 (Jan. 1883).
Adtdt male. Similar to that of /. schreibersi, but with the whole breast up to the gular spot black ; frontal spot hardly visible.
Female. Like the male, but with a buff rictal stripe and the black of the under surface tinged with green.
The sexes of this species as determined by Whitely confirm the observation of Hauxwell as to those of /. schreibersi.
Hob. Eastern Peru.
a. S ad. ; b. $ Cosnipata, Peru, Aug. [H. Gould Coll. (Types ad. sk. Whitely). of the species.)
Sf). l.AMPKASXKR. 323
3. lolsema luminosa. (Plate YIII. fig. 1.) lolaema luminosa, Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 188; id. Syn. Troch. p. 58.
Young male. Upper surface dark shining bronze-green, darker and greener on the crown and nape ; rump and upper tail-coverts purple-bronze ; under surface glittering coppery red ; throat black, with a gular spot glittering fierj- golden, changing with the inci- dence of light into glittering green ; under tail-coverts edged with dusky white ; central rectrices bronze-black, lateral purple-black ; bill black. Total length about 4'o inches, wing 2-7 ; tail, central rectrices 1-55, lateral 1*75 ; bill I'Oo.
The type is a young male in which the fully adult characters are not quite developed. It remains to be seen whether the adult has a lustrous frontal spot.
Hah. ?
a. c? juv. ? Gould Coll. (Type of species.)
85. LAMPRASTER.
Type. Lampraster, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 140 L. branickii.
Range. Peru.
1. Lampraster branickii.
Lampraster branickii. Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, pp. 140, 543, pi. 21. f. 1 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 286; Mt(h. Hist. Krit. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 200; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 212 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 63 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 290 ; Sharpe in Gould^s Man. Troch., Suppl. pi. 14 (March 1887).
Adult nmJe. " Entirely green, the feathers of the crown appearing to be a little darker and bordered narj'owly by black, separated by a longitudinal median band starting from the base of the bill and prolonged to the vertex, formed of scaly plumes of a very different green, changing into blue ; the green of the wing-coverts is dis- tinctly more golden than that of the back ; the fore part of the throat divided by a sort of shield formed of scale-like feathers of a rosy-red colour, taking a slight tone of violet under certain lights, and passing into golden and then into green under other reflections of light ; the chin brilliant green ; rest of the lower parts of the body of a shade analogous to that of the back, but becoming verj' brilliant under favourable rays of light : the anal region downy and the under tail-coverts white, as well as the tarsal plumes and a spot behind the eye ; wings violet^brown, with the secondaries of a cinnamon-rufous at the extremity, which is dark, the outer quills bordered with rufous ; tail-feathers black, with a slight lustre of violet-blue, the two middle ones green ; bill black, with the base of the mandible white for a large extent, straight for the entire length, half as long again as the head ; feet brownish, the tarsi clothed with short plumes. Total length 3*9, wing 2-65, tail I'o, bill 1." [Sharpe, J.s.c, ex Taczanovski.)
Hab. Peru.
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324 XROCHILI.
86. PH^OL^MA. ^yp^
Heliodoxa a. Phaiolairaa, Jicic/i. Atifz. d. Col p. 9 P. rubinoides.
Range. Colombia and Ecuador.
Key to the Species.
a. Forehead and centre of the crown ghttering green. a'. Smaller; chin glittering green like the fore-
liead rubinoides, p. 324.
h'. Larger ; chin fawn-colour like the chest, with
hardly any admixture of green _. cervini(/idaris,f .325.
I. Forehead and whole crown as well as the chin
shining green <equatorialis, p. 325.
1. Phjeolsema rubinoides.
Trochilus rubinoides, Bourc. Sf- Muls. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, ix. p. 322 (184(); ; iid. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 316 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 140.
Helioniaster rubinoides, Bp. Consp. i. p. 70.
HeHodoxa a. Phaiolfema rubinoides, Reich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 9; id. Troch. Enutn. p. 6, pi. 743. ff. 4704-5.
Clytolffima rubinoides, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ; Muls. ^ Verr. 'Class. Troch. p. 59.
Pha3oliBma rubinoides, Gould, Men. Troch. iv. pi. 268 (Sept. 1858) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 142 ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 30 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 310 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 221, pi. 49, iv. p. 207 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 213 ; Scl. Si' Salv. P.Z.S. 1879, p. 529; Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 55; Emles-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 248; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 320.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green ; upper tail-coverts golden bronze ; centre of the crown, forehead, and chin glittering green ; a large patch on the throat glittering rosy copper ; sides of the throat pale shining green ; rest of the under surface pale chest- nut, the flanks washed with green ; under tail-coverts pale green, edged with pale chestnut ; central rectrices golden bronze, the laterals paler, with the shafts buff; edge of the outermost primary and under wing-coverts pale chestnut; bill black. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 2-75 ; tail, central rectrices 1-25, lateral 1'9 ; bill 1.
Female. Like the male, but without the gular spot.
Huh. Colombia.
a, b. (S ad. sk. Medellin, Colombia (T. Gould Coll.
K. Salmon),
c-i. cJad.;.;-/. d* .i"'^'- » Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman & w, n. 2 ad. sk. ' Sclater Colls-.
87. HVLONYMPHA. 325
2. PhSBolsema cervinigularis. (Plate VIIL fig. 2.)
Similar to P. rubinoides as to the colour of the crown, which has a central glittering green stripe. In size it equals P. (equatorialis, but differs from that species in the colour of the crown and from both in having the chin pale chestnut like the sides of the throat, with hardly a trace of green. Total length about 5 inches, wing 2*9 ; tail, central rectrices 1'4, lateral 2; bill IS.
Of the two skins in the Museum, one was in Gould's Collection and one in our own, the latter having been obtained from Mr. Whitely. Both are males. The exact locality where this bird is found remains to be discovered ; at present I can only say that the types are made up in the manner usual in collections of Humming- birds from Ecuador.
Hab. Ecuador?
a. (S ad. Ecuador ? Salvin-Godinan Coll. ( (Types of
b. (S ad. Ecuador ? Gould Coll. \ the species.)
8. PhsBolsema sequatorialis.
Phseolgema sequatorialis, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 264 (May 1860) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 803 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 18-59, p. 14-5, 1860, p. 70 ;
Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Moiiches, ii. p. 22.3; id. Ann. Soc. Linn.
Lyon, xxii. p. 213 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 55 ; Eudes-Desl. Attn.
Mus. Caen, i. p. 2.50 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 35 ; id. Orn. Per. i.
p. 292 ; Berl. S( Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 303. Phseolsema rubinoides, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 145. lolaema sequatorialis, Muls. 4- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 59.
Adult male. Like that of P. rubinoides, but larger ; the crown and chin shining green, the former without a central glittering line ; gular spot a little paler and redder. Total length about 5 inches, wing 2-9 ; tail, central rectrices 1-4, lateral 1'9 ; bill 1-2.
Female. Like the male, but without the gular spot.
Hab. Ecuador.
fl. c? ad.; b. 2 ad- Intac, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
sk.
c, d. cj ad. sk. Yauayacu, Ecuador (5mcA-%). Salvin-Godman Coll.
e. cJad.;/. $ ad.sk, Citado, Ecuador (Buckley). Gould Coll.
ff, h. J ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador (Buckley). Gould Coll.
i. (3 ad. sk. Ecuador (Fraser). Salvin-Godman Coll.
j-l. d ad.; tn. J Ecuador. Gould Coll. (Types
ad. sk. of the species.)
87. HYLONYMPHA. „
Type.
Ilylouyiupha, Gould, Ann. if May. N. II. l8?o, xii.
p. 429 H. macrocerca.
EaiKje. Amazons Valley ?
326
TKOCUILI.
1. Hylonympha macrocerca.
Hylonvmpha macrocerca, Gould, Ann. 8^ Mac/. N. H. 1873, xii. p. 4!?9; id. Mon. Troch.,_ Suppl. pi. 27 (Aug. 1880); Mtds. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. .57 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 218; Elliut, Syn. Troch. p. 07 ; JEudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 299.
AduU male. Upper surface dark shining green, nearly black when viewed from in front, greener when viewed fi'om behind ; crown black ; forehead and central anterior crown, terminating posteriorly in a point beyond a line drawn between the eyes, glitter- ing violet-blue ; under surface as far as the lower breast glittering grass-green ; abdomen and under tail-coverts black, flanks washed with green ; tail blue-black : bill black ; feet dark hazel. Total length about 8'5 inches, wing 2*8 ; tail, outermost rectrix on either side 5-4, next pair 2-3, central pair 0-9 ; bill 1-1.
Adult female. Upper surface dark shining grass-green ; under surface white, each feather with a shining green discal spot ; middle of the breast and upper abdomen pure white ; lower abdomen and under tail-coverts chestnut ; tail blue-black, outermost rectrix with the shaft, half the inner web, and three-fourths of the outer web cinnamon, a dull white spot towards the end of the outer web and extending to the inner web just at the tip of the feather ; next rectrix with the basal half of the shaft and the webs adjoining cinnamon. Length of the outermost rectrix 2-1 inches, central pair I'l.
Hab. Uncertain ; said to be the Amazons Valley near the middle.
a. J ad. sk. " N. Brazil." Gould Coll. _ (Type
of the species.) b-h. c? ad. ; i,j. "N.Brazil." Salvin-Godman &
2 ad. sk. Gould Colls.
88. LAFRESNAYA.
Lafresnaya, B/>. Compt. Rend. xxx. p. otiO (1850) . . L. navicaudata.
Entima, Cub. &,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 51 L. gayi.
Euclosia, Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 63 (1865). . L. Bavicaudata.
Range. Venezuela and Colombia to Peru.
The outermost primary in tliis genus is narrow, somewhat as in Aglcpactis.
Key to the Species.
n. Lateral rectrices buff, tipped with bronzy brown, flavicaudata, p. 326. h. Lateral rectrices pure white, tip]ied with bronzy
green f/cy*, P- 327.
1. Lafresnaya flavicaudata.
Trochilus lafresnayi. Boiss. Bei: Zool. 1840, p. 8. Trochilus flavicaudatn.-, Frnser, P Z. S. ]840, p. 18. Ornysmia lafresnayi. Lodd. P. Z. S. li*43, p. 122.
bo. LAtKESNArA. 327
Lafresnaya flavicaudata, Bp. Consp. i. p. 68 ; id. Rev. Zool. 18o4 g"1^?i_t"r^^:f-.f ^'"i^- V:.^<i Track. EnuM. p. 8, pi Zsl: 'P I ~n\ ^""^''' ^^°''- Troch. li. pi. 85 (May 1857) : id Intr froch. ^^69; Scl. Cat Am. B. p. 29.A Elliot, lyn^locl%ll\ Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p 214 i" ^' .
o;ri88?;'°ii'7^''*" ^ "''"'' '^^"'- ^'"'- '''• p- ^^ ' ^"•^- '^•f-
Euclosia flavicaudata, Muh. ^ Verr. Gass. Troch. p. 63 Euclosia latresuayi Muh. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii.' p. 187; id Ann. Soc.Luin. Lyon, xxii. p. 212. F -^-' . •"•
Calothorax lafiesnayi, Gray, Hand-t B. i. p. 136.
facftlTr?'" ,^PP^^«;^^ff,«« dark shining grass-green; under sur- face, including the whole throat, chest, and flanks, dark glitterin- grass-green ; middle of the abdomen black ; under tail-coverts pale buff tipped with green ; middle tail-feathers bronze-green, laterals pale bufl tipped with bronzy brown, the outermost pair moi^ widely the outer web for its terminal half being of the iame colon! bill black. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 2-5, tail 1-6, biU
Achat fcnude JJn^^,^ surface buff; throat, chest, and flanks eS mi^v V-f"^" green each feather bearing a ^pot near it^ ofthe male °'°''' ^^ ^^' ^'^^'""^ ^'^^ ^™^'^' ^^^'^ ^^^^ *^^t
Hah. Colombia.
a-g S ad. ; /,, i. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman &
^JJ-i,^-- Gould Colls.
n-p. Ad. St. r) 1 ,
' i^urchased.
2. Lafresnaya gayi.
'^'p'sI'V^sIe').^""'''' ^ '^"^'- ^"''- ^'- ^''^'- '' ^'"'- ^^-'' i^-
Trochilus saula, Boiirc. Rev. Zool. 1846 p 309
Lafresnaya gayi Bp Consp. r. p. 68; 'id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252;
^ 60 S'P r^T'^^^n- "-gl- ^^ (May 1857); e-rf. /«^;-. Tr.cA. ?£^f-/-/n ;^:.^' P-J^^' 18' 9, p. 628; £AW, S,n. Troch.
IsSf ' 303' ^' ' ■ '■ • • P- -^^ ' ^'''''- "^^ ^^'•^- ^- ^- '^' ' Lafresnaya saulae, Bp. Consp. i. p. 68; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11; ^d. Troch. Enum. p. 8, pi. 786. ff. 4828-29; Gould, Intr. Troch.
Entima gayi, Cah. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p 51 Lotima saulffi, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1S63 p "^QQ
Euclosia gayi, Muls. S>-Verr. Class. Troch. p. 63; Muls. Hist Nat ^'Vl2. ' "• P- ^^^' P'- ^^' '^- ^^^^oc'Linn. Lyon, S."
Calothora.x gayi, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 136. Adult male. Precisely like that of L.fl<,vicandata, but the lateral
:-(28
rectrices instead of being buff are pure white tipped with bronzy green.
Adult fetnale. Abdomen white ; throat tinged with buff and spotted (as are also the flanks and under tail-coverts) with green ; the dark tips to the lateral rectrices are wider than in the male.
Young males have the feathers of both the upper and under sur- faces edged with buff ; the feathers of the throat are subsequently white at the base with green spots at the tip ; they afterwards become darker at the base and the green spots larger, so that in the adult the throat is unbroken glittering green.
There is some variation in the colour and extent of the dark tips to the white lateral rectrices. In most specimens these tips are dark bronzy green and even blackish ; in others thej'^ are of the same green as the extremities of the under tail-coverts.
Birds with the latter character have been called Trovhilus scmlce by Bourfier and Dclattre — a name adopted by several writers, in- cluding Gould, but rejected by Elliot. I have not been able to trace these birds to any special locality.
Hah. Venezuela and Xorthern Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
a. cJ ad. sk. h. (S ad. sk.
c. cJjuv. sk.
(1. J .id.; e- ?
ad. sk. f. 6 ad. ; ff. 2
ad. sk. h. S ad. ; i. $
ad. sk. ;■-/. S ad. ; m- o.
2 ad. sk. p. (5 ad. sk. fj. (j ad. sk.
r. S ad. ; s. J ad. sk.
Merida, Venezuela {Goering).
San Jose, Sierra Nevada de Sta. Marta, Colombia, Mar. {F. Sbnons).
Sta. Elena, Cauca Valley, Co- lombia ( T. K. Salmon ).
Jima, Ecuador {Buckley).
Ecuador (Fraser).
I'"cuador {Buckleij).
Ecuador.
Peru ( Warszew/ez). Cachupata, Peru, Nov. {H.
Whitehj). Peru ?
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sclatev Coll.
Salvin-Godman Gdll.
Gould Coll.
Gould Goll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll.
89. FLORISUGA.
Type.
Florisuga, Bp. Covfp. Av. i. p. 78 E. mellivoia.
Melanotrochilus, Fudes-Ded. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. '2-2-i
(.1880) E. fiisca.
Ilange. Southern Mexico lo the Amazons Valley and Eastern Brazil.
Key to the Species,
a. Head and neck blue; base of the hind neck and
abdomen white /iielliroru, ]i. .3i'9.
b. Head, neck, and abdc men black fusca, p. 881.
89. FLORISUGA. 329
1. Florisuga mellivora.
White-bellied Humming Bird, Ediv. i. pi. 15. f. 1 ; Lath. Syji. i. pt. 2,
p. 765. Mellivorus suriuameusis torquata, Briss. Oni. iii. p. 713. Oiseaux Mouclies a collier dit le Jacobine, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi.
p. 34. Oiseaux Mouches dit le Jacobine de Cavenue, Buff. PL E71I. 640.
f. 3. Trochilus mellivorus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 193 ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i.
p. 49!) ; rieill. N. Bid. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 360 ; id. Enc. Mith.
p. 562 ; Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xx ; Cah. in Schomh. Heise n,
Guiana, iii. p. 706 ; Buj-m. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 3.'!9. Trochilus timbriatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 193. Oiseaux Mouche a gorge tachetee, Aud. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p. 61,
pi. 22. Oiseaux Mouches a collier, Aitd. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p. 63, pis. 23,
24. Le Colibri a gorge bleu, Aud. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p. 144, pi. 66. Mellisuga suriuameusis, Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 243. Ornismya mellivora, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxiii, 90,
pis. 21, 22. Trochilus tiabelliferus. Guuld, F. Z. S. 1846, p. 45. Florisuga fiabellifera, Bp. Consp. i. p. 74 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1.^54, p. 253;
Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 114 (Nov. 1851) ; id. Intr. Troch. ^. 81 ;
Reich. Avfz. d. Col. p. 14; (Jah. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 29 ;
Sal. Cat. Am. B. p. 295 ; Mids. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 47. Florisuga mellivora, Bj). Consp. i. p. 73 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253 ;
Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14; Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 113 (Nov.
1851) ; id. Litr. Troch. p. 80 ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 53 ; Scl. <§-
Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 128 ; iid P. Z. S. 1864, p. 365, 1867, pp. 584,
753, 979, 1868, p. 628, 1870, p. 837, 1873, p. 287, 1879, p. 529 ;
Cab. S,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 20; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 95 ; id.
Cat. Am. B. p. 295 ; E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 1863, p. 91 ; Muls. S;
Verr. Class. Troch. p. 47 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 155 ; id. Ibis,
1872, p. 319 ; id. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 363 ; Laicr. Ann. Lye. N. Y.
vii. p. 292, ix. p. 122 ; id. Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H. xiv. p. 284 ; id.
Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 291 ; Peh. Dm. Bras. p. 30 ; Layard,
Ibis, 1873, p. 388 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. OU.-Mouches, ii. p. 178, iv.
p. 204; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 212 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
]). 48 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Has. Caen, i. p. 221 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1880,
p. 304 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 297 ; Tacz. ^- Berl. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 566 ;
Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 317 ; id. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xi. p. -561. Florisuga I'errugineiceps, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14. Topaza juellivora, Leot. Ois. Trin. p. 141 (1866) ; Gray, Hand-l. B.
I. p. 131. Topaza fiabellifera. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 134. Mellisuga mellivora (lai)su), Salv. i§- Godm. Ibis, 1880, p. 172. '■i Florisuga sullei, Boucard, The Humniing Bird, i. p. 18 (1891).
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining grass-grceu, base of the hind neck white, whole head aud neck rich shining blue, back of the neck tinged with green ; abdomen white ; flanks shining green ; middle rectrices bluish green, laterals white, tipped and aU but the outermost pair edged out\\ardly with purple-black ; bill black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-6, tail 1-4, bill 0-9.
330 TRocaiLi.
Adult female. Upper surface uiiitbriu golden green ; under sur- face green, the feathers of the throat, chest, and flanks edged with white ; middle of the abdomen nearly pure white ; under tail-coverta grey at the base, ti])ped with wlute, and with a wide subterminal blue-black bar ; outermost lateral rectrices blue-black, tipped with white tind with white on the outer web towards the base ; remainder shining green, with a narrow white tip and wide subterminal blue- black bar.
Young males have the throat nearly white or fulvous, the blue feathers' of the throat begin to appear in the middle and spread to the sides ; the head is green at first ; the central rectrices and the next pair are white at the base, steel-blue at the tip, with a sub- terminal greenish bar ; the outermost pair pure white, the next with a steel-blue spot on the tip of the inner web and a narrow edge to the outer.
Hub. Tropical America in low-lying lands, from Southern Mexico to the Amazons Vallev.
a. cJ ad. sk.
b. 2 ad. sk.
c. c? ad. ; d. d" juv. sk.
e,f. d ad. ;</.$
ad. sk. A, i. 6 ad. sk. j-m. d ad. sk. '«. c^ ad. ; o. S
juv. ; p-r. 2
ad. sk. s. 2 ad. sk. t. cJ ad. sk.
u, V. S ad. ; w.
(5 juv. sk. X, y. d ad. sk.
z, a', d ad. ; b.
$ ad. sk. c'. d ad. sk.
d'-f. S ad. ; g' d juv. ; /(', i'. 2 ad. sk.
J, k'. d ad. sk.
/'. cJ ad. sk.
m'. (S ad. sk.
n', o'. (5 ad. ; d juv. sk.
q'. 2 ad. sk.
r'. S ad. sk.
V-
Belize, Brit. Honduras {F. Blan- eaneaux).
Western District, Brit. Hondu- ras, Nov. {F. £.).
Houdm-as.
Choctum, Guatemala, Feb. (O.
,S'. iiF.D.G). Guatemala (Skinner). Chontales, Nicaragua {T. Belt). Costa Rica, May (Fndres).
Volcan de Chiriqui (Afce). Cordillera de Tol6, Panama
(Ai-ce). Santiago de Veraguas, Panama
(A roe). Lion Hill, Panama {McLean-
nan). Paraiso Station, Panama
{Huff/ies). Minca, Sierra Nevada de Sta.
Marta, Colombia, Feb. (F.
Simons). Colombia (Bogota make).
Quito, Ecuador.
Ecuador.
Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley).
Trinidad.
Tobago I. {F. A. Ober). Merum^ Mts., Brit. Guiana, July (H. Jmtely).
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
E. Dyson [C.].
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman & Gould Colls.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman &
Sclater Colls. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll.
H. K. Coals. Salvin-Godman Coll.
«'• cf ad. sk.
t'._d ad.; u'. J
juv. sk. v'. d ad.; zv'. 2
ad. sk. ^•'. c? juv. sk. !/'■ d ad. sk. 2'. d ad. ; a", b".
2 ad. sk. c"-e". dad.;/",
ii'". 2 ad. sk. h". d ad. sk.
*">/'• cJad. ; k", I". $ad. sk.
»i". d juv. sk.
o". c? ad. St. p", y". c5'ad. ;;•". Juv. St.
89. FLORisraA.
R. Atapurow, Brit. Guiana,
Jan. {J£. W.). (Cayenne make.)
Para. Oct. (E. L. Layard).
331
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman &
Sclater Colls, Tweeddale Coll.
Para (.J. R ^^ allace). Salvin-Godman Coll.
Eio Aegro, July ( A. M. W.). Salvin-Godman Coll.
» i>^?- ^''°™' ^'°'^- (^- Salvin-Godman Coll. ■ti. IV.).
Upi:ier Amazons (U. Bartlett). Gould Coll.
Iquitos, Amazons, May (H.
Whitdy). Pebas, Amazons, April, Mav {J.
Hauxicell).
Kio Javari, Amazons ( U. W.
Batfs). Demerara. Honduras.
Gould Coll.
Salvin-Godman, Tweeddale, &
Gould Colls. Gould Coll.
Purchased. E. D3son [C.].
'2. Florisuga fusca.
Trochilus fuscus Fee///. ^V. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 348; id. Enc.
Meth. p. 00-2; Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, Sunpl. p. 98 Meliisuga atra, Ste/jh. in Skald's Gen. Zool. xiv. p -US Cohbri leucopygius, Spiv, Av. Bras. i. p. 81, pi. 81. f. 3 Irochilus atratus, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 14
Trochilus ater, Wied, Reise, i. p. 366, ii. p. 136; id. Beitr. iv. p 52 Irochilus nio-er, *■«;. ZooA ///. li. pi 82 Urnismya Xn^nX^x^ Less. Hist Sat. Ois.-Mouehes, pp. xvi, 132, pis.
08, 39 : id. hid. Gen. TrocJi. p. vii. ^
Florisuga atra, Bp. Consp. 1. p. 74 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p 338 •
M ', iT- ?^^- K^^- ^1'^ (^^'ov.18.51); id. Inir. TruA. p. 81:'
Muls. iif Verr. Class. Troe/i. p. 47. ^ '
Oriiismya nigra, Bp. Consp. i. p. «1. Florisuga fusca, ^,^c■/^ Aiifz. d. Col. p. 14; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. -oo ; CabJ- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 29; Scl.Cat. Am. B. p. 295 ,• ,,; y''»-^>'«'- P- -^0 ; Reinh. Vidensk. Medd. Nat. For. Ejoh 1870
u 104; Mills. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 183, iv. p. 204; id
^««. ^.c. Z*««. Zyo» xxu. p. 212 ; Elliot, Sijn. Troch. p. 48 ; Salv tat. SU-ickl. Coll. p. 363 ; Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H. ii. p ■->b7
iopaza iui?ca, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 134.
Melanotrochilus fuscus, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 225.
Adult male. Upper and under surface black, with a purple gloss on the upper tail-coverts and middle rectrices ; wing-coverts shinin-^ olive-green ; flanks mixed with white ; under tail-coverts very dark purple-black, lateral rectrices white tipj.ed with purple-black • bill black. Total length about o inches, wing y-2 ; tail, central feathers 1-6, lateral 2 ; bill l-Oo.
Female. Similar to the male.
Ymoif, birds have the feathers of the upper surface and the upper
332 TROCHILl.
tail-coverts edged with rufous, the sides of the throat rufous, and rufous edges to the feathers distributed over the under surface ; the six central rectrices are purple-black, the outermost pair pure white, the next white on the outer web and shaft nearly to the tip. Hab. Southern and Eastern Brazil.
rt, 6. cf ad. sk. Vevnamhwco {W. A. Forbes). Salvin-Godman Coll.
c. c? ad.; d, e. Bahia, Brazil {Wucherer). Salviu-tiodman Coll.
Juv. sk.
f, g. Ad. sk. Novo Fribourgo, Rio, Brazil Salvin-Godman Coll.
( Yoiids).
h, i. Juv. sk. Brazil (Rio make). Gould Coll.
j, k. Ad. sk. S.E. Brazil {Rogers). Gould Coll.
/. (S sid. St. Purchased.
90. TOPAZA.
Polytnuis, Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 545 (nee Brisf:.) T. pella.
Topaza, G. li. Grarj, List Gen. Birds, p. 13 (1840) T. pella.
Range. Guiana and the Amazons Valley.
Key to the Species.
a. Lateral rectrices cinnamon pella, p. 332.
I). Lateral rectrices purple-black , pgi'a, p- 233.
1. Topaza pella.
Long-tailed red Humming Bird, Bdw. Glean. A'. H. i. pi. 32.
Polytmus surinamensis, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 690.
Trochilus pella, Linn. Sgst. Nat. i. p. 189; Gm. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 485;
Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 355 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 554 ; Less.
Hist. Nat. Col. pp. 21, 27, 31, pis. 2, 3, 4, 5 ; id. Ind. Gen. Troch.
p. xvi ; Cab. in Schomb. Guiana, iii. p. 707 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. Th.
Bras. ii. p. 327 ; Muls. <^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 45 ; Mids. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 123; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, x.\ii. p. 210. Colibri de Cayenne, D'Aub. PL Bnl. 599. f. 1. Topaz IIummiDg Bu'd, Lath. 8yn. i. p. 746. Le Colibri Topaz, Aud. Ois. Dor. i. p. 18, pis. 2, 3. Topaza pella. Gray, List Gen. B. p. 13 (1840); id. Gen. B. i. p. 109;
id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 134 ; Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 73 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 250 ; Goidd, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 66 (Nov. 1851) ; id. Int.r. Troch.
p. 61 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 ; id. Troch. £num. p. 9, pi. 797.
tf. 4853-55 ; Cab. if Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 16 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B.
p. 290; Belz. Orn. Bras. p. 30; Elliot, iSyn. Troch. p. 95; Eudes-
Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 178 : Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 361 ;
id. Lbis, 1885, p. 432.
Adult male. Upper surface sliining golden red, becoming greenish orange on the rump and upper tail-coverts and more glittering ; head, including the lores, sides, and a narrow pectoral band, black ; throat glittering greenish gold, rather more golden in the middle; rest of the under suri'ace rich shining crimson ; under tail-coverts shining
90. TOPAZA.
333
green ; wings dark purple ; inner primaries, except the tips and the secondaries, cinnamon ; central rectrices bronze with black tips next pair long, curving- outwards, purple-black, lateral rectrices' cin- namon: bill black; feet hazel. Total length about 7 inches wmg 3-1 ; tail, pair next the central rectrices (chord) 3-3, central pair 1-9; bill 1-25. k / , ax
AcMf female. Upper surface shining grass-green ; beneath a little brighter and more golden, throat in the middle shining crimson • tail purple-black except the central pair of feathers, which are deep grass-green, and the two laterals on either side, which are chiefly cinnamon towards the distal end.
Hab. Guiana.
a. (^ ad.; 6. 5 Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. May & Sppt. (H. Whiteli,).
c. ¥ ad. sk. R..\tapu_row, Brit. Guiana, Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll.
'^~%ifx^'''- ^"^'^'■•''"''''' Salvin-Godman &
./. S ad. ; A:, c^ N. Brazil
Gould Colls.
juv,
sk. ^^- brazil. Salvin-Godman Coll.
% ad'^tk '"' ■'■ ^^^-''^'^"^ '"^ke.) Salvin-Godman &
/ J' ;,„i -i' /r^ ■, , Gould Colls,
^.d juv.sk. (Cayenne make.) Purchased.
«. 2 ad. St. Demerara. Purchased.
''• ^ ^^- '^- Purchased.
2. Topaza pyra.
Trochilus (Topaza) pyra, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p 85 Topaza vjr^, Grmj Gm. B. i. p. 110; id. Hand-l. B.i. p 134- Gould Mnn. Trock, n. pL 65 (Nov. 1851); >d. Intr. Trol^etif
Co<. p. Jl id. rrocJi. Enum. p. 9, pi. 798 ff AR^(\ ^7 ■ Onh i Heme, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 16 ; ScL^ Sal Pz] timZ i£lJ. Elhot, Syn. Trock p 9^5; Eudes-Besl. Ann: MnsCa^^iffiS ' Trochilus pyra, ^ds. S^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 45 ; M^ds Hht Nat O.^Mouches, n.p.l27, pi. 38; id. AnJsoc.'zin,"^:!:,^^,
Achat male. Similar to that of T.jyella, but redder on the upper surface, a more conspicuous golden spot on the throat, no cinnamon on the wings, and the lateral rectrices wholly purple-black instead of cinnamon. • r z «. msieciu
Adult female. Has the lateral rectrices purple-black, with the outer web of the outermost feather on either side dull cinnamon JJab. Kio Negro Valley and Eastern Ecuador.
""ii'lf'' '^"^ Rotuno, Ecuador (5McA;/py). Salvin-Godman &
*-V d ad. ; J. d Rio No^^-o. GouW CoS^^'^T
juv. :A-. 5 ad. 8k. „r L • ^T^P^'
"t the species.)
334 TKoruiLi.
91. OREOTROCHILUS.
Oreotroehilus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847. p. 10 0. estella.
Orotrochilus, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Ilcin. iii. p. lo O. pichincha.
Range. Andes from Ecuador to Chili.
Keij to the Species.
a. Whole head, including the crown and throat, deep shining violet-blue.
a. Throat uniform violet-blue pichincha, p. 334.
b'. Throat with a large central green patch .... chimborazo, p. 335. h. Crown brown with a greenish tinge, tlie same colour as the back.
c'. Middle of the abdomen chestnut estellce, p. 335.
d'. Middle of the abdomen deep blue-black.
a". Flanks white loucopleurus, p. 3.36.
b" . Flanks chestnut.
a". Tail uniform greenish black melano(/aster,f.SS7.
V" . Lateral rectrices pale buff, edged with
bluish black adela, p. 3.37.
1. Oreotroehilus pichincha.
Trochilus pichincha, Bourc. &,- Muls. Mem. Acad. Sc. Lyon, v.. p. 427
(18.50). Oreotroehilus jamesoni, Jirw-fZ. Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 42, 1850, p. 27,
pi. 43 Oreochilus pichincha, Bp. Consp. i. p. 71 ; id. Eev. Zool. 1854, p. 250;
Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 68 (Nov. 1851); id. Litr. Troch. p. 63;
Reich. Aufz. d. Col. -p. 16; Jardine, Ibis. 1859, p. 115 ; Scl. P. Z. S.
1859, p. 79; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 290 ; Ja7neso7i l<,- Fraser, Ibis, 1859,
p. 399 ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 15 ; Muls. (^ Verr. Class.
Troch. p. 47 ; G)-a>/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 123 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-
Mouches, ii. p. 161, iv. p. 202 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, x.xii.
p. 211 ; Elliot, Si/H. Troch. p. 35; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Miis. Caen,
i. p. 170 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 361.
Adult male. Upper surface dull shining olive-green, the whole head including the throat shining violet-blue, the latter bordered below with black ; rest of the under surface white, the middle of the abdomen and the flanks blackish brown ; under tail-coverts brown, narrowly edged with dull white ; central tail-feathers ver)- dark green, the next pair nearly white, the rest becoming darker towards the outermost pair, which are steel-blue and white only on the inner web towards the base ; bill black. Total length about 5-2 inches, wing 2-95, tail 2, bill 1.
Adult female. Upper surface dull shining olive-green ; under surface ashy, each feather edged with dull white ; throat white, spotted with ashy ; central tail-feathers dark green, the rest white at the base and with white tips.
In the young male the head is dull bluish green, and the blue feathers of the adult appear irregularly over the crown and throat ;
91. OREOTROCHILUS. 335
the white of the under surface becomes purer as maturitx' is acquired.
Hah. Andes of Ecuador, on the volcanoes of Pichincha and Cotopaxi at high elevations.
a. (S ad.; b. 5 ad. Volran de Pichincha, Ecuador Salvin-Godman Coll. sk. (FiYiser).
c. $ ad. sk. RucoPichincha,May(-Fr«««-). Sclater Coll.
d. S ad. sk. Pichincha (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. e-p. cJ ad. ; q-u. Ecuador. Gould Coll.
S juv.; v-y.'^
ad. sk. z, a'. (S ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll.
v. S ad, St. J. Bourcier [P.].
(Probahly a typical specimen.)
d" ad. ; d'. $ Purchased.
ad. St.
2. Oreotrochilus chimborazo.
Trochilus chimborazo, Belattre iS- Bourc. Bev. Zool. 1846, p. 305.
Oreotrochilus chimborazo, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 10; id. M<m. Troch. ii. pi. 69 (Nov. 1851) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 62 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 76; id. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 250; Beich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 15; Fraser, Ibis, 1859, p. 208; Jameson Sf Frasev, Ibi's, 1859, p. 399; Scl. P. Z. ,S. 1860, p. 79; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 290 ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 15 ; Mids. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 47 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 123; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 166, pi. 42, iv. p. 204; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, sxii. p. 211 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 35; Eudes-TJesl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i-. p. 172; Tacz. 8f Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 102.
Adult male. Very similar to that of 0. picliinclm, but with a large patch of shining green on the throat, just above the black border which divides the blue throat from the white breast.
Adult female. Undistinguishable from that of 0. pichincha.
Hah. Andes of Ecuador, on the volcano of Chimborazo at a high elevation ,
a. c?ad. ; b. 5 ad. Panza, Chimborazo, Ecua- Sclater Coll.
sk. dor, Jan. (Fraser).
c. c?ad.; d $ad. sk. Chimborazo (i^mser). Salvin-Godman Coll.
e,f. d ad. sk. Chimborazo (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
ff. (S ad.; h. $ ad. sk. Cliimborazo. Purchased.
i-n. cJad. ; o-r. ^ Ecuador. Gould Coll.
ad. sk.
3. Oreotrochilus estellae.
Trochilus estellae, d'Orb. ^- Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 32.
Orthorhynchus estellje, d^Orb. Voy. Am. Mer. iv. p. 376.
Trochilus ceeilife, Less. Bev. Zool. 1839, p. 43.
Oreotrochilus estelh-E, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 10 ; id. Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 70 (June 1849) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 63 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 76; id. Ben. Zool. 1854, p. 250 ; Beich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 15 ; Muls. 4 Ven: Class. Troch. p. 47 ; Scl. 8r Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 987, 1868 p. 569, 1879, p. 627; FUiot, Ihis, 1877, p. 142; id. Syn. Troch
3'M TROCHILI.
p. 3t) ; Eudes-Desl. Anti. Mas. Ctien, i. p. 175; Taez. Orri. 7¥r. i. 277. Orotrochilus estellse, Cab. Sf Heine, Mua. Hein. iii. p. 169; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 123 ; Muh. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouckes, ii. p. 169 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Li/on, xxii. p. 211.
Adult male. Upper surface olive-brown, the crown a little darker ; throat glittering green, the feathers white at the base, lower margin of the throat black ; rest of the under surface white, the middle of the abdomen chestnut, and the flanks and under tail-coverts dull brown ; central tail-feathers dai'k green, the next pair nearly white, the rest edged outwardly with brown, the outermost pair being also brown towards the tip ; bill black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 2-95, tail 2-1, bill 1-1.
Adult female. Upper surface like that of the male ; under surface, including the under tail-coverts, brown, the throat paler, spotted with brown ; central rectrices dark green, the next pair tipped with white, the next white with a wide subterminal dark bar, the next with this bar narrower and interrupted, and the outermost pair white with the terminal half of the outer web dark.
Hah. Andes of Southern Peru and Bolivia. a. (S ad. sk. Peru (//. Bcnvlands). Salvin-Godman Coll.
h. $ ad. sk. Pitumarca, Peru, April {H. Gould Coll.
mntel;i). r. c? ad. sk. Mines of S. Baldomero, N.E. Gould Coll.
side of Sorato, Bolivia, alt. 12,000 ft. (Imvards). d. cJad.;e. 2 ad.sk. Cachira, Bolivia (5?<cA-%). Salvin-Godman Coll. /. S ad. sk. Bolivia (D. Forbes). Sclater Coll.
g-m. cJad. ; n. J 'QolWvi {Bridges). Gould Coll.
ad. sk. o, p. c? ad. St. Bolivia. Bridges [C.].
4. Oreotrochilus leucopleurus.
Oreotrochilus leucopleurus, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 10 ; id. Mon.
Troch. ii. pi. 71 (June 1849) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 03 ; Bp. Consp.
i. p. 71 ; id. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 250; Beich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 15 ;
i^cl. Cat. Am. B. p. 290; id. P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 328, 1886, p. 398 ;
Muls. (^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 47 ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 123 ;
Elliot, Spi. Troch. p. 36 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 237 ; id Orti.
Fir. i. p. 278 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 173 ; Salv. Cat.
Strickl. Coll. p. 361 ; F. W. White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 615 ; Scl. ^
Huds. Arg. Orn. ii. p. 1. Tvochilus leucopleurvis, Cassin, in GiUies's Expl. Exp. ii. p. 187. Orotrochilus leucopleurus, Cab.Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 16; Muls.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 172, iv. p. 204 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn.
Lyon, xxii. p. 211.
AduU male. Upper surface like that of 0. esteUo', the throat also similar, but the middle of the abdomen is blue-black instead of chestnut, and the central rectrices steel-blue instead of dark green ; the outer feathers are more narrowly and definitely edged with steel-blue, and the outermost pair narrower.
01. OKEOTROCHILUS. 337
The female resembles that sex of 0. estelhv, but the outermost rectrices have a subterminal dark bar, and the rest are more definitely marked.
Hah. Andes of Chili, at high elevations.
a, b. (S ad. ; c-e. $ Chilian Andes {Leybold). Salvin-Godman Coll. ad. sk.
f. S ad.sk. Oa.i\\?i\i AxLAes {Weisshaupt) . Salvin-Godman Coll.
g. cJad.; A. 5ad. sk. Chilian Andes (i?ee(^). Salvin-Godman Coll. i. cJ juv. sk. Andes of Santiago, Chili Sclater Coll.
( Landbeck). j. cj ad. ; k. (f juv. Chili {Dalgleish). Sclater Coll.
sk. l-n. cJ ad.; 0, p. 5 Aconcagua, Chili {Bridges). Gould Coll.
ad. sk. q. S ad. ; r. $ ad. st. Chili. Bridges [C.].
5. Oreotrochilus melanogaster.
Oreotrochiliis melanogaster, Gould, P. Z. S. 1817, p. 10 ; id. Man.
Troch. ii. pi. 72 (Sept. 1859); id. Intr. Troch. p. 64; Bp. Camp.
i. p. 76 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 15 ;
Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 47 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 541 ;
id. Orn. Per. i. p. 279 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 36 ; Eudes-Desl.
Ann. Mtis. Caen, i. p. 177. Orotrochilus melanogaster, Cab. ^ Seine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 15 ;
Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 176 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn.
Lyon, xxii. p. 211.
Adult male. Upper surface olive-brown, the upper tail-coverts tinged with bronze ; tail uniform greenish black ; throat glittering green, the rest of the under surface blue-black, the flanks dull chestnut, and the under tail-coverts greenish brown, with narrow rufous margin to each feather ; bill black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 2-85, tail 1-9, bill 0-95.
Adult female. Upper parts light brown with a greenish lustre ; upper tail-coverts shining green, throat unspotted ; underparts brownish white, tinged with buff ; under tail-coverts bufFy brown ; tail shining green, all the lateral feathers tipped with white. (Elliot, I. s. c.)
Hah. Andes of Peru.
a. cJ ad. sk. Junin, Peru (Jelski). Sclater Coll.
b. cJ ad. sk. Peru {ex Gould). Salvin-Godman Coll. c-e. Ad. sk. Peru, Gould Coll.
(Types of the species.)
6. Oreotrochilus adela.
Trochilus adela, d'Orb. ^- Lafr. Syn. Av. p. 32.
Orthorhynchus adela, d'Orb. Voy. Am. Mer. iv. p. 377, pi. 61. f. 2.
Oreotrochilus adela, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 10 ; id. Man. Troch. ii.
pi. 73 (June 1849) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 64 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 76 ;
id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 15 ; Scl. Cat.
Am. B. p. 290; MiiU. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 47; Elliot, Ibia,
VOL. XVI. Z
338 TROCIULl.
1877, p. 142; id. Si/n. Troch. p. 37; Scl. Sf Salt. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 627 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 176. Orotrochilus adela, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 15 ; Mtds. Hist. Kaf. Oijf.-Mouchefi, ii. p. 174; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 211.
Adult male. Like that of 0. melanogaster, but with the abdomen more narrowly blue-black, and the flanks broadly and conspicuously deep chestnut ; the lateral rectrices are pale buff edf^ed with bluish black, instead of being uniform greenish black ; bill black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 2-65, tail 2, bill I'B.
Adult female. Under surface chestnut ; throat whitish, thickly spotted with brown ; lateral rectrices dull white, with a wide sub- terminal dark bar.
Hah. Andes of Bolivia.
a. (5 ad. sk. Cachira, Bolivia (BacMey). Salvin-Godman Coll.
b. 2 ad. sk. Misqui, Bolivia ( Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
c. d. (S&A.; e,f. TioXWiB. {Buckley). Gould Coll.
$ ad. sk. g-i. c? ad. ; /. S [Bolivia.] Gould & Sclater
juv.; k, l. 2 Colls,
ad. .sk.
92. OREONYMPHA. ^ ^^
Oreonympha, Gould, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 295 O. nobilis.
Range. Highlands of Southern Peru.
1. Oreonympha nobilis.
Oreonympha nobilis, Goxld, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 295 ; id. Man. Troch., Suppl. pi. 42 (Aug. 1880) ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1809, p. 600 ; Whitely, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 675 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 175, pi. 86 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 222 ; Llliot, Syn. Troch. p. 157 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. 1. p. 344.
Adnlt male. Upper surface shining bronzy brown, a broad band from the forehead over the middle of the crown very dark brown, on either side of which is a wide band of glittering blue ; sides of the head and throat nearly black ; chin and middle of the throat glittering green, terminating in a few long glittering reddish amethyst feathers ; sides of the neck and under surface whitish, rather more dusky on the flanks and abdomen ; under tail-coverts bronzy brown edged with whitish : central rectrices bronzy brown, outermost pair pure white, with the distal third of the outer part of the inner web bronzy brown, remaining rectrices white at the base, bronzy brown towards the distal end ; bill black. Total length about 6-5 inches, wing 3-3 ; tail, central rectrices 1-75, lateral 2-85 ; bill 1-2.
Female. Upper surface like that of the male, the crown greenish blue, the feathers of the middle broadly edged with dark brown ; throat black, a few glittering green feathers on the chin.
Hab. Highlands of Southern Peru.
93. OXYPOGON. 339
a, b. (^ ad. ; c. Tinta, Peru, Jan., May, June, Gould Coll. 2 ad. ; d. 2 Dec. (J£. Whitely).
juv. sk. (Ty])es of the spenies. ).
e. (S ad. sk. Tinta, May {H. W.). Salvin-Godman Coll.
/. $ ad. sk. Huatado, Peru, July (R. W.). Salrin-Godman Coll.
ff. cT ad. sk. Huatado, Dec. H. Whitely [C.J.
93. OXYPOGON*.
Type. Oxypogon, Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 14 O. guerini.
Range. Andes of Venezuela and Colombia.
Keif to the Sjyecies.
a. Lateral rectrices purple-bronze, with the shafts
only white ; elongated gular feathers white . . lindeni, p. 339.
b. Lateral rectrices white, with bronzy-brown tips
and edges. a'. Central elongated gular feathers glittering
gieen guerini, p. 340.
v. Central elongated gidar feathers glittering
blue cyanol<emus, p. 341.
1. Oxypogon lindeni.
Ornismya lindeni, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 253.
Trochilus lindeni, Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 14 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i.
p. 141. Oxypogon lindeni, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 183 (June 1849) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 108 ; Bp. Consp. Ai: i. p. 79 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 253 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id. Troch. Erm7n. p. 10, pi. 825.
ff. 493&-8 ; Cab. if Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 67 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B.
p. 302 ; Mtib. 8r Verr. Class. Troch. p. 73 ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S.
1870, p. 782 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Moiwhes, iii. p. 182, iy. p. 219 ;
id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 222; Mliot, Syn. Troch. p. 156.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining olive-green ; crown and sides of the head black ; a median stripe of white over the middle of the crown, branching towards each nostril, and produced backwards forming a portion of a white crest, rest of the crest-feathers black ; chin white, with a median row of small glittering green discal spots, and surrounded by a black border continiious with the black of the sides of the head, this black region is again bordered by a whitish margin ; the lower throat-feathers are prolonged into a beard of white plumes extending as far as the breast ; rest of the under surface dark olive-green like the back, middle of the abdomen
* I do not know the bird described a3 :^ OxYPOGOK sTUEBELi, Meycf, Zeifschr. ges. Orn. i. p. 204 (1SS4) ; Sharps, in Gould's Suppl. Mon. Troch. Froin a female specimen in bad condition obtained nn the Volcau de Tolima, Colombia.
z2
340 TROCHILT.
greyish ; under tail-coverts olive-green ; central rectricea olive-green, remainder pur|)lish bronze, -with the shafts for three parts of their length white : bill black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 2-9 ; tail, central rectrices 1-8, lateral 2-25 ; bill 0*5.
Female. AVitliout the elongated feathers of the crest and throat ; crown dull greenish brown ; throat and breast white, each feather with a dusky discal spot.
Hah. Highlands of Venezuela.
a. (S ad. sk. Paramo of Merida, Venezuela Salvia-Godman Coll.
{A. Goering).
h. 2 ad. sk. Sierra Nevada, Merida {A. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Goering).
c. 2 ad.sk. Merida (Goerw^r). (lould Coll.
d-i. (S ad. sk. ; j, Merida. Gould Coll.
k. Juv. sk.
/. c? ad. sk. " New Granada." Sclater Coll.
7)1. S ad. St. Venezuela. Purchased.
2. Oxypogon guerini.
Ornismya guerini, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 7 ; Lodd. P. Z. S. 1843,
p. 122. Trochilus parvirostris, Fiaser, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 18. Trochilua guerini, Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 14 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i.
p. 141. Oxypogon guerini, Gould, Man. Troch. iii. pi. 182 (June 1849) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 108 ; Bp. Co7isp. Ai\ i. p. 79 ; id. Bev. Zool. 1854,
p. 253 ; Beicli. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id. Troch. Bnum. p. 10, pi. 624.
If. 4932-5 ; Cab. ^ Heine, Mits. Hein. iii. p. G7 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B.
p. 302 ; Muls. 8r Verr. Class. Troch. p. 73 ; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871,
p. 377; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-M ouches,^ iii. p. 178, pi. 87, iv.
p. 219 ; id. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 222 ; Elliot, Sijn.
Troch. p. 156.
Adult male. Similar to that of 0. Undent, but with the crown and sides of the head and throat smoky black, the former tinged with very dark bronze : all the white portions of the crest and sides of the lieck less pure and slightly tinged with very pale bufC ; the o-reen spots of the feathers of the centre of the throat are much elongated, and form a long ghttering green gular patch ; the lateral rectrices have a large elongated central white patch involving the shaft and the adjoining portions of the web on either side, and in the outermost pair reaching on the outer web to the margin. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 2*8 ; tail, central rectrices 1*6, lateral 2-1 ; bill 0-5.
Female. Differs from that of 0. lindeni in the markings of the lateral rectrices, in which it resembles its male.
Hah. Highlands of Colombia, vicinity of Bogota, &c.
n c7 ad sk. Paramo of Pamplona, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll.
(C. W. Wyatt).
b-q d ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin - Godman,
Gould, k Sclater Colls.
94. RHAlIPnOMICKON. 341
h, i. (S juv. 8k. Colombia (Bogota make). Gould Coll.
;. $ ad. sk.
k. ^ ad.; /. 2 ad.st. Bogota. Purchased.
m. S ad. ; n. $ Purchased.
ad. St.
3. Oxypogon cyanolaemus.
Ox^'pogon cyanolsemus, Salo. Sf Godm. Ibis, 1880, p. 172, pi. 4. f. 2 ; Sharpe in Goulds Mon. Troch., Suppl. pi. 41 (Jan. 1883) ; eHHamonv. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. viii. p. 79.
Adult male, llesembles that of 0. guerini, but has the sides of the crown greener, and the elongated feathers of the middle of the throat glittering violet-blue instead of green ; the lateral rectrices also are more extensively white. Total length about 4"5 inches, wing 2-9; tail, central rectrices 1"7, lateral 2-2; bill O'oo.
Female. May be distinguished by the greater amount of white on the lateral rectrices, which extends across those feathers, leaving the tip alone bronzy brown.
Hah. Highlands of Northern Colombia.
ac. cJad.; d. Sierra Nevada, Santa Marta, Co- Salvin-Godman Coll. $ad. sk. lombia, alt. 11,000 ft., July {F.
Simons). (Types of the species.)
e. d'ad. ;/. J Sierra Nevada, Santa Marta, alt. Gould Coll. ad. sk. 11,000 ft., July {F. Simons).
94. RHAMPHOMICRON.
Rhamphomicron, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 79 R. microrhynchum.
Rhamphomicron y. Chalcostigma, Reich. Avfz.
d. Col. p. 12 R. heteropogon.
Chalcostigma, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 67. R. heteropogon. Lampropogon, Bp. Rev.- Zool. 1854, p. 252 .... R. heteropogon. Ramphomicron (Eupogonus), Muls. S; Verr.
Classif. Troch. p. 73 (1865) R. herrani.
Eupogonus, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 222.
Banrje. Andes from Northern Colombia to Bolivia.
This genus is a somewhat composite one, and might be separated into three or perhaps four, for which the following names are available : — Rhamphomicron for section a of the subjoined key, Chalcostigma or Lampropogon for 6', and Eupogonus for h. This last section might be again separated, and in this case R. rujiceps would require a new generic name.
Key to the Species.
a. Tail deeply forked, the outermost pair of
rectrices longest, the rest graduating to the
central pair.
n'. Bill shorter, slightly decm-ved ; glittering
gular feathers uniform. (Rhamphomicron.)
a". Upper surface rich purple ynicrorhynchiim, p. 342.
h" . Upper surface black dorsale, p. 343.
342 TEOCHILI.
b' . Bill louger, nearly straight; glittering gular feathers dicolorous, ending in elon- gated jilumes. {Lnmpnipugoii.) c". Upper surface greenish bronze ; tail
bronzy brown heteropogon, p. 343.
d". Upper surface and tail greenish olive. . olivaceum, p. 344. e". Upper surface dark violet-blue ; tail rather ;:reeiier. a". Elongated gular feathers glittering
amethyst stanleyi, p. 844.
b'" . Elongated gular feathers glittering
plumbeous vulcani, p. 345.
b. Tail less deeply forked ; all the rectrices ex- cept the shorter central pair subequal. {Eupoc/onus.^ c'. Larger lateral rectrices tipped with white, herrani, p. 34o. d! . Smaller rectrices without white tips .... nificeps, p. 346.
1. Rhamphomicron microrhynchum.
Ornismya microrlivncha, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 354 ; id. Mag.
Zoo/." 1840, 0«. pi. 16. Trochilus brachyrhynchus, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 16. Rhamphomicron microrhyncha, Bp. Consp. Ai\ i. p. 79. Khamphomicron microrhvnchum, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id.
Troch. Enum. p. 10, pi". 818. tf. 4915-8 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 303 ;
Whitely, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 190 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 544, 1880,
p. 207 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 349 ; Elliot, Syii. Truck, p. 160 ; Berl.
^- Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 305. Trochilus niicroryhnchus. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 141. Khamphoaiicrou microrhynchus, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 189
(Oct. 1852); id. Intr. Troch. p. 109; Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 73 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 153 ; Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii.
p. 70 ; Mids. Hist. Nat. Oi-s.-M ouches, iii. p. 162, pi. 84, iv. p. 219 ;
id. A7in. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 221,
Adult male. Upper surface rich shining purple, upper tail-coverts slightly bronzed ; under surface shiniug grass-green, throat glittering green, lower abdomen tinged with buff; under tail-coverts greenish edged with buff ; tail purple-black : bill black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2*05; tail, central rectrices I'l, lateral 2"05; bill 0 "4.
Female. Upper surface shining grass-green ; upper tail-coverts bronze ; under surface buffy white, each feather with a shining green discal spot ; under tail-coverts chestnut, central rectrices bronzy black, lateral purple-black tipped with white ; bill black. Total length about 3 inches, wing 1'8 ; tail, central rectrices 1"1, lateral 1-25 : bUl 0-4.
Hah. Highlands of Colombia and Ecuador.
a-d. (J ad.; e-m. cj Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman, Gould, juv.; n, 0. 2 ad. sk. & Sclater Colls.
p-r. cJ ad. sk. Intac, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
s-u. J ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
f, w. cJad. ; x,y. 6 Ecuador. Salvin-Godman &
juv. sk. Gould Colls.
z. 2 ad. St. Bogota. Purchased.
n . $ nd. St. Purchased.
94. RHAMPUOJllCRoJf. 343
2. Rhamphomicron dorsale.
Rhamphomici'on dorsale, Salv. 4" Godm. Ibis, 1880, p. 172, pi. 5 ; Sharpe in Gould's Mon, Troch., Suppl. pi. 43 (Jan. 1883).
Adult male. Upper surface black ; upper tail-coverts tinged with purple-bronze ; sides of the throat black, middle of the throat glittering greeuish-gold ; rest of the under surface dusky, washed with bronzy green ; under tail-coverts dusky greeu, edged with pale grey ; tail purplish black ; bill black. Total length about 4-2 inches, wing 2*3; tail, central rectrices 1"15, lateral 2; bill O'o.
Female. Upper surface shining grass-green ; upper tail-coverts purple-bronze ; under surface huffy white ; thi'oat and flank-feathers with shining green discal spots ; lateral rectrices tipped with white. Length of the central rectrices 1"1, lateral I'o.
Hah. Highlands of Northern Colombia.
a. S ad. ; b. J Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Salvin-Godman Coll, ad. sk. Colombia, July (^F. Simons). (Types of the species.)
3. Ehamphomicron heteropogon.
Ornismya heteropogon, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 355 ; id. Mag. Zool.
1840, Ois. pi. \-2 ; Lodd. P. Z. S. 1843, p. U2. Trochilus coruscus, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 15. Rhamphomicron heteropogon, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 79 ; Gould, Mon.
Troch. iii. pi. 184 (Oct. 1854) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 109 ; Scl. Cat.
Am. £. p. 302 ; 3Iuls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 73 ; Wyatt, Ibis,
1871, p. 377 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 167 ; id. Ann.
Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 221 ; Flliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 158. Khamphomicron y. Chalcostigma heteropogon, Reich. Aufz. d. Col.
p. 12 ; id. Troch. Eman. p. 10, pi. 820. ff. 4922-3. Lampropogon heteropogon, Cab. 4" Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 67. Trochilus heteropogon. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 141.
Adult male. Upper surface shining greenish bronze, becoming deeper redder bronze on the back of the neck, rump, and upper tail-coverts ; under surface bronzy green ; chin and throat glittering green, followed by a tuft of elongated amethyst feathers sur- rounded by a bronzy-black border ; middle of the abdomen and under tail-coverts buff, the latter with paler edges ; tail shining bronzy brown ; bill black. Total length about 4'S inches, wing 2-7 ; tail, central rectrices 1-5, lateral 2-4; bill 0-65.
Female. Upper surface like that of the male ; throat nearly like the rest of the under surface, the feathers with greenish discs, but without glittering or elongated plumes.
Hab. Colombia.
a. S ad. sk. Paramo of Pamplona, Colombia Salviu-Godmau Coll.
(C. W. Wyatt).
b-i. d ad. ; ,/, /■;. Colombia (Bogota make), Salvin-Godman &
cJ juv. ; l-n. Gould Colls.
$ ad. sk.
0, p. S id- St. Purchased.
344 TROCHILI.
4. Rhamphomicron olivaceum.
Rhamphomicron olivaceus, Later. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 44(ly67) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 544 ; id. Oni. PSr. i. p. 347 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Moiiclie.^ iii. p. 109, pi. 8o ; miot, Si/n. Troch. p. 158 ; 8cl. Sf Snir. P. Z. S. 1879, p. <i-^8; Scl. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 488; Sharjie in G'(Mld's Mon. Troch., Siippl. pi. 44 (1883).
Adult male. Upper surface olive, tinged with green; under sur- face dusky brown, blacker on the throati, on the middle of which is an elongated glittering stripe, green on the chin, and passing through fiery orange into glittering purple on the longest leathers ; tail like the back greenish olive ; bill black. Total length about 4'6 inches, wing 3-2 ; tail, central rectrices 1-8, lateral 2-15; bill O'Oo.
Adidt female. Similar to the male, but the throat unadorned, each feather dusky brown with a paler margin.
Hah. Andes of Peru.
a, (S ad, sk. Junin, Pern (Jelski). Sclater Coll.
b. 2 ad. sk. Andes of Lima, Peru {Natiim). Sclater Coll.
5. Rhamphomicron stanleyi.
Trochilus stanleyi, Bonrc. Sj- Mids. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon
(2) ii. p. 199 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 141. Rhamphomicron stanleyi, Gonhl, 3Lin. Troch. iii. pi. 185 (Oct. 1852) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 109 ; Scl. P. Z. 8. 1860, p. 81 ; id. Cat. Am. B.
p. 302 ; Muh. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 73 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874,
p. 504 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 345 ; Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii.
p. 164; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 221 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 159. Rhamphomicron y. Chalcostigma stanleyi, Reich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 12;
id. Troch. Enum. p. 10, pi. 819. ff. 4919-21. Lampropogon stanleyi, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253.
Adult male. Upper surface shining dark yiolet-blue ; crown, wing- and upper tail-coyerts shining dark bronzy green with a bluish shade ; under surface dusky black with a tinge of green ; sides of the head and throat black ; middle of the throat glittering green, followed by elongated amethyst plumes ; under tail-coverts purplish with pale dusky edges ; tail dark greenish blue ; bill black. Total length about 4-o inches, wing 2*8 ; tail, central rectrices 1-45, lateral 2-35 ; bill 0-65.
Female. Similar to the male, but the throat like the rest of the under surface
Hah. Ecaador.
a, h. S fid. sk. Pichincha, Ecuador (Eraser). Sclater Coll.
c. Juv. sk. Pichincha. Sahin-Godman Coll.
d, e. c? juv. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
f-k. S ad.; /. $ Ecuador. Salvin-Godman &
ad. sk. Gould Colls.
m. cJ juv. ; «. $ [Ecuador.] Purchased,
ad. sk.
o, p. c? ? ad. St. J. Bourcier [P.].
(Probably typical specimens.)
94. RHAMPHOlllCKON. 345
(i. Rhamphomicron rulcani.
Rhampliomicrou vulcani, Gould, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 135 ; id. Mon.
Troch.'m. pi. 18G (Sept. 1801); id. Intr. Tioch. p. 109; Muls.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 164; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon,
xxii. p. •221. Ehamphoinicroii y. Chalcostigma vulcani, Beich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12. Lampropognn vulcani, lip. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 25-3. Rhamplioniicron Stanley i, var. viilcaui, Muls. Si- Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 73. Trochilus vulcani, Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 141.
Adult male. Similar to that of R. stnnleiii. but the sides of the head and throat more soot}', not so densely black, and the elongated throat-plumes glittering plumbeous rather than amethyst.
This Bolivian bird, though separated from E. stanlei/i by Gould and figured in his monograph, was united to i?. stanlei/l by Mr. Elliot, who could see no difference between them. The specimen? before me appear to justify Gould's judgment on this point.
Mab. Bolivia.
«. (5 ad. sk. Bolivia (Tf'«?-.<;eiCi'i?:). Gould Coll.
(Type of the species.)
b. cJ ad. sk. Western side of Sorata, Bohvia, Gould Coll.
May (Z». Forbes).
c. c? ad. sk. Bolivia (Buckley) . Gould Coll.
(/, c. cJ ad. ; /j (/. [Bolivia.] Salvin-Godman &
$ ad. sk. ^ Gould Colls.
7. Rhamphomicron herrani.
Trochilus herrani, Delattre ^- Bourc. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 309; Gray,
Hand-l. B.i.ip. 141. Calothorax herrani, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 85. Khamphomicron herrani, Gould, 31on. Troch. iii. pi. 187 (Oct. 1852) ;
id. Litr. Troch. p. 109; Mids. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 73; Mids.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 172, iv. p. 219; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 159. Khamphomicron y. Chalcostigma hen-ani, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ;
id. Troch. Enum. p. 10, pi. 8i'2. «'. 4926-8. Lampropogon herrani, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253. Eupogonus herrani, Muls. Ami. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 222.
Adult nude. Upper surface shining green, becoming bronze on the rump and upper tail-coverts : crown black, with a narrow median occipital fulvous stripe, widening and becoming rufous on the forehead : under surface dusky tinged with green ; throat black, with the chin glittering green, changing into an elongated glittering fiery-red median gular tuft ; under tail-coverts buff with darker discs ; tail steel-blue, the central rectrices tinged with purple, the lateral tipped with white : bill black. Total length about 4-75 inches, wing 2-85 ; tail, central rectrices 1-75, lateral 2-1 ; bill 0-65
34(5 TROCHILI,
Female. Similar to the male, but the throat like the rest of the iiuder surface, unadorned. Hah. Ecuador and Colombia.
a. Juv. sk.
b. S ad. sk.
c. c? ad. sk.
d. (S ad.; e. $ ad. sk.
f. Juv. sk. (f. (S ad. sk. k-q. (5' ad. ; r-u.
c? juv. ; v-ij.
2 ad. sk.
Quindiu Mts., Colombia ( Wars-
zewiez). Pasto, Ecuador {Lehmann). Bordonillo, uear Pasto [Leh-
viami). lutac, Ecuador {Buckley).
Quito, Ecuador ( Bucklei/). Pichincha, Ecuador ( Wlvjmj)er). Ecuador.
Gould Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salviu-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll. Sclater Coll. Salvin-Godman & Gould Colls.
8. Khamphomicron ruiiceps.
Trochilus ( ?) ruficeps, Gotdd, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 89.
Khamphomicron ruficeps, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 79 ; Gotdd, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 188 (Oct. 1852) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 109 ; Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 73; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 171 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 160; Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 628; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 207, 1882, p. 36; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 348.
Rhamphomicron y. Chalcostigma ruficeps, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 10, pi. 821. tf. 4924-5.
Lampropogon ruficeps, Bp. Rev. Zoul. 1854, p. 253.
Trochilus ruficeps. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 141.
Eupogonus ruficeps, Muls. Ann. 8oc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 222.
Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy green ; crown dull rufous ; under surface buff, whiter on the middle of the abdomen ; chin and middle of the throat glittering green, each feather of the sides of the neck, breast, and iianks with a glittering disc ; tail bronzy green like the back ; bill black. Total length about 3"5 inches, wing 2"3 ; tail, central rectrices 1'3, lateral 1'6 : bill 0'6.
Female. Similar to the male, but the crown shining bronzy green like the back, and the chin and throat buff, each feather with a green disc.
Hah. Bolivia.
a. S ad.; b. $
ad. sk. c. S ad. ; d. $
ad. sk. e-y. cJ ad. ; h.
$ ad. sk, i. cj ad. sk.
Bolivia ( Warszetviez).
TUotilo, Yungas, Bolivia
(Buckley). Bolivia {Buckley).
Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll.
[Bolivia.]
Gould Coll. (Probably the type of the species.'
95. OPISTHOPRORA. 347
95. OPISTHOPRORA.
Type. Avocettinus, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 256 {nee 1849) . . O. euryptera, Opisthoprora, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 76 ... . O. euryptera.
Range. Colombia.
This genus has usually been assigned a position next to Avocettula, the members of both having the bill distinctly upturned towards the end. When, however, other characters are considered, it is obvious that there is no near relationship between them.
Regarding the name the genus should bear, I think there can be no doubt that Avocettinus having been employed in two senses by Bonaparte, first in 1849 for A. recurvirostris, and then in 1854 for A. earijjpterus, it is not available for the latter bird. To avoid the confusion such a change would involve, I prefer to use Opisthoprora, Cab. & Heine, for this genus.
1. Opisthoprora euryptera*.
Trochilus eurypterus, Ludd. P. Z. S. 1832, p. 7.
Trochilus georginse, Boiirc. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 48.
Avocettida georginse, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 6.
Avocettinus eurypterus, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 256 ; Gould, Man.
Troch. iii. pi. 200 (May 1856) ; id. Intr. p. 114; 3Iuls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 264, pi. 56 ; id, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 215; Elliot, Sijn. Troch. p. 161. Uelattria georginte, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253. Opisthoprora eurvptera, Cab. Si- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 76 ; Berl.
J. f. Orn. 188f, p. 325. Avocettinus georginse, Muls. 4' Verr. Class. Troch. p. 53. Polytmus eurypterus. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 133.
Adult. Upper surface shining grass-green, becoming bronze- green on the crown ; under surface shining green, the feathers of the middle of the throat and breast edged with white, those of the sides of the throat, Hanks, and under tail-coverts with pale rufous ; the middle of the abdomen pale rufous ; tail steel-blue, the central rectrices above bronze-green like the crown, the lateral narrowly tipped with white ; bill black. Total length about 4'3 inches, wing 2-5 ; tail, central rectrices I'G, lateral 1-85 ; bill (slightly upturned at the end) 0"7.
Hab. Colombia.
a-h. ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
* Reichenbach's Avcccftiila euryptera (Aufz. d. Col. p. ti ; Troch. Eaum. p. 3, pi. R79. ff. 4485-(i, px Cayenne) is usually considered to belong here, but, judging from the lignres, this can hardly be correct.
348
96. PATAGONA.
Type.
Tatagona, Gray, List Gen. B. (1840), p. 18 P. gigas.
Hypermetra, Cub. iy Hei?ie, 3Im. Hein. iii. p. 80 (1860) . . P. gigas.
licuige. Andes from Ecuador to Chili and the Argentine Republic.
1. Patagona gigas.
Trochilus gigas, Vieill. Gal. Vis. i. p. 296, pi. 180 ; Gould, Voy. Beayle, iii. p. Ill; Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 114; Cassin in Gilliss's E.vpl. E.rp. ii. p. 186 ; Gray, Hancl-l. B. i. p. 150.
Ornismya tristis, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xii, 43, pi. 3.
Trochihis tristis. Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. iv.
Gynantlius tristis, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 272.
Ornismya gigantea, d'Orb. 8f Lafr. Syn. Ai\ p. 26.
Patagona gigas, Bp. Consp. i. p. 75 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251 ; Reich. Atifz. d. Col. p. 17 ; Gordd, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 232 (May 1855) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 127 ; Des Murs in Casteln. Voi/. i. p. 38 ; Jameson 8,- Fraser, Ibis, 1859, p. 399 : Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 81, 1867, p. 328 ; id. Cat. Atn. B. p. 307; Muls. Sr Verr. Class. Troch. p. 56 ; Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 988, 1868, p. 569, 1869, p. 154, 1879, p. 629 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 545, 1879, p. 238 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 373 ; Mtds. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 194, pi. 44, iv. p. 204; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 212; Elliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 134 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 67 ; E. W. White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 615; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 366; Scl. Sr Huds. Ary. Orn. ii. p. 4.
Hypermetra gigas, Cah. ^ Heine, Mtis. Hein. iii. p. 81 ; Heine, J. f. 'Orn. 1863, p. 216.
Adult male. Upper surface brown faintly washed with green, each feather with a pale dusky edge ; a patch of white on the rump ; under surface dark rufous, especially on the throat and abdomen ; breast^feathers brown at the base, with I'ufous margins ; chin dusky white, each feather with a brown centre ; under tail-eoverts white, the longest feathers with a dusky disc ; tail greenish brown, the outermost pair of rectrices pale dusky with dark tip, the next pair paler at the base ; bill black. Total length 8-5 inches, wing 5-2 ; tail, central rectrices 2-8, lateral 3-4 ; bill 1-8.
Female like the male.
Young birds have whitish tips to the feathers of the upper surface, including the wing-primaries and the rectrices. They also appear to be more uniformly rnfescent on the under surface.
Some specimens, especially from Ecuador and Peru, are of a uniform deep rufous colour beneath. These may be in normal female plumage, but I am uncertain on this point. A fem;ile shot at Arequipa on June 10 (?'. e. in raid- winter) is in abraded jdumage ; the under surface is wholly rufous, but on the throat u few new deep rufous feathers are shown. The upper surface of this specimen
97. AGL^ACTIS. 349
shows signs of immaturity. Birds from Peru northwards are larger than those from Chili.
Hah, Andes of South America from Ecuador to Chili.
a, b. (S ad. sk. Kiobamba, Ecuador (Iraser, Salvin-Godman &
Bi(ckley). Sclater Colls.
c. S ad. sk. Ecuador {Fraser'). Salvin-Godman Coll.
d. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll.
e. 5 ad. sk. Arequipa, Peru, June {H. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Wkkely).
f. (S ad. sk. Tinta, Peru, Jan. (H. W.) Salvin-Godman Coll. g-i. ad. sk. Bolivia (-D. Forbes, Buckley). Gould Coll.
_/. S ad. ; k. 2 Chilian Andes, Jan. Gould Coll.
ad. sk.
I. S ad.; m. J Coquimbo, Chili, Aug. {Dr. Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. Coppxnger).
n, o. Sk. Chili {E. C. Heed, Dilltcyn). Salvin-Godman &
Sclater Colls.
p. Sk. Pampas Argentinas (Leybold). Salvin-Godman Coll.
q. iS ad. sk. Fuerte de Andalgada, Catamarca, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Argent. Eep., Sept. [E. W. White).
r. Ad. St. Chili. Lord Byron [P.].
s. Ad. St. Chili. Bridges [C.].
t. Ad. ; u. Juv. St. Purchased.
97. AGLiEACTIS.
Type.
Aglaeactis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 11 A. cupreipennis.
Aglaiactis, Cab. 4" Heine, Mus. Rein. iii. p. 69.
Range. Andes from Colombia to Bolivia.
Key to the Species.
a. Tail longer, slightly forked ; general plumage more or less rufous-brown or dark buff; central rectrices chiefly bronze, rufous only at the base. a'. Pectoral tuft buff.
a". Lower back glittering amethyst, pass- ing through glittering golden to grass- green on the upper tail-coverts cupreijiennis, p. 350.
b". Lower back darker glittering amethyst, more golden green on the rump and violet on the upper tail-coverts .... caumatonota, p. 351,
h' . Pectoral tuft white castelnaudi, p. 351.
b. Tail shorter, more rounded; general plumage black ; central rectrices chestnut, tipped and edged with blackish brown pamela, p. 352.
S-'^O TROCniLI.
1 . Aglaeactis cupreipennis.
Trochilus cupreipennis, Bourc. <§• Muls. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon,
vi. p. 46 (1843) ; iid. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 71 ; Gray, Iland-l. B. i.
p. 140. AgliBactis cupreipennis, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 73 ; id. Bev. Zool. 1854,
p. 253; Gould, Mon. Troch.iu. pi. 179 (Sept. 1856); id. Intr.
Troch. p. 106; Jameson ^ Fraser, Ibis, 1859, p. 400; Scl. P. Z. S.
1860, pp. 60, 81 ; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 302 ; Muls. ^- Verr. Class.
Troch. p. m ; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 377 ; Mxds. Hist. Nat. Ois.-
Mouches, ill. p. 24, iv. p. 215; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxn.
p. 218 ; Elliot, Sipi. Troch. p. 186 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 36 ; id.
0/-«. PeV. i. p. 340; Berl. ^ Tacz. P. Z. «. 1884, p. 304 ; Berl.
J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 324. Aglaiactis cupreipennis, Cab. <^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 69. Helianthea S. Aglaeactis cupreipennis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id.
Troch. Enum. p. 6, pi. 737. ff. 4689-90. Aglaiactis aequatorialis, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 70 ; Heine,
J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 211. Aglfeactis aequatonalis, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 106 ; Scl. Cat. Am.
B. p. 302. Aglaeactis cupreipennis, var. ajquatorialis, 7lf?^/s. i^ JWr. Class. Troch.
i. p. 66; Muls. Ann. Soc. Litm. Lyon, xxii. p. 218. Aglaeactis parvula, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 106. Aglaiactis parvula, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 211. Aglfeactis cupreipennis, var. parvula, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 66 ; Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 218 ; Tacz. P. Z. S.
1880, p. 207. Trochilus aequatorialis. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 140.
Adult male. Upper surface dark brown, faintly washed with dark bronzy green, darker on the crown ; lower back when viewed from behind glittering amethyst, becoming golden green on the rump and passing into grass-green on the upper tail-coverts ; under surface rufous ; ear-coverts and chin browner, an indistinct tuft of buff feathers on the breast ; rectrices rufous, the central pair nearly wholly greenish bronze, the basal two-thirds of the shafts only and the webs immediately adjoining rufous, the remainder with broad tips and with the outer webs greenish ; bill black, the base of the mandible flesh-colour. Total length about 4*7 inches, wing 3*5 ; tail, central rectrices 1"65, lateral 1-8 ; bill 0-9.
Female. Similar to the male, but with the back less brilliant.
The Ecuador bird has been separated from the Colombian as A. cequatoricdis and the Peruvian as A. parvida, but the diifereuces seem to me to be slight and variable.
Hah. Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
ad. S ad. ; e, Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman,
f. 2 ad. sk. Gould, & Sclater
Colls. ff. J ad. sk. Pasto, Ecuador (Lehmaim). Salvin-Godman Coll.
h,i. cTad.sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
j-l. S ad. ; m. Ecuador (Fraser). Salvin-Godman,
cf iuv. sk. Gould, it Sclater
Colls.
97. agl5:actis. 351
ti~p. J ad. ; y-s. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman &
$ ad. sk. Gould Colls.
t. (S ad. sk. Cutervo, Peru (Stolzmmin). Sclater Coll.
M, V. Ad. sk. Peru ( Warszewiez). Gould Coll.
(Types of ^. parvula, Gould.) w. Ad. at. Purchased.
2. Aglseactis caumatonota.
Aglseactis caumatonota, Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. ]2 ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 106 ; id. Mon. Troch., Snppl. pi. 49 (Aug. 1880) ; Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 73 ; Whitely, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 190 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 643 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 342 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, lii. p. 26, iv. p. 215 ; id. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 218 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 186; Berl. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xi. p. 561.
Helianthea b. Aglseactis caumatonotus, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9.
Aglaiactis caumatonota, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 70.
Aglseactis cupreipennis, var. caumatonota, Muls. .§• Verr. Class. Troch. p. 66.
Aglseactis olivaceocauda, Later. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 470.
Adult male. Similar to that of A. cupreipennis, but rather darker, especially on the chin, breast, and flanks, the pale pectoral spots thus showing more plainly ; lower back richer amethyst, with less glittering golden green on the rump and with the upper tail-coverts purplish amethyst ; bill wholly black. Total length about 4* 7 inches, wing 3*1 ; tail, central rectrices 1*65, lateral 1'85 ; bill 0-9.
Female. Similar to the male, but rather paler, and the lower part of the back less bright.
Hah. Peru.
a. Juv. sk. [Peru.] Gould Coll.
(Type of the species.)
b. cJ ad.; c-e. Cachupata, Peru, Oct., Nov. Salvin-Godman Coll. $ ad. sk. {H. miitely).
3. Aglseactis castelnaudi.
Trochilus castelnaudi, Bourc. Sf Mtds. Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 270. Aglseactis castelnaudi, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 73 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 2n3 ; Des Murs in Casteln. Voy. i. p. 38 ; Gould, Mon. Troch.
iii. pi. 180 (Mav 1857) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 107 ; Whitely, P. Z. S.
1873, p. 190 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 544 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 343 ;
Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 21, iv. p. 215; id. Ann. Sac.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 218 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 187. Helianthea fi. Aglseactis castelnaudi, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9; id,
Troch. Enum. p. 6. pi. 739. ff. 4693-4. Aglaiactis castelnaudi, Cah. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 69.
Adult male. Similar to the preceding species, but with darker plumage, especially on the under surface, which is dark brown, a spot on the throat and the middle of the abdomen alone being dark rufous ; the pectoral tuft of elongated plumes is conspicuous, being white instead of buflP, and the glittering feathers of the upper surface are of a purple-amethyst, without any admixture of golden or grass- green.
352 TROCHILI.
Female. Similar to the male, but apparently without the glittering feathers of the lower back. Hah. Peru,
a. 2 ? sk. C\xsco,VeY\i (Castelnau). Gould Coll.
(A type of the species.) b-e. (5 ad. ; /. Cachupata, Peru, Oct., Nov. Salvin-Godman & 5 ad. sk. {H. Whitely). Gould Colls.
4. Aglseactis pamela.
Orthorhynchus pauiela, (/'Or/;, i^ Lafr. Si/n. Av. ii. p. 29; d'Orb.
Vol/. Am. Sept. iv. Ois. p. 375, pi. 60. f 1. Aglaeactis pamela, £7;. Consp. Ar. i. p. 73; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 253; Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 181 (Sept. 1856); id. Intr. Troch.
p. 107 ; Muls. .^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 66 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 137 ;
id. Syn. Troch. p. 187 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 19,
pi. 68 ; id. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 218 ; Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S.
1879, p. 628. Helianthea 8. Aglseactis pamela, Reich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. Troch.
Enum. p. 6, pi. 738. tf. 4691-2. Aglaiactis pamela. Cab. i§- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 69. Trochilus pamela, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 141.
Adult male. Black ; lower part of the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts glittering bluish grass-green ; pectoral tuft white and very conspicuous ; under tail-coverts and tail chestnut, the latter tipped and edged with blackish brown ; bill black. Total length about 4-3 inches, wing 2-75, tail 1-6, bill 0-85.
Female. Similar to the male but rather browner.
Hah. Bolivia.
a, h. S ad- ; '') Unduavi, Bolivia (Bridyes). Salvin-Godman & (/. 2 ? sk. Gould Colls.
e. c? ad. ; /. 2 Unduavi [Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. ad. sk.
9. 2 ? sk. Consata, Bolivig. {Buckley). Sclater CoU.
h-l. 6 ad. sk. Bolivia [Buckley). Gould Coll.
98. BELLONA. „
Type.
Bellona, Muls. ^ Verr. Classif. Troch. p. 75 (1865) B. cristata.
Orthorhynchus, auctt.
Range. Lesser Antilles.
Key to the Species.
a. Forehead and crown glittering green, the
posterior feathers of the latter produced
into a crest of glittering blue cristata, p. 353.
h. Crest greener, the blue colour restricted to
the tips of the longer feathers ornata, p. 364.
e. Crest almost wholly green, the tips of the
longer feathers slightly tinged with blue. . eailis, p. 354.
!lS. BF.LLOXA, '^i>''>
1 . Bellona cristata.
Crested Hummincj Bird, Uchv. Nat. Hist. i. pi. 37. f)iseau-Moiic'lie Huppt?, Buff. Hist. Xrd. Ois. vi. p. 22. Oiaeau-Mouche Hupp(5 de Cayenne, IfAub. PI. Enl. 227. f. 1. Mellisug-a cristata, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 714, pi. 37. f. 2. Trochiliis cristatus, Xi«H. iS>/«f. Nat. i. p. 192; Gm. Si/st. Nat. i
p. 498; Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 317 ; Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxx ;
Schomh. Hist. Barb. p. 681 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 147. Trochilus pimiceus, Gm. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 497. Trochilus pileatua, Lnt/i. Ind. Orn. p. 318 ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist.
N. vii. p. 365 ; id. Eiic. Meth. p. .566 ? Oiseau-Mouclie huppe bleu, And. Ois. Dor. i. p. 154, pi. 63 (?). Ornismva cristata, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxxix, 113,
pis. 31, 32. Orthorliynchus cristatiis, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 83 ; id. Bev. Zool. 1854,
p. 256; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 9, pi. 807.
ft". 4876-7 ; Gonld, 3Ion. Troch. iv. pi. 205 (May 1857) ; id. Litr.
Troch. p. 1 16 ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mas. Hein. iii. p. 61 : Elliot, Ibis, 1872,
p. 355 ; Salv. Ibis, 1873, p. 334 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 175 ; Lawr.
Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. pp. 272, 487. Bellona cristnta., Muls. 8r Verr. Class. Troch. ^. 75 ; Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 193, pi. 89; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 222; Elliot, S^/n. Troch. -p. 177 ; Cory, Ibis, 1886, p.' 472 ; id.
B. West Ind. p. 151 (pt.). Orthorhynchus emigrans, Lawr. Ami. Lye. N. Y. Ac. Sc. i. p. 50.
Adult male. Upper surface dark grass-green ; forehead and anterior portion of the crown glittering green ; posterior portion and elongated feathers of the ci-est glittering violet-blue ; sides of the neck and under sui-face smoky black, paler on the chin and throat ; imder tail-coverts and tail purple-black ; bill black. Total length about 3'7 inches, wing 1-9.5, tail 1-1, bill O'T.
Female. Upper surface including the crown shining dark gras.s- green ; under surface smoky ; central rectrices wholly and the rest at the base shining grass-green, the latter with a wide subterminal steel-blue band and tipped with grey.
Hah. West Indies : Barbados, Grenadines, and Grenada Islands.
a. J ad. ; b. $ Barbados, West Indies. vSir R. Schomburgk. ad. sk.
c. c? ad. st. Barbados. Sir R. Schomburgk.
d. cJad.sk. Barbados (T'wr/i-pr). Gould Coll.
e. S ad. ; /. $ Barbados. Gould Coll. ad. sk.
g. S ad. sk. Barbados (Briggs). Sclater Coll.
h. (S ad. ,sk. Grenada, West Indies (F. A. Sclater Coll.
Ober). i,j. S ad. sk. Mustigne, Grenadine Is., W. Salvin-Godman Coll.
I., June (Mrs. H. H. Smith). k. S ad. sk. Salvin-Godman Coll.
/- w. S ad. sk. Venezuela ? ? {e.r G. N. Salvin-Godman,
Lnwrenxje). Gould, & Sclater
Colls. (Typical of O. emigrans.) VOL. xvi. 2 A
354 TROCUTT.T.
2. Bellona ornata.
Orthorliyuclms ornatu.9, Gould, Man. Troch. iv. pi. 206 (Sept. 18G1) ;
»/. hit,: Troch. p. 117; Scl. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 372, 1872, p. 651;
EHiof, Ibis, 1872, pp. 3or> ; Lavr. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mm. i. pp. 192, 487 ;
Lktei; Ilh, 1880, p. 42. Bellona liectoris, Muh. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 75.
Adult wale. Intermediate between those of 5. cristata and B. e.rilis, the glittering blue of the elongated feathers of the head restricted to the tips of the longer plumes.
Hah. St. Vincent, West Indies.
«, b. c? ad ; c. ? Gould Coll.
2 ad. sk. (Types of O. ornatus.)
(I. S ad. sk. St. Vincent, We.st Indies (ex Salvin-Godman Coll.
O. V. Lawrence), ^-m. c7ad.; n. St. Vincent, W. I., April, Au?., Salvin-riodman Coll. 2 ad. .'ik. and Sept. [Mrs. H. H.
Smith).
3. Bellona exilis.
Trochilus exilis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 484 ; Lath. Ind. Orn, p. 310 ;
rieill. Enc. Meth. p. "SoO ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 147. Trochilus cristatellus, Lath. Ind. Orn. Supjjl. p. xxxix ; Vieill. N.
Diet, d'llist. N. vii. p. 352 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 556. Oiseaux-Mouche buppt?, Aud. Ois. Dor. p. 110, pis. 47, 48. Trochilus cristatus, Tieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 365 ; id. Enc.
3Ieth. p. 565 {nee Lin7i.). Ortborbyncbus cblorolopbus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 83. Orthorbyncbus exilis, i^e/c/*. ^?</i:. d. Co/, p. 11; id. Troch. Enum.
p. 9, pi. 807. f. 4879 , Bp. Bev. Zool. 1864, p. 256; Gould, Man.
Troch. iv. pi. 207 (May 1857) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 117; A. S,- E.
Newton, Ibis, 18-59, p. 141 ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 61 ;
Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 304 ; E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 170 ; Muk. Sr
Verr. Class. Troch. p. 75 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 355 ; Gtindl. J.f.
Orn. 1878, p. 182 ; Laur. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. pp. 61, 187, 234,
278, 458, 487 ; Grisdale, Ibis, 1882, p. 490. Trochilus (Ortborbyncbus) exilis, Sundev. (Efv. K. Vet.-Ak, Forli.
1869, p. 600. Bellona exilis, Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 196 ; id. Ann.
Soo. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 222 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 179 ; Cory, B.
West Ind. p. 152.
Adult male. Similar to those of B. ornata and B. cristata, but the crest faintly tinged v.'ith blue at the tips of the longer feathers : the forehead, crown, and crest being nearly of a uniform glittering green.
Hab. West Indies from Santa Lucia northwards to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico (?).
a c? ad ; ft. $ Virgin Gorda, West Indies, Salvin-Godman Coll.
'ad.8k. [C.S. Winch),
e. <S ad. sk. St. Kitts, We.st Indies (C. S. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Winch'), d. S ad. sk. St. Kitts, Dec. (G. Arm- Salvin-Godman Cf>l].
strong).
!)!). LODDIGESIA.
355
p. c? ad. sk. St. Thomas, West Indies {A.
Newton). /. S ad. ; ff. 2 St. Thomas, W. I.
ad. sk. A. S ad. sk. Nevis, W. 1.
t. d ad. sk. Dominica, W. I. {F. Ober).
j. (S ad. sk. k. (S ad. sk. /. (S ad. sk. m, n. (S 2 ad. st.
Martinique, W. I. {E. C.
Taylor). Martinique, Nov. ( W. B.
Richardson). Santa Lucia, W. I. {Semper),
Sclater Coll.
Gould Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman &
Sclater Colls. Sclater Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman &
Sclater Colls. Purchased.
99. LODDIGESIA.
Loddigesia, " Gould,'" Bp. Comp. Av. i. p. 80 (1849) . . Loddigesia, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 161 (Sept. 1861). Loddigesiornis, Bp. Compt. Rend. xxx. p. 381 (18.50) . . Orthorhvnchus S. Mulsantia, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12. . Thaumantoessa, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 209 L. mirabilis.
Range. Central Peru.
Type._ _ L. mirabilis.
L. mirabilis. L. mirabilis.
1. Loddigesia mirabilis.
Trochilus mirabilis, Bourc. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 42.
Loddigesia mirabilis, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 80 ; Gould, Mon, Troch.
iii. pi. 161 (Sept. 1801) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 99; Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 2-52; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 224;
Elliot, Sipi. Troch. p. 145; Scl. Sr Salv. Ibis, 1880, p. 1-52: Tacz.^
Stolzm. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 827 ; Tacs. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 35 ;' id. Orn.
Per. i. p. 318. Loddigesiornis mirabilis, Bp. Compt. Rend. xxx. p. 381 ; id. Rev.
Zool. 1854, p. 2.56. Orthorhynchus 5. Mulsantia mirabilis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id.
Troch. Enum. p. 9, pi. 810. f. 4S88. Thaumantoessa mirabilis, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 209. Platura mirabilis, Muls. c^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 80.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, becoming darker and more bronzy on the upper back and back of the neck, brighter on the upper tail-coverts ; forehead, crown, and elongated crest- plumes glittering blue ; under surface white, middle of the throat glittering bluish green, passing through green into bronze on the sides, and margined with black ; middle of the breast and abdomen bronzy black ; under tail-coverta shining green, the longest (measuring 2-8 inches) becoming steel-blue and tipped with white ; centra] rectrices very short and covered by the longer upper tail- coverts, shining green, the outermost pair steel-blue, very long, and curved and crossing one another twice, once near the base and again about 1-3 from the base ; a narrow decreasing web on either side, expanding into a large disc nearly an inch in diameter at the
2a2
3r)() TRocnn.T.
end : the intermediate rectrices appear to be wholly wanting ; bill black. Total length to the end of the longest under tail-coverts about 5 inches, wing 1*55 ; tail, longest rectrices about 5-5 ; bill 0-7.
Female. Upper surface shining grass-green, darker and more bronzy on the crown ; under surface white, the sides of the neck and flanks with shining green discal spots : central rectrices green like the back ; remainder graduated, steel-blue, grey at the base, the outermost pair having the webs reduced in width for about three- fourths of their length, and then expanding so as to form a small spatule.
Young male. Similar to the female, but an elongated pair of under tail-coverts ; the central pair of r'ectrices shorter, the three inter- mediate ones on either side not visible, the outermost pair straight, with the webs narrower than in the female, and the spatule larger. The glittering feathers of the throat appear before those of the crown.
Hah. Central Peru.
n. S ad. ; b. 5 Taniiapampa, Peru, Nov. (J. Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. Stolzmanji).
c. (S juv. sk. Chachapoyas, Peru, Nov. [J. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Stolzmann).
100. CEPHALOLEPIS.
Type.
Cephallepis, Lodd. P. Z. S. 1830, p. 12 C. delalandi.
CepbaloIepi.«, Cah. ^ Heine, Mns. Hein. iii. p. 61 C. delalandi.
Ilntu/e. Brazil.
Keij to the Species.
a. Crown glittering grass-green delalandi, p. 356.
h. Crown glittering violet-blue loddigesi, p. 357.
1 . Cephalolepis delalandi.
Trochilus delalandi, Tieill. X. Did. d'Hist. N. xxiii. p. 427 ; id.
i:-nc. Meth. p. 558 ; Temm. PI. Col. 18. ff. 1, 2; Sw. Birds Bras.
pi. 22 ; Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxix ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i.
p. 148. Trochilus versicolor, Yieill. N. Did. cVHist. N. xxiii. p. 430 ; id. Enc.
Meth. p. 560. Cephallepis delalandi, Lodd. P. Z. S. 1830, p. 12 ; Mids. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 187, pi. 88 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 222. Ornismya delalandi. Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Monches, pp. xxxviii, 95,
pi. 23 ; id. Suppl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 136, pi. 19. Cephalepis lalandi, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 83 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 256. Orihorhvnchus y. Cephalepis delalandi, Beich. Atifz. d. Col. p. 12;
id. Troch. JEnum. p. 9, pi. 808. ft'. 4880-3. Cephalepis delalandi, Gould, Mon. Troch. pi. 208 (Oct. 1854) ; id.
Intr. Troch. -p. 118. Orthorhynchus delalandi, Burm. Syst. Ueh. ii. p. .351.
100. CEPHALULKVIS. 357
Cephalolepis delalaudi, Cab. >^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 61 ; Scl. Cat.
A771. B. p. 301 ; Felz. Orn. Bras. p. 33 ; Reinh. Vidensk. Medd.
Mat. For. Kjob. 1870, ^. 111; miot, Syn. Troth, p. 180; Salv.
Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 365. Bellona delalandi, Muls. 4' Verr. Class. Track, p, 75. Cephalolepis beskii, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 58. Cephalepis beskii, JE/liot, Ibis, 1874, p. 262. Cephallepis beskii, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 222.
Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy grass-green ; crown and the shorter of the elongated occipital plumes glittering green ; longest occipital plume blacK ; middle of the under surface shining violet-blue ; chin, sides of the neck, and flanks grey ; discs of the under tail-coverts tinged with green ; central rectrices bronze- green, lateral steel-blue, green at the base and tipped with grey ; bill black. Total length about 3-3 inches, wing 1-95, tail 1*3, bill 0-65.
Female. Uncrested ; crown like the back, under surface entirely dusky gi-ey.
Young males commence their adult dress bj' assuming scattered violet-blue feathers on the middle of the under surface ; the long occipital plume appears before the glittering feathers of the crown.
There appears to be some variation in the males of this bird, but no materials are at hand to show if they are in any way localized. One of these forms or varieties has been described as C. beskii. It has, according to Mr. Elliot, a bluer crown and the breast lighter blue than C. delalaudi. Another, described by Mr. Elliot but un- named, has the crown " shiny black " and the breast darker blue than the typical form. A specimen before me has the crown like the type, but the abdomen much greener and the breast of an indigo rather than a violet tint.
Hah. South-eastern Brazil.
a-h. (J ad. ; i,J. (S juv. ; Brazil. Salvio-Godman, Gould, &
k-m. 2 ad. sk. Sclater Colls.
n. (5 ad. sk. Brazil. Mrs. Ince [P.].
(),p. (^ ad.; (J, r. cfjuv.st. Purchased.
2. Cephalolepis loddigesi.
'J'rochilus loddigesi, Gould, P. Z. <S'. 18.30-31, p. 12 ; Less. Hist. Nat.
p. 138, pi. 51 : id. hid. Gin. Troch. p. xxx. Cephalepis loddigesi, Bp. Consp. Ar. i. p. 83; id. Rev. Zool. 1864,
p. 256 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. pi. 209 (Oct. 1854); id. Litr. Truck.
p. 118. Orthorbvochus y. Cephalepis loddigesi, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ;
id. Troch. Enum. p. 9, pi. 809. IK 4884-7. Orthorhynchus loddigesi, Burm. Sy-^f. Feb. ii. p. 352. Cephaloiepi- loddigesi, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 61 ; Felz.
Orn. Bras. p. 33 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 180. Ik'llona loddigesi, Mids. if Verr. Class. Troch. p. 75. < 'e])hant']iis loddi^iesi, Muh. Hitt. Nut, Ois.-Mourhes, iii. p. 191 ; id.
Ann. .Vor. Liuii. I-yon, .\xii. ji. 222.
358 TKOCHILI.
Adult male. Similar to that of C. delalandi, but with the crown glitteriug violet-Uue instead of green ; the middle of the under surfat-e is much dai'ker, and the lateral rectrices have much more green at the base ; the bill, too, is longer (0-8 inch).
The female resembles that sex of 0. delalandi, but may be dis- tinguished by the greater extent of the green at the base of the ateral rectrices. Hah. Southern Brazil.
a. cS ad. sk. Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Salvin-Godmau Coll.
(H. V. Ihring).
b. c? ad. ; c. $ Brazil. Salviu-Godman & ad. sk. Gould Colls.
101. ABEILLIA. ^
Type.
Abeillia, ^/>. Cwtsp. Av. i. p. 79 (1849) A. typica.
Basilinna y. Baucis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. ];' A. tj'pica.
Myiabeillia, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 2.5;5 A. typica.
Baucis, Cab. l^- Heme, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 72 A. typica.
lianr/e. Southern Mexico and Guatemala.
1 . Abeillia typica.
Ornismya abeillei, Del. ^- Less. Rev. Zuol. 18^9, p. 16. Ramphomicron abeillei, B}). Consp. Av. i. p, 79. Abeillia typica, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 78 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 184. Basilinna y. Baucis abeillei, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13. Myiabeillia typica, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 258 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. pi. 211 (Oct. ]854J; id. Intr. Troeh. p. 119: Scl. Sj- Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 128 ; Salv. Ibis, 1860, pp. 195, 262, 263 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 304 ; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 205. Baucis abeillei. Cab. S,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 72; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 143, iv. p. 219 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, x.xii. p. 221. Adelomya abeillei, Muls. Sr Verr. Class. Troch. p. 71. Trochilus abeillei, G7-ay, Hand-l. B. i. p. 142.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, rather more bronze on the crown and middle of the back ; a large jjostocular white spot; ear-coverts black; chin and upper throat glittering grass-green, bordered below by black ; rest of the under surface dusky grey, the feathers of the sides of the neck and flanks and under tail-coverts with shining green discs ; central rectrices bronzy green, lateral steel-blue, green at the base and tipped with grey ; bill black. Total length about 'd'2 inches, wing 0-85, tail 1-15, bill 0-6.
Female. Like the male, but with the under surface wholly pale dusky grey.
Hah. Mexico and Guatemala.
n. c? ad. ; //. J Mexico {Fluresi). Gould Cull,
jnv. ; '■. 5 ad. sk.
W-2. KLAjs. 359
d. cJ ad. ; e. J Cobau, Guatemala, Nov. (U. Salviu-tiodmuu &
ad. sk. Salvin). Sclater Colls.
/. S ad. sk. Coban (Skinner). Gould Coll.
ff. (S ad. sk. Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala, tJalviu-Godmaii Coll.
Sept., Oct. (O. Salvin).
h. $ ad. sk. Pie de la Cuesta, San Marcos, Salvin-Gudman Coll.
Guatemala, Nov. {W. B.
Richardson) .
i. S iid. slf. Purchased.
102. KLAIS.
: Type.
Basilinna j3. Klais, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13 K. guimeti.
Guimetia, '■^ Reich." Bp. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, i. p. 137 . K. guimeti.
Klais, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 110 (Sept. 1857) K. guimeti.
Range. Central America as far north as Nicaragua ; Colombia, Venezuela, and the Upper Amazons Valley.
1. Klais guimeti.
Trochilus guimeti, Bourc. ^- Muls. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, vi.
p. 8«, pi. 2 (184:3j ; id. Rec. Zool. 1843, p. 12. Basiliuna /3. Klais guimeti, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13. Myiabeillia guimeti, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253. Klais guimeti, Gould, Alon. Troch. iv. pi. 110 (Sept. 1857) ; id. Intr.
Troch. p. 119; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouchis, iii. p. 139, pi. 82;
id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 221; Boucard, R. Z. S. 1878,
p. 69; Mliot, Syn. Troch. p. 184; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 364;
Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 319. Mellisuga meritti, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. yii. p. 110 ; Gould, Ibis,
1860, p. 309. Basilinna guimeti, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 45. Clais guimeti, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 304; Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863,
p. 196 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 155 ; Scl. ^ Salu. P. Z. S. 1867,
p. 753, 1873, p. 288 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 37. Adelomya guimeti, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 70. Clais mentti, Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 209 ; id. Ibis, 1872, p. 319. Hylocharis guimeti, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 152.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, blacker on the back of the neck and upper back, bluer on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; crown and throat glittering violet-blue ; sides of the . head black ; under surface grey, sides of the neck and Hanks washed with green ; central rectrices bluish green, lateral steel-blue, green at the base and narrowly tipped with white ; biU black. Total length about 3-4 inches, wing 2, tail P2, bill 0-6.
Female. Similar to the male, with a paler glittering blue crown ; the under surface, however, is wholly pale grey, and the lateral i-ectrices have larger white tips.
Hub. Central America from Nicaragua to Panama; Colombia, Venezuela, and the Upper Amazons Valley.
a-c. S ti^l- sk. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt). Salvin-Godman Coll.
d-f. dad.; (J. Costa Kica (i'«r7/(vs'). Salvin-Godman \-
S juv. ; //, i. Gould ColLs.
$ ad. sk.
lifiO TKOCiill.I.
j. (Jad.: fi,/. tS (-'liiriiiui {E. Arce). Salvin-Goduiaii &
juv. sk. Sclatev Culls.
m. J ad. sk. Lajjuna del Castillo, raiiaiiia Salvin-Godman Coll.
{E. Arce).
n. S ad. ; o. S Santiago de Veraguas {Ane). Salvin-Godman Coll.
juv. sk.
p, q. cT ad. ; r. Santa F^, Panama (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
2 ad. sk.
f,r. cJ ad.; ii. Cliepo, Panama ( .1/-cy'). Salvin-Godman &
2 ad. sk. Gould Colls.
t~z. o fid. sk. Colombia (Hogota make). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
a', c? ad. sk. Ecxiador (Bucklci/). Gould Coll.
b',c'. J ad. ; d'. l.l])])er Amazoufi (Bartlett). Gould Coll.
_ d juv. sk.
e',f. ci' ad. sk. Venezuela. Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
(/'. cJ ad. sk. Sau Esteban, Venezuela. Sclater Coll.
h\ t. c? ad. St. Purchased.
103. ERIOCNEMIS. „
Type.
Eriopus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 16 (nee Treitsehke). E. vestita.
Eriocneuiis, Reich. Syst. Av. pi. xl. (1849) E. vestita.
Eriocnemis a. Engyte, Heich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9
(1854) ' ." E. alinas.
Eriocnemis y. Threptria, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9
(18o4) E. mosquera.
Eriocnemis b. Phemonoe, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9
(1854) E. luciani.
Aline, "i?«Wi.," ") „ a c ^^ , , ,
Mosqueria, " Reich.- i ^P.' ^T'i^tisJn ' '' ' Luciani, "WcA.," j i- P- 137 (1854). Derbvomyia, Bp. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, i. p. lo7.
Erebenna, Mid.s. S,- Terr. Class. Troch. p. 66 E. derbyi.
Eriocnemis (Niche), Muls. Atm. Sac. Linn. Lyon,
xxii. pp. 217, 218 E. glaucopoides.
Eriocnemis (Pholoe), Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon,
xxii. pp. 217, 218 E. dyselius.
Eriocnemis (Nania), Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon,
xxii. pp. 217, 218 E. cupreiventris.
Eriona, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 28 . . E. godini.
lianae. Andes from Venezuela and Colombia to Bolivia.
As a whole, Eriocnemis is a tolerably homogeneous genus, though it contains several fairly -well-marked sections. All, however, have the legs clothed with downy feathers, which form a very conspicuous feature, the shape of the tail serving to separate the other genera also po.ssessirig it. The most distinct member of the genus is E. derhyi, which not only has the tufts of the legs differently coloured in the sexes, but also has the outermost rectrix on either side of very singular shape, the outer web being evanescent almost to the tip of the feather, which is very acute. The female shows this peculiarity to a less extent. Should it be thought advisable to
1U3. EKIOCNEMIS. 361
separate E. derhyi geueiically, the name Erehenna, Muls. & Verr., is available for it. Of the othci- species of Enocnemis, E. incultus seems the most aberrant, but of it I do not know enough to pro- nounce a definite opinion upon its affinities.
The tufts on the legs clothe the tibia and the proximal portion of the tarsus. I have called them " tibial tufts " and not " tarsal tufts," the teira used by Mr. Elliot.
Key to the tS^Kciis.
. Under tail-coverts glittering green.
«'. lufts of the tibias black ilerbyi, p. 362.
b' . Tufts of the tibiae white ulime *, p. 363.
, Under tail-coverts more or less blue. c . Under tail-coverts glittering blue.
a". A definite glittering blue gular patch. a'" . Abdomen ghttering green.
<i^. A black pectoral band vesfita, p. 363.
b\ No pectoral baud smaraydim2)ectus,]i. 364.
?/". Abdomen glittering amethyst .... ventralis, p. 364.
c'". Abdomen nearly b]ack niyrivesfis, p. 36o.
b". A diffused greenish-blue gular patch . yodini, p. 365. f". No gular patch.
d'" . Forehead bluish green or violet- blue.
(•'. Forehead bluish green bicumi, p. 366.
d^. Forehead violet-blue ylaucojxndes, p. 367.
e". Forehead shining green.
(''. Abdomen reddish copper ciipreivoiti-is t, p. 367.
f\ Abdomen darker redder copper. . chrysorama, p. 368. d' . Under tail-coverts dull dark purple- blue. d". General plumage daik br< uzy brown . siinplcx, p. 368. (■". General phmiage purpli.-h black .... dyseliuA, p. 368.
* Ekiockemis DYBowsKii, Tttcz. P.Z.S. 1882, p. 39; id. Om. Per. i. p. 394, I'rom Kay-Urmana, Peru (J. Stolzmann), is evidently allied to E. alince. Tac- zanowski's desciiplion of the male is as follows : —
"A', supra aureo-firidis ; bubtus splendide viridis, abdomine splendidissimo ; pectore medio albo, viridi maculate ; subcaudalibus splendide viridibus ; pedibus albo papposis ; reiuigibus nigricantibus iiitore violaceo ; cauda profunde emar- ginata, aurco-viridi ; rostrum rectum, subcylindricum, dimidia parte corporis longius, nigrum ; pedes nigricantes. Long. tot. 106, vol f37, aile 52, queue 33, bee 22 millira.
"Bah. Kay-L'ruiana, Peru, 7C'UU-8000 pieds {SfoLmai/ii).'"
t The I'ullowing bird is also unknown to me, but apparently belongs here : —
ERmcNEMis SAi'i'iiiROPYGiA, T'wz. P. Z. S. 1874, P2). 139, 545; id. Om. Per. i. p. 397 ; aharpe m Gould's Mon. Troch., Hiippl. pi. 50 (Jan. 1883).
" E. capite viridi, dorso tectricibusque alarum subeupreo viridibus, uiopygio et tectrieibus caudse superioribus viridibus ; siibtus viricli nitidus, subcaudalibua splendide sijiphirinis ; pedibus albo papposis; cauda tiuargiuala, rcctricibus latis saliir.itu Cicriilpis.
'•Hah. ;Mai-!ivnioc, Peru {JcLdci).'' {Tac.:. I. c-.c.)
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c. Under tail-coverts shiuiug green; abdomen rich greenish or reddish copper.
e . Upper tail-coverts and central rectrices
shining green nwsqiwra, p. 3(39.
/'. Upper tail-coverts purplisli coppery
green, central rectrices purple-black . . isaacsoni, p. 369. (/. Under tail-coverts green ; under surface greenish or bronzy green. g' , Tibial tut'ts half white, half pale chest- nut.
f". Under surface greenish awrelice, p. 370.
q". Under surface bronzy green russata, p. 370.
h' . Tibial tut'ts pale chestnut assimilis, p. 371.
e. Under tail-coverts and under surface dark grey. i'. Tibial tufts wholly white hu/ens, p. 371.
f . Tibial tufts half white, half pale chestnut, squumata, p. 371. /. ' Under tail-coverts grey, tinged with bluish
green and edged with white incultus, p. 37:^.
1. Eriocnemis derbyi.
TrochUus derhyi, Bel. i^- Bourc. liev. Zool. 1846, p. 306.
Eriopus derbjd, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 17 ; Bp. Cunsp. Ai: i. p. 80.
Eriocnemis y. Threptia derbj-i, lieich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9; id. Troch.
Enuni. p. 6, pi. 7il8. If. 46(30-7, pi. 741. if. 4698-9. Eriocnemys derbyanus, Bp. liev. Zool. 1854, p. 252. Eriocnemis derbyanus, Gould, Moii. Troch. iv.pl. 279 (May 1858). Eriocnemis derbiana, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 145 ; Muls. Ann. Soc.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 218 ; Elliot, 8yn. Troch. p. 189 ; Tacz. Orn,
Per. i. p. 395. Erebenna derbyi, Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 66. Eriocnemis derbyi, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 40. Hylocharis derbyi, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 153.
Adult male. Upper surface rich shining bronze-green, reddish bronze on the rump ; the longer tail-coverts brilliant glittering green ; under surface glittering golden green, tinged with bronze on the sides of the throat ; under tail-coverts very brilliant glittering green ; tibial tufts black ; tail nearly black, the outermost rectrices pointed, the outer web being almost obsolete ; bill black. Total length about 3-8 inches, wing 2-3 ; tail, central rectrices 1-1, lateral 1-3 ; bill 0-95.
Female. Similar to the male, but with the forehead tinged with bluish green, the bases of the feathers of the throat white, and the tibial tufts white.
Bab. Southern Colombia and the adjoining part of Ecuador.
a-d. (5 ad. ; e-g. Volcan de Purace, Colombia Gould Coll.
5 ad. sk. (Lelattre).
h-j. d ad. sk. Near Pasto, Colombia (Leh- Salvin-Godman &
mann). Gould Colls.
k. S iid. : /, m. Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
2 ad. sk.
M, o. S ad. ; 2), Ecuador. Gould \- Sclater
q. 5 ad. sk. ' Colls.
103. EIUOCNEMIS. 363
2. Eriocnemis alinse.
Oruismyaalinse, Bourc. Ann. Sc. Pki/s. et Aat. Lyon, v. p. 348, pi. '20
(1842) ; id. Eer. Zool. 1842, p. 373. Eriopus alinffi, Bp. Con»p.Av. i. p. 80. Eriocueniis a. Eugyte aline, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9; id. Troch.
Enum. p. 6, pi. 72(). ft". 4655-6. Eriocnemys alin;e, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252. Eriocnemis alinse, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 280 (May 1859); id.
Intr. Troch. p. 145; Cab. i^- Heine, Mm. Heiu. i'li. p. 73; Sitl.
Cat. Am. B. p. 311 ; Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 05; Whitely,
P.Z.S. 1873, p. 784; Muh. Hiit. Nat. Ois.-Moitches, iii. p. 30,
iv. p. 216; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 217; Elliot, Syn.
Troch. p. 191 ; Berl. J. f. Orn. 1887, p. 321. Hylocharis aline, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 152.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green ; forehead and under surface, including the under tail-coverts, glittering grass- green ; bases of the feathers of the throat and breast white, which colour shows between the glittering greeu discal spots ; tibial tults white ; tail sliiniug olive-green ; bill black. Total length about 8-5 inches, wing 2-1 ; tail, central rectrices 0-85, lateral \-'6 : bill 0-75.
Female. Probably resembles the male.
E. dyhowslii, which I do not know, is evidently a close ally of E, alince (see page 361).
Hah. Colombia and Northern Ecuador.
a-h. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make J. Salvin-Godman &
C4ould Colls.
i-l. Ad.sk. Pasto, Ecuador (Ze/o««?i«)- Salvin-Godmau &
Gould Colls.
m. Ad. St. Purchased.
3. Eriocnemis vestita.
Ornismya vestita, Lomjuem. Rev. Zool. 1838, p. 314 ; Lodd. P. Z. iS 1843, p. 122.
Trochilus uropygialis, Fra.^er, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 15.
Ornismya glomata. Less. Echo du Monde Sav. 1843 (Jide Elliot).
Eriopus vestita, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 80.
Eriocnemis vestita, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 6, pi. 726. ff. 4657-9 ; Cfould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 275 (May 1859) ; id. Lidr. Troch. p. 145 ; Cab. 8f Heine, Mus. Hvin. iii. p. 73'; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 311 ; Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. iir, ; Scl Si- S'nlv. P. Z. i>. 1870, p. 782 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 10 : id. Sy7i. Troch. p. 193 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. .■)2, iv. p. 216 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lijon, .\xii. p. 1-52 ; Berl. J. f. Orn. 1887 p. 322. ■ '
Eriocnemys vestitus, lip. Rer. Znol. 1854, p. 252.
Mellisuga ridolphi, Bmrenuti, Ann. R. Mus. Tor. 1865, p. 305.
Hylochaiis ve-tita, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 152.
.Idiill female. Ujjper surface shining grass-green; rump and upper tail-coverts very brilliant glittering golden green ; under surface shining grass-green, l)ccoming biightcr and more golden on
364 TKOCHILI.
the abdomen ; a large gular patch glittering violet-blue, bordered below by a black band ; under tail-coverts glittering violet-blue ; tail steel-blue, base of tbe central rectrices green ; tibial tufts white ; bill black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-3 ; tail, central rectrices 1-1, lateral 1-(J5 ; bill O'S.
Female. tSimilar to the male on the upper surface, but rather lighter green, and the rump less brilliant; beneath, the throat and breast are pale chestnut, the abdomen white ; each of the feathers of the whole under surface having a shining green discal spot, which is small on the breast and middle of the abdomen ; the gular spot is pale violet-blue.
Hab. Venezuela and Colombia.
a. cS ad. sk. Paramo of Merida, Venezuela Salvin-Qodnian Coll. (A. Goering).
h. S ad. sk. Merida {Goering). Salvin-Godmau Coll.
c-h. c? ad. ; i-l. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Codman,
S j uv. ; m-r. Gould, & 8clater
2 ad. sk. Colls.
s, t. (J ad. St. Purchased.
M. $ ad. St. Bogota. Purchased.
4. Eriocnemis smaragdinipectus.
Eriocnemis sniaragdinipectus, Gould, Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. 1868, i. p. 322 ; Muls. Ann. Sac. Lmn. Lyon, xxii. p. 217 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 295; id. Sgn. Troch. p. 194 ; Tacz. .^ Bed. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 105.
Adult male. Verj- similar to that of E. vestita, but without the black border beneath the violet-blue gular patch, the bright green of the rest of the under surface extending to the lower margin of that spot.
JIa/>. Jlcuador.
tt'f- 6 ad. : r/, /;. Quit(j, Ecuador. (lould Coil.
2 ad. .sic, (Types of the species.)
i,j. S ad.sk. San Lucas, Ecuador (Biukleg). Salvin-Godman Coll.
k. cS ad.;/. 2 San Rafael, Ecuador (Stolz- Sclater Coll.
ad. sk. man)}),
m. 2 ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckie;/). Salvin-Coclman Coll.
5. Eriocnemis ventralis. (Plate IX. tig. 2.)
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, becoming bronzy black on the hind neck and crown, and glittering olive-green on the rump and upper tail-coverts; under surface with the throat bronzy black, a glittering blue gular patch ; breast glittering green, shading into glittering amethyst on the abdomen ; under tail- coverts glitter- ing purplish blue ; tail steel-blue ; tibial tufts pure white : bill black. Tot:il length about '&9 inches, wing 2-2 i) ; tail, central rectrices 1-05, lateral 1-65; bill U-85.
A species belonging to the same section of the genus as b\ vcslita.
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but differing from that bird and all others in the colour of the abdomen, which is of a similar tint to that of Helianihea iiipn-a. Hah. Colombia.
n. (^ ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Salviu-Godman Coll.
(Type of the species.)
6. Eriocnemis nigrivestis.
Trochilus iiigrivestis, Bourc. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, (2) iv.
p. 144 (185l>). Eriocnemis nigrivestis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; Bp. Rev. Zool.
1854, p. 252 : Gould, Man. Troch. iv. pi. 276 (May 1858) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 145 ; Muls. Sf Verr. Class, Troch. p. 65 ; Muls.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 38, iv. p. 216 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn.
Lyon,xjdi. p. 217 ; Elliot, Sipi. Troch. p. 194. Hylocharis nigrivestis, Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 152.
Adult male. Upper surface nearly black, a green tinge in certain lights on the forehead, crown, and rump ; upper tail-coverts dark shining indigo-blue ; under surface black, washed with very dark purple, the flanks with green ; a gular patch and under tail-coverts glittering dark violet-blue ; tibial tiifts white ; tail dark steel- blue ; bill black. Total length about 3'8 inches, wing 2-35 ; tail, central rectrices 1-05, lateral 1-45 : bill 0-75.
Female. Upper surface shining bronzy green, becoming glittering grass-green on the upiier tail-coverts ; under surface shining golden green, with the bases of the feathers of the throat buff, those of the abdomen white ; a gular patch of pale greenish blue ; under tail- coverts violet-blue ; tibial tufts white ; bill black.
Hah. Ecuador.
a,b. cJ ad. ; c. $ Intac, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk.
d. (^ ad. ; e. 9 Pichincha, Ecuador {E. Sclater Coll.
ad. sk. IVhyynper).
f. c? ad. ; y, h. Saravacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
2 ad. sk.
i. c? ad. sk. Cochabamba, near Otobila, Gould Coll.
Ecuador.
j~n. (S a.d.; 0, p. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman &
2 ad. sk. Gould Colls.
5. Eriocnemis godini.
Trochilus godini, Bourc. Compt. Rend, xxxii. p. 186 (1851). P>iocnemis godini, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; Gould, Mo7i. Troch.
iv. pi. 277 (May 1861); id. Intr. Troch. p. 145; Mtds. S; Verr.
Class. Troch. p. 65 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 295 ; id. Syn. Troch.
p. 193 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 36. Eriocnemys godini, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252.
Adult mcde. Upper surface shining bronzy green, becoming glittering green on the rump and upper tail-coverts : under surface
366 TROCHILI.
glittering golden green, more coppery on the abdomen ; a glittering blue gular spot without definite edges, but gradually shading into tlie glittering green of the rest of the throat; tibial tufts pure wliite ; under tail-coverts glittering blue ; tail steel-blue ; bill black. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 2-4 ; tail, central rectrices 1-2, lateral 1*75 ; bill 0-85.
Female. Similar to the male, but the colours of the plumage less vivid, and the blue gular spot nearlj' obsolete.
The female of this bird is very like that of E. smaragdini- 2iectus, but the blue gular spot is nearly obsolete. The female of E. ni(/rivestis is smaller and greener on both upper and under surfaces.
Hah. Ecuador.
a. S ad. sk. Ecuador (Bown'er). Gould Coll.
(Types of the species.)
b. 5 ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll.
c. c? ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll.
8. Eriocnemis luciani.
Trochilus luciani, Bourc. Ami. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, vii. p. 324
(1847). Eriopus luciani, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 80. Eriocnemis luciani, Gould, Man. Trocli. iv. pi. 273 (Oct. 185-3) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 144; Scl. P.Z.S. 1860, pp. 81, 94; id. Cat. Am. B.
p. 311 ; Mills. ^Verr. Class. Troch. p. 65; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-
Mouches, iii. p. 47, iv. p. 216 ; id. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 217 ;
Elliot, Syti. Troch. p. 192 ; Berl. ^ Tacz. F. Z. S. 1884, p. 303, 1885,
p. 105. Eriocnemis 8. Phemonoe luciani, Reich. Aufa. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. Troch.
Enum. p. G, pi. 730. fl". 4671-2. Eriocuemys luciani, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252. Ilylocharis luciani, Gray, Hatid-l. B. i. p. 152.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, becoming bluish green on the forehead, and rather brighter on the upper tail-coverts ; under surface shining golden green ; under tail-coverts glittering violet-blue ; tibial tufts white ; tail steel-blue, the central rectrices slightly tinged with bronze ; bill black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 2-8 ; tail, central rectrices 1, lateral 2-25 ; bill 1.
Female. Similar to the male.
Hah. Ecuador.
a. S ad. sk. Intac, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
b. (S ad. sk. Pichiucha, Ecuador {Eraser). Salvin-Godman Coll.
c. d ad. sk. Ecuador (Eraser). Sclater Coll.
d. c? ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
e. 2 ad. sk. San Rafael, Ecuador (Stolz- Sclater Coll.
mann). f-o. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
10."5. KRIOCNEMJS. 367
9. Eriocnemis glaucopoides.
Ornismya glaucopoides, cTOrb. Sf Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 27.
Trochilus d'orbignj-i, Bourc. S,- 3Iuls. Ann. So. Phys. et Nat. Lyon,
ix. p. 320 (184G). Coeligena a. Thalurania glaucopoides, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7. Eriocnemis 8. Pliemonoe d'orbignvi, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id.
Troch. Enum. p. 6, pi. 741. f . 4097. Thalurania glaucopoides, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254. Eriocnemis glaucopoides, Elliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 136 ; id. Syn. Troch.
p. 191 ; Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 630. Eriocuemys orbignyi, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252. Eriocnem'is d'orbignyi, Goidd, Man. Troch. iv. pi. 278 (Sept. 1861) ;
id.Intr. Troch. p. 145 ; Mids. S^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 65; Muls.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 29, iv. p. 215; id. Ann. Soc. Linn.
Lyon, xxii. p. 217.
" Male. Forehead violet-blue, a white spot behind the eye ; upper surface bronzy green; under surface glittering golden green, washed -with blue on the throat and chest ; tail bluish black ; bill black ; tarsal tufts pure white ; under tail- coverts shining blue. Total length 4| inches, wing 2, tail 1^, culmen |. Unique type in Paris Museum." {Elliot, I. s. c.)
Mr. Elliot examined the type of this species in the Paris Museum, and the above is his description of it. Its alliance is apparently with E. luciani, but the violet-blue forehead distinguishes it.
Hah. Valle Grande, Bolivia.
10. Eriocnemis cupreiventris *.
Trochilus cupreiventris, Eraser, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 15.
Eriopus cupreiventris, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 80.
Eriocnemis cupreiventris, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pis. 270 (Oct. 1853) 271 (May 1852) ; id. Ldr. Troch. p. 143 ; Cab. S,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 73 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 311 ; Muls. (§• Verr. Class. Troch. p. 65 ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 2-35 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.- Mouches, iii. p. 45, iv. p. 216 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 217 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 192 ; Berl. J. f. Orn. 1887, p. 321.
Eriocnemis 8. Phemonoe cupreiventris, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 6, pi. 729. ff. 4668-9.
Eriocnemys cupreiventris, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252.
Hylocharis cupreiventris. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 152.
Adult mah. Upper surface shining bronzy green, greener on the rump, more bronze on the crown and forehead ; throat more glittering green, passing into reddish copper on the abdomen ; under tail-coverts glittering blue ; tail dark steel-blue ; bill black. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 2-5 ; tail, central rectrices 1, lateral 1-7 ; bill 0-9.
Female similar to the male.
* I do not know the bird from Ooloiiibia described by Tlr. Meyer as Eriocnemi.s aurea (Auk, yii. p. 31.'), ISOO).
368 Tuonmr.t.
Young similar to the adult, hu^ with thn tlirnat iioarly lilank : the mandible towards the base flesh-colour. Hah. Colombia.
a-h. Ad. ; i-n. Ooloiiihia (R urntii make"). Salvin-Godman,
Juv. .sk. Gould, & Solater
Colls. o-q. Ad. St. Purchased.
11. Eriocnemis chrysorama.
Eriocnemis chrysorama, Elliot, Ann. S( Mag. N. H. 1874, xiii. p. 375 ; id. Si/n. Troch. p. 193 ; Muh. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 44, pi. 69 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 217,
Adult male. Very similar to that of E. cupreiventris, but decidedly darker, the abdomen much darker reddish copper.
I am not altogether satisfied as to the distinctness* of this bird ; a good series of skins from definite localities is required to establish it with certainty.
Ifab. Colombia?, Ecuador. a,h. c? ad.sk. [Colombia,] Gould Coll.
12. Eriocnemis simplex.
Eriopus simplex, Gould, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 96 : Reich. Aufz. d. Col.
p. 9 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 6, pi. 729. f. 4670. Eriocnemis simplex, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 271 (May 1852). Eriocnemys simplex, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252.
Male ? Very much darker than E. cupreiventris, and without any glittering colours, the general tint being very dark greenish olive- bronze, rather more rufescent on the upper surface and darker on the crown.
This is again one of the doubtful forms of E. cupreiventris, but certainly as much entitled to recognition as E. chri/sorania and others.
Hab. Colombia.
a,b. c?? ad. ? sk. Colombia (Bogota makp). Gould Coll.
(Types of the species.) h. Var. Bogota. Gould Coll.
11. Eriocnemis dyselius. (Plate IX. fig. 1.)
Eriocnemis dyselius, Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 294 ; id. Syn. Troch.
p. 194. Eriocnemis dyselia, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 50, pi. 71 ;
id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 21 7.
Male ? Upper and under surfaces black, slightly glossed with purple ; under tail-coverts and tail dark steel-blue, witli a tinge of
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purple ; tibial tufts pure white ; bill black. Total length about 4-3 inches, wing 2-3 ; tail, central rectrices 1-05, lateral 1-6 ; bill O-f).
A curious bird, perhaps a melanism of E. cupreivenfris !
Bab. Ecuador, Colombia?
a. Ad. ? sk. A skin of Bogota make ? Gould Coll.
(Compared with the type.)
14. Eriocnemis mosquera.
Trochilus mosquera, Bourc. S,- Del. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 306.
Eriopus mosipiera, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 80.
Eriocnemis mosquera, Gould. Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 274 fOct. 18.53) ;
id. Iiitr. Troch. ]). 144 ; 3Iids. i^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. (J.5 ; Muls.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 49, pi. 70; id. Ann. Soc. Linn.
Lyon, xxii. p. 217; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 191; Tacz. ^ Berl.
P. Z. S. 1885, p. lOo. Eriocnemis y. Tiireptia mosquera, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id.
Troch. Enum. p. 6, pi. 727. ff. 4662-3. Eriocnemys mosquera, Bp. Rev. Zool. 18.54, p. 252. Hylocharis mosquera, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 152.
Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy grass-green, more golden and brighter on the upper tail-coverts ; under surface bright reddish copper, more bronzy on the breast ; bases of the feathers of the throat white, those of the breast dark buff, those of the abdomen dark ; under tail-coverts dark, washed with green ; tibial tufts white ; tail dark green, the median rectrices and the tips of the rest brighter ; bill black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 2-85; tail, central rectrices 1"15, lateral 2-2 : biU 0'9.
Female. Like the male.
Hah. Colombia and Ecuador.
|
a-d. Ad. sk. e,f. Ad. sk. g, h. Ad. sk. i. Ad. sk. |
Pasto, Ecuador {Delattre). Pasto {Lehniann). lutac, Ecuador (Buckley). Pichincha, Ecuador [E. Whym- per). Ecuador. [Ecuador.] |
Salvin-Godman & Gould Colls. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Sclater Coll. |
|
j. Ad. sk. A-. Ad. St. |
Salvin-Godman Coll, Gould Coll. |
15. Eriocnemis isaacsoni.
Ornismya isaacsoni, Parz. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 95.
Eriopus isaacsoni, Bp. Consp. i. p. 80.
Eriocnemis S. Plienonoe isaacsoni, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. Troch.
Enum. p. 6, pi. 741. f. 4700. Eriocnemis isaacsoni, B2). Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252 ; Gotdd, Mon.
Troch. iv. pi. 272 (May 1858) ; id. Litr. Troch. p. 144. Helianthea isaacsoni, Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 294, 1874, p. 331 ; id. Syn.
Troch. p. 71. Saturia isaacsoni, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-MoHfhes, ii. p. 299, pi. 61,
iv. p. 212; id. Ami. Soc. Liim. Lyon,xx\i. p. 217 ; Berl. J.f. Orn.
1887, p. .323.
VOL. XVT. 2 B
370 TROCHILI.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining green, a little brighter on the forehead ; upper tail-coverts bright purplish cojipery-grcen ; throat glittering green, eopperj- on the sides, aud becoming fiery- coppery on the abdomen; under tail-coverts bright green; tail uniform purple-black, slightly tinged with green on the under surface; bill black. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 2-65; tail, central rectrices I'l, lateral 1-7; bill 1-2. (Type in Derby Museum, Liverpool.)
Mr. Elliot describes a bird in his collection, supposed to be of this species, as having " a small spot of very luminous light grass- green on the forehead," aud the upper tail-coverts as " brilliant metallic grass-green." These characters do not exist in the type before me. Mr. Elliot also transfers the species from Eriocnemis to Helianthea, which seems to me unnecessary.
Hah. Colombia.
16. Eriocnemis aurelise.
Trochilus aurelise, Bourc. 8)- Mtils. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, ix.
p. .315, pi. 10 (1846) ; iid. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 310. Enopus aureli:e, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 80. Eriocnemis aureliffi, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 6,
pi. 727. fF. 4660-1 ; Oould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 28.3 (Sept. 1855) ;
■id. Intr. Troch. p. 146 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. .311 ; MuU. ^- Verr.
Class. Troch. p. 65 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-3Iouches, iii. p. 51, iv.
p. 216 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 218 ; Elliot, Si/ti. Troch.
p. lf)0 ; Scl. ^f Salv. P. Z. S. 'l879, p. 630 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887,
p. 522. Eriocnemys aurelia, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252. Hylocharis aurelise, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 152.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, bronzy on the occiput and upper tail-coverts ; under surface, including the under tail-coverts, dark shining grass-green, darker on the throat ; tibial tufts partly white, partly pale chestnut ; tail steel-blue. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-5 ; tail, central rectrices 1-45, lateral 1-7 : bill 0-85.
Female. Similar to the male.
Hah. Colombia.
a-g. Ad.sk. Medellin, Colombia {T. K. Sal- Salvin-Godman &
mon). Gould Colls.
h-r. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
17. Eriocnemis russata.
Eriocnemis russata, Gould, P. Z. 8. 1871, p. 505; Muls. Ann. Sue. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 218.
Adidt male. Very similar to that of E. aurelice, but much darker, the middle of the back and crown more bronzy and the entire under surface bronzy green ; the bill longer.
Bah. Ecuador.
103. EKI0CNKMI8. 371
a. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll. (Type
of the species.)
b. Ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
c. Ad. sk. Napo, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
d. Ad. sk. Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. e,f. Ad. sk. [Ecuador.] Gould Coll.
18. Eriocnemis assimilis.
Eriocnemis assimilis, Elliot, Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1876, p. 227 ; id.
Syn. Troch. p. 189 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 216. Eriocnemis aureliae, Sd. i^- Sah\ P. Z. S. 1879, p. 630. Eriocnemis affinis, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 39 ; id. Orn, Per. i. p. 396.
Adult male. Very similar to that of E. aurelice, but with the tibial tufts wholly buff, without any portion white. Hah. Peru and Bolivia.
a. S ad. sk. lluasampilla, Peru, April (H. Gould Coll.
W/iitely).
b. Ad. sk. Tilotilo, Yungas, Bolivia Salvin-Godman Coll.
{Buckley).
c. S sk. Apollo, Bolivia {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll, d-f. Ad. sk. Bolivia {Buckley). Gould Coll.
19. Eriocnemis lugens.
Eriopus lugens, Gould, Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 140. Eriocnemis y. Threptria lugens, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. Troch. ^ Bnum. p. 6, pi. 740. ff. 4695-6. Eriocuemys lugens, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252. Eriocnemis lugens, Goidd, Mm. Troch. iv. pi. 282 (Oct. 1854) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 146; Muls. c^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 65; Muls.
Hist Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 53 ; id. Ami. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 218 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 190 ; Sd. &• Salv. P. Z. S. 1879,
p. 530. Hylocliaris lugens. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 152.
Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy green, darker and more rufescent on the crown, nape, and upper tail-coverts ; under surface dark grey, the feathers of the throat edged with white and the flanks washed with green ; tibial tufts wholly white ; tail steel- blue. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2*55, tail I'O, bill 0-85.
Hah. Ecuador.
a, b. Ad. sk. Baisa, Ecuador {Bttckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
c. Ad. sk. Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll,
d-m. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman &
Gould. CoUs.
20. Eriocnemis squamata.
Eriocnemis squamata, Gould, P. Z.S. 1860, p. 311 ; id. Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 281 (May 1861) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 146 ; Muls. Hf- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 65; Mtds. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 55 j (^. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 218 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. ]90.
2b2
372 THOCHILl.
Adult male. \ery similar to that of E, lu/jens, hni with the tihial tufts partly white, partly palo chestnut. Hab. Ecuador.
a. Ad. tik. Ecuador (Jameson). Gould Coll. (Type
of the species.)
b. Ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador {Jameson). Gould Coll.
c-f. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman &
Gould Oolls.
21. Eriocnemis incultus.
Eriocnemis incultus, Elliot, Auk, vi. p. 210.
Upper surface bluish or purplish black, nearly uniform, the upper tail-coverts and tail rather brighter ; under surface very dark dull purple-black, the throat-feathers edged with white, those of the middle of the abdomen with dull grey ; tibial tufts white ; discs of the under tail-coverts bluish with a tinge of green, margins white ; tail nearly even : maxilla black ; mandible flesh-colour at the base, the tip black. Total length about 3-3 inches, wing 2-1, tail 1-15, biU 0-8.
A curious bii'd, suggesting a melanism of some wholly differently coloured species. The shape of the tail and the colour of the under tail-coverts differ from those of all other species of Eriocnemis.
Hab. Colombia? Ecuador? a. Ad. ? sk. [Ecuador.] Gould Coll.
104. PANOPLITES. „
Type.
Boissoneaua, Reich. Atifz. d. Col. p. 11 (March 1854)
(descv. nulla) P. flavescens.
Panoplites, Gould, Man. Troch. pt. viii. (Oct. 1854) (fig.) P. flavescens.
Florisuga (Galenia), Muls. 8f Verr. Class. Troch. p. 47
(1865) P. jardinii.
Callidife, Miils. Sr Verr. Class. Troch. p. 65 (1865) . . P. flavescens.
Alosia, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 213 (1875) P. matthewsi.
Range. Andes from Colombia to Peru.
Key to the Species.
a. Neck black ; back glittering green jardinii, p. 372.
b. Upper surface uniform shining grass-green.
a'. Abdomen chestnut mattheivsi, p. 373.
v. Abdomen shining green Jlavescens, p. 374.
1. Panoplites jardinii.
Trochilus jardinii, Bourc. Compt. Eend. xxii. p. 187 ; Gray, Hand-l.
B. i. p. "141. Florisuga jardinii, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 253. Panoplites jardinii, Gould, Man. Troch. ii. pi. 112 (Oct. 1854) ; id.
]04. PANOPLITES. 373-
Intr. Troch. p. 80 ; Cab. 8f Heine, Mus. Hein. m. p. 74 ; 8cl. Cat. Am. B. p. 294 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 233, pi. 51 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 213; Elliot, Sijn. Troch. p. 53 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 227 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll.. p. 363. Florisuga (Galenia) jardinii, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 47.
Adult male. Upper surface glittering bluish green ; longest tail- coverts purple-black ; neck black ; crown and chin dark shining violet-blue ; under surface shining violet ; sides of the chest glit- tering green ; wing-coverts shining green, the smaller series glit- tering; edge of the outermost primary and under wing-coverts chestnut ; under tail-eoverts purple-black, tipped with white ; middle rectrices greenish purple, laterals white, tipped and edged with purple-black ; bill black. Total length about 4*8 inches, wing 3"1 ; tan, central rectrices 1*5, lateral 1-9 ; bill 1.
Female. Similar to the male.
Young males are shining green above, and gradually assume the glittering green feathers ; the violet head is assumed before the violet throat, which in the first instance is black like the neck.
Hab. Ecuador.
a-p. Ad. et juv. sk. Nauegal, Ecuador {Jameson). Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. q, r. Ad. ; s. Juv. Intac, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. sk.
2. Panoplites matthewsi.
Troehilus matthewsi, " Lodd.,'' Bourc. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 43 ; id. Rev.
Zool. 1847, p. 255; Graij, Hand-l. B. i. p. 141. Heliodoxa matthewsi, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11. Clytolaema matthewsi, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ; Muls. <^ Verr.
Class. Troch. p. 59; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-3Iouckes, ii. p. 230,
t. 50, iv. p. 207 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 213. Panoplites matthewsi, Gould, Man. Troch. ii. pi. 113 (Oct. 1854) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 80 ; id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803 : Scl. P. Z. S. 1859,
p. 145; Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Heiti. iii. p. 74; Whitely, P. Z. S.
1873, p. 784 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 544, 1879, p. 237, 1880,
p. 204, 1882, p. 35 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 295 ; Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S.
1876, p. 16; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 54; Eudes-Desl. Ami. Mus.
Caen, i. p. 229 ; Berl. ^- Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 304, 1885, p. 102. Boissoneaua matthewsi, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 8, pi. 788. ff4832-
33.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, brighter and more glittering on the crown ; under surface dark chestnut, paler on the throat, where each feather bears a glittering green spot ; central rectrices bronze-green, laterals chestnut with bronze-green tips ; edge of the outermost primary and under wing-coverts chest- nut ; bill black. Total length about 4*5 inches, wing 2*8 ; tail,, central rectrices 0-6, lateral 1-75; bill 0*9.
Female. Like the male.
Younij birds are dusky beneath, each feather with a dull green
374
spot; amongst these the chestnut feathers of the adult are gra- dually assumed.
Hah. Ecuador and Southern Peru.
a, b. Ad. sk. Intac, Ecuador (Bucklei/).
c. Ad. ; d, e. Quito, Ecuador.
Juv. sk.
f-l. Ad. sk. Banos, Ecuador {Buckley).
V). Ad. sk. Ecuador.
71. Ad, sk. Rio Verde, Ecuador {Buckley).
0. Ad.sk. "Banks of the Marafion "
( Warszeiciez) .
p. \A. sk. Tambillo, Peru {Jelski).
q. $ ad. sk. Tambillo {Stolzmann).
r. j ad.sk. Iluiro, Peru, June (if. fJ7MYe/j/).
Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll.
Gould Coll. Salvin-Goduian Coll. Gould Coll. Gould Coll.
Sclater Coll. Sclater Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll,
.">. Panoplites flavescens.
Trochilus flavescens, Lodd. P. Z. 8. 1832, p. 7 ; Gray, Hand-l. B.
i. p. 141. Ornisinya paiadisea, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 6. Amazilius flavescens, B^y. Consp. I. p. 78. Boissoneaua flavescens, Reich. Au.fz, d. Col. p. 11 ; id. Troch. Enum.
p. 8, pi. 787. ff. 4830-31. Clytolfema flavescens, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254. Panoplites flavescens, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. Ill (Oct. 1854) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 80 ; id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803 ; Cab. Sf Heine,
Mus. Hein. iii. p. 74 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 294 ; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871,
p. 376; Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 10; id. Syn. Troch. p. 54; Muls.
Hist. Nat, Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 235 ; id. Aim. Sac. Linn. Lyon, sxii.
p. 213 ; Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 529; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus.
Caen, i. p. 228 ; Berl. J. f. Orn. 1887, p. 321.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green ; crown and under surface glittering green ; under tail-covcrts buff ; central rectrices dark green, laterals buif tipped and edged with dark green ; edge of the outermost primary and under wing-coverts chestnut ; bill black. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 3 ; tail, central rec- trices 1-5, lateral 1-8; bill 0-9.
Female. Like the male.
Young birds have the feathers generally edged with buff.
Hah. Colombia and Ecuador.
a. Ad. sk. Medellin, Colombia {T. K. Salmon).
b. Ad. sk. Cauca Valley {Salmon), c-m. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make).
n. Ad. sk. Intac, Ecuador (Buckley),
o. Ad. sk. Citado, Ecuador (Buckley),
p, q. Ad. sk. Ecuador (Buckley).
r~y. Ad. sk. Ecuador.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
105. SPATHTJKA. 375
105. SPATHURA.
Trochilus (Ocreatus), Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 86 . Spathiira, Gould, Man. Troch. pi. 164 (June 1849) Stegaaurus, Reich. Av. Si/st. Nat. pi. xl. (Dec. 1849)
Steganura, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8
Uralia, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 81 (1865)
Type. S. addae. S. peruana.
S. underwoodi. S. solstitialis.
Mange. Andes from Venezuela and Colombia to Bolivia.
Ocreatus, Gould, was never used as a generic term. Spathura, Gould, antedates Steganurus, Ueich., by six mouths, though the latter name has been generally used of late years. I now restore Spathura to its proper place.
Key to the Species.
a. Tibial tufts white.
a'. Chin like the throat, glittering green underivoodi, p. 375.
b'. Chin black nielananthera, p. 376,
b. Tibial tufts rufous.
c . Lateral rectrices long, spatules more elon- gated ; bases of the feathers of the under surface dusky. a" . Outer web of the lateral rectrices greyish, solstitialis, p. 377. b" . Outer web of the lateral rectrices steel- blue like the rest of the feather peruana, p. 378.
d' . Lateral rectrices shorter, spatules rounder or more transverse ; bases of the feathers of the under surface white addce, p. 378.
1. Spathura underwoodi.
Ornismya underwoodi, Less. Hist. Nat. Troch. p. 105, pi. 37 ; id.
Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxv. Ornismya kieneri, Less. Hist. Nat. Troch. p. 165, pi. 65.
Trochilus ( ) caligatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 14.
Spathura underwoodi, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 162 (June 1849) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 99; Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 80; id. Rev. Zool.
1854, p. 256; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 300; Mtds. 8f Verr. Class.
Troch. p. 81 ; Scl. S,- Sale. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 169 ; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871,
p. 376. Steganura underwoodi, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8; id. Troch. Enum.
p. 5, pi. 707. ff. 4596-7 ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 335, 1879,
p. 529 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 66 ; id. Ann. Soc.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 224; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 142; Berl.J.f.
Orn. 1884, p. 311, 1887, p. 328. Steganura remigera, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. Bnuni. p. 5,
pi. 708. il 4601-2. Steganura spatuligera, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. pp. 8, 24 ; id. Troch.
Enum. p. 5, pi. 708. ff. 4598-9-600. Steganurus remigerus, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 67. Trochilus underwoodi, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 144.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, tinged with bronze on the forehead ; throat and breast glittering grass-green ; abdomen and iinder tail-coverts shining grass-green ; tibial tufts
37G TKUCUILI.
pure white ; tail steel-blue, central rectrices shining green and spatules tipped with green, outer web of the outermost rectrix grejish: bill black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 1'6 ; tail, central rectrices U'7, lateral 2"1) ; bill O'o.
Female. Upper surtace a little lighter than that of the male ; under surface white, the leathers of the sides of the neck and the tlunks each with a shining green discal spot; under tail-coverts pale rufous ; tibial tut'ts w'hite ; central rectrices green, the rest steel-blue, grey at the base and tipped with green on the upper side, the outermost pair tii^ped with white. Central rectrices U-7 inch, lateral 1"3.
This bird is usually called S. undcrwoodi, Less., but the propriety of so doing is open to doubt. Lesson's figure shows a white band on the rump, no such character being borne by any Upathura.
In Gould's collection I find a female specimen marked " *S'. cis- sitira, Bogota"' (seep. 377). It has the left lateral rectrix developed somewhat like that of the type of S. cissiura, but is not quite eo long. The tibial tufts are white, and I have no doubt it is an androgynous female of 6'. undenvoodi.
Bab. Venezuela and Colombia.
a. (5 ad. sk. Caracas, Venezuela (Salle). Gould Coll.
b. 5 ad. sk. Venezuela. E. Dyson [C.].
c. 2 fl'd. sk. Venezuela. Purchased.
d. (S ad. sk. Venezuela {Goeriny). Salvin-Godman ('oil.
e. S juv. sk. Venezuela. Gould Coll.
/->%. c? ad. ; «. cJ Medelliu, Colombia (7'. K. Salvin-Godman &
juv.; /, k. 2 Salmon). Gould Colls.
ad. yk. '
L-r. cJ ad. ; s-iu. Columbia (Bugota make). Salvin-Godman &
cJ juv. ; x-b'. Goidd Coll*.
$ ad. sk.
v', d'. (^ ad. St. [Venezuela.] Purchased.
2. Spathura melananthera.
Trochilus (Spathura) melananthera, Ja?-d. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. Ill,
pi. 20. Discura melananthera, Up. Consp. Av, i. p. 70 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 256. Stcganura melananthera, Reich. Avfz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. Eman.
p. 5, pi. 710. &. 4608-y ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 257 ;
id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 224 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 142;
Berl. ^- Tacz. P. Z. 8. 1884, p. 305. Spathura melananthera, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 163 (Sept. 1859);
id. Intr. Troch. p. 100 ; id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803 ; Scl. P. Z. S.
1860, p. 95 ; id. fed. Am. B. p. 300 ; Muls. | Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 61. Steganurus melanantherus, Cab. 4" Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 66. Trocliilus melanantherus, Gray, Uand-l. B. i. p. 144.
Adult male. Very similar to that of S. vnderivoodi, but with the chin and the region under the eye black, and the spatxdes of the
105. srATHURA. 377
lateral rectrices rather smaller. The under surface of the female is much whiter and less spotted with greeu discal spots. Hub. Ecuador.
«. cJ fid. ; b. 2 Pallatan;,^a, Ecuador, Oct., Nov. Sclater Coll.
ad. sk. (Fraser).
c. c? ad. ; d. $ Nanegal, Ecuador (Fraser). Salvin-Godmau Coll.
ad. sk.
e. S Jid. sk. Mouji, Ecuadur {Bucklei/). Salvin-Godnian Coll.
/. (S ad. ; y. 5 Citado, Ecuador {Bucklei/). Gould Coll.
ad. sk.
k-j. (5' ad. ; k, /. (^uito, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
$ ad. sk.
m, n. (J ad. sk. Ecuador {Bi(ckley). Gould Coll.
0. (S ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll.
3. Spathura solstitialis.
Spathura solstitialis, Gould, Ann. df Mag. N. II. 1871, viii. p. 62 ;
id. Mon. Troch., iiujipL pi. 87 (Jan. 1881). Stegauurus solstitialis, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois-Mouches, iii. p. 260 ; id.
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 224; Ellivt, Syn. Troch. p. 142;
Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 324 ; Tacz. 8f Berl. P. Z. !S. Ib85, p. 102. _ Spathura cissiura, Gould, P. Z. S. 185-'), p. 100 ; id. Mon. Troch. iii.
pi. 166 (May 18G0) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 100. Stegauurus cissiurus, Cab. ^- Heine, Mits. Hei7i. iii. p. 66. Uralia cissiura, Muls. i^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 81 ; Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 265, iv. p. 220. Steganura cissiura, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 144 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i
p. 329.
Adult male. Upper surtace shinijig grass-green ; throat and breast glittering grass-green ; abdonien and under tail-covert.s shining grass-green ; tibial tufts rufous ; central rectrices green like the back, lateral steel-blue, the outer web of the outer rectrices greyish; bill black. Total length about 4*8 inches, wing 1"75 ; tail, central rectrices O'To, lateral 'I-ti ; bill 0"6.
Fvmiile. Kalher lighter than the male on the upper surface ; under surface white, each feather of the sides of the throat and the Hanks with a shining green discal spot ; tibial tufts and under tail- coverts pale rufous; central rectrices green, lateral steel blue, grey at the base and tipped with white ; bill black.
S. cissiura, Gould, is, I feel sure, an androgynous female of this species. The outer webs of the outer rectrices are greyish as in the normal male. That the type of S. cisdura is not a young male appears certain from the fact that a young male before me has on one side the outer rectrix like the female, whilst that on the other is a growing feather like that of the adult male. The type of 6'. cis- siura $ does not differ from that of S. sulstitialis.
IS. cissiura is no doubt the older title for this species, but as it was based upon an erroneous conception, I prefer to retain the name IS. solstitialis for this bird.
Mab. Ecuador and Peru.
378 TRoniiLi.
a, b. (J ad. sk. Santa Inez, Ecuador {Buckley). Gould Coll.
c. (J ad. ; d. $ San Jos6, Ecuador {Buckley). Salviu-Godman Coll.
ad. sk.
e. cJad. ; f-i. $ 'Ecws.iox {Buckley). Salvin-Godman &
ad. sk. " Gould Colls.
j. 2 ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll.
k. S juv. sk. Peru ? ( Warszetoiez). Gould Coll.
/. c? juv. ; ?«. 2 Vtivii {Warsze^oiez). Gould Coll. (Types
ad. sk. of S. cissiura.)
4. Spathura peruana.
Spathura peruana, Goidd, Man. Troch. iii. pi. 164 (June 1849) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 100 ; id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803 ; Bj). Consp. Av. i.
p. 80 ; id. Rev. Zool. 18o4, p. 2o6 ; Muls. S,- Veir. Class. Troch.
p. 81 ; Whitely, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 784. Ste^anura peruana, Reich. Axifz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 5,
pi. 70!». ff. 4«00-7 ; Elliot. Si/n. Troch. p. 143 ; Tarz. P. Z. 8. 1874,
p. o44, 1879, p. 238; id. O'rn. Per. i. p. 327; Muls. Hist. Nat,
Ois.-M ouches, iii. p. 261, iv. p. 220. Steganurus peruanus, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 66. Ilimalia peruana, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 224.
Adult male. Very similar to that of S. solstitialis, but with the outer web of the outermost rectrices steel-blue like the rest of the feather.
Hab. Peru.
a. (S juv. sk. nuasam]iilla, Peru, April (H. Gould Coll,
Whitelji).
b. (S ad. ; e. $ ad. sk. Peru ( Warszewtez). Gould Coll. (?. d" ad.; e. 2ad.sk. [Peru.] Gould Coll.
5. Spathura addae.
Trochilus addse, Bourc. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 312 ; Gray, Hand-l. B.
i. p. 144. Trochilus (Ocreatus) rufocaligatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 86. Spathura rufocaligata, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 165 (June 1849) ;
id. Litr. Troch. p. 100 ; Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 81. Spathura addse, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 80 ; id. Rev. Zool. 18-54, p. 256, Steganura addse, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. o,
pi. 709. ff. 4603-5 ; Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 16, 1879, p. 628 ;
Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 263, iv. p. 220 ; Elliot, Syn.
Troch. p. 143 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 326. Ilimalia addae, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 224,
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green ; throat and breast glittering green ; abdomen shining green, the bases of the feathers of whole under surface white ; under tail-coverts green, with wide buff margins ; tibial tufts rufous ; central rectrices green like the back, lateral purple-brown, the spatules steel-blue; biU black. Total length about 4*4 inches, wing 1-7; tail, central rectrices 0*7, lateral 2-2 ; bill 0-7.
Female. Under surface white, each feather of the throat and
10(!. RHoDoris. 379
flanks with a shining green discal spot ; tibial tufts and under tail- coverts buff; lateral rectrices steel-blue, grey at the base and tipped with white. Central rectrices 0-7 inch, lateral 1-1. Hab. Bolivia.
"-'■• rf' ^d- ; (f- ? Bolivia {Bridges ?). (4ouId Coll. (Probably the *••"• ^'^•^ , tvpes of S. rufocaluiala.)
t-g. S ad. ; h. $ Bolivia {Buckley). Gould Coll.
ad. sk. i. d ad. ,sk. Bellavista, Bolivia Salvin-Godiiian Coll.
{Buckle;/). J. 2 ad. sk. Tilotilo, " Bolivia Salviu-Godman Coll.
(Buckliy).
10(3. RHODOPIS.
Type
Calliphlox y. Rhodopis, Eeic/t. Aufz. d. Col. -p. 12 R Vesper
Rhodopis, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 154 (May 1856) . ." ' r! vesper Amathusia (Rhodopis), Mills. Sf Verr. Class. Troch p 85 "
(1865) .^.... R. vesper.
liancje. Western Peru and Northern Chili.
Key to the Species.
a. Larger ; wing 2-15 vesper, p. 379.
b. Smaller; wing 1-95 atacmnensis, p.380.
1. Rhodopis vesper.
Ornismya vesper, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-3Iouc7ies, pp. xv, 85, pi. 19 •
id. Trail e d'Orn. p. f?78 ; d'Orb. i^- Lafr. Syri. Av. ii. p. 28. '
Trochilus vesper, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxiv. Thaumastura vesper, Bp. Compt. Rend. xs^x. p. 383 ; id. Consp. Av
i. p. 85. Calliphlox y. Rhodopis vespera, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id Trorh
Enum. p. 10, pi. 841. fl'. 4984-5. f , ■ a.
Lucifer vesper, Bp. Rev. Zuol. 1854, p. 257. Rhodopis vesper, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 154 (May 1856)- id
Intr. Troch. p. 94; Scl. i,- Sal p. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 987; Nafioti
F. Z. S. 1871, p. 498; Elliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 137; id. Syn. Troch.
p. 115; Muk. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 23; id. Ann. Soc.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 226 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 316. Rhodopis vesper, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 55- Scl Cat
Am. B. p. 299 ; id. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 148 ; Scl. ^- Sale. P Z S
1868, p. 569. Amathusia (Rhodopis) vespera, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 85. Calothorax vesper. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 135.
Adult male. Upper surface shining olive-green, darker and browner on the crown and forehead ; a band of rufous across the rump : throat glittering reddish amethyst, passing into pale glittering blue on the sides in certain incidence of light : rest of the under surface dingj' white ; flanks washed with shining green ; central rectrices
380 TEOCIIILI.
dark brown, lateral darker; l>ill black. Total length about 5-2 inches, wing 2' 15; tail, central rectriees UvS, latwal 2 ; bill 1-85.
Female. Similar to the male on the upper surface, the central rectriees shining olive-green, the lateral steel-blue, the basal half grey and tipped with white ; central rectriees 1 inch, pair next the outermost 1-45.
Hah, Western Peru.
a,b. <S juv. sk. Lima, Peru {Nation). Sclater CoU.
c. d' juv. sk. Islay, Peru, Oct. {H. Whitely). Gould Coll.
d-h. S ad.; /, Arequipa, Peru, March, May, Salviu-Godman Si
J. 5 ad. ,sk. June, July {I£. Whitely). Gould Colls.
k'. d <id. st. " Purchased.
2. Rhodopis atacamensis.
Trochilus atacamensis, Leyhold, An. Univ. de Santiuyo, Chile, xxxii.
p. 43 (18«:)). Pihodopis atacamensis, Martens, J. f. Orn. 1875, p. 442; Muh. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-MoKches, iv. p. 26 ; id. Ann. Sue. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 226 ;
Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 116. Rhodopis ?, Sulv. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 425.
Adult male. Very similar to that of K. vesper, but the dimensions decidedly smaller. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 1-95 ; tail, central rectriees Ow, lateral 1'75 ; bill C>9.
Female. Also smaller than that sex of R. ve^ycr, and the sub- terminal band of steel-blue on the outer rectriees very narrow.
Hah. Northern Chili and Southern Peru.
a. (S ad. sk. Atacama, Chili {Leyhold). Gould Coll.
(Type of the species.)
b. 5 ad. sk. Payta, Peru, Nov. (A. H. Mark- Sahin-Godiuau CoU.
ham).
1U7. DORICHA. „
Type:
Calliphlox jS. Doricha, Reich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 12 D. enicura.
Amathusia, Mtds. ^- Verr. Class. Track, p. 85 (1865) .... D. enicura.
Amathusia (Egolia), Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 86
(1865) D. evelynas.
Jiaui/e. Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama, and the Bahama Islands.
Key to the Sj'ieeies.
a. Outermost rectriees wholly purple-black, the inner webs of the next pair edged with rufous. a'. Throat glittering amethystine-purple; tail very long and straight ; lateral rectriees of 2 tipped
with white enicura, p. 381..
//. Throat glitteriug ruby -red ; tail moderate.
u". Bill very long ; outer rectriees wide, straight ; base of the wings beneath not dark rufous ; lateral rectrice? of 2 tipped with white .... elizo', p. 382..
lOT. DORICHA. 381
//'. Bill shorter ; outer rectrices narrower ; base of the wings beneath dark rufous; lateral rectrices of 2 tipped with rufous. a!" . Outer rectrices straight ; forehead and crown
dark shining green evelynm, p. 383.
b'". Outer rectrices curved outwardly; forehead and edge of the ruby throat glittering
bluish red lyrwa, p. 383.
b. Outermost rectrices like [the next pair, edged with rufous on the inner web ; lateral rectrices of $ tipped with rufous bryanta, p. 384.
1. Doricha enicura.
Trochilus enicurus, VieiU. N. Diet. d'Hist. N, xxiii. p. 430 ; id. Enc.
Meth. p. 560. Ornismya heteropvgia, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxi, 72,
pi. 15 ; Suppl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 97. Trochilus heteropygia, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxxii. Trochilus swainsoni, Less. Hist. Nat. Troch. p. 167, pi. 66. Calothorax heuicurus, Bp. Consp. At: i. p. 85 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i.
p. 135. Thautuastura enicura, Gould, Man. Troch. iii. pi. 157 (Oct. 1852) ;
Scl. 8>- Salt: Lbis, 1859, p. 129; Salv. Ibis, 1860, pp. 196, 263, 264;
Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 299 ; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 203. Calliphlox /3. Doricha enicura, Reich. Anfz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id. Troch.
Enum. p. 10, pi. 840. ff. 4981-3. Lucifer enicurus, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 257. MjTtis henicura. Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 59. Doricha enicui'a, Gould, Intr. Track, p. 95; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 124. Amathusia enicura, Muk. 4" Verr. Class. Troch. p. 55. Amalusia enicura, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 10; id. Ann.
Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 225. Doricha henicura, Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 365.
Adult male. Upper surface shining golden green, darker and duller on the crown ; chin, ear-coverts, and the intervening space under the eye black, faintly tinged with shining green ; throat glittering amethystine-purple ; breast buffy white ; abdomen and under tail-coverts shining green ; six middle rectrices shining green like the back, outer two on either side purple-black, the pair next the outermost edged with rufous on the inner web ; bill black. Total length about 4*7 inches, wing 1-3; tail, central rectrices 0'37, lateral 2-4 ; bill 0-8.
Female. Like the male on the upper surface ; the head duller, and the middle of the back more bronzy green ; under surface pale rufous ; lores and space below the eye blackish brown ; four middle rectrices shining green like the back ; the rest rufous at the base, white at the tip, preceded by a wide subterminal black band ; bill black. Central rectrices 0-6 inch, outer 1.
Hab. Guatemala.
382 TRocniLi.
a-d. S ad. ; e, Duenas, Guatemala, Feb., Aug., Salvin-Godman &
f. 5 ad. sk. vS: Nov. (O. Salviii). Sclater Colls.
ff.'d ad.; h,i. Coban, Guatemala, Feb., Nov., Salviu-Godman Coll.
d juv. ■,j. 2 Dec. (0. S. ^ F. D. G.). ad. sk.
/.-. (S juv. .*. Vera Paz, Guatemala {H. Hague). Salvin-Godman Coll.
In. (S ad. ; o, Guatemala {Skinnir). Gould Coll.
q. c? juv. sk. Guatemala ( Van Pattest). Salvin-Godman Coll.
2. Doricha elizae.
Troclillus eliza, Less. 8r Del. Rev. Zool. 18.39, p. 20.
Lucifer (3. Myrtis eliza, Eeich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13 ; id. Troch. Etium.
p. 10, pi. 845. fF. 4996-8. Lucifer eliza, Bj). Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 257. Thaumastura elizag, Gould, Man. Troch. iii. pi. 155 (May 1857);
Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 289 ; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 17, pi. Dorica elizse, Gould, Intr. TrocJi. p. 94; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 125 ;
Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 451 ; Ferrari- Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus.
ix. p. 157. Amathusia (Doricha) elizse, 3L(ls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 85. Calothorax elizaj, Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 135. Amathusia (Doricha) elizse, Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv.
p. 20. Amalusia elizse, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 225.
Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy green, duller on the crown ; throat glittering ruby-red ; a dusky spot below the eye ; breast and middle of the abdomen white ; flanks washed with shining golden green; under tail-coverts white tinged with buff; four central rectrices shining olive-green, the three lateral on either side purple-black, all but the outermost pair edged on the inner web with rufous ; bill black. Total length about 3-9 inches, wing 1-45 ; tail, central rectrices 0-4, lateral 1-5; bill 0-9.
Female. Upper surface like that of the male, but rather brighter ; under surface white faintly tinged with buff, darker on the flanks ; three lateral rectrices on either side pale rufous at the base, white at the tip, and with a distinct black subtcrminal band.
Young male. Like the female, but with the apical spots of the lateral rectrices smaller, and the subterminal black band wider.
Hab. Southern Mexico, Yucatan, and the islands adjoining.
a-c. S ad. ; d. Jalapa, Mexico (de Oca). Gould & Sclater 2 ad. sk. Colls.
c. 2 ^^- ^^- Cordova, Mexico (Salle). Gould Coll.
/ c? ad. sk. Sisal, Yucatan, May (i'r. -Sc/w!;;!). Salvin-Godman Coll.
f/ h. cS ad. sk. Northern Yucatan (G. F. Gau- Salvin-Godman Coll. mer).
i, j. S ad.; k. Holbox I., Yucatan, Dec. (6?. F. Salvin-Godman Coll.
S juv. sk. Gaumei-).
I. cJ ad. St. Mexico. Purchased.
lU7. DORICHA. 383
3. Doricha evelynsB.
Trochilus evelynse, Bourc. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 44. Lucifer 5. Calotliorax evelynae, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 18. Thaiimastura evelynfe, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 156 (May 1861). Doricha evelynae, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 95 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1872,
p. 353; id.^Syn. Troch. p. 125; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv.
p. 38, pi. 106. f. 3 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 226 ; Cory,
Birds Bahama Ls. p. 108 ; id. Birds West Ind. p. 150 ; Nm-throp,
Auh, viii. p. 73. Trochilus bahainensis, Bryant, Pr. Bosf. Soc. N. H. V\\. p. 106. Amathusia (Egolia) evelynee, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 86.
Adult male. Upper surface (including the forehead) shining golden green ; throat glittering ruby-red, passing into bluish red on the sides and lower edge ; breast white ; abdomen rufescent, washed (especially on the flanks) with shining golden green ; under tail- coverts pale rufous ; a patch of dark rufous at the base of the wings, and spreading over the proximal coverts ; central pair of rectrices shining green, the next pair purple-black, edged with green, the outermost pair wholly purple-black, and the intermediate two on each side rufous on the inner web to and including the shaft towards the base, nearly to the shaft towards the tip ; bill black. Total length about 3'7 inches, wing 1-5 ; tail, central rectrices 0*6, lateral 1*25 ; bill 0'7.
Female. Upper surface like that of the male ; under surface ding}' white, more rufescent on the abdomen and under tail-coverts ; lateral rectrices rufous at the base and tip, and with a wide sub- terminal black band.
Hah. Bahamas, New Providence and Andros Is.
rt. (5" ad. sk. Nassau, Bahamas (ex G. N. Law- Salvin-Godman Coll.
rence).
b. 5 ad. sk. Nassau {Blake). Sclater Coll.
c-i. cS &i.;J,k. Bahamas. Gould & Sclater
$ ad. sk. Colls.
4. Doricha lyrura.
Doricha lyrura, Gould, Ann. ^ Maq. N. If. 1869, iv. p. Ill ; id. Mon. Troch. Suppl. pi. 54 (Jan. 1881); Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 354; id. Syn. Troch. p. 126 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 41 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 226; Cory, Birds Bahama Is. p. 110 ; id. Birds West Ind. p. 150.
Adult male. Similar to that of D. evehjnoi, but with the lateral rectrices narrower, longer than the next pair, and slightly curved outwards towards the tip ; the forehead too is glittering bluish red like the edges of the ruby throat.
Female. Similar to that sex of D. evelynce.
Younrj male. Throat buff, the glittering feathers appearing irre- gularly over the surface ; the outer rectrices are almost wholly rufous on the inner web.
Hah. Bahamas, Long Island and Magua I.
384 TKOcniLi.
a. cJ ad. ; h. S Ifahamas. 11. Bryant [P.].
juv.; C.J ad.
sk. d. (^ ad. ; p. S Bahamas [H. Bri/ant), Salviu-Godman Coll.
juv.;/. $ ad.
sk. y-k. ij ad. ; /- Bahamas {H. Bryant). Gould & Sclater
;». (S juv. ; o, Colls.
p. 9 ad. .sk. q, r. 5 ad. sk. Long Island, Bahamas. Gould Coll.
*•-('. c? ad. ; w- Inagua I., Bahamas ( J! A/«'/>!ffrf/ Salvin-Godman Coll.
y. 2 ad. sk. ex C. B. Cory).
5. Doricha bryantae.
Doricha brvautne, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N.Y. viii. p. 48-3, ix. p. 123;
Frantz. J.f. Orn. 1869, p. 316 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 209 ; Muls.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 42, pi. 103 ; id. Ann. Sue. Linn.
Lyon, xxii. p. 226; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 70; E/liot, Syn.
froch. p. 125 ; Goidd, Mon. Troch., Suppl. pi. 53 (Jan. 1881). Calothorax bryantas, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 135.
Adidt male. Upper surface dark shining golden green ; throat glittering dark ruby-red ; breast white ; abdomen dusky ; flanks and under tail-coverts rufous, washed with shining golden green ; central reetrices dark shining olive-green, next pair olive-green on the outer web, purple-black on the inner ; all the remaining ree- trices purple-black, edged with rufous on the inner web ; bill black. Total length about 3'7 inches, wing 1-6 ; tail, central reetrices 0-45, lateral 1-4 ; bill 07.
Female. Similar to the male on the upper surface.; under surface pale rufous, darker on the throat, flanks, and under tail-coverts, paler on the breast and the middle of the abdomen ; lateral reetrices rufous at the base and tip, and with a wide subterminal purple- black band.
Young male. Similar to the female, the glittering throat-feathers appearing irregularly.
Hah. Costa Eica and the State of Panama.
a. S ad. ; b. S
juv. ; c-f. 2
ad. sk. g. S juv. sk. h. (S ad. sk. t-o. c? ad. ; p.
d juv. ;g'.2
ad. sk. r-t. S ad. sk.
Costa Rica {Endres).
Costa Rica (Carmiol). Volcan de Chiriqui (ArcS). Castillo, Panama {Arce).
Laguna del Castillo, Panama {Arce).
Gould Coll.
Salvin-Godmau Coll. Salvin-Godman CoU. Salvin-Godman & Gould Colls.
Salvin-Godman Gould Colls.
&
M. S ad.sk. Boquetede Chitra, Panama (^rce). Gould Coll.
108. TILIIATURA. ;iSo
108. TILMATURA. .,,
Trvphffiiia, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 158 (.June 184!))
(nee Oehsenheimer, 1816) T. duponti.
Tilmatura, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 T. dupouti.
Range. Southern Mexico and Guatemala.
1. Tilmatura duponti.
Ornismya duponti, Less. Sitppl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 100, pi. 1 ; de Oca,
La Nat. iii. p. 103. Troehilus duponti, Less. Lnd. Gen. Troch. p. xxiv ; Gray, Hand-J. B.
i. p. 146. Ornismya coelestis. Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 276. Ornismya zemes. Less. Rev. Zool. 1838, p. 315. TrvpbaBna duponti, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 84 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. iii.
pi. 158 (June 1849) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 97 ; .S'e^. S,- Salv. Ibis,
1859, p. 129 ; Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 266 ; Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 79 ; Villada, La Nat. ii. p. 360. Tilmatiu-a lepida, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. Enuni. p. 5,
pi. 711. ft". 4610-4. Thaumastura duponti, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 257. Tilmatura duponti. Cab. 8)- Heine, Mas. Hein. iii. p. 59 ; Scl. Cat.
Am. B. p. 300; Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 205; MuJs. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 11, pi. 101 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 224 ; Rlliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 128 ; Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U.S. Nat.
Altis. ix. p. 157.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green ; throat black, each feather edged with glittering violet-blue ; breast white ; abdo- men shining grass-green ; the feathers of the lower abdomen and the under tail-coverts edged with white ; four central rectrices shining green, next pair dark purple-black, edged outwardly with green, tipped with white, and with a white notch on the inner web ; two outer rectrices on either side purple-black at the base, followed by a band of rufous, then one of white, then a dark one, and the tip white ; the outermost and longest pair are reduced in width towards the tip, and expand slightly again to form a small spatule ; bill black. Total length about 3-8 inches, wing 1-4 ; tail, central rectrices 0-35, lateral 1-9 ; bill 0-6.
Female. Upper surface bronzy green ; lores and under surface rufous, darker below the eye, on the flanks, and under tail-coverts ; central rectrices shining green ; lateral purple-black, tipped with rufous, which becomes nearly white on the outermost pair. Central rectrices 0-55 inch, lateral 0*85.
Hah. Southern Mexico and Guatemala.
a. (S in\.; b,c. Mexico? Purchased.
2 ad. sk.
d. cJ ad.; e. J Volcan de Colima, Mexico, Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. ( W. B. Richardson).
3SG
f-k. cJad. ; /, Amiila, GueiTero, Aiig. (M-.s\ If. Salvin-Godman Coll.
VI. $ ad. sk. 11. Smith), n. (5 ad. sk. Chilpancingo, (xuerrero, Aug. Salvin-Godman Coll.
{Mrs. H. H. Smith), o. r^ juv. sk. Jalapa, Mexico. May (M. Ti-u- Salvin-Godman Coll.
jillo).
p. c? nd.sk. Los Cerillos,. Jalapa, June (Tlf. r.). Salvin-Godman Coll. q. c? ad. sk. Ciiesta de Misantla, Jalapa, June Salvin-Godman Coll.
(M. T.). r-c'. (^ ad. ; d'. Volcan de Sta. Maria, Quezal- Salvin-Godman Coll. cJ jiiv. ; e',/"'. teuango, Guatemala, Aug., 5 ad. sk. ■ Sept. ( W. B. Bichardson).
</'. c5'ad. ; /t'. 5 Coban, Guatemala, Nov. ( O. (Sft/- Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. vin).
i'. (5 ad. sk. San Geronimo, Guatemala ( 0. iS.). Salvin-Godman Coll. /. $ ad. sk. Vera Paz, Guatemala (H. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Haque). Guatemala (0. S.). Sclater Coll.
Guatemala {Skinner). Gould Coll.
k' . (5 ad. sk.
I'-n' . cJ ad. ; o', y.d'juv.;?', r . $ ad. sk.
«'. S ad. : t'. 2 ad. st.
Purchased.
109. CALLIPHLOX.
Type.
Calliphlox, Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 344 C. amethystina.
Amathusia (Philodice), Muls. 8f Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 86 (186.5) C. mitchelli.
Range. Trinidad, Venezuela, Guiana, Amazonia, Brazil, and Eastern Ecuador.
Key to the Species,
a. Tliroat glittering rosy red 5 outermost rectrices
longest, pointed amethystina, p. 386.
h. Throat more tinted with purple ; outermost rec- trices and the next pair equal mitchelli, p. 388.
1. Calliphlox amethystina.
Trochilus amethy.stinus, Gm. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 496 ; Latk. Ind. Orn.
p. 319 ; Vieill. N. Diet, d' Hist. N. vii. p. 358 ; id. E7ic. Meth.
p. 561 ; Wied, Beitr. iv. p. 90 ; Less. Ind. Qen. Troch. p. xxxiii ;
Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 146. Trochilus brevicauda, Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 79, pi. 80. f. 2. Trochilus campestris, Wied, Beitr. iv. p. 73. Ornismva amethystina, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Monches, pp. xvi, 150,
pi. 47 ; Siqjpl. 'Ois.-Mouches, p. 138, pis. 20, 21, 22. Ornismva amethystoides. Less. Hist. Nat. Troch. p. 79, pis. 25, 26, 27. Trochilus amethystoides. Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxxiii ; Gray,
Hand-l. B.i. p. 146. Tryphrena amethystina, Bp. Consp. i. p. 84 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 257. Trvplisena amethystoides, Bp. Consp. An. i. p. 84 ; id. liev. Zool. 1854,
p. 257. Calliphlox amethystina, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12; id. Troch. Enum.
p. 10, pi. 838. ff. 4976-8; Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 159 (Sept.
109. CALMPHLOX. 387
1856) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 97 ; Cab. 8f Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 58;
Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 300; Scl. S,- Salv. P. Z. S. 18(37, p. 753,
1873, p. 288; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 32; Reinh. Vidensk. Medd. Nat.
For. Kjiib. 1870, p. 110; Mids. Hi.it. Nat. Ois.-Moiic/tes, iv. p. 45 ;
id. Ann. 8oc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 226 ; Elliot, Ibia, 1876, p. 398 ;
id. Si/n. Troch. p. 130 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 365 ; id. Ibis,
1885, p. 434 ; Tacz. Orn. Fer. i. p. 317 ; Allen, Bull. Am. Mus.
N. H. iv. p. 258. Calli phlox amethystoides, Reich. Avfz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id. Troch.
Mium. p. 10, pi. 839. ft". 4979-80 ; Bimn. Sysf. Ueb. ii. p. 359 ;
Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 98. Amathusia (Callipblox) amethystoides, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 86. Amathusia (Calliphlox) amethystinus, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 86. Calothorax eniciirus, Leot. Ois. Trin. p. 143 (nee TieilL).
Adult male. Upper surface shining olive-green ; tliroat glittering rosy red ; breast white ; abdomen and under tail-coverts dusky, washed with green ; central rectrices shining olive-green, lateral purple-black, slightly tipped with green on the inner web ; bill black. Total length about 3-3 inches, wing 1-3; tail, central rectrices 0-6, lateral 1*2 ; bill 0-7.
Female. Under surface grey, paler on the breast and under tail- coverts, sides washed with rufous ; feathers of the throat with dusky discal spots ; central rectrices shining olive-green like the back, lateral purple-black, greenish at the base and tipped with white.
Young males are more rufous on the abdomen than the female, and have the lateral rectrices tipped with rufous.
Hah. Trinidad and Venezuela, Guiana, Ecuador, Amazonia to Southern Brazil.
a. S ttd. sk. Jima, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
b. (S ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman CoU. c-h. (S fid. sk. Amazons Valley (E. Bartlett). Gould Coll.
i-k. (S ad. sk. Demerara. Gould Coll.
/, m. c? ad. sk. Brit. Guiana. Salvin-Godman Coll.
n. c? ad. sk. Rorainia, Brit, Guiana, Nov. Salvin-Godman Coll.
(H. Whitely).
o,p. (S ad.; q. Merume Mts., Brit. Guiana, Jul v Salvin-Godman &
cJ juv. sk. (H. Whitely). ' Sclater Colls.
r, s. (S ad. ; t. Cayenne skins, Gould Coll.
c5' juv. sk.
u. iS ad. ; V. ^ Trinidad, Gould Coll.
juv. sk.
w. S ad. ; x. S Bahia, Brazil. Gould Coll.
juv. sk.
y-a'. (S ad. ; h'. Minas Geraes, Brazil. Gould Coll.
6 juv. sk.
c', rf'. cJ ad. sk. Bio, Brazil (foMdZs). Salvin-Godman Coll.
e . 2 ad. sk. Rio. Gould Coll.
f. S ad. ; a' , h' . Chapada, Matto Grosso, May & Salvin-Godman Coll. $ ad. sk. Oct. (H. H. Smith).
i. Skeleton. Purchased.
J l". (^ ad. ; tn'. Purchased.
9 ad. St.
2c2
388 TROCIIILT.
2. Calliphlox mitchelli. Trochilus mitchelli, Bowc. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 47; Gray, Hm,d-L B.
Lucifer 8. Calotliovax mitchelli, Eeich. Avfz. d. Col. p. 13; {d Troch.
mum. p. 10, pi. 848. ff. 5006-8. Trvphiena mitchelli, Bp. liev. Zool. 1854, p. 257. Calliplilox mitchelli, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 160 (May 1860) ;
id. Infr. Troch. p. 98 ; id. Ibiii, 1876, p. 399; de Oca, La Nat. in.
p 165; Elliot, Stjn. Troch. p. 131 ; Mttk. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouche-s
iv. p. 49 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 330. Amathusia (Philodice') mitchelli, Muls. 8f Verr. Class. Troch. p. 86. Philodice mitchelli, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 226.
Adult male. Similar to that of C. amethystina, but with^ the glittering throat of a parple hue : the two lateral rectrices on either side subequal, the outermost pair less pointed, and all the rectrices except the central pair purple-black ; a rufous patch on either side of the lower abdomen.
Female and young male. Under surface rufous, darker on the llanks and under tail-coverts ; lateral rectrices rufous, with a sub- terminal black band.
Hah. Ecuador.
«. S ad. sk. Baisa, Ecuador {Buckley). Sah'in-C4odraan Coll.
b. c? ad. sk. Nanegal, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Ooll.
c. S ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). SalTin-Godman ColL d-h. S ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. i. (5 ad. sk. Ecuador {Buckley). Gould Coll.
j, k. S ad. ; I- Quito, Ecuador {Jameson). Gould Coll.
n. 2 ad. sk.
110. SMARAGDOCHRYSIS. „
Type. Smaragdochrysis, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 359 (Sept.
1B61) S. iridescens.
Range. Brazil.
An obscure genus of doubtful affinities, only known from the single type from the Gould collection.
The green colour of the plumage has no relationship to any of the members of this section of the TrocMlidce, except it be PtocJioptera, the position of which again is doubtful. In form it does not differ very materially from Calliphlox, and I follow Mr. Elliot in placing it near that genus. Gould at first referred it to the same position, but afterwards transferred it to the end of the TrocMlidce as being altogether incertce. sedis.
1. Smaragdochrysis iridescens.
Calliphlox? iridescens, Gould, P. Z. S. 1800, p. 310. Smaragdochrysis iridescens, Goidd, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 359 (Sept. 1861) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 181 ; Mvh. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mo,iches, ii,
111. PTOCHOriEBA-. 389
p. 8G; id. Ann. Sue. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 209 : Elliot, Sun. TrocL p. 129. f ' > y
Cblorolampis iride3cens, Muls. >^ Ven: Class. Troch. p> 41.
Male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green, brighter on the- forehead and crown ; throat glittering pale green, with a coppery hue in certain incidence of light ; abdomen and under tail-coverts shining dark green ; tail steel-blue : maxilla black, mandible Hesh- colour, the tip black. Total length, about 3-4 inches, wing 1-55 ; tail, central rectrices 07, lateral 1-2; bill 0-7.
Hab. Ijrazil.
a. cJ ad. sk. Novo Fribourgo, Brazil {Reeves). Gould Coll.
(Type of the species.)
111. PTOCHOPTERA.
I'tochoptera, Elliot, Ibis, 1874, p. 261 P. iolajma.
Range. Brazil.
1. Ptochoptera iolasina.
Chlorestes S. Kiccordia iolajma, Reich. Aufz. cl. Col. p. 8 : id. Troch
Enum. p. 4, pi, 705. ff. 4588-9. Thaluiania iolajma, Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. .30, .57 ; Salv. S,- Elliot, Ibis,
1873, p. 361. Ptochoptera iolxma, Elliot, Ibis, 1874, p. 261 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 130 :
Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 89.
" Top of the head and nape dull dark green, entire upper parts grass-greeu, only slightly metallic. The tail-coverts are lighter green than the back and reach to the fork of the tail. Throat pale metallic grass-green. Rest of underparts pale smoky brown, with some of the Hank-feathers tipped with grass-green. Under tail- coverts long, same colour as the abdomen, with a slight metallic greenish lustre on the centre of the feathers. Tail long, deeply forked, dark purplish brown, feathers very narrow. AVings purplish brown. Uill and feet black. Total length 4|- inches, wing i, tail 2, bill from gape f . From type of species in the Vienna Zoological Museum." (Elliot, I. s. c.)
The type of this species was obtained by Xatterer at Ypanema in South Brazil. Mr. Elliot examined this type and considered it to belong to a distinct genus allied to Smaraijdoclirysis and Calliphlox *. Not having a specimen for examination, I am doubtful as to the position of the genus, but follow Mr. Elliot in placing it here.
Hab. Brazil.
* It will be ob.served that the cut ul' the tail in his ' Synopsis ' shows the feutliers to be wide, whereas in the dcsoription they are said to" be " very narrow."
;i!(() TKOCHILl.
112. CALOTHORAX. „,
i.vpe.
Calotliorax, Gray, Gen. B. p. 13 (1840) C. lucifer.
Lucifer, Reich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 13.
Amathusia (Manilla), Muh. ii,- Terr. Class. Troc/i. p. 86
( 1865) C. pulchra.
Ornismva (Lucifer), Mids. lij- Verr. C/ass. Troch. p. iy<6
(I860) C. lucifer.
Ranrfe. Mexico from the Central Plains to the State of Oaxaca.
Kei/ to the Species.
a. Outermost rectrix filiform, gradually narrowed to a
point lucifer, p. 390.
b. Outermost rectrix normal pulchra, p. 391 .
1 . Calothorax lucifer.
Cynanthus lucifer, <SV, Phil. 3Iai/. new ser. i. p. 4A'2.
Ornismva evanopogon, Z*-*-*-. Mist. JSat. Ois.-Mouehes, pp. xvi, xlvi,
50, pi. 5 { Sttppl. p. 117, pis. 9, 10 ; id. Traite d'Orn. p. 274. Trochilus evanopogon. Less. Ind, Gen. Troch. ]). xxiii ; ftw. Birds
Brazil Sf Me.i: pi. 77. Trochilus simplex. Less. Hist, Nat. Col. p. 86, pi. 23 ; id. Ind. G4n,
Troch. p. xiii. Trochilus corruscus, Licht. Preis-Verz. Mea: Vor/. p. 1 (cf. J.f. Orn.
1803, p. 55). Calothora.x lucifer. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 110 ; id. Hand-l. B. i, p. 135 ;
Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 85 ; Cah. Sf lleine, Mas. Hein. iii. p. 55 ; Scl.
Cat. Am. B. p. 298 ; id. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 177 ; Goidd, hitr. Troch.
p. 90 ; Mids. Hiet. Nat. Ois.-Muuches, iv. p. 26 ; id. Ann Soc. Idnn.
Lyon, xxii. p. 226 ; Later. Mem. Bost. >Soc. X. H. ii. p. 291 ; Elliot,
Syn. Troch. p. 118; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Cull. p. .■?(i4. Lucifer S. Calothorax tendali, Eeich. Auft. d. Ctd. p. 13. Lucifer evanopogon, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13 ; id. Troch. Enuni.
p. 10, pi. 843. ff. 4990-1; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 257. Lucifer labrador, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 287.
Calothorax cyanopogon, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 143 (Sept. 1857) ; Villada, La Xat. ii. p. 357 ; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 104 : Boueard,
Ami. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 21. Ornismva (Lucifer) cyanopogon, Mids. ^~ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 91. Trochilus lucifer, Finsch, Abh. nat. T'er. zu Bremen, 1870, p. 324.
Adult male. Upper surface shining golden green, duller on the ciown, more golden on the rump ; throat glittering lilac-red ; breast, middle of the abdomen, and under tail-coverts white ; flanks pale fulvous, washed with shining green ; tail purple-black, the lateral rectrices tipped with white, the four central rectrices shining olive- green : bill black. Total length about 3'5 inches, wing I'o ; tail, central rectrices 0*6, longest 1-2; bill 1.
Adult female. Under surface pale fulvous ; ear-coverts dark brown; lateral rectrices fulvous at the base, white at the tip, and with a wide subterminai black band.
Yninui mates like the female, the glittering gular feathers being gradually assumed.
Hub. Mexico.
113. 8ELASPHOKF3,
391
«. c? ad. sk.
b-f. (S ad. ; g-i.
d juv. ; J-l. 2
ad. sk. m, n. iS juv. ; o-
s. 2 ad. sk. t S ad. sk. M-T. cj' ad. sk. t/-b'. c? ad.; c'.
^ $ ad. sk. <i'. cT ad. sk.
e'. 2 ad., sk.
/. d ad. sk.
ff'-i'. (S ad. sk.
y, A;', c? ad. ; /'.
2 ad. St.
Sierra de San Luis Potosi, Mex- ico, July ( W, B. Richardson).
Real del Monte, Mexico (Floresi).
Pfclanos Jalisco, Feb, ( W. B. R.).
Lake Chapak; Sept. ( W. B. R.).
Valley of Mexico.
Ajusco, Valley of Mexico, Sept. (JV.B.R.).
San Antonio, Coapa, Valley of Mexico, March {F. Ferrari- Perez).
Hacienda Eslava, Valley of Mexico, Jan. (F. F.-P.).
Tetelco, Valley of Mexico, Sept. (F. F.-P.).
Cordova, Mexico (Salle).
Salviii-Goduian Coll.
Salvin^Godman & Gould Coils,
SalViiwGodman Coll,
Salvin-Goduian Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godnian CoU.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould CaU. Purchased.
2. Calo thorax pulchra.
Calothorax pulchra, Gould, Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. 1859, iv. p. 97 ; Set.
P. Z. S. 1859, p. 386 ; Goidd, Mon. froch. iii. pi. 144 (May 1860) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 91 ; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 105 ; Boiicard, Aiin.
Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 22 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 118. Amathusia (Manilla) pulchra, Muls. ^- Verr. ClUss. Troch. p. 86;.
Mills. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 30, pi. 102. Manilla pulchra, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 220.
Adult male. Similar to that of C. liicifer, but mth the lateral pair of rectrices normal, that is to say very slightly narrower at the tip than at the base. The bill is shorter and more slender, and the lateral gular feathers less elongated.
Adult female. Smaller than that of C. lucifer but with smaller bill.
Hah. Mexico, State of Gaxaca.
a-e. (S ad. ; /. d
juv.; g. 2 ad.
sk. h j. S ad. sk. k. 2 ad. sk. /, m. 2 ad. sk. n-q. 2 ad. sk.
Oaxaca, Mexico {BoucarJ).
r, s. d ad. sk.
Oaxaca (Salle). Oaxaca (Fenochio). Oaxaca, March (M. TrujiUo). Venta de Zopilote, Guerrero
(J/rN. //. H. Smith). Tehuautepec, Feb. ( JV. B.
Richardson).
Gould Coll. (Types of the species.)
SalvLu-Godruan Coll, Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman CoU. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
113. SELASPHORUS.
Type.
Selasphorus, Su\ Faun. Bor.-Aiii. ii. p. 496 (1831) S. rufua.
lianffe. Western Xorth America, Mexico, and Central America to Chiriqui.
:}'j2
Kt'if tu the Species.
a. Lateral gular feathers elontrated.
a'. Crown and throat glitteriuf>- red Jloresii, p. .392.
h'. Crown sliininir fi'reen, throat ylittering- red. ci". Hill wholly black.
a'". Back cinnamon riifus, p. 3'J2.
h'" . Back like the crown o-littering- green. . . . alleni, p. 31)4. h" . Mandible Hesh-colour at the base.
c" . Inner web of the outer rectrices nearly
wliolly rufou.s scintilla, p. 395.
d'" . Inner web of the outer rec-trice.s nearly
wholly purple-black turridns, p. 395.
h. Lateral gular leathers not elongated.
c'. Outermost primary' attenuated at the end .... platycercm, p. 396. (V. Outermost primar_v normal.
c" . Central rectrices purple-black, edged with
rufous at the base ardens, p. 398.
d'^'. Central rectrices shining green, edged with
rufous Jlnmmula, p. 398.
1. Selasphorus floresii.
Selasphorus floresii, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 139 (Sept. 18G1) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 89 ; Mnh. fy Verr. Class. Troch. p. 89 ; de Oca,
La Nat. iii. p. 101, pi. ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 98 ;
id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 227; Elliot, iSyji. Troch. p. 109. Trochilus floresii, liryant, Forest 8f Stream, xxvi. p. 426 (1886);
Vhapnian, Auk, 1888, p. 396. Trochilus rubromitratus, Hidyv. Avk, 1891, p. 114.
"■Adult male. CroMn and throat beautiful scarlet, with violet re- flexions, the violet hue predominating on the crown and the tips of the gorget : breast and centre of the abdomen greyish white ; upper surface of the body and upper tail-covcrts bronzy green ; flanks similar but paler ; two centre tail-feathers green, with purple re- flexions ; outer webs of the lateral tail-feathers purple, inner webs deep reddish bufl' ; wings purplish brown ; bill black." ( Gould, I. s. c.)
Eeceutly recorded from California. I have not seen any specimens in Mexican collections made at Bohuios, whence the type is said to have come, and its vicinity in the last few years.
Hah. Mexico, Bolanos ; California.
2. Selasphorus rufus.
Huffed Tk)neysucker, Penn. Arct. Zool. ii. p. 290. Eurt'-necked Humming Bird, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. pt. 2, p. 785. Trochilus rufus, Gm. tiyst. Nat. i. p. 497 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 144 ;
Everm. Auk, iii. p. ISO ; Scott, Auk, iii. p. 431 ; Merrill, Avk, vi.
p. 257. Le Sasin, Aud. Ois. Dor. i. p. 131, pi. 61. Trochilus collaris, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 374 ; id, Eur.
Mcfh.Tp.o7 1. Trochilus swainsoni, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xiil.
113. SELASPHOKUS. 393
Troclnlus (Helasphorus) rufus, Sw. Fnmi. Bor.-Am. ii p 3->5 belasphorus ruins 6r'a«^ Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 1^7 (May 1852); id Intr. Troch p. 88 (partim) ; Baird, B. N. Am. p. 134 (L-tim) ■ Scl Cat Am. ^ p. 297 ; id. P. Z. S. 18G4, p. 177 ; Muls. Tven-C'lasi' J rock p 89 ; Brown Ibis, 18G8, p. 419 ; Baird, bL., ^ Ri^. H-'-f vf ;.'•■ P-i'^^ iV^^^^^) ; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 99; Muls Hist. Aut Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 10(5 (partim) ; id. Ann 8oc Linn Lijon, xxn. p. 227; Beldin;,, Pr. U.s! Nat. Mus. i p 427
^'5.''7vS;5!'p" m!'' "^'''"'' ^"^^' ^^^"''- ^''"- ^'"^' ''■ I'- ^0-' ^^'■
F.. /. .V. Z>.c.. d'llist. %at. vii. p.^369; k SS^f^Vofe Selaspliorus ruber Bp Consp. Av. \%. 82 ; id. Mev. Zool. 18.?4, p 256 •
^Mellisuga surinamensis, ^ms. Oo«. iii. p 70]
P ^^^eau-Mouche pourpre, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. Vi. p. 24
? Little Brown Humming. Bird, Edw. pi. 32 ; Lath. 8yn. i pt. 2, p. 778.
^cZ«Z< «*«7«. Upper surface, including the back of the neck anrl upper tail-covertsciunamon-rufous; crown shining goMen teen each feather edged with cinnamon; throat glittering red ; breast and middle of the abdomen white; flanks and under t^ Coverts e.nnamon ; t^il dark cinnamon, tipped with black, the submed'an rectnces with a deep excision near the end of the inner web and a snialler one on the outer web; bill black. Total length about 3-0 inches, wing l-H, tail M, bill 0-75. °
Adult female. Upper surface shining grass-green, duller on the crown ; under surface white ; throat with duskj- discLl spot' flanks and under tail-coverts washed with cinnamon ; tail cinnamo i' at Jhe bnse, central rectrices shining green, darker ^nd blu r a "L t^
itck bind ' ''''''''' "^^^ "^"^^ ""'^ ^''^^ '^ subtermiiS
Hub. Western North America from Sitka southwards to Central
Mexico.
',\° J ] -tSiitisii Colombia. J K LorH TP 1
'I d ad. sk. Saa Juan I., Brit. Colombia, j! K. LoJd | P f
June. '- ■-'■
r 2 ad. sk. Rocky Mountains. J K I ord TP 1
i 'i tf\. Pl'^'T^, ^^^"'t'^- ^^""W Poll.
^. d Jiu. sk. Lake lahoe, Nevada, Sept. Salvin-Godman Coll.
i-ri. H . Henshmo).
I. S ad.sk. San Francisco (H. If H ) R.,lvin ('.a,. r- n
;}94
y-b' . cf ad. ; c'- /• S juv. ; <i- k'. $ ad. sk.
/'. (S ad. sk.
w'-;^". cJ ad. ; y"- e^ c? juv. ;/■■'- <f'._$ ad.; e'. 2 jiiv. sk.
/'. 2 ad. sk.
tj^, h\ S ad. ; i\ .cJ juv.;./'. 2 juv. sk.
k\ S ad. sk.
/'. cf ad.; ?)i', «'.
cf juv. ; o^-qK
2 ad. sk. /•'-a:'. ,5 ad. sk.
»/',£^d' ad.; «■'-
d\ 2 ad. sk.
e'-g''. 2 ad. sk.
/t'. c? juv. sk.
r',,/-. <S ad. sk. k^-Ti'. S ad. sk.
o\ cJ juv. sk.
fr\ S ad.; j'V'-
2 ad. sk. s', <\ cJ ad. ; m''-
?(;\ cJjuv. ;.r'.
2 ad. sk. y'\ S ad. sk. z', a\ cJ ad. ; h\
djuv. ; e'\ 2
ad. sk. ri". c? ad. St. c''. cJ ad. St.
Nicasio, Cal., Mar., April, & June (if. W. U.).
Salviii-Godmau Coll.
Grafton, N. Mex. {J.B.Adams). 11. B. Sharpe [P.]. Santa Fe Mts., N. Mex., Aug'. fSalvin-Godman Coll. (H. W. H.).
El Moro, N. Mex., July {H. Salviu-Godman Coll.
W. H.). Camp Apache, Arizona, Aug. Salvin-Godman Coll.
{H. W. H.).
White Mts., Arizona, Aug.
(H. W. H.). Mexico {Floresi).
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman & Gould Colls.
Xeres, Zacatecas, Sept. ( W. B. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Richardson). Zacatecas, Aug ( W. B. R.).
Salvin-Godman Coll, Salvin-Godman Coll, Salvin-Godman Coll,
Sierra de Valparaiso, Aug.
( W. B. R.). Plains of San Luis Potosi
( W. B. R.). Valle}' of Mexico. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Ajusco, Valley of Mexico, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sept. ( ir. B. R.). Tetelco, Valley of ^Mexico' Sept. Salvin-Godman Coll,
{K Fen-ari- Perez). Patzcuaro, Morelos, Jan. (F. Salvin-Godman Coll,
D. G.). Volcan de Colinia, Jan. ( IV. Salvin-Godman Coll.
B. R.).
Oaxaca, Mexico (Fenochiu), Oaxaca {Boucard).
Nootka Sound.
3. Selasphorus alleni.
Salvin-Godman Coll, Gould Coll.
G. Ikrclay [P.], Purchased.
Le Sasin jeune age, Aud. Ois. Dor. i. p. 13:^, pi. 62.
Ornismya sasin, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouckes, pp. xxx, 100, pis. 66;
67; id. Suppl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 121,i)ls. 11, li', 13. Trochilus sasin, Less. Ind. Oen. Troch. p. xxxv. Selasphorus alleni, Hensh. Bull. Ntitt, Orn. Club, ii. p. o4. Selasphorus rufua, Elliot, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii. p. lOl ; id. Syn,
Troch. p. 110, Trochilus alleni, ^cott, Auk, iii. p. 431.
Adult male. Similar to that of S. rufus, but the whole back like the head, shining green ; lateral rectrices much narrower than in. the allied species.
Miih. (!aliforni;i.
113. SELASPUOKtrs.
3'Ji
a-c. (^ ad. ;c?, c. Nicasio, California (if. cf juv. ;/-^. 5 Henshaw).
W. Salvin-Godinan Coll.
ad. sk. i. (S ad. sk. j. 2 ad. sk.
k. 2 ad. sk.
I. (S ad. ; m. 6
juv. sk. ?i-p. cS ad. sk.
Nicasio, Mar. (G. L. Top2>an). Tejon, California, Aug. (H.
W. H.). Cobuila Valley, California,
April [F. Stpphens). California {Hardy).
[California.]
4. Selasphorus scintilla.
Sclater Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
G. F. Morcom [P.].
Gould Coll.
yalvin-Godman & Gould Colls.
Trochilus (Selasphorus) scintilla, Gould, P. Z. S. I8o0, p. 162. Selasphorus scintilla, Gould, 3Jon. Troch. iii.pl. 1.j8 (May 1852) ; id.
Intr. Troch. p. 89 ; Reich. Aiifs. d. Col. p. 13 ; id. Troch. Enuiit.
p. 10, pi. 853. ff. 5024-26 ; Bp. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 256 ; Cub. .y
Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 56; Cab. J.f. Oni. 1863, p. 165; MuU.
S)- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 89; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 155, 1870,
p. 209 ; Laivr. Ann. Lye. X. Y. ix. p. 123 ; Frantz. J. f. Orn.
1869, p. 315 ; Muh. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Motwhes, iv. p. 104, pi. 109;
id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 227; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. Ill ;
Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 70. Trochilus scintilla, Gray, Hand-l, B. i. p. 144.
Adult male. Upper surface, including the upper tail-coverts, shining golden green, rather darker on the crown ; lores and circum- ocular region cinnamon ; throat glittering red ; breast white ; flanks and under tail-coverts cinnamon, the former washed with green ; middle of the abdomen pale cinnamon ; central rectrices cinnamon, •with a median purple-black stripe including the shaft, lateral rectrices purple-black, the inner web almost to the shaft cinna- mon; bill black, the base of the mandible flesh-colour. Total length about 2'7 inches, wing 1"3, tail 1, bill 0"oo.
Adult female. Under surface white ; throat buff, each feather with a dusky discal spot; tail cinnamon, with a wide subterminal dark band.
Hab. Costa Eica and C'hiriqui.
o, b. <S ad. ; c, d.
2 ad. sk. e,f. ? ad. sk.
Irazu, Costa Eica {Moyers). Salvin-Godman Coll,
y. 5 ad. sk. h. j ad. sk.
is. J ad. ; t-iD. $ ad.sk.
Barranca, Costa Rica (C'a/*-
miol).
Tuciirriqui, Costa liica (Arce) C'hiriqui ( Warszeu-iez) .
Volcan de Chiricjui (Arce).
Selasphorus torridtis,
Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Salviu-Godman Coll, Gould Coll. (Type
of the species.) Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls.
Selasphorus torridus, Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 20.^ ; Muls. Hist. Nni, f>ix.-Mi,ii<hes. iv. p. 101 : ul. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lijon. xxii. p. 227 Elliot, >yn. frorh. p. l]i> : Ridyic. Pr. U. S. Sah Mus. vii. p. 14.
39(5 TKOCUILI.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green ; lores cinnamon ; throat glittering lilac-red with a rather leaden hue, the bases of the feathers buff; breast, middle of the abdomen, and under tail-coverts white, flanks washed with shining green ; central rectrices dark shining green, edged towards the base with cinnamon ; lateral rectrices purple-l)lack, with a cinnamon spot on the inner web near the tip ; bill black, base of the mandible flesh-colour. Total length about 2'7 inches, wing 1'6, tail I'l, bill 0'65.
Adult female. Duller on the crown ; beneath white, each feather of the throat with a dusky discal spot ; flanks and under tail-coverts washed with buft' : lateral rectrices cinnamon at the base, whitish at the tip, and with a purplish-black subterminal band.
Ifab. Panama.
a, b. S ad. ; c. $ Volcan de Chiriqui (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. (Types of the species.)
c?-«. cJ ad. ; _;. 5 Chiriqui (^rce). Salvin-Godman,
ad. sk. Gould,. & Sclatcr
Colls,
6. Selasphorus platycercus.
Trochilus platycercus, Su\ Phil. Mckj. new ser. i. p. 44<1 , Scotf,At(kf
iii. p. -i^M ; Orai/, Homl-l. B. i. p. 144. t)rnisniya tricolor, Les». Siippl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 125, pi. 14. Trochilus tricolor, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxxiv. Trochilus montanus, Less. Lnd. Gen. Troch. p. xxxiv ; Sw. Birds
Brazil ^- Mex. pi. 74. Selasphorus platycercus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 82 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,.
p. 250 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13 ; id. Troch. Rnvm. p. 10, pi. 854,
ff. 5027-29; Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 140 (Mav 1862) ; id. Intr.
Troch. p. 89; Baird, B. N. Am. p. 135, pi. 43. tf' 1, 2 ; Scl. ^- Salv..
Ibis, 1859, p. 139: Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 196; id. Cat. Strickl. Coll.
p. 3H4 ; Cab. Sr Heine, Mus. Ilein. iii. p. 56 ; ScL Cat. Am. B. p. 298 f
id. P. Z. S. 18(>4, p. 177 ; Mills. >.y Verr. Class. Troch. p. 89 ; Cooper^
Orii. Cal. i. p. 357 : Baird, Brew., if,- Ridyw. N. Am. B. ii. p. 4(J2;
Le Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 204, pi. ; Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches,
iv. p. 94 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 227 ; Elliot, Syn.
Troch. p. 109. Selasforus platycercus, A. Duyis, La Nat. i. p. 141 ; Villada, La
Nat. ii. p. 352.
Adult male. Upper surface shining olive-green ; throat glittering rosy red ; breast white ; middle of the abdomen and under tail- coverts whitish, flanks washed with shining green ; central rectrice* shining olive-green, remainder purple-black, the sublateral edged towards the base with cinnamon ; bill black. Total length about y-3 inches, wing 1-95, tail 1-3, bill OH.
Adult female. Upper surface more golden green ; under surface buff, whiter on the throat and breast, more cinnamon on the flanks and under tail-coverts, each feather of the throat with a dusky discal spot ; lateral rectrices cinnamon at the base, green in tlie middle, white at the tip, and with a dark subterminal band.
Hid). North America ; Kocky Mountains, and the highlands of Mexico and Guatemala.
a. cf ad. sk.
h~?n. J ad. ; n-q. (Sjuv.; r-k'.2 ad. ; I', m'. $ juv. sk.
w'. K ad. sk.
o', /)'. c5' ad. sk.
q . S ad. sk. r'. 5 ad. sk.
*•'. J ad. ; <'. 5
ad. sk. u. (^ ad. sk.
v'. (S ad. sk.
w'. 2 ad. sk.
.r', (^ ad. sk.
y, ='. $ ad. sk.
a", h" . cJ ad. sk.
c" ,<r . cJ ad. ; e" .
2 ad. sk. h". 2 ad. sk.
i". 2 ad. sk.
2 ad. sk. n". 2 ad. sk.
o",p". 2 ad. sk.
q",r". ^ ad. sk.
s". cJ ad. sk.
«". c? ad. u". 2
ad. sk. v"-(P. c? ad. sk.
c^. S ad. sk. /^ d ad. sk. ff^. cf ad. sk. h^-f. c? ad.; A:^ 2 ad. sk.
113. sELAsrnoRUs.
Parley's Park, Utah, .Tune
(J?. Ridyicaif). Sauta P'e Mts., New Mexico,
Aug., Sept. {H. W. Hen-
sJiaw).
Colorado (H. TV. H.). Garland, Colorado, May (if.
W. H.). Colorado Springs {H. W. H.). El Moro, New Mexico, Julv
(//. W. H.). Wliite Mts., Arizona, Aug.
(H. W. H.). Willow Springs, Arizona, July
(//. W. H.). Micoba, Souora, April {W.
Lloyd). Sierra de Valparaiso, Zacate-
cas, Sept. ( W. B. Richard-
son). Sierra de Calvillo, Aguas
Calientes, Aug. ( IF. B. E.). Sierra de Bolanos, Jalisco, Feb.,
Mar.(XF.^. R.). Volcan de Colima, Jan. ( W.
B. R.\ Sierra Nevada de Coliraa, Jan. . (W.B.R.).
Real del Monte, Hidalgo, Oct.
{W.B.R:). Tenango del Valle, Oct. ( W.
B. R.). Ajusco, Valley of Mexico,
July & Sept. (W.B.R.). Hacienda Eslava, Valley of
Mexico, ¥eh.( Ferrari-Perez). Rio Frio, Itzaccihuatl, Sept.
( W. B. R.). Pinal, Puebla, April {F. D.
Godmaii). Tonaguia, Oaxaca, Feb. (M.
Trujillo). Mexico {Flovesi).
Valley of Mexico.
Jalapa {de Oca). Oaxaca (Boucard). S. Mexico (Boucard). Quezaltenango, Guatemala, Sept. (O. Salvin).
P, m^. (S ad. ; n^, Quezaltenango, Sept. ( W. B.
o\ 2 ad. sk
p^-s\ cJ ad. ; t'
u\ 2 ad. sk.
Richardsoti). Chuipache, Quezaltenango, Oct. ( ir. B. R.).
397 R. B. Sharpe [P.]. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sahin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll,
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould CoU.
Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Gould Coll. Gould Coll. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman CoD.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
398 ruocHiT-i.
u'-x'. J ad. sk. San Martin, (iiiezaltenango, Salvin-(io(lman Coll.
Oct. (W. B. R.). V''. 6 ad.; s^. 2 El Riiicon, San Marcos, (Tua- Salvin-Godman Coll. ad. sk. temala, Oct. ( W. B. li.).
7. Selasphorus ardens.
Selasphorus ardens, 8(dv. P. Z. 8. 1870, p. 209; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Moiic/ies, iv. p. 103, pi. 108 ; id. Ann, Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. '227 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 110 ; Sharpe inOoulfTs Mon. Track., Sup2}l. pi. ;il (Jan. 188.3) ; Ridgio. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mua. vii. p. 14.
Adult male. Similar to that of S. platycercus, but smaller ; upper surface darker ; lores and ear-covert.s rufous, the latter mixed with black ; central rectrices purple-black, edged towards the base with cinnamon, lateral rectrices purple-black, iuner webs cinnamon towards the base, and with a subterminal spot of the same colour. Total length about 2-8 inches, wing 1-55, tail 1-15, bill 0-6.5.
Young male. Throat with dusky or rosy-red discal spots ; lateral rectrices cinnamon at the base, green in the middle, buif at the tips, and with a dark subterminal band ; central rectrices shining green, with dark tips and cinnamon bases.
Hah, Panama.
a. (S ad. ; b. S Castillo, Panama (Arcd). Salvin-Godman Coll.
juv. sk. (Types of the species.)
8. Selasphorus flammula.
Selasphorus flammula, Salv. P. Z. S. 186-4, p. 586 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 123; Frantz. J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 315 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. pp. 09, 22l, pi. 107 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 113; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 70 ; RidyiD. Pr. if. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 497 ; Sharpe in Gould's Mon. Troch., Su/jpl. pi. 31 (Jan. 1883).
Adult male. Similar to that of S. ardens, but the throat rather pinker ; central rectrices shining green with cinnamon edges : lateral rectrices purple-black, tips white, and with a narrow edging of cinnamon on the inner web towards the base : base of the mandible flesh-colour. Total length about 2-9 inches, wing 1'6, tail 1-1, bill 0-5.
Hab. Costa Rica.
a. (S ad. sk. Volcan de Cartago, Costa Salvin-Godman Coll.
Rica (Arcs). (Type of the species.)
114. TROCHILUS.* ^
Troehilus, Lmn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 189 T. colubrls.
Cynanthus, Boie, Ism, 1831, p. 547 T. colubris.
Selasphorus /3. Archilochus, Reich. Troch. Emirn. p. 10 . T. alexandri,
* I do not know the bird from Santa Barbara, California, described by- Mr. J. A. Jeffries as Trochilus vioi.ajugui.i'ji {Aid; v. p. 168, 1888).
114. TROCHILUS. 399
Ramie. North America : Mexico and Central America, in winter, to Chiri(]ui.
Key to the Species.
a. Throat trhttering ruhy-red cohibris, p. 399.
b. Chin and upper part of the throat black, lower part
glittering violet-purple alexanclri, p. 402.
1. Trochilus colubris.
Red-throated Humming Bird, Echo. Nat. Hist. i. pi. 38 ; Lath. Gen.
Sijn. i. p. 769. Huuimiug Bird, Cateshij, Carolina, i. p. 65, pi. 65. Red-throated Honey Sucker, Penn. Arct. Zool. i. p. 286. Mellisuga carolinensis, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 716, pi. 36. ff. 5, 6. Rubis. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 13 ; Aiul. Ois. Dor. i. p. 80, pis,
31^33. Trochilus colubris, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 191 ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 492 ; Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. i. p. 73, pis. 31, 32 ; id. N. Diet. (FHist. N.
vii. p. 371 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 369; id. Gal. Ois. i. p. 293 ; Wih.
Am. Orn. ii. p. 26, pi. 10. ff. 3, 4 ; Aud. Orn. Biogr. i. p. 248 ; id.
B. Am. i. pi. 47; Sic. Faun. Bor.-Am. ii. p. 323; Less. Ind. Gen.
Track, p. xxxiv ; Bj}. Consji. Av. i. p. 81 ; id. Eev. Zool. 1854, p. 256;
Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 10, pi. 826. ff. 4939-
44; Guid'd, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 131 (Mav 1858); id. Litr. Troch.
p. 86 ; Baird, B. N. Am. p. 131 ; Scl. Sj' Sale. Ibis, 1859, p. 129 ;
Salv. Ibis, 1860, pp. 195, 263, 266 ; id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 208; id.
Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 364 ; Cab. ^ Heine, Mns. Hein. iii. p. 57 ; Scl.
P. Z. S. 1859, pp. 367, 386, 1864, p. 176 ; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 297 ;
Dresser, Ibis, 1865, p. 470 ; Baird, Ibis, 1867, p. 288 ; Gray,
Hand-l. B. i. p. 136 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 123 ; id.
Bull. U.S. Nat. Mm. no. 4, p. 32; Fraiitz. J.f. Orn. 1869, p. 315 ;
Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 354; id. Syn. Troch. -p. 105 ; Villada, La Nat.
ii. p. 352 ; Baird, Brewer, ^- Ridgw. N. Am. B. ii. p. 462 ; de Oca,
La Nat. iii. p. 22 ; Gundl. Orn. Cub. pp. 28, 107, 234, 271 ; id.
J. f. Orn. 1878, p. 180 ; Bovcard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 70 ; id. P. Z. S.
1883, p. 451; Merrill, Auk, i. p. 146; Nutting, Pr. U.S. Nat.
Mns. vi.p. 394; Ridgtr. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. viii. ]). 573 ; Ferrari- Perez, Pr. U.S. iVrtf. Mus. X. p. 157 ; Breicster, Auk, iii. p. 105 ;
Cory, B. West Ind. p. 148 ; Rwhm. Auk, v. p. 21 ; Lloyd, Auk, v.
p. 191 ; Everm. Auk, vi. p. 23 ; Fa.von, Auk, vi. p. 44 ; Allen, Auk,
vi. p. 77; Faavn 6f Allen, Auk, vi. p. 151 ; Scott, Auk, vi. p. 252;
Purdie, Auk, vi. p. 314. Ornismya colubris, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-3Iouches, pp. xvi, xlvi, 151,
pis. 48, 48 bis ; Muk. ^ Terr. Class. Troch. p. 91 ; Muls. Hist.
N^at. Ois.-Moiicli^s, iv. p. 52 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 226. Orthorhynchus colubris, d'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Cuba, p. 99. Trochilus aureigaster, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 58. Trochilus aurigularis, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 208.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, dusky on the crown, brighter on the rump ; under surface white, dusky on the middle of the abdomen, whiter on the breast, the flanks washed with green; chin black; throat glittering ruby-red; tail blue-
400
black, the central rectrices washed with green ; bill blaclc. Total length about 3-5 inches, wing 1-5; tail, longest rectrices, 1-1, central t>G5.
Adult fcmali'. Like the male on the upper surface ; the under surface white, including the throat ; lateral rectrices grey at the base, a subterminal blue-black band, and the tips pure while.
Young male. Like the female, but the feathers of the throat each with a discal dusky spot ; the ruby-red feathers of the adult first show irregularly on the lower part of the throat, and gradually sup- plant the feathers with discal spots.
Ilab. North America generally in summer, migrating in autumn to Mexico and Central America as far south as Chiriqui.
a. c? ad. sk.
b. (S juv. ; c. 2 ad. sk.
^,e.cJ juv. ;/. 2
ad. sk. ff, h. 2 ad. sk.
i. S ad. ; ,;. $
ad. sk. k, I. S ad. ; m, n.
2 ad. sk. o,p. 2 ad. sk.
q. 2 ad. sk. >•. cJ ad. sk.
s-u. c? ad. ; v. S juv. ; w-z, 2 ad. ; a', h' . 2 juv. sk.
c'. 2 ad. sk.
d'-f. S ad;^'. 2 ad. sk.
h'. (S ad. sk.
i'-o'. Jad.;p'-r'.
6 jiiv.; «'-f'.
2 ad. sk. ?t;'. .r'. c5ad.;«/'-6"
2 ad. sk. e".S ad.; d"-f".
2 ad. sk. ff". J ad. sk.
h". c? ad. sk.
i". 2 ad. sk. k", I". (S ad. sk.
49th Parallel.
Pine, Indiana, Sept. (E. W.
Nekon). Mt. Carmel, 111., July & Sept.
{E. W. N.). Chicago, 111., May (if. K.
Co ale). Waukegan, 111., May (E. W.
N.). Lyon's Fall, N. York, May
(A. J. Dagan). Locust Grove, N. Y., May (C
H. Merian). Newhaven, Conn. (C. H. M.). Massachusetts (if. W. Hen-
shaiu). Washington, May-Sept. (H.
W. H.).
Washington {Drexler). Rigoleta, Louisiana, April (//.
W. H.). Hawkinsville, Florida, Mar.
{H. W. H.). Tarpon Springs, Florida, Mar.,
April, Aug. ( W. E. D. Scott).
Brownsville, Texas, April, May (F. B. Armstrong).
Corpus Christi, Texas, May & Oct. {F. B. A.).
Hidalgo, Texas, April (J^. B. A.).
Sierra de Victoria, Tamauli- pas, April ( W. B. Richard- son).
Escandon, Tamaulipas, May ( W. B. R.).
Tamesi, Tamaulipas, Mar. ( W. B. R.).
N.W. Boundary
Commission. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
R. B. Sharpe [P.].
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Giodman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Ooll, Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll, Salvin-Godman Coll,
m' '. $ ad. sk.
n". 2 ad. .sk.
o".S fid.; l)",q".
2 ad. sk. r". 2 ad. sk.
s"-M".cf ad.; v".
2 ad. sk. tv". cj ad. sk. .r". 2 ^d. sk. «/". (J ad. sk.
s". <? ad. ; a^. d
iu\:;b''-d\2
ad. sk. e^-(/^.(S juv. ; /i^
$ ad. sk. P. (J ad. ; ;^, ^'.
5 ad. sk. P. (S juv. sk.
i)P. 2 ad. sk.
9i\ (S ad. ; o^ $
ad. sk. p^,q^. (S juv.; r^.
2 ad. sk. s'-«^. (S ad. ; w^.
$ ad. sk. x^. S juv. ; y"".
2 ad. sk. z\ S ad. ; a\ c?
juv.;6V^-? ad. sk. ^\ $ ad. sk.
h\ (S ad. sk.
i\ 2 ad. sk. f. c? ad. ; A:'. $
ad. sk. l\ S ad. ; m^-o*.
2 ad. sk. pK cJ ad.sk. g-'. d ad. sk.
r\ s^ c? ad. ; t\ (5 juv. ; M*, v\ 2 ad. sk.
2v\ c? ad.; .r\ c5' juv. sk.
y'. c5' ad. sk.
= '. $ ad. sk.
VOL. XVI.
114. TKOCHILUS.
Tainpicu, Tamaiilipas ( U'.
U. It). Misantla, Vera Cruz, Mar. (F.
D. a.).
Coatepec, Nov. {M. Tvujillo).
Playa Vicente, Vera Cruz,
Dec. (3/. T.). Ajusco, Valley of Mexico,
Sept. ( W. B. liichardson), Puebla, Oct. ( W. B. B.). Amecameca,Puebla (F. D. G.). Volcan de Coliiiia, Jan. (^W.
B. R.). ChilpanciLigo, Guerrero, Oct.
{Mrs. H. H. Smith).
Venta de Zopilote, Guerrero,
Oct. (Mrs. If. H. S.). Amula, Guerrero, Aug. & Sept.
(Mrs. 11. H. S.). Acaguizotla, Guerrero, Oct,
(Mrs. H. H. S.). Tonaguia, Oaxaca, Feb. (M.
TrujiUo). Oaxaca {Fenochio).
Oaxaca (Boucard).
Mexico (Floresi?).
Cliimalapa, Tehuantepec, Feb.
( W. B. E.). Tebuantepec, Feb. ( W. B. R.).
Merida, Yucatan, Feb. ( W.
B. R.). Progreso, Yucatan, Oct. {Gaw
vier). N. Yucatan (Gaumer). Holbox I., Yucatan ( Gmimer).
Salvin- Salviu- Sal V in- Salvin- Salvin-
Salvin-
Salvin- Salvin-'
41' I
-Godman Coll.
Godman Coll.
•Godman Coll.
•Godman Coll.
Godman Coll.
Godman Coll. Godman CoU. Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godmaa Coll, Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman CoU. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman CoU,
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Cozumel I., Yucatan (Gate- Salvin-Godman Coll,
Santana, Peten, April (O. S.). Coban, Guatemala, Nov.
(O. S.). Duenaa, Guatemala, Sept.
(0. S.).
Kincon, San Marcos, Guate- mala, Oct. ( W. B. Richard- son).
Bebedero, Nicoya, Costa Rica (Arce).
Costa Rica.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll,
Salvin-Godman & Sclater CoUs.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll. 2d
402
a', d" ad. ; //', c\ Voloiin df I'hiriqui (.Irt'e). Salvin-Godiuau Coll.
$ ad. sk. d',e'\ 5 ad. ,st. Purchased.
2. Trochiliis alexandri.
Trochilus alexandri, Bourc. Sf Muls. Ann. Sc. Phi/s. et Nat. Lyon, iii. p. 330 (1840) ; iid. Rev. Zool. 184G, p. 316 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 256; Cass. III. B. Cal. Sf Texas, p. 141, pi. 22; Gould. Mon. Troch. iii.pl. 132 (Sept. 1857); id. Intr. Trnch. p. 87; Baird, N. Am. B. p. 133, pi. 14. f. 3 ; Xantus, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1859, p. 190 ; Cah. (^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 57 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 297 ; id. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 177 ; Graij, Hand-l. B. i. p. 136 ; Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1868, p. 82; Villada, La Nat. ii. p. 351 ; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 102 ; Elliot, Syyi. Troch. p. 106 ; Beldinq, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 426 ; Everm. Auk, iii. p. 130; Scott, Auk, iii. p. 430 ; Lloyd, Auk, v. p. 192.
Selasphorus j3. Archilochus alexandri, Reich. Aufz. d. Cul. p. 13 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 10, pi. 855. ff. 5030-32.
Ornisuija alexandri, Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 91 ; Mills. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 61 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 226.
Adult male. Similar to that of T. colubris, but with the chin and upper half of the throat black, the lower half glittering violet- purple.
The adult female and young male are hardly to be distinguished from those of T. coluhris, but the bill is usually longer. The young male, too, is at once known when the throat-ieathers of the adult begin to appear.
JIah. "VVestorn North America, California, Utah, &c., migrating south in winter to Mexico, but not beyond.
a. S ad. ; b. $
ad. sk. c. S ad. sk.
d. S ad. sk.
e. 2 ad. sk.
/, y. c? ad. sk.
h. (S ad. sk. i. S ad. ;/. $
ad. sk. h, I. (S ad. ; m, n.
5 ad. sk. o,p. <S ad. sk.
q. 2 ad.sk. r. 2 ad. sk.
s. S ad. ; t. S juv. ; u. 2 .]uv. sk.
V. S .juv. sk.
Rocky Mountains.
Lat. 48° 40' N., 1300 feet above
the sea. Cohuila Valley, California
(-F. Stephens). Morant Meadow, Cal. {L.
B elding). Coltrn, Cal., April {H. W.
Henshaiv). Colton, April {F. Stephens). Anderson, Cal., May {W. E.
Bryant). Ballina, Cal., May, June {F.
Stephens) . San Bernardino, Cal. {R. B. •
Herron). Utah, July (Ii, Rid(/ivay). Ogden, Utah, April {W. B.
Piatt). Bowie, Arizona, Aug. (//. W.
Henshcnc).
Grant, Arizona, Sept. {H. W. H.).
J. K. Lord [P.].
— Vaux, Esq. [P.].
G. F. Morcom [P.].
H. K. Coale [P.].
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Goduian Coll. Salvin-Goduian Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
R. B. Sharpe [PJ. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
115. CALYPTE.
402
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2. c? ad.; rt'.
ad. sk. b'. c? ad.; c'.
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A', i'. ^ juv. ;/, ^'. 2 ad. sk.
/'. (J ad. sk.
»«'. (? ad. ; n'. (^ juv.; o'. 2 ad. sk.
^',5r'. (^ ad. sk.
S. Arizona {H. W. H.). Mason Count v, Texas, April
{H. K. Codle). Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon
{F. B. Armstrorif/). Sierra Madre, Nuevo Leon,
May {F. B. ^.). Moutevej', Nuevo Leon {F,
B. AX Nuri, Souora, April (W.
Lloyd). Xeres, Zaeatecas, Sept. {W.
B. Richardson). Plains of Colinia, Jan. ( W.
B. R.). Venta de Zopilote, GueiTero,
Oct. {Mrs. H. H. Smith). N. Mexico. Mexico (Floresi).
Valley of Mexico.
Salvin-Godman Coll. R. B. Sharpe [P.].
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sclater Coll. Gould Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
115. CALYPTE.
Type.
Calypte, Gmdd, Mm. Troch. iii. pi. 1-34 (May 1856) C. costse.
Leucaria, Muls. Cat. Ois.-Moiiches, p. -31 (1875) C. costse.
Zephyritis, Muls. 8f Verr. Class. Troch. p. 87 (1865).
Range. California and Colorado ; Cuba.
Key to the Species.
a. Lateral gular feathers sliglitly elongated, head and
throat glittering rosy red ; largest amuP, p. 403.
b. Lateral gular feathers much elongated.
a'. Larger ; head and throat ghtteriug lilac-pm-ple . . costte, p. 404. b'. Smallest ; head and throat glittering crimson , . . , helence, p. 405.
1. Calypte annae.
Ornismya anna, iess. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxxi, xlvi, 205,
pi. 74 ; id. Suppl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 113, pi. 7. Trochilus anna, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxxvi ; Aud. B. Arn. i.
pi. 425; id. Orn. Bioffr.\.Y>'-2S8; Graxj, Hand-l. B. i. p. 144;
Evervi. Auk, iii. p. 180 ; Scott, Auk, iii. p. 431. Trochilus icterocephalus, Nutt. Man. Orn. i. p. 172. Calliphlox aima, Gamb. Pr. Ac. Phil. 1846, p. 3 ; id. Journ. Ac. Phil.
ser. 2, i. p. 32. Selasphorus anna, Bp. Consp, Av. i. p. 82 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 256;
Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 297. Trochilus 6. Atthis annje, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id. Troch,
E»um.-p. 10, pi. 8:34. ff. 4963-5. Calypte annse, Goukl, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 1.35 (May 1856) ; id. Mr.
Troch. p. 88 ; Cab. i^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 55 ; Cooper, Orn.
Cal. i. p. 358 ; Baird, Brew., ^- Ridyiv. N. Am. B. ii. p. 454 ;
2d2
404
de Oca, La Nat.m. p. IG."'. ; Muk. Hist. N<it. Ois.-Mouchi-s, iv.
p. 73 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 227 ; Elliot, tSyn. Troch.
p. 107; BMimj, Ft: U.S. Nat. Mvs. i. p. 427. Atthis anntB, Baird, B. N. Am. p. 137 ; Xantm, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1859,
p. 190; Cab. ^ JSeiiie, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 55. Zephyritis annae, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 88. Trocliilus lam])rocephalus, Licht, in Mus. Ber.
Adult male. Upper surface shining golden green ; crown and throat glittering rosy red ; rest of the under surface pale grey, each feather with a large shining green discal spot ; central rectrices like the back, remainder purple-black ; bill black. Total length about 4*5 inches, wing 1-9 ; tail 1"2, central rectrices 1 ; bill 0-8.
Adult female. Crown like the back, but duller ; under surface greyish white, each feather of the throat with a dusky or glittering red spot ; lateral rectrices grey at the base, white at the tip, and with a dark subterminal band.
Hab. California.
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San Francisco, Cal., Nov. (H. W. Henshaw).
San Francisco, Dec. [A. Fur-
rer) . California. Cloverdale, Cal., Feb. {H. W.
Henshaio). Oakland, Cal., Jan., Feb. {W.
E. Bryant). Nicasio, Cal., April {H. W.
if.). Tejon Mts., Cal., Aug. (H.
'W. H.). Santa Inez, Cal., Sept. {H.
W. H.).
Los Alamos, Cal., Oct. {H.
W. H.). Smith Mt., Cal., June and July
(F. Stephens).
Coltou, Cal., Mar. (F. Stephens). San Bernardino, Cal., Oct. (F.
StepJiejis). Camp Grant, Aiizona, Sept. (H.
W. H.). [California] (Floresi).
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman & Gould CoUs.
Gould Coll.
2. Calypte costae.
Ornismya costse, Bourc. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 294 ; id. Ann. So. Phys. ft Nat. Lyon, iii. p. 225, pi. 2 (1840) ; Prevost ^ Des Murs, Voy. ' Venus; i. p. 194, Atl. pi. 2.
115. CALTrxE. 405
Selasphorus eostse, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. iy2; id. Rev. Zool. 1854
p. 256 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 297. Trochilus b. Atthis costo, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id. Troch
Eniim. p. 10, pi. 836. ff. 4969-72. Calypte costee, Oould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 134 (May 1856) ; id. Intr.
troch. p. 88 ; Cooper, Orn. Cal. i. p. 360 ; Baird, Brew., 8f Ridgw.
N. Am. B. ii. p. 457 ; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 166 ; Elliot, Syn.
Troch. p. 107 ; Beldiny, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 542. Attbis costse, Baird, B. N. Am. p. 138, pi. 19. Zepliyi'itis costte, Mtds. ^- T'err. Class. Troch. p. 88. Lucaria coste, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 69, pi. 104; id^
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 227. Trochilus costfe, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 145. Trochilus costae, Ecerm. Aick, iii. p. 180 ; Scott, Auk, iii. p. 430.
Adult male. Upper surface shining golden green ; crown and throat glittering lilac-purple ; breast and middle of the abdomen white, tianks washed with pale green ; under tail-coverts white, with green discs ; central rectrices shining green, lateral dusky green ; bill black. Total length about 3-5 inches, wing 1-8 ; tail 0-9, central rectrices rather shorter ; bill 0-8.
Adult f&male. Crown duller than the back ; under surface greyish white ; throat with dusky discal spots ; lateral rectrices grey at the base, greenish in the middle, white at the tip, and with a dark sub- terminal band.
Hah. California.
a. 9 ad. sk. Riverside, California, April {F. Salvin-Godman CoU.
Stepherts). b-g. <S ad. sk. Colton, Cal., April (H. W. H). Salvin-Godman Coll. h~k. (S &di.; Ir- Colton, Aj^nl {F. Stephens). Salvin-Godman Coll,
n. $ ad. sk. 0.(5 juv.sk. Smith Mt., Cal., July {F. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Stephens). p. 5 ad. sk. Ballina, Cal., June, July {F. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Stepheris). q. S ad. ; r. $ San Bernardino, Cal. {F. B. Salvin-Godman CoU.
ad. sk. Her ran),
s. 2 ad. sk. San Bernardino [F. D. G.). Salvin-Godman Coll.
t. $ ad. sk. San Bernardino, May {F. G. F. Morcom [P.].
Stephens), u. S ad. ; V. 5 La Paz, Lower California, Nov. Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. {A. Forrer).
tv-e'. (S ad. ; f- [California] (Floresi). Salvin-Godman &
i'. cJ juv. ; /'- Gould CoUs.
/'. 2 ad. sk.
3. Calypte helenae.
Orthorhvnclius helense, Lembeye, Aves de la Isla de Cuba, p. 70,
pi. lo: f. 2.
Calypte helense, Reich. Troch. Emim. p. 10, pi. 837. ff. 4973-75 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 136 (Mav 1856) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 88 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 354 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 108 : Giaidl Rep. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i. p. 291 ; id. J. f. Orn. 1874, p. 144 ; id. Orn. Cuba, pp. 100, 272; id. Auk, viii. p. 187 ; Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 77, pi. 105; id. Ami. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii p. 227; Cory, B. West Lid. p. 149.
406 TROCHILI.
Orthorhynclius bootlii, Gundl. J.f. Orn. 1856, p. 90.
Atthis h'eleufe, Lator. Ann. Lye. N. F. vii. p. 2(33.
Zephyritis (Calypte) elvirse, Muls. S)- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 88.
Adult male. Upper surface shining bluish green, greener on the back of the neok, bluer on the upper tail-ooverts ; head and throat glittering crimson ; rest of the under surface greyish white, flanks Avashcd with greeu ; tail shining greenish blue ; bill black. Total length about 2-5 inches, wing 1-15, tail 0-6, bill 0-5.
Adult female. Crown duller than the back ; whole under surface greyish white, darker on the breast ; a dusky spot below the eye ; lateral rectriccs grey at the base, a bluish patch in the middle, white at the tips, and with a dark subtermiual baud.
Hah. Cuba. a. S ad. ; b. $ ad. sk. Cuba (F. Tuylor). Goidd Coll.
c. S ad.; d. ? ad. sk [C^uba.] Gould CoU.
116. ACESTRURA. ^ ^
Acestrura, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 91 (1861) A. mulsanti.
Ornisuiva (Polymnia), Mtds. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 91
(1865) ' A. mulsanti.
Myrmia, Muls. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 228 (1875). A. micrura.
Range. Venezuela and Colombia to EoliTia ; Upper Amazons Valley.
Key to the Species.
n. Tail longer than the under tail-coverts.
a . Lateral gular feathers not much or not at all elongated. «". Larger ; lateral gular feathers not elongated . mulsanti, p. 406. b" . Smaller ; lateral gular feathers slightly
elongated decorata, p. 408.
b'. Lateral gular feathers much elongated heliodori, p. 408.
b. Tail not longer than the under tail-coverts micrura, p. 409.
1. Acestrura mulsanti.
Ornismya cyanopogon, d'Orb. i^- Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 28 {nee Less.). Ornismya mulsanti, Bourc. Ami. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, v. p. 342,
pi. 20 (1842). Mellisuga mulsanti, Gi-ay, Gen. B. i. p. 113. Calothorax mulsanti, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 85 ; Gotdd, Mon. Troch.
iii. pi. 145 (Nov. 1851) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 146, 1860, p. 94. Lucifer 8. Calothorax mulsanti, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13; id.
Troch. Enum. p. 10, pi. 847. ff. 6004-5. Chfetocercus mulsanti. Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 60 ; Scl. Cat.
Am. B. p. 298. Acestrura mulsanti, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 91; Tacz. P. Z. <S'. 1874,
p. 544, 1879, p. 237, 1882, p. 35 ; id. Orn. P6: i. p. 306 ; Whitely,
P.Z.S. 1874, p. 675; Scl. S,- Sal v. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 16, 1879,
pp. 529, 628; Miot, Ibis, 1877, p. 136; id. Syn. Troch. p. 119;
11(). ACESTEURA.
407
Muls. Hist. Nat. Ots.-Mouches, iv. p. 118, pi 110; idi Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 228 ; Salv. i^ Godni. Ibis, 1879, p. 205'; Berl. if Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 306 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 330.
Ornismya (Polymnia) mulsanti, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 91.
Trocliilus mulsanti, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 115.
Adult male. Upper surface dark shiniug grass-green ; throat glittering rosy red ; ear-coverts blackish ; breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts white ; flanks glittering green, meeting below the breast ; tail black, the central rectrices tinged with green, the two outer pairs on either side very narrow, the outermost pair the shorter ; biU black. Total length about 3 inches, wing 1-5 ; tail 1, central rectrices 0 55 ; bill U"S.
Adult female. Upper surface shining bronzy green, duller on the crown ; under surface, throat, and middle of the abdomen buff ; flanks and under tail-coverts cinnamon ; a large dusky patch below the eye on either side of the neck ; tail cinnamon, with a wide sub- terminal dark band.
Hah. Andes from Colombia to Bolivia, and the valley of the Upper Amazons.
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Atanquez, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, Feb. {F. Simons).
MedeUin, Colombia (T. E. Salmon).
Colombia (Bogota make).
Intac, Ecuador {Buckley).
Jima, Ecuador {Buckley'). San Jos^, Ecuador (Buckley). Santiago, Ecuador (Lehtnami).
Quito, Ecuador (Jameson).
April
Quito, Ecuador. Puellaro, Ecuador,
(^Frasor). Niuabamba, Peru [Jelski). Central Peru (Jelski). Iluasampilla, Peru, March (H.
Whitely). Peru ( Warszeioiez). Tilotilo, Yungas, Bolivia (Buckley).
Bolivia (Buckley).
Pebas, Amazons (Hau.rivell).
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman & Gould Colls.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman CoU. Gould Coll. Gould Coll.
Gould Coll.
Salvin-Godman ColL Gould & Sclater
Colls. Sclater CoU. Salvin-Godman Coll, Gould Coll.
Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll, Purchased.
^08 TROCHILI.
2. Acestrura decorata.
Calothorax decoratus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1800, p. 309 ; id. 3Ion. Troch.
Hi. pi. 14(i (Sept. 18(31). Acestrura decorata, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 91 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 119. Ornismya (Acestrura), Mwls. (§• Verr. Class. Troch. p. 92.
Adult male. Similar to that of A. mulsanti, but smaller, the lateral gulav feathers less elongated, the breast greyer, and the under tail-corerts green.
Youncf male. Similar to the female of the allied species, the upper tail-covcrts cinnamon as in A. heliodori.
A species of doubtful value, intermediate between A. mulsanti and A. heliodon.
Hah, Ecuador.
a. S ad. ; b. ^S :- fionld Coll.
jiiv. sk. (Tj'pes of the species.)
c. d' ad. sk. Siin J(.?e, Ecuador (Iluchlcy). Salviii-Gotlmau Coll.
3. Acestrura heliodori.
Ornismva heliodori, Bourc. Rev. Zovl. 1840, p. 275 ; id. Ann. Sc.
T/ii/s. et Nat. Lyon, v. p. 308, pis. 15, 20. Mellisuga helioddri, Gi-ay, Gen. £. i. p. 113. Calothorax heliodori. Up. Consp. Av. i. p. 85; id. Rer. Zml. 1854,
p. 257 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 147 (Nov. I851j. Lucifer fi. Calothorax heliodori, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13 ; id. Troch.
iiMMWi. p. 10, pi 847. ff. 6002-:5. Chietocercus heliodori, Lab. c*f Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 60; Set. Cat.
Am. B. p. 298. .\eestrura hehodori, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 92; Set. Sf Salv. P. Z. S.
1870, p. 782,1875, p. 235; AhUs. Hist. Nut. Ois.-Mouches,\\.
p. 120; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 228 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 120 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1884, p. 311, 1887, p. 330. Ornismya ^ Acestrura) heliodori, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 02, Trochilus heliodori. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 145.
Adult male. Also similar to that of A. mulsanti, and the tail similarly formed, but smaller, the lateral feathers of the throat much elongated, the breast greyer, and the abdomen and under tail- coverts shining green. Total length about 2"5 inches, wing 1, tail 0-75, bill 0-55.
Adult female. Nearly uniform cinnamon beneath, aud with the upper tail-coveits of that colour : otherwise much like the female of A. mulsanti.
Hab. Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador.
a. S ad. .sk, Merida, Venezuela {Goering). Salvin-Godman Coll.
b. cJ ad. sk. Venezuela (Spence). Sclater CoU.
c 2ad.sk. Alto, Colombia ( H;(/«<0- Salv io-Godmau Coll.
d. f^ad. sk. Medellin, Colombia ('S'«/»iow). Sahin-Godinnn Coll.
ft/. (^ lid. ; h-j. Colombia (Bogota make). Sahin-Godnian v^c
"c? juv. ; k til. Cumhl Coils.
$ ad. -sk.
117. JIELMStTGA.
409
n-q. cJ ad. sk. r. $ ad. sk.
s. S ad. sk. t. $ ad. sk. u, V. Juv. sk. w. 5 ; .V. .luv.
sk. y. d juv. sk. s. J ad. ; a'. $
ad. St.
[Colombia.]
Sautiag'o, near Pasto, Ecuador
(Li'lunann). San Jose, Ecuador {Bucklet/). Citado, Ecuador {Buckley). Quito, Ecuador. PaUatanga, Ecuador (Fraser).
Ecuador.
4. Acestrura micrura.
Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll, Gould Coll. Gould t'v: Sclater
Colls. Gould Coll. Purchased.
Calotliorax micrurus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1853, p. ICO; id. Mon. Troch,
iii. pi. \-if^ (May ]8o4). Acestrura micrura, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 02 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877,
p. 327; Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 120; Salo. P.Z. S. 1883, p. 425. My vmia micrm-n, Ml/ Is. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 113; id. Ann.
Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 228 ; Berl. ^ Tacz. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 508 ;
Tacz. Or7i. Per. i. p. 308.
Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy green, duUer on the crown ; under surface pale buff ; throat glittering rosy red, the lateral gular feathers not elongated; flanks pale cinnamon ; under tail-coverts white ; tail black ; bill black. Total length about 2-4 inches, wing 1-25, tail O-o, bill 0-6.
Adult female. Under surface buff; lateral rectrices tipped with white.
Bab. Western Peru.
a. d ad. ; b. S juv.; c. 2 ad. sk.
d. (5 juv. sk.
*■. J ad. sk.
/, (J. J ad. sk.
Peru ( Warszewiez).
Tumbez, Peru (Stolzinaiui). Payta, Peru, .Tan. (A. H.
Markham). [Peru.]
Gould Coll. (Types of the species.)
Salvin-Godman Coll. Sah iii-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll.
117. MELLISUGA.
Type.
Mellisuga, Briss. Oni. iii. p. (JO.") (17* 0) M. minima.
Zephyritis (Dyrinia), 3fuls. ^- T'err. Class. Troch. ]>. S8
(1 865 ) M. miuinia,
Ran(je. Jamaica and San Domingo.
1. Mellisuga minima.
Mellisuga avis minima, Sloanc, Jam. p. 307, pi. 3G4. f. 1. Polytmus minimus variegatus, Broicne, Jam. p. 475, pi. 264. f 1. Least Humming Bird, Edw. Nat. Hist. B. i. pi. 1U5 ; Lath. Syn. ii.
p. 788. Plus petit Oiseau-Mouche, Buff. Nat. Hist. Ois. vi. p. 11. Le plus jielit Oiseau-Mouche d'Amerique, IfAttb. PL Enl. 27<). f. 1. Mellisuga, Brio's. Orn. iii. p. UDo. Trochilu.^ minimus, Linn. Syst. Nut. i. p. 103; Gm. Si/st. Nal. i.
410 TEOCIllLI.
p. oOO ; Lath. Ind. Oni. p. 320 ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii,
p. 3(50 ; id. Enc. Mith. p. 5(J8 ; Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxvii. Le tres petit Oiseau-Mouche, And. Ois. Dor. i. p. 135, pi. 6-1. Trochilus miuutiilus, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. ii. p. 73. Trochilus vieilloti, Shaw, Gen. Zuol. \'iii. p. 347. Oruismya miuiiua, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mutiches, pp. xxxii, 213. MellisLiga hiimilia, Gosse, B. Jam. p. 127 ; March, Pr. Ac. Phil.
18(i3, p. 285 ; AlhrecM, J.f. Orn. 1862, p. 201. Trochilus catherinje, Salle, Heu. Zool. 1849, p. 498. Ilylocharis nigra, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 114. Mellisuga minima, Bp. Consj]. Av. i. p. 81 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 257 ; Reich. Atifz. d. Col. p. 0 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 3, pi. 080.
It". 4490-93 ; Gotild, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 133 (Nov. 1851) ; id. Intr.
Troch. p. 87 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 233 ; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 297 ;
March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1803, p. 285 ; Bryant, Pr.Bost. Sue. N. H. xi.
p. 95 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 354 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 103 ; Muls.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 82, pi. 100. ff. 1, 2; id. Ann. Sac.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 227; Gundl. J.f. Orn. 1874, p. 307 ; Cory, B.
JVcst Ind.i^. 149. Ilylocharis niger, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 81.
Zephyritis (Dyrinia) minima, Muls. ^- Vcrr. Class. Troeh. p. 88. Hyloc;hari8 minima, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 150. Dyrinia minima, Muls. i^- Vcrr. Class. Troeh. p. 88.
Adidt male. Upper surface shining grass-greeu, rather dusky eu the crown, brighter on the rump ; under surface white, sides of the neck dusky, flanks washed with green, each feather of the throat with a round dusky discal spot; tail blue-black: bill black. Total length about 2-0 inches, wing 1-5, tail 0-8, bill 0"6.
Adult female, like the male, but the under surface white, no spots on the throat, and the flanks hardly washed with green ; tail with the three lateral rectrices on either side tipped with white.
Hah. Jamaica and San Domingo.
a-d. cjad. ;e. $ Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. (O. Salvin-Godman &
ad. sk. Salvin). Sclater Colls.
/, y- 6 ad. ; /t.$ Jamaica (/. Hill). Gould Coll. ad.; i. juv. sk.
/. $ juv. sk. Jamaica. Gould Coll.
k. $ ad. sk. San Domingo. Gould Coll.
l,m. 6; n. <i. — -? Gould Coll.
118. CATHARMA.
Tjpe. Catharma, Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 400 C. orthura.
Range. Guiana and Venezuela.
1. Catharma orthura.
Trochilus orthura, Less. Hist. Nat. Troch. pp. 86, 88, pis. 28, 29 ; id.
Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxxiv. Trochilus oxxXwvcw's,, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12; id. Troch. Enum. p. 10,
]il. 825. ff. 4948-9. ("atharnia orthura, Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 400; id. Syii. Troch. p. 112;
Muh. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 6().
119. ATTHI8. 411
Adult male. Upper surface dark shining golden groon, rather more bronzy on the middle of the back ; throat glittermg rosy red ; breast white ; upper abdomen grey, the sides washed with shining green ; flanks tinged with cinnamon ; lower abdomen and under tail-coverts greyish white ; central rectrices shining green, lateral purple-black tipped with white ; bill black. Total length about 3 inches, wing 1*3, tail n'75, bill 0'7.
Young male. Upi)er surface dark shining golden green ; throat glittering rosy red, the bases of the feathers and the sides of the throat and breast white ; a dusky spot below the eye ; middle of the abdomen whitish ; flauks and under tail-coverts cinnamon ; central rectrices shining golden green, the tips dark ; lateral rec- trices purple-black, tipped with white ; bill bLick. Total length about 2-5 inches, wing 1-3, tail 0-75, bill 0-7. (Type of Lesson's plate 28.)
Female. Similar to the young male ; the throat white, each feather with a dusky or red discal spot.
Hah. Guiana.
a. 1^ juv. sk. Cayenne. Gould Coll. (Type
of the species.)
b. S ad. ; c. S juv. sk. ; Cayenne. Gould Coll. d. $ ? sk.
e. $ ? sk. [Cayenne.] Salviu-Godmau Coll.
119. ATTHIS.
lype.
Trochllus S. Atthis, Rpich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 12 A. heloisie.
Atthis, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 89.
Ruii'je. Highlands of Southern Mexico and Guatemala.
Key 1o the Species.
a. Outermost primary attenuated towards the end .... hdnisee., p. 41 1. I). Guteniiost primary normal cllioti, p. 412.
1. Atthis heloisse.
Ornismya lieloisre, Less. ^ Delattre, Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 15. Trochllus b. Atthis heloisse, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id. Troch.
Enum. p. 10. pi. 835. ff. 4966-8. Selasphorus heloisa?, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 141 (Oct. 1854) ;
Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 298 ; id. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 38 J, 1864, p. 177 ;
Muls. cS- I'err. Class. Troch. p. 89 ; de Oca, La Nat. ii. p. 19, pi. — . TryphiEua hehiisae, B})- Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 257 ; Scl. P. Z. 8. 1858,
p. 297, 1859, p. 8G7. Atthis heloisse, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 89 ; A. Duges, La Nat. i.
p. 141 ; Villada, La Nat. ii. p. 357 ; Elliot, N. Am'.B. i. pi. 2i ; id.
iSi/n. Troch. p. 113; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Muuches, iv. p. 91; id,
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 227 ; Ridi/w. Pr. IT. S. S^t. Mus,
i. p. 10. Trochllus heloisa, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 145.
412
Adah male. Upper surface shining golden green : throat glit- tering piiri)le-red ; breast, middle of the abdomen, and under tail- coverta -white ; flanks pale cinnamon, many of the feathers with green discal spots : central rectrices like the back, lateral cinnamon at the base, white at the tip, and with a wide black subterminal band ; bill black. Total length about 2-lt inches, wing 1-4, tail U-U, bill O-oo.
Female. Duller on the crown : throat white, each feather with a shining golden-green discal spot.
Jlah. Southern Mexico.
a,b. cJad. ; f. c?juv. ; Mexico (i^/o/'es*)
d, e. 2 ad. sk. f, g. 5 ad. sk. ■/(. 5 ad. sk.
/, /. Ad. sk.
k, I. o ad. sk. m, n. iS ad. sk. o. (S ad. sk. p-r. S ad. ; s, t. $
ad. sk. II. 5 ad. sk.
V. $ ad. sk.
w. $ ad. sk.
X. (S ad. sk.
y. (S ad. ; s. $ ad. st.
Valley of Mexico.
Sierra de San Luis Potosi,
J uly ( W. B. Richardson ). Colre de Perote, July (J/.
Tnijillu). .Talapa (M. T.). .lalapa (f/e Oca). Jal.ipa {H(iye). Cuesta de Misautla, Jalapa,
June {M. '/'.). Calvillo, Aguas Calieutes,
July ( W. B. R.). Tepic, JaHsco, May ( W.
B. R). Chilpancingo, Guerrero,
:ivi\y [Mrs. H.H.Smith). Oaxaca {Fenochio). Mexico.
•J. Atthis ellioti.
Gould Coll.
Gould Coll. Salvin-Godniau Coll.
Salviu-Goduuui Coil.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.. Purchased.
114.
Similar to A. heloisce in all respects, except that the outermost primary is entire and not abruptly attenuated towards the end. Hab. Highlands of Guatemala.
a-d. (S ad. sk.
e-i. cJ ad. J. $ ad.
sk. k. S ad. sk.
I, m. <S ad. : n.
juv. ; o, p.
ad. sk. y, r. (^ ad, sk.
El Piincon, San Marcos, Gua- tenuda, Oct. ( IF. B. Rich- ardson).
Chuipacbe, Quezaltenango, Guatemala, Sept. ( W.B.R.).
Volcan de Santa Maria, near Quezaltenango, Aug. ( W. B. R.).
Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala (O. Sahin).
(valderas, V. de Fuego, Se]il. {O.S.).
Salviu-Godnuui Coll.
Salvin-Godmau Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salviii-Gndman (/nil
120. STELLULA. 413
s. c? ad. sk. Chilasco, Guatemala, Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll.
(O.S. S>-F.D. G.).
t. S ad. sk. Guatemala ( O. S.). Gould Coll.
u-w. S ad. sk. Guatemala {Skinner). Gould Coll.
.r. S ad. sk. Cobau, Guatemala. Sclater Coll.
120. STELLULA.
Type.
Stellula, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 90 S. calliope.
Zephvritis (Stellura), Muls. i<f Verr. Class. Troch. p. 88
(1865) S. calliope.
Stellm-a, Muls. Ann. Sue. Liim. Lyon, xxii. p. 227 (1875). S. calliope.
Range. California to Central ITexico.
1. Stellula calliope.
Trochilus (Calothorax) calliope, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 10. Calothorax calliope, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 85 ; id. Eev. Zool. 1854,
p. 257 ; Gould, Man. Troch. iii. pi. 142 (Sept. 1857) ; Xantus]
Pr. Ac. Phil. 1859, p. 190 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 135 ; de Oca,
La Nat. iii. p. 27. Lucifer 8. Calothorax calliope, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13. Stelhda calliope, Guidd, Infr. Troch. p. 90 ; Elliot, B. N. Am. i.
pi. 23; id. Syn. Troch. p. 115; Villada, La Nat. ii. p. 359;
Belding, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mm. i. p. 426. Zephyritis (Stellura) calliope, Muk. i^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 88. Stellura calliope, Mtils. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 87 ; id. Ann.
Soc. Linii. Lyon, xxii. p. 227. Trochilus calliope, Scott, Auk, iii. p. 431 ; Merrill, Auk, vi. p. 257.
Adult male. Upper surface shining golden green, duller on the crown ; under surface -vrhite, the feathers of the throat much elon- gated laterally and each ending with a glittering rosy-red oval spot, the white of the base of the feathers showing especially towards the chin ; flanks tinged with buff and washed with green ; central rectrices like the back, lateral dark without light tips, but narrowly edged with cinnamon towards the base ; bill black. Total length about 2-9 inches, wing 1-5, tail 0-9, bill 0-65.
Female. Throat white, each feather with a small golden-green discal spot ; flanks and under tail-coverts pale cinnamon ; lateral rectrices tipped with white.
Hab. Western North America and Central Mexico.
a. (S ad. sk. Fort Klamath, Oregon, May Salvin-Godman Coll.
{Capt. Bendire).
b. S ad. ; c. 5 ad. Rocky Mountains. J. K. Lord fP.l sk.
d. S ad. sk. Lat. 48° 40' N. — Vaux [P.].
e. S ad. sk. Cohuila Valley, Cal., April G. F. Morcom FP 1
{F. Stephens). '
f. d ad. sk. Oakland, Cal., Apiil ( W. E. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Bryant).
g. S ad. : h. $ ad. Honey Lake, Cal., June (//. Salvin-Godman Coll. sk. W. Henshaw).
414 TROCHILI.
i-t.(Sad.;u-z.S Santa F(5 Mts., N. Mexico Salvin-Godman Coll. juv.; «'-«?'. 9 ad.; {H. W. II.). e'. $ juv. sk. f,ff'. cjad. sk. Colton, Cal., April {F. Ste- Salvin-Godman Coll.
p/ie»s). h'. iS ad. sk. San Bernardino, Cal., June Salvin-Godman Coll.
{F. Stephens), i'. 2 ad. sk. White Mts., Arizona, Aug. Salvin-Godman Coll.
(H. TV. H.). ). (S ad. sk. Arizona (H. W. H). Salvin-Godman Coll.
'k'. $ ad. sk. Mexico {Fluresi). Gould Coll.
/'. c? ad. sk. Mexico. Salvin-(Todman Coll.
7n'-o'. c? ad. ; p'. Valley of Mexico. Gould Coll.
r? juv. sk. q'. (S' ad. sk. Valley of Mexico (Boucard). Sclater Coll.
r', s'. (S ad. sk. Ajusco, Valley of Mexico, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sept. (W. B. Richardson), t'. cT ad. sk. Amula, Guerrero, Aug. (Mrs. Salvin-Godman Coll.
H. H. Smith).
121. CH.ZETOCERCUS *.
Type.
Chsetocercus, Gray, Gen. ^ Subgen. B. p. 22 (1856) .... C. jourdani.
Omismya (Osalia), Mnls. t^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 92
(1865) C. jourdani.
Polyxemus, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 123
(1877) C. bombus.
Range. Venezuela, Trinidad, Ecuador, and Tucuman.
Key to the Species.
a. Second and third rectrices from the outside
longest, equal in width and subequal in length. a . Longest rectrices v^rith the basal portion of the inner web, including the shaft, cinnamon.
a". Throat glittering rosy-red rosa, p. 414.
b". Throat glittering violet-red jourdani, p. 415.
b'. Second rectrix black, third cinnamon on its
inner web for nearly its whole length burmeisteri, p. 415.
b. Second rectrix from the outside shorter than the
third and acute ; throat glittering rosy-red .... bombus, p. 416.
1. Chaetocercus rossB. Trochilus rosse, Bourc. ^ Muls. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, ix. p. 316
(1846). Mellisuga rospe. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113. Lucifer 8. Calothorax rosffi, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13. Calothorax roste, Bp. Rev. Zool 1854, p. 257 ; Gould, Mon. Troch.
iii. pi. 149 (Sept. 1857) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 145. Chfetocercus rosse. Cab. ^ Seine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 60 ; Gould, Intr.
Troch. p. 92 ; Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 629, 1875, p. 235 ;
Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 127, pi. 112 ; id. Ann. Soc.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 228 ; Flliot, Syn. Troch. p. 121. Omismya (Osalia) rosse, Muls. Sr Verr. Class. Troch. p. 92.
* I do not know the bird from Ecuador described (Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1889, p. 230) by M. Simon as : — Ch.etocercus nEULEi'Scmi.
121. CHJ.TOCERCUS. 415
Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy green ; throat glit^ tering rosy red ; breast white; abdomen and under tail-coverts shining green ; four median rectrices like the back, the two next on either side purple-black, the basal portion of the inner web in- cluding the shaft cinnamon ; outermost rectrix short, acute, and purple-black ; bill black. Total length about 2"8 inches, wing 1-35 ; tail, central rectrices 0'4, longest 0"9 ; bill 0-6.
Female. Under surface cinnamon, paler in the middle of the abdomen ; a dark spot below the eye ; fianks shining green ; lateral rectrices cinnamon, with a wide subterminal black baud.
Hah. Venezuela.
a. (^ ad. sk. Sierra Nevada, Merida, Vene- Salvin-Godman Coll.
zuela (Goering). h. (S ad. ; c. 2 ad. Venezuela (Spence). Sclater Coll.
sk. d. (J ad. ; e. (^ Venezuela (Salle). Salvin-Godman Coll.
juv. sk. /. c? ad. ; ff. 2 ad. Venezuela. E. Dyson [C.].
sk. h-k. cj ad. ; I. <S [Venezuela.] Salvin-Godman &
juv. ; m, n. $ Gould Colls.
ad. .sk. o. (5 ad. ; p. 5 ad. Venezuela. E. Dyson [C.].
St.
2. Chsetocercus jourdani.
Omismva jourdaui, Boiirc. Rev. Zool. 18;39, p. 295 ; id. Ann. Sc.
Phys. et 'Nat. Lyon, ix. p. 227, pis. 5, 6 (1846). Mellisuga jourdani, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113. Calotliorax jourdaui, Bj3. Consp. Ai\ i. p. 85 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 257 ; Gould, Mon. Troc/i. iii. pi. 150 (May 1861). Lucifer S. Calothorax joui-dani, Reich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 13. Chsetocercus jourdani, Gray., List Gen. B. (1855) p. 22; Goidd,
Intr. Troch.ip. 92; Mtils. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 125; id.
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 228 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 121. Ornismya (Osalia) jourdani, Muh. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 92. Trochilus jourdani, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 145.
Similar to C. roscr in all respects, but with the throat glittering violet-red instead of rosy red. Hah. Trinidad I.
a-f. (S ad. ; g. S juv. ; h. [Trinidad.] Salvin-Godman & Gould
? ad. sk. Colls.
3. Chaetocercus bnrmeisteri.
Chaetocercus burmeisteri, Scl. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 638 ; Scl. ^ Hudson, Arg. Orn, ii. p. 2, pi. 11 ; Bttrm. Ibis, 1890, p. 384.
Allied to C. rose and C. jourdani, but with the tail differently coloured, the second rectrix from oiitside being wholly black and the next one cinnamon over nearly the whole of the inner web.
Dr. Burmeister, in his description, says that the type has only
416 TRocniLi.
eight rectrices ; I think he nuist have overlooked the outermost, which ill this fjcniis is small and acute.
The tail, if the outermost rectrix is present, is similar in form to that of C. rosd', the second and third rectrices being equal and longest, neither of them tapering to a point. In G. bombus the second rectrix is shorter than the third and tapers to a point.
Only known from a young male specimen now in the Museum at Buenos A}-res.
Hab. Tucuman.
4. Chsetocercus bombus.
ChaJtocercus bombus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 80.3, 804 ; Muls.
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 228 ; Elliot, Si/n. Track, p. 122 ;
Tacz. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 237, 1880, p. 206, 1882, p. 3o ; id. Orn. Per.
i. p. 309 ; Berl. ^ Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 568, 1884, p. 306, 1885,
p. 102. Polyxemus bombus, 3£uls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 123, pi. 111.
Adult male. Upper surface shining green ; throat glittering rosy red, the same colour as that of C. rosce ; breast buff : middle of the abdomen greyish ; flanks shining green ; under tail-coverts green, edo-ed with white ; tail purple-black, including the four central feathers, the edge of the inner web of the third rectrix from the outside buff for half its length ; outermost and next rectrices acute, the tip of the latter falling between that of the former and the third or longest feather : bill black. Total length about 2-6 inches, wing 1 ; tail, central rectrices 0-35, longest 0-2 ; bill 0-6.
Female. Upper surface shining golden green, duller on the head; under surface cinnamon, paler on the sides of the neck and the middle of the abdomen ; a dusky spot below the eye ; tail cinna- mon ; a wide subterminal purple-black band.
Hah. Ecuador.
a-c. S ad. ; d, e. Citado, Ecuador {Buckley). Gould Coll. (Types
9ad.sk. of the species.)
/", ff. cJ ad. sk. Balsa, Ecuador (i>!«A-/ei!/). Salvin-Godman Coll.
h. (5'ad. ; 4. djuv. ; Jima, Ecuador (i?i<e/^/e?/). Salvin-Godman Coll. /, k. 2 ad. sk.
I. 2 ad. sk. Balzar Mts., Ecuador (lUing- Salvin-Godman Coll. worth) .
m S ad. sk. Tambillo, Peru [Stolzmann). Sclater Coll,
n. S ad.; 0. $ ad. ? Gould CoU.
sk.
p. S juv. sk. Peru ? Salvin-Godman Coll.
122. MYRTIS. „
Type.
Lucifer ^. Myrtis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. y>- IS M. fanny.
Myrtis, Cab. Sr Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 59 M. faimy.
Zephyi-itis (Kyitis), Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 87
(1865) M. yan-elli.
Eudosia, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Li/on, xxii. p. 228 (1875) M. yarrelli.
Euclidia, Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 114 (1877) M. yarrelli. Ranrje. Western Ecuador and Western Peru.
122. MYRTIS. 411
Keij to the Species.
a. Throat glittering caeriileau blue, bordered beneath by violet ; four lateral rectrices on either side equal in width and length fanny, p. 417.
h. Throat glittering violet-red ; three lateral rectrices on either side equal in length, very naiTow and acute yarrelli, p. 418.
1. Myrtis fanny.
Ornismya fanny, Less. Ann. Sc. Nat. (2) ix. p. 170 (1838) ; id. Bee.
Zool. 1838, p. 314. Trochilus labrador, Bourc. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, ii. p. 389,
pi. 8 (1839) ; Delattre, Bev. Zool. 1846, p. 311. Lucifer /3. Myrtis fanny, Beich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 13. Lucifer /3. Myrtis labrador, Beich. Troch. Enum. p. 10, pi. 844. ff.
4992-5. Lucifer labrador, Bp. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 257. Calothorax fanny, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 151 (Sept. 1856) ; Gray,
Iland-l. B. i. p. 135. Calothorax fannije, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 459. Myrtis fanny. Cab. 8) Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 59 ; Gould, Intr.
Troch. p. 93 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 33 ; id. Ann.
Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 226 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 127 ; Tacz.
P. Z. S. 1879, p. 238, 1880, p. 206, 1882, p. 35 ; id. Orn. Per. i,
p. 312 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 425 ; Berl. ^ Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 306. Mvrtis fannias, Goidd, Intr. Troch. p. 93. Thaumastura fraucescffi, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 299 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1869,
p. 146, 1871, p. 498. Zephvi-itis (Myitis) fannyse, Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 89. Myrtis francesc£e, Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 987, 1868, p. 569.
Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy green, duller on the crown, lighter on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; throat glittering caeruleau blue, bordered below by violet ; breast, middle of the abdomen, and under taU-coverts white, flanks washed with shining green ; four outer rectrices on either side purple-black, the inner- most tinged with green on the upper surface ; bill black. Total length about 3-5 inches, wing 1*5, tail 1"2, bill 0-8.
Female. Upper surface shining olive-green, duller on the crown ; under surface cinnamon, paler on the throat, white on the middle of the abdomen ; central rectrices coloured like the back ; lateral cinnamon at the base, broadly tipped with white, and with a wide black subterminal band.
Hah. Western Ecuador and Peru.
a. S ^^- j ^- ? Monji, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk.
c. S ad. sk. Intac, Ecua-doT (Bzickley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
d, e. (5 ad. ; /, y. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll. 6 juv. ; h, i.
2 ad. sk. }'. Ad. sk. Puellaro, Ecuador (Eraser). Sclater Coll.
VOL. XVI. 2 £
418 TROCHILI.
1\, I. S ad. : m. S Ecuador. Salviii-Godman Coll.
iuv.; 11. 2 fid.
"sk.
0. $ ad. sk. Ectiador. Tj. Fraser [C].
p, q. Juv. sk. Lima, Peru (Nation). Sclater Coll.
r. (^ juv. sk. Lima (A. 11. Markhani). Sahin-GodmanCoU.
s-u, (S ad. ; v, ic. Islav, Peru, Jan., Aug-., Oct. Salvin-Godman &
2 ad. sk. (H. Wkilehj). Gould Colls.
.V. (J ad. sk. Peru ( Warszeiciez). Gould Coll.
!/. $ ad. skeleton. Gould Coll.
2. Myrtis yarrelli.
Trochilus yan-elli, Bourc. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 45.
Calothoi-ax yarrelli, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 152 (May 18-52).
Lucifer 5. Calo thorax yarrelli, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13; id. Troeh.
Enum. p. 10, pi. 850. ff. 5014-6. Tryphpena yarrelli, Bp. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 257. Myrtis yan-elli, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 93; Gray, Hand-l. B. i.
p. 136 ; mutely, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 187 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 137 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 311. Eulidia yarrelli, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouehes, iv. p. 115 ; id. Ann.
Soc. Linn. Byon, xxii. p. 228.
Adult male. Upper surface shiniug olive-green ; thi'oat glittering violet-red ; rest of the under surface -white, flanks faintly tinged with green ; short central rectrices and the next pair coloured like the back, the three lateral rectrices on cither side uniform blackish brown ; bill black. Total length about 3-1 inches, wing 1-2, tail 1-2, bill 0-55.
Female. Upper surface shining golden green, duller on the crown ; under surface white, slightly tinged with buff on the sides of the neck, flanks, and upper tail-coverts ; central rectrices coloured like the back ; lateral buff at the base, broadly tipped with white, and with a wide subterminal black band.
Hah. South-western Peru and Western Bolivia.
a. cf ad. ; h. $ ad. sk. Arica, Peru. Gould Coll.
c. S ad. ; d. 9 ad. sk. [Peru.] Gould Coll.
123. THAUMASTURA.
Type.
Thaumastura, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. b5 (1850) T. cora.
Heliactin (Thaumastura), Muls. 8f Verr. Class. Troch.
p. 91 (1805) T. cora.
Range. Western Peru.
1. Thaumastura cora.
Ornismya cora, Less. ^ Gam. Voy. Coq. pi. 13. f, 4 ; Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Muuches, pp. xxi, 53, pi. 6 ; id. Hist. Nat. Troch. pp. 109, 111, pis. 39, 40 ; d'Orb. ^ Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 31.
Trochilus cora. Less. hid. Gen. Troch. p. xxxii.
Trochilus (Phaetornis) cora, Tsch. Faun. Per. p. 245.
Thauma.stura cora, Bp. Consj}, Av. i. p. 85; id. Bev. Zool. 18.54,
124. LOPHORNIS. 419
p. 257; Dfis Murs in Cast. Voy. i. p. 41 ; Goidd, Mon. Troch. iii,
pi. 153 (Mav 1857) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 93 ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mus.
Hein. iii. p. 58 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 299 ; Scl. Sf Sain. P. Z. S.
1867, p. 987, 1868, pp. 668, 569; Nation, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 498;
Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 543, 1880, p. 306 ; id. Oni. Per. i. p. 314 ;
M%ds. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 8, pi. 100; id. Ann. Soc.
Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 225; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 123 ; Salv. P. Z. S.
1883, p. 425. Lucifer y. Thaumastura cora, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13 ; id. Troch.
Enum. p. 10, pi. 846. ff. 4999-5000. Heliactin (Thaumastura) cora, Mills. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 91. Calothorax cora, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 135.
Adult male. Upper surface shining green ; throat glittering rosy red in the middle, and shading into casrulean blue towards the sides ; rest of the under surface white, flanks tinged with shining green ; central rectrices very short, white, dusky on the outer web ; the next pair very long, white on the inner web, and shaft blackish on the outer web and the whole of the tip ; the remaining lateral rectrices gradually shorter towards the outside, blackish, with a white margin to the inner web ; bill black. Total length about 6-5 inches, wing 1-5 ; tail, central rectrices 0-55, next pair 4-5, outermost pair 1 ; bill 0'7.
Female. Under surface white, throat and flanks tinged with buff ; tail cuneate ; central rectrices coloured like the back, lateral white at the base and at the tip, with a wide subterminal black band.
Hah. Western Peru.
a. 2 ad. sk. Lima, Peru (Nation). Sclater Coll.
b. cj juv. sk. Lima (A. H. Markham). Salvin-Godman Coll. ('-ff- <S juv. ; h. Valley of the Rimac, Peru Salvin-Godman Coll.
2 ad. sk. {A. H. Markham).
i. 2 ad. sk. Peru ( Warszewiez). Gould Coll.
j-u. c? ad. ; V, w. Arequipa, Peru, Feb. to June Salvin-Godman,
2 ad. sk. ( W. Whitely). Tweeddale, &
Gould CoUs, X. (S ad. St. Purchased.
124. LOPHORNIS.* ^^^^
Lophornis, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, p. xxxvii
(1829) L. ornatus.
Bellatrix, Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 545 L. ornatus.
Lophorinus, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 257 L. delattrii.
Polemistria, Cab. ^ Heine, Mas. Hein. iii. p. 63 ... . L. verreauxi.
Telamon, Muls. S)- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 75 (1865). . L. delattrii.
Paphosia, Muls. Sr Verr. Class. Troch. p. 75 (1865) . . L. helenje. Dialia, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii, p. 223
(1875) _ L. adorabilis.
Idas, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 223 . , . , L. macnificus.
Aurinia, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 223 . . L. verreauxi.
JRange. Southern Mexico, southwards to Bolivia and South- eastern Brazil.
* I do not know the species from Colombia described bj' M. Simon (Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. XV. p. 17) as :— Lophornis insignibarbis.
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420
Key to the Species,
Throat and chin rrlittering green. a . Abdomen grey, washed with green.
a". Lateral cervical feathers much elongated; no pectoral spot of white feathers. a!" . Lateral cervical feathers not dilated at the tips, terminating with glittering green round spots. a*. Lateral cervical feathers cinnamon . . ornatus, p. 420.
i*. Lateral cervical feathers white goulcli, p. 421.
h'" . Lateral cervical feathers dilated at the tips and terminating with transverse
glittering green spots magnificus, p. 422.
b". Lateral cervical feathers not elongated ; a
pectoral spot of narrow white feathers.
c . Crest-feathers narrow at the tips, and
only the longest tipped with golden
green.
c*. Ends of the longest crest-feathers
slightly spatuled, and spots larger . . regulus, p. 423. d*. Ends of the crest-feathers pointed;
spots evanescent delattrii, p. 423.
d''' . Crest-feathers wider, all tipped with
large purple-black spots stictolophus, p. 424.
b' . Abdomen white, spangled with golden spots . helence^ p. 425.
c' . Abdomen cinnamon adorabilis, p. 425.
Throat and chin not ornamented with glittering
feathers. d'. Elongated lateral cervical feathers narrow, tipped with white.
e". Breast greyish ; no occipital crest chalybeus, p. 426.
d" . Breast black ; a short occipital crest .... verreauxi, p. 427. e'. Elongated lateral cervical feathers wide, with
a subtemiinal black spot ; no occipital crest, pavoninus, p. 427,
1. Lophornis ornatus.
Oiseau-Mouche, dit Hupe-col de Cayenne, d'Auh. PI. Enl. 640.
f. 3. Trochilus ornatus, Bodd. Tahl. PL Enl. p. 39 ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i.
p. 497; Lath. Bid. Orn. p. 318; Aud. ^ Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p. 113,
pis. 49-51 ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 364 ; id. Etic. Meth.
p. 565 ; Less. Lnd. Gen. Troch. pi. xli ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i.
p. 146. Ornismya omata, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-MoucJies, pp. xl, 139, pi. 41 ;
id. Hist. Nat. Troch. p. 77, pi. 24; id. Traite d'Orn. p. 285. Lophomis auratus, Bj). Consp. Av. i. p. 83 ; Des Murs in Cast. Voy.
i.p. 41. Lophornis ornatus, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id. Troch. JEnum.
p. 9, pi. 811. ff. 4889-91 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 257 ; Gould,
Men. Troch. iii. pi. 117 (Sept. 1855) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 82; Cab.
^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 62 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 295 ; E. C.
Taylor, Ibis, 1863, p. 91 ; Muls. Si' Verr. Class. Troch. p. 76 ;
Mvls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 215, iv. p. 219 ; id. Ann.
124. LOPHOEXIS, 421
Soc. Linn. Zj/oh, xxii. p. 223 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 134; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 363 ; id. Ibis, 1885, p. 433. Mellisuga ornata, Leot. Ois. Trin. p. 148 (1866).
Adult male. Upper surface shining golden green ; a transverse band across the rump bufFy white ; upper tail-coverts purple- bronze ; crest elongated, dark cinnamon ; forehead, lores, and throat glittering green, the latter bordered with cinnamon ; lateral cervical feathers much elongated, graduated, cinnamon, each tipped with a round glittering-green spot ; abdomen grey ; the breast, flanks, and under tail-coverts shining green, each feather of the latter with a pale cinnamon edge ; tail cinnamon, the central rectrices widely, the rest more narrowly edged with golden green on the outer web ; bill flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 2-8 inches, wing 1-6, tail 0*95, biU 0-5.
Female. Upper surface shining golden green, rather darker on the crown ; rump and upper tail-coverts like tliose of the male ; throat and under tail-coverts cinnamon ; breast greyish white ; abdomen shining green, the middle grey ; central rectrices shining green, tipped with cinnamon, and with a subterminal purple-black band ; remainder cinnamon, greenish on the middle, and with a dark subterminal band.
Young birds in first complete plumage have a whitish throat, each feather bearing a dusky discal spot. In the females these are followed by cinnamon feathers.
Hah. Trinidad, Venezuela, and Guiana.
a-d. S ad. ; e. 5 (Trinidad skins.) Salvin-Godman &
ad. sk. Gould Colls.
/. (3" ad.; ^. 5 Carimang R., Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll,
&A.;h,i.2 Feb., July to Oct. {H.
juv. sk. Jlliitely).
j. S ad. ;^. 2 Eorainia, Feb., July (^. W.). Salvin-Godman. ColL
juv. sk.
I. 2 juv. sk. (Cayenne skin.) Gould Coll.
m. S 5id. sk. " Amazon Valley." GoiUd Coll.
n. (S ^d. st. Purchased.
2. Lophornis gouldi.
Ornismya goiildi, Less. Hist. Nat. Troch. p. 103, pi. 36. Trochilus gouldi. Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xli. Lophornis reginte, Schreibers, Collect. Faun. Bras. pi. 1. Lophornis gouldi, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 83 ; id. Ltev. Zool. 1854,
p. 257; Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 118 (Sept. 1855); id. Lntr.
Troch. p. 83; 3hils. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 76; Salv. ^ Elliot,
Ibis, 1873, p. 278 ; Mzds. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 218; id.
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 223; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 134. Bellatrix gouldi, Reich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id. Troch. Ennm. p. 9,
pi. 813. f. 41)01. Bellatrix regiiiaj, Reich. Troch. Enuni. p. 9, pi. 813. ff. 4899-900.
Adult nude. Similar to that of L. ornatus, but with the elongated lateral cervical feathers white instead of cinnamon, but tipped in
422 TROCiiii.t.
the same way with round glittering green spots, the feathers being hardly, if at all, widened at the tip ; the bases of the gular feathers are also white, not cinnamon as in both L. omatxs and L. mafjiii- Jicus.
Hah. Lower Amazons Valley.
a. S ad. ; h. $ ad. ; Para {Hau.vxveU). Gould Coll.
c. $ juv. sk.
d. S ad.sk. [Probably Para (Hat<.i«W/).] Salvin-Godman Coll.
c. (5 ad. sk. ^N. Brazil.] Salvin-Godmau Coll.
f-h. (S ad. ; i. $ [Amazons.] Gould Coll.
ad. sk.
3. Lophornis magnificus.
Trocliilus magnificus, Vieill. Ois. Bar. i. pi. 8 ; id. N. Diet, d'llist N.
vii. p. .367, xxiii. p. 428, pi. G. 36. f. 3; id. Enc. Meth. p. So'J;
Temm. PL Col. 229. f. 2 ; Wied, Beitr. iv. p. 79 ; Gray, Hund-l.
B. i. p. 147. Colibris helios, Sjnx, Ar. Bras. i. p. 81, pi. 82. f. 2. Trochilus decorus, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 14. Ornismya strumaria, Less. Hist. Wat. Ois.-Monches, pp. xl, 143,
pis. 42, 43. Trochilus strumaria, Less. Ivd. Gen. Troch. p. xli. Lophornis strumaria. Less. Traife d'Orn. p. 285. Ornismya magnifica. Less. Ma??. Orn. ii. p. 80. Lophornis magnificus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 83; id. JRev. Zool. 1854,
p. 257; Gould, Mon. TrocL iii. pi. 119 (Sept. 1855); id. Litr.
Troch. p. 83 ; Des Murs in Cast. Voy. i. p. 41 ; Bunn. Syst. Ueb.
ii. p. 353 ; Cah. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 62 ; Svl. Cat. Am. B.
p. 295 ; Muls. S^- Terr. Class. Troch. p. 76 ; Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 22 ;
Reinh. Vidensk. Medd. Nat. For. Ejob. p. 1 10 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 1.35. Bellatrix magnifica, Beich. Avfz. d. Col. p. 12; id. Troch. Enum.
p. 9, pi. 813. ff. 4897-8. Idas magnificus, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 211, pi. 92 ;
id. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 223.
Adult male. Similar to that of L. f/oiddi, but with the white elongated lateral cervical feathers expanded towards the end, Avhere they are edged rather than spotted with glittering green ; the shortest of these lateral feathers, as well as the bases of those of the glittering throat, are cinnamon as in L. ornatus, whereas in L. goiddi they are all white at the base.
JIah. South-eastern Brazil.
a, b S ad. ; c. Novo Fribourgo, Eio ( Yotids). Salvin-Godman Coll.
Jut. sk. d~h. c? ad. ; i-l. Brazil. Gould Coll.
Juv. ; m. 2 ad.
sk. n. y ad. sk. Chapada, Matto Grosso, Oct. Salvin-Godman Coll.
(H H Sinith). 0. S ad. ; p. $ Purchased.
ad. St.
124. LOPHORNIS.
423
4. Lophornis regulus. Trocliilus regulus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 89 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i.
Lophornis regulus, Bp. Comp. Av. i. 84 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 120 (Sept. I80.I) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 83 ; Elhut, Syn. Troch. p. 133 ; Sd. S> Sah. P. Z. S. 1879, p. G28. Lophornis lophotes, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 83.
Telauion regulus, Muls. Sj- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 75 ; Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois.-Mouches, iii. pi. 90. f. 1 ; id. Ann. Soo. Linn. Lyon, xxii.
p. 222.
Adidt male. Similar to that of L. ornatiis on the upper surface,
abdomen, and tail ; crest much elongated, the longest feathers only
slightly spatuled and tipped with small greenish-black spots ; the
lateral cervical feathers are cinnamon at the base and tipped with
glittering green ; and beneath the green throat is a patch of narrow
elongated white feathers ; the bases of the gular feathers are buff.
Female. Abdomen cinnamon rather than grey ; the forehead and half the crown cinnamon.
The type of Gould's L. lophotes has a rather fuller crest than usual in L. regulus, and the terminal spots are rather larger, but the difference can hardly be considered specific. Eah. Peru and Bolivia.
a. cJad.sk. Peru. , Gould Coll.
{Tyyte oi L. lophotes.) A. J ad.; c. c? Tilotolo, Bolivia, (Bueldey). Salvin-Godman Coll..
juv. ; d. 2 ad.
e-g- 6 ad. ; h, i. 6 Bolivia (Buckley). Gould Coll.
juv. ;i. 2 ad.
sk
k. d ad. sk. Bolivia [Bridges ?).. Gould Coll.
i-«.c? ad.:o.2 [Bolivia.] if °'^l'i 9°!^- . ,
ad.sk. ' ^ (Types of the species.)!
5. Lophornis delattrii.
Ornismya (Lophornis) delattrii, Less. Iter. Zool. 1839, p. 19: _
Lophornis delattrii, J?«/cA. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12; Bp. Consp. Av 1.
p 83; id. Rev. Zool. 1864, p. 257 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. m. pi. 121
(Sept. 1801); id. Intr. Troch. p. 84; Lawr. Ann. Li/c. N.Y.jn.
p. 465; SeL^ Salv. P Z S. 16G-L, p. 365; Salv. P. Z S. 18/0,.
p 207; 1:1 Hot, S>/n. Troch. p. 133; Tacz. Orn. Per. 1. p. 299;
^erZ. /./. Ora. 1887, p. 329. ^. ,r , tt- *
Telamon delattrii, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. ^-Jp; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 199 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxu.
p. 222. Trochilus delattrii, Gray, Hand-l. B. 1. p. 146.
Adult male. Very similar to that of L. regulus, but the points of the crest-feathers are more acute and the terminal spots in some specimens are almost in others quite obsolete.
Female. Like that sex of L. regulus, but with a large black ])ectoral patch.
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This species is doubtfully distinct from f^. rer/uhis, but if the adult females can be separated by the presence in L. delattrii of a dark pectoral spot, their distinctness is more assured. I am not certain, however, if this character can be depended upon.
Hah. Panama and Colombia.
a, b. (5' ad. sk.
o-/. J ad. ; (/. (S
juv. sk. h. 2 ad. sk. i. c? ad. ; ./. 5
ad. sk. h. $ ad. sk. l. cS ad. sk. VI. (J ad.; n. J
ad. sk. o-r. (S ad. ; s. (S
juv. ; t, n. $
ad. sk.
Laguna del Castillo, Panama
(A7-ce). Castillo, Panama (Arce).
Chitra, Panama (Arce). Lion Hill, Panama (McLean- nan). Panama (Afce). Panama (Boticard). Chepo, Panama (Arce).
Colombia (Bogota make).
Salvin-Godman &
Sclater Colls. Salvin-Godman &
Gould Colls. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman CoU.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman CoU.
Salvin-Godman Gonid Colls.
&
U. Lophornis stictolophus.
Lophorais regina?. Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 05 (nee Schreibers) ; id.
Mon. TrocJi. iii. pi. 122 (Sept. 1855); id. Intr. Troch. p. 84; Bj^
Consp.Ar.i.-^.Q^: id. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 257; Muk. Sf Vti-r.
Class. Troch. p. 75 : Set. Sf Sniv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 629 ; Pelz. Orn.
Bras. p. 32. Bellatrix regina, Beich. Aiifz. d. CoL p. 12. Trocbilns rt giuse, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 147. Lophorais stictolophus, Kulr. ^- Elliot, Ibis, 1^75, p. 280; Bllioi,
Syn. Troch. p. 183 ; Bert. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 329. Telamon strictolophus, Muh. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Movches. iii. p. 20],
pi. 90. f. 2, iv. p. 219.
Adult male. Similar to those of L. delattrii and L. regidus, but with the feathers of the crest much wider, the terminal spots larger and distributed over tho feathers of the -whole crest instead of only the longest.
The female has a good deal of black on the throat, but I am not sure that I can always distinguish the females of L. stictolophus and L. delattrii, both birds being found in the same or neighbouring districts.
Hah. Venezuela and Colombia.
a. S ad. ; h. J
ad. sk. c. cJ ad. sk. d-l. S ad. ; m.
cJ juv. ; n,o.
$ ad. sk.
Saj Esteban, Venezuela
(Ilnnhe). Colombia (L. de Geofroy). Colombia (Bogota make).
Sclater Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman & Gould Colls.
124. LopnoRNis. 425
7. Lophornis helense.
Omismva helenae, Delattre, Echo du Monde Sav. 1843, p. 1068 ; id.
Rev. 'Zool. 184;3, p. 1:J.3. Lophornis helenaj, Bp. Consp. Ai\ i. p. 83; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 257 ; Reich. Anfz. d. Cut. p. 12 ; id. Troch. Enujn. p. 9, pi. 811.
f. 4SU2; Gould, Hon. Troch. iii. pi. 123 (Sept. 1855); id. Ititr.
Troch. Y). 84; ,Scl. ^- Scdv. Ibis, 1859, p. 1-30; Salv. Ibis, 1860,
pp. 194, 196, 267; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 295; de Oca, La Nat. iii.
p. 300, pi. — ; Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 135. Papbosia helense, Mnls. i^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 75 ; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 205, pi. 91. f. 2; id. Ann. Soc. Linn.
Lyon, xxii. p. 222; Boucard. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 70. Trochilus helenae, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 14G.
Adult male. Upper surface shining golden hronze ; the rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail like the other species of this group ; crown dark glittering green, the feathers of its sides much elon- gated, tapering rather abruptlj-, and ending in long narrow black plumes ; throat glittering green, rounded below, and bordered by black feathers reflecting dark purple in certain incidence of light ; some of the lateral feathers of this black band are elongated and cin- namon on their inner webs ; below the black is a dark shiniiig golden band ; abdomen white, spangled with golden spots ; under tail-coverts cinnamon ; bill flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 3 inches, wing 1-6, tail 1, bill 0-6.
Female. Crown shining golden bronze, darker than the back and without elongated lateral feathers ; throat buflf'y white, each feather with a dark golden discal spot ; a large black spot below the eye.
Hab. Southern Mexico, Guatemala and Costa llica.
a~d. (^ ad. : e. cT Coban, Guatemala, Nov. (O. »S'.). Salvin-Godman &
juv. : f. 2 ^*1- Sclater Colls.
■sk.
V. c? ad. sk. Chisec, Guatemala (O. S. ^- Tweeddale Coll.
F. D. G.).
h-k. c^ ai.; I, m. Guatemala. Salvin-Godman &
c? juv. sk. Gould Colls.
n. cj'juv. sk. Turrialba, Costa Eica (^?re). Salvin-Godman Coll.
o. Jad. ;;j. Juv. Tucurriqui, Costa Rica (^rce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
sk.
q-s. Juv. sk. Costa Rica {Endres). Gould Coll.
t. S ad. ; u. S Costa Rica. Salvin-Godman &
juv. ; V. 5 Gould Colls.
ad. sk.
8. Lophornis adorabilis.
Lophornis adorabilis, Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 207; Elliot, Syn. Troch.
p. 135 ; Gould, Man. Troch., Suppl. pi. 35 (Aug. 1880). Dialia adorabilis, Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 208, pi. 91,
f. 1 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 223.
Adult male. LTpper surface, rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail as in the rest of the species of this group ; middle of the crown pure
■426 TRocnir.i.
white, the lateral feathers elongated and acute, drawn together posteriorly ; forehead and sides of the head glittering dark ruby-red, the bases' of the feathers of the former white ; throat glittering green, the bases of the feathers white, the lateral feathers much elongated and pointed ; a large white pectoral patch ; abdomen and under tail-covcrts cinnamon ; bill flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length about 2-8 inches, wing 1-5, tail 1, bill 0-5.
Female. Crown and a patch below the eye bronzy black ; throat white, each feather with a shining bronze discal spot ; lateral rec- trices cinnamon, with a wide subterminal black band.
Hab. Costa Rica and Chiriqui.
a. (S ad. ; b. 5 Bugaba, Volcan de Cluriqui Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad.sk. (Arce). (Types of the species.)
c. c? ad. sk. Chiriqui (^Ai-ce). Gould Coll.
d. cJ ad. sk. Bibalaz, Chiriqui (Arce). Gould Coll.
9. Lophornis chalybseus.
Trochilus chalvbffius, Jleill. Eiic. Meth. p. 574 ; Temm. PL Col. 06.
f. 2 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 147. Colibri mystax, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 82, pi. 82. f. 3. Trochilus festivus, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 14.
Oniismya vieilloti, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. ixi, 186, pi. 64. Trocliilus vieilloti, Less. Lid. Gen. Troch. p. xlii. (Jrnisniya audeneti, Less. iSiqipl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 102, pi. 2. Trochilus audeueti, Less. Lnd. Gen. Troch. p. xlii. Lophornis chalybeeus, Bji. Consp. Av. i. p. 84 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col.
p. 12; id. Troch. Ermni. p. 9, pi. 812. ff. 4893-5 ; Gould, Mon. Troch.
iii. pi. 124 (Mav 1852) ; Sd. Cat. Avi. B. p. 296 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras.
p. 32; Berl. J."/. Orn. 1873, p. 275; Elliot, St/n. Trash, p. 136. Lophornis audeueti, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 84. Bellatrix chalybajus, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 257. Lophornis festivus, Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 354. Polemistria chalybtea, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Heiu. iii. p. 63 ; Gould,.
Intr. Troch. p. 85 ; Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 79 ; Hamilton,
Ibis, 1871, p. 307 ; Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 223. Polemistria vieilloti, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 229.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green ; band across the rump pale buff; upper tail-coverts shining purple ; forehead and a line passing under the eye glittering green, the latter edged below with black ; throat shining green, the lateral feathers elongated and tipped with white ; breast greyish white, middle of the abdomen darker, flanks and under tail-coverts washed with green ; tail purple-bronze ; bill black. Total length about 3 inches, wing 1-55^ tail 1-1, bill 0-6.
Female. Throat dusky, edged with whitish; base of the rectrices grey, the lateral rectrices tipped with buff, aud with a wide bronze- purple subterminal band.
Hah. Southern Brazil.
a. (S ad. ; b. cJ .juv. sk. Brazil (N'aftcrer). Salvin-Godman Coll.
r-f. S ad- ; ff-i- 2 ad. sk. Brazil. Gould Coll.
124. LOPHORNIS. 427
lu. Lophomis verreauxi.
Trochilus verreauxi, Bourc. Rev. Zool. 1853, p. 193 ; Gray, Hand-l.
n. i. p. 147. _
Lopliornis verreauxi, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12; id. Tmch. Etmm.
p. U, pi. 812. f. 489G; Gould, Man. Troch. iii. pi. 125 (Sept. 1860) ;
Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 136; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 300; Berl. J.f.
Or,,. 1887, p. 329. Bellatrix verreauxi, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 257. Polemistria verreauxi, Cah. Sj- Heine, At us. Hein. iii. p. 63 ; Gould,
Iiitr. Troch. p. 85 ; Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 76 ; Scl. Sr Salv.
P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 753, 979, 1873, p. 288 ; AIuls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-
Mouches, iii. p. 221, pi. 93. Aurinia verreauxi, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 223.
Achdt male. Similar to that of L. chah/b(nis as regards the color- ation of the upper surface, forehead, and the elongated lateral gular feathers : the middle of the throat is darker, washed with green ; the breast and middle of the abdomen black, and there is a short occipital crest.
Female resembles that sex of the allied species, but the whole of the under surface is much blacker.
Hab. Upper Amazons Valley to the Andes of Colombia.
a-c. d'ad. ; d. $ Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman &
ad. ; e. $ juv. Gould Colls.
sk.
/. cJ ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll.
y. Juv. sk. Peruvian Amazons. E. Bartlett [P.].
h. c? ad. ; i. $ Iquitos, Amazons, May (H. Gould Coll.
ad. sk. Whitely).
j, k. (S ad. ; I. Pebas, Amazons, Feb., June, Salvin-Godman &
(S ]ny.; in-p. July {J. Hau:cwell). Gould Colls.
5 ad. sk.
11. Lophomis pavoninus.
Lophornis pavoninus, Salt: 4" Godm. Ibis, 1882, p. 81 ; Whitely, Ibis, 1884, p. 357; Sharpe in Gould's Mon. Troch., Suppl. pi. 36 (Mar. 1887).
Polemistria pavonina, Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 433 ; d'Hamonv. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. xi. p. 317 (1886).
Adult male. Upper surface shining green, band across the rump narrow, huffy white ; upper tail-coverts purjile-bronze ; crown glittering green, with a central line black ; throat black, lateral feathers elongated, broad, shining green, each with a round discal black spot near the end, the uppermost of these feathers are chestnut towards the base, with a subbasal quadrate white spot ; breast and abdomen green, the feathers of the flanks edged with black ; lower abdomen and under tail-coverts greenish black ; tail shiuiug bronzy green ; biU black. Total length about 3-5 inches, wing 1-8, tail 1-2, bill 0-6.
Female. Crown dark shining green, the feathers edged with black ; throat bufl'y white, each feather edged laterally with black ; middle of the abdomen greyish ; flanks washed with green ; central rcctrices
|
a. |
d ad. sk. |
|
b. |
(S ad. ; c, d. d juv.; e. ? ad. sk. |
428 TRocniLi.
shining green, lateral greenish at the biise, buff at the tips, and with a dark subterminal band. Hab. British Guiana.
Merume Mts., Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll.
July (If. Whitely). (Type of the species.)
Roraima, Erit. Guiana, July Salvin-Godmun Coll.
(//. W.).
125. PRYMNACANTHA.
■Type.
Gouldia, Bp. Consj). Av. i. p. 81) (nee Adams) V. langsdorffi.
Popelairia, Rekh. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 P. popelairii.
Gouldoiuyia, Bp. liev. Zool. 1854, p. 257 P. laugsdorfB.
i'rvmoacantha, Cab. i^- Heine, Mas. Hein. iii. p. 64 ... . P. popelairii.
Tricholopha, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 209.
Mytiuia, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 224
"(1876) P. letitise,
Mythinia, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Monches, iii. pp. 235,
246 P. letitiae.
Range. Costa Rica south-vrards to Bolivia and Southern Brazil.
Key to the Sjiecies.
a. A long occipital crest ; tibise rufous pojielairii, p. 428.
b. No occipital crest : tibire white.
«'. Lateral rectrices loug and narrow.
a". Pectoral spot fiery red ; middle of the abdo- men black langsdorffi, p. 429.
b" . Pectoral spot blue ; middle of the abdomen
shiniDg green conversi, p. 430.
b'. Lateral rectrices much shorter and wider .... letitice, p. 4ol.
1. Prymnacantlia popelairii.
Trochilus popelairii, Du Bus, Esq. Orn. pi. 6 (1846) ; Gray, Hand-L
B. i. p. 146. Gouldia popelairii, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 86 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 257 ; Oould, Man. Troch. iii. pi. 127 (May 1854) : Scl. Cat.
Am. B. p. 296 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 138 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 188^,
p. 35 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 302. Popelairia tricholopha, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id. Troch. Emim,
p. 9, pi. 815. ft". 4905-7. Pryranacantha popelairii. Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 64 ; Gould,
intr. Troch. p. 86 ; Muk. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 78 ; Berl. J. f.
Orn. 1887, p. 329. Tricholopha popelairii, Ifeme, /./. Orn. 186.3, p. 209 ; Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 235; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, x.xii.
p. 223.
Adult male. Upper surface shining bronze-green, redder on the back ; a transverse white band across the rump; upper tail-coyerts steel-blue ; crown glittering green, the occipital feathers produced
125. PRTMNACANTHA. 429
to form a long crest ; throat glittering green ; breast and middle of the abdomen black, sides of the abdomen sooty, the flanks washed with green ; under tail-coverts blue, edged with white ; tibia? dark rufous ; tail steel-blue, the shafts jjure white ; bill black. Total length about 4-8 inches, wing 1-35 ; tail, central rectrices 0-55, lateral 2-7 ; bill 0-6.
Female. Crown dark green ; throat white, each feather broadly edged with black ; breast and middle of the abdomen black, a large white patch on the flanks ; lateral rectrices shorter than the central, tipped with white.
Hab. Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru,
a-h. S ad. ; i, j. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman &
$ ad. sk. Gould Colls.
k. (S ad. sk. Ecuador. Sahnn-Godman Coll.
l. (S ad. sk. [Ecuador.] Gould Coll.
711. 2 ad. sk. Peru ? ( Warszewiez ?). Gould Coll.
)i. $ ad. sk. " Rio." Gould Coll.
2. Prymnacantha langsdorffi.
Trochilus langsdorffi, Bonn. ^ Vieill. Enc. Meth. ii. p. 574 (1794) ;
Temm. PL Col. 66. f. 1 ; Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxxiii; Gray,
Hand-l. B. i. p. 145. Colibri hirundinaceus, 8-pLv, Av. Bras. i. p. 80, pi. 81. Ornismya langsdorffi, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xx, 102,
pi. 26 ; id. Suppl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 129, pi. 16 : id. Hist. Nat.
Tivch. p. 101, pi. 35. Orthorhynchiis langsdorffi, Less. Man. Orn. ii. p. 77. Gouldia langsdorfii, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 86 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 257 ; Beich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id. Troch. JEnum. p. 9, pi. 816.
tf. 4908-10 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 128 (May 1854j ; id. Intr.
Troch. p. 86 ; Des Mtirs in Cast. Voy. i. p. 41 ; 'Burm. Syst. Ueb.
ii. p. 357; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 296; Scl. %■ Salt: P. Z. S. 1867,
pp. 753, 979 ; Pelz. Om. Bras. p. 32 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 304. Prymnacantha langsdorffi, Cab. 8f Heine, Mm. Hein. iii. p, 65 ; Muls.
Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 238, pi. 94; id. Ann. Soc. Linn.
Lyon, xxii. p. 223. MeUisuga langsdorffi, Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 79. Gouldia melauosternon, Goidd, Ann. Sf Mag. N, H. 1868, i. p. 323 ;
Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 288. Trochilus melauosternon, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 146.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, more bronzy in the middle of the back ; a white transverse band across the rump ; upper tail-coverts like the back ; crown glittering green ; under surface as far as the breast glittering green, below which are a few fiery-red glittering feathers ; middle of the abdomen black, on either side a large greyish-white patch ; flanks washed with green ; tail steel-blue, the two lateral rectrices on either side greyish, the shafts of all white ; bill black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 1-45 ; tail, central rectrices 0-4, lateral 3 ; bill 0"55.
Female. Crown dark green ; upper part of the throat black, lower
430
part white, each feather with a grccu discal spot; a maxillary stripe white ; lateral rectrices gre3-ish at the base and tipped with white. Hah. Amazons Valley and Brazil.
a. (5" ad. ; b
ad. sk.
c. ci' ad. sk.
d. (S ad. ; e. $ ad. sk.
/. S ad. sk. g. S jav. sk. h. (S ad. ; i. $
ad. sk. j, k. S ad. ; /, m
S juv. ; n, o. 2 ad. sk. p. (j ad. sk. q. (S ad. sk. r-u. J ad. ; v~
.V. 2 ad. sk. y, z. cj ad. ; a'. ' 2 ad. St.
2 Rotuno, Ecuador {Buckley). Gould Coll.
Xapo, Ecuador.
Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley).
Amazons (E. Bartlett). Xeberos, Amazons, Juue. Pebas, Amazons, Feb. {J.
Hauxwell). Pebas, Feb. (J. H.).
Novo Fribourgo, Rio {Youds).
Rio.
Brazil.
Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll. E. Bartlett [C.]. Gould CoU. (Types of G. melanosternon.) Sahon-Godman & Gould Colls.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll. Gould Coll.
Purchased.
3. Prymnacantha conversi,
Trochilus conversi, Bourc. ^- Muh. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, ix p. 313 (1846) ; iid. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 314, pi. 3 ; Gray, Hand-l B. i. p. 146.
Gouldia conversi, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 86 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 257 Reich. Axifz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id. Troch. Eniim. p. 9, pi. 817. ff. 4911-4 Gould, Man. Troch. iii. pi. 129 (May 1854) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 86 id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803 ; Laiur. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 319, ix p. 123 ; Sah. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 154, 1870, p. 208 ; Elliot, Syn Troch. p. 139.
Prymnacantha conversi. Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 65; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 242 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 223 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 223.
MeUisuga conversi, Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 79.
Gouldia conversi aequatorialis, Berl. S/- Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 567.
Adult male. Similar to that of P. langsdorffi, the back less bronzy, the shorter upper tail-coverts purple, the green of the crown, throat, and breast darker and less brilliant ; the pectoral patch blue, with greenish tips to the feathers ; abdomen and under tail-coverts shining green.
Female. Very similar to that of P. langsdorffi, but the upper tail- coverts are purple instead of green.
Hah. Costa Rica southwards to Ecuador.
a,b. cJad. ; c,d. Tucurri qui, Costa Rica (^re^). Salvin-Godman &
2 ad. sk. Gould Colls.
c. (S ad. ; /. 2 Angostura, Costa Rica ( Car- Gould Coll.
ad. sk. miol).
g. 2 ad. sk. CordiUera del Chucu, Panama Salvin-Godman Coll. [Arce).
h. cJ ad. sk. Calovevora, Panama {Arci). Gould Coll.
126. DiscuRA. 431
f. c? ad- sk. Santa Fe/Panama (Arcf). Sahin-Godman Coll.
,/. c? ad. ; k, I. 5 Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Ciodman &
ad. sk. Gould Colls.
711. 2 ad. sk. Baisa, Ecuador (^Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
n. S ad. ; 0. Juv. Citado, Ecuador {Buckley). Gould Coll.
sk.
p-r. 2 ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll.
s, t. Juv. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll.
u. (S ad. sk. Chimbo, Ecuador, Jan. (Stolz- Salvin-Godman Coll. tnann).
4. Prymnacantha letitise.
Trocbilus letitise, Boitrc. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, (2) iv. p. 143
(1852). Gouldia letitise, Reich. Atifz. d. Col. p. 12 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 257 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 130 (Sept. 1855) ; id. Iiitr.
Troch. p. 86 ; BUiot, Syn. Troch. p. 189. Prymnacantha letitiaB, Cub. i§- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. G4. Mellisuga letitise, Muh. Sj- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 79. Mythiuia letitise, Mtils. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 245. Mytinia letitise, Muls. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 224.
Adult male. Similar to that of P. langsdorffi and P. conversi, but with the back, especially the shorter upper tail-coverts, more brouzy, the pectoral spot whitish, and the abdomen dusky washed with green ; tail much shorter, the central rectrices longer, the lateral much wider, and aU of them purple-black instead of steel-blue, the shafts beneath being white. Total length about 3"5 inches, wing 1-5 ; tail, central rectrices 0'55, lateral 1-35 ; bill 0-55.
Hab. Bolivia.
a. cJ ad. sk. [Bolivia] {ex Bourcier). Gould CoU. (Tj-pe of
the species ?)
126. DISCURA.
Type. Platurus, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, p. xxii (1829)
{nee Latr. ) D. longicauda.
Trochilus (Ocreatus), Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 86 ... . D. longicauda.
Discosura, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 84 D. longicauda.
Discura, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 D. longicauda,
Range. Southern Brazil.
1. Discura longicauda.
Trochilus longicauda, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 498 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i,
p. 144. Trochilus platurus, Lath. Ind. Om. p. 317 ; Vieill. N. Diet. dHist.
N. vii. p. 370 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 569 ; Wied, Beitr. iv. p. 96 ; Less.
hid. Gen. Troch. p. xsiv ; Cab. in Schonib. Guiana, iii. p. 709. L'Oiseau-Mouche a raquettes, Aud. Ois. Dor. i. p. ll7, pi. 52. Omismya platura, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxii, 136, pi. 40 ;
id. Stippl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 159, pi. 31.
432 THOCHILI,
Trochiliis bilophus, Tcmm. PL Col. 18. f. -S.
Ti'dchilus (Ocreatus) lig-ouiciuidii8, Gould, F. 'A. 8. 1840, p. sr?.
Discosura liironicauda, lip. Conap. Ac. i. p. 84.
Di.scura lonijicauda, Reich. Aiifz. d. Col. p, 8 ; id. Track. Enum. p. 8,
pi. 70G. ff. 4591-2 ; Bp. Het: Zool. 18-54, p. 256 ; Gould, Mon.
Track, iii. pi. 12ti (Sept. 1858); id. tntr. Track, p. 85 ; Cab. Sf
Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 65 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 296 ; Mills. ^
Verr. Class. Track, p. 80; Muh. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouckes, iii.
p. 248 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lt/an, xxii. p. 224; Elliot, Syn. Track-
p, 140 ; Sale. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 364. Platurus lougicaudus, Burm. Syst. Ueh. ii. p. 358. Discura platura, Reick. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Track. Enum. p. 5,
pi. 706. ff. 4594-5. Discura sp., Salo. Ibis, 1885, p. 434.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, tinged with bronze in the middle of the back ; crown, throat, and breast glitter- ing grass-green ; a pectoral spot of more glittering feathers, each edged with white ; middle of the abdomen rich bronze, each feather with a black edge ; flanks green ; tail dark purple, the shafts buff, the spatules of the lateral rectrices darker and bluer ; bill black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 1-7 ; tail, central rectrices 0-65, lateral 2 ; bill 0-55.
Female. Crown dark green; throat black, bordered with a white maxillary stripe ; lateral rectrices greyish at the base and tipped with buff.
Hah. Guiana and Brazil.
a. cjad.sk. Carimang R., Brit. Guiana, Jan. Sal vin-Godman Coll.
{h. Wkitely).
b. cJad.sk. AtapurowR., Brit. Guiana, Jan. Sahiu-Godmau Coll.
(H. W.). c-e. S ad. sk. (Cayenne make). Gould Coll.
/. cj ad.; g. $ Bahia {Wuckerei-), Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. h. c? ad. ; i. S Bahia. Gould CoU.
juY.; ./. $ ad. sk. k. S ad. sk. Bahia. E. Fielding, Esq.
[P.]. l.m. 2iuv.sk. fBrazil.] Salvin-Godmau &
Gould Colls. n. Juv. St. Purchased.
127. HELIACTIN.
Type.
Heliactin, Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 546 H. cornuta.
Heliactinia, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 H. cornuta.
Heliactinus, Burin. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 356 H. cornuta.
Ranrje. Southern Brazil.
127. HELIACTIN. 433
1. Heliactin cornuta.
Trochilus cornutiis, Wied, Reise n. Bras. ii. p. 190 ; id. Beitr. iv,
p. 99 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 145. Trochilus dilophus, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 573. Mellisuga bilopha, Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 251, pi. 30. Trochilus bilophus, Tenmi. PL Col. iv. pi. 18. f . 3 ; Less. Man. Ois. ii.
p. 76. Heliactin cornuta, Bote, Isis, 1831, p. 546; Cab. S,- Heine, Mm.
Hein. iii. p. 64 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 212 (May 1856) ;
id. Intr. Troch. p. 120; Sd. Cat. Am. B. p. 304; Reinh. Vidensk.
Medd. not. For. Kjob. 1870, p. 107 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras.-p. 32 ; Muls.
Mist. Nat. Ois.-Moiiches, iv. p. 4, pi. 99 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn.
Lyon, xxii. p. 225; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 116; Allen, Bull. Am.
Mlus. N. R. ii. p. 258. Uruisniya chrysolopha, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xx, 55,
pis. 7, 8; id. S'lppl. p. 162, pi. 32; id. Traite (FOrn. p. 276. Ti\)chilus chrysolophus, Less. Lid. Gen. Troch. p. xxxi. Heliactin cornutus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 85; id. Rev. Zool. 1854,
p. 256. lleliactinia chrysolopha, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id. Troch,
Eiium. p. 9, pi. 814. if. 4932-4. Heliactiuus coruutus, Barm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 356. Heliastin dilopha, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 91.
Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, a little more golden on the back ; crown glittering greenish blue ; superciliary feathers elongated, glittering purple, shading through gold to glitter- ing green ; sides of the head and throat black ; sides ot' the neck and whole under surface pure white ; tlanks green ; central rectrices green, dark at the tip, lateral white, greyish on their outer webs : bill black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 1*8 ; tail, central rec- trices 2, lateral 0-8 ; bill 0'7.
Female. Grown green ; a dusky patch below the eye ; throat pale buff; rest of the under surface pure white : central rectrices green, dark at the tip, lateral rectrices white, with a wide oblique trans- verse subtenninal black band.
Hab. Brazil.
a. S ad.sk. Jaraqua,Brazil, Jaly(iVa^^e/-er). Salvin-Godman Coll.
b. 2 ad. sk. Goyaz, I3razil,A.ug. {Natterer). Salvin-Godman Coll.
c. d. cJ ad. sk. Brazil. E. Fielding, Esq.
[P.]. c-;. cJ ad. ; A. S Brazil. Salvin-Godman &
juv. ; l-n. $ Gould Colls.
ad. sk. 0. S ad. ; p. 5 Purchased.
ad. St.
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434 cyrsELiDiE.
Suborder CORACIyE.
Hallux counectcd with the flexor perforans dujitormn, aud not with ihn Jlcxor liuUiwis loiigus.
Spinal feather-tract well defined on the neck by lateral bare tracts, but dividing into two tracts on the upper back.
Oil-gland nude, if present.
Young hatched helpless.
{See Seebohm, Classific. Birds, 1890, p. 21.)
Synopsis of the Families.
a. Palate segithognathous Cypselidse (xvi. p. 434).
h. Palate schizognathous ........ Caprimulgidse (xvi. p. 519).
c. Palate desmoguathous.
«', Basipterygoid processes pre- sent SteatornithidaB(xvi. p. 653.;
6'. Basipterygoid processes absent or rudimentary. a". Tail-feathers ten; oil-gland
absent Podargidae (xvi. p. 629).
h". Tail-feathers twelve ; oil- gland nude. A large powder-down patch on each
side of the rump Leptosomatidae (xvii. p. 1).
c". Tail-feathers twelve. No powder-down patch on the
sides of the rump CoraciidSB (xvii. p. 4).
d'. Tail-feathers ten ; oil-gland
nude MeropidsB (xvii. p. 41),
Family CYPSELIDSE.
(By ERNST HAETEET.)
The Swifts have only ten primaries and always less than nine secondaries ; the wing is very long and pointed. The number of rectrices is always ten, while the Swallows have invariably twelve. Feathers with a small but well-defined aftershaft. The sternum is very characteristic, having a high keel aud an uunotched posterior margin. The humerus is very short, the forearm longer and the hand extremely long. Number of phalanges of outer and median
CTPSELID.T5. 435
toes reduced to three in the Cypselime, normal in the Chceturince and Macro];)terygince. Palate segithognathous ; basipterygoid pro- cesses absent ; ca3ca absent ; semitendinosus muscle absent. Hind toe directed more or less forward {Cypselince) or backward {Qhcetu- rnue and Macropterijgince). The mouth is split to beneath the eyes : the bill short, curved, broad at base, the gape very wide, llictal bristles absent, {Of. Nitzsch, Pterylographie, p. 122 ; Shufeldt, Journ. Linn. See, Zool. xx. p. 299 ; Stejneger, Stand. Nat. Hist, p. 436 ; Sharpe, Rev. Class. B. p. 81.)
They moult only once in the year; at least I am unable to find any proof of the truth of a statement recently made to the contrary.
In their habits the Swifts are aerial ; their food consists entirely of insects, which they catch on the wing. They cannot therefore live in very cold climates, and northern species wander to the south early in the year. Their power of flight is enormous, and they often travel extremely long distances.
The nidification varies from the concealed nests in holes and caves oi Micropiis to the enormous pendent tube of Pcm^^y<<7rt, the cup- shaped edible nest of CoUocaUa, and the small exposed nest of Marropteryij. Eggs invariably pure white, without gloss. Young, when hatched, naked {Macropteryx ?).
lianye. The whole world, except the extreme Northern and Southern regions.
The Oypselidce have been placed, along with the Troclulidce and Caprimulyidce, in the order " Macrochires " or " Strisores." This arrangement is based on good grounds, and has much to commend it. Some recent anatomists denj- the near relationship of these families. If raised to the rank of orders, Cypseli, Trochili, and Caprimidyi should be placed near together. I may mention the striking affinity of the nidification of Macropteryx and BatracJiostornus, the latter belonging to the Podargida', a family which, in my opinion, must be placed close to the Caprimulgklce. Also, from an oological point of view, the order Macrochires seems to be very well founded. The structure of the egg-shell in the above-mentioned families is very similar, and the various colours of the eggs of the Goatsuckers are merely pi'otective.
I do not think it necessary to reject the oldest name of the family, which undoubtedly is Cypselidce, and to alter it to Micropodidce. If the law of priority is carried out in the nomenclature of the genera and species, why not follow it also in that of the higher groups, if their limits remain unchanged ?
2 F 2
436 GTPSELID^.
tSynopsis of the Subfamilies.
a. Tarsi distinctly feathered ; outer and
middle toes with only three phalanges. I. CYPSELINJE, p. iS6. arsi unfeathered or with some scanty feathers ; outer and middle toes with the normal number of phalanges. a'. Tarsi quite as long as or longer than
middle toes ; tail short and even
or only slightly furcate ; wings
always reaching far heyond the
end oi tail II. CHjETURINAi, p. 470.
b'. Tarsi perceptibly shorter than
middle toes ; tail long and deeply
furcate : wings not, or only [p. 511.
just, reaching to the end of tail.'. III. MACROPTERYGINjE,
Subfamily 1. CYPSELIN^.
Synopsis of the Genera.
a. Toes all directed forward at equal intervals
from each other ; generally larger birds with very strong feet.
a'. Toes unfeathered 1. Micropus, p. 436.
b'. Toes feathered.
a". Tail only emarginate, outer rectrices
not sharply pointed ; feathers of the
breast round and fuU 2. Aebonautes, p. 459.
b". Tail very deeply forked, outer rectrices
very sharply pointed ; feathers of the
breast loose, whole plumage soft and
silky .... ;J. Panyptila, p. 401.
b. Toes in pairs, the outer and middle toe di-
rected to the right, the inner and hind toe
to the left ; generally smaller birds, with
only moderately strong feet.
c'. Toes unfeathered 4. Tachornis, p. 462.
d.' Toes feathered 6. Claudia, p. 469.
a. Foot of Aeronautes inelMwleucus, to show the feathered toes. h. Foot of Microptcs apus, | ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ j^j^^ ^f ^^^ ^^^3^ c. l<ootor lacnornis parva, ] ^
1. MICEOPUS. 43'(
1. MICROPUS.
Type.
Apus, Scopoli {nee Pall.), Intr. Nat. Hist. p. 483 (1777) .... M. apus.
Micropus, Mei/er ^- Wolf, Taschenb. i. p. 1^80 (1810) M. apus.
Cypselufe, I/li(/er, Prodrom. p. 229 (1811) M. apus.
Brachypus, Meyer, Viig. Lio- u. Esthl. p. 142 (1815) M. apus.
Range. Nearly the whole world, except the highest north. Replaced in North America by an allied genus (Aeronantes), and occurring in Australia as a wanderer only.
Nests in caves and holes of rocks, buildings, or sometimes trees ; eggs white and usually two in number. Often more than two eggs are found, but I doubt whether one female lays more than two as a rule.
Key to the Species.
a. Crown, sides and back of the neck uuiforni ; no white collar. a' . Rump uniform with the back, not white. a'. Abdomen white.
a'". Paler ; white gular patch larger melba, p. 438.
h'" . Darker ; white gular patch smaller .... africanus, p. 440. h" . Abdomen and vent sooty or black. (/". Larger; feathers of the under surface edged with white and with a subter-
minal darker bar cequatorialis, p. 441,
d!" . Smaller ; under surface nearly uniform sooty or black, a'. Back sooty.
a'. Upper parts rather glossy, well de- fined blackish shaft-stripes on the
chin barbatus, p. 447.
6'. Upper parts less glossy, no well de- fined blackish shaft-stripes on the chin, rt*. Throat dusky white.
a''. Darker apus, p. 442.
W. Little paler pekinensis, p. 444.
c'. Much paler murinus, p. 446.
6'. Throat pale sooty tmicolor, p. 448.
5'. Back glossy black toulsoni, p. 453.
c". Abdomen sooty, vent white inontivagus, p. 458.
b'.- Rump white.
d". Feathers of the under surface edged with white and with a darker subterminal bar.
e'". Larger pacificus, p. 448.
/'". Smaller leziconyx, p. 450.
e". Under sm-face unhanded.
f/". Lateral rectrices more or less acute.
e'. Tail deeply forked, lateral rectrices very , _a- ^ ^-/^
acute ... * "'^^'■' P.- '*^^-
dK Tail leVs' forWd,' lateral Vectrice.s" less I ^^''^'M^e/^^ P- 452. acute horus, p. 452.
438 ctpseltd.t:.
//". Latoval reotrices rounded, not acutp.
e'. Largoi' ; tail pmarpinate subfurcattis, p. 4i")ij.
f^. Smaller: tail nearly even affinis, p. 453.
h. Sides of the neck %vliite, not uuiforni with the
crown andicola, p. 457.
1. Micropus melba.
The greatest Martin or '^^lit, Edwards, Nat. Hist.B. i. p. 27, pi. 27.
Hirundo melba, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 192 (1758) ; id. ec\. xi'i. p. 345(1766); Gm. Sijst. Not. ii. p. 1023 (1788); Bechst. Gem. Naturff. Deidschl iv. p. 783 (1795) ; Bechst. Orn. Taschenh.^. 226.
La Grande Ilirondelle d'Espague, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 504 (1760).
Grand Martinet a ventre blanc, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 660 (1779) ; Daiihent. PL Enl. pi. 542. iig. 1 (178.3).
Hirundo alpina, Scop. Ann. I. Hist. Nat. p. 166 (1769).
White-bellied Swift. Lath. Gen. Syn. iv. p. 586 (1783).
Le grand Martinet a ventre blanc, Mont. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 316.
Micropus alpinus, Mey. u. Wolf, Taschenh. p. 282 (1810).
Cvpselus melba, Illiyer, Prodr. ]i. 2.30 (1811) ; Vieill. Noitv. Diet. "xix. p. 422 (1818); id. E?ic. Meth. p. 534 (1823) ;z(;. Gal. Ois. p. 192, pi. 121 (1825); Rovx, Orn. Prov. p. 238, pi. 146(1825); Brehm, Toy. Deutschl. p. 134 (1831): Naum. Viii/. Deidschl. \i. p. 115, pi. '147. fig. 1 (1833); Gould, B. Eur. ii. pi. 35. fig. 2 (1837) ; Keys. u. Bias. Wirhelth. Eur. p. 146 (1840) : Demidoff, Voy. Buss. Merid. p. 204 (1840) ; Mnhle, Ornith. Griech. p. 27 (1844) ; Thomps. Nat. Hist. Ireland, p. 418 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 65 (1850) ; Adams, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 175 (Cashmir) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1859, p. 26, 1860, p. 77 (Palestine); .S'rt^i'm. Ibis, 1859, p. 302 (E.Atlas); Cab. ^ Heine, Mas. Hein. iii. p. 84 (1860); Powy.^, Ibis, 1860, p. 234 (Ionian Is.) ; Jerd. B. India, i. p. 175 (1862) : Wriyht, Ibis, 1864, p. 58 (Malta) : Sd. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 598 ; id. J. f. O. 1867, p. 116; Drake, Ibis, 1867, p. 425 (Tangier); Loche, Expl.Sci. Alyer., Ois. p. 98 (1867) ; Deyl. et Gerbe, Orn. Eur. i. p. 602 (1867) ; Ti/tler, Ibis, 1868, p. 195 (Himalaya) ; A. C. Smith, Ibis, 1868, p. 449 (Portugal) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 63 (1809) ; Borggreve, Voqelf. Norddeutschl. p. 65 (1869) ; Fritsch, Viig. Eur. p. 84, pi. 13. fig-' 4 (1870) ; Ehves S,- Buckley, Ibis, 1870,' p. 200 (Turkey) ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 68 (S." Spain) ; Shelley, B. Eqmt, p. 171 (1872) ; Holdsto. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 419 (Ceylon) ; S'evertz. J. f. O. 1873, p. 345 (Turkestan) ; A. B. Brooke. Ibis, 1873, p. 236 (Sardinia) ; Cordeau.r, Ibis, 1875, p. 184 (Hehgoland) ; Irh/, B. Gibraltar, p. 64 (1875) : Dresser, Severtz. Turkestan, Ibis, 1876, p. 189; Blanford, Stray Feath. v. p. 245 (Sindh) (1877); Danf. Ibis, 1877, p. 269, 1878, p. 8 (Asia Minor) ; Davidson ^ Wenden, Strai/ Feath. vii. p. 77 (Deccan) (1878) ; Butl. Stray Feath. ix. p. 379 (Mahratta ; 1880) ; Legr/e, B. Cei/lon, i. p. 317 (1880) ; Dre.^ser, Hist. B. Eur. iv. p. 603, pi. 269(1881) ; Davison, Stray Feath. x. p. 347, Mysore (1882) ; Sivinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 101 ; Salvm, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 370 (1882) ; Diron, Ibis, 1882, p. 561 (Constantine) ; Neiut. ed. Yarr. Brit. B. ii. p. 372 (1882) ; Irby, Ibis, 1883, p. 179 (Santander) ; Seeb. Bis, 1883, p. 22 (Caucasus) ; id. Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 297 (1884) ; Whitehead, Ibis, 1885, p. 27 (Corsica) : Giyl. Avif. Ital. p. 194 (1886) ; ibid. p. 325 (1889) ; Salvad. Ucc. Ital. p. 79 (1887) ; Guill. Ibis, 1888, p. 113, 1889, pp. 212, 215 (Cyprus) ; Koetiiy, J. f. 0. 1888, p. 165 (Tunis) ;
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Sau7iders, Man. Brit. B. p. 1^-58 (1889); Zehntner, Ibis, 1890,
p. 196 (deTelopm.) ; Saunders, Ibis, 1891, p. 176 (Berne) ; Giitke,
Ilelr/oland, -p. Ml (1891). Cypselus alpinus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. 1815, p. 270; ibid. 1820, i.
p. 433, pi. 8; Thitnem. Fortpjl. Toy. Eur. p. 82 (1829); Brehm,
Voff. Beutschl. p. 134 (1831) ; Crespon, Orn. Gard, p. 306 (1840) ;
Brehn, Vogelf. p. 45 (1855) ; Scliahio, J. f. O. 1876, p. 118
(Brandenb.). Apus melba, C'uv. Regne Anim. i. p. 373 (1817). MicropiLs melba, Boi'e, Im, 1844, p. 165; Stejn. Auk, i. p. 230 (1884) ;
Beichen. Syst. Verz. Voy. Deutscld. p. 26 (1889) ; Hartert, Kaf.
Voyels. Mus. Senckenb. p. 119 (1891). Cypselus melba alpinus, I A. E. Brehm, Verz. Samml. 0. L. Brehm, C. melba microrhyucbos, ( p. 3 (1866) {teste Dresser).
Adult. Mouse-brown, wings and bail rather darker; throat and abdomen white, with indications of blackish shaft-stripes, separated by a wide pectoral band of the same colour as the back, but darker ; the feathers of this band as well as those of the under tail-coverts with narrow and often indistinct white edges ; most of the under wing-coverts and edge of the wing bordered with whitish ; feathers of the flanks like the back, with a darker subterminal bar and white edges : " bill black ; toes of a dirty flesh-colour : iris dark brown " (A'aum.). Total length about 8| inches, wing S"3 to S'o, lateral rectrices 3*4, central 2*5, tarsi 0"6.
Younger hinh have white edges to the dark feathers, that disap- pear more and more as the birds become older.
There are some very pale specimens from the Western Himalayas, and one from Belgaum, but they apparently belong to the same species.
Hab. The mountains of Xorthern Africa and Southern Europe as far north as the Alps. Eastwards through Persia along the Hima- layas, and wandering south in winter to the Peninsula of India. In the Deccan they are also found breeding, while in the mountains of tropical Africa a nearly allied form is found. Acci- dental in the North of France, England, Heligoland, and (jermany.
a, b. Ad. sk. Berne, Switzerland, 30th Aug. Tweeddale CoU.
c. Ad. .*. Switzerland. Gould Coll.
d. J ad. sk. Malaga, Spain, 7th Oct. Tweeddale Coll.
e. 5 ad. sk. Vega of Granada, Spain, June. Tweeddale Coll.
/, y. S ad. sk. Ain Djendeli, Algeria, May. Salvin-Godmau Coll.
//. ci' ad. sk. Constantine, Algeria, March. Gould Coll.
i. Ad. sk. Turkey. Salvin-Godman Cull.
k. (S ad. sk. Ilaskeui, Turkey, 3rd April. Shai-pe Coll.
/. c? ad. ; m. 2 ad. Asia JNIinor, June (2'. Bohson). Tweeddale Coll.
sk.
w, 0. Ad. sk. Galilee, Palestine. Canon Tristram [CI.
p. Ad. sk. Aden, 16tli March. Major Yerbury [P.].
tj. Ad. sk. Al Hantal {Major Yerbury). Hume Coll.
r. 2 ad. sk. Shiraz, Persia, 6000 ft. India Museum.
s. cj ad. sk. Kandahar, 2nd June. Hume Colj.
t. 2 ad. .sk. Deesa, 1st October. Hume Coll.
u. Ad. sk. Chumba State, 2nd May. Hume Coll.
V. (S ad. sk. Cashmere, 16th June. Hume Coll.
440 CTPSELID^.
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w, |
. Ad. sk. |
Cashmere {W. E. Brooks). |
Hume Coll. |
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.T. |
Ad. sk. |
Kang-ra {S. PmwiU). |
Tweeddale Coll, |
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y- |
-//. Ad. sk. |
N.W. Himalayas. |
Pinwill Coll. |
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c' . |
, d'. S 2 ad- sk. |
Koteghur. |
Hume Coll |
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e- |
-/('. c? ad. ; ?■'-/'. 5 ad. sk. |
Simla, August ( W. Davison). |
Hume Coll. |
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711 |
'. 2 ad. sk. |
Simla, Sept. (A. 0. Hume). |
Hume Coll. |
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n' |
. 2 ad. sk. |
Simla, 8000 ft. Aug. |
Tweeddale Coll. |
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o' . |
, d" ad. sk. |
Landour, 7000 ft. |
Hume Coll. |
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P' |
. 2 ad. sk. |
BheemTal, lOtli June. |
Hume Coll. |
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9'' |
, 2 ad. sk. |
Kumaon. |
Hume Coll. |
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r'. |
Ad. sk. |
Assam. |
Hume Coll. |
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s'. |
5 ad. sk. |
Godavery Valley, 4th March. |
Tweeddale Coll. |
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t\ |
2 ad. sk. |
Khandeish, 21st Jan. |
Hume Coll. |
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ii' . |
, 2 ad. sk. |
Eaipur, 29th March. |
Hume Coll. |
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v'. |
cJad.: w'. Ad.sk. |
Coimbatore, 30th June. |
Hume Coll. |
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x'. |
J ad. sk. |
Sawant Wadi, 16th Jan. |
Hume Coll. |
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y'- |
2 ad. sk. |
Belgaum, 30th Dec. |
Hume Coll. |
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z' . |
Ad. sk. |
Coonoor, 2nd April. |
Sharpe Coll. |
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a" |
. c? ad. ; b", c". 2 ad. sk. |
Coonoor. |
Hume Coll. |
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d'' |
. 5 ad. sk. |
Palghat, 29th Oct. |
Hume Coll. |
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e". |
, Ad. sk. |
Madras (Jerdon). |
Hume Coll. |
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r |
. (S ad. sk. |
Travancore (BouvdiUori). |
Hume Coll. |
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9". |
, cS ad. sk. |
Catton Estate, Ceylon. |
Col. Legge [P.]. |
Subsp. a. Micropus africanus.
Le Martinet a gorge blanche, Levaillant, Ois. d'Afr. y. p. 143, pi. 243
(1806) (S. Afr.). Cypselus alpinus africanus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. 181.5, p. 270 (note),
"1820, i. p. 434 (note). Plirundo gularis, Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. x. p. 99 (1817). Cypselus gutturalis, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xix. p. 422 (1818) ; id. Enc.
'Meih. p. 534 (1823) ; Tristr. P. Z. S. 1807, p. 887 (dist. fr. C.
melba) ; Gurtiey, Ibis, 1868, pp. 152,460 (S. Afr.) ; Gray, Hand-l.
i. p. 63, no. 720 (1869) ; Layard, Ibis, 1869, p. 72 ; Finsrh, Trans.
Zool. Soc. yii. p. 215 (1870)'(discuss.) ; sSJiarpe, Ihis, 1870, p. 427;
Gurney, Anderss. B. Bamara-Ld. p. 47 (1872) ; Salvad. Ann. Mvs.
Civic.'Genov. (2) i. p. 119 (1884) ; id. op. cit. (2) iv. p. 227 (1888). Cypselus fuscicollis, BreJim, Vogelf. p. 45 (1855) (Afr.). Cypselus melba, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 140 (1869) ; Shelley,
Ibis, 1875, p. 67 (S. Afr.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layardh B. S. Afr. p. 93
(1875) ; Bocage, Orn. Avgola, p. 156 (1881).
Adult. Very similar to M. melba, but rather smaller, with a smaller white gular patch, a broader dark pectoral band, generally more distinct and unbroken dark shaft-lines on the white under- parts, a little darker aboye, and with more extended dark colour on the sides and flanks. Total length about 8 to 8-5 inches, wing 8 to 8-3.
Though the smaller white gular patch and broader dark pectoral band are rather marked and the wings are generally much shorter, some specimens are difficult to distinguish, and I am therefore in- clined to consider this form as only a subspecies of M. melba. The unbroken dark shaft-lines on the white underparts seem to be rather
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characteristic, but thej- are also to be found in the above-mentioned pale specimen of M. melha from Belgaum.
Hab. The mountains of Africa from Shoa and Kilimanjaro south- wards to Cape Colonj-. Apparently a resident bird in the above- named countries, while 31. welha wanders in the cold season.
n. 2 ad. sk. KilimaDJaro, 5000 ft, 4th Aug. 11. C.V. Hunter, Esq.
h. cj ad. sk. Otjimbinque, Damara - Land, Shai-pe Coll.
July (C. J. Andersson).
c. Ad. sk. S.E. Africa (Leyland). Jardine Coll.
(1. S 'id. sk. Knysna, S. Africa, Jan. (C. /. Sharpe Coll.
Andersso7i).
e. Ad. sk. S. Afi'ica, Oct. {E. L. Layard). Sharpe Coll.
/. Ad. sk. Elands Post, S. Afi'ica (^i;?«o?'e). Shelley Coll.
g. S ad. sk. Durban (Gordge). Shelley Coll.
'h. S ; i. $ ; Paarl, Cape Colony, Jan. (G. E. Shelley Coll.
k. Ad. sk. Shelley').
I. Ad. St. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith [C.].
2, Micropus sequatorialis.
Cypselus sequatorialis, Miill. Namnanma, 1851, p. 27 ; id. Nouv. 0{s.
' d'Afr. pi. 7 (1854) ; Sd. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 598 ; id. J.f. O. 1867,
p. 117; Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 427; A7ifin. Sr Salvad. Ami. Mus,
Civ. Gen. 1873, p. 432 (Bogos) ; Bocage, Joni. Lisb. 1871, p. 269,
1881, p. 123 (Angola) ; id. Orn. Angola, p. 157 (1881).
Cypselus riippelli, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 106 (1856) ; id. J. f. O. 1861, p. 421 ; id. Orn'. N.O.-Afr. p. 141 (1869).
Adult. All over sooty brown with a little metallic gloss ; chin and throat whitish ; feathers of the under surface edged with white and with a subterminal dark bar ; some of the feathers of the back also with lighter edges. " Iris and feet dark brown ; bill black " (Heuglin). Total length a little more than 8 inches, wing 7*4 to 7-9, tail 3-5.
You7ir/er birds have the throat less whitish, the secondaries with small white edges *.
Hah. High mountains of Abyssinia and the Bogos country. Mr. Jackson procured three specimens at Sotik in the hills between the Kenia and the Victoria Nyanza.
a. 2 ad.sk. Senaf6, Tigre, 7500 ft., 7th March, 1868. Blanford Coll.
MicEOPTJS APus and allies.
Although I have kept separate as subspecies M. pelinensis and M. murinus, I admit that I should not be able to determine every individual specimen without taking into consideration collateral evidence ; but by keeping them distinct the geographical relations
* Through the kindness of Herr Prof. Lampert, I had the opportunity of examining the specimens collected by Heuglin, which are preserved in the
Stuttgart Museum.
442
rrPSTILTD.^R.
of the various forms arc better understood. I consider this to be one of those cases thc^ rcciuircments of whioli nre best met by dividing; a variable form into subspecies.
:3. Micropus apus.
Hirundo apus, I.imi. Si/st. Nat. ed. x. p. 192 (1758) ; id. ed. xii. p. 344 (17(i(i) ; G»i. S)/st. Nat. ii. p. 1020 (1788); Berhst. Gem. Nuttirc/esch. Dciit^^chl. iv. p. 779 (1795) ; Bechst. Orn, Taschenb. p. 225 (1802) ; Ball. Zuoyi: Bosso-A.^int. i. p. 538 (1811).
Le Martinet, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 512 (17G0).
S%Yift, Lath. Gen. Si/n. iv. p. 584 (1783),
Le Martinet noir, Mont. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 302 (1783).
Micropus murarius, Met/, u. Wolf, Tase/ienh. p. 281 (1810).
Cypselus apus, ///. Brodr. p. 230 (1811) ; Vieill. Noiw. Diet. xix. p. 424 (1818) ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 533 (1823); Boii.v, Orn. Brov. p. 237 (1825); Brehm, Viig. Deutschl. p. 135 (1831) ; Nanm.rdr/. Beutschl. vi. p. 123, pi. 147. fig-. 2 (1833) ; Keys. u. Bias. Wirhelih. Eur. p. .33 (1840) ; Demidof, Voij. Buss. Merid. p. 203 (1840) ; Muhle, Orn. Griech. p. 28 (1844) ; Tho77ips. Nat. Hist. Ireland, p. 408 (1849) ; WoUey, Contr. Orn. p. 109 (1850) (Faeroer) ; Bp. ConsiJ. i. p. 65 (1850) ; Adams, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 175 (Cashmere) ; Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 84 (1860) ; Botvys, Ibis, 1860, p. 2.34 (Ionian Is.): Adams, Ibis, ]864, p. 14 (Egypt); Wrighf, Ibis, 1864, p. 58, 1874, p. 227 (Malta) ; Sperlinq, Ibis, 1864, p. 283 (Mediterran.) ; Tristr. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 431 ; id. Ibi^, 1866, p. 79 (Palest.); Scl. B. Z. S. 1865, p. 598; id. J.f. O. 1867, p. 117 ; Degl. et Gerbe, Orn. Eta: i. p. 601 (1867) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 63, no. 717 (1869) ; Borr/c/reve, Voqelf. Norddeutschl. p. 65 (1839) ; Hevyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 142, part. (1869); Ehves ^ Buckley, lids, 1870, p. 200 (Tarkev) ; B. Gray, B. West Scotl. pp. 210, 513 (1871) ; Shelley, Ibis, ISfl, p. 47 (note) ; J. H. Gurney, jr., Ibis, 1871, p. 73 (Alfreria) ; Shelley S,- Buckley, Ibis, 1872, pp. 286, 290 (Gold Coast); Shelley, B. Egypt, p. 172, note! (1872); Alst. ^'• Broicn, Ibis, 1873, p. 59 (Archangel) ; Goidd, B. Great Britain, ii. pi. 3 (1873) ; Brooke, Ibis, 1873, p. 237 (Sardinia) ; Dui-nf. Ibis, 1874, p. 395 (Denmark) ; Goebel, J. f. 0. 1874, p. 449 (Crimea) ; Irhy, B. Gibraltar, p. 63 (1875) ; Sharpe, ed. Luyardh B. S. Afr. p. 90, part. (1875), & App. p. 804; Wharton, Ibis, 1876, p. 18 (Corsica) ; Danf. Ibis, 1878, p. 8 (Asia Minor) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1878, p. 407 (Transvaal); id. Ibis. 1880, p. 260; Liebe, J. f. 0.1878, p. 51 ; Milne-Edw. S,- Grandid. Madaqasc. p. 189 (1879) ; Seeb. Ibis, 1880, p. 193 (Siberia) ; id. Ibis, 1882, p. 210 (Astrakhan) ; Dresser, Hist. B. Eur. iv. p. 583, pi. 266 (1881) ; Newt. ed. Yarr. Brit. B. ii. p. 364 (1882) ; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 370 (1882) ; Seeb. Ibis, 1882, p. 374 (Archangel) ; id. Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 292 (1884) ; Whitehead, Ibis, 1885, p. 27 (Corsica) ; Shai-pe, Ibis, 1886, p. 498 (Bushire) ; Czafo, Zeifschr. c/es. Orn. 1886, p. 424 (Huno-aria) ; Tait, Ibis, 1887, p. 302 (Portugal) ; Lilford, Col. Fiy. Brit. B. pt. v. (1887) ; Salrad. Ucc. Ital.-p. 81 (1887); Guill. His, 1888, p. Ill (Cyprus) ; Giyl. Avif. Ital. p. 322 (1889); Saunders, Man. Brit. B. p. 255 (1889) ; Hartwic/, J.f. O. 1889, p. 138 (Norway) ; Lilford, His, 1889, p. 330 (Cyprus) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1890, p. 344 ; Shellei/, Ibis, 1890, p. 168 (Aruwimi E.) ; Gdtkc, Helgoland, p. 440 (1891).
Brachypus mm-arius, Mey. Vog. Liv- u. Esthl. p. 143 (1815).
1 . MI0ROPT7R. 443
Oypselus nip;er, Leach, Sysf. Cat. M. Sf B. Brit. Mus. p. If) (1816). Cypselus vulg-aris, Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. x. p. 72 (1817). Oypselus murariiis, Temm. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 434, pi. ix. (1820) ;
Thienem. Fortpfl. FoV/. Eur. p. 83 (1829) ; Brehm, Vbg. Deutschl.
p. 135 (1831); Gould, B. Eur. ii. pi. 53 ( 1837 ) ; Crespon, Orn.
Gard, p. 307 (1840) ; Brehm, Vogelf. p. 45 (1855). Apiis nuirariiis, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 267 (1831). Micvopus apiis, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 165 ; Stejn. Auk, i. p. 230 (1884) ;
Eeichen. Syst. Vei-z. Voy. Deutschl. p. 26 (1889) ; Hartert, Kat. Voyels. Mus. Senckenh. "p. 119. note (1891). Cypselus turrium, Brehm, Voyelf. p. 46 (1855) ; id. Nauinannia, 1855,
p. 270. Cypselus aterrimus, Heuyl. J.f. O. 1861, p. 422. Cypselus apus nig-er, ]
Cypselus apus vulgaris, ( A. E. Brehm, Verz. Samml. C. L. Brehm, Cypselus apus murarius, f p. 3 (1866) {teste Dresser). Cypselus apus tiirrium, ) Cypselus balstoni, E. Bartlett, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 770 (Madagasc.) ;
Milne-Edw. Sf Grandid. Ois. Maday. pt. 2, p. 189 (1882).
Adult. All over sooty black with a slight greeuish gloss, especially in freshly moulted adult specimens ; forehead a little paler than the crown ; chin dusky white, generally with indications of dark shaft-stripes ; under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts generally with small obsolete whitish edges : iris dark brown ; bill black ; feet dark brown. Total length about 7 inches, wing 6-7, central rec- trices 1*7, lateral 2-9.
Yonnrj birds have whitish edges to manj' of the feathers and a whiter forehead.
Western specimens of J/, apus are darker than Eastern, the latter being M. pel-inensis of Swinhoe. Though they are extremely similar to M. apus, and most difficult to distinguish without actual com- parison, I think it necessary to keep them distinct as a subspecies.
Again, M. miirinus is much paler and seems to be a very distinct species, if typical specimens are compared with European M. aj^ns. Comparing large series of M. apus, M.pehinensis, and M. murinus, we find it most difficult and almost impossible to draw a sharp line between them, some specimens of M. murinus approaching the Eastern form of M. apus so closely that it is almost impossible to distinguish them. I therefore think it more natural and convenient to regard M. mitrinus also as a subspecies.
M. andicauda, judging from the specimens in the Hume Collec- tion, seems to be only the immature bird of the Eastern form.
There is a specimen of J/, a'pus from Asia Minor in the Seebohm Collection in which the chin is nearly uniform in colour with the breast.
Hah. The Western Palacarctic region generally, migrating early in the year southwards to South Africa and Madagascar.
a. Ad. sk. Bakewell, Derbyshire, July Salviu-Godman Coll.
(O. Salvin). Ii-d. Pull. St. Cambridge. Purchased.
e. Ad. St. Turnhpm Green.
/. Ad. sk. Hampstead. Salvin-Godman Coll.
444
CYPSELIDJ3.
g, h. S ad. ; i, k.
2 ad. sk. /. Imm. sic. m. Juv. sk. w, 0. (5 5 ad. sk. p. Ad. St. g. (fad.;;-. 2 ad.sk. s.cJad.; ^ 2 ad.sk. M. tS ad. ; r. Ad.
sk. ii\ S ad.; .r. 2 !
^. PuU. sk. s. c? ad. sk. «'. S ad. ; 6'. 2
ad. sk. c'. c? ad. ; d'. 2
ad. sk. e'. Ad. sk. /'. Ad.sk. </'. Ad. sk. A'. Ad. sk. i'. Ad. sk. A'. S ad. ; Z'. 2
ad. sk. m'. Ad. sk. n'. Ad. sk.
o'. 2 ad. sk. p'. Ad. sk. q'. S ad. sk.
r'. S ad. ; s'.Juv.
sk. t'. cJ .juv. sk. m'. cS ad. ; r', w'.
Juv. sk. x' . Ad. sk.
y'. Ad. sk. V. Ad. sk. a" . 2 ad. sk.
b", c". Ad. sk. (/". Ad. sk. e''. 2 iinni. sk.
f",g". Skeletons. h". Sternum. i" . Sternum. li'. Skull.
Hampstead, 16tli June.
Erith, Kent.
Bray Church.
Thames Valley, 2nd May.
Hampshire.
Avington, Hants, 12th May.
Aving-ton, May, June.
Sarpsborg, Norway, July (P.
S. Godman). Ley den, May {A. van Dam).
Belgium.
Granada, Spain, March (H.
Saunders). "Valencia, Spain, March {H.
Saunders). Tangier {Olcese), Tunis.
Malta {A. L. Adams). Hermon, Palestine. Rasheiga, Palestine. Asia Minor, May, June {T.
Robson). Trebizond (Dickson S,- Ross). Bushire.
Shoa (Sir W. C. Harris). Abyssinia ( W. Jesse). Senafe, Abyssinia, 24th April
(Jesse). Maragaz, Bogos, 27th July
(Jesse). Maragaz, July (Jesse). Anseba Valley.
Cape Coast, Feb. (T. E.
Buckley). Fautee.
Yambuya, Upper Congo. Matabele-Land (F. Oates).
South Africa (Andersson). S. Atlantic, 10^ S., 3o° W. Betsileo, Int. Madagascar.
(Type England. England. S. Germany. S. Germany.
Sharpe Coll.
Sharpe Coll. Gould Coll. Gould Coll.
G. L.Scott, Esq. [C.]. Shelley Coll. Sharpe Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sharpe Coll.
Purchased. Tweeddale Coll.
Tweeddale CoU.
Tweeddale Coll. Purchased. Jardine Coll. Canon Tristram [C.]. Canon Tristram [C.]. Tweeddale Coll.
Gould Coll.
A. J. V. Palmer, Esq.
[P.]. India Museum. Shelley Coll. Sharpe Coll.
Sharpe Coll.
Tweeddale Coll. Blanford Coll.
Shelley Coll.
Shelley Coll. Jameson Coll. W. E. & C. G. Oates,
Esqrs. [P.]. Sharpe Coll. Capt. Beckett [P.]. Purchased. oiCijps. halstoni, Bartl.) Purchased. T. lugall, Esq. [P.]. Dr. A. Giinther. Dr. A. Giinther.
Subsp. a. Micropus pekinensis.
Cypselus apus, Jerdon (nee Linn.), B. India, p. 177 (1862) ; Tacz. J.f. O. 1872, p. 351 (E. Siber.) ; ? Severtz. J f. O. 1873, p. 343 (Turkestan) ; ? Dresser, Severtz., Ibis, 1876, p. 189 (Turkestan).
1. MICRO I' us.
44o
Cypselus acuticauda, Jerd. B. India, Suppl. p. 870, note ex BUjth MS. (18G4) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1865, p. 45 (descr., Nepal) ; id. Ibis, 1866, p. 339 ; Jerd. Ibis, 1871, p. 355 ; Himne, Str. F. ii. p. 156 (1874) ; 8cully, Str. F. iv. p. 132 (1876) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 63 (1869).
Cypselus pekiuensis, Sioinh. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 485 (China) ; id. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 345 (India) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 132 (1876) ; id. Ibis, 1881, p. 428 (Gilgit) ; David et Oust. Ois. Oiine, p. 68 (1877) ; C. Sioinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 101; Sharpe, Yarkand Miss., Aves, p. 112 (1891).
This form is a little paler on the upper parts, especially on the forehead and slightly so on the tail. In all other respects it resembles M. apus. Typical specimens of this form are exactly intermediate between M. apus and typical 21. murlnus.
Hah. As far as I can judge from the series before me, all Asiatic birds from Sindh eastwards belong to this form. They wander southwards in the cold season, and seem to go even to South Africa.
The bird described as Gypselus shelleyi* by Salvador! (type examined), and the one mentioned by myself in the ' Katalog Yogels. Seuckenb. Mas.' p. 119, no. 1826 c, both from Abyssinia, are no doubt identical inter se, and 'also with two skins from Abyssinia in the British Museum ; but they are extremely similar to the type of M. pel-inensis. Besides, they most closely resemble a specimen of M. apus from South Africa in Mr. Dresser's collection and one from England in the British Museum, both apparently in a somewhat faded plumage, so that I am inclined to refer them to the latter species. Several other specimens of M. apus nearly approach them, as also does one of the Eastern form from Gilgit. However, further investigations in Shoa and Abyssinia are necessary, to show whether there is any constancy in the modification of colour in Abyssinian Swifts. At present I believe that, while M. murinus is the only species that breeds in Egypt, and M. apus passes that country on migration, the darker form reoccurs in the mountains of Abyssinia and Shoa. From various circumstances, and from the dates on which Jesse's and Salvadori's (Ragazzi's) specimens were killed, I conclude that these birds cannot be migrants.
a. 2 imm. sk
b. cJ ad. ; c. ad. sk.
d. (S ad. ; e.
imm. sk. /. Ad. sk.
g. 2 ad. sk. h. Imm. sk.
i, k. Ad. sk.
Shiraz, Persia, 4760 ft. 2 Ferghana, April, June.
cJ Yarkand [J. Scully).
Tashgaom, Aug. 17 (F. Sto-
liczka). Kargalik, Nov. {F. Stoliczka). Lukung, Sept. 20 (F. Sto- liczka). Kashgar [BeJlew).
Sh- 0. St. John [C.]. Severtzoff Coll.
Hume Coll.
India Museum.
India Museum. India Museum.
India Museum.
?Ojpselus dubius, Antln. Cat. descr. Ucc. Ajr. p. 25 (1864) (juv.). Cypselus apus, Finsch, Trans. Zool. Soc. vii. p. 213 (1870) (ibyss.). Cypselus shelleyi, Saliml. Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. xxi\. p. 2. '7 (1833) (Shoa),
446 CTPSELID^.
/. Ad. sk. Afglianistan. India Museum.
m, n. (S 2 ad. sk. Kandahar, March, April. Swinhoe & Hume
Colls.
0. Ad. sk. Safed Koh, Afghan. ( W. Tweeddale Coll.
Raiuactii).
p, q. 5 ad. sk. Gilgit, r)600 & 10,000 ft., July. Biddulph Coll.
r. Ad. sk. Souamuro-, Aug. (J. Bidduljih). India Museum,
s. Ad. sk. Dras, July 11 {J. Biddulph). Tweeddale Coll.
t, It. (^ $ ad. .*k. Cashmere. Hume Coll.
r, w. Ad. : x-h'. Ilazara Distr. (Thaudianee, Hume Coll.
Imm. sk. BadvUffe).
v'. Ad. sk. Lipi, N.W. Prov. (Jerdo/i). Gould Coll.
d'. Ad. sk. Pekiug, June 2. Hume Coll.
c'. (S ad. sk. Port Blair, Andamans, July 30. Hume Coll.
/, .'/'■ d ? ad. sk. Potchefstroom, 8. Africa, Jan. J. H. Gm'ney, Esq.
[P.].
Subsp. 13. Micropus murinus.
Cypselus apus, Webb ^- Bertli. Orn. C'aiiar. p. 23 (1841) ; Bolle, V. /. 0. 1857, p. 322 (Canar.) ; Bnike, Ibis, 1867, p. 425 (Tan- gier) ; Heuql. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 142, part. (var. murinus) (1869) ; Hartiuig, j.f. O. 1886, p. 457 (Madeira) *.
Cypselus mmarius, Vern. Hare. Ann. ^- Marj. Nat. Hid. xv. p. 437 (1855).
Cypselus murinus, Brehm, Vogelf. p. 46 (1855) ; Kaiser, Ornis, 1890, p. 466 (Egypt).
Cypselus pallidus, Shelley, Ibis, 1870, p. 445, 1871, p. 47 ; id. B. 'Egypt, p. 172 (1872) ; Irby, Ibis, 1872, p. 199, 1879, p. 343; id. B. Gibraltar, p. 63 (1875) ; Saunders, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 356 (Granada) ; Godm. Ibis, lii72, p. 170 (Madeira & Canar.) ; Wright, Ibis, 1874, p. 226 (Malta) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p". 92 (1875) ; Reid, Zoologist, 1878, p. 25 ; Dresser, Hist. B. Unr. iv. p. 597, pi. 268 (1881) ; Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 158 (1881) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 487 (Fao) ; Gigl. Avif. Ital. p. 193 (1886) ; id. ibid. 1889, p. 325 ; Salvad. Ucc. Ital. p. 80 (18.^7) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1889, p. 23 (Canar.) ; M. Waldo, Ibis, 1889, p. 509 ; Lilford, Ibis, 1889, p. 330 (Cyprus) ; Koenig, J. f. O. 1890, p. 269 (Madeira), p. 346 (Canar.).
Micropus palhdus, Stejn. Auk, i. p. 230 (1884).
Micropus apus murinus, Hartert, Kat. Vogels. Mus. Senckenb. p. 119 (1891).
Similar to M. apus, but much paler, of a real mouse-colour, the whitish colour on the throat more extended, and the wings a trifle shorter in the average. Wing 6'o to 6*7 inches.
Western and Mediterranean birds are darker than those from Egypt and the Persian Gulf, so that they often closely resemble Eastern specimens of M. apus.
* When we conBider that M. murinus breeds in most of the northern parts of Africa, while M. apus passes through on migration, it must be evident that in some cases it is impossible to decide which species is meant in older writings. I therefore give refpvpnces to those authors only whose notes make it possible to distinguish between those races.
1. MicROPirs. 447
There is a specimen from Beuguela iu which the chin is nearly uniform in colour with the breast.
Hah. From Madeira and the Canary Islands through Southern Spain and some of the islands in the Mediterranean, the greater part of Northern Africa to Egypt and Bogos-land, and as far east as the Persian Gulf and Sindh. It M'anders to South Africa in winter, where, however, it is not found further south than Damara-land.
a, b. Ad. sk. Teiieriffe, ^\a\\ 28 (F. D. G.). Salviu-Godman Coll.
c. (S ad. sk. Madeira, June 18 {F. D. G.). Salvin-Godman Coll.
d. (5 ad. sk. Madeira. W.T.Carruthers,Esn.
[P.l.
e. S ad. sk. Gibraltar, April 21. Lt.-Col. Irby [P.].
f. S ad. ; g, h. Malaga [Saunders). Tweeddale Coll. 2 ad. sk.
i. 2 ad. sk. Andalusia, May 7. Lt.-Col. Irby [P.].
k. Imm. sk. Malta. Adams Coll.
/. 5 imm. sk. Crete, March 27. Capt. Verner [P.].
m. Ad. sk. Upper Egj'pt. Purchased.
71. cS ad. sk. Egypt, Feb. 12. Shelley Coll.
(Type of C. jxdlidus.) o. (S ad. sk. Egypt. Shelley CoU.
p. Ad. sk. Egypt, Nov. 26. J. H. Gurnev, Esq.
[P.]. q. Ad. sk. Cataracts of Nile. Gould Coll.
>•. Ad. sk. Benguela. Monteiro Coll.
s, t. Ad. sk. Fao, Persian Gulf. W. D. Cuming, Esq.
[P-]- %i, V. S ad. sk. Muscat, Feb. 23 [A. O. II.). Hume Coll.
^) 'I'- d 2 ad. sk. Karachi, Siudh, Feb. 7. Hume Coll.
4. Micropus barbatus.
Cypselus apus, Guniey, Ibis, 1863, p. 320 ; id. Ibis, I860, p. 264 Finsch, Trans. Zool. Soc. vii. p. 213 (1870) (discuss.) ; Sharpe, ed. LayarcPs B. S. Afr. p. UO, part. (1875).
Cypselus barbatus, 6W. P. Z. iS. 1865, p. 599 (S. Afr. ; e.v Temm. MS.) ; Tristr. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 887 ; Finsch, Trails. Zool. Soc. vii. p. 214 (1870) (discuss.) ; Gurney in Anderss. B. Damara-Ld. p. 47 (1872).
Nearly allied to M. ajms, but larger, the feathers of the flanks and abdomen with whitish edges, the dusky-white chin with well- defined blackish-brown shaft-stripes, whereas in M. apus these are only indicated and often hardly visible. General colour as dark as in the darkest Western specimens of M. apus. Wing 7-1 to 7*4 inches, central rectrices 2'1, lateral 3-2.
Hah. Known from the Cape Colony only.
Although the majority of authorities have come to the conclusion that there is no such species as M. harhatus, I cannot agree with them. It is easily distinguished by the characters given above, and I do not doubt that the whitish edges to the feathers of the flanks and abdomen are a constant character, as the birds before me appear to be fully adult. The greenish gloss is rather stron". While M. harhatus is probably a resident in South Africa, the true M, apus appears there as a migrant and in large numbers.
448 crrsELiDJ3.
«. cJ ad. sk. Cape Town, Nov. 9 (C J! An- Tweeddale Coll. dersson).
b. Ad. sk. South Africa (Layard). Sbarpe Coll.
c. Ad. sk. Cape. Purcliaaed.
d. d ad. St. Cape. Sir A. Smith [C.].
5. Micropus unicolor.
Cypselus miirarius, Heineken, Brnost. Journ. p. 'l^'l (1829) ; Keule-
mans, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. 1866, p. 364 (Cape Verde). Cypselii.s unicolor, Jard. Edinh. Journ. Naf. Si' Geogr. Sc. i. p. 242,
])1. vi. (1830); Jard. .y *%, III. Oni. pi. 83 (1839) (Madeira);
f[VM4- Berf/i. Or II. C«w«r. p. 24 (1841); Gould, Voy.' Beagle;
ii. p. 41 (1841) (Cape Verde Is.) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 65 (1850) ;
Vernon Harcourt, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 144 (Madeira) ; Bolle, J.f. O.
1857, p. 323; Newton, Ibis, 1863, pp. 186, 192 (Madeira); Scl.
P. Z. S. 1865. p. 600 ; id. J. f. 0. 1867, p. 119 : Gray, Hand-l. i.
p. 63, no. 718 (1869); Dohr'n, J.f. 0. 1871, p. 9 (Cape Verde) ;
Godman, Ibis, 1872, p. 170 (Canar.) ; Dresser, Hist. B. Eur. iv.
p. 601, pi. 268 (1881) ; Reid, Ibis, 1887, p. 434 ; M. Waldo, Ibis,
1889, p. 4 ; Tri-str. Ibis, 1889, pp. 23, 25, 30 ; Koenig, J. f. O.
1890, p. 270 (Madeira), p. 342 (Canar.).
Micropus unicolor, Stejn. Auk, i. p. 230 (1884) ; Hocke, Zeitschr. f. Oolog. 1891, p. 17 (liest and eg-g) ; Hartwig, Ber. Sept. Sitz. D. Orn. Gas. p. 7 (1891).
Adult. Coloured like AI. apus, but the chin not whitish, only a little lighter than the breast. A much smaller bird than J/, apus and its allies ; tail more deeply forked. Total length about 6 inches, wing 5'8 to (J, lateral rectrices 3, central 2'8.
Hah. Madeira and the Canary Islands. Also observed on the Cape Verde Islands, but possibly as a straggler only.
Eadde's statement * that this bird occurs in the Caucasus (Kiis- jiirdi) and is not a distinct species is no doubt incorrect.
u. Ad. sk. Madeira. Dr. Halley [C.].
b. Ad. sk. Madeira. Gould Coll.
c. A ad. .-^k. Madeira. W.T.Carruthers,Esq.
[P.].
d. (S ad. sk. Madeira, June 27 {F. D. G.). Salvin-Godman Coll. e,f. Ad. sk, Teuerifte, April. Salvin-Godman CoU. g. S ad. sk. Tenerlffe, April 4 {J. G. Beid). Shelley Coll.
h. Ad. sk. [Africa ?] ' Gould Coll.
6. Micropus pacificus.
Hirundo pacifica. Lath. Index Orn. Suppl. p. 58 (1801) ; Steph.
Gen. Zool. x. p. 132 (1817). Hirundo apus, var. ^. leucop3'ga, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. i. pp. 539 ,
540 (1811). Cypselus australis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 141 ; Blyth, J. As. Soc.
Bang. xi. p. 886 (1842) ; Gould, B. Austral, ii. pi. 11 (1848) ;
Rosenb. J. f. O. 1864, p. 117 ; Finsck, Neu-Guinea, p. 162 (1865) ;
Biggies, B. Austral, p. 20, pi. 20 (1877).
* Ornis Oaucas. p. 29;].
1. MicKOPus, 449
Cjpselus vittatus, Jard. ^ Selby, III. Orn. iv. pi. 39 (1843) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 86 (1849); Bp. Consp. i. p. 6.5 (1850); Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Comp. i. p. 385 (1854) ; Sivinh. Ibis, 1860, pp. 48, 427 (Amoy) ; id. Ibis, 1861, pp. 2o4, 328, 1863, p. 253 (Formosa^ ; id. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 263 (China) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1863, p. 369 (Moulmein).
Micropus vittata, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 165.
Micropus australis, Boie, ibid.
Cypselus pacificus, Blyth, J. As. Soc. Beny. xiv. pp. 212, 548 (1843) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 65 (1850); Swi?ih. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 263; Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 599; id. J.f. O. 1867, p. 118; Gould, Handb. B. Austral, i. p. 105 (1865) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 64, no. 727 (1869) ; Swinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 89 (Hainan), 1874, p. 434; id. P. Z ,S 1871, p. 345 ; Tacz. J.f. 0. 1872, p. 35 (E. Siber.) ; Hume, Str.F. ii. p. 469 (Tenasserim) ; id. ibid. iii. pp. 14, 43, viii. p. 47 (Malay Penins.) ; Hwne ^- Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 48 (Tenasserim) ; Prjev. in Rbwl. Orn. Misc. ii. p. 159 (1877) ; Blak. S)- Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 231 (Japan); Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 494 (1878) (S. New Guinea) ; Salvad. Ucc. Borneo, p. 119 (1874J ; Seeb. Ibis, 1879, p. 31 (.Japan) ; Salvad. Orn. Papuasia, i. p. 534 (1880) ; Huyne, Str. F. ix. p. 246 (Cachar); id. ibid. x. p. 185 (Pegu) (1883) ; Oates, B. Burmah, ii. p. 1 (1883) ; Hume, Str. F. xi. p. 31 (Mani- piir) (1888); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. xxv. p. 573 (1888); Seeb. B. Japan, p. 177 (1890). Cypselus apus, part., Radde, Reis. Sibir., Vog. p. 130 (1863). Micropus pacificus, Stejn. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 29, p. 321 (1885); Hartert, Kat. Vogels. Mus. Senckenb. p. 119, no. 1828 (Java) (1891).
Adult. Upper plumage dark blackish brown with a greenish gloss, the feathers narrowly edged with whity brown, these edges becoming more indistinct if the birds are quite adult; a band across the rump pure white, with narrow brown shaft-stripes ; chin and throat white, with brown shaft-strijies ; remainder of the lower parts, under wing-coverts, and under tail-coverts brown, with white edges and blackish subtermiual bars to the feathers in all ages : " iris brown ; biU black ; feet pinkish ; claws dark brown " (Gates). Total length nearly 7 inches, wing 7 to 7-3, lateral rectrices 3'3, central 2-1, tarsus 0*45.
Hah. Mongolia, Baikal, and the Amoor in the J^orth, Assam, Cachar, and Burmah in the West, and extending over China and Japan to Australia, where it is probably only a winter visiter.
a. 5 ad. sk. Siberia, June.
b. S ad. sk. Salair, N.W. Altai, July 30. Dr. O. Finsch [C]
c. S ad. sk. Siberia. Tweeddale Coll. d,e. (^2 ad. sk. N.W. Mongolia, July. M. N. Severtzoff
[C.].
fi9- 6 2 ad.sk. Chefoo, China, June ((S'w(7!/ioe). Tweeddale Coll.
h. Ad. sk. Takow, China, March 22 (Stoiii- Hume Coll.
hoe).
i. Ad. sk. Amoy, Nov. {Swinhoe'). Hume Coll.
k. Ad. sk. Amoy. Hume Coll.
/. Ad. sk. Canton (Johnston). Hume Coll.
tn. $ ad. sk. China. Gould Coll.
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4ri()
rvi'SKLID.E.
n. Ad. sk. u. Ad. sk. J). Ad. sk. q. cS ad. sk. r, s. c? 2 ad. f. 5 ad. St.
sk.
M, r, w. Ad. sk.
sk.
.r. Ad. sk. y. Ad. sk.
z, a', b'. Ad. c'. Ad. sk. d'. 9 ad. sk.
fi'. 2 ad. sk. f. d ad. sk.
^f', h'. (S $ ad. sk. i'. Ad. sk. A;'. Ad. sk.
Formosa (Siciiihoe).
Japan, May.
Nagasaki, Japan.
Nagasaki, Marcli 18.
Nagasaki, May 30.
Cape York (Voy. H.M.S.
' Eattlesuake,' Macgillivray). Cape York, Dec. {Macr/UU-
vraif). Cape York. Moreton Bay. Queensland {Cockerell). I'enang [Cantor). Thayetmyo, Burma, Feb. 2o.
Amherst, July [Davison). Bankasoon, Dec. 22 [Davi- son). Sadiya, June 20 [J. Cockhurn). Dilkooshah, Cachar, Sept. Bootan [Femherton).
Tweeddale Coll. Hume Coll. r. Ringer, Esq. [P.]. P. Ringer, Esq. [P.]. P. Ringer, Esq. fP.]. Capt. Stanley [P.].
Capt. Stanley [P.].
Gould Coll. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. India Museum. E. W. Gates, Esq.
[C.l. Hume Coll. Hume Cull.
Hume Coll. Hume Coll. India Museum.
7. Micropus leuconyx.
Cypselus, sp. ?, Bhjth, J. As. Soc. Beng. xi. p. 886 (1842).
Cypselus leuconyx, Bhjth, J. As. Soc. Beng. xiv. p. 212 (1845) ; Bj}.
Consp. i. p. 65 (1850) ; Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind.
Comp. i. p. 109 (1854) ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 179 (1862) ; Scl P. Z. S.
1865, p. 600; id. J. f. 0. 1867, p. 119; Blgth, Ibis, 1865, p. 45
(note), 1866, p. 339, 1870, p. 161 ; Tytler, Ibis, 1868, p. 195 ; Jcrd.
Ibis, 1871, p. 354 ; Bull. Sir. F. ix.'p. 379, Mahratta (1880).
Adult. In colour quite similar to M. pacificus, but altogether much smaller : "iris dark brown ; bill blackish ; feet flesh-colour" [lladcJiffe). Total length about 6 inches, wing 6-3, lateral rectrices 2*6, central 1-75, tarsus 0-35.
Hah. As yet only known from the Himalayas and rocky hills in Central India, but further investigation will probably add more to the knowledge of its distribution.
a. (S ad. sk. Ilazara Di.strict, July 10 [Bad- Hume Coll.
cliffe).
b. Ad. sk. Simla, June 3. Hume Coll.
c. Ad. sk. Chumba, Himalaya. Pinwill Coll.
d. Ad. sk. Bootan [Pemberton). India Museum.
e. Ad. sk. India. Gould Coll. /. Ad. sk. [India.] Gould Coll.
8. Micropus caffer.
? Martinet a croupion blanc, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. pi. 244 (1806).
? Cypselus leucorrhous, Stejjh. Gen. Zool. x. p. 98 (1817).
? Hirundo nigra, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 525 (1823).
Cypselus caffer, Licht. Vera. Doubl. p. 68 (1823) (Caffraria et Nubia) ; Bp. Co7isp. i. p. 65 (1850) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 600 (part.) ; id. J. f. O. 1867, p. 120 (part.) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1865, p. 264, 1868, pp.' 50, 152 (S. Afr.) ; Grail, Hand-I.'\. p. 63; Ileiir/l. Orn. A.O.-
1. 1II0R0PU3, 451
'"^^'I'h ^]'^x'^'^ P""'"'- <^ -*^'*^ ' '^hellei/, Ibis, 1875, p. U7 (8. AfV.), 1882, p. ^4J (.Masliooua) ; Sharpe, ed. Lai/ard's B. S. Afr. p. 92 (1875) •
l^^r'Sff/T^'*^' P-,^^^ ^^-^i'--)-^ Avrcs, Ibis, 1878, p. 40b; l»o4, p. 222 (Ir.msvadl).
'T?Sm PJ-f'-;i;'' ^C"""' ^/- ^''>^- -160 (1828) ; 5;,. Co;«^. i. p. 65 (i8o0) ; P^t. Jo,/, ^ovam, Vor/. p. 38 (180-1) (Cape). Micropus caiiev Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 165; Hart.rf. Eat. Voaeh. Mm. ^Senckenb. I). 119 (ISQl), y*-*. .«(5.
Adtih. Tail deeply forked, lateral rectricos very acute. Head and wings brown with a slight metallic gloss, tail darker ; back and abdomen nearly pure black with a steel-blue gloss; chin and throat white, a white baud across the rump, shafts of the feathers brown; secondaries, except the innermost, with very perceptible whitish margins. Total length about 6 inches, wing .5-S, lateral rectrices 3, central 1-8. ♦ » .
Tail of Mirrojms caffei
Hah. Southern Africa, replaced in the mountains of Abyssinia fa tL't^er'SrSo.'^' ^ "^"^ '"^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^
a. Ad. sk.
b. Ad. sk.
c. S ad. ; d. sk.
''. $ ad. sk. /. 6 ad. sk.
g. S ad. sk. Ji. Ad. sk. ». Ad. sk. k, I. Ad. sk.
ni. 5 ad. sk.
«. (S ad. sk.
Cape of Good Hope. Cape of Good Hope. 2 ad. Cape Town, Feb. 7.
Caledon, Oct. 10 (Butler). Ivnysna, March 10 (Ayiders-
so/i). Knysna, March {Audcrs.-iou). George {H. Atmore). George (H. Atmore). Kingwilliamstowu.
Potchefstrooni, Oct. 24.
Nalal {Cutter).
Gould Coll.
J. Verreaux Coll.
Shelley Coll.
Shelley Coll. Sharpe Coll.
Tweeddale Coll. Shai-pe Coll. Shelley Coll. C Trevelyan, Esq.
J. H. Guniev, Esq.
[P.]. • ^
Miarpe Coll.
452
CVPSELTD^.
Subsp. a. Micropus streubeli.
Cypselus caffer, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 85 (1860) (Sen-
'naar) ; Finsch, Trans. Zool. Soc. vii. p. 216 (1870) (Abyss.) ; Hartl.
Abh. natiirw. T'er. Bremen, xii. ]). 32 (1891). Cypselus streubelii, Hartl J.f. 0. 18('.l, p. 418. Cypselus abyssinicvis ?, Heiif/l. J. f. O. 18()1, p. 422. Cj-pselus caffer orientalis, Ileiyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 143 (1869) ;
^Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 427 (discuss.). Cypselus gukris, Henr/l. Orn. N.O.-Afr.i. p. 143, note MS. (1869) ;
Cab. J.f. 0. 1878, p". 236 (e.v HevgL).
Only distinguished from the Southern M. caffer by its much smaller size, which is even perceptible in the smaller size of the bill, and perhaps also by the less extended white patch on the throat : " iris dark brown ; bill and feet blackish " (Ileiu/l.). Wing 5"4 inches, lateral rectrices 2-7, central 1"6.
Hab. Mountains of Abyssinia, the Bogos country, and Uganda (Jaclson). Two specimens from the Congo belong to this form. Heuglin says that this bird is a wanderer in North-eastern Africa. Lichtenstein records it from " Nubia."
a. 2 ad. sk. Eavravguddi, Abyssinia, May 27 Tweeddale Coll.
(W.' Jesse).
b, c. J ad. sk. Landana, Congo [Petit). Sharpe Coll.
9. Micropus horus.
Cypselus galilejensis, Antin. Cat. descr. Ucc. p. 24.
Cypselus affiuis, var. horus, Hew/l. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 147 (e.v
Hartl. ^- Finsch, MS.) (1869). " Cypselus horus, Salmd. S)- Antin. Atti R. Ac. Tor. viii. p. 94 (1872) ;
Salvad. Ibis, 1881, p. 540. Cypselus affiuis, Bocaye, Jorn. Sc. Acad. Lisb. no. xii. p. 269 (1871)
(Angola). Cypselus sliarpii, Bouv. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 228, pi. vi. fig. 1
(1876; Bauana, Congo) ; Sharpe Sc Bouv. ibid. p. 303; L. Petit,
Ornis, 1885, p. 685. Cypselus finschi, Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 159 (1877).
Tail of Micropus horus. In general appearance similar to M. caffer, but easily distinguished
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by its tail, the lateral rectrices being shorter and not so acute ; the white throat is much more extended, going much further down, gradually merging into the dark colour of the abdomen ; abdomen glossy brownish black ; sides of the head paler ; secondaries without perceptible white margins. Wing 5*9 inches, lateral rectrices 2-3, central I'S.
One specimen without locality in the Collection is like M. horus, but has a longer wing and a sooty-brownish throat. Wing 6'3 inches. It may be an undescribed species, but further material would be necessary to throw light upon this bird.
Hah. Known from the mouth of the Congo and Angola in the West, the Ueeri river in the Kilimanjaro district, and in Abyssinia.
This bird is probably, like other species of the same group, a mountain-bird, and, perhaps, leaving the mountains in winter goes down to the Congo valley.
a. c? ad. sk. Landana, Congo. A. Bouvier [C.].
b. 2 ad. sk. Landana, Congo {Petit). Shelley Coll.
c. 2 ^^- sk. Useri Eiver, E. Africa, 11. C. V. Hunter,
July 18. Esq. [P.J.
d. Ad. sk. ? var. [Africa.]
10. Micropus toulsoni.
Cypselus toulsoni, Bocar/e, Jorn. Lish. 1869, p. 339 ; id. Orn. Angola, 'p. 158 (1881).
Tail and size like M. Jiorns, but without any white rump-band and with a less-extended and only dirty-white throat ; head brown ; back and abdomen black with a bluish gloss, paler and more brownish on flanks and upper and under tail-coverts ; wings and tail blackish brown : bill black ; feet dark brown (in skin). Total length about 5'9 inches, wing 6, lateral rectrices 2-4, central 1*9.
Hub. The only specimen before me is from Landana near the mouth of the Congo. Bocage described it from Loanda, Angola.
a. 2 ad. Landana, Congo. Petit Coll.
11. Micropus affinis.
Cypselus parvus. Less. Traile d'Orn. p. L'68 (nee Licht.) (1831).
Cypselus affinis, Hardw. ajmd Frankl. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 116 (descr. nulla) ; J. E. Gray 8f Hardw. III. Ind. Zoo/, i. pi. 35. fig. 2 (1832) ; Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 83 ; Jerd. Madr. Journ. xi. p. 225 (1840); lilyth, Journ. As. Soc. xiv. p. 212 (1845); Tiek. Journ. A. S. B. xvii. p. 302 a848) ; Jardine, Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 5 (W. Afr.) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 65 (1850) ; Layard, Ann. ^- May. N. H. xii. p. 167 (1853) ; Pucker. Rev. et May. de Zool. 1853, p. 444; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. 1. Comp. p. 106 (1854) ; Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 154 ; Licht. Nomencl. p. 61 (Nepal) (1854) ; Adams, P. Z. 8. 1859, p. 175 (Cashmir) ; Jerd. B. Lid. i. p. 177 (1862) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 375 ; id. Ibis, 1865, p. 235 ; Beavan, ibid. p. 405; Sclut. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 603; id. J. f. O. 1867,
4.'.1
cYrsELiii.r.
p. 124 : 7V/W/-. Ihk, 1860, p. 76, 1867, p. 362; Bulger, Ibis, 186(i, p. 211); Blyfh, ibid. p. 339; Tytler, Ibis, 1868, p. 195; Pdz. ibid. p. 307; id. J. f. O. 1867, p. 1:24; Grai/, Hand-/, i. p. 63, no. 722 (1869);' Ileuffl. Orn. N.O.-Afr.i. p. 'l46 (1869); Brooks, Ibis, 1869, p. 47 (egg); Bnldami(s,'j. f. O. 1869, p. 407; Wyatt, Ibis, 1S70, p. 12 (Sinai); 8?ir(rpe, Ibis,' 1870, p. 484 (Fantee); id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 2 (S. Afr.) (1871) ; Shelley ^- Buckley, Ibis, 1872, p. 286 (Gold Coast) : Iloldsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 419 (Ceylon) ; Sulvad. et Antin. Atti E. Ac. 8c. Tor. viii. p. 95 (1872) ; id. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. iv. p. 433 (1873) ; Hume, Sir. F. i. p. 166 (1873) ; id. Aests ^- Ef/gs, i. p. 85 (1873) ; Adam, Sir. F. i. p. 370 ; Ball, ibid. ii. p. 384 (1874) ; Severtz. J.f. O. 1875, p. 74 (Turkestan) ; Dress. B.Eur, iv. p. 591, pi. 267 (1874); Dress. (Severtz.), Ibis, 1876, p. 189 (Turkest.) ; lieichen. J. f. O. 1875, p. 20; Blanf. E. Persia, p. 130 (1876) : Sharjw, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 94 (1875) ; Fair- bank, Str. F. iv. pp. 254, 393 (Palani Hills) ; Davids. ^ Wenden, Sir. F. vii. p. 77, Ueccan (1878) ; Brehn, J. f. O. 1878, p. 363 ; Scull;/, Str. F. viii. p. 234 (Xepal) (1879) ; Beid, Str. F. x. p. 19 (Luck-now) (1881); T'idal, Sfr. F. ix. p. 44 (Konkan) (1880); Salvad. Ibis, 1881, p. 540; Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 101 (S. Afghan.) ; Oates, B. Brit. Burnt, ii. p. 3 (note) ; Tristr. Faun. Sj- Flor. Palestin. p. 83 (1884); Radde, Orn. Caucas. jjp. 36, 294 (1884); Fischer, Zeitschr. yes. Orn. 1884. p. 35 (Massai-Ld.) : id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 127 (E. Afr.) ; Beicken. J.f. O. 1887, p. 61 (Kagebi) ; Koenig, J.f. O. 1888, pp. 138, 164 (Tunis, seen) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1889, p. 91 (Transcasp.) ; Badde Sf Walter, Ornis, 1889, p. 73 ; Oates, ed. Hume's Nests Sf Eggs, iii. p. 21 (1890) ; Salvad. Ami. Mus. Civ. xxi.x. p. 551 (1890) (Italy ; syn.).
Cypselus nipalensis, Hodys. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. v. p. 780 (1836).
Cypselus montanus, Jerd. Madr. Journ. xiii. p. 144 (1844).
Micropus affinis, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 165.
Cyp.selus abyssinicus, Strevbel, Isis, 1848, p. 354 (Abyssinia) ; Hartl. Beitr. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 16 (1850) ; id. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1852, p. 6 (I. St. Thom^) ; id. J. f. 0. 1853, p. 397; id. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 24 (1857) ; Scl Ibis, 1865, p. 235 : Tristr. Ibis, 1866, i)p. 74, 78 ; Dohrn, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 325 (llha do Principe) ; Gray, Iland-l. i. p. 64 (1869); Hume, Ibis, 1870, p. 405; ? Forbes, Ibis, 1883, pp. 617, 520; ? Hartert, J.f O. 1886, p. 591 (Haussa-Ld.).
Cypselus galilejensis (galilaeensis), Antin. Nuurnannia, 1855, p. 307, pi. V. figs. 1,2; Tristr. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 431 : id. Ibis, 1864, p. 231, 1865, p. 76; Swinh. Ibis, 1866, p. 133; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 63 (1869).
P Cypselus fiiligiuosus, Verr.,Jide Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 64 (1869).
Adult. Tail very even. Head, wings, and tail dark brown with a very slight raelallic gloss; back black with steel-blue gloss ; chin, throat, and a band across the rump white: "iris deep brown; bill black ; feet vinous brown " {Legf/e). Total length about o'l to 5'5 inches, wing 5 to 5'4, lateral rectrices 1-6 to 1'9.
This species varies very much in the shade of coloration and in size, but these variations do not seem to be restricted to certain localities. In the large series before me I can only notice that birds from Ceylon, Sikkira, and some from Western Africa are darker and have the tails rather longer. The birds from Palestine have very light tails, like maiiy African specimens that are not from the West Coa.st. The birds from Palestine ^^how a great
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extension of the white on the throat and a very light forehead. They are named galllejensis and may be regarded as a local race, but cannot be distinguished from several specimens from other localities. Perhaps the darkness and lightness of colour is due to the amount of rainfall in their respective countries, as is the case in several other birds. This species is recorded by all observers as being a stationary bird all the year round.
Hah. Africa, from the Cape to the West Coast (St. Thomas) and Tunis (where Dr. Koenig procured it in 1891), Sennaar, and Abys- sinia, through the valley of the Jordan in Palestine, and occurring locally aU over India and Ceylon. A straggler has been shot in Italy.
(I, b. (S 2 ^<1- sk.
c. Ad.sk.
d. Ad. sk.
e,f. cJ ad. ; ff, h.
2 ad. sk. *') k- 6 2 ad. sk.
/. Ad. sk.
m, n. Ad. sis o. Ad. sk. 21. 2 ad. sk. q. Ad. sk.
r. Ad. sk. s, t. Ad. sk.
M. Ad. sk.
V, w. Ad. sk.
X, y, z. (5 ad. sk.
a. S ad. sk.
b'. Juv. ; c', d', e .
Ad. sk. /',</'. Ad. sk. li . (S ad. sk. i', k' , I' . Ad. sk. ;
m'-p'. (^jq'-x'.
2 ad. sk. «/', s', a". Ad. sk. b". Ad. sk. c". 2 ad. sk. d", e". S ad. sk. /". S ad.; !/",h".
2 ad. sk. i". Ad. sk. k". Ad. sk. I", m". S 2 ad. sk. n". S ad. sk. o" . Ad. sk. J}", q". Ad. sk. r". 2 ad. .sk. s". Ad. sk.
C'eylou, April. ^Madras.
Mvsore, AuLrust. Belgaum, July 9 (Butler).
Ahmednagar, January [Fair- bank). Kbaudeish, April {J. David-
S07l).
Deccan {Burffess). Deccan, January 22. Saugor, C. P., June 12. Maunbhoom, April [E. C. Bea-
van). N. India. Bootan, January.
Sikkim, April.
Behar.
Nepal (J. Scully).
Katmandu, Nepal, April {J.
Scidlij). Nepal.
N.W. Himalaya. Almorah, Oct. 13. Simla.
Naudarbar, April 4. Umballa, March. Burtna, February. Secunderabad.Oct. {Slaughter) . Sambhur, July [Adam).
Jodhpur, Februar}'.
Hissar.
Dehra Ghazi Khan, May 22.
Sindh, .March 10.
Mehur, Siudb, January.
Karachi.
Kandahar. May 14.
Muscat, March.
Col. Legge [C.]. Gould Coll. Tweeddale Coll. Hume Coll.
Tweeddale Coll.
I lame Coll.
Gould Coll. Col. Svkes [P.]. Hume'CoU. Tweeddale Coll.
India Museum. T. Pemberton, Esq., & India Museum. Hume Coll. Hodgson Coll. Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
Hodgson Coll.
Pinwill Coll. Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
Hume Coll. Hume Coll. Iluuie Coll. Tweeddale Coll. Hume Coll.
Hume Coll. Hume CoU. Hume Coll. Hume Coll. Hume Coll. Hume Coll. Hume Coll. liuuie Coll.
450
CVPSELIDJE.
t". d ad. sk.
u"-v". Ad. .sk. : y",s". 5 ad. sk. a\ b\ 2 ad. sk. c\ 2 ad. sk. d^. cJ ad. sk.
e^. S ad. sk. f\ J ad. sk. </'. 2 ad. sk. hi c? ad. sk.
i\ J ; -t^ f . Ad.
sk. m^, 7i'. Ad. sk. o^-y^ Ad. sk. r\ Ad. sk. s\ i'^ Ad. sk. v'\ (J ad. sk. v\ 2 ad. sk. w'. Ad. sk. x'. Ad. sk.
Parpa, near Shiraz, Persia,
7U00 ft., May :',0. Geunesaretb.
Gennesaretb, May {Tristram). Gennesareth April ( Trigtram). Sooroo, Abyssinia, May 30
{Jesse). Sooroo, Abyssinia, May {Jesse). Sooroo Pass, June 1 (2000 ft.). Ain Sambar, 1200 ft., July 6. Batburst, Senegambia {La-
(/laize). Cape Coast, W. Africa.
Cape Coast, March. •
Fantee {Ussher).
Elruina (Blissett).
Cape Coast ( Ussher').
Cape Coast.
Grand Bassam, W. Africa.
Gaboon.
S. Africa {Layurd).
C. T. Blanford, Esq.
[C.]. Canon Tristram
[C.]. Salvin-Godman Coll. Tweeddale Coll. Tweeddale Coll.
Sbai-pe Coll. Blanford Coll. Blanford CoU. Tweeddale Coll.
Buckley Coll.
Sbelley Coll. Sbelley Coll. Sbelley Coll. Sharpe CoU. Gordon Coll. Purcbased. Ansell CoU. Sbarpe Coll.
Tail of Microp'n,< affinis.
Tail of Microptts siihfurcaiiis.
12. Micropus subfurcatus.
Cvpselus subfurcatus, Plyth, Joinn. As. Sac. Beng. xviii. p. 807
■(1849) ; Bp. Vonsp. i. p. 65 (]8.'0) ; Suinh. P. Z. S. 18C3, p. 294
(Cbina) ; id. Ibis, 186.3, p. 254 : Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 63 (1863) ;
p. 227 (Amoy ; meea.), je/u, p. fy (uamrn; : la. j-. jj. o. s.^i i., p. 345; Salvad. Ucc. Borneo, Tp. 118 (1874); David ef Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 09 (1877) : Iftime, Sir. F. v. p. 17 (Cacbar) (1877), viii. p. 47 (Malay Pen.) (1879) ; Hvvie ^- Daviso7i, ibid. vi. p. 47 (Tenasserim) (1878) ; W. Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 14 (Sumatra) ; Oafes, B. Burm. ii. p. 2 (1883). Cvpselus afbnis, Sfriehl. P. Z. S. 1846, p. 99; Sid7ih. Ibis, 1860, ■p. 48 (Anioy), 1861. p. .30 (Houpkong) ; Peh. Voy. Novara, p. 38 (Cbina) (I860).
1 . MICE0PU8. 457
Cypselus leucopvgialis, Cuss. Proc. Ac. Phil. v. p. 58, pi. 13 (1852) ; Scl. Ibis, I860, p. 235 (ident. a^>ii.s).
Similar to M. affinis, but darker on the head and under tail- coverts, and especially on the tail, which is a little longer and a little more furcated. Wings on the average a little louger. " Iris dark brown ; legs and feet varying a good deal, from fleshy brownish to purplish blackish ; bill black " (Davison). Total length about 5"7 inches, wing 5"1 to 5'6, averaging 5"3 and 5-4, lateral rectrices 2*1 to 2'25.
Ifab. Replaces the preceding species east of the Bay of Bengal, being recorded from China as far north as Amoy, Cochin China, Sumatra, Java, the Malay Peninsula, Tenasserim, and as far north as Cachar.
The specimens from Bootan in the Collection belong to J/, affinis, but they are very dark, and without large series to compare may easily be mistaken for 31. .nthfurcati'S. After all M.sxihfurcatus can only be regarded as the Eastern representative of M. affinis.
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a. Ad. sk. |
Cachar {Inglis). |
Hume Coll. |
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b'd. S ad. ; e-h. |
Malawoon, Tenasserim, May |
Hume Coll. |
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2 ad. sk. |
( W. Davison). |
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Klaug, Malacca, May ( W. |
Hume Coll. |
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ad. ak. |
Darison). |
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Malacca {Maingay). |
Tweeddale Coll. |
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on. d" ad. sk. |
Malacca {.4. R. Wallace). |
Goidd Coll. |
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n. (S ad. sk. |
Malacca {A. R. Wallace). |
Tweeddale Coll. |
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o,p. Ad. sk. |
Malacca. |
Pinwill Coll. |
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q. Ad. sk. |
Malacca [Pimoilt). |
Tweeddale Coll. |
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r. Ad. sk. |
Penaug. |
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s, t. Ad. sk. |
Penang (Cantor). |
India Museum. |
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«. Ad. sk. |
Penang. |
Gould Coll. |
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V, u\ Ad. sk. |
Sumatra (Bock). |
Tweeddale Coll. |
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.r, y. J ad. sk. |
Lolo, Sumatra, Dec. 12 (Bock). |
Tweeddale CoU. |
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z.^ Ad. sk. |
Labuan, Borneo. |
Ussher Coll. |
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a . Ad. sk. |
Siam. |
Purcha.sed. |
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6'. Ad. sk. |
Amoy, China, Dec. (Sivinhoe). |
Tweeddale Coll. |
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c. Ad. sk. |
Amoy, China. |
Tweeddale Coll. |
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d'. Ad. sk. |
Amoy, Cliina. |
Col. Swinhoe [C], |
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e. Ad. sk. |
Amoy, China (Swinhoe). |
Gould Coll. |
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Amoy, China, Dec. (Swinhoe). |
Hume CoD. |
13. Micropus andicola.
Mieropus andicolus, Lafr. et d'Orb. Sijn. p. 70 (1837) ; d^Orb. Vvy.
p. 358, pi. 42. fisr. 2 (1844) ; Scl. P. Z. S. I860, p. 606; id. J. f. O.
1867, p. 127 * ; &/. S>- Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 569 (Areqiupa), 1879,
p. 626 (BoHvia) ; id. Norn. Ai\ Keoti: p. 94 (1873); Tacz. Orn.
Pcrou,i. p. 232 (1884). Tachornis andecolus, Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 64 (1869).
Adult. Above dark smoky brown, tail and wing with slight metallic glosp, head and especially the front paler, secondaries
* Spolt andicola.
458 crrsKi.iD.E.
except the innermosi with white margius ; uiiderparts white, this colour traversing over tlie upper parts in two broad white bands across the neck and rump, the former often speckled with brown along the middle ; upjier chin slightly greyish ; under wing- coverts, sides of body, and longer uuder tail-coverts dusky brown. Totallength aboiit 5'5 inches, wing 5 to 5-7, tail2"5, central rectrices about 05 shorter.
Home birds are very white underneath. These are perhaps younger birds.
The length of wing varies considerably in this bird. The outer rectrices are sometimes white near the base.
Hah. Andes of Peru and Bolivia to Argentina.
a. cj' ad. sk. Quito. Purchased.
I), c. c? 2 ad. sk. Tinta, Peru, June ( Whitely). Sclater Coll.
d. Ad. sk. Lima ( W. Nation). Sclater Coll.
e,f. 6 $ ad. sk. Arequipa, March ( Whiteli/). Sclater Coll.
(/, h. 2 ad. sk. Arequipa, March 14 (II. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Whitely).
i. 2 ad. ; A-. .\d. Arequipa, March. II. Whitely [C.].
sk.
/. Imm. sk. Consata, Bolivia (C. Buckley). Sah-in-Godmau Coll.
m. Ad. sk. Bolivia.
?(. 2 ad. sk. Meudoza, Avg. Rep., Feb. Salvin-Godman Coll.
( Weishaupt).
(I. 2 ad. sk. Pampas Argentiuas (Leyhotd). Salviu-Godman Coll.
14. Micropus monti vagus.
Cypselus montivagus, d'Orh. Toy. Amer. Merid. p. 357, pi. xlii. fig. 1 (1835-44); Lafr. ^- d'Orb. Syn. Av. i. p. 70 (1837); Bp. Consp. i. p. 66 (1850)"; Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 606; id.J.f. O. 1867, p. 127; Scl. Si- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 644 (crit.) ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, i. p. 233 (1884).
Above sooty black, feathers of the lores white at the base, inner secondaries broadly bordered with white ; chin and throat white, breast whitish with shades of sooty brown ; abdomen dark sooty brown, whitish along the middle, a pure white band across the lower abdomen ; under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts like the back ; primaries sooty black, with very narrow white edges to the inner webs of the shorter ones ; rectrices sooty black, with very narrow whitish edges to the tips and longitudinal whitish spots near the bases. Total length about 5 inches, wing 4-7, tail 1-7, tarsus 0-33. (Description from a specimen in the Warsaw Museum.)
Easily distingiiished from M. andicoln by the sooty-black hind neck and concolorous rump. In coloration it resembles more Aeronnutes melanoleucMS, but is much smaller and the colour of the lower parts much different. The toes seem to be quite unfeathered, and therefore it is a true Micropus.
Jlah. Peru and Bolivia.
2. AKKONAUl'ES. 459
15. Micropus myoptilus.
Cypselus myoptilu.*, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Cic. Gen. xxvi. p. 228
The very young specimen from Shoa described by Salvadori, /. c, as Ci/i>seh(s nnjoptilus was kindly sent me by the author lor exami- nation. It is certainly not the young of M. ajms, nor, on account of its dusky-brownish throat, can it be the young of any of the other known species from Shoa. Further investigation must show what tlie adult bird is like. Probably it is an unknown species which is somewhat similar to the Atlantic 31. unicolor. Heuglin (Orn. X.O.-Afr. i.) states that he several times saw a uniform dark- coloured Ci/psehts, much like M. unicolor, which he never procured. Those were probably the old birds of J/, nvjojjtilus.
I have not been able to examine the following species : — ■
16. Micropus niansEe. Cypsehis nianssfi, Reichen. J. f. O. 1887, p. 61.
Described as being similar to M. (pquatoriaUs, but much smaller. Total length nearly 6 inches, wing 5-9, tail 2" 75.
Hub. Kagehi, on the Victoria Xyanza {FiscJicr Coll.).
2. AERONAUTES.
If Panyptila is admitted as a distinct genus, it becomes necessary to establish a new genus for P. melanoleuca. The structure of the plumage and the shape of the tail are so totally different, that it cannot be associated with Paiiiiptila. Little is known about its niditication, but from the notes published it is evident that it does not build such a peculiar nest as the species of Pani/ptUa do.
Range. Western United States of North America southwards to Guatemala.
1. Aeronautes inelauoleucus.
r- Acanthylis saxatilis*, Woodhoiisc, Kvplor. Ziaini liivei; p. 64 (1853)
(Arizona) : Cones, Ibis, 1865, p. 356. Cypselus melanoleucus, Baird, Proc. Ac. Phil. 1854, p. 118 (S.
Francisco Mts.). Panyptila melanoleuca, Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 141, pi. xviii. (1858) ;
Scl. 8,- Sale. Ibis, 1859, p. 1^5 (Guatemala) : Scl. P. Z. S. 1865,
p. 607 : id. J. f. O. 1867, p. 128 ; Cooper, Orn. Cal. i. p. 347 (1870) ;
Baird, Brew. '^- Bidf/w. X. Am. B. ii. p. 424 (l.'^74). Panyptila saxatilis, Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 182 (1872); id. 2nd
* This may be the Ci/ps. melaiiokiiciis of Baird. but the description does not corres])oiid. and Dr. Woodhouse seems not to have procured any specimens. i«ec Baird. Brewer, and Kidgw., >". Amer. B. ii. p. 4l't). note.
4(10
crrsKUDjE.
ed. p. 456 (1884) ; Ridgw. U. S. Geol. Evpl. -iOth Par. iii. p. 5(34
(1877). Micropus saxatilis, Sfejn. Auk, i. p. 230 (1884). Micropus melanoleucu's, Ridqw. Auk, 1884, p. 2-30 (footnote) ; Scott,
Auk, 1886, p. 430 ; A. O. U. Check-list, p. 223 ; Shufeldt, Ibis,
1887, p. 151, pi. V. ; Eidr/w. Man. N. Am. B. p. 303 (1887) ;
Jeffries, Auk, ii. p. 223 (1880).
Blackish brown, forehead generally a little lighter ; indication of supraloral stripe, chin, throat, and middle of abdomen, a patch on each side of the rump, the edge of the outer primary, broad ends of secondaries, small edge of outer tail-feathers, and longitudinal spots on the inner webs of median tail-feathers near their base white. Total length about 5-S inches, wing 5-7, lateral rectrices 2-7, central 2'3.
Hah. Western United States southwards to Guatemala.
a, b. Ad. sk. c-x. S ad. ; y-
g' . 5 ad. sk. //'. cJ ad. ; i'.
Ad. sk. k'. c? ad. sk.
/'. cS ad. sk.
ni . J ad. sk, 71 . 5 ad. sk.
<)'. Ad. sk. 2) . S ad. sk.
q . S ad. sk. r'. Ad. sk. s'. Ad. sk. t' , u'. ^ ad. v'. 5 ad. sk.
California {Hemhaic). Colorado Springs, Col., June,
July {Henshmc). Contra Costa, Color., June
(Henshaiv). Fort Wingate, N. Mexico,
July 15 {Hemhmv). Fort Wingate, N. Mexico,
Sept. 11. Arizona, March 9 {Henshaw). New Mexico, April {Hart
Merriam), West Mexico {E. Bartktt).^ San Bernardino, CaUfornia,
Dec. 10 (Hebron). Mexico, June. Duefuis, Guatemala. Uuenas (O. Saloin). Duenas, July, Nov. (O. Siil-
vin).
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Dr. R. W. Shufeldt
[P.]. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sclater Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Tweeddale Coll. O. Salvin, Esq. [C.]. Sclater Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Tail of AcrouaiUcf laclanolcucus.
Tail of Faiigptila cayancusis.
3. PANTPTILA. 461
3. PANYPTILA.
Type.
Panyptila, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. xiii. p. 1545 (1847) P. cayanensis.
Pseudoprocne, Streubel, Ms, 1848, p. 358 P. cayanensis.
Panyptila differs in so many re8j)ects from Micropus that it cannot be united with that genus. Mr. Salvin has discovered and described the interesting nest of P. sanctiliieronymi, which diiiers entirely from all nests of Micropus, and he kindly informs me that the nest of P. cayanensis is similar in construction.
Range. Central and South America.
Key to the Species.
a. Much smaller; wing about 4-8 inches cayanensis, p. 4(51.
h. Much larger; wing about l-'o inches sanctihieronyjni, p. 462.
1. Panyptila cayanensis.
Le Martinet a collier blauc, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 671 (1779) ;
Bauhent. PI. Enl. pi. 7i'5. fig. 2 (1783). Hirundo cayanensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 1024 (1788). Hirundo cayennensis, Vieitl. N. D. xiv. p. 513 (1817). Cypselus cayanensis, StejJi. Gen. Zool. x. p. 75 (1817) ; B}}. Consp.
i. p. 66 (1850) ; Leot. Ois. Trinidad, p. 81 (1866) ; Gray, Rand-l.
i. p. G4 (1869). Panyptila cayanensis, Cab. Wieym. Arch. xiii. p. 345(1847) ; Burm.
Syst. Uebers. ii. p. 369 (1856)*; Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 606; id.
J.f. O. 1867, p. 128; Layard, Ibis, 1873, p. 389; Scl. ^- Sale.
Nom. Av. Neotr. p. 94 (1873) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 531
(Antioq.); Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 371(1882); Berl. ^- Tacz.
P. Z. S. 1883, p. 569 (W. Ecuador) ; iid. Ibis, 1885, p. 436 (B.
Guiaua) ; Scl. Ibis, 1887, p. 318.
Adult. Deep black with a slight silky gloss ; a patch before the eyes, chin, throat, narrow collar round the neck, large spot on each side of the rump, narrow edges of secondaries aud inner webs of primaries, basal portion of shaft and outer webs of the lateral rectrices white. Total length about 4-8 inches, wing 4*8, lateral rectrices 2*3, central 1*2.
Bah. Colombia to Guiana and Brazil.
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a. |
$ ad. sk. |
British Guiana. Sclater Coll. |
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b. |
2 ad. sk. |
Merume Mts., Br. Guiana {H. Salvin-Godman Coll. Whitely). |
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c. |
Ad. sk. |
Venezuela (Spetice). Salvin-Godman Coll. |
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d. |
Ad. sk. |
Bogota ( Ward). .Sclater Coll. |
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e. |
Ad. sk. |
Antioquia (Salmon). Sclater Coll. |
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/• |
Ad. sk. |
Antioquia, Sept. {T. K. Sal- Salvin-Godman Coll, mon). |
* Spelt cajavensis
462 CYi'SKr.iu.i;.
f/. c? ad. sk. rara, Nov. 10 (E. L. Luyard). Tweeddale Coll.
//, i. Ad. sk. Ealiin.
/.-. Ad. sk. Baliia ( 7f «c/((r<?;-). Sclaler Coll.
/. Imm.sk. Sautai'em, Amazon ( JJ7tA7/«?M). Sclater Coll.
m. Ad. sk. Brazil. Purchased.
n. Ad. .sk. Samiria ( Whiteli/). Salvin-Godman Coll.
o. Ad.sk. S.America. Salvin-Godmau Coll.
2. Panyptila sanctihieronymi.
Panvptila sanctihieronymi, Snlvin, P. Z. S. 1803, p. 190, pi. xxii. ; S'cl. P. Z. S. 186.5, p. 607 ; id. J. f. O. 1867, p. 128 ; Salvin, IhiK, 1866, p. 19y, 1874, p. 188; Scl. S,- Salr. Nomend. Av. Neotr. p. 94 (1873).
Adult. Coloured exactly like P. caijanensis, but much larger, nearly twice as large as its cougener. Total length about 7"0 inches, wing 7'3, lateral rectrices 3'6, central I'D.
Hah. This rare species seems to be found only in Guatemala, Avhere Mr. Salvin procured it near San Geronimo, Prov. Vera Paz.
a, b. Ad. sk. San Geronimo, Vera Paz, July Salvin-Godman Coll. 1862 (O. Salvin). ' (Types of the species.)
4. TACHORNIS.
Type. Cvpsiurus (corr. Cj'pselurus), Lesson, Echo dti Monde
' 8nv. 1843, p. 134 [nee Swains., 1838) T. parva.
Taehornis, Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 58, pi. 9 ( 1847) . . T. phcenicobia.
The members of this genus show great differences from the genus Micropus, as limited in tlie present volume. The character of the position of the toes is generally to be seen without difficulty in dry skins, but less so in mounted and often distorted specimens. I con- sider this character to be an important one, as it is not only external, but extends also to the structure of the first phalanges of the median toes. No doul)t this has some relation to their habits, and probably to the manner in which they cling to the leaves of palm-trees or to grass roofs of the Xaga houses in Cachar and Assam. It is remark- able that all the species contained in my genus Taehornis are " Palm-Swifts," as they are justly called, while all the species of Micropus frequent rocks or stone buildings. They build tiny nests agglutinated with saliva to the leaves of palms or the thatch of the Naga huts ; while all species of Micropus breed in holes of rocks, buildings, or occasionally trees, and make totally different nests. The eggs are usually two in number, but sometimes three are found.
Ranr/e. Tropical Africa southwards to the Cape of Good Hope ; Madagascar ; Indo-ilalayan region and the West Indies.
4. TACHOKNIS.
463
Key to the Sjjcc'irx.
. Uniform above ; tail deeply furcate. a . Lateral rectrices very sharply pointed, cousiderably more than 3 inches iu
length parca and allies, p. 463.
b'. Lateral rectrices less sharply pointed, considerably less than 'A inches in length.
a". Glossy blackish above infumata, p. 467.
b" . Ashy brown above hatassieiisis, p. 466.
, Above black, with a white band across the
rump ; tail .^liirhtly furcate jthcenicnbia, p. 468.
1 . Tachornis parva.
Cypselus parvus, i/c/if. 7 er;. 7>»/W. p. .58 (1823) (Nubia); Streitbel, 'isis, 1848, p. 351 ; Brehm, J. f. O. 1854, Extrah. p. 9.5; Eiipp.
Sy$t. Uebers. p. 22, no. 69 (1845) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. GOl
(part.); id. J. f. O. 1867, p. 121 (part.); Heu(/I. Om. N.O.-Afr.
p. 144 (1869); Fi/mh ^- JIartl. Vfig. O.-Afr. p. 131 fl870) ;
Shelleti, Ibis, 1871, p. 48 ; id. B. Ecjiipt, p. 173 (1872); Shariie,
ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 94 (1875); Fischer, Zeitschr. yes. Orn.
p. 358 (Massai-land)'(1884) ; Eeichen. J.f. O. 1887, p. 61. Cvpselus ambrosiacus, Temm. PI. Col. 460. fig. 2 (1828)*; Streubel, 'isis, 1848, p. 351 (1848) ; Cab.
£/■ Heine, Xlus. Hein. iii. p. 85
(1860). Cypsiurus ambrosiacus, Less. Echo
'du Monde Sav. 1843, p. 134. Mici'opus parvus, Boie, Isis, 1844,
p. 165 ; F?m)i, J.f. 0. 1891 , p. 59
(Tabora). Dendrochelidon ambrosiaca, Bp.
Consp. i. p. 66 (1850). Cypselus mvochrous, Eeichen. J.
f. O. 1886, p. 116 (Karema);
Matschie, J. f. O. 1887, pp. 13o,
141, 1.52. Micropus myochrous, Eeichen. J.f.
O. 1891, p. 152 (Tabora).
Adult, ilouse-colour above and below ; chin aud throat lighter, ^yith dark shaft-lines ; Tvings and tail darker, with a slight metallic gloss ; tail deeply furcated. Total length about 6-5 inches, wing 4-S-5*2, lateral rectrices 4 (if quite full- grown), central 1"4. /
Young. In nestlings the throat is uniform; all feathers, especially on T^x\ oi Tachornis pawa.
* Hirundo ambrosiaca, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 1021, founded upon Hirundo riparia scneyalettsis. Briss. Orn. ii. p. .508, is not a Swift. (Cf. Scl. I. c. ; Fiiiech & Hartl. f. r ).
46-i CYPSELID.?:.
the upper parts, with rusty edges, disappearing more and more as the bird becomes older.
In many birds very small light edges are visible on most of the feathers ; these seem to be freshly-moulted birds.
Specimens from the West-African region and Madagascar are darker, and must be regarded as a darker form, probably caused by the greater amount of rainfall in those countries.
The tail varies much in length.
Hab. From Nubia (Khartoom) to Senegambia, and southwards as far as South Africa (Damara-land).
Evidently an inhabitant of dry countries.
a. (S ad. sk. Lamu, E. Africa, Aug. 25. F. J. Jackson, Esq.
[P.].
b. Imm. sk. Lamu, E. Africa, Aug. F. J. Jackson, Esq.
[P.].
c. 2 ad. sk. Tabora, July 31 {Emm Pasha). Berlin Museum [E.].
d. e. cJ ad. sk. Ondonga, S. Africa, March 2 Sharpe Coll.
(^Andei'sson).
f. 5 ad. sk. Ovaquenyama, S. Africa {An- Sharpe Coll.
dersson).
g. 2 ad. sk. Ovaquenyama {Anderssoii). Shelley Coll.
h. 5 ad. sk. Uamara-land (Andersso7i). Tweecldale Coll.
i. cJ ad. sk. Gorom, Senegambia, May. Purchased.
Subsp. a. Tachornis gracilis.
a. Referring to specimens from Madagascar.
Cypselus ambrosiacus, E. Neivt. Ibis, 186.3, p. 340 (Madagascar) ;
Grandid. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1867, p. 353 (Madag.). Cypselus parvus, Schleg. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 421 (Madag.) ; Pollen Sr
Van Dam, Faun. Madag. ii. p. 66 (1868) ; Milne-Edw. ^ Grandid.
Madagasc. p. 189, pi. 71 (col. fig.), pi. 73 (skel.), pi. 74 (anat.)
(1878). Cypselus gracilis, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 315 (Madag.); id.
P. Z. S. 1872, p. 868 (descr. juv.) ; Haril. Vdg. Madag. p. 58
(1877).
b. Referring to specimens from West Africa.
Cvp>elus ambrosiacus, Sartl. J.f. O. 1853, p. 397 (W. Afr.) ; id. 'Om. W.-Afr. p. 24 (1857) ; Cass. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1859, p. 33 (Camma and Ogobai E.).
Cypselus parvus, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisboa, xii. p. 269 (1871) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1872, p. 67 (Fantee) ; Shelley Sf Buckl. Ibis, 1872, p. 286 (Gold Coast) ; Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 47 (Gold Coast) ; Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 131 (Abeokuta) ; Bocaqe, Om. Angola, p. 160 (1881) ; Salv. Cat. St rick I. Coll. p. 370(1882) (W.Afr.) ; Hartert, J.f. 0. 1886, p. 590 (Haussa, Niger).
This is merely a darker coloured form of the true T. parva. It is darker, especially on the back, wings, and tail, and adult indi- viduals have more distinct metallic gloss. Old birds have the throat
4. TACSORSIS. 465
whitish, with broad dark shaft-stripes ; younger birds have the throat nearly uniform. Total lengtli about 7 inches, wing4-8-o"3, lateral rectrices 3-S-4, central 1'5.
The darker colour of specimens from West Africa was first noticed by Cassin (I. c). Sharpe described the bird from Mada- gascar as C. (jracilis, a name which therefore must stand, if the darker race is distinguished.
The most typical specimens of this subspecies which I have seen are from Gaboon (Gamma R.) and Madagascar; others are less typical ; those from Accra closely approach the true T. parvus, and may bo called intermediate forms.
Hab, West Africa from the Gold Coast to Gaboon, Zanzibar, and Madagascar.
Apparently an inhabitant of wooded countries with a great amount of rainfall. While the drier parts of Eastern Africa pro- duce the paler form, the darker race is found again on the island of Zanzibar.
I at first believed that G. myochrous of Reicheuow would belong to the darker form, but fortunately the British Museum has obtained, in exchange with Berlin, a male, collected by Emin Pasha in Tabora on the 31st of July, 1890, which is mentioned by Dr. Reichenow as Micropus myochrous (^. f. 0. 1891, p. 152). This bii'd undoubtedly belongs to the pale form, and differs in no way from other specimens before me. The throat is somewhat darker than in most of the adult specimens, but some freshly moulted feathers are quite whitish.
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Madagascar (Crossley). |
Sharpe Coll. (Types |
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Madagascar {Crossley). |
Shelley Coll. |
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Accra (Haynes). |
Sharpe Coll. |
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c. Ad. sk. |
Accra (Smith). |
Sharpe Coll. |
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d. Ad. sk. |
Accra, February 7. |
Shelley Coll. |
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e,f. Ad. sk. |
Gold Coast. |
Dr. Gordon [C.]. |
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g, h. Ad. sk. |
Coonors Hill, Fautee ( Ussher). |
Sharpe Coll. |
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i, k, I. Ad. sk. |
Coonors Hill, Fantee (Ussher). |
Shelley Coll. |
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Fantee. |
Sharpe Coll. |
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n. Ad. sk. |
Cape Coast, Feb. 9 (T. K Buckley). |
Shelley Coll. |
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0. Pull. sk. |
Fantee. |
. Sharpe Coll. |
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p. Ad. sk. |
Abeokuta. |
F. Nicholson, Esq. [P.]. |
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q. Ad. sk. |
Niger. |
Capt. Allen [P.]. |
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r. Ad. sk. |
Fernando Po. |
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s. Ad. sk. |
Gaboon (Dm Chaillu). |
Tweeddale Coll. |
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t. Ad.sk. |
Gaboon (Du Chaillu). |
Sharpe Coll. Du Chaillu Coll. |
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u. Ad. sk. |
Camma River. |
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Landana, Congo. |
L. Petit, Esq. "C.l |
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Zanzibar. |
Sir J. Kirk [C.]. |
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CTrsELin.i:.
2. Tachornis batassiensis.
Balassian Swift, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. vil. p. 328 (1823).
Cypselus batassiensis *, J. E. Gnuj, Orifi. An. Kingd. ii. p. GO (1829) ;
Gray, Gen. B. i. ii. 54 (1845) ; Ilorsf. 8,- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I.
Co. \. p. 108 (1854) ; Jerd. B. Lid. i. p. 180 (1862); Scl. P. Z. S.
18G5, p. 002 ; id. J. f. O. 1867, p. 122 ; Beavan,Ibis, 1865, p. 405;
Bljifh, n>is, 1866, p." 340 ; Holds%v. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 420 (Ceylon) ;
Fairhank, Stray Feath. v. (1877), p. 393(Palani Hills) ; Davidson
.y Weitden, ibid. vii. (1878), p. 77 (Deccan) ; Ball, ibid.Vu. p. 202
(Godaveri); Reid, ibid. x. p. 19 (1880); Vidal, ibid. p. 44 (S.
Konkan); Legr/e, B. Ceylon, i. p. 322 (1880); Salv. Cat. Strickl.
Coll. p. 371 (1882) ; Davidson, Sfrai/ Feath. x. (1882), p. 294 ;
Davison, ibid. p. 348 (Mysore) (1882) ; Oates, ed. Hume's Nests
^ Ef/gs Lid. B. iii. p. 25 (1890). Cypselus palmarum, J. E. Grag Sf Hardw. III. Lid. Zool. i. pi. 35. "ig. 1 (1832) ; Bj>. Consp. i. p. 65 (1850) ; Bidl. Strag Feath. iii.
D. 454 (1875) ; Fairbank, ibid. iv. p. 254 ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 63,
no. 726 (1869) ; Ball, Stray Feath. ii. p. 384 (1874).
Adult. Above ash-brown ; head, wings, and tail darker and with metallic greenish gloss, lower back and rump a little paler ; beneath pale mouse-gre)^, the throat palest ; the inner margins of the pri- maries as well as the feathers of the tail and rump have fine whitish edges, which are more perceptible in younger birds, and not visible if the bird is in abraded plumage. Total length nearly 5 inches, wing 4'G, lateral rectrices 8-5, central 1-4.
Tail of Tachornis batassiensis. Hah. India and Ceylon, east to Assam, but not extending to the
Spelt balasiensis.
4. TACHORNIS.
467
Malay Peninsula, the birds recorded from there belonging to T. in- fumata (Scl.).
Capt. Pinwill [P.]. Hume Coll. Hume Coll. Hume Coll. Hume Coll. Hume Coll. Hume Coll. B. H. Hodgson, Esq.
[P.]. India Museum. Hume Coll. India Museum. Tweeddale Coll. Hume Coll. Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
Tweeddale Coll.
Tweeddale Coll. Gould Coll. Dr. JerdoQ [P.]. C. Bourdillon, Esq.
[P.]. Hume Coll. Tweeddale Coll. J. L. Layard, Esq.
[C.]. H. L. Cuming, Esq.
[C.]. Col. V. Legge [P.].
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Chuppra, March 10. |
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3. Tachornis infumata.
Cypsslus batassiensis, Bernst. J. f. 0. 1860, p. 429 (Java). Cypselus infumatus, Scl. P. Z. S'. 1865, p. 602 (Borneo) ; id. J.f. O. '1867, p. 122 ; Grag, Hand-l. i. p. 64, no. 730 (1869) ; Hmne, Ibis,
1870, p. 533; Jerd. Ibis, 1871, p. 355, pi. 10; Swinh. P. Z. S.
1871, p. 345; Gould, B. Asia, i. pi. 20 (1870); Hume, Stray Feath. 1874, p. 469; Salvad. Ucc. Borneo, p. 119 (1874) ; Hume, Stray Feath. 1875, pp. 12, 44, vi. p. 48 (1878), viii. p. 47 (1879) ; Bingham, Stray Feath. viii. p. 192 (1879), ix. p. 149 (1880) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 333 (Borneo) ; Kelham, Ibis, 1881, p. 373 ; Oates, B. Burmah, ii. p. 4 (1883) ; Vorderm. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. 1883, p. 212; Kutter, J.f. O. 1885, p. 344 (nest); Hartert (Baker), J.f. 0. 1889, p. 423 (Cachar) : Sharpe, Ibis, 1890, p. 23.
Cypselus tinus, Sivinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 90 (Hainan).
Cypselus tectorum, Jerd. Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, p. 61 ; Godwin-
Austeti, J. A. S. B. xxxix. pt. ii. p. 94 (1870) ; Hume, Ibis, 1870,
p. 532.
2h2
46S
CYl'SELIDiE.
L'ypselus uiimisciilus, iSalvad. Am (Burmali).
Mils. Civ. Gen. 1889, \). 583
Adult. Upper parts dark brown or uearlj- black ; head, wings, and tail with rather perceptible steel-blue gloss; rump and upper tail- coverts paler ; sides of head and lower plumage smoky brown ; throat a little paler : " bill and feet black ; claws dark brown ; eyelids iilumbeous : iris brown" (Oatt's). Total length about 4| inches, wing 4-(), lateral rectrices 2'2, central 1'3.
JIab. From Cachar and Assam, over Burma and the Malay Peninsula to Borneo and Java, to the East extending into China.
a. Ad. sk.
b, c. (S; d. 2 ad. sk.
e. c7 ; /. Ad. sk.
//, /(. c? ad. sk.
i Ad. sk.
k. J ad. ; /, m.
Ad. sk. n. Ad. sk. 0, p. (5 ad. sk.
,j. Ad. sk.
'', »■■ 6 2 '^d. sk. f,u. c? 2 ad. sk.
L\ 2 ad. sk. tv. 2 ad. sk. X. J ad.; i/,z.2
ad. sk. a'. cJad. ; b', c',
d'. 2 ad. sk. e'. (S imm. sk.
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h'. Ad. sk. i' . d ad. sk.
/.'. c5' ad. sk.
I', m' . S ad. sk. n' . Ad. sk.
o'. Ad. sk. p . Ad. sk.
Naga Plills (Godioin- Austen). Mauipur, March {A. 0. Hume).
Tweeddale Coll. Hume Coll.
Toughoo, July 2G (E. G. Tweeddale Coll
\V. E.). Pegu, May (JS'. W. 0.). Br. Burma. Amherst, Tenasserim, Juue,
Sept. ( IF. Davison). Tenasserim, Feb. 22. Malawoon, Feb., July ( TV.
Daviso7i). Khykehto, Tenasserim, Jan.
31 {Davison). Pakchau, Jau. 24 (Davison). Pahpoon, Tenasserim, Jan. 10
(Dat'isofi). Kossoom, July 24 (J. Darling), Poonya, August 3 (J. Darling). Mergui, Jime 7 ( W. Davison).
Gates Coll. Tweeddale Coll. Hume Coll.
J.Packman,Esq.[P.]. Hume Coll.
Hume Coll.
Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
Hume Coll. Hume Coll. Hume CoU.
Klang, Malay Penins., Feb., March ( W. Davison).
Klang, Malay Penins., March 21 {W. Davison).
Malacca, Nov., July (Dr. Maingay).
Malacca.
Johore, Aug. 22 {W. Davi- son).
Singapore, Jan. 31 ( W. Davi- son).
Hainan, March (Swin/ioe).
Banjermassing, Borneo (Mott- ley).
Kina Beuua R., Labuan. Java.
Hume Coll.
Hume Coll.
Tweeddale Coll.
Capt.S.Pinwill[P.]. Hume Coll.
Hume Coll.
A. R. Wallace, Esq.
[P.]. (Type of the
species.) Ussher Coll. Tweeddale Coll.
4, Tachornis phcenicobia.
Tachomis phcenicobia, Gosse, B. Jamaica,-^. 58, pi. 9 (1847) ; Gundl. J. f. O. 1856, p. 5 (Cuba) ; Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 194 (Jamaica) ; A. 1^ E. Neivton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 108 (1881).
O. CLAUDIA. 4(39
Oypselus phoenicobiiis, Bp. Consp. i. p. QQ (1850) ; Scl. P Z S I860 p. 604; id. J. f. O. 1807, p. 125 ; Gra,/, Hmid-l. i. p. 64 (1869) [ >Sc/ .)■ Sah: Norn. Av. Neotr. p. 94 (187;i) ; Salv. Cat. StricU. Coll. p. 3/1 (1882) ; Cory, £. Haiti S,- S. Dominao, p. 87 (1885) ; td. Auk, iii. p. 344 (1886) ; id. B. W. Ind. p. 139 (1889).
Oypselus cayenueusis, Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 232.
Cypselus iradii, Lemh. Aves Cuba, p. 50 (1850).
Cj^selus cavaneosis, Bryant, Pr. Bost. Sac. Nat. Hist, xi, p. 95 (18bb). ^
Tachornis iradii, Gundl. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. 1860, p. 268 (Cuba) • 2^. J:/. O. 1874, p. 116. ^ ^ "
Adult. Tail short, slightly furcate. Above black, wings a little lighter; head and neck dark sooty brown; a large white band across the rump, with some dark spots down the middle ; throat and middle of abdomen white ; under wing-coverts, under tail- coverts, sides of body, and a band across the breast dark sooty brown; chin dusky. Total length about 4 inches, wing 4-1 lateral rectrices 1-65, central 1-4. '
Ilab. Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, and San Domingo. a-f. Ad. sk. Jamaica.
ff-k. d 2 ad. sk. Spanish Town, Jamaica, Feb. Sclater Coll.
(Bryant). I, ni. S ad. sk. Spanish Town, Jamaica. Bryant Coll
n. Sternum. Jamaica. Gosse Coll. "
5. CLAUDIA.
Cypselus, partim, auct. plurim. Tachornis, partim, apud Gray.
_ The single species of this genus belongs to the Palm-Swifts. It differs from Tachornis as PanyptUa or A.eronautes (the latter of which is more allied to Micropus in the form of the feathers) does from Micropus. The feathering of the toes is quite obvious in skins.
Range. That of the single species hitherto known.
1. Claudia squamata.
Cypselus squamatus, Cass. Proc. Ac. Phil. vi. p. 369 (1853) • Scl P. Z. S. 186.5, p. G05, pi. xxxiii.; id. J. / O. 1867, p. 126; ^'c/ &■ Salvin, P Z. S 1867, p. 752 (Xeberos) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 16 (1867) ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 94 n873) • Tac^ 0;-n. Pe>. i. p. 234 (1884). ^ ''
Cypselus margiuipeuuis, Xatt. MS., teste Scl. I. c.
Tachornis squamatus. Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 64 (1869).
Adult. Tail long, very deeply furcate. Above, sides of body and under wing-coverts black with steel-blue gloss, all the feathers neatly bordered with white ; beneath white, all the feathers with dark bases, which are more visible on the throat and upper breast,
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'South America.] |
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Aunai, Brit. Guiana, Jan. 1 |
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Surinam (Bartlett). |
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Pernambuco. |
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Brazil, June 20 {Natterer). |
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Xeberos, E. Peru, Oct. 10 |
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Peru (If. Whitely). |
470 CTPSELIDJE.
and less so m the middle of the abdomen, which looks pure white ; under tail-coverts blackish with longitudinal white stripes. Total length about 5-4 inches, wing 4-2, lateral rectrices 3, central 1-3. Hah. South America, Guiana, and Brazil, and in Eastern Peru.
Purchased. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sclater CoU. Sclater Coll. Sclater Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Subfamily II. CH^ETURIN^.
Keij to the Genera.
ft. Shafts of rectrices stiff and spinous.
a'. Shafts of rectrices veiy stiff, with percep- tibly prominent spinous points. Plumage generally with very different colours, often with large parts of white or light
grey, never with rufous 6. Ch^tuea, p. 470.
b'. Shafts of rectrices not so stiff, and without perceptibly prominent spinous points. Plumage uniform or with rufous collar in the male . . 7. Cypseloides, p. 492.
l>. Shafts of rectrices ordinary and without spi- nous points 8. CoLLOCALiA, p. 49G.
6. CH.ffiTUIlA. ^
Type. Ohjetura, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. 2, p. 76 (1826) . . C. pela^ica. Acanthylis*, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 971 (descr. nuUa) . . C. spinicauda. Hirundapus \, Hodgs. Journ. As. Soc. Bang. v. p. 780
(18.36) C. nudipes.
Pallene, Less. Compl. Buff. viii. p. 49.3 (1857) C. gigantea.
Hemiprocne, Nitzsch, Pterylogr. p. 12.3 (1840) C. zonaris.
Hiruudinapus, Scl. P. Z. 8. 186-5, p, 607.
Rhapliidura, Gates, B. Burm. ii. p. 6 (1883) C. leucopygialis.
I cannot recognize the genus Hemiprocne, because the form of the tail alone cannot be regarded as being sufficient to separate genera in the Ciipaelidce, as the species of the genus Micropus clearly show.
Eanc/e. From Amoorland throughout Asia, except its most
Should be spelt Acanthyllis. Hirundmajpus corr.
G. CH^TUKA. 471
western parts, the Malayan and Papuan region to Australia (at least on migration), Tropical Africa, and nearly the whole of America except the most southern part. Eggs invariably white.
Key to the Species *.
a. No white band across the breast.
a'. Large, wing about 7 to 8 inches ; chin and throat pure white. a". Small white band across the forehead . . caitdacuta, p. 47:2.
b" . Without white on the forehead iiudipes, p. 474.
h'. Size similar ; chin and throat not white, c". Above and below steel-blue, back with
purple gloss celebensis, p. 476.
d". Lower surface smoky brown, back paler, a'". No white spot between the lores and
nostrils gigantea, p. 475.
h'". White spots between the lores and
nostrils indica, p. 475.
c'. Smaller ; above metallic glossy blue ; no white on the rump. e". Greater under wing-coverts pure white. . picbict, p. 487. f". Under wing-coverts glossy gi-eenish .... novce-ginnete, p. 487 d'. Smaller ; lower abdomen, rump, under and
upper tail-coverts white witli dark .shafts . sabinei, p. 487. e' . Smaller ; white baud across the rump. g". White band on the rump broad ; lower
surface only with the anal region white . Kssheri, p. 488. k". White band narrow, crossing the upper tail-coverts ; entire abdomen white.
c'". Wing about 6 inches or more cassi7ii, p. 488.
d"'. Wing about 5 inches boehmi, p. 489.
i" . Band across the rump, lower abdomen and lower tail-coverts white ; altogether
a much smaller bird sylvatica, p. 489.
f. Of smaller size ; rump paler or darker brown or grey. k". Lower surface black.
e'". Entire lower surface glossy bluish black ; upper tail-coverts grey with
black shafts leucopygialis, p. 490.
f". Entirely glossy blackish above and below, except tail, upper and under tail-coverts, which are pale ashy
brown poliura, p. 484.
I". Lower surface greyish brown with dark
shaft-stripes grandidieri, p. 489.
m". Lower surface more or less brown or greyish, without shaft-stripes. g'". Throat distinctly paler than the ab- domen.
* Some forms, of which I have not been able to examine specimens or which are rather doubtful, are mentioned at the end of this genus.
472 oYPsEi-in.'F:.
«'. Almost iiinform above. n^. ]5rowu above
a''. Winp- about 5-1 inches pelagica, p. 480.
b'\ Wiiifr about 4'(i inches vau.vi, p. 481.
c'K Wing about 4'2 inches fjaumevi, p. 482.
Ifi. Glossy bluish black above sclatcn, p. 485.
/>'. IJunip much paler than the back. c\ liump pale ashy.
(P. Only a grey band across the
rump spinicauda, p. 483.
^". Entire rump and shorter upper
tail-coverts grey fumosa, p. 483.
d''. Rump bluish ashy cinereivmtris & f/ui-
ft". Throat almost uniform with the ab- [awens/s, pp. 485, 486. domen. cK Rump and upper tail-coverts pale
brown cinereicauda, p, 482.
r7'. Rump only a little paler than the back, longer upper tail-coverts uni- form with the back acuta, p. 486.
//'. Very large, wing about 9 inches ; narrow
white band on the neck only semicollaris, p. 479.
h. White band across the breast.
h'. White band on the neck connected with the band across the neck, thus forming a ring- like collar zonaris and allies,
i'. White band on the breast separated from [p. 476.
the white patch on the neck biscutata *, p. 479.
1. Chsetura caudacuta.
Hirundo caudacuta. Lath. Ind. Orn. >Suppl. p. 57 (1801) ; Step/i.
Gen. Zool. x. p. 133 (1817) : VieiU. N. D. xiv. p. 335 (1817) ; id.
Enc. Meth. p. 531 (1823). Hirundo ciris, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-As. i. p. 541 (1811). Hirundo fusca, Sfeph. Gen. Zool. x. p. 133 (1817). Ghaetura australis, Sti'jyh. Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 76 (1826). Chaetura fusca, Steph. ibid. p. 5 (1826). Chsetura macroptera, S^cains. Zool. III. pi. 42 (1833) ; id. Class. B.
ii. p. 340 (1837). Acanthylis caudacuta. Gray, Ann. 8f Mag. Nat. Hist. 1843, p. 194
Itchh. Voff. Neuholl. i. p."l83 (1850) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 64 (1850)
Gould, B. Austral, ii. pi. 10 (1851-1869); Radde, Eeis. Sibir
Vog. p. 129 (1863) ; Bosenb. J. f. O. 1864, p. 117 ; Sivinh. P. Z. S.
1863, p. 263 (China) ; id. Ibis, 1870, p. 90 (Hainan) ; Neivt. P. Z. S.
1880, p. 1 (England) t ; Dresser, B. Bur. iv. p. 613, pi. 270 (1880) ;
* Bonaparte, Consp. i. p. 64 (1850), includes in his genus Acanfhulis a " Chrn- iura alhifrons, Jard. & Selby, III. Orn. ii. pi. 56 ; " but on referring to that work I find described and figured Aoanihica alhifron.^, from Australia. Bonaparte must have mistaken Acanthi~a for Acanthylis. {Cf. Oat. B. vii. p. fifiG.)
Gmelin's " Hirundo sinensis," quoted by Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 5.34 (1822) and Bonaparte, Consp. i. p. 65, as Cypsclus sinensis, is a Cotylc. {Cf. Sharpe, Cat. B. X.)
+ Newton, Dresser, and a few other avithors have spelt the name correctly Acanthyllis.
fi. CH^TTITtA. 473
Seeh. Ibis, 1882, ]). 423 (Siberia) : IJlford, Col. Fig. Brit. B. pt. xvi. (1890). ^ y » y 1
Pallene caudacuta, | „ . j ■ ^o,A -,na Pallene macroptera, [ ^""^ ^"^' 1^^^' V- l^^S. Chajtura caudacuta, Cah. et Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 83 (1860) ;
Scl. P. Z. S. 18(;5, p. 607 ; id J. f. 0. 1867, p. 129 ; Gould, Handb.
B. Austr. i. p. 103 (186.'5) ; Sivinfi. P. Z. S. 1871. p. 34o ; id. Ibis,
1875, p. 448 ; Tacz. J. f. O. 1872, p. 3.51 (E. Siber.) ; Pelz. Ibis,
1873, p. 108 ; Pamsay, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 581 (N.E. Queenslaud) ;
David et Oust. Ois. Chin. p. 70 (1877) ; P7Jev. in Roivl.Orn. Misc. ii.
p. 160 (1877) ; Blak. S^- Pn/er, Ibis, 1878, p. 231 ; Salv. Cat. Sfrickl.
Coll. p. 372 (1882) ; Seeb. Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 303 (1884) ; Kirk,
Ibis, 1889, p. 298 (X. Zealand) ; Seeb. B. Japan, p. 178 (1890). Acantliylis ciris, Bp. Consp. i. p. 65 (1850) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 339
(part.). Ilirundainis caudacuta, Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 67, no. 770 (1869). Hirundapus ciris, Gray, ibid. no. 771 (1869).
Hirundinapus caudacutus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 320 ■ (1878) ; id. Orn. Papuas. i. p. 536 (1880). Hirundinapus acuticauda (err.), Oates, B. Burmah, ii. p. 6, note
(1883). ' ^ '
Adult. Large spot between the lores and nostrils white, generally united so that the whole forehead is white ; crown, nape, and sides of the head blackish brown with metallic gloss ; back, scapulars, and rump pale brown, palest on the centre of the back, feathers of the rump, in most of the specimens, distinctly white on basal portion ; wings and tail black with greenish and steel-blue gloss, the latter being strongest on the wing-coverts and upper tail-coverts ; inner- most secondaries with the inner webs quite or mostly white ; chin, throat, vent, and under tail-coverts white ; rest of the underparts sooty brown, feathers of the lower abdomen with white bases ; lower flanks glossy bluish black with white; under wing-coverts blackish brown with a little metallic gloss. Total length about 8 ' inches, wing 8-2, tarsus 0-6, tail 2-3.
Youm/er birds show only indications of the Avhite on the fore- head ; the brownish spots on the under tail-coverts, which are to be seen in many specimens, are also a sign of immaturity.
The female seems to be slightly smaller.
Hah. South-eastern Mongolia and Eastern Siberia (Irkutsk, lakutsk, Amoor, Ussuri), wandering in winter down to Australia, passing over China and Japan, in the northern parts of which it also breeds. Occurred twice as a straggler in Great Britain.
[Australia?]
Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll,
Amoor, Siberia. Purchased.
Japan. Tweeddale Coll.
Chinese Sea, off (nitzloff, Dr. M'Kinlay [P.].
May 24.
Australia. Purchased.
Australia. Purchased.
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CYPSELIDJ3.
/. Ad. sk.
/,-. Ad. sk.
/. Ad. ; m. Iium.
sk. n, o. Ad. sk. p. Ad. sk. q. Ad. sk.
Australia.
E. Australia.
Queensland {J. T. Cocherill).
N. S. Wales.
Asfield, N. S. W., January.
Tasmania.
.Tardine Coll. Tweeddale Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould & Hume Colls. Hume Coll. Gould Coll.
2. Chaetura midipes.
Chaetura nudipes, Hodgs. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. v. p. 779 (1836) ;
S^vinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 48 (Amoy) ; Hume, Str. F. ix. pp. 230, 286
(1880). Cypselus leueonotus, Deless. Mag. Zool. 1840, Ois. pi. 20 (Bootan) ;
id. Ibis, 1861, p. 205 (notice). Cypselus nudipes, Deless. Voy. Inde, p. 25, pi. 9 (1834). Acanthylis fusca, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 84 (part.) (1849) Acanthvlis nudipes, Horsf. 8f Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Comp.
p. Hi (1854). Chastura caudacuta, Tytler, Ibis, 1868, p. 196 (Himalaya). Chaetura gigantea, Hume 8f Cripps, Str. F. xi. p. 30 (1888) (Dibru-
gliar).
The only real difference to be depended on between this species and O. caudacuta is, that the present species never shows any white on the forehead or any indication of it. Besides this, the steel- blue gloss on the upper parts is a little stronger, the dark hind neck reaches a little further down to the back and is blacker, so that the light centre of the back becomes more obvious by contrast. The wing is a little shorter on an average, but not always.
Hah. Prom the Hazara Mountains throughout the Himalayas to Bootan.
One specimen shot in August near Dibrughur, in Upper Assam, belongs to this species. It is erroneously quoted as C. gigantea (Stray Feath. xi. I. c).
a-d. Ad. sk.
e, f, g. Ad. sk. /«.' $ ad. sk. i-m. Ad. sk.
n. Ad. sk.
o. 5 ad. sk.
p, q. Ad. sk. r, s. 2 ad. sk. t. S ad. ; u. $
ad. sk. V, w, X. S ad. ;
y. 2 ad. sk. z. Part of
skeleton.
Nepal.
Nepal (B. H. Hodgson).
Darjiling, May.
Interior of Sikkim, March,
April (L. Mandelli). Bootau.
Dibrughur, Aug. 15 {J. li.
Cripjis). N.W. Himalaya. Cashmere, Aug. Koteghur.
Hazara Distr., June, July,
Aug. {Col. Rudcliffe). Nepal.
Hodgson Coll. (Types of the species.) India Museum. Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
— Pemberton, Esq.
[P.]. Hume Coll.
Pinwill Coll. Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
Hume CoU.
Hodgson CoU.
6. CH^XUEA. 475
3. Chaetura gigantea.
Cj'pselus gicranteus, Temm. PL Col. 364 (1825) (Java).
Acantliylis caudacuta, part., Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 84 (1849).
Acauthvlis gigauteus, £p. Consp. i. p. 64 (1850).
Cbffitur'a gigantea, Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 608; id. J. f. O. 1867, p. 129; Hume, Str. F. iv. p. 223 (1876), viii. p. 47 (1879) (Malay Pen.) ; ? Hu7ne ^- Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 46 (Tenasserim) (1878) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 335 ; id. Ibis, 1888, p. 198 (Palawan) ; Keiham, Ibis, 1881, p. 372.
Plirundinapus giganteus, Salvad. Ucc. Borneo, p. 124 (1874) ; Oates, B. Burmah, ii. p. 5 (1883) ; Biittik. Notes Leyden Mus. ix. p. 40 (1887) (Sumatra) ; Hartert, J. f. 0. 1889, p. 400 (Perak) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1890, p. 24 ; Steere, List B. ^- Mamm. Philijjpin. p. 12 (1890).
Forehead, crown and nape, hind neck, sides of the head and neck, wings and tail almost black with steel-bine gloss ; lores deep black, without any gloss : back, scapulars, ramp, and entire lower surface deep smoky brown ; under lail-coverts and stripes along the lower flanks white. Total length nearly 9 inches, wing 8, tail 2-8, tarsus 0"65.
In this species and in C. indica the rectrices are acute and run into a very long spine, whereas in C. caudacuta and C. nudipes they are rounded, and the spine is only half as long.
Hah. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Palawan, and Paragua.
C. gigantea is quoted from Malawoon in S. Tenasserim, but the specimen from that locality in the Hume Collection shows the beginning of white spots on the forehead, and therefore must belong to the somewhat doubtful C. indica.
a. Ad. sk. Penang. Cantor Coll.
b, c, d. 5 ad. sk. Selangore, April, June, Jidy Hume Coll.
(TF. Davison).
e,f. Ad. sk. Malacca {Dr. Maingay). Tweeddale CoU.
g, h, i. Ad. sk. Malacca. Pinwill Coll.
k. Ad. sk. Singapore. Wallace CoU.
I. (f ad. sk. Palawan, Sept. Steere Coll.
m. Ad. sk. Sarawak. J. J. Hose, Esq. [P.].
w, o. Ad. sk. Labuan, Borneo. Governor Ussher [C.].
4. Chaetura indica.
Acanthylis caudacuta, Bh/th, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 84 (part.) (1849) ; Layard, Ann. ■$• Mag. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 170 (1853) (Ceylon).
Acauthvlis gigantea, Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 172 (1862) ; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872," p. 419 (Ceylon) ; Ball, Str. F. i. p. 55 (1873) (Andamaus) ; Legqe, Ibis, 1874, p. 13, 1875, p. 280; Bl. c^- Wald. B. Burma, p. 84 (1875) ; Wardl. Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 459.
Hirundinapus giganteus, Walden, Ibis, 1874, p. 131 (Andamans).
Chffitura 'vaA\ca.,"Hume, Str. F. i. pp. 131, 471, ii. p. 155 (1873), iv. p. 223 (1876), V. p. 17 (Cachar) (1877), vi. p. 46 (Tenasserim), vii. p. 34 (Travancore), xi. p. 30 (Mauipur) (1888) ; Davison, Str. F. X. p. 347 (Mysore) (1882) ; Oates, B. Burmah, ii. p. 5 (1883).
Chfetura gigantea', Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 314 (1878).
470 cyi'ski,iii.t;.
Similar to C. gigantea, but differs in havins; a large -white spot between the lores ami nostrils in adult birds. The wing is a little shorter on an average. The rump and back is generally paler than in C. gigantea, but this is not quite constant. The same is the case with the paler chin and throat, which is generally obvious, but not always. Total length about nearly 0 inches, wing 7"9, tail 2*7, tarsus 0-().5.
The white spot between the lores and nostrils is not visible in young birds, and I have specimens before me of C. gigantea in which an indication of white is visible, so that it seems probable that the white spot is assumed as they get older. I believe that C. indica will have to rank as a subspecies when further materials of C. gigantea are compared with the long series of C. indica in the British Museum.
Hah. Hills of Southern India and Ceylon, reaching north as far as Cachar. Plentiful in the Andaman Islands.
a. Ad. sk. Cachar {J. Inglis). Hume Coll.
h, c. Ad. sk. Tonghoo ( W. Ramsay). Tweeddale Coll.
d, e. S imm. sk. Malawoon, .July 9 (W. Damson). Hume Coll.
/, (J. 2 ad. sk. Bankasoou, Dec. 21 ( W. Davison). Hume Coll.
/(. (S ad. sk. Salanga, March 3 {J. Darling). Hume Coll.
/. Ad. sk. Nilghenies. India Museum.
k, I. S ad. sk. Travancore, Nov., Jan. Bourdillon Coll.
m. 6 ad. sk. Myiiall, Oct. Hume Coll.
n-r. 2 ad. ; s, t, Coimbatore, July, Oct. Hume Coll.
u. Ad. sk.
v-o'. S ? ad. sk. S. Andamans, April, June, July, Hume & Tweed- Aug., Sept., Nov., Dec. dale Colls.
5. Chaetura celebensis.
Chsetura gigantea, var. celebensis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 608 ; id. J.f.
O. 1867, p. 130. Hirundinapus celebensis, Salvad. Ann. Mas. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 320
(1878).
Adult. Deep steel-blue, back and rump with purple gloss ; two white spots on the sides of the forehead; sides of the abdomen and under tail-coverts white. In size similar to C. gigantea.
A very distinct species, the only known specimens of which are preserved in the Leiden Museum.
Hah. Menado, Celebes.
6. Chaetura zonaris.
a. Referring to Continental specimens.
Hirundo zonaris, Shaw, Mill. Cim. Fhjs. p. 100, pi. 55 (1796). Hiruudo albicollis, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xiv. p. 524 (Brazil) (1817). Cypselus collaris, Te^nm. PL Col. 195 (1823) ; Wied, Beitr. iii. p. 344 (1831).
6. CH^TUKA. 477
Hemiprocne collaris, Nitzsch, Pterylogr. p. 123 (1840).
Pallene collaris, Boie, Ms, 1844, p. 168.
Hemiprocne torquata, Streubel, Isis, 1848, p. 362.
Acanthylis collaris, Bp. Comp. i. p. 64 (18-50) ; Bunn. Syst. Uebers.
Th. Bras. ii. p. 364 (1856) ; id. La Plata Reise, ii. p. 449 (1861). Acanthylis albicollis, 8cl. P. Z. S. 1854, p. 10 ; Scl. 6) Salvia, Ibis,
18-59, p. 125, 1860, p. 37 (Guatemala). Hemiprocne zonaris, Cab. S) Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 84 (1860) ; Scl.
S)- Sale. Nomencl. Ai\ Keotrop. p. 95 (1873) ; Pelz. Ibis, 1875,
p. 330 ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 67 (Irazu) ; Scl. ^- Salo.
P. Z. S. 1879, p. 531 (Antioquia), p. 626 (Bolivia) ; Sumichi:
Nattiraleza, v. p. 250 (Mexico) (1882) ; Scl. B. Argentine, ii. p. 11
(1889). ChiBtura zonaris, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 282 (1862) ; id. P. Z. S. 186-3,
p. 99, 1865, p. 609; id. J. f. 0. 1867, p. 131 ; Scl. ^- Salrin, P. Z. S.
1867, p. 752, 1873, p. 289 (E. Peru) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 15
(1867) ; Gray, Hayid-l. i. p. 64 (1869) ; Sahin, Cat. StricM. Coll.
p. 372 (1882); Bedd. Ibis, 1885, p. 20; Salviji, Ibis, 1885,
p. 436. Heoiiprogne zonaris, Tacz. Orn. Perou, i. p. 231 (1884).
b. Referring to sjiecimens from the West Indies.
Cypselus collaris, Albrecht, J.f. O. 1861, p. 206 (Cuba).
Acanthvlis collaris, Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 51 (1847).
Chffitura zonaris, Scl. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 77 (Jamaica) ; Albrecht,
J.f. O. 1862, p. 201. Kephocpetes collaris, Gundl. J. f. O. 1862, p. 177, 1874, p. 114; id.
Contr. Orn. Cuba, p. 83 (1876). Acantliyllis zonaris, A. Sf E. Newton, Handb. Ja^naica, p. 108
(1881). Hemiprocne zonaris, Cory, List B. W. Ind. i. p. 17 (1885) ; Wells,
Proe. U. S. Mus. ix. p. 620 (1886) (Grenada) ; Cory, B. W. Lid.
p. 141 (1889).
Adult. All over blackish browu with a slight metallic gloss ; a broad collar round the neck and breast -white. Total length about 9 inches, wing 8-5 to 8-8, tail 3, tarsus 1-9.
Younger birds have the collar, especially on the breast, only indicated or mixed with black. Nestlings have probably no collar at all. Very young birds have also whitish edges to the feathers of the lower parts.
llab. Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, extending northwards to Veragua, Guatemala, and Mexico. In the West Indies it is recorded from the islands of Jamaica, Cuba, San Domingo, and Grenada.
Specimens from Guatemala and Mexico seem to be a little smaller on an average, but cannot be separated from the true C. zonaris. They do not belong to the small form from Boraima.
Seven specimens from Jamaica and San Domingo have a very perceptible brownish-grey forehead and a short and narrow whitish stripe over the fore part of the eye. These may be only seasonal features, as I have not a quite freshly moulted specimen before me,
478
ctpselidj:.
but they may possibly be peculiar to birds from the West Indies. I do uot find them so well-defined in Continental specimens of C zonaris, although they are indicated in some.
a. Ad. St.
b. Ad. sk.
c. Ad. sk.
d. 2 ad. sk.
e. Ad. sk. /. 2 ad. sk.
//. Ad. sk. h. Imm. sk. /, /.;. Imm. s I. $ ad. sk.
m. Ad. sk.
71. Imm. ; o. Ad.
Ad. sk. 5 ad. sk.
r. Ad. sk.
5. 5 imm. sk. t. 2 ad. sk. u. S ad. sk. i\ 5 ad. sk.
IV. $ ad. ; X. Ad. sk.
V. Imm. sk.
" Caracas."
Brazil.
South Brazil.
Rio Grande do Bui (Jui/itcr).
Rio Janeiro.
Chapada, Matto Grosso {H.
Smith). Brazil.
Minas Geraes, Brazil (Hof/ei-a) . Upper Amazons. Chyavetas, E. Peru, July {U.
Bartlett). Quito ( W. Ja7ncso?i). Consata, Bolivia (C Bucldcy).
Bogota.
Froutioo, U.S. of Colombia,
Sept. {T. K. Salmon). Intac, Ecuador, Dec. (C. Buck-
%)■ Veragua (Arce). Chitra, Veragua {Arce). Calovevora, Veragua {Arce). Duenas, Guatemala, Oct. (O.
Salvin). Duenas, Guatemala, Oct. (0.
Salvin), Villa Alta, Oaxaca, Mexico (M.
Trujillo).
Jardiue Coll. Sclater Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Hardy Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
S. de Rothsay Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll Purchased. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Jardine Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Purchased. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sclater Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Tweeddale Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
a. Ad. sk. h, c. Ad. sk.
d. Ad. sk.
e. Ad. sk. /. S ad. sk.
g. tS ad. sk.
Specimens from the West Indies.
San Domingo.
Jamaica ( Ward).
Jamaica.
Jamaica.
Spanish Town, Jamaica
T. March). Kingston, Jamaica, June
Salvin).
(W.
Capt. Hamilton [C.]. Sclater Coll. Jardine Coll. Capt. Hamilton [C.]. Smithsonian Inst.
(0. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Subsp. a. Chaetura albicincta.
? Acanthylis coUaris, Cab. in Schomb. Heis. Guiana, iii. p. 709
(1848). Hemiprocue albicincta, Cab. J. f. 0. 18G2, p. 165 (Giuana to Mexico) ;
Pelz. Ibis, 1875, p. 330 ; Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 436. ? Hemiprocue minor, Laior. Ann. N. Y. Ac. Sc. ii. p. 11 (1882)
(Bogota) ; Reichen. ^ Schaloiv, J.f. 0. 1884, p. 382.
Like C. zonaris but considerably smaller, and the white collar
6. CH^TTTKA. 479
narrower ou the uppurside. Total length about 7'5 inches, wing 7-4, tail 2-8.
Hah. Roraima Mountains in British Guiana, and perhaps in some high mountains of Colombia, while the true C. zonaris is also found in Colombia.
Probably the smaller form from Roraima is produced by the isolated situation and great altitude of the mountains, and it is doubtful whether the birds named Hemiprociie minor by Lawrence really belong to the same small form.
a, b. (^2 ad. .sk. Koraima, -SoOO ft., April Salvin-Godmau Coll.
(W/iiMi/). c. Ad. sk. Guiana (L'rown). Sclater Coll.
<Z. Imm. sk. "Cote Ferme ■' (FwTe««.i'). Jardine Coll.
e. Ad. st. Brit. Guiaua.
7. ChaBtura biscutata.
Chaetura biscutata, Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 009, pi. 'Si (Rio Janeiro & Ypanema) ; id. J. f. O. 1867, p. 130 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 15 (1867) ; Graj/, Hand-l. i. p. 07 (1869) ; Berl. Zeitsclir. gei. Orn. 1885, p. 155 (Rio Grande do Sul).
Hemiprocne biscutata, -S'c/. S,- Sdlv/'n, Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 95 (1873).
Difters from C. zonaris in its collar not being complete, but broken into a large white patch on the breast and nape by the dark sides of the neck. Besides this the feathers of the chin are white with brown borders and shaft-stripes ; front of head and short superciliary stripe whitish. Total length about 9 inches, wing 8'3, tail 3-2.
Hah. South-eastern Brazil (Ypanema, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul).
a, b. cJ ad. sk. Ypanema, Brazil, June 25 (batterer). Sclater CoU.
(Types of the species.) c. 5 ad. sk. Rio de Janeu-o. Hardy CoU.
8. Chaetura semicoUaris.
Acanthylis semicoUaris, Sauss. Rev. Zool. 1859, p. 118.
Chajtura semicoUaris, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 282 (1862) ; id. P. Z. S.
1863, p. 99, 1865, p. 609 ; Scl. Sr Salvin, Ex. Orn. p. 52, pi. iii.
(1866) ; Scl. J. f. O. 1867, p. 130; Scl. ■$■ Salvin, Nomencl. Av.
Neotrop. p. 95 (1873). Hemiprocne semicoUaris, Smnic/ir. Naturaleza, v. p. 250 (note of
type) (1882).
Adult. Blackish brown, with a narrow white band across the hind neck ; no white on the underparts. Tail subequal. Total length about 9 '5 inches, wing 9 '2, taU 3-1.
Hah. Mexico.
a. Ad. sk. Mexico {De Saussure). Sclater Coll.
480 Ci'PSELID.I.
9. Cli3Btura pelagica.
Hirundo pelagica, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 192 (1758).
L'Hirondelle de la Caroline, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 501 (1760).
Hirundo pelas<ria,i!/i??. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. p. 345 (1766); Gni. Syst.
Nat. ii. p. 1023 (1788) ; Wils. Am. Orn. v. p. 48, pi. xxxix.
(1812) : Vieill. Now. Diet. xiv. p. 512 (1817); Steph. Gen. Zool.
X. p. 129 (1817). Cn)selus pelasgius, Wied, Beitv. iii. p. 347 (1830) ; Aud. Orn. Bioc/r.
"ii. p. 329 (1834). Hemiprocne pelasgia, Streuhel, Isis, 1848, p. 363. Acanthylis pelasgia, Bp. Consp. i. p. 64 (1850). Chretura pelasgia, Baird, B. N. Amer. p 144 (1858) ; Scl. Cat.
Amer. B. p. 282 (1862); Scl. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 100, 1865, p. 610;
id. J. f. O. 1867, p. 132 ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. m QSOD) ; Salv.
Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 372 (1882) ; id. Ibis, 1889, p. 307 (Uozumel) ;
Jeffries, Auk, vi. p. 120 (1889). Chaetura jwlagica, Baird, Breic, 4* Ridgw. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 432
(1874) ; Scott, Auk, i. p. 161 (1884) ; Brewster, Auk, iii. p. 105
(1886) ; Fox, Auk, iii. p. 319 (1886) ; Chadbourne, Auk, iv. p. 104
(1887) ; Langdon, ibid. p. 130 ; Eidg^v. M. N. Amer. B. p. 303
(1887); Richmond, Auk, v. p. 21 (1888) ; Chapman, ibid. p. 272;
Scott, Auk, vi. p. 252 (1889) ; Pindar, ibid. p. 314.
Adult. Dark sooty greyish, head and wings darker and with metallic gloss, rump and upper tail-coverts paler ; lower parts sooty greyish, darker to the vent and under tail-coverts, whitisli grey on the chin and throat ; under wing-coverts like the abdomen. Total length about 5 inches, wing 5-1, tail 1-9.
Young birds have narrow whitish edges to the secondaries.
Rab. Eastern parts of North America, north to Labrador, west to the edge of the great plains, south, in winter, to Mexico ; also Vancouver's Island.
a. c? ad. sk. N. America. Gould Coll.
b. Ad. sk. N. America. Audubon Coll.
c. Ad. sk. Vancouver's Island.
d. (S ai. sk. Fort Dufferiu, June (2)«2(;so/i). N. A. B. Commission.
e. Ad. sk. New Brims wick (Osburn). Sclater Coll.
f. 2 ad. sk. Waukegan, 111., May 26 {R W. Salvm-Godman Coll.
Nelson).
g. S ad. sk. Illinois, July {H. K. Coale). ■ Sharpe Coll.
A. c? ; «'• $ ad. sk. Locust Grove, N. Y., May, Salviu-Godman Coll.
June {H. C. Merriam). k, I. 5 ad. sk. Lowville, N. Y. {A. J. Dayan). Salvlu-Godman Coll. ?rt. S ad. sk. Washington, D. C. (Smithson. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Inst), n-p. Imm. sk. ; Washington, D. C, July (H. Salvin-Godman Coll. q-t. (S ad. sk. ; W. Henshaio).
u-.v. 5 ad. sk. y. 2 ad. sk. Indiana, July {H. K. Coale). Sharps Coll.
; «'. c? 2ad.sk. Grantville and Belmont, Massa- Salvin-Godman Coll.
chusetts {Henshaw Coll.). b'. Ad. sk. California. Lord Walsingham
[P.].
6. CH^TUllA.
481
c'. J ad. sk. Corpus Christi, Texas, May (F. Salvin-Godman Coll.
B. Annstrony). d'. 2 ad. sk. Brownsville, Texas, May {F. B. Salviu-Godmau Coll.
Annstronc/). e',f'. cTad. sk. Florida, April 22 {W. E. D. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Scott). i/. Ad. sk. Jalapa, Mexico (Boucnrd). Salvin-Godman Coll.
k'-i'. J; k'. 5; Cozumel I., Yucatan (&'. F. Salvin-Godman Coll.
I'. Ad. sk. Gaumei-).
m'. Ad. sk. Guatemala. Tweeddale Coll.
10. Chaetura vaiixi.
Cypselus vauxi. Towns. J. A. N. Sc. Philad. viii. p. 148 (1839) (Columbia River).
Acanthylis vauxi, Bp. Con-fp. i. p. 64 (1850).
Cbajtura vauxi, Baird, B. N. Amev. p. 14o, pi. xviii. (I808) ; Sale. Ibis, 1861, p. 147 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 282 (1862) ; id. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 100, 1865, p. 611 ; id. J. f. 0. 1867, p. 133 ; Broiv?!, Ibis, 1868, p. 421 ; Grai/, Hand-l. i. p. 66 (1809) ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 183 (1872) ; Baird, Brno., Sf Ridqw. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 435 (1874) ; Ridr/io. U.S. Geol. Expl. 4.0th Par. iii. p. 565 (1877); id. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 158 (1886); Sumichr. Naturaleza, v. p. 250 (1882) ; Scott, Auk, iii. p. 429 (1886) ; Cooper, Auk, iv. p. 92 (1887) ; Toims. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 207 (N. CaUfornia) (1887) ; Rid^jw. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 303 (1887).
In general appearance similar to C. pelaglca, but the wing much shorter, chin and throat much lighter, greyish white, sometimes nearly white, abdomen, rump, and upper tail-coverts paler. Total length about 4"3 inches, wing 4"6, tail 1'7.
Hab. Western parts of the United States of Jforth America, north to British Columbia, south, in winter, to Guatemala.
a. 5 fid. sk.
b. (S ad. sk.
c. d, e. Ad. sk. f,g.6;h. $ad.
sk. i. 5 f"-l- sk.
k. S ad. sk.
/. Ad. sk. m. cj ad. sk.
n, o. Ad. sk. p, q. $ ad. sk.
;•. Ad. St.
Washington Terr., July {C. B.
Kennedy). ' Ft. Klamath, Oregon, Aug. {S.
Parker). N. California. Nicasio, Marin Co., Cala., Sept.
24 {H. W. Henshaio). Cazadero, Sonoma Co., Cala.,
July 6 {H. W. Henshaw).^ St. Gorgonio Pass, California,
May 4 {R. B. Herron). Puebla. Sierra of Mexico, Feb. {Re-
boucli). Mexico {De Saussure). Aloteuango, Guatemala Feb.
(O. Salvin). Ilondura.s.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Tweeddale Coll. Salviu-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
M. Boucard. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sclater Coll. Salviu-Godman Coll.
D. Dvson[C.].
482 crpsELiD^,
11. Chaetura gaumeri.
Chffitura gaumori, Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Ac. ii. p. 246 (1882), iii. p. 273 (1883), iv. p. 271 (1884) ; lieichen. ^ Schalow, J. f. O. 1884, p. 381 ; Ridffio. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. Vi. p. 415 (Costa Eica) (1884) ; id. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 303 (1887) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1889, p. 367 (Coziimel).
CliEetura yucatanica, Laior. Ann. N. Y. Ac. iii. pp. 156, 157 (1884) *.
Clifetura 'peregrinator, Laivr. Ann. N. Y. Ac. iii. p. 273 (1885) * (Yucatan).
Similar to C. vauxi, but smaller, and darker above and on the abdomen. Total length about 4-2 inches, wing 4-2, tail 1-5.
Hah. Southern Mexico and Yucatan to Costa Ilica.
"Whereas C. pelagka and C. vauxi wander south in winter, C. gaumeri seems to be a resident bird throughout the year.
a,b. AA.sV. Temax, Y'ucatan, May {G. F. Sclater Coll.
Gauyner). c-s. Ad. sk. Cozumel I., Yucatan [G. F. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gaume)-). t, u. Ad. sk. Cozumel I., Yucatan, April {G. Salvin-Godman Coll.
F. Gaumer). V. Ad. sk. Chiriqui {Arci). Salvin-Godman Coll.
12. ChaBtnra cinereicauda..
PVencejillo, Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 513 (1802)t.
? Hirundo oxyura, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xiv. p. 536 (founded on the
latter) (1817). Cypselus pelasgius, Wiecl, Beitr. iii. p. 347 (1833). , Acanthylis oxyura, Bp. Consp. i. p. 64 (1850) ; Burm. Si/st. Ueb.
Th. Bras. ii. p. 366 (1856) ; Eiiler, J.f. 0. 1867, p. 222 (nest). Acanthylis cinereicauda, Cass. Proc. Ac. Sc. Phil. v. p. 58, pi. 13.
tig. 2 (1858). Chatura poliura, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 283 (1862) ; {d. P. Z. S. 1863,
p. 101, 1865, p. 611; id. J. f. O. 1867, p. 133; Pelz. Orn. Bras.
p. 16 (1868). Chajtura cinereicauda, Scl. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 329 ; Scl. ^ Salv. No-
mend. Av. Neotroj). p. 95 (1873).
Adult. Forehead, crown, nape, back, and wings black with steel- blue gloss ; rectrices above blackish brown with metallic gloss ; rump and upper tail-coverts pale dusky brown. Total length nearly 4"o inches, wing 4"6, tail 1'7.
This species is distinguished from C. gaumeri by its longer tail and wings, by its undorparts being uniform, the throat not at all
* I had the opportunity of comparing the types of C.yticaianica and C.pere- (jrmator, which were kindly sent me by Prof. Allen, and cannot detect any differences between C. gaumeri and the supposed new species.
t Until specimens have been procured in Paraguay it must remain doubtful whether Azara's bird is identical with that inhabiting Brazil or not.
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or hardly perceptibly paler than the abdoaiou, and by the upper tail-coverts being very different in colour from the rectrices. Uah. Brazil (llio).
a, b. Ad. sk. Brazil, Sclater Coll.
13. Chaetura spiuicauda.
Hirondelle acutipenne de Cayenne, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 701
(1779). Hirondelle a queue pointue de Cayenne, Dauhent. Fl. Eiil. 72G, fig. 1
(1783). Cypsehis spinicaudus, Temm. Tahl. Meth. p. 78 (1839). Acanthylis spiuicauda, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 971, 1844, p. 167 ; Bp.
Consp.i. p. 64 (1850). Chajtura spinicauda, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 283 (1862) ; id. P. Z. S.
1863, p. 101, 1865, p. 612; id. J. f. O. 1867, p. 135; Gray,
Hand-l. i. p. 66 (1869) ; Scl. ^ Sah. Nomencl. Au. Neotrop.
p. 95 (1873) ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 437 (B. Guiana). ? Chffitura spiuicauda. Bed. ^- Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 569 (W.
Ecuador)*.
Adult. Distinct from the allied species by a rather narrow light grey or nearly white band across the rump ; all the rest of the upper jjarts, including the upper tail-coverts, black with slight metallic gloss; underparts greyish brown, darkest on the breast, whitish on the chin and throat, lighter on the lower abdomen ; under tail- coverts uniform brown. Total length about 4: inches, wing 4 to 4-2, tail 1-75.
Ifab. Guiana to Cayenne and Trinidad.
a. cJ ; b. Ad. sk. Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman CoU.
Nov., Dec. [H. Whitely). c,d. (J 5 ad. .sk. Camacusa, Brit. Guiaua, Oct. 8 Salvin-Godman Coll.
{II. TMiitehj). e. Ad. sk. British Guiana (Brown). Sclater Coll.
/. c? fd. sk. Surinam, April 1 (C. B.). Salvin-Godman Cull.
ff, h. Ad. sk. Cayenne (Fraser, Parziulaki). Sclater Coll.
i. Ad. sk. Surinam.
14, ChaetTira fumosa.
Chfetura fumosa, Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 204 (Veragua) ; Wyatf, Ibis, 1871, p. 375 (Colombia) ; Scl. Sf Salv. Kommcl. Av. Neotr. p. 95 (1873).
Chsetura spinicauda, Layard, Ibis, 1873, p. 389 (Para).
Very closely allied to C, spinicauda, but differs in the rump not only being crossed by a grey band, but the entire rump and upper tail-coverts, except the longest, being grey with dark shafts. Besides
* This will probably prove to be a new species. The authors noticed differ- ences in colour between specimens from Guiana and others from Ecuador.
2i2
4S4 CYl'SELIDiE.
this tho lower surface, except the whitish chin and throat, is darker and more nniform than in C. sjnnicauda. Total length about 4:"5 inches, wing 4-2 to 4-4, tail 1*65.
Nearly as dark on the underparts as C. sclateri, from which it is easily disting\iishcd by the colour of its rump.
Hub. Veragua and northern parts of Colombia. Two birds from Para and one from Santarem on the Amazon belong also to this species and not to 0. sjnnicauda, as we should expect.
«. J ; 6. Ad. sk. Bugaba, Chiriqui (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Types of the species.) c, (I. (S ad. sk. Chiriqui, Veragua (Arce). Sclater Coll.
e. Ad. sk. Santarem, Amazon ( Wicli- Sclater Coll.
ham).
f. 6; !/■ 2 ad. Fiii-ajK ov. {U. L. Lai/ard). Tweeddale Coll. sk.
h. c? ad. sk. Para, Sept. 1 (U. L. Layard). Sharpe Coll.
15. Chaetura poliura.
Hirondelle brune acutipenne de la Louisiane, Biiff. JECist. Nat. Ois.
vi. p. 699 (1770). Hirondelle a queue pointue de la Louisiane, Daubeyit. PL J2nl. 726.
fig. 2 (1783). Cjpselus poliurus, Temm. Tall. Mcth. p. 78 (1S39). Acauthylis brachyura, Jard. Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. 1846, p. 120. Acanthylis poliourus, Bix C'otisp. i. p. 64 (1850) ; Leot. Ois. Trinidad,
p. 86''(1866). Chajtm-a poliura, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 283 (1862) ; id. P. Z. S. 1863,
p. 101, 18G5, p. 611, 1870, p. 329 ; id. J. f. 0. 1867, p. 133 ; Pelz.
Orn. Bras. p. 10 (1807) ; Grai/, Hand-l. i. p. 06 (1869) ; Fin.sch,
P. Z. S. 1870, p. 558 (Trinidad) ; Layard, Ibis, 1873, p. 389; Scl. Sf
Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 289 (E. Peril) ; Lam: A?m. iV. Y. Ac. Sc.
i. p. 255 (1878) ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, i. p. 229 (1884) ; Cory, Ibis,
1880, p. 473 (St. Vincent). Chcetura brachycerca, Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 758, pi. xxxiv. ;
Scl. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 329. Chretura brachyura, Cory, B. W. Ind. p. 294 (St. Vincent and
Grenada).
Adidt. Forehead, crown, nape, back, sides of the head and neck, chin, throat, breast, and abdomen black with metallic gloss ; wing black with stronger steel-blue gloss ; rump and upper tail-coverts, tail, vent, and under tail-coverts cinereous grey with a brownish tinge, rectrices with black shafts and spines. Total length about 4 inches, wing 4"8, tail 1-3.
Specimens from South America and the islands arc perfectly similar.
Hah. From the Upper Amazons in Peru and Ecuador to Para in Brazil ; Guiana and the islands of Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada, and St. A'incent in the AVest Indies. AVill probably be found in Venezuela.
6, CH^TURA. 485
a, b. Ad. sk. St. Vincent, W. I., Apiil, l\Jav Salvin-Godman Coll.
(D. W. Smith).
c, d. (S ad. sk, I. of Tobag-o {Kirk). Jardine Coll. (Types
oi Acanth. brachi/uruj Jard.)
e. Ad. sk. Tobago. Sclater Coll.
ft ih h. S ad. sk. Cayenne.
i, ^. d' $ ad. sk. Aunai, British Guiana, May, Salvin-Godman Coll.
June (//. Whit el I/).
I. 5 ad. sk. Para, Sept. 3 {E. L. Lmjard). Tweeddale Coll.
in. 2 ad. sk. Xebercs, E. Peru, June \E. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Bartlett).
n, 0. tS;p. 2 ad. Xeberos, E. Peru {E. B.). Sclater Coll.
sk.
q. 2 ad. sk. Chamicuros, Aug. (E. B.). Tweeddale Coll.
r. Ad. sk. Chamicuros. Gould Coll.
s. Ad. sk. Upper Amazons. E. Bartlett [C.].
t. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll.
16. Chaetura sclateri.
Chsetura sclateri, Peh. Orn. Bras. pp. 16, 56 (1868) ; Gray, Hand-l.
i. p. 66 (1869) ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 289 (E. Peru) ; Tacz.
Orn. Pirou, i. p. 230 (1884). Chastura sclateri occidentalis* Berl. Sf Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 569
(W. Ecuador) ; Reichen. df Schalow, J.f. 0. 1886, p. 83.
Adult. Above black -with steel-blue gloss, but rump and upper tail-coverts dark slaty grey, the longest of the latter only edged with this colour ; underparts slaty grey, chin and throat palest, darker towards the posterior parts ; the under tail-coverts being bluish black ; tail-spines very long, if not abraded 0-25-0-3 inch. Total length about 4-7 inches, wing 4-2 to 4-3, tail 1-8 to 1-9.
The allied C. clnerciventris is much paler on the abdomen.
Hab. Ecuador, Peru, and along the river Amazon to Borba on the river Madeira.
a. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Sclater Coll.
b. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll. e, (S ad. ; d. Ad. sk. Chamicuros, Peru. E. Bartlett Coll.
17. Chaetura cinereiventris.
Cypselus acutus, Wied (nee Gm.), Beitr. iii. p. 351 (1833). Acauthylis spinicauda. Burin, (nee Teinm.) Syst. Ueber. Th. Bras.
ii. p. 367 (1856). Cha?tura cinereiventris, Scl. Cat. Ajn. B. p. 283 (1862) ; id. P. Z. S.
1863, p. 101, pi. xiv. fig. 1 ; id. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 612 ; id. J. f. O.
1867, p. 134 ; Pek. Orn. Bras. p. 16 (1867) ; Gray, Han'd-l. i.
p. 06 (1860) ; Salvin, Cat. StricJd. Coll. p. 372 (1882).
Adult. Above black with a little steel-blue gloss ; rump and upper tail-covcrts pale ashy grey, the longest of the latter only slightly margined with this colour : underparts ashy grey, paler on
* Type compared.
486 cypsELiDjE.
the chin and throat ; the under tail-coverts, but not the abdomen, bluish slaty black. Wing 4-3 inches.
Ill the allied C. sclatcri the abdomen and rump are mnch darker, and the metallic gloss on the upper parts is of a deeper, sometimes rather purplish blue.
Ucib. Eastern parts of Brazil.
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n. Ad.sk. |
[Brazil.] |
Riocour Coll. |
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I), c. Ad. »k. |
JBrazil. |
Sclater Coll. (Types of the species.) |
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d. Ad. sk. |
Brazil (Gould). |
.Tardiue Coll. |
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e. Ad. sk. |
Brazil. |
Salviu-Godman Coll. |
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/. Ad. St. |
Brazil. |
Jardine Coll. |
Snbsp. a. Chaetura guianensis.
Acanthylis oxyura, LM. Ois. Trinidad, p. 84 (1866).
Cliretura cinereiventris, Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 4-37 (B. Guiana) ; Wells,
Froc. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 020 (1886)'(Grenada) ; Cory, Aid; v.
p. 158 (1888) ; id. B. W. hid. p. 294 (1889).
This is merely a northern form of C. cinereiventris, and can be recognized by the somewhat darker, more bluish colour of the abdomen, and darker rump and upper tail-coverts. The wing seems to be generally shorter, the specimens before me having the wing 4 to 4-2 inches in length.
Besides the specimens in the British Museum, I had the oppor- tunity of comparing some specimens sent me by my friend H. von Berlepsch.
Bab. Guiana, Venezuela, Trinidad (Mus. II. v. Berlepsch), and Grenada.
a. Ad. sk. Venezuela ? Salvin-Godman Coll.
b, e. Ad. sk. Guiana ? Purchased
d. 5 ad. sk. IJ. Atapurow, Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Jan. 25 (//. WMtely).
e. S fid. sk. Boraiuia, Brit. Guiana, April 11 Salvin-Godman Coll.
(//. Whitehj).
f. 2ad.sk. Meriune Mts., Brit. Guiana, July Salvin-Godman Coll.
13 [H. Whitelii).
18. Chaetura acuta.
Ilirondelle noire acutipenne de la Martinique, Bvff. Hist. Nat. Ois, vi. p. 702 (1779).
Hirundo acuta, G7h. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 1023 (1788) ; Sfepit. Gen. Zool. X. p. 131 (1817).
Chsetura poliura, Laim: Proc. JJ. S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 62 (1878).
Chaetura dominicana, Later. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sc. i. p. 255 (1878) ; id. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 487 (1878) ; Lister, Ibis, 1880, p. 42 (St. Vincent) ; Scl. Ibis, 1880, p. 75 (Sta. Lucia) ; Coi-y, Auk, iii. p. 346 (1886) ; id. £. W. hid. p. 141 (1889).
Cbastura domiiiicaua colardeaui, Later. Auk, 1891, p. 59 (Guade- loupe) (type examined).
Adult. Deep blackish brown above with a very faint gloss ; rump
6. CH^TUEA. 487
only a little paler ; under surface dark smoky brown, only a little paler on the throat, and a little darker on the under tail-coverts. Total length about 4 inches, wing 4-2, tail 1-8.
Hah. Islands of St. Vincent, Sta. Lucia, Dominica, Guadeloupe, and probably some other islands in the West Indies.
a. c? ad. sk. Dominica {F. A. Ober). Sclater Coll.
b. Ad. sk. Santa Lucia, W. I. {John Semper). Sclater Coll.
19. Chaetura picina.
Chfetura picina, Ttveedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 944, pi. lix. (Mindanao) ; W. Ramsay, Tiveedd. Orn. Works, App. p. 656 (1881).
Adult. Blue-black with a slight gloss ; chin, throat, and the larger under wing-coverts pure white. Total length about 4'6 inches, wing 6-4, tail 1-2.
Hab. The unique specimen is from South-western Mindanao.
a. 2 ad. sk. Zamhoauga, April {H. Everetf). Tweeddale Coll.
(Type of the species.)
20. Chaetura novseguineae.
Chsetura novffiguinec'e, d'Alb. ^ Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xiv. p. 55 (1879) ; Salvad. Orn. Papuas. i. p. 535 (1880).
Above glossy greenish blue ; fore neck and upper breast grey ; abdomen pale grey, with blackish shafts to the lateral feathers ; under wing-coverts and upper tail-coverts glossy greenish ; wings concolorous with the back ; tail very short, equal, glossy green ; biU, feet, and eyes black. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 5, tail 1-2.
This extraordinary species, of which I have never seen a speci- men, seems to have no near ally.
Hab. New Guinea (Fly Iliver).
21, Chaetura sabiueL
Chffitura sabini, J. K Gray in Grif. An. Kingd. ii. p. 70 (1829) ;
Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 25 (1857); Scl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 205;
id. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 613 ; id. J.f. 0. 1867, p. 136; Gray, Hand-l.
i. p. 67 (1869) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1890, p. 168 (Aniwimi R.). Chsetura bicolor, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 7 (1831). Acanthylis bicolor, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1844, p. 99. Acautliylis sabini, Bp. Cunsp. i. p. 64 (1850).
Hartlaub (1. c.) quotes Pallene leucopngia, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 168, as a synonym of Chcrtura sahinei, but I cannot understand why that name should be referable to C. sahinei. Boie does not give any description or even locality, but simply quotes '■'■ Hiriindo Itiico- pyqia, Gray in Griff. An. Kingd." — which work I have carefully searched for that name, but unsuccessfully.
488 cypselid.t:.
Achtli. Above, -wings and tail glossy blue-black; chin, throat, upper breast, sides of breast, and under wing-coverts slaty black ; rump and upper tail-coverts, lower flanks, abdomen, vent, ai:d under tail-coverts white, with black shafts. Total length about 4-2 inches, wing 4-7 to 5, tail 1'7.
Ilab. West Africa : Sierra Leone to Congo, Island of Fernando Po.
a. Ad. sk. West Africa. Sir li. Sabine [P.].
(Type of the species.)
b. Ad. sk. Fernando Po. A. Bouvier Coll.
c. Ad. sk. Yamhuya, Aruwimi R. Mrs. Jameson [P.].
22. Chaetura ussheri. (Plate X.)
Chsetura ussheri, Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 483 (Fantee) ; Shell. ^- Buckl. Ibis, 1872, p. 284 ; Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 47 (Gold Coast).
Adult. Dark brown above, a large white ring round the body, across the rump and lower abdomen ; chin and throat dull white, with dark brown edges to the feathers ; abdomen brown, a whitish shade along the middle ; under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts dark brown; primaries, secondaries, and rectrices narrowly mar- gined with white, a character which is not very obvious if the plumage is abraded. Total length about 5 inches, wing 5-6, tail PO.
Hub. West Africa, Gold Coast.
a, b. Ad. sk. Fort Victoria, Cape Coast, Sharpe Coll. (Types
August ( Ussher). of the species.)
c. Ad.sk. Cape Coast (//rtyjjcs). Sharpe Coll.
<Z. Ad. sk. Cape Coast (&6's/ier). Shelley Coll.
23. ChsBtura cassini.
Chfetura sabinei, Cass, (nee Grai/) Pruc. Acad. Sc. Philad. 1859, p. 8.3. Chfetura cassini, .SW. P. Z. ,S. 1803, p. 20-5 ; id. P. Z. S. 1805, p. H13 ;
id. J. f. O. 1867, p. 136 ; Grai/, Hand-l. i. p. 67 (1869) ; IShelleij,
Ibis, 1890, p. 168 (Aruwimi P.)- Acanthylis hartlaubi, Jard. Edinb. Journ. 1863, p. 147.
Adult. Above glossy black, except a narrow white band across the upper tail-coverts ; chin and upper throat whitish with dark shaft-stripes ; jugulum and throat brownish grey ; remainder of under surface white, like the small band across the upper surface, with fine black shaft-lines ; sides of body and under tail-coverts blackish. Total length about 4-8 inches, wing 6 to 6'5, tail 1-2.
Bab. West Africa : Congo, Gaboon.
a. Ad. sk. Gaboon. DuChaillu Coll.
(Type of the species.)
b. Ad. sk. Gaboon (DuChaillu). Jardine Coll.
(Type of Acanth. hartlaubi, Jard.)
c. c? ad. ; d, e. Landana, Congo, July (Petit). Sharpe Coll. $ ad. sk.
6. CHJilTUEA, 489
/", g. J ad. sk. Lauclana, Congo, April, July Sbellev Coll.
(^PetU).
h. Ad. sk. Yambuya, Aruwimi Iliver. Jameson Coll.
24, Chaetura boehmi.
Chfetura cassini, Bohm, J.f. O. 1883, p. 178 (Kakoma). Chajtura cassini, Schalow, J. f. O. 188-j, p 35:2 (Kakoma). Chaetura boehmi, Schalow, Ornith. Centralbl. 1882, p. 183; id. J. f.
O. 1883, pp. 104, 3o2 (Kakoma) ; Reichen. ^- Schalow, J. f. O.
1884, p. 381.
Above black ; chin, throat, and sides of body sooty brown ; feathers of the upper throat with black shafts ; wings black ; lores, breast, lower tail-coverts, and small band across the rump white. Total length 3-55 inches, wing 4-9.
Differs from C cassini in the throat being sooty brown and not white, the lores and breast white instead of brownish grey.
Hab. Kakoma, E. Africa.
I have not seen a specimen of this species.
25. Chaetura grandidieri.
Chsetura grandidieri, Schleg. P. Z. S. 18G6, p. 421 ; Verr. Noxi'. Arch, du Mus. iii. Bull. 1867, p. 3, pi. i. ; Grandid. Bev. et Ma;/, de Zool. 1807, p. 353; Schleg. et Pollen, Faune de Madag. ii. p. 05 (1868); Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 67; Hartl. Vog. Madagasc. p. 61 (1877) ; Milne-Edio. et Grandid. Madagasc, Ois. p. 196, pis. Lsxi. & Ixxvi. (1879).
Collocalia coquerelii (Poll. MS.), Schleg. ^- Pollen, op. cit.
Adult. Dark brown above, a brownish-white band with dark shaft-stripes across the rump ; underparts from the chin to tlie under tail-coverts greyish brown, with darker yhaft-stripes. Total length about 4'5 inches, wing 4'7, tail 1*8.
Hah. Madagascar.
a,h. S 2 ^d. sk. Madagascar. Purchased.
26. Chaetura sylvatica.
Acanthvlis svlvatica, Tick. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xv. p. 284 (1846'| ;
Jerd'.B.Tnd. i. p. 170 (1862); Blgth, Ihis, 1866, p. 339 ; Jenl.
i6/s, 1871, p. 354; Ball, Stray Feath. ii. p. 384 (1874); Wald.
Ibis, 1876, p. 356. Chretura sylvatica, Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 614; id. J.f. 0. 1867,
p. 136 ; Ball, Strati Feath. vii. p. 202 (Godaveri) (1878) : Davison,
ibid. X. p. 346 (Mysore) (1882). Rbaphidura .sylvatica. Gates, B. Burm. ii. p. 7, note (1883).
Adult. Top of the head, back of the neck, buck, wings, and tail black with some steel-blue gloss ; chin, throat, and breast greyish, becoming darker and more brownish grey on tlie breast, and gradually shading into the colour of the lower abdomen, which is
490
CyPSELlD.'E.
white like tlie under tail-coverts and a broad band across the rump ; those parts have very small dark shaft-lines and dark basal portions to tlic feathers ; under wing-coverts dark slaty grey. Total length about 4 inches, wing 4-5, tail 1'5.
Hah. liritish India, especially the Central Provinces.
a. 2 ad. ; i, c. Ad. sk. d. 5 ad. ; e. S ad. ;
/. Ad. sk. ff~^- 6 fid. ; »i-o. 2
ad. sk. p. (S ad. sk. q. Ad. sk. r. 2 ad. sk.
Seoni, C. P. Jashpur, May.
Eaipur, C. P., December.
Wynaad, May 1 (77'. JJavisun).
Gurwhal, December.
W. of Chota Nag-pur, May 10.
Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
Hume Coll.
Hume Coll. Hume Coll. Tweeddale Coll.
27. Chsetura leucopygialis *.
Acanthylis leucopygialis, Blyih, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xviii. p. 809
(1849) ; id. Ibis, 1866, p. 339. Acanthylis coracina, Bjy. Consp. i. p. 64 (1850). Cypselus coracinus, Schleg. Hundl. Dierk. i. pp. 221, 479, Fot/. pi. 2.
fig. 14 (1857). Chffitura coracina, Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 614; id. J. f. O. 1867,
p. 1.37; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 67, no. 777 (1869); Salvad. Ucc.
Borneo, p. 124 (1874); Hume, Stray Feath. iii. p. 318 (1875),
viii. p. 47 (Malay Penin.) (1879) ; Hume Sf Davison, Stray Feath.
ii. p. 45 (Teuasserim) (1878); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 335
(Labuan) ; id. Ibis, 1890, p. 24 ; Biittik. Not. Leyd. Mus. ix. p. 39
(Sumatra) (1887). Phaphidura leucopygialis, Oates, B. Bur?)}, ii. p. 6 (1883). Cbfetura leucopygialis, Edham, Ibis, 1881, p. 372 (Singapore).
Adult. Entirely blue-black, except the rump and upper tail- ceverts, which are light ashy grey with black shaft-lines: "iris dark brown ; bill black ; legs and feet dark purple " (Davison). Total length about 4-7 inches, wing 4*8, tail 1-7.
Hab. Southern Teuasserim, throughout the Malaj' Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and Marintanan.
a, h. S ad. ; c. 2
ad. sk. d. (S ad. sk. e,f. d ad. ; </. Ad.
sk. h, i. Ad. sk. k. S ad. ; /, m. 2
ad. sk. n. 2 id. sk.
Choungthanoung, Teuasserim,
May ( W. Davison). Pakclian, Januarj^ ( 77^. Davison). Klang, April, May ( 77^. Davison)
Malacca. Malacca, August
Ramsay). Malacca.
( Wardlaw
Hume Coll.
Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
Pinwill Coll. Tweeddale Coll.
Sharpe Coll.
* I do not think it necessary to reject Blytli's name on account of the nomen nudum Fallene leiccopygia (sic) of Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 168, on which I remarked under C. sabinci.
6. CH^ETURA. 491
o. 5 ad. sk. Neealys, Malacca, Oct. 14 (IF. Hume Coll.
Davison).
p. S ad. sk. Kui'oo, Malacca ( JV. Davison). Hume Coll.
q, r. $ ad.; s. J Johoie, March ( Jr. Davison). Hume Coll.
ad. sk.
t-tv. S ad. sk. Johore, August ( W. Davison). Hume Coll.
x-h'. 2 ad. sk. Jobore, August ( W. Davison). Hume Coll.
c'. Ad. sk. Sarawak, Boraeo. Tweeddale Coll.
d'. Ad. sk. Lawas, Borneo. II. Veitch Coll.
e'. Ad. sk. Marintanan, February. Everett Coll.
I have not been able to examine the following species : —
28. ChsBtura cochinchinensis. Chffitura cochinchinensis, Oust. Bull. Sac. Philom. 1878, p. 52.
The author states that G. cocMncMnensis is allied to C. caudacuta and C. gigantea, but considerablj- smaller, with dark forehead and greyish-white throat. Total length 7"1 inches, wing 7*1, tail 0'4.
Hab. Saigon (Cochinchina).
This form seems to be closely allied to Chatura Maesii, but from their habitats it is not likely they can be the same. The author has compared his specimens with C. caudacuta and C. gigan- tea, but the habitats assigned to these forms show that he has included in his C. caudacuta the allied C. nudipes, and in his C. gigantea the allied C. indica. It therefore becomes difficult to make out the nearest ally of his species.
29. Chaetura klaesii *.
Hirundinapus klaesii, i^w^/'/A-q/i?/-, IS^ot. Leyd. Mus. ix. p. 40 (1887).
" Very similar to H. nudij^es, Hodgs., but considerably smaller. Chin and throat, base of the feathers on occiput and hind neck, and inner web of the innermost secondaries greyish smoky instead of white. Entire crown, down to the base of the bill, lores, sides of head and neck, occiput, hind neck, lesser wing-coverts, outer web of innermost secondaries, a stripe running from the base of the tibia to the rump, rump and upper tail-coverts glossy bluish green ; scapularies and back smoky brown, becoming pale straw-colour towards the centre of the back. Upper surface of wing and tail
* Whilst this sheet was passing through the press, I had an opportunity of examining the type in the Leiden Museum. It is similar to Ch. indica, of which it may be a smaller form.
492 CYPSELID.E.
blackish brown, with a somewhat purplish gloss ; inner edge of quills, lower surface of wing and tail, chest, breast, abdomen, flanks, and thighs smoky brown, a stripe from the base of thighs to the root of the tail and also the under rail-coverts pure white." Total length 6-5 iuehes, wing 6-8, tail 2. (BUtlik-ofer.)
Bab. West Sumatra (Lubu Gedang, Highlands of Padang).
30. Cliaetura ancMetae. Chsetura anchietae, Sousa, Jorn. Sci. Lisb. 1887, pp. 93, 105.
Distinguished from Cha'tura cassini by the great difference in size, by the colour being uniform from the base of the bill to the breast, without any black shaft-stripes, and by the end of the tail being edged with white. Total length 3*o5 inches, wing 5'1, tail 1-1.
Hah. Benguela.
This species and C. boehmi are remarkably smaller than C. cassini, and the measurements of both are almost the same. They must be very different from C. cassini, but very closely allied to each other, if not identical.
31. Chaetura stictilsema.
Cypselus stictilaemus, i?e('c/ie?!. Orn. Centralbl. 1879, p. 114 (Ualimi);
id. J.f. 0. 1879, pp. 293, 31,5, 344. Chajtura stictilajma, Reichen. J.f. O. 1885, p. 127 ([Jalimi,E. Afr.). Chtetura gierrre. Oust. Natural, xii. p. 274 (Mombassa, E. Afr.)
(1890).
The descriptions of both Eeichenow and Oustalet agree with that of C ussluri from West Africa ; but both authors kindly wrote me that the white mark on the lower abdomen is separated from the white band across the rump by the dark-coloured sides of the body, ■whereas in the true 0. ussheri they are connected and form a white ring round the body.
Hah. E. Africa.
7. CYPSELOIDES.
, Type.
Cypseloides, Streubel, Ists, 1848, p. 366 G. fiuiiigatus.
Nepbocsetes *, Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 142 (1858) . . C. uiger.
This genus is closely allied to Chaetura, but may be recognized by the characters given above. The plumage is softer than in true Vhatura ; the shafts of the rectrices are not so stiff. G. rutihis
* Corr. Nephacdcs, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 23(5 etc.
7. CYPSELOIDES. 493
and C. brunneitoi-qiies are better placed with Cy^iscloides, although the spines are a little visible.
liange. The greater part of America and the West Indies.
Key to ilie Species.
a. The male -with a rufous collar.
a'. Chin blackish brown brunneitorques, p. 493.
b'. Chin rufous rutilus, p. 493.
b. The male uniform like the female. i ■ ^04
c'. Tail deeply eraaroinate - ; V a'ok
„ r,, -, 1 ' -' , f' I Ourcahs, p. 490.
a. lail subequal. ' '^
a". Much larger; wing about 6'9 inches. sewe.r, p. 496.
b". Much smaller ; wing about 5'8
inches ftmtir/aftis, p. 496.
1. Cypseloides rutilus.
Iliruudo riitila, Vicill. Kouv. Diet. xiv. p. 528 (1817) ; Leot. Ois.
Trinidad, p. 87 (1806) ; 8d. Ibis, 1807, p. 107. Hirundo rol)ini. Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 270 (183D. Chffitura rutila, Scl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 100 (part.) ; id. P. Z. S. 1865,
p. 613 (part.) ; Salv. ^ Godm. Ibis, 1882, p. 82 (Merume Moun-
taais) ; Salv. Ibis, 1S85, p. 437 (Guiana).
Adult male. Tail slightly but perceptibly emarginate. Forehead and crown, back, rump, wings, tail, abdomen, under and upper tail- coverts, under and upper wiug-coverts black ; crown and back rather glossy ; wings and tail more brownish ; chin, throat and upper breast, and a broad collar round the neck bright rufous. Total length about 5-4 inches, wing 5-4, tail 2-4, tarsus O'o.
Foiude. Unknown to mc. Probably without red collar as in the female of C. brunneitorqucs.
Huh. Guiana, Trinidad, and perhaps Venezuela (?).
a. (S ad. sk. Merume Mts., Brit. Guiana, Salviu-Godman Coll.
July 27 (if. Whitely).
2, Cypseloides brunneitorques.
Cha^tura brunneitorques, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 81 ; B]^. Consp.
i. p. 04 (1850) ; liidyic. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 303 (1877) (Mexico) ;
Sulv. ^- Godm. Ibis, 1882, p. 83. Acauthylis rutila, -Se^. P. Z. S. 185.5, p. 135. Chietura rutila, Scl. S,- Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 37, pi. 3 ; iid. P. Z. S.
1809, p. 363 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1803, p. 100 (part.) ; id. P. Z. S. 1865,
p. Olo (part.); id. J.f. O. 1867, p. 135 (part.); Sutnichr. Ntttur-
ulcza, V. p. 250 (1882).
Adidt male. Tail-feathers subequal. Very similar to the true C. ralilas, but easUy distinguished by the dark sooty-blackish chin and upper throat. Besides this, the blackish crown is extended a little further down, the rufous coUar is darker, rather more fer-
494
CYPSELIDJE.
ruginous, with blackish shaft-stripca on most of the feathers of the fore neck, and the blackish colour of the upper and under parts is not so black, but rather dark sooty brown.
Female. Without the rufous collar.
Younr/. Coloured like the female ; in male birds the rufous colour seems to be gained without a moult, as traces of it soon become visible.
Ifab. Mexico and Central America, south to Ecuador and Peru.
a. 2 ad. sk. Mexico. Selater Coll.
b. 2 -icl- ; c. S Dueuas, July 25 (O. Salvin). Selater Coll. imm. sk.
d. 2 ad. sk. Duenas, Oct. Tweeddale Coll.
B}f- <S ^■d. ; </-/>;. Duenas (O. Salvin). Salviu-Godman Coll.
Imm. sk.
I, m. (S ad. sk. Chiriqui {Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll.
n. cS ad. ; o. 5 U.S. Colombia. Salvin-Godman Coll,
ad. sk.
p. S <id. sk. Retiro, Col. (Salmon). Selater CoU.
q. S fd. sk. Ecuador (Lcnvrence). Selater Coll.
r. cJ ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Cull.
3. Cypseloides niger.
Martinet de Saint-Domingue, Bn'ss. Orn. ii. p. 514, pi. 46. fig. 3
(17C0). Hirundo apus dominicensis, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 514, pi. 46. fig. 3
(1760). Le petit Martinet noir, Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 668 (1779). Hirundo nigra, Gtn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 1025 (1788). Cypselus niger, Gosse, B. Jatnaica, p. 63, pi. 10 (1847) ; Bp. Consp.
i. p. 66 (1850) ; Gundl. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. 1860, p. 268 (Cuba) ;
Albrvcht, J.f. O. 1861, p. 207, 1862, p. 194: A. ^ E. Newton,
Handb. Jamaica, p. 108 (1881). Nephocpetes niger, Gundl. J.f. 0. 1874, p. 115. Cypseloides niger, Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 615 ; id. J.f. 0. 1867, p. 138 ;
id. Ibis, 1880, p. 74 (Sta. Lucia) ; Lister, Ibis, 1880, p. 41 (St.
Vincent) ; Cory, Auk, iii. p. 346 (1886) ; id. B. W. hid. p. 140
(1889). Nephojcetes niger, Cory, B. Haiti S) St. Domingo, p. 88 (1885).
Adult. Tail emarginato. Entire plumage blackish brown with slight metallic reflexions ; throat a Httle paler ; forehead generally a little M'hitish, caused by light grey edges to the feathers ; spot in front of the eye black : " bill and feet black " (Gosse). Total length about 6 inches, wing 6, tail 2-6, central rectrices nearly half an inch shorter, tarsus 0'45.
Young. Feathers of the lower parts terminally edged with white Hab. West Indies (San Domingo, Jamaica, Cuba, Porto Pico, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominica), and (straggler ?) Merume Mountains in Guiana.
a. Ad. sk.
b. fS ad. sk.
c. d. Ad. sk.
e. 2 Imm. ; /.
S ad. sk. ^, 7i. (S ad. sk. I. Imm. sk. k. Ad. sk.
/. c? ad. sk.
7. CrPSELOIDES.
San Cristobal, Cuba {G. F. Gaumer).
Jamaica, Sept. 22 {E. New- ton).
Jamaica {Gosse).
Le Vefja, San Domingo, July 27 (C. B. Cory).
Guadeloupe, W. I.
Martinique, W. I.
St. Vincent, May {Dr. W. Smith).
Mernme Mts., Brit. Gvuana, June 13 (If. Whitely).
495
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sclater CoU. Salvin-Godman Coll.
C. B. Cory Coll. Purchased. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Subsp. a. Cypseloides borealis.
Cypselus borealis, Kenn. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1857, p. 202. Nephocajtes niger, Baird, B. N. Avier. p. 142 (1858). Jsephoscetes borealis, <S<:7. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 236 (Vancouver Is.). Cypseloides borealis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 615 ; id. J. f. O. 1867,
'p. 138. Cypseloides niger, Lawr. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. pp. 459, 487 (1878) ;
Midgw. Ma?i. N. Amer. B. p. 302 (1887) ; Gormley,Auk, v. p. 424
Nephocsetes niger, var. borealis, Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 183
(1872). Nephoecetes mger, Baird, Brew., Sf Ridgw. N. A. B. ii. p. 429
(1874). Cypseloides niger borealis, Drew, Auk, ii. p. 17 (1885) ; Heiish. Auk,
iii. p. 78 (1886) (migrat.).
Adult. Similar to C. niger, from which it differs only by its larger size, the wing measuring from 6-4 to 6-8 inches and oven longer.
Tounfj. Feathers of the lower (and upper ?) parts with white edges terminally.
Though Kennerly had apparently no idea of the smaller insular form, his name must stand for the northern form, Gmelin's name being founded on Brisson's " Hirunclo apus dominicensis."
Uab. Western parts of North America from British Columbia and Nevada south to Costa Rica.
a. Ad. sk. h, c. Imm. sk. d, e. Ad. sk. f,y. cS 2 imm-
sk. h. c? vix ad. sk.
i-l. cJ 2 imm. sk.
N.W. America (Baird). British Columbia. Pitt River, N. California. San Bernnrdino Mts., June
(i?. B. Herron). San Miguel Molino, Mexico
(Ferrari-Perez). Sierra Madre de Tepic, Mexico,
June ( ir. B. liichardson).
Sclater Coll. J. K. Lord Coll. Tweeddale CoH. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
490
CrPSELID^.
4. Cypseloides fumigatus.
Ilemiprocne fumigata, Streubel, Isis, 1848, p. 366 (e.r Natt. MS.). Cypseloides fumigatus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 615 j id. J. f. O. 1867, 'p. 138; Scl. c5- Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 598; iid. Nomencl. Av. Xcotrop. p. 95 (1873) ; Tmz. Orn. Perou, i. p. 232 (1884). Nephocastes fumigatus, Peh. Orn. Pras. p. 16 (1867). Choetura fumigatus, Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 68 (1869).
In general aspect similar to C. vi(jer, but distinguished bj' its shorter and subequal tail-feathers -with their somewhat stift'er shafts. Entire plumage dark sooty brown. Total length about 5| inches, wing 5-7 to 5-9, tail 1-9.
Nab. Brazil, Peru, Ecuador.
«. Ad. sk. [Brazil?] (Goe^Z^). Sclater Coll.
b. cJ ad. sk. Brazil (batterer). Sclater Coll.
c, d. Ad. sk. Brazil. Purchased.
e. d ad. sk. W. Peru, Nov. {H. Whitely). Sclater CoU.
f. Ad. sk. Ecuador {Gould). Salviu-Godman Coll.
5. Cypseloides senex.
Cypselus senex, Temm. PI. Col. 397 (1826) ; Streubel, Isis, 1848,
p. 366. Hemiprocne temminckii seu temminckiana, Streubel, Isis, 1848,
p. 368. Acanthvlis senex, Bp. Consp. i. p. 65 (1850) ; Burm. Syst. Uehers.
Th. Bras. ii. p. 365 (1856). Cypseloides senex, Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p." 614 ; id. J. f. 0. 1867,
p. 137 ; Scl. ^ Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 95 (1873). Chsstura senex, Pelz. Orn, Bras. p. 16 (1867).
Readily distinguished by its very large size. Sooty brown, head and neck a little paler, with whitish edges and darker shaft-lines ; spot before the eyes blackish. Tail-feathers subequal, not at all eraarginate, but on the contrary rather rounded. Total length about 8 inches, wing 6' 9, tail 2"5, tarsus OnS.
Hah. Brazil.
a. Ad. sk.
b. Ad. sk.
Brazil {Natterer). Brazil {Dr. Such).
Sclater Coll. Jardino Coll.
Type, esculenta.
8. COLLOCALIA.
Collocalia, Gray, Gen. B. p. 8 (1840) ....
Salangaua, Streubel, Isis, 1848, p. 368 .... " Hemiprocne salaugana."
The members of the genus CoUocaUa are remarkable for their interesting nests, which are composed of moss or similar materials agglutinated with saliva ; those wholly composed of the latter are the " edible nests." These Swifts lay pure white eggs ; I believe the number is two as a rule. In large dark caves, where hundreds or thousands are known to breed, they may often mistake
8. COLLOCAXIA. 497
a neighbour's nest for their own, so that frequently more than two eggs are found and sometimes one only. Possibly some species may lay more than two, but I greatly doubt it.
Ranrje. The Indian and Malayan countries, throughout Papuasia and the Pacific Islands to Northern Australia and the Fiji Islands. As far East as Mauritius and the Seychelles, and perhaps Madagascar.
So many species of CoUocxdia have been distinguished and named by various ornithologists and subsequently reunited by others, that it would be most difficult, and in some cases almost impossible, to determine the species from the literature ; but the materials in the British Museum, supplemented by the specimens lent to me by several friends, though still quite imperfect from certain localities, have enabled me, I believe, to throw a little light upon this group. Ornithologists are no doubt aware of the fact that C'uHocahce are resident birds, often confined to a small tract of country, where they find suitable caves for breeding, and may therefore readily form local races ; on the other hand, their power of flight is so great that the occurrence of any species far from their regular abode is by no means astonishiua;.
Key to the Species.
a. Without white on the abdomen.
a'. Without whitish or greyish band across the rump. a" . Larger ; tail-feathers nearly equal, loivi, p. 498 b". Smaller ; tail distinctly emarginate. [pp. 498-501.
«'". Lighter below fuc'iphaga and allies,
h"' . Darker below, especially on the
throat ; wings rather long .... leucophcea, p. 502. h'. With a greyish or whitish band across the rump. c". Larger ; wing more than 5 inches, imwiuinata, p. 503. d" . Smaller; wing less than 5 inches . francica and allies,
b. With more or less white on the [pp. 503-506.
abdomen. c'. '^^'ith a white band across the rump. e" . With blackish shaft-stripes to the white feathers of the rump ; no white spots on the rectrices. c'". Much larger; wing more than
4 inches leiicoj^yr/ia, p. 506.
d'". Much smaller ; wing less than
4 inches troglodytes, p. 507.
/". Band across the rump pure white without dark shaft-stripes ; white spots (sometimes obsolete) on most
of the rectrices uropygialh, p. 507.
(/'. Without white band across the rump. y" . Rectrices without white spots. e" . Upper tail-coverts, except the longest, distinctly margined
with white marginata, p. 508.
VOL. XVI. 2 K
498 CTPSELID^.
f". Upper tail-coverts concolorous with
the rest of upper parts litic/ii, p. 508.
h". Rectrices with white spots. ff'". Upper surface black, with strongsteel-
hUie and greenish gloss escidenta, p. 509.
h'" . Upper surface plumbeous grey, with greenish gloss. a''. White spots on the rectrices sharply
defined neylecta, p. 610.
b^. "White spots on the rectrices not
sharply defined natcdis, p. 511.
1 . CoUocalia lowi.
CjTselus lowi, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. .333 (N. Borneo). Cypselus labuanensis. Ibis, 1879, p. 116 (note).
Adult. Upper surface sootj^ black with a little greenish gloss, somewhat purplish on the tail ; lower surface brownish grej', with somewhat darker shaft-stripes ; feathers in front of the eye white, broadly tipped with black ; under wing-coverts blackish. Total length about 5 inches, bill at base 0-2, wing 5 "3 ; tail 2, nearly quite even ; tarsus 0-4, thinly but obviously feathered if not abraded by the string of the label.
The plumage of the younrj bird does not differ from that of the adult.
This species is easily distinguished by its large size. The speci- mens from Palawan seem to be a little smaller on the average.
Hah. Palawan and Northern Borneo, where Everett found it breeding in caves in October, making a nest of moss fastened to the wall with its saliva. The island of Nias off the west coast of Sumatra, and parts of Sumatra.
a, b. Ad. sk. Labuan, Borneo. Ussher CoU. (Types
of the species.)
c. Ad. sk. Sarawak. C. Hose Coll.
d, e. c? ad. sk. Paku, Oct., Nov. H. Everett Coll. /. Imm. sk. Baram. H. Everett Coll. ff. Ad. sk. " Caves of Borneo." Sclater Coll.
h. (S ad. ; i. $ Puerto Princesa, Palawan, E. L. Moseley Coll.
ad. sk. Aug., Sept.
k. Imm. sk. Sumatra {C. Bock). Tweeddale Coll.
2. Collocalia fuciphaga *.
Hirundo fuciphaga, Thunb. Act. Holm, xxxiii. p. 151, pi. 4 (Java) (1772); Steph. Gen. Zool. x. p. Ill (1817).
* I cannot adopt Q. E.. Gray's reasons for rejecting Thunberg's name and calling this species C. nidifica ; and I agree with Salvadori and others that the oldest and well-known name, i. e. fuciphaga of Thunberg, should stand.
8. COLLOCALIA. 499
Esculent Swallow, Lath, Gen. Si/n. Suppl. ii. p. 257, pi, 135 ( " Su- matra") (1802).
Ilinindo esculenta {nee L.), Hovsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 142 ; ? Raffl.iUd. p. 315(1822).
Cypselus fuciphagus, S. Mull. Verh. Land- en Volkenk. p. 456 (1839- 1844).
Iliniiido unicolor, Jerd. Madr. Journ. 1840, p. 238 (Nilglierries).
Cypselus concolor, BlytJi, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xi. p. 886 (184"2).
Cypselus unicolor, Jerd. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xiii. pt. i. p. 173, pt. ii. p. 144 (1844).
CoUocalia unicolor, Blytlx, Journ. As. Soc. Benfj. xiv. pp. 209, 212 (1845) ; Hume, Stray Feath. iv. p. 374 (1876) ; Scully, ibid. viii. p. 235 (1879) ; Butler, Stray Feath. ix. p. 380 (Mahratta) (1880) ; Davison, Stray Feath. x. p. 348 (Mysore) (1882) ; Oates, ed. Hume's Nests ^ EgyiLid. B. iii. p. 28 (1890).
CoUocalia nidifica, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 55 (1845) ; Bh/th, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 86 (1849) ; Bj). Consp. i. p. 343 (18y0); Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Comp. i. p. 98 (1854) ; G^. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, pp. 170, 189 (var. ; Louisiade) ; id. Cat. B. New Guinea, pp. 17, 54; Bernst. J.f. 0. 1859, p. 118 (nidific.) ; Jerd. B. India, p. 182 (1862); Eosenb. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xxv. p. 234 (1803); Scl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 212' (S. Borneo); id. J.f. O. 1864, p. 120 (Waigiou) ; Finsch, Nev^Guinea,^. 162 (1865) ; Pelz. Beis. Novara, Vog. p. 39, (Java) (1865) ; Grai/, Ann. ^- May. Nat. Hist. 1866, xvii. p. 118 ; id. Hayid-l. i. p. 65, no. 746 (1869) ; Zer/ye, Ibis, 1874, p. 13 (Ceylon); Bey, J.f. O. 1875, p. 286 (India); Brooks, Stray Feath. iii. p. 232 (1875) ; Green, Journ. Physiulm/tf, 1885, p. 40 ; Variyny, Nature, 1885, p. 186 ; Bdttikof. P. Z. 'S. 1885, p. 610 ; Prijer, Zoologist, 1885, p. 296 ; Murray, t. c. p. 147.
Hemiprocne salangana, Stretibel, Isis, 1848, p. 368 (India) *.
CoUocalia fuciphaga, Bp. Compt. Bend. xli. p. 977 (1855) ; id. Bev. et Mag. Zool. 1855, p. 581 ; Wallace, P. Z. S. 1863, pp. 384, 484 (Timor) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 616 ; id. J f. O. 1867, p. 139 ; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 420 (Ceylon) ; Wa'ld. Trans. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 46 (Celebes) (1872) ; Salmd. Ucc. Borneo, p. 120 (1874) ; id. Ann. Mus. Civ. 1879, p. 647 (Kei) ; id. Orn. Papuas. i. p. 544 (1880) ; id. Agg. Orn. Pap. i. p. 63 (1889) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1880, p. 246 (Salomon Is., corr.) ; Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xvi. p. 430 (1880) ; A. B. Meyer, Abbild. Vogelsk. pi. 46. fig. 2 (1883) ; id. Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 278 ; W. Bias. J.f. O. 1884, p. 217 (S.E. Borneo); Kutter, J.f O. 1885, p. 346 (eggs); Finsch^- Meyer, Zeitschr. qes. Orn. 1886, p. 14 (New Guinea) ; Hartert, J.f. O. 1889, p. 359 (N.E. Sumatra) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1889, p. 556; Sharpe, Ibis, 1890, p. 23.
Hirundo vanikorensis, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. Astrolabe, Zool. i. p. 206, pi. xii. fig. 3(1830).
Cotyle vanicorensis, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 170.
Coliocalia vanicorensis, Hartl. S)- Finsch, P. Z. S. 1868, pp. 4, 116 (Pelew Is.) ; Finsch i^ Hartl. Orn. Centralpol. p. 47, part. (1867) ;
* I do not think that the above quoted name of Streiibel can belong to any other species ; but Ilcmiprocnc fiwirora. Streub., is descinbed as totally different, though the author states that his name is only created to set aside the vox bybrida C.fticiphaya. The description of C. fiicivora (Streub.) seems to suit C. linchi rather than C.fucipluiga. The other names of Streubel, viz. //. gcla,- tinosa, borhonica, phiUppiiia, malaisia, ualensis, without any descriptions, cannot be identified and have no value whatever. {Cf. Streubel, I. c.)
2k2
500 CYPSELIDJ5.
Fi/>sc7t,Jouni. 3Itis. Godeffr. Tiii. p. l-') (Palau Is.) (1875) ; id. ibid.
xii. p. -l-d (Ponapt^) (1876); Lmjard, P. Z. S. 187G, p. 50; id. Ibis,
1876, p. 391; Finsch, P. Z. 8. 1877, p. 778 (Friendlv Is.); id.
J.f. O. 1880, p. 285 (Ponap(5); id. P. Z. S. 1880, p! 575; id.
J.f. O. 1880, p. 298 (Kuschai) ; id. Ibis, 1881, pp. 105, 108, 115,
536. Cypselus inquietus, Kiftl. Denkw. Heise, ii. p. 26 (1858) ; Finsch,
Ibis, 1881, p. 105 (:=vanicor.). Collocalia francica, Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 283 (Negros) ; Steere,
List B. 8,- Mmnm. Philippines, p. 12 (1890). Collocalia, sp. inc., Scl. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 447 (Duke of York I.). Collocalia linclii, Tristr. Ibis, 1879, p. 438 (Salomon Is.). Collocalia cinerea, Lmjard, Ibis, 1880, pp. 223 (Loyalty Is.), 298
(New Hebrides) ; id. Ibis, 1882, p. 503 (New Caledonia).
Adult. Upper surface dark sooty broATn with verj' little gloss ; head, wings, and tail darker and more glossy ; feathers in front of the eye whitish with dark-brown tips ; lower surface brownish grey with darker shaft-stripes ; under wing-coverts blackish brown. Total length about 4'5 inches, bill at base O'lo, wing 4-4 to 4'7, tail 2-2.
The young bird is like the adult in plumage.
Hah. The islands of the Malay Archipelago and Papuasia, north to the Philippines, Western Himalayas to the jN^ilgherries, Ceylon, and the Seychelles in the West ; islands of Santa Cruz and Duke of York in the East. Some parts of Sumatra seem also to be its home, but C. hivi appears to live on the same island. A careful comparison of a series of specimens from Sumatra is required.
This bird has a very wide range and forms several local races. There is no difference between the birds from the Malay Archi- pelago and the so-called C. unicolor from the Nilgherries. The birds from the Eastern Himalayas and Manipur differ so much from those of the Nilgherries, that they are considered by several orni- thologists to constitute a distinct species; but after having compared large series from all localities, it is evident that intermediate forms occur, and therefore it is not possible to allow it more than sub- specific rank. The birds from Negros in the Phihppines are very black and glossy above and the wings average a little shorter, so that they seem to constitute a good race, but the bird from the Astrolabe range in New Guinea is exactly similar. The specimens from Celebes have generally rather short wings, but this character is not quite constant and does not seem sufSciently obvious to justify the formation of even a distinct race.
I have examined two specimens from the Seychelles — one in the Cambridge Museum, kindly lent me by Prof. Newton, and the other by Canon Tristram. They have no trace of a pale band across the rump, and therefore do not belong to C. francica, but they are per- fectly similar to C. fuciphaga from the Nilgherries.
Specimens from Tahiti are so different, that it may be better to regard them as a distinct species, all the more so as their abode is CO far from the countries inhabited by the true C. fuci/thaga.
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ThVch tho e fron. P ? ' '"1 .^•'^"•;'^ ^"^^^ ^P^°^^^ ^« found, to Zl V;l V'^'^'^'''" ^'''^ ^^^''^^ «^so bdon-. They sometimes
inhabit the same localities as C. fnciphaga, and certainly form a
et^ent'/:r:/= '"d '' ""^\'^ admiited'that th^^ t^^^oTm:
«-f/. Ad. sk. e, /. Ad. sk. S, h. Imm. sk. i, k. Ad. sk. /. Pull. sk. m. Ad. sk. n-q. 6 ad. ; $
ad. sk. n 6 ad. sk.
!!. c? 2 ad. sk.
Ad. sk,
6 ad. sk.
Ad. sk.
Ad. sk.
c? ad. sk.
u
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a'-d'. (S ; e'. 2
ad. sk. /V-c?? ad.sk.
?', r'. Ad. sk. a'. Ad. sk. *'. S ad. sk. m'-2'. Ad. sk.
h". 2 ad. sk. d" ad. sk.
<Z'
Java (Horsfield).
Java (iy. i5/yM).
Sarawak.
Borneo.
Borneo.
Lawas Eiver, Borneo.
Valencia, Negros, August (H.
A. Everett). Damaguete, Negros, Feb. Macassar. Celebes.
Timor Coupang. Morty Is. Duke of York Is. Chauniont Is., Louisiade Ar-
chipel., July 5. Astrolabe Eange, S.E. New
Guinea. Kotegurh, N.W. Himalayas.
India Museum. Jardine Coll. C. Hose Coll.
Cuming Coll. Veitch Coll. Tweeddale Coll.
Moseley Coll.
Wallace Coll.
AVallace Coll.
Wallace Coll. Wallace Coll. Hev. Ct. Brown [0.1. Voy. H.M.S.' Rattle- snake.' A. Goldie [C.].
Hume Coll.
Hume Coll.
Vingorla, S. Konkan, April (G Vidal). ' ^ K •
BramahglieiTies, June (Darling). Hume Coll.
Ooonoor, Aug ( W. Bamsmj). Tweeddale Coll.
Coonoor, April ( W. Davison). "
Tiger's Cave, Ootacamund, Dec {A. O. H.). '
Ootacamund, April {W. Da- vison).
Bridge, S. Travancore, March 18 (J. W. Bourdillon).
Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
Hume Coll.
Hume Coll.
Subsp. a. Collocalia brevirostris.
Hirundo brevirostris, McClelland, P. Z. S 1839 t, I55 Collocalia brevirostris, ^(<»(f, ,SYray i^(=a/A ii; n 9^9 n's~(t\ -j ^^_ p. 290 (Assam) ^mU^^'r^i^^^^^i^
Adnh Similar to the true C. fxtcij^liar,a, but the wings are verv long and the tarsi thinly feathered, 4en%he bird is fresh and not damaged in skinning or by the strings of labels, whereas the tarsi seem to be quite nnfeathered in the birds from the N llhenS \\ mg 5 inches to 5-1. -L^iJofleriies,
Hah. Replaces the typical C.fuciphar,a (the 0. unicohr of most Indian ornithologists) in the Himalayas aid Manipur, but in the
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CYPSELID^.
"Western Himalayas the smaller form is also found, and some speci- mens are intermediate between the two.
a. Ad. sk. N. India.
b, c, d. Ad. sk. Kang:ra, N.W. Himalayas. rinwill Coll.
e. c? ad. sk. Dhauolti, May 30 ( W. E. Hume Coll.
Broolis).
f. $ ad. sk. Naini Tal, May 26. Hume Coll. g-m. Ad. sk. Nepal (Hodr/son). India Museum. n. Ad. sk. Nepal, Aug.' 20 {J. ScuH,/). Hume Coll.
0. Ad. sk. Daijiling', Aug. 6 {Blanford). Tweeddale Coll.
p-io. Ad. sk. Sikkini, April to Oct. Hume Coll.
x-ci. Ad. sk. Nat. Sikkim, May to Oct. Hume Coll.
b', c'. Ad. sk. Bootau {Pemberton). India Museum.
d'. Ad. sk. Assam. McClelland Coll.
(Type of the species.)
e'. 6 ■■, f. 2 ad. Manipur, Feb. {A. 0. IL). Hume Coll. sk.
3. CoUocalia leucophaea *.
Macropteryx leucophica, Peale, Un. St. Expkr. Exp. p. 178 (1848) ;
Hartl. Wiegm. Arch.f. Naturyesch. 1852, p. 113. CoUocalia cinereaf, Cass. U71. St. Eapl. E.tp. p. 183, pi. xii. fig. 4
(1858) ; Pelz. Eeis. Novara, Tog. p. 38 (Tahiti) (1865) ; Fitisc/i,
P. Z. S. 1877, p. 408 (Marquesas). CoUocalia rauicorensis, Fiiisch ^- Hartl. Ovn. Centralpol. p. 47
(part.). P CoUocalia leucophtea, Gray, A?m. c^- 3Iaff. Nat. Hist. 1866, xvii.
p. 124. CoUocalia fuciphaga, Finsch, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 740; id. m Scl. Pep.
^Challenger,' p. 55 (1880) (Tahiti;.
Adult. Similar to C fucipliaga, but much darker underneath, the chin and throat especially are dark smoky brown ; feathers in front of the eye very dark brown, the bases being light brown instead of pure white ; upper surface very dark smoky brown, only the wings and tail with slight metallic gloss. Wing 5 inches, tarsus 0*4 .
Hah. Tahiti and Marquesas.
Easily distinguished from the true C, fuciphaga by its long wing, which is as long as in the subspecies C brevirostris from the Eastern Himalayas, but the latter has the face and sides of neck and the whole under surface much lighter.
a,b.S;c.2 ad. sk. Tahiti. ' Challenger ' Exped.
* Though the name leuco2)hcea of Peale is most ill chosen, it cannot be denied that he referred to the present species.
t The name " CoUocalia ci7ierea " cannot be accepted, because it is the Hirundo cinerca, Gm. S. N. ii. p. 1026 (1788), which is, acoordiiig to Sharpe (Cat, B. X.), a Swallow, a conclusion which is perfectly correct. Keilher the Hirundo IK'Tuviana of Brissou (Orn. ii. p. 498, 1760) nor the "Petite hirondelle noire a ventre ccndre" (Buiil Hist. Ois. yi. p. 673) can with any certainty be referred to the CoUocalia from Tahiti. Hartlaub'.s Heme forsteri (J. /. O. 1854, p. 169, without description) is referred by this author himself as a synonym to Coll. spodiopygia. Gray (Ann. & Mag." Nat. Hist. 1866, xvii. p. 123) quoted it as " ? CoUocalia forsieri."
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4. Collocalia innominata.
Collocalia innominata, Hume, Stray Feath. i. p. 294 (1873) ; id. op. cit. ii. pp. 160, 493 (1874) ; id. op. cit. viii. p. 85 (1878) ; Hume S,- Davison, Stray Feath. vi. p. 49 (1877) ; Oates, B. Burmah ii. p. 7 (1883).
Collocalia maxima, Hume, Stray Feath. iv. p. 223 (1876).
Adult. Crown, nape, and back dark smoky brown with a little metallic gloss, the cap somewbat darker; feathers in front of the eye blackish with white bases ; wings and tail more blackish with metallic gloss ; rump brownish grey with dark shaft-lines, forming a usually quite perceptible but sometimes less defined band across the upper surface ; lower surface dusky brownish grej', the feathers with dark shaft-lines ; chin and upper throat a little darker ; under wing-coverts dark glossy brown ; tarsi feathered except on the lowest part. Total length about 5-2 inches, biU at base 0-2 broad, culmen 0*2, tarsus 0"5, wing 5-2 to 5'4, tail 2"2.
Hah. Southern parts of Tenasserim from Mergui to Bankasoon. One specimen, the type of the species, was obtained in (South Andaman.
a-e. S ad. ;/. 2 ad. Bankasoon, June and Dec. Hume Coll.
sk. ( W. Davison),
g. $ ad.sk. Mergui, June \%{W.Davi- Hume Coll.
son). h. 5 ad. sk. Port Mouat, And., Jan. 6 Hume Coll.
(JF. Davison). (Type of the species.)
5. Collocalia francica.
La petite Hirondelle noire a croupion gris, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 696 (1779) ; ibid. fol. vii. p. 345 (1783)* (Re de France).
Grey-rumped Swallow, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 682 (1783).
Hirundo francica, Gm. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 1017 (1788) ; Lath. Did. Orn. p. 580 (171 0) ; Stepk. Gen. Zool. x. p. 115 (1817) ; Grif. An. Xinyd. \n. p. 67 (1829).
Hirundo francisca, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xiv. p. 525 (1817).
Hirundo francife, Less. Tr. Orn. p. 270 (1831).
Collocalia fi-ancica, Gray, List Spec. B. Brit. Mus. p. 21 (1848) ; E. Newton, Ibis, 1860, p. 201 ; Cab. ^- Heijw, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 82 (1860) ; Hartl. Orn. Beitr. Faun. Maday. p. 27 (1861) ; Coquerel, Alb. Beirniun, p. 21, fig. 1 (1865) ; Schley. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 421 ; Grai/, Ann. Sf- Mag. Nat. IL'st. 1866, xvii. p. 122 ; F. Newton, Ibis, 1861, p. 271 (Mauritius) ; ibid. 1867, p. 359 ; Schley. ^- Pollen, Faun. Maday. ii. p. 67 (1868) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 65 (1869) ; Walden, Ibis, 1874, p. 132 (part.) ; id. ibid. 1876, p. 356 (part.) ; Hartl. Voy. Madag. p. 59 (1877) ; Milne-Fdm. ^ Gi-andid. Mada- gascar, p. 198, pis. Ixxii.-lxxv. (1879) ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 372 (1882).
* The description is quite significant, but the figure in Daubent. Pi. Enl. 544 does not show the whitish rump, and may possibly belong to another bird.
504 CTPSELIDJE.
Macropteryx spodiopygia, PeaU, U. S. JE.rpl. Exp. 1848, p. 170, pi. 49
(1848); Hartl. Wieym. Arch. ]8.5i^p. 112. Collocalia spodiopj-gia, Cass. U. S. E.vpl. E.vp. 1858, p. 184, pi. xii.
fig. ;J (1858) ; Gray, Ann. ^- Ma//. Nat. Hist. 1866, xvii. p. \->2 ; id.
Hand-l. i. p. 65 (1869) ; Harii ^- Finsch, Orn. Centr.-rvhjnes.
p. 48 (1867); Finsch S,- Hartl. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 23; Whitmee,
Ibis, 1875, p. 437 (Samoa) ; Layard, Ibis, 1876, p. 391 ; Kleitischm.
Journ. Mus. Godeffr. xii. p. 166 (Fiji) (1876) ; Cab. ^- Heichen.
J.f. O. 1876, p. 324 (Vavao); Fmsch, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 19
(Ovalau) ; id. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 723 (Tongatabu) ; Eamsai), Pr.
Linn. Sue. N. S. W. iii. p. 265 (1878) ; Salmd. Ibis, 1879, "p. 323
(N. Guinea) ; id. Atti R. Ac. Sc. Tor. xt. p. 347 (1880) ; id. Orn.
Papuasia, i. p. 546 (1880) ; Scl. Voy. Challeny. pp. 34, 44 (1880). Cypselus francicus, Schley. ^- Pollen, Ois. Mad. ii. p. 67 (1868). Cypselus terrse reginte, Ramsny, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 601 (Austral.). Collocalia terrte reginas, Gould, B. N. Guinea, iv. pi. 38 (1875) ;
Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 178 (1877) ; Sharpe, Journ.
Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. p. 265 (1878) ; Salvad. Ibis, 1879, p. 323. Collocalia infuscata *, Salvad. Atti R. Ac. Sc. Tor. xv. p. 348 (1880);
id. Orn. Papuasia, i. p. 547 (1880) ; id. Atti R. Ac. Sc. Tor. xvii.
p. 450 (1882) ; id. Ayg. Orn. Pap. i. p. 64 (1889).
Adult. Differs from C. innominata chiefly in its much smaller size ; the hand across the rump is dusky yvhite or smoky grey with darker shafts ; the tarsi seem to he always unfeathered, except in some specimens from the Malay Peninsula, which differ mxich from the form from the islands in the Pacific Ocean. Total length over 4 inches, wing 4-4 to 4-5, tail 2'1.
JFah. Fiji, Samoa, Friendly, and Solomon Islands, Ternate, New Guinea and Northern Australia, and Mauritius and Bourbon.
It is often stated to inhabit Madagascar, but I do not know whether specimens have been actually obtained in that island. Slightly differentiated forms are found in Tenasscrim and the Malay Peninsula, and the islands off the West coast of the Malay Peninsula to South Andaman,
This species has an enormous distribution, and forms several local races like its congener C. fuciphacia. The large birds from the Mergui Archipelago cannot be mistaken and may safely be re- garded as a species, G. innominata of Hume. The birds from Fiji, Samoa, Friendly Islands, Solomon Islands, and Ternate are very dark and the back has very little gloss. The colour of the back in specimens from Australia (i. e. C. terrce regime of Ramsay) is a little paler, hut those from Mauritius and Bourbon are perfectly similar. Specimens from Mergui are paler beneath, and the feathers of the lower surface and of the light grey band across the rump have more obvious dark shaft-stripes. The specimens from South Andaman and Selangore (Klang) in the Malay Peninsula have the light band across the rump, which is dusky whitish or pale dusky grey in the typical forms, ill-defined, often so faint, that they nearly approach
* A typical specimen, kindly lent me by tbe author, does not differ from many examples of the dark Pacific form in the collection.
8. COLLOCALIA.
505
C. fuajJiaga. Most of these forms are so alike, and their o-eo- graphical distribution is so wide and curious, that very few races can be kept separate. I cannot allow specific or even subspecific rank to either the birds from AustraHa or those from Mauritius but may recognize as a subspecies the dark-rumped bird from' the Andamans, i e. C. inexpectata of Hume, and the paler bird from Mergui, so that we have two forms which are somewhat differen- tiated in their respective habitats. It may seem feasible to allow subspecific rank to the Pacific specimens on account of their generallv darker upper surface; but larger series show that this character is
frlSo\ ' "^""^ *^'''^°'' '^ '' "«^ "^^^'^^^^ to keep them separate iiom L.jranaca. '■
a, b. Ad. sk. c, d. Ad. sk.
e. cS imm. sk.
f, g. Ad. sk. h-m. S \ n, 0, p.
2 ad. sk. q- 2 ad. sk.
r, s, t. 2 ad. sk.
u-x. 2 ad. sk.
y- S ; -■ 2 ad. sk.
«', V. <S 2 ad. sk. c', d' . Ad. sk. e'. S -J'. 2 ad.sk. g', h', i'. Ad. sk.
k', I', d" 2 ad. sk.
IBourbou I. {Bercsher).
Mauritius.
Guadalcauar I., Solomon Is.
Samoa.
Taviumi, Fiji, April to Aug.
(E. L. Layard). Levuka, Fiji, July {E. L.
Layard). Ovalau, Fiji, June and Sept.
(E. L. Layard). Ovalau, Aug. {F. M. Eayuer).
Shelley Coll.
Purchased.
C. M.Woodford, Esq.
Piev. S. J. Whitmee. Tweeddale Coll.
Tweeddale Coll.
Tweeddale CoU.
Vov. H.M.S.
' Herald.' Tweeddale Coll.
. Ad. sk. Skeleton.
Mauga, Fiji, Dec. (E. L.
Layard). Kandavu Is. Tongatabu. Va^ au. Friendly Is. Piockingham Bay, Austr.
( Waller). Duiik Is., June 4 {J. Mac- Gould Coll
gtlhvray). Queensland. Samoa.
' Challenger ' Exped. 'Challenger' Exped. Brenchley CoU. Gould Coll.
E. P. Ramsay [P 1 Rev. S. J. Whitmee.
Subsp. a. Collocalia inexpectata.
Collocalia hiexpectata, Hume, Stray Feath. 1873, p. 296 (S 4nd. ^ mans) ; id. Stray Feath. 1874, p. 493. ^ ^ '^"'^'^'
Collocalia spodiopygia, Hume, Stray Feath. 1874, p. 160.
Beneath rather dark and brownish, rump-band not so well defined as in typical 6'. fancica. Wing 4-5 to 4-7 inches 1^1" mens from the South Andamans ; a little longer, 4-7 to 4-9 n f^ from the Malay Peninsula. Some specimens from MaL a how
;r:ptibif "' ^'^ '""^ *^^^"^- ^^^^^ ^-^^^-^-'^ rump-band -sti;
Hah. S. Andamans and southern half of the Malay Peninsula
One specimen from Amherst in Tenasserim in iZ^'
Collection, labelled Cyp.clus i.fumatus also3oubt l/b wl^
this form. On the wing the dark-coloured forms of CoUoTlfa so
50() CYPSELID^li.
closely resemble the Taclwrnis infumata, that most" Indian field- ornithologists admit that they have often shot one for the other.
n-Ii. S 2 <id. sk. Port Blaiv, S. Andaman, June, Tweeddalo and
July (JR. J. Wimberley). Hume ColLs.
i-n. S ; o, p. 2 Button Island, March (A. O. Hume Coll.
ad. sk. Huvw). (Types of C. inexpedata.)
q, r. (S ad. sk. Mount Harriet, S. Andaman, Hume Coll.
March ( W. Davison), s. Ad. sk. Aberdeen, S. Andaman, Nov. Hume Coll.
(A. de Roepstorff). < M. (5 ; ^- 2 S. Andaman, March ( W. Ham- Tweeddale Coll.
ad. sk. say),
w. Ad. sk. Malacca ( Verreau.v).
,,. y ^ ; ~-(i\ 5 Selanjj-ore, March, April, Nov. Hume Coll.
ad. sk. ( W. Davison).
e'. (5 ad. sk. Amherst, Tenasserim, June 20 Hume Coll.
( W. Davison).
Subsp. (3. CoUocalia merguiensis.
Collocalia spodiopygia, Hume, Stray Feath. 1875, p. 318 ; Hume Sr Davison, Stray 'Feath. 1878, p. 51 ; Oates, B. Burmah, ii. p. 8, part. (1883).
Similar to C. innominata, but smaller. Lower surface rather pale as a rule, and with very perceptible dark shaft -lines. Feathers of the rump with much developed shaft-lines. This form is paler than C. francica and has longer wings. Single specimens are similar to typical C. francica, but larger series sliow well the above- mentioned characters. Wing 4*75 inches.
Jlab. Southern portion of Tenasserim and islands of the Mergni Archipelago, from Tavoy Island southwards. a, h. 9 ad. sk. Pakchan, Tenasserim, Jan. ( W. Da- Hume Coll.
Vison )
c-o. S fd. sk. Mergui, June, July {W. Daviso?i). Hume OoU.
p-ii. 2 ad. ; V, Mergui, April to Dec. (W. Daiison). Hume Coll.
w. Ad. sk. (Types of the subspecies.)
6. CoUocalia leucopygia.
CoUocalia leucopygia, Wallace, P. Z. S. 18G3, p. 384 (New Cale- donia); Gray, Ann. S,- Mag. Nat. Hist. 1866, xvii. p. 122; id. Hcmd-l. i. p. 65 (1869) ; Lctyard, Ibis, 1878, p.252 (New Caledonia) ; Tristram, Ibis, 1879, p. 181 (New Caledonia) ; Salvad. Afti H. Ac. So. Torino, xv. p.' 347 (1880) ; Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 223 (Loyalty Islands) ; id. Ibis, 1882, p. 503.
Adult. Above sooty black, wings and tail glossy black ; a broad white band of feathers with dark shaft-lines across the rump ; chin, upper thi-oat, sides of head, and neck dusky brown, feathers in front of the eye with white bases ; lower surface dirty white, browner on the sides of the body, purer white on the abdomen ; aU the feathers with darker shaft-lines ; longer under tail-coverts glossy brown ; under wing-covcrts dark brown ; thighs and scanty feathers of the
8. COLLOrALIA. 507
tarsus blackish brown. Total length about 4 inches, wing 4-3, tail 1-8.
Hah. jN^cw Caledonia and Loyalty Islands.
a. Ad. sk. New Caledonia. Purchased.
(Type of the species.)
b. d ; c, d. 5 ad. New Caledonia, May 9 {E. L. ' Tweeddale Coll. sk. Layard).
7. Collocalia troglodytes.
Collocalia troglodytes, Grmi, Gen. B. pi. 19 (1845) ; id. Iland-l. i. p. 65 (1809) ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 384; Martens, J. f. 0. 1866, p. 18; Bp. Compt. Bend. xli. p. 977; Pelz. Bfise Novara, Tliff. p. 40 (I860); Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 158 (1875) ; Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 823 (Mindanao) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. i. p. 320 (1877) ; Hume, Sfrai/ Feath. viii. p. 47 (Malay Peninsula) (1879); Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 198 (Pala^van) ; Whitely, Ibis, 1890, p. 46 ; Steere, List B. ^- Mamm. Philippines, p. 12 (1890).
Adult. Above metallic black, with a white band 0*2 inch broad across the rump, with blackish longitudinal stripes, the feathers being white with black tips and blackish shaft-lines ; sides of head and neck dusky, feathers in front of the eye with white bases ; feathers of the lower surface brown, with darker shafts and white edges, giving these parts a mottled brown and white appearance ; the chin and sides of body uniform brown ; under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts blackish. Total length about 3"5 inches, wing 3-7 to 3-8, tail 1"5.
Hah. Philippine Islands down to Palawan.
a-d. Ad. sk. [Philippines.] Cuming Coll.
(Types of the species.) e-h. tS ; i-m. J Placer, Mindanao, July {A. H. Tweeddale Coll. ad. sk. Everett).
8. Collocalia uropygialis.
Collocalia uropygialis, (h-ay, Ann. S)- Mag. Nat. Hist. 1866, xvii. p. 123 (New Hebrides) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 65 (1869) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1876, p. 260 ; Gray, in Cruise of the ' Cura(;oa,' p. 356, pi. ii. fig. 2 (1873) Fmsch, P.Z.S. 1877, p. 738; id. in Sd. Bep. Challenq. p. 53 Layard, Ibis, 1878, p. 253 (N. Caledonia) ; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 107 id. Ibis, 1880, pp. 223, 337 (Loyalty Islands) ; id. Ibis, 1882, p. 502'.
Adult. Above black with steel-blue gloss, a band across the rump pure white ; chin, throat, upper breast, and sides of body dark grey, with some whitish edges to the feathers ; lower breast and abdo- men white ; under tail-coverts bluish black with white edges, the longest entirely bluish black ; under wing-coverts blackish, the longest with white tips ; rectrices with white spots on the basal portion of their inner webs, these spots varying in extent and not being developed on the central pairs of rectrices. Total length about 3-5 to 4 inches, wing 3-9, tail 1-7.
Hah. New Hebrides and New Caledonia.
508 CYPSELIDiE.
a. Ad. sk. New Hebrides. J. W. Perry, Esq.
[P.].
b. Ad. sir. Aneiteum. Brencliley Coll.
c. d. Ad. sk. Aneiteum. J. MacjTillivra^y [C.].
(Types of the species.) e. Ad. sk. Aneiteum {L. C. Laijard). Tweeddale Coll.
f-i. Ad. sk. Aneiteum, June, Aug.
k, I. (S ad. sk. Api, New Hebrides. Voy. H.M.S. ' Chal-
leno-er.'
9. CoUocalia marginata.
(Jollocalia fucipliaga, Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 429 (« Luzon "). CoUocalia marginata, Sahad. Atti R. Ac. Sc. Tor. xvii. p. 448
(1882); Reichen. l^ Schalow, J.f. 0. 1884, p. 382. CoUocalia cebuensis, Kiitter, J.f. O. 1882, p. 171 (Cebu) ; Reichen.
Sr Schcdow, J.f. O. 1884, p. 382.
Adult. Above sooty black with greenish gloss ; wings and tail with steel-blue gloss ; upper tail-eoverts, except the longest, with narrow but distinct white edges; feathers in front of the eye with white bases ; sides of head, neck, and chin mouse-grey ; feathers of the throat with white edges, gradually increasing in width on the underparts, so that the abdomen appears to be almost white ; rectrices without white marks, longest under tail-coverts like the back ; under wing-coverts with very small white edges. Total length about 3-6 inches, wing 4, tail 1-6.
Hab. Cebu, Philippines (^ Luzon?). a. Ad. sk. Manila ? (Herr Othberc/). Tweeddale Coll.
10. CoUocalia linchi.
Hirundo fuciphaga, Horsf. [nee Thiinb. !) Tmnff. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 143 (1821).
CoUocalia fuciphaga, O. R. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 55 (1845) ; Bhjfh, Journ. As. Soc. Bemj. xiv. p. 548 (1845), xv. p. 22 (1846) ; id. Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc.Beng. p. 86(1849) ; Walden, Ibis, 1874, p. 1-33.
CoUocalia linchi, Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Comp. i. p. 100 (1854); Bp.' Compt. Rend. xli. p. 548 (1855); Bernst. J.f. O. 18.-39, p. 119 (nidific.) ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 548; Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 616; Pek. Reis. Nomra, Vog. p. 39, pi. ii. fig. 2, & pi. vi. iig. 2 (1865) ; Gray, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. 1866, xvii, p. ] 18 : Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 65 (1869) ; Ball, Stray Feath. i. p. 55, Andamans (1873) ; Hume, ibid. ii. p. 157 (1874), vi. p. 48 (1878), viii. p. 47 (1879); Salvad. Ucc. Borneo, p. 121 (1874); Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 250 (Borneo); Tristr. Ibis, 1879, p. 438 (New Hebrides) ; Nicholson, Ibis, 1881, p. 143 (Java) ; Kelham, Ibis, 1881, p. 374 (Malacca) ; Gates, B. Burmah, ii. p. 10 (1883) ; Vorderm. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. p. 193 (1883) ; Kntter, J. f. O. 1883, p. 302 (eggs) ; id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 344 ; W. Bias. J. f. O. 1884, p. 227 (S.E. Borneo) ; Graboirsky, Ornis, 1885, p. 157; Sharpe, Ibis, 1890, p. 23; Gates, ed. Hume's Nests 8i- Eggs Ind. B. iii. p, 33 (1890).
CoUocalia affinis, Tytler S,- Beava7i, Ibis, 1867, p. 318 (Andamans) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1868, p. 131 ; Walden, Ibis, 1873, p. 302 ; Salvad. Ibis, 1880, p. 130.
8. COLLOCALIA. 509
Adult. Similar to C. marginata, but no white edges to the upper tail-coverts ; the back a little darker ; chin, throat, and breast uniform mouse-grey, only the feathers of the abdomen, flanks, and smaller under tail-coverts bordered with white ; rectrices without white marks. Total length nearly 4 inches, wing 4, tail 1*5.
Young. Perfectly similar to the adult.
Hah. Andamaus and Nicobars, southern parts of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo.
a. (S ad. sk. Kondul I., Nicobars, March 14. Hume Coll.
b, c. c? ad. sk. S. Andamaus, March (E.G, W. R.). Tweeddale Coll.
d. Ad. sk. Ross Island, July (R. G. W. R.). Tweeddale CoU.
e. S ad. sk. Jolly Boys IsL, March 9 ( W. Hume Coll.
Davison).
f. (J. Ad. sk. Chatham IsL, Jan. 6 {R. G. W. R.). Tweeddale Coll. h-m. ad. sk. Chatham Isl., Jan. l' {R.G. W. R.). Hume Coll. n-p. 2 ad. sk. Andamans, March, Dec. {l)ainso7i). Hume Coll. q-u. Ad. ; v-.v. Port Blair, Andamans {A. O. H.). Hume Coll.
1mm. sk.
y. Ad. sk. Malacca. Purchased,
s, a', c? ; 6'. 2 ad. Johore, March, August ( IF. Da- Hume Coll.
sk. visoii).
c'-f. Ad. sk. Java {Hovsfield). India Museum.
(Types of the species.)
g. Ad. sk. Lawas River, Borneo, April. Ussher Coll.
h'. 5 ad. sk. Paku, Borneo, October. H. Everett Coll.
11. CoUocalia esculenta *.
Apus marina, Rumph. Herb. Amhoin. vi. p. 183 (1750).
Hirundo esculenta, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. i. p. 191 (1758) ; id. Syst.
Nat. ed. xii. p. 343 (17(i()) ; Vicill. Nouv. Diet. xiv. p. bid (18i7). Cypselus esculentus, 8. 311111. T^erb. Land- en Volkenk. p. 110 (1839-
1844). CoUocalia esculenta, Grm/, Gen. B. i. p. 55 (excl. synonym.) (1845) ;
Bp. Consp. i. p. 343 (1850) ; Bp. Rev. et May. Zool. 1855, p. 580 ;
Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 345 (Amboiua) ; Jfall. P. Z. S. 1863,
pp. 384, 485 (Molucca, New Guinea) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 615 ;
Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 162 (1865) ; Wald. Trans. Zool. Soc. viii.
p. 46 (1872) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 312 (1877) ; id.
Atti R. Ac. Sc. Tor. xv. p. 345 (1880); id. Orn. Papuasia, i.
p. 540 (1880) ; A. B. Meyer, Ibis, 1879, p. 65 (Celebes) ; Sha?-pe,
Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xvi. p. 430 (1882) ; Bias. 4" Nehrk. Verh,
zool.-hot. yes. Wien, 1882, p. 421 (Amboina) ; Finsch ^- Meyer,
Zeitschr. yes. Orn. 1886, p. 14 (New Guinea). CoUocalia hypoleuca, G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, pp. 170, 189 (Aru
Is.) ; id. Vat. B. Neiv Guinea, pp. 18, 54 (1859) ; id. P. Z. S. 1860,
* Gray has not adopted Linne's name H. esculenta. I quite agree with Count Salvudori and many otliers, that there is no reason whatever to reject it. Briss. Orn. ii. p. .510, pi. 46. fig. 2 a (1760), describes and figures a bird with an edible nest; but it appears that they have nothing to do with one another, the bird probably being some kind of Swallow, although the nest is that of some species of CoUocalia. Linne (1758) quotes Rumphius, whose description certainly refers to our bird.
510
CYPSELID^.
p. .340 (Batcliian) ; id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 433 (Mysol) ; Rosenb. Nat.
Tijdsch: Ned. Ind. xxv. p. 234 (1863) ; id. J.f. O. 1804, p. 120;
Gray, A?in. ^- Maq. N. H. 1866, xvii. pp. 120, 121 ; id. Haml-l. i.
p. 65, no. 749 (1869); id. Ann. ^- Mag. Nat. Hist. 1870, v. p. ^329
(Ugi) ; id. Cruise of the ' Curacoa,^ Birds, p. 350, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1873) ;
Tristr. Ibis, 1882, p. 143 (Solomon Is.). C'ollocalia viiidinitens, G. M. Gray, Ann. ^- Mag. Nat. Hist. 1866,
xvii. p. 120 (Celebes). Collocalia spilura, Gray, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. 1866, xvii. p. 120
(Batchian) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 65, no. 750 (18t9).
uidult. Above black, with strong greenish and steel-blue, some- times rather purplish, gloss ; feathers in front of the ej'e white, with black tips ; sides of head and neck and chin dark grey ; throat and breast dark grey with white edges, increasing in width on the under- parts, so that the abdomen is entirely white ; under tail-coverts glossy green, broadly bordered with white, longest uniform ; rectrices, except central, with large white spots to the basal half of the inner webs, these spots varying greatly in extent and some- times being nearly obsolete : in one specimen from Cape York, on the north coast of Australia, they are not at all developed, but are visible in the two others from the same locality. Total length nearly 4 inches, wing 38-4.
Yo^mg birds are not so glossy above but are otherwise similar to the adult ; nestlings are probably greyish brown above without steel-blue gloss.
Hub. Moluccan and Papuan Islands, from Celebes in the West to New Guinea : Cape York on the north coast of Australia, and the Solomon Islands in the East.
a. Ad. sk.
b. Ad. sk.
c. cJ imm. sk.
d. 2 ad. ; e. Imm. fk.
/. Ad. sk. g. $ ad. sk.
Macassar, Celebes.
Mysol.
Mysol.
Batchian.
Matabello Island. Aru Islands.
A. Ad. sk.
Wallace Coll. Wallace Coll. Wallace Coll. Wallace Coll. (Types of C. spihira, Gray.) Wallace Coll. Wallace Coll. (Type of C. hypoleuca, Gray.)
6 ad imm m, n.
sk. Ad. sk.
Astrolabe Alts., S.E. New Goldie Coll
Guinea. Gulf Isl., Solomon Isl., Aug,
Cape York, Austr. {J. T. Cockerill).
Brenchley Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
12. Collocalia neglecta.
Hirundo esculenta, var., Less. Tr. d'Orn. 1831, p. 270 (Timor). Collocalia esculenta, B]). Compt. Rend. xh. p. 977 (1855) (Timor). Collocalia neglecta, G. R. Gray, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. 1866,
xvii. p. 121 (Timor) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 65, no. 751 (1869) ; Salvad.
Atti R. Ac. 8c. Tor. xv. p. 346 (1880).
Adult. Crown, tail, and wings glossy brownish black ; feathers of the neck, back, rump, and upper wing-coverts dark plumbeous grey ;
MACROPTERYGIN^. 511
feathers of the rump -with small white edges ; upper wing-coverts with obsolete pale brown edges ; feathers in front of the eye blackish, with white bases ; chin, sides of head, and neck brownish grej' ; throat dirt}^ white ; breast and abdomen white ; under tail- coverts white, with dark patches along the shafts, longest entirely glossy blackish ; rectrices, except central, with long white, sharply- defined spots, occupying nearly the entire basal half of the inner web. Total length nearly 4 inches, wing 3"8, tail 1'6. Hab. Timor.
a. Ad, sk. Timor ( Wallace). Gould Coll.
b, c, d. Ad. sk. E. Timor. Wallace Coll.
(Types of the species.)
13. Collocalia natalis.
CoUocalia natalis, Lister, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 250.
Adult. Similar to C. neglecta, from which it differs only in having a very dark, almost blackish chin and upper throat ; the white spots on the basal half of outer rectrices merging into the dark colour, especially on the under surface ; the dark patches on the under tail- coverts broader, and the white edges of the rump-feathers a little larger. Wing 4-8 inches.
Hah. Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, south of Western Java.
a, b. Ad. sk. Christmas Island, October 1. J. J. Lister, Esq. [P.].
(Types of the species.)
Subfamily III. MACROPTERYGINiE.
The external characters by which this subfamily is distinguished are given in the key to the subfamilies of the Ciipselidce. It con- sists of only one genus, which stands by itself among the Cypselidce. In the softness of its plumage and the form of some of the bones of the skull it somewhat resembles the Caprinndgldte. On the flanks there is a patch of silky downy feathers, not found in any other species of C'upseh'd(P. In all the species of the genus Macropteryx some feathers of the bead, either moustache-stripes, superciliary stripes, or feathers of the crown, are obviously elongated. The plumage of the nestling is quite different from the adult, while in the members of the subfamily Cypselince it differs only slightly from the adult, and differs in no perceptible way in the members of the subfamily Chaturiiuv. The sexes are perceptibly different.
The nidification of these birds is most interesting — the very small nest, containing a single egg — and differing entirelj' from that of all the other Swifts, reminding one strikingly of that of Batrachostomus.
512 CrPSELIDiE.
The tarsus is very short, the posterior margin of the sternum has two foramina, instead of being imperforate as in the sternum of the Cypselbuv and Chaturiiice.
For further anatomical remarks, cf. Lucas, Auk, vi. p. 8 (1889), where a new family, Dendrochelidonidce, is proposed.
9. MACROPTERYX.
Type.
Macropteryx, Swains. Zool. III. ii. pi. 47 (1832) . . M. longipennis.
Pallestre, Less. Compl. Buff. viii. p. 490 (1837) . . M. lougipennis. Dendroclielidon, Boie, " in litt." Evsch Sf Gruber,
Enc. xxix. p. 158 (1837j M. longipennis.
Dendrocbelidon, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 165 M. longipennis.
Palaestra, Ayass. Nomencl. Zool. Ind. Univ. p. 271
(1876).
Chelidonia, Streubel, Isis, 1848, p. 370 M. mystacea.
Range. India, Malayana, and Papuasia.
Eeij to the Species.
a. Breast and rump grey.
a' . Smaller : crown greenish hronze with steel- blue gloss, or bluish ashy with metallic gloss. a". Upper neck and back uniform with the
rump, i. e. ashy grey coronata, p. 512.
h". Upper neck and back greenish bronze. a'". Smaller : under tail - coverts almost
white loncjipennis, p. 614.
h'". Larger: under tail-coverts dirty greyish
white %callacei, p. 515.
b'. Very large : crown deep steel-blue mystacea, p. 516.
h. Breast aud rump bronze coniata, p. 617.
1. Macropteryx coronata.
Hirundo coronata, Tick. J. As. Soc. Beng. ii. p. 580 (1833).
Macropteryx coronatus, Tick. J. As. Soc. Bene/, xv. p. 21 (1846) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. Beny. p. 87 (1849) ; Layard, Ann. i<f Mar/. Nat. Hist. 1853, p. IQ7 ;' Fairb. Stray Feath. iv. p. 254 (1867) ; Wardl. Ramsai/, Ibis, 1877, p. 458 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 373 (1882); Gates, B. Bnrm. ii. p. 12 (1883); id. ed. Hume's Nests ^Eygs Ind. B. p. 30 (1890).
Macropteryx longipennis, Jerd. Madr. Journ. 1840, p. 236.
Dendrocbelidon schisticolor, Bj). Consj). i. p. 66 (1850).
Dendrocbelidon coronatus (-a), Gould, B. Asia, i. pi. 21 (1859) ; Jerd. B. India, i, p. 185 (1862) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 67 ; id. J. f. O. 1867, p. 141 ; Beavan, Ibis, 1865, p. 405, 1869, p. 405 ; Gray, Iland-l. i. p. 65 (1869) ; Iloldsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 420 (Ceylon) ; Ball, Stray Feath. ii. p. 384 (1874) ; Hume, Stray Feath. ii. p. 469 (Tenasserim) (1874) ; id. ibid. iii. p. 45 (1875) ; Fairb. Stray Feath. V. p. 393 (Palani II.) (1877) ; Ball, ibid. vii. p. 202 (Godareri) ; Leyge,B. Ceylon, p. 328 (1878); Binyh. Stray Feath. vii. p. 192
9. MACEOPTERTX. 513
(Malay Pen.) (1879) ; Vidal, ibid. ix. p. 48 (S. Konkan) ; Davicb- son, ibid. x. p. 294 (Khandeisli) (1882) ; Davison, ibid. p. 348 (Mysore) (1882); Swinh. Ibis, 1885, p. GO (Centr. lod.) ; Barnes, Bombay Journ. N. H. Soc. iii. pt. 1 (1888) (nest figiu-ed).
Adult male. Lores deep black; a uarrow and indistinct line over the eye -whitish ; iipper chin, moustache-stripe, and ear-coverts light chestnut (hazel, Eidgw. Nomencl. Col. pi. iv. fig. 12) ; upper plumage and sides of neck bluish ashy, with metallic greenish gloss on the elongated feathers of the crown and the longest upper tail- coverts ; throat, breast, and sides of body light grey, gradually merging into the colour of the abdomen, which is white like the vent and under tail-coverts ; upper wing-coverts metallic blue ; under brownish grey ; wings and tail brown with metallic greenish gloss : " iris dark brown, sometimes reddish hazel ; bill black ; legs pinkish brown " (Oates). Total length nearly 9 inches, wing G-6-3, tail 5-2.
Adult female. Differs from the male in having no chestnut on the head, the chin being like the throat ; the ear-coverts like the sides of the neck, but darker ; the grey throat is separated from the dark grey sides of the head by a whitish line.
Young. With very broad brownish-grey and uarrow white edges to the feathers of the upper parts, and dark brown subterminal bars to those of the lower surface.
This plumage is that of the very young. They seem to be whiter again when in the nest, but assume the adult plumage at a very early age.
Hab. India and Ceylon, extending to Burma and Siam in the East, and Tenasserim, except the southern portion, in the South.
a. S ad. ; b. $ Dehra Doon. Pinwill Coll.
ad. sk.
c. (^ ad. sk. ; d. Beliar. Hodgson Coll.
5 ad. St.
e-ff. S ad. sk. Darjiling. Hume Coll.
h, i. J ad. ; k. 2 Lower Hills, Bhootan, Jan., Hume Coll.
ad. sk. Feb. (L.Mandelli).
I. S ad. ; m. $ Maunbhoom, April {Benvan). Tweeddale Coll.
ad. sk.
n. S ad. ; o,p. $ Chanda, C. P. Blanford Coll.
ad. sk.
q. (S ad. ; r. $ Mhow, Feb. ; Manpore, May. Cul. C. Swinhoe [P.].
ad. sk.
s, t. cj ad. ; M, V. Khandeish, May and December Hume CoU.
$ ad. sk. (Davismi).
zv-z. cJad. ; a'. $ Mirzapoor Distr., March (7?. Hume Coll.
ad. sk. Thomjjsoyi).
b'. (S ad. sk. Chindwara Distr., June (B. Hume Col).
T/w)n/iso'n).
c', d'. S ad. ; e', Nagpur Distr., March. Hume Coll.
/'. 2 ad. sk.
ff'. (5 ad. sk. Raipur, January. Hume Coll.
h'-k'. e ad. sk. Seoni, C. P. Hume Coll.
/'. S im'ii- sk. S. Konkan, May 5 (G. Vidal). Hume Coll.
vor,. xvr. 2 l
511
CYPSELIDiE.
m' . (S imm. sk.
«'. 2 ad. sk. o'. S ad.; p' .S
imm. ; q-t' . 2
ad. sk. «'. 2 ad. sk. v' , iv . (S ad. ; x' .
2 ad.sk. y', z'. d" ad. ;
a". 2 ad. sk. b" . S ad. sk.
c''. c? ad. sk. d" ,e". 2 ad. sk. /'. c? ad. ; .9". cJ
imm. ; h" , i" .
2 ad. sk. k". 2 ad. sk.
/". 2 ad. sk.
Base of Palani Hills, June 25
{Fairbank). Madras. Ceylon, April and Oct. (//.
Nevill Sf Chapmcm).
Ceylon, Nov. {Kart BroUiera). Ceylon, Dec.
Karen Nee, Marcli 17 ( W. Ramsay).
Thayetmyo, Nov. ( W. Mam- say).
Thayetmyo.
Moiiluiain.
Tonghoo, Feb., July, Dec. ( W. Ramsay).
Attaran R., Tenass., March 8
( W. Davison). Salween Distr., February 17
{W. Davison).
Tweeddale Coll.
Jardine CoU. Tweeddale Coll.
Hume Coll. Col.W.V. Legge [P.].
Tweeddale Coll.
Tweeddale Coll.
Gates Coll. Pinwill Coll. Tweeddale Coll.
Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
2. Macropteryx longipennis.
Hirundo longipennis, Rajin. Bull. Soc. Philom. iii. p. 153 (1804).
HLrundo klecho, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 143 (1821).
Cypselus longipennis, Temm. PI. Col. 83. fig. 1, text (1823).
Cy^pselus klecho, Stej^h. Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 81 (1826).
Macropteryx longipennis, Swaiyis. Zool. III. ii. pi. 47 (1832) ; Blythy Cat. Mus. As. Soc. B. p. 322 (1849) ; S/iarpe, Mis, 1876, p. 33 ; Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 299 ; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 373 (1882) ; Vorderm. Nat. Tijdsvhr. Nederl. Ind. 1883, p. 213 ; Oates, B. Bunnah, ii. p. 13 (1883) ; Hartert, J. f. 0. 1889, p. 359 (Suma- tra) ; id. Kat. Vogels. Senckenh. Mus. p. 118, note (1891).
Macropteryx klecho, Gray, List Gen. B. p. 8 (1840) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. Benrj. p. 87 (1849) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 212.
Dendrochelidon klecho, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 165 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 66 (1850) ; Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. L Comp.i. p. 110 (1854)j Gould, B. Asia, i. pi. 22 (1859); Bernst. J.f. O. 1859, p. 183, pi. ii. (nest and eggs) ; id. J. f. O. 1860, p. 268 ; Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 83 (1860) ; 'Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 616 ; id. J.f. O. 1867, p. 140 ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 64 (1869).
Dendrochelidon longipennis, Salvad. Uec. Borneo, p. 122 (1874) ; Hume c^ Davison, Stray Feath. vi. p. 52 (Tenasserim)(1878); Hume, Stray Feath. viii. p. 47 (Malay Penins.) (1879) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 250 (Borneo) ; id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 334 ; id. Ibis, 1890, p. 24.
Adult male. Lores black; forehead, crown, nape, back, tail, scapulars, and wing-coverts greenish bronze, generally with metallic blue edges to the feathers, this latter colour being sometimes very prevalent, sometimes entirely absent ; rump and upper tail-coverts, except the longest, grey ; tips of scapulars and innermost secon- daries whitish grey ; wings brown with steel-blue gloss ; ear-coverts pure chestnut ; chin, throat, breast, upper abdomen, and sides of
9. MACROPTERTX.
515
body groj' ; lower anrl middle of upper abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts white. Total length about 8-5 inches, wing 6-5, tail 4.
Adult female. Like the male, but ear-coverts metallic greenish brown.
Young. Similar to that of J/, coronata, but the brownish bars are smaller, the white edges broader, and the feathers of the crown have chestnut edges and white tips.
Hob. From Teuasserim down the Malay Peninsula; Sumatra, Java, Eangka, Borneo.
a. (S ad. sk. b-e. S ad. ; f~i.
2 imm, sk. k. (S ad. sk. /. cT ad. ; m. J
ad. sk. n. 2 ad. sk. o-io. c? ad. ; x-
b'. 2 ad. ; c'.
Imm. sk. d'. (5 ad. sk.
e',f. d" ad. ; g',
h'. 2 ad. sk. i'-m'. (S ad. ; n'-
r'. 2 ad. sk. «', t'. <S ad. et
imm. sk. u. (^ ad.; >f-x'.
2 ad.sk. y' , z'. 2 ad. sk.
a"-c" . c7 ad. sk. d". 2 ad. sk. e"-k". S 2 ad.
sk. /". (S ad. sk. m". 2 ad. sk. n" . tS pull. sk. o". J ad. sk.
p", q" . (S ad. sk. r". 2 ad. sk. s", t". S ad., 2
imm. sk. u" . 2 ad. sk.
[Asia.]
Baukasoon, Tenasserim, Jan.,
Feb., June, Dec. {Darison). Malewoou, July (Davison). Haulvachan and Pakclian, Feb.
& Jan. {Davison). Pulu Seban, Nov. (Dacisoti). Mergui, Jan. & June {Davison).
Perak.
Selaugore, Jan. & May
(Davisoji). Klang, June, July, & Sept.,
March, April ( W. Davisoti). Malacca, May {A. C. Mainyai/).
lilalacca, July.
Mt. Ophir, Malacca ( W. Ram-
smj). Joliore, August (Damson). Singapore, January {Davison). Sumatra.
Gould Coll. Hume Coll.
Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
L. Wray, Esq., Junr.
[C.]. Hume Coll.
Hume Coll.
Tweeddale ColL
Hume Coll.
Tweeddale Coll.
Hume Coll. Hume ColL
Labuan, Borneo. Sir H. Low [C.].
Kina Balu {Burbidge). H. Veitcb, Esq. [P.].
Sarawak. A. H. Everett [C.].
Java {Dr. Horsfield). India Museum.
(Type oi Dendrochelidon klecho, Horsf.)
Java.
Djapannan, E. Java, Sept. 5,
Java (Diard).
Billiton.
Tweeddale Coll, Wallace Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Tweeddale Coll.
3. Macropteryx wallacei.
Dendrochelidon wallacei, Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 100 (Celebes); id.
B. Asia, i. pi. 23 (1859) ; Wrdlace, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 339 (Sula
Is.) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 616 ; id. J.f. 0. 1867, p. 140 ; Grav,
Hand-l. i. p. 65 (1809). Macropteryx wallacii, Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 45 (Celebes)
(1874); A. B. Meyer, Ibis, 1879, p. 65; W. Bias. Zeitschr. yes.
Orn. 1885, p. 246.
2l2
516 CYPSELinj?.
Adidt male. In general appearance like M. lowfipcnnis, but larger, the steel-blue colour ou the upper parts very prevalent ; vent and under tail-coverts not pure white, but siifFused with grey ; the ear- coverts of a very dark chestnut, and separated from the grey throat by a dark line. Total length about 9-5 inches, wing 7-2, tail 4-8.
Adult female. As in the other species of this genus differs from the male in having the ear-coverts greenish steel-blue, not chestnut.
Youiui. Spotted like the young of M. coronata and ZoniyrpcjMits.
Hub. Celebes and Sula Islands.
a, b. Imm. sk. Celebes. "Wallace Coll.
c. 2 ad. sk. N. Celebes. Tweeddale Coll.
d,e. (5 $ ad. sk. Menado, Celebes ( Wallace).
f. (S ad. sk. Macassar, Celebes ( Wallace). Tweeddale Coll.
y. S ad. sk. Macassar. Wallace Coll.
h. S ad. sk. Macassar. Gould Coll.
{Type of the species.)
i. 2 ad. sk. Sula Islands. Wallace Coll.
4. Macropteryx mystacea.
Cypselus mystaceus, Less. J'oi/. Coq., Zool. Atl. pi. 22 (1826) ; id. 'Man. d'Onh i. p. 417 (18:?.-<) ; Cuv. Regne An. i. p. .395 (1829) ; cCAlb. Aim. Mtis. Civ. Gen. x. pp. 10, 19 (1877). Hirundo mystacea, Gieh. Thes. Oni. ii. p. 21 (Cuv. Mus. Par.). Apus mystaceus, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 268 (1831). Macropteryx mystaceus. Swains. Class. B. ii. p. 430 (1837) ; Cass. Cat. Hirimd. Mus. Phil. p. lo (1853) ; Wcdl. Afin. j- Mag. Nat. Hist. XX. p. 477 (1857); Scl. Journ. P>\ Linn. Soc. ii. p. 155 (1857) ; Grag, P. Z. S. 1858, pp. 170, 189, 1860, p. 345, 1861, p. 433 ; Scdvad. Arm. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 7&3 (1885), x. p. 131 (1877). Pallestre mystaceus. Less. Comj^l. du Btiffon, Ois. p. 441 (1838). Macropteryx mystacea, S. Milll. Verh. Land- en VolhenTi. p. 110 (1839-44) ; Salmd. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. pp. 130, 311 (1877) ; id. P. Z. S. 1878, pp. 81, 95 ; id. Orn. Papuasia, i. pp. 537, 538 (1880) ; A. B. Meyer, Zeitsch: yes. Orn. 1884, p. 278 (Ostiud. Arch.) ; id. ibid. 1886, pp. 14, 34 ; Nehrkorn, J.f. O. 1885, p. 32 ; Giiilletn. P. Z. S. 1885, pp. 669, 630. Deudrochelidon mystacea (-us), ^6i«e, 7s««, 1844, p. 166; Bp. Ccms]^, i. p. 66 (1850) ; Gould, B. Asia, i. pi. 24 (1859) ; Bernst. J.f. O. 1859, p. 183 ; Cab. 8,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 82 (1860) ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 22 ; liosenb. J.f. O. 1864, p. 117 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, pp. 596, 616; id. J.f. 0. 1867, p. 140; Grai/, Hand-l. i. p. 65 (1869); A. B. Meyer, Sitzb. k. Ak. Wissensch. Wien, Ixx. p. 218 (1874) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. viii. p. 372 (1876) ; Cab. ^ Eeichen. J. f. 0. 1876, p. 324 (Salomon Is.) ; d'Alb. Ibis, 1877, p. 366; Scl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 105 (Bum) ; Finseh, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 10 ; Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 298 (New Hebr.) ; Tristr. Ibis 1882, pp. 134, 143 (Solomon Is.). DendrocneHdon mystacina, liosenb. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. hid. xxv
p. 229(1863). Cypselus mystacalis, Rosenb. Reis naar Ztddoostereil. p. 37 (1867).
Adidt male. Lores black ; forehead, crown, wings and tail, upper and under wing-coverts and longer upper tail-coverts deep steel- blue ; neck, back, rumjD, scapulars, shorter upper tail-coverts, throat, breast, upper abdomen, and sides of body grey; stripes from the
9. MACaOPTEEYX. 517
forehead over the eyes, chin and long moustache-stripes, and inner- most secondaries pure white ; lower abdomen, vent, and under tail- coverts white, more or less suffused with grey ; small chestnut spots on the tips of the ear-coverts. Total length about 12-13 inches, wing 8"8, tail 7.
Adult female. Without the chestnut spot on the ear-coverts.
Young. "With light cinnamon-rufous edges to the feathers of the upper parts, with broad subterminal bars of the same colour to the white feathers of the under surface. Before the adult plumage is assumed, the white feathers seem to become brownish grey and the reddish bars on them much broader. The change no doubt takes place at a very early age.
Hah. Papuasia from Gilolo and Burn in the "West to the Salomon and Duke of York Islands iu the East.
«. Pull. sk. [Papuasia.] Gould Coll.
b. c? ad. sk. Guebeh, Feb. 22 (Zeyf/ew ilfi<s.). Salvin-Godman Coll.
c. rfad.sk. GWolo (A. R. Wallace). Gould Coll.
d. c. cf ad. sk. Batcbiau. "V\'a]lace Coll. /. <S ad. -, g. $ Buru {A. R. Wallace). Tweeddale Coll.
ad. sk.
h. Imm. sk. Buru. "Wallace Coll.
i. S ad. sk. Mysol {A. R. Wallace). Gould Coll.
k. 2 ad. ; /, m. Ceram. "Wallace Coll.
Pull. sk.
n. 2 ad. sk. Amboina, May 12 {Leyden Salvin-Godman Coll.
Mvs.).
o-r. (S 2 ad. sk. .\mboina.
s-u. S 2 ad. sk. Aru Islands.
V. 2 ad. sk. Pt. Moresby, S.E. New Broadbent CoU.
Guinea.
w. 1mm. sk. New Britain, March. Rev. G. Browu [C.].
X. (S ad, sk. Duke of York I.^land. Rev. G. Brown lC.J.
y. cS ad. sk. New Ireland (Rev. G. Brown). Tweeddale Coll.
5. Macropteryx comata.
Cjiiselus comatus, Temtn. PI. Chi. 268 (1824) (Suniati-a).
Dendrochelidon comatus (-a), Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 166 ; Rj). Conxp. i. p. 66 (18.j0) ; Goidd, B. Asia, i. pi. 25 (1859) ; Cab. 4- Heine, Mvs. Heifi. iii. p. 82 (1860) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 617 ; id. J.f. O. 1867, p. 141 ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 65 (1869) ; Salvad. Ucc. Bui-neo, p. 123 (1874) ; Htime, Stray Feath. iii. p. 318 (1875) ; id. ibid. viii. p. 47 (Malay Penius.) (1879) ; Sharpe, Rns, 1878, p. 414 (Borneo) ; id. ibid. 1879, p. 250 ; Hume S,- Davison, Stray Feath. vi. p. 51 (Tenasserim) (1878); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 334 (Labuan, nest) ; Kelham, Ibis, 1881, p. 376 (Malacca).
Macropteryx comatus, Swains. Class. B. ii. p. 340 (1837) ; Blyth, Cat. B.' Mas. As. Soc. p. 87(1849); ll'alden, Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 1.58 (Philippines) (1875): Shai-pe, Ibis, 1876, p. 33; id. Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, i. p. 319 (Philippines) (1877) ; Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 823 (Mindanao) ; Sah. Cat. Sfrickl. Coll. p. 373 (1882) ; Oates, B. Burmah, ii. p. 14 (1883) ; Harfert, J.f. O. 1889, p. 401 (Perak) ; id. J.f. O. 1891, p. 295 (Mindoro).
Adult male. Lores deep black ; forehead, crown, nape, throat, sides of head, upper and under wing-coverts metallic blue ; a few
518
CYPSELlDiE.
feathers on the forehead, a broad stripe from the base of the ciilmen continued over the eye and running out in elongated feathers to the nape, chin, and a broad stripe under the ear-coverts, continued in elongated feathers, vent, under tail-coverts, and innermost secon- daries white ; ear-coverts chestnut ; back, rump, upper tail-coverts, breast, abdomen, and sides of the body metallic bronze-brown ; ■wings and tail brown glossed with deep blue, especially on the outer webs of the primaries ; shafts of rectriccs brown above, white below : " iris dark brown ; feet purplish ; bill black " {Ilartert). Total length about 6-5 inches, wing 5-5-5, tail 3-2.
Adult female. Like the male, but the ear-coverts metallic blue.
Young. A very young bird collected by Hose in Baram, Borneo, with the wings only 3'8 inches in length, has faint remains of pale brownish edges to the feathers of the upper parts and abdomen, and clear white edges to the tips of the quills ; some parts of the abdo- men, concealed by the bronze feathers of the adult, show the bufEy white plumage of the nestling.
Specimens from the Philippines are generally larger with longer ■wings ; but this feature does not seem to be constant, and I cannot find any other differences.
Hah. From Tenasserim throughout the Malay Peninsula, extend- ing into Siam ; Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Timor, Philippines.
a. S fid. sk.
h, c. c? ad. ; d. $
ad. sk. e-(j. S ad. ; h-
in. 2 ad. sk. n. c? ad. ; o, p.
$ ad. sk. g, r. 2 ad. sk. «. (5 ad. ; t-v. $
ad. sk. w-ci . S ad. ; h'~
/'. 2 ad. sk. g' , h'. S ad. ; i' .
$ ad. sk. k', I', d ad. sk.
rn'. Imm. sk. n'. cJ ad. sk. o'. (S ad. sk. p', q'. 2 ad. sk. r', s'.(S 2 ad. sk. t'. (5 ad. ; u'. 2
ad. sk. v'. 2 ad. ; w'. cJ
ad. sk. a-'. 2 ad. sk. y', z'. 2 ad. sk. a", b". (S ad. ;
c". 2 ad. sk. d", e". cf ad. ;
/'. 2 ad. sk.
Malewoon, Tenasserim, Jan. 4 Hume Coll. ( W. Davison).
Bankasoon, Jan., June ( W. Davison).
Choungthanoung, Dec. ( W. Davison).
Packchan, Jan., Feb., Dec. ( W. Davison).
Perak.
Klaug, April, July ( W. Davi- son).
Johore, March, July, Aug. ( W. Davison).
Sumatra ( Wallace, C. Bock).
Hume Coll.
Hume Coll.
Hume Coll.
L. Wray, Esq. [C.]. Hume Coll.
Hume Coll.
Lampong, S.E. Sumatra {D.
C. Buxton). Baram, Borneo. Sarawak.
Sarawak { Ussher). Sarawak, Sept. 20 {A. Everett). Philippines. Luzon, Jan. (A. B. Meyer).
Manila {Maitland-Heriot).
Manila.
Cebu, March (Everett).
Placer, March, July {Everett).
Negros.
Tweeddale Coll.
Tweeddale Coll.
C. Hose [C.]. WaUace Coll. Tweeddale Coll. Hume Coll. Cuming Coll. Tweeddale Coll.
Tweeddale Coll.
Gould Coll. Tweeddale Coll. Tweeddale Coll.
Steere Coll.
CAPRIMULGID^. 519
Family CAPRI MULGIDiE.
(By ERNST HARTERT.)
The Goatsuckers have always ten primaries and ten rectrices. Spinal feather-tract well defined on the neck, but forked on the upper back. Feathers with a small but well-defined aftershaft. No powder-down patches in the Caprimidfjince , but large patches in the Niictihiina'. Number of phalanges reduced to four in outer toe, and claw of middle toe peculiarly pectinated in the CaprlmulgincB. The mouth is split very far, the gape very wide. The palate is schizognathous.
In their habits the Goatsuckers are crepuscular or nocturnal, and they have the very soft plumage of almost all nocturnal birds. Their food consists entirely of insects, which thej- generally catch on the wing. Northern species wander to the south in autumn. The species of this family are, as a rule, very variable in coloration ; most of them have highly protective colours, and they often vary according to the soil and surroundings of the localities which they frequent.
None of the species make a nest, the two eggs are deposited on the ground. The eggs are coloured and mostly, though not always, protectively.
Toimg hatched helpless, but covered with down.
liange. The family ranges over most parts of the world, except the Arctic and Antarctic regions, and seems to be absent from the Eastern Pacific Islands. It is most developed in tropical countries.
Synopsis of the Subfamilies.
A, Number of phalanges reduced to four in
outer toe, claw of middle toe pectinated ; [p. 519.
no powder-dowu patches I. CAPRIMULGIN^,
B. Number of phalanges in outer toe normal,
claw of middle toe not pectinated ; large patches of powder-down on the sides of the body and on the breast ; tarsus ex- tremely short, much shorter than any of [p. 623. the toes II. NYCTIBIIN^,
Subfamily I. CAPRIMULGINiE.
Key to the Genera.
A. Rictus armed with strong bristles.
a. No greatly elongated central or lateral rectrices. a . No greatly elongated wing-feather. a" . Wing equally formed in both sexes, quite normal.
520
CAPEIMTJLQID^,
«'". Tarsu8 more or less feathered in front, shorter than middle toe with claw, a''. Tail more or less rounded, fl'. No tufts of elongated feath- ers on the occiput. «". Head with distinct longi- tudinal, or at least with- out cross marljings .... 1. ¥. Head with distinct cross
markings 2.
/>'. Erectile tufts of elongated
feathers on the occiput . . 3. b^. Tail equal or emarginate .... 4. V" . Tarsus entirely hare, as long as or longer than middle toe. C*. Bill behind the nostrils not so broad as the length of the cul- men ; nostrils not very prom- inent 5.
d^. Bill behind the nostrils as
broad as the length of the cul-
men ; tubular nostrils very
conspicuously prominent . . 6.
b' '. Wing normal in the female, but
abnormal in the male, the first six
primaries being equal in length,
the seventh, eighth, and ninth
longest, nearly or quite half an
inch longer than the first 7.
b'. Male with an enormously elongated
wing-feather.
c". First primary shorter than the
second ; the ninth primai-y of the
male enormously elongated, its
shaft bare 8.
d". First primary longer than the second; seventh and eighth dis- tinctly, ninth enormously elonga- ted in the male, shafts never bare. 9.
b. Some of the rectrices greatly elongated. c'. Central pair of rectrices greatly elon- gated ; rectrices decreasing in length to the lateral ones, lateral pair shortest 10.
d'. Central and lateral pair of rectrices elongated, the pair next to the central shortest 11.
e'. Lateral pair of rectrices enormouslj' elongated ; rectrices decreasing in length to the middle, central pair
shortest 12.
. Rictus without conspicuous bristles.
c. Tail distinctly longer than half the wing. /'. Tail rounded, outer pair of rectrices
shortest. e''. Some feathers on the .sides of the occiput elongated, forming ear- tufts ; wing much pointed 13.
Caprimulgus, p. 52L [p. 579. Phal^noptilus,
Otophanes, p. 581. Stenopsis, p. 582.
Nyctidromus, p. 587.
SiPHONORHIS, p. 591.
[p. 592. Heleothreptus,
[p. 594. Macrodipteryx,
COSMETORNIS, p. 595.
Scotornis, p. 596. Hydropsalls, p. 598.
Macropsalis, p. 601. Lyncorni.s, p. 003.
1. CAPRIMULGTJS. 521
/". No elongated feathers on the occi- put ; wing more rounded 14. Eurostopus, p. GO".
g'. Tail emarginate, outer pair of rec- trices longest. g". First primary longer than second . 15. Chordkiles, p. 609. h" . First primary shorter than second. 16. Nyctiprogne, p. 619. d. Tail about half as long as the wing or shorter. /«'. Tarsus longer than middle toe with- out claw, entirely bare ; abdomen
white 17. PoDAGER, p. 619.
i'. Tarsus shorter than middle toe with- out claw, partly feathered in front ; abdomen rufous 18. Lurocalis, p. 021.
1. CAPRIMULGUS. ^
Type.
Caprimulgus, Linn. Si/st. Nat. ed. x. p. 193 (1758). . C. europseus.
Nyctichelidon, Heimie, Mont. Orn. Did. p. .335 (1831) C. europffius. Antrostomus, Nutt. Man. Ornith. U. S. ed. ii. p. 739
(1840) C. carolinensis.
The rictus of all the species of this genus is beset Avith strong bristles, which in some are extremely long. The wing is rather long and pointed, first primary generally much shorter than second and third, which are longest ; the tail more or less rounded ; the tarsus more or less feathered in front or almost bare. The sexes are easily distinguishable in most of the species, the male having white patches ou the primaries and outer rectrices, which are absent in the female. In several species, however, there is no marked difference between the sexes. The first plumage after the downy stage is mostly more or less similar to that of the adult female, but in several species the markings of the sexes, when adult, are already present in the first plumage. The American species cannot be separated gencrically.
llange. The same as that of the family.
Key to the Species *.
A. Both webs of primaries entirely uniform in
colour.
a. Wing more than 6 inches in length concretus, p. 576.
h. Wing less than 6 inches in leiigtli nigrescens $ , p. 572.
B. Inner webs of primaries uniform, outer webs
spotted.
c. Clearly defined bull" crescent round the hind
neck, round black spots on the crown .... enarratus, p. 577.
d. Without distinct buff crescent round the
hind neck. [p. 567.
a . Tail more than 6 inches in length sericeoccaidattis,
b'. Tail less than 5 inches in length.
a". Top of the head distinctly spotted with rufous ; abdomen barred.
«'". Tail without white markings binotatus, p. 576.
b'". Large white tips to the rectrices,
increasing in size to the middle. . . . saturatm, p. 572.
* C. pukhellus (see p. 579) seems to be somewhat similar to C. concretus, but lias a white patch on the primaries. I have not seen this species.
522 CArRlMULGID^.
b". Top of the head not distinctly spotted with rufous; abdomen with round
white spots ocellatus, p. 578.
C. Inner webs of primaries not uniform in colour. e. Inner webs ot primaries largely toothed with
pure white (eyyptuis, p. 562.
/. Inner webs of primaries with one white spot
in the middle, rectrices with more or less
white.
c. Outer pair of rectrices white on both
webs (mostly with exception of the basal
portion).
c". Distinct round spots of buff on the
breast tiataknsis (^ , p. 564.
d". Spots on the breast indistinct or irregu- larly shaped. c" . Upper surface with very distinct and
obvious longitudinal black streaks . . poliocephalus, p. 546, d'" . Upper surface without obvious longi- tudinal black streaks, mottlings fine and irregular'. a*. Wing moi'e than 7 inches in length, tnonticola cJ , p. 547. b^. Wing less than 7 inches.
a^. Lowest part of abdomen and under tail-coverts uniform in
colour affinis <S , p. 549.
¥. Lower abdomen and lower tail- coverts barred yriseatus cJ , p. 550.
d'. Outer pair of rectrices with the outer web [pp. 551, 652.
white fossil J and clarus J ,
e. Distinct white spots on some of the rec- trices.
e". Without white on the throat inornatus J, p. 556.
f. With more or less white on the throat. e". Outermost pair of rectxices without white, c*. White on the following pairs con- fined to the inner webs u-hitelyi S , P- 573.
d^. White on the following pairs not
confined to the inner webs nigrescens cS , p. 572.
f". Outermost pair of rectrices also with white, e*. Spots to outer recti-ices distinctly less than one inch in extent, and more or less distinctly subterminal. [pp. 552, 555.
c^ Tarsus feathered in front jotaka cS and allies,
d'. Tarsus bare on lower half .... phaUena cJ, p. 545, /■'. Spots to outer rectrices terminal but narrow, less than half an inch in extent. e\ Inner webs of lateral rectrices [p. 575.
with round white spots maculicaudus <S ,
f^. No white spots to the inner webs
of the lateral rectrices parvulusfS , p- 574.
//'. Spots terminal and more than half au inch in extent.
1. CAPRIMULGUS. 523
y'. Scapulars obviously dififereut from the back and rump by their dark centres and broad butf or rufous margins. a°. Obvious and broad collar round the bind neck, a^. Wing- more tban 7 inches in
length rujicollis, p. 531.
b'. Wing less than 7 inches in length. a". Of a desert-like sandy- buff colour. (i'. White patch on first primary larger, reach- ing the shaft nubicus, p. 560.
U'. White patch on fii'st
primarv' smaller, not
extending to the shaft, asiiiticus, p. 558.
IP. Blackish above ; collar
obvious on the upper
surface only pedoralis, p. 534.
c*. Brown above ; collar dis- tinct on the lower neck
also feriidus, p. 534.
¥. No broad and obvious collar round the hind neck, c". Three outer primaries with [allies, pp. 526-530.
white spots euro2)ceus J and
(P. Four outer primaries with ■white spots. d^. Wing more than 6'5 in. in length, e^. Outer primaries with rufous spots near the base or on the outer [allies, pp. 537-540.
webs macrurus cJ and
d^. Outer piimaries without
distinct i-ufous spots
near the base or on
the outer webs.
a^°. Median streak of
black spots along
the top of the head, atrijyennis c? , p. 542. b^°. Longitudinal black spots over the whole of the top of the [p. 543.
head andamanicus iS ,
e^. Wing not more than 6'5
inches in length.
e^. Spot on first primary
extendmg to the shaft.
c^°. White tips to outer
rectrices less than
1'5 inches in extent, rujigena ^ , p. 532. d'". White tips of outer rectrices more than l-o inches in extent, franatus, p. 533.
524 CAPRIMULGID^.
/". Spot on first primary not approaching the shaft, e'". Tail narrowly and [p. 535.
regularly barred . . madayascariensis c? , /'". Tail heavier and ir- regularly barred . . vmnik-nsis, p. 5-44. /(■''. Scapulars not obviously different in colour from the back and rump. c*. Of a beautiful golden-buff colour; feathers adorned with bars or spots of snowy white, which are speckled with
black e.vmiiis, p. 5(3.3.
d'^. Of a pale sandy desert-like [p. 561.
colour ; much smaller mahrattensis J ,
e". Of dark blackish colour ; much
larger lenU'yinosm, p. 580.
c/. A larger rufous-buff or whitish-buff spot in or near the middle of the first primary ; no pure white in the tail. /"'. Well defined round spots of clear buff on
the breast natalmsis 5 , p. 564.
//'. Spots on the breast indistinct or irregu- larly shaped. (/" . Outer pair of rectrices with outer web [pp. 551, 552.
uniform buff fussii J and clarus 2 ,
h" . Outer pair of rectrices barred or spotted. (J". Tarsus feathered in front almost to the toes. h^. Abdomen distinctly barred.
i^. Wing more than 6'5 inches in
length macrurus $ , albonotatus 5 ,
[iitripennis 5 , and andamaniais 2 , pp. 537-543. k^. Wing less than 6'5 inches in [p. 585.
length inadagascariensis 2 ,
i^. Abdomen spotted, not distinctly [pp. 552, 555.
barred jotaka $ and allies,
h'" . Tarsus bare for about its lower half or more. ^'. With large bold and obvious longi- tudinal spots along the top of the head. l^. Outer web of first primary with ten or more distinct rufous spots
on the outer edge plialanu 2 , p. 545.
m'. No distinct rufous spots on outer
web of first primary viifiyena 2 , p. 532.
/'. No obvious longitudinal spots along the top of the head. n^. Coloration pale sandy buff, or a [p. 561.
real desert colom* mahndtensis 2 ,
o'\ Darker colours prevalent, y*. Wing 7 inches or more monticola 2 , p. 547.
1. CAPKIMCLGUS. 525
y'''. Wing less than 7 inches. e' . Blacldsh markings on the crown occupying greater
parts of the feathers affinis 2 , p. 549.
f. Blackish markings on the
crown narrow inornattis 5 , p. 556.
h. First three primaries only traversed by one narrow bar of rufous ; fourth uniform
blackish tchiteh/i 5 ) p. 573.
i. No distinctly larger spot obvious on the pri- maries, all of them traversed by mostly interrupted bars of rufous ; rectrices tipped white in male (buff in female). /('. Eictal bristles with lateral filaments .... caroUnensiS(S ,'p. 565. i . Rictal bristles without lateral filaments. i". Rectrices tipped with white for le.ss than half an inch; wing less than 5
inches . . , yucataniais, p. 575.
k" . Inner webs of lateral rectrices from above .silky white for about half their length, tipped with rufous, rufous-bufF from beloAv ; wing about 7 inches. . . . rufus (S , p. 566. /". Lateral rectrices largely tipped with white in male (buff in female) ; wing- more than 5 inches. i'" . White spots on lateral rectrices de- creasing in extent to the outer pair. vi^. Four outer rectrices tipped with
white cuhanensis, p. 571.
M*. Three outer rectrices tipped with white. p^. White spots on rectrices larger; top of head longitudinally spot- ted along the middle vociferus, p. 568.
q^. White spots on rectrices smaller;
top of head spotted all over . . macrojnystax, p. 570. k'" . White spots on lateral rectrices in- creasing in extent to the outer pair, salvini, p. 568. k. No white or large buff spots on any of the rectrices. k'. Rictal bristles with lateral filaments .... carolmensis J , p. 565. I'. Rictal bristles without lateral filaments.
n". General colour deep rufous rnfus 5 , p- 566.
o". General colour more or less pale brown. [allies, pp. 526-530. /'". Wing more than 6'5 inches in length europesus juv, and ?«'". Wing less than 6'5 inches in length. o*. Rictal bristles short, not reaching
beyond the tip of the bill inornatus jnv., p. 557.
p*. Rictal bristles long, reaching be- yond the tip of the bill. r^. First primary shorter than the
second parvulus 5 , p. 574.
s'. First primary as long jis the [p. 575.
second maculicaudus 5 ,
526 CAPRIMTJLGin.T!.
1. Caprimiilgus europaeus.
Caprimulgus europaeus, Limt. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 193 (1758), ed. 12, i. p. 34G (1766); Gm. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 1027 (1788); Bechst. Gem. Natury. Deutschl. iv, p. 7SG (1795) ; id. Orn. Taschnib. p. 227 (1802) ; Meyer, Voy. Lie- und E»thl. p. 144 (1815) ; Vieill. Nouv. Diet. X. p. 235 (1817); id. Enc. Meth. p. 535 (1823); Cuv.Regne Anim. ed. 1817, d. 376; Forst. Cat. Brit. B. p. 18 (1817); NiUs. Orn. Siiec. i. p. 288 (1817) ; Tenwi. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 436 (1820) ; Thienem. Fortpjianz. Voy. Eur. p. 84 (1829); id. Fortpfi. yes. Jliy. pi. xlii. fig. 19 (eggs) (1854) ; Naum. Voy. Deutschl. p. 141, pi. 148 (1833) ; Gould, B. Ear. ii. pi. 51 (1837) ; Zander, Voy. Mecklenb. p. 185 (1838) ; Nitzsch, Fteryloyr. p. 124 (1840) ; Keys. Sf Bias. TVirb. Eur. pp. xxxiii & 146 (1840) ; Miihle, Orn. Griech. p. 28 (1844) ; Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. B pi. 102 (1845) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 59 (1850) ; A. E. Brehm, J. f. O. 1853, p. 452 (N.O.- Afr.); Heuyl. Ibis, 1859, p. 339 (Red Sea); Powys, Ibis, 1860, p. 236 (Ionian Is.) ; Lindenn. Viig. Griech. p. 2S (1860) ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mws. Ilein. iii. p. 88 (1860) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1862, p. 278 (Palestine) ; id. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 430 (Palest.) ; Wriyht, Ibis, 1864, p. 58 (Malta); Sjjerling, torn. cit. p. 283; Drake, Ibis, 1867, Tp. 425 (Tangier); A. C. Smith, Ibis, 1868, p. 449 (Portugal); Koeniq- Warth. J. f. O. 1868, p. 362 (eggs); Droste, J. f. O. 1869, p. 117 (Faeroer); Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 56 (1869); Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 125 (1869); Finsch ^- Hartl. Voy. O.-Afr. p. 117 (1870) ; Fritsch, Voy. Eur. p. 81 (1870) ; Elwes ^- Buckl. Ibis, 1870, p. 200; Layard, Ibis, 1870, p. 282 (Cape); Salvad. Faun, d'lta/., Ucc. p. 48 (1871); Shelley, B. Eyypt, p. 174 (1872) ; id. Ibis, 1875, p. 67; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 67 (S. Spain); Tacz. J. f. 0. 1872, p. 350 (E. Siberia) ; id. Ornis, 1888, p. 452 (Poland); Alst. S,- H. Broivn, Ibis, 1873, p. 59 (Archangel); Gould, B. Great Brit. ii. pi. i. (1873) ; A. B. Brooke, Ibis, 1873, p. 236 (Sardin.) ; TVriyht, Ibis, 1874, p. 233 ; Danf. ^f H. Brown, Ibis, 1875, p. 300; Irby, B. Gibraltar, p. 62 (1875); Severtz. J. f. O. 1875, p. 198; id. Zeitschr. yes. Orn. 1887, p. 129 (Turkestan); Kriiyer, J. f. O. 1875, p. 277 (Asia Minor) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard' s B. S. Afr. p. 83 (1875) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 127 (1876) ; Barratt, Ibis, 1876, p. 197 (part.); Ayres, torn. cit. p. 423; id. Ibis, 1884, p. 222 (Transvaal), 1886, p. 285 ; Danf. Ibis, 1878, p. 8 (Asia Minor) ; Seeb. Ibis, 1880, p. 193 (Siberia), 1882, p. 210 (Astrakhan), 1883, p. 22; id. Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 309 (1884); Dresser, B. Europe, iv. p. 621, pi. 271 (1881) ; Neivt. ed. Yarr. Brit. B. ii. p. 377 (1882) ; Irby, Ibis, 1883, p. 179 (Santander) ; Radde, Orn. Caucus, p. 295 (1884) ; Whitehead, Ibis, 1885, p. 27 (Corsica) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 487 (Fao) ; Csato, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1886, p. 423 (Hungary) ; Tait, Ibis, 1887, p. 303 (Portugal) ; Koenig, J. f 0. 1888, p. 164 (Tunis); Lilford, Ibis, 1889, p. 330 (Cyprus) ; Eayle Clarke, Ibis, 1889, p. 548 ; Saunders, 3Ian. Brit. B p. 257 (1889); Hartivit/, J. f. O. 1889, p. 138 (Norway); Giyl. Arif Itul. i. p. 327 (1889); Gdtke, Ilelyoland, p. 442 (1891).
La t^te de Chevre ou Crapaud volant, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 470, pi. 44 (1760).
L'Engoulevent, Buff. Hi9. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 512 (1779).
Crapaud volant, Daubent. PI. Enl. 193 (1783).
Iliruiido caprimulgus, Tunst. Orn. Brit. p. 2 (1771) ; Pall. Zooyr. Rosso-Asiat. i. p. 542 (1811).
Caprimulgus punctatus, Meyer Sf Wolf, Taschenb. p. 284 (1810) ; Brehm, Viiy. Deutschl. p. 130 (1831) ; id. Voyelf p. 44 (1855).
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Caprimulgus vulgaris, Vieill. Faune Fninq. i. p. 140, pi. 61. fig. 2
(1828) ; Roiix, Orn. Provenq. p. 240, pi. 147 (1825). Caprimulgus maculatus, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 131 (1831) : id.
Vogelf. p. 44 (1855). Nycticbelidon europaeus, Rennie, Mont. Orn. Diet. p. 335 (1831). Caprimulgus europseus maculatus, punctatus, puuctorum, foliorum,
mid peregrinus, A. E. Brehm, Verz. Samml. C. L. Brehm, p. 3
(1866), teste Dresser, I. c. Caprimulgus smithii, Bj). Consp. i. p. 59 (1850) (S. Africa); Cass.
Cat. Capr.Ac. Phil. p. 2 (1851) ; Hartl. Ibis, 1862, p. 143 (Cape) ;
Gurneit, Ibis, 1868, p. 151 ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 66 (1869) ; Cab. J.
J. f. 6. 1878, p. 236 (E. Afi-.) ; Beichen. J. f. O. 1887, p. 61
(Nyanza). Caprimulgus capensis. Ten-. MS., teste Cass. Cat. Capr. Ac. Phil.
p. 2 (1851).
Adult male. Upper parts dark ashy grey, richly vermiculated with blackish brown ; centre of the crown with broad longitudinal brownish-black streaks ; some dull ochraccous-buff streaks on the nape ; scapulars longitudinally streaked with blackish and ochra- ceous buff ; back and rump with blackish shaft-stripes : most of the upper wing-coverts with ochraceous-bufF spots ; primaries blackish brown with rufous-buff spots on both webs, the first three with a large rounded white spot towards the terminal half of the inner web ; two outer rectrices on each side white for more than one inch of their terminal portion ; throat blackish brown, with many- narrow rufous-buff bars and very large whitish spots; breast resem- bliug the upper parts ; abdomen ochraceous buff barred with blackish brown ; under wing-coverts and under tail-coverts like the abdomen, but rather more rusty and the bars less numerous. Total length about 10-5 inches, wing 7"8, tail 5-5, tarsus 0-75, feathered in front except on the lowest part.
Adult female. Similar to the male, except that the white spots on the primaries are replaced by smaller ochraceous-buff spots slightly speckled with dark brown.
Young in the first year are duller : the males are then much like the old females in wanting the white spots on the outer rectrices, and the white spots on the primaries being replaced by pale ochraceous- bufE ones. The female in this plumage is more rusty than the male.
Young when hatched covered with grey down, darker above and a little paler below.
Ilah. Europe generally to about lat. 63° and south-western parts of Siberia, Asia Minor, and Caucasus, becoming paler in the south- eastern parts, and meeting in Eastern Persia with a different paler and smaller form. It probably does not breed south of the Medi- terranean, as the statement that it breeds in Morocco requires con- firmation. It passes through North Africa in great numbers, and is common in South Africa during the winter.
The South-African so-called G. smithi, which was for a long time thought to be a distinct species, is nothing but C. e'uro]:)a'us.
There is a specimen in the Gould Collection said to be from Fokien in China. It belongs to the dark form.
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Cork, Aug. 21.
Wermland, Sweden, June 6.
Valencia, Spain {H. Saun- ders).
Seville, Spain, May (H. Saunders) .
Constantinople, Oct. 20.
North Africa.
Morocco (Olcese).
Ben Moussar, Algeria
(Loche). Dongola, Sept. Bogos-land. Mamboio, East Africa {Sir
J. Kirk). Cape Colony.
Knysna, Feb. (C. J. An-
dersson). Kingwilliamstown.
Grahamstowu (7*. C. At-
more). S.E. Africa.
Durban, Natal {G.E.S.). Pinetown, Natal, Nov. 21
{T. L. Ayres). Potchefstroom, Transvaal,
Jan. IG {T. Ayres). Rusteuberg District, Nov.
11 (T. Ayres). Macamac,Jan.lO ( T. Ayres). Palestine. Syria.
Syr Daria, May 12. Petroalexandrowsk, Sept.
16. [Fokien, China.]
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Subsp. 11. Caprimulgus unwini.
Caprimulgus unwini, Hume, Ibis, 1871, p. 406 (Ilazara Distr.) ; id. Stray Feath. iii. p. 407 (1875), vii. p. 175(1878; Sindh) ; Cock S) Marsh. Stray Feath. i. p. .350 (1873) ; Blanf. Ibis, 1877, p. 249 ;
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names, Stray Fe^th. ix. pp. 215, 4o;5 (1880; Afghanistan) ; Bid- dttlph, Ibis, 'l,-'81, p. 48 ((Tilgit); Scully, t. c. p. 428 ; C. Sivinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 101 ; Bid,}. Ibis, 1882, p. 270; St. John, Ibis, 1889, p. ISO; Hharpe, TraiiH. Linn. »>c. (2) Zo(d. v. pi. -i, p. 83 (1889; Kluisan) ; Oates, ed. Hume's Nests ^- Ef/ys Ind. B. iii. p. 47 (1890).
Caprimulgus pallidas, Severtz.J.f. 0. 187-5, pp. 179, 198 (Turkestan).
Caprimulgua pallens, Dressei-, Ibis, 1870, p. 189.
Caprimulgus europseus, Scully [nee L.), J.A.S. Beng. Ivi. p. 77 (1887).
This is a paler and somewhat smaller form of 0. eurojixxus, appa- rently adapted to drier countries. It is of a beautiful sandy and silvery pale tint, and the wings are only 6'8 to 7 inches iu length. Tlie specimens are quite distinct in appearance from Scandinavian, English, or German specimens of C. curojiceus ; but they are some- what variable in colour and also in size. Those from the Northern Punjab, from whence Hume's type came, have generally longer wings and are less sandy in colour than those that appear in Sindh during the winter. They agree entirely with typical specimens of Severtzofi's C. paWuhLS from Turkestan, and also with some speci- mens from Eastern Persia and Afghanistan. They often closely approach the European C. europaus, which is more constant in its coloration. The shape of the white spots on the primaries is variable and does not give a constant differential character. As it is impos- sible to draw an exact line between the two forms, I think it best to treat them as subspecific forms only, though the extremes differ considerably.
Hah. Persia, Afghanistan, the Northern Punjab and Turkestan to the River Oxus, and further east into Central Asia. (Exact limits in the East unknown.)
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June. Baiu, S.E. Persia.
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Khusan, Ilari-riid, May 12.
Cbaman, S. Afghanistan, June 7 (H. Banics).
Gilgit, June, July {J. Bid- did ph).
Murvee, May 10.
Agrore Valley, June 13.
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Subsp. p. Caprimiilgus plumipes.
Capviuiulgnspegyptius, <S'ri(//// (w<»rZ(V//<.), Sfrai/ F. iv. p. 1-")3(1876;
Turkestan); isliarpe, Sci. Bcmlts Yark. Miss., Aves, p. llo (part.)
(1891). Caprinnilg'us plumipes, Prjevulski in Hotdei/s Orn. Misc. ii. p. Lj8
(1877 ; Iloaug-ho li., S.' Mongolia) ; id. Ibis, 1877, p. 243.
Above riifous-isabelline, finely vermiculated with deep bro'un and streaked with brownish black ; an indistinct buff nuchal collar ; scapulars darker and more rufous, broadly pale buff on the outer webs ; on the wing a rufous-brown transverse bar and some series of large buff terminal sjwts to the wing-coverts; primaries deep brown ; inner webs traversed b}' broad pale rufous bars, quite or almost extending to the shafts, outer webs with pale rufous, a broad white band across the first three ; central tail-feathers same colour as the upper parts, crossed by irregular narrow blackish bars varying in number ; lateral tail-feathers rufous-buff, variegated and barred with deep blackish brown, and witli broad white tips, about 1*5 inch in length, to the two outer ones; lower parts pale rufous- buff, sandy buff, or almost isabelline, with a large patch of white on the throat, dark mottled and barred, being much darker and varied with pale terminal spots on the breast, becoming more or less uniform on the lower abdomen and lower tail-covei ts ; under wing-coverts hke the abdomen. Total length about 10-5 inches, wing 7"4 to 7*5, tail 5-5, tarsus 0-62.
Female. Has the patch on the throat, the patch on the primaries, and the tips to the outer rectrices not white, but rufous-buff or buff.
The very broad and distinct rufous bands on the primaries, the rufoiis-buff to sandy-rufous colour, and the somewhat narrower streaks on the head are characteristic of this rare form.
The description is taken from one of the typical specimens collected by Pijevalski, and two similar ones from Turkestan in the St. Peters- burg Museum. If these specimens be compared only with typical ones of C. europaus and C. imtvini, they seem to be consi:)icuously different from either ; but on an examination of a large series of those allied forms, some specimens were found that are almost intermediate between C. univini and C. plumipes, while certain specimens of C. europtaits incline somewhat to C. plumipes in colour. A skin of C. europceus from South Africa indeed closely resembles C. plumipes, and one of Severtzoff's specimens from Turkestan also approaches the latter species. This Central-Asiatic form must tliereforo also be considered a subspecies of C. europa-u?. The specimens from Yarkand and Kandahar are exactly similar to the typical ones from Mongolia.
Hah. Central; Asia, from Mongolia throughout Turkestan to Afghanistan.
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2. Caprimulgus ruficoUis.
Capriraulgus nifit-oUis, Temm. Man. d'Om. i. p. 438(1820); Mei/er, Zusiitze z. Taschcuh. p. Ill (1822); Thienem. Fortjyff. Trig. Eur. p. 85 (1829) ; noiifd, B. Eiir. ii. i.l. o2 (1837) ; Wehb ^- Berth. Orn. Canar. p. 24 (1836-44) ; Eeijs. ^- Bias. Wirb. Eur. p. 33 (1840) ; Schleg. Bev. Crit. p. 20 (1844); Gray, List Siiec. Fissirostr. Brit. Mus. p. 6 (1848) ; Bhjth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 83 (1849) ; i)>. Consj). i. p. 59 (1850) ; Cass. Cat. Ca2)rim. Mus. Phil. p. 2 (1851) ; Brehm. Vogelf. p. 44 (1855) ; Midi. J. f. O. 1856, p. 226 (Marseilles) ; Thienem. Fnrf}}Jlanz. qes. Vo</. pi. xlii. fio:. 16(epo:s) (1854); Bolle, J. f. O. 1854, p. 461, 186?; p. 323; Tristr. Ibis, 1860, p. 374 (Algeria) ; Cab. S,- Heine, Mm^. Hein. iii. p. 89 (1860) ; Hancock, Ibi.i, 1862, p. 39 (Endand) : Wrii/hf, Ibis, 1864, p. 58, 1865, p. 464, (Malta); Lilford, Bus, 1866, p. 180; Drake, Ibis, 1867, p. 425 (Tangier,); Locke, Ecpl. Sci. Alger., Ois. ii. p. 104 (1867) ; A. C. Smith, Ibis, 1 8(;8, p. 449 ; Koeniq- Warth J. f. 0. 1868, p. 365 (egg); Gray, Iland-l. i. p. 56 (1 869) ; Fritsch, Tor). Eur. p. 82, tab. 13. lig. 2 (1870); Salmd. Fami. Ital., Ucc. p. 48 (1871) ; f>au?iders, Ibis, 1871, p. 67 (Spain) ; id. Man. Brit. B. p. 259 ( 1889) ; J. H. Gwnei/, Ibis, 1871, p. 73 (Algeria) ; Godm. Ibis, 1872, p. 169; Goidd, B'. Great Brit. ii. pi. 2 (1873); Irbi/, Gibraltar, p. 62 (1875); Dresser, B. Euruj)e, iv. p. 633, pi. 273 (1881) : B.C. U. List Br. B. p. 75(1883) ; Newton, ed. Ycirr. Br. B. ii. p. 386 ; Seeb. Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 317 (1884) ; Tnif, Ibis, 1887, p. 303 (Portugal) ; Gic/l. Avif. Ital. i. p. 330 (1889).
Caprimulgus rufitorquis, Vieill. Enc. Meth., Orn. p. 546 (1823).
Caprimulgus ruHtorquatus, Vieill. Faun. Fran^. p. 142, pi. 62 (1828); Roiu; Orn. Frew. p. 242, pi. 147 (1825).
Caprimulgus torquatus, Brehm, Namnannia, 1855, p. 270.
Caprimulgus ruticollis, latirostris, bracliyurus, and macrourus, A. E. Brehm, Verz. Samml. C. L. Brehm, p. 3 (1866) {teste Dresser).
Adult male. Above sandy grey, along the crown longitudinal black spots bordered wit h rufous-buff; a chestnut-buff sometimes nearly golden collar round the neck, varied with longitudinal black streaks on the hind neck, with dark bars on the fore neck, and deep black spots on the sides of the neck, the collar more pronounced above ; black and buff longitudinal spots on the scapulars, some blackish ones along the back and rump ; quills deep brown, with chestnut spots and bars ; large white spots on the inner webs of the first three and often an indication of it on the fourth ; upper wing-coverts with beautiful buff spots ; two or three outer rectrices white on the tips for an inch to an inch and a hnU ; below two large white spots on the throat, often connected with each other ; abdomen buff, barred with brown ; under wing-coverts the same ; under tail-coverts nearly or quite uniform. Total length about 12 inches, wing 8 to 8-3, tail 6'7, tarsus 0"7, feathered in front for about the upper third, culmen 0-5.
Ftmale. The female, unlike most of the other species of Capri- mulgus, does not differ from the male, but has also the white tips to the rectrices and primaries.
Young. Altogether much paler, the blackish markings less pure, white spots on the tail and wings not so well marked,
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Tn Tunis and Algeria beautiful pale, very isahelline and rufous- shaded varieties occur, while darker-coloured specimens also come from the same countries. Probablj' these paler birds inhabit more desert-like localities, but similarly pale varieties seem to occur in all countries where the species is found.
Hub. Western parts of North Africa, Tunis, Algeria, Morocco, South-west Europe, Southern Spain and Portugal. Several times observed in Malta, is a rare straggler in Southern France, and has once been recorded as being shot in England. It has also been recorded from the Canaries, although recent ornithologists have not found it there. It is also stated by Canon Tristram that he saw a skin in Palestine, but its occurrence in that country recpiires con- firmation. It is said to be a migrant, its winter-quarters being unknown.
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Saunders) . ff,h. cJ ? ad. sk. Seville, May 8 {H. Saun- ^ Tweeddale CoU,
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3. Caprimtilgus rufigena.
Capriraulgus rufigena, Snu't/i, III. Zool. S. Afr., Birds, pi. 100(1845); B}). Com]), i. p. 60 ( 18o0) ; Cass. Cat. Caprim. Ac. Philad. p. 3 (ISol); Hartl. J.f. 0. 1853, p. 3915; id. Orn. W.-Afr.y>. :22 (1857); Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 56 (1869) ; Aijres, Ibis, 1809, p. 289 ; Gurney in Anderss. B. Damara-Ld. p. 44 (1872) ; Buckley, Ibis, 1874, p. 302 (Matabele) ; S/iarpe, ed. Bayard's B. S. Afr. p. 85 (1875) ; Bocaye, J. f. O. 1876, p. 408 ; Ayres, Ibis, 1876, p. 424 ; Gurney, Ibis, 1877, p. 341 (Transvaal) ; Bocaye, Jorn. Lisb. 1878, p. 266; id. Orn. Anyola, p. 154 (1881); Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 377 (1882); Synwnds, Ibis, 1887, p. 327 (Orange JVee State).
Caprimulgus dauiarensis, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 143 (Damara) ; C/iaj»n. Trav. S. Afr, Ajjp. p. 410 (1868); Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 377, note (1882).
Caprimulgus europjeus, Barraft, Ibis, 1876, p. 197 (part. ; Marico).
Adult male. Much smaller than C. ev.ropancs • primaries deep blackish brown ; the first four (not three only, as in C. europaus) with very large white spots, on the inner web of the first and on both webs of the following three ; the smaller under wing- coverts are less, the greater not at all, barred with dark brown ; a rather narrow orange-buff collar on the hind neck ; the wing-coverts are adorned with orange-buff spots, two outer rectrices on each side with veiy broad white tips. Total length about 9'o inches, wing G-4, tail 4-7, tarsus 0-7, feathered for nearly the upper half, culmen 0'4.
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A>hdt female. Tn general appearance similar to the male but without white tips to the tail-feathers, and the spots on the pri- maries not white but orange-buff. Size similar to that of the male
romir, f>^rds are paler; the collar on the hind neck is not so well dehoed. loung males resemble the females in wanting the white spots on the primaries and rectrices.
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June [C'.J.A.). Oijoro, Nov. 29 (C. J. A.). Ondouga, Oct. {C.J. A.). Otjimbiuque, Jan. (C. J.
A.). Damara-land (C.J. A.). Mosilikatze's Country [E.
L. Layard). Semokwe River, Sept., Oct.
[F. Oates). Bamangvrato, Oct. 13 (T.
E. Buckley). Rustenburg, Sept., Nov.
[T. Ay res). Lydenburg, Jau. 18. Potchefstroom, Nov.-Jan
(T. Ay res). Marico.
2, a'. S ad. sk. Cape of Good Hope.
Sharps Coll.
Sharpe Coll.
Sharpe Coll, Shelley Coll. Sharpe Coll.
Sharpe Coll. Sharpe Coll.
W. E. & C. G. Oates,
Esqrs. [P.]. Shelley Coll.
Shelley Coll.
T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. Gurney & Shelley
Colls. F. A. Barratt, Esq.
[C.]. Sir A. Smith [C.].
4. Caprimulgus fraenatus.
Capriraulgus fraenatus, Sahmd. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen 1884 n 118 (bhoa) ; id. op. cit. xxix. p. 226 (1888).
Closely aUied to C. mifiyena, but distinguishable by the great extent of the white tips to the outer rectrices, these bein* 1-8 inches m length whereas in C. rufiyena they are only about finch long, besides this the black spots on the crown are laro-er the back has a more barred appearance, and the scapulars have lar-^er buff spots. The female differs from the male as in C rufiqma viz., in the outer rectrices not being tipped with white and the spots on the primaries being orange-buff instead of white Total length about 9-5 inches, wing 6-3 to 6-8, taU 4-6 to 4-9. (Described from the types.) ^
A speci^men collected by Mr. F. J. Jackson at Machakos is a little smaller.
Hah. Shoa, south to Ukambuui.
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5. Caprimulg^s fervidus.
C'ai)iimul<j-us pectoralis, -S/;-/!-/,-/. lS- Scl. (rwc Cuv.) Contr. Orn. 18o2,
]i. 14-'!; Gurnet/ iti Anders.'. B. Daniara-Ld. p. 45 (1872); Bocaye,
Jorn. Lisb. 1878, p. ]5l'. Ci\piiimilfrus fervidus, Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 86 (1875) ;
.SW/r/rt, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 378 (1882). C'iiprinmlgiis shelleyi, Bocar/e, Jorn. Ac. Lisbon, 1878, p. 26G
(Angola) ; id. Orn. Annulet, p. 543 (1881).
Adult. Allied to C. rufiuena, but distinguishable by its uniform clear golden-buff cheeks, which in C. rujirjena are streaked black aud rufous, by the white spots on the primaries being much smaller, and the collar on the neck more golden buff and broader and extending over the sides of the neck and the fore neck. In one specimen the golden-buff colour pervades the greater part of the head and is spread over the whole of the breast. Size similar to that of C. rvjitjena.
Unless the specimens are wrongly sexed, the white spots on the primaries and outer rcctrices are present in both sexes. Total length about 9-5 inches, wing 6'6, tail 4*8, tarsus Ow, upper part feathered in front.
The four specimens before me from Damara-land vary con- siderably. Cajyrimuhjus shelleyi of Bocage agrees with typical C. fervidus in the broad golden-buff collar and small spots to the primaries. In one of the specimens of C. shdleyi the ear-coverts are much darker, and in all the collar on the neck is darker. They somewhat approach the dark C. pectoralis, and may be a northern form of C. fervidns. Jlore information concerning this sjjecies is required, but at present I think it best to unite it with C. fervidus, believing that larger series will confirm my views.
Jlah. Damara-land to Angola.
a. Ad. sk. Damara-land (C. J. Andersson). Sharpe Coll.
b. $ ad. sk. Elephant Vley, Oct. 28 (Anders- Sharpe Coll.
son).
c. $ ad. sk. Otjoro, Nov. 30 {Andersson). Sharpe Coll. f/. Imm. sk. Ovampo, Feb. 2 (C. /. ^.). Sharpe Coll.
(Types of the species.) e. S ad. sk. Caconda, Angola (Anchieta). Prof. Bocage [P.].
/. Ad. sk. Upper Uiulaas, Natal ( Gordye). Shelley Coll.
6. Caprimulgus pectoralis.
L'Engoulevent a collier, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. \. pi. 49 (1806).
Caprimulgus pectoralis, Cuv. Regne Aniin. i. p. 376 (1817) ; Viedl. Nouv. Diet. X. p. 233 (1817) ; Gray, List Fissirostr. Brit. Mus. p. 7 (1848); id. Ha7id-l. i. p. 56 (1869); Bp. Consp. i. p. 60 (1850) ; Cass. Cat. Caprim. Ae. Phil. no. 4 (1851; ; Cab.^- Heine, Mus. Ilein. iii. p. 89 (1860) ; Koeniy-lJ^arth. J.f. 0. 1868, p 387 (nidif.) ; Sharpe, ed. Laipird's B. iS. Afr. p. 84 (1875) ; Salvin, Cat. StricM. Coll. p. 377 (1882).
Capiiuudgus asiaticus, Vieill. (nee Lath.) Noiiv. Diet. x. p. 233
Caprimulgus africanu.s, Steph. Gen. Zool. x. p. 157 (1817).
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Caprimulgus atrovarius, Sundev. (Efvevs, Kongl. Vetensk.-Ak. For- handl. 1851, p. 128 ; Hartl. Ibis, 1862, p. 143 (Cape) ; Felz. Reis. Novam, Vd//. p. 34 (Cape ; 1865).
Antrostomus dominicus, Boriap. Consp. i. p. 61*.
This species also resembles somewliat C. rujigena in colour, but is as large as C. europmus. It is, however, at once distinguishable by its very dark coloration, especially by the very black spots on the upper surface, and by the white markings on the throat, which are not divided into two spots, one on each side, but form a broad and distinct white band. A golden-buff collar with paler tips across the hind neck. Both male and female have white spots on the first four primaries, the one on the first being rather small. The two outer rectrices on each side have a very large white termination in both sexes, but a little smaller in the female ; the central rectrices are very boldly barred with blackish. The pale spots on the upper wiug-coverts are much mottled with greyish brown. Total length about 9-0 inches, wing 6'G, tail 5-2, tarsus 0'75, feathered only on the uppermost part.
Hah. South Africa.
«. Ad. St. S. Africa. Purchased.
b, c. 5 'id. et S. Africa. Jaidine Coll. imm. sk.
d. Imm. sk. S. Africa {E. L. Laynrd). Tweeddale Coll.
e. 5 't ad. sk. S. Africa. Sharpe Coll.
f. Ad. sk. Cape Colony {E. L. Laijard). Sharpe CoU.
g. cJ ad. sk. Cape Colony [Butler). Shelley Coll. h. (5 ad. sk. Knyana, Feb. 2-) (Ander-sson). Shirpe Coll. i, k. Ad. sk. (leorge (H. Afmore). Sharpe Coll. I. c? ad. sk. Eland's Post, May {Atmore). Sharpe Coll.
7n. cJ ad. sk. Kingwilliamstown. MajorTrevelyan[P.].
7. Caprimulgus maiagascariensis.
Caprimulgus madaga^'cariensis, Sr/nnziii, Mem. Soc. d'hist. nat. Strasb. 1840, p. 28 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 60 ; Cass. Cat. Capi: Mus. Philad. p. 3 (1851) ; F. W. v. Mull. J.f. O. 185.5, p. 2 ; Hartl. J.f. O. 1860, p. 81 ; id. Voff. Madagase. p. 53 (1877) ; Roch ^ Newt. Ibis, 1862, p. 270 ; Polleu, Ncderl. Tijdschr. Dierk. p. 302 (1863) ; E. NeH. Ibis, 1863, pp. 340, 461, pi. xiii. fig. 8 (egg) ; A. Newt. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 834 ; Grandid. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1867, p. 353 ; Schleg. ^ Pollen, Faun. Mndag. ii. p. 64 (1868) ; Koeniq- Warth. J.f. 0. 1868, p. 368 (egg); Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 57 (1869); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 397; Milne-Edw. 4'- Grandid. Madagase, Ois. p. 206, pis Lxxvii. & Ixxviii. (1879).
Adult male. Above rather dark ; scapulars banded black and buff ; upper wing-coverts with pale rufous spots ; from behind the ear-coverts across the throat an indistinct golden-buff collar, which does not extend to the upper part of the neck ; two white spots on the throat ; abdomen barred like that of C. rujii/ena and C jyecto- ralis ; anal region and lower tail-coverts sometimes quite uniform, sometimes with some cross bars (the latter are probably less adult
* I have examined the types of this supposed species in the Leyden Museum ; tliey are said to be from Haiti, but, in my opinion, are C. pectoralis with wrong locality.
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CAPKIMULGID^.
individuals) ; first primary with a wliite spot on the inner web, not extending to the shaft, the followiuf;' three quills witti white spots on both webs ; two outer rcctrices on both sides largely tipped with w^hite, outer web generally spotted with brownish grey ; spots on the throat not ])uro white. Total length about 9 inches, wing 6*2 to G-4, tail 4'4, tarsus O'G, feathered in front.
A'lult female. Differs from the male in having rufous-buff spots to the primaries and huffish ones to the reel rices.
YoKiif/. Young birds are in both sexes similar to the old female, lower tail-coverts barred.
This species is allied to C. ri>Ji(jena and C. pectoralis from South Africa. From the former it may be distinguished at a glance by the much smaller white spots on the primaries, and from the latter bv the absence of the golden-buff collar on the hind neck. From both species it differs in the tarsus being feathered in front, whereas in the two species from South Africa it is feathered only on the uppermost part.
Hub. All over Madagascar.
a, h, c. (S 2 ^d- ;
cJ imm. sk. d. 2 sk.
e,f. d2 ad. sk.
</. J ad. ; h. cJ
iium. sk. i, k. S ad. sk. /. (5 ad. ; m. c?
inim. sk. n Skeleton.
Mohambo, ]\[adagascar.
Madagascar.
Ankafaiia Forest, March.
Madagascar.
Purchased.
Rev. W. Deans
Cowan [C.]. Eev. W. Deans
Cowan [C.l. Shelley CoU.^
Madagascar {Dea?is Cuwan). Tweeddale Coll. Madagascar. Sharpe Coll.
Madagascar.
Purchased.
8. Caprimulgus lentiginosus.
Caprimulgus lentiginosus, Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. p. 41, pi. 101 (1845); Bp. Consp. i. p. 60 (1850); Utrichl. ii>- Scl. Cotiti: Ont. (1852), p. 143 (Damara-lar.d); Haiti. Ibis, 18fi2, p. 143 (Cape); Lmjard, B. S. Afr. p. 47 (1807) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 50 (1869) ; Sharpe, ed. Layurd's B. S. Afr. p. 87 (1875) ; Gnrney in Anderss, B.l)umara-Ld. p. 45 (1872); Ay res, Ibis, 1879, p. 288 (Trans- vaal) ; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 378 (1882).
Caprimulgus tristigma, Biipp. Nene WirbeJth., T'ciy. p. 105 (1835 ; Abyssinia); id. Syst. Uvbers. p. 14, pi. 3 (1845); Bj). Consp. i. p. 59 (1850); Cass. Cat. Caprim. Ac. Phil. p. 3 (18^)1); Brehvi, Habesch, no. 21 (1863); Grm/, Hand-l. i. p. 56 (18t9); Ileiu/l. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 126 (1809) ; Blanf. Gcul. i^ Zoul. Abyss. p. 337 (1870) ; Hartert, Kat. Voyels. Mus. Smckenb. p. 120 (1891).
iScotoruis trimaculatus. Swains. B. IF. Afr. ii. p. 70 (1837j ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 23 (1857).
Adult. Very dark above, blackish with very minute vermicula- tions and spots of a pale brownish colour and some larger ones of more orange-buff colour on the scajmlars and hind neck, these often being rather concealed ; quills ver}' deep brown with deej) ferru- ginous spots and bands, visible on the basal part only on the longest,
1. CAPRIMULGUS. 537
spread nearly over the whole feather on the smaller ; the first primary only with some very pale spots, these also visible on the tips of all the quills ; the first 8 or 4 primaries with rounded white spots to the inner webs ; shorter primaries totally barred, longer ones on the basal part only, longest only with obsolete bars near the base ; tail very dark, the two outer rectrices with lai-ge subterminal white spots, chiefly on the inner webs ; two lateral white spots on the throat ; breast blackish grey with isabelline spots ; abdomen ochrace- ous buff or nearly ferruginous with blackish bars ; under wing- coverts ferruginous, the smaller barred, the longer uniform. Total length about 11 inches, wing 7'8, tail 5"7, tarsus 0'7.
The specimens without white spots to the rectrices are probably females.
The heavier rufous bars to the primaries, want of distinct white spots to the outer rectrices, indistinct white throat-spots, and paler colour are signs of immaturity.
The white spots on the primaries varj' in size, and sometimes disappear on the fourth primary.
Hab. South Africa and Abyssinia.
a. S ad. sk. Rustenburg, E. Transvaal, May 27. Gurney Coll.
b. Imm. sk. Cunene River, Daniara-laud, June Sharpe Coll.
25 [Aiidersson) .
c. ? ad. sk. S. Afi-ica. Sir A. Smith [C.].
(Type of the species.)
9. Caprimulgus macrurus.
Javan Goatsucker, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. vii. p. 336 (1823).
Caprimulgus macrourus, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Sue. xiii. p. 142 (1821 ; Java); Jerd. III. Ind. Orn. no. 24, note (1847); Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Sue. p. 83 (1849) ; id. Ibis, 1866, p. 341 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 60 (1850) ; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. i. p. 112 (1854) ; Graxj, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 154 (Dorey) ; Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 89 (1860) ; Jerd. B. Ind. p. 195 (1802) ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, pp. 22 (Malay Archipel.), 484 ; Pinsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 162 (1865) ; Gould, B. Austral, ii. pi. ix. ; id. Handb. B. Austral, i. p. 100 (1865); Koeniff-Warth. J. f. O. 1808, p. 378 (nidif.) ; Gra>/, Hmd-l. i. p. 57 (1869) ; Beavan, Ibis, 1869, p. 406 ; Walden, Ibis, 1874, p. 131 (Audamans) ; Hume, Stray F. ii. p. 469 (Tenas- serim) (1874) ; id. Stray F. iii. p. 46 (18t5), viii. p. 48 (1879; Malay Penins.), xi. p. 39 (1888; Manipur); Sulvad. Ucc. Borneo, p. 117 (1874) ; id. Orn. Papuas. i. p. 528 (1880) ; A. B. Meijer, Sitzb. k. Ak. Wissensch. Wien, 1874, pp. 9, 210 (New Guinea) ; Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1875, pp.11 3 (eg-g), 581 ( N.E. Queensland) ; Hume ^- Davi- son, Stray F. vi. p. 58 ( 1878 ; Tenasseiim ) ; Cripps, Stray F. vii. p. 258 (1878; Furreedpore) ; Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Sue. xiii. p. 493 (1878 ; New Guinea) ; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 250 (Borneo) ; id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 332 (Labuan); id. Ibis, 1888, p. 198 (Palawan), 1890, p. 22 ; Binyh. Stray F. ix. p. 150 (1880 ; Tenasserim) ; Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 298 (Duke of York J.) ; Kelham, Ibis, 1881, p. '376; Aug. Miill. J. f. O. 1882, p. 403 (Salauga) ; Vorderm. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind.e, 1883, j). 57 ; Oates, B. Burm. ii. p. 20 (1883); id. ed. Hume's Nests 4'- Egys Ind. B. iii. p. 45 (1890); A. B. Meyer, Ztitschr. yes. Orn. 1884, p. l'J7 (Timorlaut) ;
538 CAl'RIMTJLGlDiE.
Hartert, J. f. 0. 1889, p. 424 (N.VV. Sumatra); Whiteh. Ibis,
1800, p. 46 (Borneo) ; Sfeere, Lid li. e^j- Mamin. Exp. rhilippine.',
p. 12 (1890 ; rarag-iia). Capriiuulgus schlegelii, Grni/, Iland-l. i. p. 57 (1869; Aru, New
Guinea). Canriniiilgus salvadorii, Skarpe, P. Z.S. 1875, p. 99, pi. xxii. tig. 1 ;
il. Ibis, 1877, p. 4 (Borneo).
Adult male. Upper surface pale brown, finely vermiculated with greyish, especially on the top of the head ; centre of crown longi- tudinally streaked with brownish black ; an indistinct fulvous bund across the hind neck ; back and rump marked with deep brown ; scapulars and wing-covcrts with more or less bright buff patches, the former mostly velvety brownish black ; first piimary deep brown, a largo white spot on the inner web and a broad white patch across both webs of the next three primaries, often an indica- tion of a white spot on the fifth quill ; secondaries deep brown, with narrow interrupted rufous bars ; the two outer pairs of rectrices largely tipped with white, these white tips varying in extent, generally being about 2 inches in length ; chin and sides of the throat rufous-brown, finely barred with blackish brown ; throat with a very large white spot, bordered at the lower part with deep black ; abdomen rufous-buff, barred with brown. Total length about 11-5 inches, wing 7'1 to 7'8 (about 7'o on an average), tail 5-6 to 6-3, tarsus 0-7, feathered in front for almost its whole length.
Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the outer web of the first primary spotted with rufous, in having pale rufous marks on the primaries instead of white ones, in the tips to the outer rectrices being less in extent and tinged with buff or rufous, speckled with brown on the tip of the outer web.
Young. The markings are less developed in younger individuals ; the young male has the white patches on the primaries and rectrices tinged with rufous and less in extent. The nestling is covered with buffy down.
This Goatsucker varies in colour to a certain extent like most of its congeners. \Vhile the specimens which occur from the Malay Peninsula to Australia may be regarded as typical forms, those from Eurmah and Assam are generally larger and paler and may be con- sidered to be intermediate between G. maerurus and C. albonotatus. Some specimens from the latter countries are nearer to typical specimens of C. maerurus, while others approach the Western form. The white tips to the outer rectrices are generally longer in C. albonotatus, but in two examples from New Britain they are longer than in any specim.eus of C. albonotatus from India, being 2-6 inches in length, Australian specimens are very small, and those from the Malay Archipelago are almost e(jually small.
Hah. The typical form is found in Queensland and Northern Australia, many of the Papuan Islands, throughout the Malay Archipelago, in Cochin China, Siam, the Malay Peninsula, and Tenasserim. Specimens from Tenasserim, Burmah, Assam, and Manipur are more or less allied to C. albonotntus, which, in fact, is merely a Western subspecies of G. maerurus.
1. CAPRIMULGUS.
539
At a time when very meagre materials were available for compari- son, Dr. Sharpe separated the small dark form from Northern Borneo under the name of G. snluaJorii. Now, however, since large series from almost all localities are in the British Museum, it becomes obvious that it is impossible to separate the birds inhabiting North Borneo as a species. They belong to the well-pronounced dark insular forms. Some specimens are exactly similar to those from Waigiou and other islands. The wing measures from 7 to 7'4 inches.
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k. J ad. sk.
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7n. cS ad. sk.
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imm. sk. .r. c? ad. sk. y,z. (S ad. sk. «', b' . (S ad. et
imm. sk. c',d',e'. d; f,
g' . 2 ad. sk. A', i' . Imm. sk. A', c? imm. sk. Z',m'. $ ad. sk. w'-r'. cj ad.; &'-
v'. 2 ad. sk. w',.t',7/. d ad. ;
z',a". 5 ad. sk. b". d ad. sk. c". S ad.; d". $
ad. ; e". Imm.
sk. f"-i". <S ad. sk. k". 2 ad. sk. /", m". (5 ad. sk. 7i", o". S ? ad.
sk. p". Imm. sk. <l",/'- 6 2 ad. et
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Quail Island, N.W. Australia,
Sept. Queensland {J. T. Cockerell).
Australia.
New Britain, July 2. New Britain, Aug. New Britain, July.
S.E. New Guinea (A. Goldie). Port Moresby.
Bourou, Waigiou. Aru Islands.
Java [Dr. Honjfield). Java.
Java.
East Java {A. R. Wallace). Singapore ( W. Davison). Malacca.
Malacca.
Malacca.
Malacca.
Malacca (Dr. Cantor).
Malacca ( W. Davison).
Pulo Seban, Nov. ( W. D.}.
Kuroo, Nov. (W. D.). Salangore, May, Aug. ( W. D.).
Penang {Dr. Cantor).
Penang.
Girbee, Toidca (J. Darlinc/).
Kossoum (J. Darlin'i).
Tapraw {J. D.). Poungyah (/. D.).
J.R.Elsey,Esq.[P.].
Salvin-Godmau Coll.
Sharpe Coll. Dr. Kubarv [C.]. Rev. G. Brown [C.]. Hr. Kleinschmidt
[C.l. Tweeddale Coll. Kendal Broadbent
rc.].
Wallace Coll. Wallace Coll. Wallace Coll.
India Museum [P.]. Gould CoU.
Tweeddale Coll.
Tweeddale Cull.
Ilunie Coll.
India Museum [P.].
Tweeddale Coll.
Pinwill Coll. Shaq)e Coll. India Museum [P.]. Hume Coll.
Hume Coll.
Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
India Museum [P.]. ■Wallace Coll. Hiuue Coll. Hume Coll.
Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
540
CAPEIMULOIDJS.
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sk. 5^. 2 ad. sk. r\ 2 ad. sk. s'. c? ad. ; f^-'j^.
2 ad. sk. 8'-c*. d ad,
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Tenasseiim (IF. D.). Tenasserini ( W. Limhorg). Malawoon, Feb., April ( W. D.).
Meroui, Feb., Nov. (TF. D.). Moulmein, March, Nov. ( W.
D.). Attaran River, Dee. 9 ( W. I).). Pahpoon, Jan., Feb. { fF. 1).).
Amherst, Jan., March ( W. D.). Thatone, Dec. 2 (TT. I).).
Myawadee, Jan. 25 ( IV. D.). Tavoy, INIarch 14 (/. Burlhuj). Pegu, April, May, Nov., Dec.
Tono-hoo, Feb., April, May ( IVardlmc Bamsay).
Dibviighur, Assam, Sept. {J. E. Cripps).
Manipur, April {A. O. H.). Cochin China.
Cambodia. Burma.
Hume Cell. Tweeddalc Coll. Hume Coll.
Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
Hume Coll. Hume Coll. Gates Coll.
Tweeddale Coll.
Hume Coll.
Hume Coll.
M. E. Pierre [P.].
M. Mouhot [C.]. Gates Coll.
(Specimens from North Borneo = C. salvadorii, Sharpe.)
a,h. c? 2 sk.
c. (S ad. sk. d-g. Imm. ;
h. Pull. sk. i. iS sk. k, I. cJ ad. sk. 7)1. c? ad. sk.
Labuan. Sir Hugh Low [C.].
(Types of C. saloadorii, Sharpe.) Abai, Feb. 11. J. Whitehead, Esq.
Labuan. Ussher Coll.
Campa Campa, 14 Aug. Sarawak {11. A. Everett). Brunei li. (Basseit Smith).
n,o. cJ 2 ad.sk. Bintulu.
J. Whitehead, E.sq. Tweeddale Coll. Lords of the Admi- ralty [P.J. Everett Coll.
Subsp. a. Caprimulgus albonotatus.
Caprimulgus albonotatus. Tick. Journ. As. Soc. Bene/, xi. p. 580 (1842) ; Bl>/th, Cat. B. Mus. As. Si.c. p. 8.3 (1849) ; id. Ibis, 1866, p. 341 ; Bp. Cunsp.i. p. CO (1850) ; Jerd. B. hid. i. p. 194 (18(i2) ; Beavan, Ibis, 1865, p. 406 ; id. Ibis, 1809, p. 405 ; Bule/er, Ibis, 1809, p. 155 ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 57 (1869) ; Ball, Stray F. ii. p. 385 (1874), vii. p. 203 (1878; Godavery) ; Hume, Stray F. iii. p. 45 (1875), vi. p. 67 (1878) ; Cripps, Stray F. vii. p. 257 (1878; Furreedpore) ; Eeid, Stray i''. x. p. 19(1880; Lucknow) ; Oates, B. Burm. ii. p. 19 (1883) ; id. ed. Hume's Nests tij- Fyys Ind. B. iii. p. 43 (1890); C. H. T. Marsh. Ibis, 1884, p. 409 (Chamba).
Caprimulgus nipalensi,s, Hodys. Icon. ined. in Mus. Brit.
1. CAPRIMULGTTS. 641
This is a largo and pale form of C. macrurus. Specimens from the plains of Nortli-western India, especially from the Punjab, are very light coloured, and no doubt greatly adapted to the pale sands and drier soil : tlic markings arc paler brown, the scapulars less brilliantly marked, the dark spots on the crown less numerous, narrower, and more confined to the middle of the crown ; the wings are very long, and the lower piirts very strongly tinged with pale sand)' rufous. The specimens from the foot of the Himalayas and especially from Nepal, where the forest-region prevails, are, as a rule, very pronounced in colour : the dark markings are bold and distinct, the head greyish, the lower parts very strongly marked, but they have not such a rufous aspect as true C. macrurus. The mountain form has been named 0. nifcdensis by Hodgson ; and if one compares a full-plumaged individual of it with a typical specimen of 0. macrurus from the Malay Islands, or a pale C. albo- notatus from the Indian plains, one might Ije persuaded that they belong to three distinct forms. The differences, however, are too slight and inconstant to warrant the separation of the Nepalese bird. The wing of typical C. albonotatus measures from 8 to 8*6 inches, the tail from 6-5 to 7 inches.
The nestling is covered with rufous-buff down, and the sprouting feathers are almost entirely cinnamon-rufous in colour.
Hah. From the Southern Punjab along the foot of the Himalayas, throughout the North-West and Central Provinces of India to Bengal, occasionally occurring further to the southward in tho Indian peninsula. Specimens from Assam and Burmah are inter- mediate and approach the true C. macrurus, especially those from the Burmese provinces.
There is a young female in the Hume Collection, obtained by Dr. Scully in the Nepal valley, and mentioned and described by him as a doubtful species of Caprimulr/us in ' Stray Feathers ' for 1879, p. 236. It is a pale-coloured bird like 0. albonotatus, but is ex- tremely small, the wing measuring 7*2 inches only, like small typical C. macrurus. There are, however, other specimens from Nepal that are nearly equally small, also younger specimens. I think that thej' also belong to C. albonotatus.
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shall).
c. d. c? 2 ad. sk. Masuri. Hume Coll.
e. 5 ad. sk. Naiui Tal {S. Pinwill). ' Tweeddale Coll.
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y, h, i. iS ad. ; k. Kiuuaou {Gen. Slrachey). India Museum
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I. c? ad. sk. Kumaon, March 4. Hume Coll.
m-q. iS ad.; r- Nepal. Hodgson Coll.
u. 2 ad. ; r, w. (Types of C. nipalensis.)
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.V. 2 inim. sk. Nepal Valley (J. ScuUi/). Hume Coll.
7/. d ad. sk. Siwalik HilL-^, March (Dr. Scotf). Tweeddale Coll.
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10. Caprimulgus atripennis.
Caprimulgus atripennis, Jerd. III. hid. 0/7?. pi. 24 (letterpress) (1847); id. B. hid. i. p. 196 (1862); Koldsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 421 (Ceylon) ; Legge, 'ibis, 1874, p. 12 ; id. B. Veijlon, i. p. 340 (1878) ; Ball, Stray F. vii. p. 203 (1878;' Godaverv); Butl. Stray F. ix. p. 380 (1880; Mahratta) ; Parker, Stray F. ix. p. 477 (1880) ; Davison, Stray F. x. p. 349 (M^'sore) ; Macgregor, t. c. p. 436 (Mahratta) ; Saloiti, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 377 (1882j ; Barnes, J. Bombay N. H. Soc. iv. pi. i. (1889 : egg tig.) ; Oates, ed. Humes Nests Sr Eggs hid. B. iii. p. 47 (1890).
Caprimulgus .spilocercus. Gray, List Fissir. Brit. Mus. p. 7 (1848); Hume, Stray F. 1873, p. 4.32.
Caprimulgus inabarattensis, Kelaart {nee Sykes), Prodromus Cat. p. 117 (18-52) ; Layard, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. 18o3, xii. p. 166.
Adult male. Top of the head cinereous brown, finely stippled with paler greyish brown, centre of the crown and upper part of the hind neck with black mesial streaks ; hiud neck with a deep ferruginous hue forming a kind of indistinct collar ; back and rump darker than the head, with distinct blackish shaft-stripes ; scapulars brilliantly marked with large velvety blackish-brown spots and rich buff bars and margins ; first primary with a white spot on the inner web, nob extending to the shaft ; second quill with an interrupted white bar on both shafts, sometimes obsolete on the outer web ; third
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quill with a generally interrupted bar, fourth with a continuous white bar extendino; over the shaft as a rule ; wing-coverts with many pale buff and rufous-buff spots and bars ; chiii and sides of the head mottled blackish brown and fulvous ; ear-coverts more or less golden rufous-buff : a narrow whitish-buff stripe under the eye a very large white spot on the throat, its lower edge with deep velvety-black terminal and isabelline-buff subterminal spots or bars • chest and upper breast rufous-grey with fine darker vermiculations' the former otten much rufous, the latter mostly with large iiale buff spots on Its lower edge ; beneath this the lower surface is fulvous barred with blackish brown ; rectrices deep brown with interrupted tulvous bars, central pair coloured like the back, outer pair white on the tips, outer web of this white space more or less tinged with isabelhne or spotted with greyish brown. Total length about 10-8 inches, wing 7 to 7-2, tail o-l, tarsus 07, covered with feathers in iront except on the lowest part.
Adult female. In general appearance entirely similar to the male but the spots to the primaries buff and on the "fourth quill obsolete • two lateral rectrices with more or less pure buff" tips.
Young. Paler, and the dark markings less pure and less distinct • the white spots in the young male well developed on the outer rectrices, but shaded with buff and smaller on the quills first quill only with an indication of it.
The depth of coloration differs somewhat, as it does in almost all the species of Capiimulyus, but I have not seen any remarkable variations.
Hab. Ceylon and Southern India, somewhat locally distributed.
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d. (j" imm. sk. e,.f,(;- 6 ad. et
juv. ; /*. Pull.
sk. i. (S ad. sk. k. 2 ad. sk.
Ceylon. Ceylon. Ceylon. Ceylon (H. Nevill).
Ceylon {E. W. Hddsworth). Ceylon.
Hume Coll. Purchased. Tweeddale Coll. Tweeddale Coll.
Tweeddale Coll.
T. Thwaites, Esq.
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Col. Vincent Lefffe
[P.]. ^^
A. Whyte,Esq.[C.].
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2 ad. sk.
o, p, q. J ad. et Central Province, Ceylon.
imm. sk.
r. c? ad. sk South India. Tweeddale Coll.
.', t. 2 ad. sk. Wynaad, April, Oct. ( JV. Davi- Hume Coll.
S07l).
u. 6 ad. sk. Kotagherry, Nilghiris, April 15 Hume Coll.
{Miss Cockburn).
11. Caprimulgus andamanicus.
? Caprimulgus asiaticus, Tytl. .f Beamn, Ibis, 1867, p .318 • Tinli '•■itrai/ F. 1873, -p. 5i5. 'V-^^^,iiaU,
Caprimulgus andamanicu.s, Hume, Sir. F. 1873 n 470 la-r. pp. 16l', 493. ' , p. 4/U, 1874,
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Adult male. In general appearance similar to C. otripennis, hut the top of the head finely but distinctly barred, its ground-colour more greyish and the black streaks bolder, more numerous, and not confined to the centre of the crown ; lower parts darker ; spots on the primaries often not pure white, being shaded with rufous from above, the spots smaller and well developed on the first three or sometimes four primaries ; the white tips to the outer rectrices a little smaller ; upper wing-coverts very conspicuously spotted with rufous-buff. In size similar to C. atripemiis.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but with only narrow rufous bands and spots to the primaries, without the larger pale patches, whereas in the female of C. atri^jeniiis buff patches are well- developed on the first three primaries. The patch on the throat is buff instead of white, the pale tips of the outer rectrices smaller and buft' instead of white.
JIah. Confined to the Andaman Islands.
a. cJ ad. sk. Jolly Boys' Island, S. Andamans, Hume Coll.
March 8 (.4. O. H.). (Type of the species.)
b, c. 2 fid. sk. Sound Island, S. Andamans, April Hume Coll.
(IF. Barmm). d, e. d 2 ad. sk. Port Blair, May ( JV. Davison). Hume Coll.
/, ff, h. 5 ad. sk. S. .Andaman, Feb., June, July {R. Tweeddale Coll.
J. Wimberley). i. $ ad. sk. S. Andaman, April (R. G. W. R.). Tweeddale Coll.
h. 2 ad. sk. Andamans, March 10 {R. G. W. R.). Tweeddale Coll.
/. (S ad. sk. Stewart's Sound, Middle Andaman, Tweeddale Coll.
April 3 (R. G. W. R.).
12. Caprimulgus manilensis.
Caprimulgus manillensis, G. R. Gray, List Fissirnstres Brit. Mns.
p. 7, no. 11, " Manilla," descr. nulla ! (1848) ; id. Hand-l. p. 57,
no. 637 (1869). ? Caprimulj;us macrurus. Martens, J.f. 0. 1866, p. 19 (Philippines). Caprimulgus manillensis, Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. pp. 160, 410
(1875) ; Ticeedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 635 (Mindanao); id. P. Z. S.
1879, p. 69 (Basilan) ; Wliife/i. Ibis, 1890, p. 46; Steere, List B.
Sf- Mamm. Exped. PMlipp. p. 12 (1890).
Adult male. Above dark greyish brown, with bold blackish streaks along the crown, becoming broader to the tips of the feathers ; smaller secondaries and scapulars more or less greyish, the latter with large blackish spots and pale rufous bars or spots ; wing- coverts si)otted with buflf; primaries deep blackish brown, the first with a small huffish- white spot on the inner border of the inner web, the second with a larger white spot on the same place and an indica- tion of it on the outer -web, the third with distinct but separated spots on both webs, the fourth with a connected spot across both webs ; behind the ear-coverts a rufous-buff patch ; a large white spot on the throat, the tips of these white feathers velvety black ; abdomen brownish buff, barred with dark brown, but not so regularly as in 0. macrurus, the broader buff tips of the feathers
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profluciug a more spotted appearance ; outermost pair of rectrices blackish brown, with short rufous bars on the outer web, some- times speckled with white at the tip, the inner web white at the tip for about one inch ; second jiair white at the tips for about one inch on both webs. Total length about 10 inches, wing G-7 to 6-9, tail 5, tarsus 0-7, feathered in front for about its upper half.
The feiiiaJe seems not to differ from the male, except in the spots to the primaries and outer rectrices being smallar.
The young bird is similar to the adult.
This species differs from C. macnirtis chiefly in the smaller extent of the white spots on the primaries and rectrices, especially those of the latter. The terminal spots to the feathers of the abdomen are more obvious. The rictal bristles, which are always distinctly whitish at the bases in C. macnirus, are mostly brown at the bases, but on rare occasions also whitish, in the present species.
The single specimen from Celebes (collected by Dr. A. B. Meyer) is not in very good condition on account of the moult, but it seems to be identical with sjjecimens from the Philippines.
Hah. Philippines, from Luzon to Mindanao, and apparently Celebes.
«, b. Ad. sk. Manila. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.].
(Types of the species.)
c. 2 ad. ; d. Pull. Zamboanga, Mindanao, Apiil Tweeddale Coll.
sk. (.4. Everett),
ej. d 2 ad. sk. Basilan, May, June {A. Ei- Tweeddale Coll.
erett).
g. Ad. sk. Celebes {A. B. Meyer). Tweeddale Coll.
13. Caprimulgus phalsena.
Caprimulgus phalsena, Hartl. S^- Finsch, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 91 ; Finsch, Jouni. Mus. Godejfr. 1875, p. 13, pi. ii. figs. 1, '2.
Adult male. Above greyish brown, very finely vermiculated, more rufous on the back, with large longitudinal streaks and a few cross markings ; scapulars partly with pale buff bands, mostly pale grey at the basal portion ; primaries deep brown, with a white spot to the inner web of the first primary not extending to the shaft, second and third primary with white spots to the inner web extending to the shaft and obsolete white spots to the outer web, fourth primary with a smaller and less pure white spot ; chin and throat blackish brown, barred with rufous, with tw^o white spots on the throat ; breast brownish grey, vermiculated and spotted with brown and blackish ; abdomen dirty ochraceous buff barred with brown, the bars wider on the lower tail-coverts ; rectrices rufous-brown with blackish bars, outer ones with broad white terminal spots. Total length about 9 inches, wing 6-3, tail 4-5, tai-sus 0'55, feathered in front for the upppr half.
Adult female. Himihir to the male, but with small, more or less obsolete, rufous-buff spots to the primaries instead of white ones ; rectrices without white spots.
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Young. The young male (according to Finsch) has the white spots to the primaries as in the adult male and is very similar to adult specimens, hut somewhat paler and less distinctly marked.
Hab. Pelew Islands.
a. 2 fid. sk. Pelew Islands. W. Cohen [C.].
14. Caprimulgus poliocephalus.
Caprimulgus poliocephalus, Hiipp. Neue Wirbelth., Vog. p. 100 (18.3.5) ; id. Sijst. Uebers, p. 1-5, pi. iv.' (1845) ; Bp. Comp. i. p. 59 (1850) ; Cuss. Cat. Caprim. Mus. Ac. Phil. no. 7 (1851) ; Heugl. Ibis, 1859, p. 339 ; id. J. f. 0. 1864, p. 245 ; id. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 131 (1869); Finsch Sf Hartl. Vog. O.-Afr. p. 127 (1870); Hartert, Kat. Voqels Mm. Senckenh. p. 120 (1891).
Caprimidtrus, sp., Heugl. J.f. O. 1862, pp. 288 (c?), 297 (?).
Adidt male. Top of the head brownish grey, streaked with bi'ownish black along the middle ; a rusty collar round the neck, very conspicuous above, slightly indicated below ; back and rump greyish brown with dark longitudinal streaks ; scapulars with large brownish-black patches and others of a pure rustj^-bufif colour ; wing-coverts with smaller and paler buff spots ; primaries deep brown, washed with greyish near the tip ; tirst primary with some smaU fulvous spots near the tip of the outer web and a small rusty spot on the inner web ; second, third, and fourth with a white band across both webs, the band interrupted on the second ; all the other quills brown banded with rufous ; two outermost rectrices white for their whole length, with a long brown streak and a huffy shade on the outer web, a narrow space at the base brown ; two white spots on the throat ; abdomen buff, barred with brown. Total length about 9 inches, wing 6, tail 4-7, tarsus 0-65.
The female is said by Heuglin to be smaller.
A quite young male shot by Mr. F. J. Jackson on ilt. Elgon un- doubtedly belongs to this species, as the white marks on the primaries and rectrices clearly indicate. The outer rectrices are much mixed with brown on the outer webs, the feathers of the upper surface have bright rufous terminal spots, and the abdomen is indistinctly barred.
This species may be distinguished from all other African Goat- suckers by having the two outer pairs of tail-feathers almost entirely white : they are only white to a considerable extent in the very diiSerent C. natalensis from South Africa.
The description is taken from the type in the museum at Frankfort.
Hab. Eastern and Central Abyssinia and Galla district from the valley up to about 12,000 feet above the sea-level south to Mt. Elgon.
* The name on the plate is erroneously given as Caprimulgus fefrastigfna.
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15. Caprhmil^s monticola *.
Capi'imulffu.s mouticolus, Frankl. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 116; id. Jourii- As. Soc. Beny. 1832, p. 263 ; Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 83 ; Blyth, Jouni. As. Soc. Bern/. 1845, p. 208; id. Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 84 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 60 (1850) ; Sorsf. ^- Moore, Cat. £. Mus. E. I. Co. i. p. 114 (1854) ; Sicinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 263: id. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 345 ; Jerd. B. Lid. p. 198 (18^.2) ; Beavan, Ihk,
1865, p. 40(3 ; id. Ibis, 1869, p. 406 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 342 ; Tyf!er, Ibis, 1868, p. 194 ; Grai/, Cat. Fissirostr. Brit. Mus. p. 8 ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 57 (1869) ; Adam, Strai; Feath. i. p. 371 (1873; Sambhur) ; H. Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 406 (Kathiawar) ; Ball, Stray Feafh. ii. p. 385 (1874); Hume, Stray Feath. ii. p. 4(i9 (1874; Teuasserira), iii. p. 46 (1875), v. p. 17(1877; Gichar), xi. p. 40 (1888 ; Manipur) ; Bull. Stray Feath. iii. p. 455 (1875) ; Fairb. Stray Feath. iv. p. 254 (1876) ; David ^- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 67 (1877) ; Hume ^- Davison, Stray Feath. 1878, p. 59 (Tenas- serim); Bull, t. c. p. 203 (Goclaveri) ; Vidal, Straif Feath. ix. p. 48 (1880; S. Konkan) ; Binyham, t. c. p. 151 (1880); Butl. t.c. p. 381 (1830; Mahratta); Oates, Stray Feath. x. p. 185 (1882 ; Pegu) ; Macgreyor, t. c. p. 436 (1882) ; Oates, B. Burmah, ii. p. 18 (1883) ; id. ed. Hume's Nests ^- Eyys Ind. B. iii. p. 51 (1890); Damson, Stray Feath. v. p. 453 (1877; Burmah), x. p. 349 (1882 ; Mv.sore) ; Davidson, Stray Feath. x. p. 295 (1882; Khandeish) ; C. H. T. Mar.^h. Ibis, 1884, p. 409 (Chamba T.dley).
Caprimulgus stictomus, Swinh. (type examiued). Ibis, 1863, p. 250,
1866, p. 315; id. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 263 (China), 1871, p. 345 (Formosa) ; David i!^- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 68 (1877).
Adult male. Halhei' dark above, the markings not very large and remarkable, generally rather subdued ; blackish spots along the crown; a more or less distinct indication of a rutb us band across the neck ; rufous-buff sjrots to the upper wing-coverts ; on the inner ■webs of the scapulars more or less rufous-buff, sometimes hardly visible, sometimes very obvious ; first primary with a streak of rufous-white or buff on the outer web and a large patch of white on the inner ; second, third, and fourth primaries with white patches on both webs extending across the shaft, no white spots on the other quills ; two outer reetrices all white, more or less broadly tipped with brown, especially on the outer webs, the other reetrices with- out any white upon them ; chin buff ; throat and upper breast like the upper parts, spotted with rufous-buft' ; two large, sometimes con- nected, white spots on the throat ; abdomen isabelline-buff, narrowly barred with brown, becoming more and more uniform to the tail ; lower tail-coverts quite uniform. Total length about 10 inches, wing 7*5 to 7*8, tail 4'S, tarsus 0-S, almost totally unfeathered.
Adult female. In general appearance like the male, but the patches on the first four primaries rufous-buff instead of white, of the same extent as in the male ; the tail without any white whatever.
Young. Very pale, the markings less distinct than in adult
* The name is ill-chosen, since the species is by no means an inhabitant of hilly country onlv, nor does it particularly affect mountainous tracta.
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individuals, the patches on the primaries rufous-buff or shaded with rufous ; the tail-feathers with no white, as in the adult female.
Some specimens are very rufous, while others are darker and others again more greyish, but these modifications of colour occur in the same localities and no local form is distinguishable.
Hah. India, from the Punjab and the N.W. Himalayas through the Indian Peninsula, Assam, Burma, and Tenasscrim, eastwards as far as Southern China.
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c, d. (S 2 ad. sk. e,f. S ad. sk.
ff, h. 2 ad. et imm.
sk. i. (S ad. sk. k, I. 5 ad. et imm.
sk. m, n. c? 2 ad. sk. o,p,q. 2 ad. etimm. ;
r. (S imm. sk. s. 2 ad. sk. t. S ad. sk.
u. 2 ad. sk. V. cS ad. sk. tv. cS a-d. sk.
X, y, z. 2 ad. sk.
d, b'. c? ad. sk. d. 2 ad. sk.
d'. S ad. sk. e\ 2 ad. sk. /', </'. c? ad. St. h'. S ad. sk. i'. 2 ad. sk. k', S ad. sk. /'. 2 ad. sk.
m'. S ad. sk. n'. S ad. sk. o'. S imm. sk. p', 2 ad. sk.
q'. (S ad. ; r'-u'. 2 ad. et imm. sk.
V. (S ad. sk.
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y', s', «". S ; b". 2 ad. sk.
c'. 2 ad. sk.
d". 2 ad.sk.
N.W. India {Griffith).
N.W. India {F. W. Hope).
Deesa, Jan., Aug. {E. A. Butler). Mt. Aboo, May 22 {G. Kiiuj). Sambhiir Lake, March, July
[R. M. Adam). Jliausie, Aug. Delhi.
Gurgaon District ( W. N. Chill). Sirza.
Simla, March.
Simla, April 15 (C. H. T.
Marshall). Debra Dhoon.
Eastern Dhoon {Col. Thelwall). Siwalik Hills, March {Dr.
Scott). Futtehpur Sikri, Jan. Etawah, Oct. -IS. Oudh, Feb.
Sikk-im, March {L. 3Iandelli). Bhootau Dooars, April (i. 31.). Nepal.
Cachar (J. Inylis). Tipperah.
Manipur, April 11 (A. 0. H). Bengal {Dr. Falconer).
Chandra, Central Pro\'inces. Sambalpur, Jan. 25. Bandir, July 20. Phaulgur, Dec. 12 {F. R.
Blewitt). liaipur.
Seoni District, May.
Saugor.
Maunbhoom, Feb., March, Dec.
{R. C. Beavan). N. of Godavery River.
Deccan (Col. Si/ke^).
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Esq. [P.]. Tweeddale Coll. Tweeddale Coll.
Hume Coll.
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Hume Coll. Tweeddale Coll.
e",f". (S imm. sk. Kliandeish, July, Dec. (J.
Dumdson). g" . J ad. sk. N. of Ahmednuggur, Jan. 6
(6'. B. Fairbanh). h". c? ad. sk. Madras ( Wight).
i", k". (5 2 ^<i- sk. Madras.
/". S ad. sk. Burma.
7n^ , Ji". d" ad.; o", Tonghoo {E. G. W. R.) .
p". 2 ad. sk. q". 2 imm. sk. Amherst, Tenasserim, Nov.
( W. Davmm). r". S ad. sk. Thamban ( W. £>.).
s". 2 ad. sk. Attarau River, March 10
iW.I).). t". S ad. sk. Pahpoon, Dec. (W. D.).
u". (S imm. sk. Canton, China (Tttckett).
VJ. Caprimtilgus affinis.
Caprimulgus affinis, Ilorsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 142 (1821 ; Java) ; G. R. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 48 (1847) ; Bh/th, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 84 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 60 (1850) ; Cass. Cat. Caprim. Mas. Philad. sp. 17 (1851) ; Eorsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mus B. I. Comp. i. p. 114 (1854) : Scl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 212 (Banjer- massing) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 57 (1869) ; Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 114 (1872 ; Celebes) ; Salvad. Ucc. Borneo, p. 115 (1874) ; Vorderm. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. 1883, p. 54 ; Hartert, Ibis, 1892, p. 280. Caprimulgus europseus, Raffl. {nee Litm.) Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii.
p. 315 (1822; Sumatra). Chuppa Goatsucker, Latk. Gen. Hist. B. vii. p. 339 (1823 ; Java). Enffoulevent des Eoseaux, Hombr. ^- Jdcq. Voy. I'ole Sud, pi. 21.
%. 2 (2) (1846). Caprimulgus bisignatus, Bote, Mus. Lugd., teste Cass. Cat. Capr. Mus.
Philad. (1851) ; Eoenig-Warth. J.f. O. 1868, p. 373. Caprimulgus aruudinaceus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 60 (1850) ; Jacq. S; Puch. Voy. au Pole Sud, Ois. p. 93 (1853 ; Borneo) ; ITartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 164; Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 115, note (1872); Salead. Ucc. Borneo, p. 116 (1874). ? Caprimulgus assimijis. Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 57 (Borneo; descr. nulla). Caprimulgus faberi, Meyer, Sitxungsber. Ges. Lsis, 1884, i. p. 20 (W. Sumatra). Adult male. Upper surface rather dark, some-uhat reminding one of the upper coloration of C. montlcola ; centre of the crown blackish, hind neck with distinct falvous spots ; some of the secondaries with bright fulvous outer margins or with their margins spotted with the same colour, sometimes unusually large and less visible in abraded plumage ; wing-coverts with smaller fulvous spots ; pri- maries de 'p brown ; inner margin of first primary with a large white spot, sometimes, but rarely, extending to the shaft; second primary with a large white spot on the inner margiu, the outer margin mostly with a fulvous spot, but sometimes without it, sometimes with a white-ceutred fulvous spot, the latter apparently denoting older individuals ; third and fourtli primaries with white
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spots on both margins ; outermost tail-feather white, shaded with brown towards the tip of the outer web, and sometimes on the tip of the inner web (the purer white being a sign of old age) ; second tail-feather white, with a shade of brown on the tip of the outer web, and spotted deep brown and fulvous near the base of the inner web, this colour being more restricted in older individuals ; lower surface pale fulvous, narrowly bunded with brown ; two white spots on the throat, large buii' spots on the lircast ; lower abdomen and lower tail-coverts uniform pale fulvous buflF. Total length about 9 inches, wing 6*3 to 6*4, tail 3'8, tarsus 0"7, unfeathered.
Adult fnnale. Differs from the male in having no white whatever on the tail, the rectrices being banded with pale rufous grey and dark brown, paler on the tips.
The spots on the throat vary in size in both sexes and are some- times almost confluent, often not pure white but buff, this latter colour being apparently a sign of immaturity, as also is the buff colour of the white patches on the primaries.
Hah. Sumatra, Java, Lombock, Sumbawa, Timor, Celebes, and Borneo.
a. 2 ad. sk.
b, c. c? 5 ad. sk.
d. Ad. St.
e. 2 sk.
/-/. 6 ; m-p. $
ad. sk. q. c? sk. r. Imm. sk. s. J ad. sk. t. Skeleton.
Java {Dr. Horsfeld).
Java.
Sumatra.
Sumatra (^Sir S. Raffles).
Lombock.
E. Timor {A. R. Wallace). Celebes (A. B. Meyer). Banjermassing, Borneo {Motley). Java.
India Museum. (Tj'pe of species.) Gould Coll. Purchased. India Museum. Wallace CoU.
Tweeddale Coll. Tweeddale Coll. Tweeddale Coll. Purchased.
17. Caprinmlgus griseatus. (Plate XI.)
Caprimulgus gi-iseatus, G. R. Gray, Hand-I. i. p. 57, no. 620 (1869; Philippines) (descr. nulla); Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 159 (1875) ; Tu-eedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 691 (Luzon; descr. princeps) ; EtUter, J.f. O. 1882, p. 176 {e^§).
Adult male. General colour above almost similar to that of the allied C. affinis, but a little more greyish. The lower parts are somewhat more finely barred and the bars are spread over the whole of the lower abdomen and thighs. The white patches on the primaries are larger and occupy about half an inch of the outer web of the second primary ; the outermost rectrices have the basal part of the inner web pale ferruginous, banded with dark brown. Wing 6*4 inches, tail 4.
Female. Unknown.
Hah. Island of Luzon, N. Philippines.
a. S ad. sk. Philippines.
b, c. S ad. sk.
San Mateo, Luzon, Feb. {Ercrett).
Purchased. (Type of
the s]iecies. ) Tweeddale Coll.
1. CAPRlMTJLGtrS. 551
1 Si. Capriraulgus fossii.
Capriuiulgus mozambiquus, Licht. Nomencl. p. 62 (1854) (descr. nulla).
Caprimiilgus fossii, Hartl. Oni. W.-Afr. p. 2.3 (ex Verr. MS.) (18.57 ; Gaboon) ; id. Abh. natunu. Ver. Bremen, xii. p. 32 (1891) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 57 (1869) ; Finsch S,- Hartl. J'ocf. O.-Afr. p. 123, pi. i. (1870) ; S'harpe, Ibis, 1872, p. 66 ; Rekhen. J. / 0. 1875, pp. 20, 49 (W. Afr.) ; id. J. f. O. 1877, p. 21 (Loango) ; id. J. f. O. 1889, p. 277 (E. Afr.) ; Cab. J. f. 0. 1878, p. 236 (£. Afr.) ; Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. 1878, p. 266 (Angola), 1880, p. 101 ; id. Orn. Angola, p. 152 (1881) ; Fisch. c^ Reichen. J. f. O. 1879, p. 256 (Zanzibar) ; Solub ^ Pelz. Beitr. Orn. Siidafr. p. 53 (1882) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 359 (Masai).
Caprimulgus sp., Monteiro, Ibis, 1862, p. 3-36.
Caprimiilgus welwitscliii, Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. p. 133 (1867).
Caprimulgus mossambicus, Peters, J. f. 0. 1868, p. 134 ; Grai/, IIa7id-l. i. p. 57 (1869) ; Sharpe, ed. Bayard's B. S. Afr. p. 88 (1875); She/ley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 564 (E. Afr.); id. Ibis, 1882, p. 240; id. Ibis, 1888, p. 298; Gurney, Ibis, 1882, p. 71; Bohm, J.f. O. 1883, p. 176 (Int. E. Afr.) ; Schalow, J.f. O. 1883, p. 352 ; Symonds, Ibis, 1887, p. 327 (Orange Free State).
Adult male. Head above mottled greyish brown, with bold black longitudinal stripes ; a broad, deep, golden-buff semi-collar with black streaks and spots across the hind neck ; back and rump mottled with pale brownish and blackish : scapulars with Lirge triangular black spots and ochraceous-buff longitudinal stripes ; primaries deep brown with large white spots ; secondaries spotted with ferruginous and broadly tipped with white; rectrices dark brown, with pale brown inner margins and mottled with pale brown ; central rectrices tinged with grey, lateral rectrices with white outer webs and broad white tips ; a large white spot on each side of the throat ; breast mottled and spotted brown and isabelliue ; abdomen orange-buff, barred with brown, lower abdomen uniform orange-buff; under wing-coverts deep orange- buff. Total length about 10 inches, wing 5-8 to 6-4, tail 4-7 to 5-2.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but the spots on the primaries not pure white, clear rusty on the outer webs above and tinted with rusty below ; lateral tail-feathers with the outer webs and tips not white, but isabcUine-buff like the tips of the secondaries.
Young birds are more of a greyish colour above.
There is no difference between Western and Eastern specimens, but the bird varies a great deal in the same localities.
Rab. Western and Eastern Africa : from the Gold Coast to Benguela and on the East coast down as far as the Zambesi.
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d. Imm. sk. Ogowe River (A. Marche). M. A. Bouvier [P.].
e,f. 2 ad. sk. Landana, Congo (Petit). Shehey Coll.
(/. d ad. sk. Lower Congo. Commander Sperliu"-
[P.]. A. cfad.sk. Quilombo, Angola (.-1. i/eft;"/*). Sharpe Coll.
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552 CAPEIMULGir.^.
Anijola. Miinteiro Coll.
Crooiistad, Jau. (Si/monch). (iurney ("oil.
Tati, Matabele-laiid, March, VV. E. & C. G. Gates,
Got. (F. Oatex). Esqrs. [P.].
ad. MakalakaCoimtry (i?/-«f?sArttt'). Shelley Coll.
im. Tete, Zambesi [Sir J. Kirk). Livingstone Exped.
Pangani Kiver (Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll.
Dar es Salaam (Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll.
Melinda (Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll.
Ugogo (Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll.
Zanzibar, Sept. Dr. Hildebraudt [C.].
Zanzibar, April 28 (Dr. Shelley Coll. Fisc/ier).
a', d ad. sk. Witu, Get. 1 (Dr. Fischer). Shelley Coll.
Siibsp. a. Caprimulgus clarus.
Caprimulgus clarus, Keichen. Ber. Jammr-Sitz. D. Orn. Ges. p. 1 (Uganda; January 1892).
This is merely a smaller and paler form of C. fossil, but must be distinguished as a subspecies. There are, however, many inter- mediate specimens, and therefore it cannot be regarded as a good species. All the markings of the upper surface are less bold and less brilliant. In the somewhat sandy colour of the upper parts this form reminds one somewhat of C. nvbicus, Licht.
Hub. Dry districts of Eastern Equatorial Africa.
a. 9 ad. sk. Lamu, E. Africa, Sept. 9. F. J. Jackson, Esq.
[P.]. b,c. 2 ad. et c? Manda Island. F. J. Jackson, Esq.
imm. sk. [^O-
d. (5 imm. sk. Lamo (Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll.
19. Caprimulgus jotaka *.
Caprimulgus jotaka, Temm. # Sch/t-;/. Faun. Jap., Aves,\^.37, pi. 12 (1847) ; Up. Con.^p. i. p. (iO (1850) ; Schrenck, Voq. Amurlmid, ii. p. 25:3 (1860) ; Sioinh. Jhi.<<, 1861, p. 327 (Peking) ; id. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 263 ; id. Ibis, 1870, p. 89 (Hainan) ; id. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 344; id. Ibis, 1874, p. 434 (Chefoo) ; id. Ibis. 1876, p 331; Radde, lieis. Sibir., Viiff. p. 133 (1863) ; Whitelt/, Ibis, 1867, p. 195 (Japan); Grai/, Hand-l. i. p. 57 (1869); Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 344; Tacz. J. f. O. 1872, p. 351 ; id. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1876, p. 132 ; Prjevakki, liowl. Orn. Misc. ii. p. 157 (1877 ; Mon- golia) ; Dav. Sf Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 67 (1877) ; Blak. Sf Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 231 ; Hinne ^ Dnvison, Strai/ F. vi. p. 56 (1878 ; Tenasserini) ; Sctdly, Stray F. viii. p. 236 (Nepal; 1879); Jmiy, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mm. vi. p. 310 (1883) ; Oates, B. Burm. ii. p. 21 (1883) ; id. ed. Himie's Nests ^ Fyr/s hid. B. iii. p. 45 (1890) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1885, p. 194 (Corea)';' Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 228
* Caprimulffus icieropterits, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. x. p. 232, and Enc. Meth. p. .').3{5, from China, is possibly Caprimulffiis Jotaka, but more pi'ubably, as I thiuk, rt species of Ii/iicoi'/Nti with wrong locality.
]. CAPEIMULGTTS. 553
(Foochow) ; Hinne, St mi/ F. xi. p. 38 (1888; Manipur) ; Seeb. B.
Japan. Emp. p. 178 (IbOO) ; Hartert, Ibis, 1892, p. 283. Caprimiilgus indicus, Pelz. JReis. Nov., Toy. p. 34 (1865; Malacca);
Blyth, B. Burma, p. 83 (187o) ; Hume, Stray F. v. p. 17 (1877;
Caehar), p. 318 (Tenasserim) ; Hume ^- Davis. Stray F. vi. p. 56
(1878). Caprimiilgus dytiscivoriis, Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 130 (Amoj-). Caprimulgus melanopogon, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 918
(187o), X. p. 311 (1877) ; id. Orn. Pupuas. i. p. 530 (1880 ; W. New
Giiiuea). Caprimulgus innominatus, Hume, Stray F. 1875, p. 318, note
(Tenasserim).
Adult male. Above grey, finely pencilled with brown, with broad black stripes along the top of the head, back, and rump ; scapulars with velvety black centres or spots and buff or rufous-buff spots or bar-like markings ; wing-coverts with roundish buff spots speckled with brown ; some longitudinal buff spots on the hind neck ; a golden-buff spot on the sides of Ihe neck, just behind the ear- coverts ; primaries deep blackish brown, outer webs with some minute rufous spots, inner web of the first primarj' with a round white spot, not reaching the shaft, a white band across both webs of the next three ; central pair of rectrices deep blackish brown, with broad pale greyish-brown dark speckled bars, the others with narrower bands, becoming more rufous on the outer ones, and all, except the central pair, with a broad subterminal white bar ; a white band across the throat, interrupted in the centre and variegated on the lower edge with ferruginous-buff and blackish spots ; throat pale rufous buff with brown cross markings ; chest and upper breast pale greyish brown, witli dark markings and some more or less developed larger buff spots ; abdomen buft', barred with dark brown, the bars becoming broader and less numerous on the lower tail-coverts, which are sometimes nearly uniform ; rictal bristles dark towards the base, not whitish as in C. mucrurus. Total length about 11 to 12 inches, wing 8 to 8'7, tail 5*5 to 5"8, tarsus 0-G5, feathered in front.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but a little smaller on an average ; spots on the primaries buff and speckled, the band on the second primary always interrupted, the spots on the throat buff, the tail-feathers without a distinct white band.
Young. Young individuals are paler above and below, the dark marking less developed, and pervaded with a sandy-rufous tinge. The young male shows already the white spots of the adult male, but they are shaded with buff and that on the second quill is a littlo interrupted.
Hah. This species ranges from the vallcj' of the Amoor through Manchuria, China, Japan, to Cochin-China and Burmah, and along the Himalayas and Eastern Bengal liill-tracts. In India it is replaced by a smaller and paler form (C. kdaarti), which is most developed and typical in Southern India and Ceylon, while intermediate forms are common more to the north. Northern specimens no doubt migrate south in the cold season, and often occur far to the southward in Malacca, Java, Borneo, and even in New Guinea.
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sk. h". cJ ad. sk. i". Bones of trunk.
Amoor-laud, May, June. S. Manchuria.
Peking, Aug. (H. Swinhoe).
Hong Kong.
Ningpo, April [Capt. Ince).
Fokien.
Cliina.
Purchased.
H. E. M. James,
Esq. [P.]. Hume Coll. Sharpe Coll. Mrs. Ince [P.]. Gould CoU. J. R. Reeves, Esq.
[P.]. H. Whitely [C.]. Gould Coll. Hume Coll. H. Pryer [C.]. Tweeddale CoU. F. Ringer, Esq. [P.].
Japan, Oct.
Japan.
Japan, Feb.
Yokohama.
Nagasaki.
Nagasaki, Oct. 24.
Cochin China.
Off Natuna Islands, Nov. 13 Sharpe Coll.
(Capt. Conrad). Labuan {J. Motley). Tweeddale CoU.
Coast of Borneo, Nov. Gould CoU.
Borneo. Paku, Sarawak, Dec.
A. H. Everett, Esq.
[P.]. Tweeddale CoU. India Museum. India Museum. Purchased. Hume CoU.
Banjermassing (/. Motley).
Java {Dr. Horsfield).
Malacca {Br. Cantor).
Penang.
Bankasoon, S. Tenasserim,
Dec. {W. Davison). Choungthanoung, Deer. ( W. Hume Coll.
Davison). Tonghoo. Tweeddale Coll
Manipur, April, May {A. Hume Coll.
0,H.) Cachar {J. Inylis). Hume Coll.
Sikhim (L. Mundelli). Hume CoU.
Nepal.
Nepal VaUey, Dec. 6 (/.
Scully). Masuri. Laudour, Aug.
Kotegm-h.
Abbotabad, May {A. O. H.).
Agrore Valley, May 11. Nepal.
Hodgson CoU.
Hume Coll.
Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
Hume Coll.
Hume CoU.
Hume Coll. Hodgson CoU.
1. CAPRIMULGUS. 555
Subsp. a. Caprimulgus kelaarti *.
(?) Indian Goatsucker, Lath. Gen. Si/n. Suppl. p. 196 (1787).
(?) Caprimulgus iudicus, Lath. Lnd. Orn. ii. p. 588 (1790); Gray Sf Hardw. Lll. Lnd. Zool. i. pi. .34 (1832) ; Blyth, Journ. A.^. Soc. Beng. xiv. p. 208 (1845); Jerd. III. lnd. 'Orn. pi. 24 (1847); Grat/, Cat. Fissirostr. Brit. Mus. p. 7 (1848) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 82 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 60 (1850) ; Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 113 (1854); Jerd. B. lnd. i. p. 192 (1802) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 57 (1869); Ball, Stray F. ii. p. 385 (1874); id. Stray F. \n. p. 202 (1878; Godaveri) ; Morqan, Ibis, 1875, p. 313 (nidif.) ; Hume, Stray F. iii. p. 318 (1875); Butl. Stray F. iii. p. 454 (1875), ix. p. 380 (1880; Mahi-atta) ; Davidson Sj- Wenden, Stray F. V\. p. 77 (1878 ; Deccan) ; Vidal, Stray F. ix. p. 48 (1880 ; S. Konkan) ; David- son, Stray F. x. p. 294 (1882 ; Khandeish) ; Taylor, Stray F. x. p. 456 (1882 ; Mysore) ; Macgregor, Stray F. x. p. 436 (1882 ; Mahratta) ; Barnes, J. Bombay N. H. Soc. iv. pi. i. (1889) ; Gates, ed. Hume's Nests S)- Fcjgs Lnd. B. iii. p. 40 (1890).
Caprimulgus cinerascens, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 545 (1823).
Caprimidgus kelaarti, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1851, p. 175 ; Kelaart, Prodr. Cat. p. 117 (1852) ; Layard, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. 1853, p. 167 ; Jerd. B. lnd. i. p. 193 (1862) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 67 (1869) ; Holdsuh P. Z. S. 1872, p. 421 ; Hume, Nests 8f Eggs lnd. B. i. p. 97 (1873) ; id. Stray F. iv. p. 381 (1876) ; Morgan, Ibis, 1875, p. 314; Ball, Stray F. yu. p. 203 (Godaveri); Legqe,B. Ceylon, i. p. 337 (1878) ; Butl. Stray F. ix. p. 380 (1880; 'Mah- ratta) ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 376 (1882) ; Davison, Stray F. X. p. 348 (Mysore) ; Taylor, t. e. p. 466 (1882) ; Gates, ed. Hume's Nests ^- Egg's lnd. B. iii. p. 41 (1890).
This subspecies differs from C. jotala in its smaller size and paler, more greyish coloration : the black markings on the upper surface are narrower, the buff and rufous markings paler ; the dark tips to the rectrices are narrower and often indistinct, but never totally absent. The most typical forms occur in Southern India and Ceylon, but in Northern and N.W. India most of the birds are somewhat intermediate. Ceylon specimens measure about 10"5 inches in length, wing 6"9 to 7"6, tail 4-8 to 5'5.
Hab. From Ceylon throughout British India, as far west as Eajputana and the Punjab. While most of the specimens of the larger form seem to migrate in winter, the small form is apparently mostly resident. In Ceylon and South India it is nearly entirely confined to the mountains.
a. $ ad.sk. Sirza district, Punjab, Nov. Hume Coll.
b, c, d. cJ ; e. 2 Mount Aboo, April, June. Hume CoU. ad. sk.
/. 5 inim. sk. Sambhur Lake, Aug. 9 {B. Hume Coll.
M. Adam), g. (S ad. ; h-l. $ Etawah. Hume Coll.
ad. et imm. sk.
* It is rather uncertain to which form the name of C. indicus refers, and therefore I have not accepted it. See my remarks in the ' Ibis,' April 18'J2.
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[P.]. Tweeddale Coll. T. C. Jerdou, Esq.
[P.]. Eev. H. H. Baber
[P.]. Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
Hume Cull.
Col. Vincent Leji't'e
[P.].
20. Caprimulgus inornatus.
Caprimulgus, sp., Ileugl. Peterni. Geoyr. Mitth. 1861, pp. 21, 30
(Tedjura). Caprimulgus inornatus, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 129 (1809;
Bogos) ; Fi7isch Sf Hartl. Vof/. O.-Afr. p. 120 (1870) ; B/anf.
Geol. ^- Zool. Abyss, p. 337 (1870) ; Finsch, Trans. Zool. Soc. vii.
p. 211 (1870; Abyssinia); An tin. Sr Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ.
Oen. 1873, p. 432 (Bogos) ; Bohm, J. f. 0. 1883, p. 176 ; Schalow,
t. c. p. 352 (Inter. E. Africa) ; iSalvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi.
p. 264 (1884) ; Baddc, Orn. Caucas. p. 295 (1884 ; Tiilis). Caprimulgus cinuamomeus, Sharpe, Ibis, 1871, p. 414 (Lagos, W.
Afr.) ; iiiittik. Not. Leijd. Mus. vii. p. 156 (1885 : Liberia). ? Caprimulgus, sp., Blanf. Fast. Persia, ii. p. 128 (1876).
Adult male. Upper surface greyish brown, very finely vermicu- lated with darker brown ; some very small but distinct black spots or streaks on the top of the head, less distinct on the back, some-
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what larger on the scapulars ; primaries deep brown, first, second, and third with large white spots, that on the first not reaching the shaft, that on the second extending to the shaft and often to the outer web, that on the third always distinct on both webs, at least small iudications of a white spot on the inner web of the fourth primarj- ; wing-coverts with fulvous-isabelline spots ; two outer- most rectrices with their tips white for about two inches ; chin, throat, and breast resembling the upper parts in coloration ; no distinct white spots on the throat, but generally an obsolete whitish space in the middle of it ; abdomen fulvous isaboUiae with blackish- brown bars; lower abdomen and under tail-coverts less frequently barred and often almost uniform. Total length about 9*5 inches, wing 6-2 to 6'5, tail 4' 7 ; tarsus feathered in front, 0-6 inch in length.
AduU female. Similar to the male, but wants the white spots on the primaries and the white tips to the outer tail-feathers, the primaries being irregularly barred with brownish buflf.
Young. Paler and less distinctly marked ; the young male has no white on the primaries and rectrices.
There are great variations in colour, some specimens being very rufous in tint, others more brown, and others again very dark grey. Heuglin believed that the rufous tint is a sign of age, which is certainly not the case. Judging from the specimens which I have seen, this tint seems to be independent of age and sex and merely an individual character. Sharpe's C. cinnamomeits is an extremely rufous specimen, but others from North-eastern Africa are almost identical.
Hab. From the absence of specimens from so many countries it is difficult to define the distribution of this species, but it is certainly much larger than has hitherto beeu supposed. It ranges through- out Abyssinia from the Bogos Country to Shoa and the Adal Coast, and to Makarungu in Eastern Africa, and doubtless occurs from North- eastern Africa to the northern parts of Western Africa, at least from Liberia to Lagos.
A specimen procured by Mr. Blanford in E. Persia is probalily referable to this species, and Pv.adde records the occurrence of a single specimen in the Caucasus. These two localities, however, require confirmation.
a. 2 ad. sk. Koomavlee, Abyssinia, Sharps Coll.
March 18 ( W. Jesse).
b. 2 ad. sk. Kokai, Bugos-land, Aug. 9 Salvin-Godman Coll.
( W. Jesse).
c. d, P. c? 2 ad. Kokai, Aug. 9 ( W. Jesse). Sharpe & Tweeddale sk. Colls.
f-i. J ad. sk. Ain, Bogos, July o ( W. Jesse). Tweeddale, Shai-pe,
& Salvin-Godman Colls. k, I. (5 ad. et Ain, 1200 ft., Aug. 16. W. T. Blanford, Esq.
imm. sk. [C-]-
m, n, o. c? ad. et Bogos-Lind. Mr. Esler [C.].
imm. sk.
558
CAPRIMULGin.^.
p, q. Tmni. sk. Bogos (Esler). Shelley Coll.
Imm. sk. Lagos, W. Africa. Sharpe Coll.
(Type of C. cinnamomeus, Sharpe.)
21. Caprimulgus asiaticus.
Bombay Goatsucker, Lath. Gen. Sijn. Suppl. i. p. 19o (1787).
Caprimulgus asiaticus, Lath. Lid. Oni. ii. p. /)88 (1790) ; Steph. Gen. Zool. X. p. 15G (1817) ; Si/kes, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 83 ; Grai/ ^ Hardw. III. Ind. Orn. i. pi. 34 (1*832) ; Gray, Cat. Fissirostr. Brit. Mus. p. 8 (1848) ; Bh/th, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 83 (1849); id. Ibis, 1866, p. 342 ; Bp. Coyisp. i. p. 60 (1850) ; Horsf. S)- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.L Co. p. 115 (1854); Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 197 (1862); Beavan, Ibis, 1865, p. 406 (Centr. Ind.); id. Ibis, 1869, p. 406; Koeniq-Warth. J. f. O. 1868, p. 378 (nidific); Graij, Hand-l. i. p. 57 (1869) ; Koldsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 421 (Ceylon) ; H. Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 406; Adam, Stray F. i. p. 371 (1873; Sambhur) ; Hume, Stray F. i. p. 419 (1873) ; id. ibid. p. 432; id. op. cit. in. p. 46 (1875), viii. p. 48 (1879) ; Leyye, Ibis, 1874, p. 12, 1875, p. 381 ; id. B. Ceiilon, p. 343 (1878) ; Bu.tl. Stray F. iii. p. 455 (1875), ix. p. 380 (1880; Mahratta) ; Wald. Ibis, 1876, p. 355; Fairbank, Stray F. iv. p. 254 (1876), v. p. 393 (1877; Palani Hills) ; Hume ^- Davison, Stray F. vi. p. 59 (1878) ; Davids. ^ Wenden, Stray F. V\i. p. 77 (1878; Decean) ; Brooks, Stray F. vii. p. 169 (1878) ; Ball, Stray F. vii. p. 203 (Godaveri) ; Jldal, Straii F. ix. p. 48 (1880; S."Konkan); Reid, Stray F. X. p. 20 (1880; Lucknow) ; Bimjham, Str. F. ix. p. 150 (1880; Tenasserim) ; Sahin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 377 (1882) ; Oates, Stray F. X. p. 185 (1882; Pegu) ; id. B. Burmah, ii. p. 17 (1883) ; id. ed. Hume's Nests c^ Eyys Ind. B. p. 48 (1890) ; Davidson, Stray F. X. p. 294 (1882; Khandeish) ; Davison, Stray F. x. p. 349 (1882: Mysore) ; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1885, p. 60 ; H. Parker, Ibis, 1886^ p. 184 ; Giffl. Avif. Ital. i. p. 331 (1889) ; Barties, J. Bombay N. H. Soc. iv. pi. i. (1889 ; eggs).
Allied to C. nubicus, but the chin buff, not white ; the white spots on the primaries smaller, the scapulars much brighter coloured ; head generally boldly streaked with brownish black, a distinct rustj^-buff band across the hind neck ; sca]nilars with large black triangular spots, bordered with bright buff; first four primaries with white spots, that of the first roundish and not extending to the shaft nor continued on the outer web ; two outer rectrices on each side with a large terminal white patch, the next two pairs chiefly deep blackish brown, the central pair like the upper plumage ; tarsi uufeathered except on the uppermost part. Total length about 9-5 inches, wing 5-8 to 6, tail 4-5, tarsus 0-78, culmen 0-35.
The female does not differ from the male.
Younr/. Young individuals are more sandy and nearly silvery grey ; the buff band on the neck is hardly indicated ; the scapulars and wings are more uniform ; the abdomen not so distinctly barred ; all colours less brilliant, but the white marks on the wings and tail like those of adult specimens.
This species, like most of its congeners, varies greatly in colora- tion. Generally .specimens from the sandy districts of North-
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western India are paler and more isabelline, while those from more wooded countries are somewhat darker as a rule. The white ter- minal patches on the outer rectrices vary in extent, and are often shaded with buff, the outer web speckled with greyish, but this is not a sign of immaturity uor is it peculiar to the female. Some- times the outer web of the first primary shows an indication of a white spot on the outer margin, but the white spot on the inner web varies very little and never reaches the shaft.
Hah. From the Punjab, Kajputaua, and Kutch, throughout the whole of India and Ceylon, Assam, Burmah, to the south of Tenas- serim, but not found in the Malay peninsula.
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Kutch, Jan., Feb. {F. Stol-
iczka). Gondul, Kathiwar, Dec. 31.
Deesa, May, July {E. A. But-
Iff). Sambhur Lake, Jan., May,
June {E. M. Adam). Jodhpur, Nov. Gurgaon district, Dec, Feb.
( W. N. Chill). Sirsa district, Dec. 14 {A. O.
H.). Jhansi, Oct. [A. 0. H.). Etawah, Jan.
Ramnagar, April 6.
Saharunpur.
Agi-a.
Oudh, Jan.
Oudh.
Bengal (Br. Falconer).
Saugor (Hoojjer).
Kamptee.
Malphur, Jan. 22. Khandeish (J. Davidson).
Decern {Col. Si/kes). Deccan {Burgess). Ahmeduuggur, Jan., Feb. {S.
B. Fairbank). Bangalore {R. G. W. R.). Mysore, May, July.
Malabar.
Palaui Hills, June 5 {S. B. F.). Anjango, 'I'ravancore, Dec. Cejdon, Jan.
Ceylon, May {Hart).
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Col. Hayes Lloyd
[P.]. Hume Coll.
Hume Coll.
Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
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Hume CoU. Hume Coll. Hume (JoU. Hume Coll. Pinwill Coll. India Museum [P.]. India Museum [P.J. Dr. R. B. Hinde
[P.]. Hume Coll. Hume Coll.
India Museum. India Musenm. Tweeddale Coll.
Tweeddale Coll. W. Davison, Esq.
[P.]. Tweeddale Coll. Hume Coll. Hume Coll. Tweeddale Coll.
Hume Coll,
(5 $ ad. sk. Maunbhoom {R. C. Beavim). Tweeddale Coll. Ad. sk. Barrackpore, Nov. {R. C. B.). Tweeddale Coll.
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22. Caprinmlgus nubicus.
Caprimulgus nubicus, LicM. Verz. Doubl. p. 59 (1823) ; Cass. Cat. Capr. Ac. Phil. p. 3 (1851) ; Cab. ^ Heiyie, Mtis. Hein. iii. p. 89 (I860); Heiigl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 127 (1809); Blanf. Gcol. ^ Zool. Abi/ss. p. 336 (1870) ; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 376 (1882) ; Hartert, Kat. Vugels. Mas. Senck. Frank/, p. 121 (1891) ; id. Ibis, 1892, p. 280.
Caprimulgus infuscatus, Cretzsc/im., Riipp. All. p. 6, pi. vi. (1826) ; Miipp. iSi/st. Uebers. p. 21 (1845) ; BjJ. Cmsp. i. p. 59 (1850) ; Heiigl. ISyst. Uebers. p. 21 (1856) ; id. J.f. O. 1864, p. 244.
Caprimulgus polioceplialus, Ileugl. {nee Riipp.), Ibis, 1859, v. 339.
Caprimulgus tamaricis, Tristr. P. Z. S. 1864, pp. 170, 430 (Pales- tine) ; id. Ibis, 1866, p. 73, pi. ii. ; id. Strati F. viii. p. 417 il879) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 56 (1869) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 132 (1869); Fiyisch l^- Hartl. Vog. O.-Afr. p. 125 (1870); Cab. J. f. 0. 1878, p. 236 (E. Afi'.) ; Gigl. Ibis, 1881, p. 191 (Italv ?) ; Schaloic, J. f. O. 1883, p. 351 (E. Afr.) ; Bo/im, J. f. O. 1883, p. 176.
Above brownish grey to greyish brown with longitudinal black- ish streaks, especially visible ou the top of the head : a pale orange- buff or yellowish-buff collar speckled with dark brown round the hind neck ; some buff spots on the bead, neck, scapulars, and wing- coverts ; two outer rectrices with white tips for about one inch and more ; chin and large spot on each side of the lower surface of the neck white ; breast mixed brownish, greyish, and isabelline ; abdomen distinctly barred ; lower tail-coverts uniform ; the first four primaries with large white spots, the next ones reddish with greyish-brown tips and deep brown spots. Total length about 9 inches, wing 5-7 to 5-9, tail 4-3, culmen 0*3o, tarsus 0-8, not feathered except on the uppermost part.
The sexes are probably not different.
One of Eiippell's specimens (his C. infuscatus) is more uniform and more isabelline above, and is probably a younger individual ; the white spots on the primaries and ou the rectrices are less pure.
I have seen typical specimens of C. nubicus, Licht., in the Berlin Museum, and have had the opportunityof comparing the types of Riip- jjell's C. infuscatus as well as that of C. tamaricis of Tristram and all Heugliu's specimens in the Stuttgart Museum. I have come to the conclusion that they undoubtedly belong to one species. C. nubicus
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very much resembles C. asiaticus, but can easily be distinguished by the larger size of the white spots on the primaries, the white chin, and the more subdued colour of the scapulars.
liab. Shoa, Xubia, and Palestine (will probably be found in some parts of Arabia).
a. d ad- sk. Palestine. Canon Tristram [C.\
b. $ ad. sk. ZouUa, Abyssinia, Feb. 10. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.].
23. Caprimulgus mahrattensis.
Caprimulgus mahrattensis, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 83 (Deccan) ;
id. Journ. As. Soc. Beiuj. 1834, p. 422 ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc.
p. 83 (1849); Gould, B. Asia, i. pi. 19 (1850); Bp. Consp. i.
p. 60 (IBoO) : Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.l. Co. i. p. 114
(18.14) ; Blyth, Ibis,'l8G-2, p. 304 ; Jerd. B. India, i. p. 197 (1862) ;
Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 57 (18(39) ; Hayes Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 406 ;
Hume, Str. F. i. p. 167 (1873), vii. p. 161 (1878; Sindh) ; Butl.
Stray F. iii. p. 4-55 (1875); id. op. rit. ix. p. 381 (1880) ; Fairb.
Str. F. i\. p. 254 (1876); Blanf. E. Persia, ii. p. 128 (1876);
Doig, Str. F. viii. p. 372 (1879; E. Xarra, breeding); Davidson,
Str. F. X. p. 295 (1882) : St. John, Ibis, 1889, p. 156 ; Barnes, J.
BomJ)ay N. H. Soc. iv. pi. i. (1889 ; eggs) ; Gates, ed. Hume's Kests
<^- Eyys Itid. B. iii. p. 49 (1890). Caprimulgus arenarius, Blyth, Ibis, 1802, p. 386.
Adult male. In general coloration very similar to the larger C. cegyptius, from which it differs at a glance by the colour of the primaries. The colour of the upper parts is exactly like that of the ordinary dark specimens of C. (egyptius, and that of the under surface docs not differ perceptibly. The wing is much shorter ; the first three primaries deep brown, rufous isabelline near the base, and with large white spots in the middle of the feather ; on the first primary the white spot is clearly defined on the inner web and a part of the shaft only, but always reaches the shaft ; on the second and third it is spread over both webs ; the other quills are deep brown, bordered and spotted with rufous-buff; the two outer- most rectrices are white for at least one third of their length, these white spots more or less distinctly bordered with pale isabelline. Total length about 9-5 inches, wing 6-8, tail 4-1 ; tarsus not feathered in front exct-pt on the uppermost part, 0*7 inch in length.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but having the two outermost rectrices unhanded for about half an inch only, and pale sandy isabelline instead of white : the white spots on the primaries generally less pure.
Young. Young individuals are paler, the dark markings and the white spots on the throat less pure, the abdomen indistinctly banded. Young males have the white spots on the tail and primaries well developed, and differ from young females in the same way as the adult.
Hah. Afghanistan and the plains of X.W. India as far south as the Deccan.
a. b. 2 ad. sk. Afghanistan (Griffith). India Museum [P.].
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O. II.). Cutch, Jan. (F. Stoliczka). Gondul, Kattiawar, Dec. 1.
Guzerat.
Ahraedabad, Feb. 10. Delhi [C. T. Shu/ham). Bhawulpur, Feb.' U (C. H. T.
MarshalJ). Umballa, Feb. (Dr. Scott). Sirza District, Feb., July.
Peshawur.
Khandeish, Dec. (/. Davidson).
Deccan (Col. Sykes).
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Hume Coll.
Col. Haves Lloyd
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Tweeddaie Coll. Hume Coll.
Col. Wade [P.]. Huiue Coll. India Museum. (Type of species.)
24. Caprimulgus aegyptius*.
Caprimulgus segyptius, Licht. Verz. Douhl. p. 59 (1823) ; Cass. Cat. Caprhn. Coll. Ac. Philad. p. 3 (1851) ; Cab. i^ Heine, Mks. Hein. iii. p. 89 (I860) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 50 (1869) ; Shelley, B. Eqxijit, p. 175, pi. Tiii. (1872) ; Hevgl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 127 (1874) ; Seeb. Ibis, 1877, p. 163 (Heligoland); id. Ibis, 1882, p. 424; id. Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 315 (1884) ; Gi</1. Ibis, 1881, p. 191 (Malta) ; Dresser, Hist. B. Evr. iv. p. 629, pi. 272 (1881) ; Whitaker, Zool- ogist, 1883, p. 374 (England) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1884, p. 173 (Eng- land) ; Koeniy, J. f. O. 1888, p. 165 (Tunis) ; Gigl. Avif. Ital. i. p. 330 (1889) : Giitke, Helgoland, p. 443 (1891). Caprimulgus isabellinus, Temm. PI. Col. 379 (1825) ; Less. TraitS d'Ornith. p. 266 (1831); Riq^p. Syst. Uebers. Vog. N.O.-Afr. p. 22 (1845) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 60 (1850) ; Malk. Faun. Ornith. Alger, p. 9 (1855); Loche, Cat. Mamm. et Ois. Alger, p. 97 (1858); id. Expl. Sci. Alger., Ois. ii. p. 105 (1867) ; Taylor, Ibis, 1859, p. 46 (Egypt) ; Adams, Ibis, 1864, p. 13 (Egypt) ; Koenig- Warth. J. f. 0." 1868, p. 366 (nidific.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1871, p. 47 ; Seiertz. J.'f. 0. 1875, p. 179. Caprimulgus arenicolor, Severtz. Ibis, 1875, p. 491 (Turkestan) (type examined) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 190 ; Seeb. Ibis,l877,-p. 163. Caprimulgus asiaticus (nee Lath.), Slut rpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. v. pt. 3, p. 83 (1889). Adult. The colour of the upper surface is a beautiful mixture of greyish isabelline, sandy buff, and blackish brown, the general appearance being sandy isabelline ; on the top of the head and on the scapulars larger blackish spots are developed, the tail is banded with the same colour, the outer rectrices are more or less uniform
* Koenig-Warth. J. f. O. 1868, p. 367, mentions an egg of Capr. fasciatus, Hempr. & Ehr. and Thienem. MS., as probably belonging to C. eeggpfius. Herr Matschie, of the Berlin Museum, kindly informs me that the egg mentioned /. c. is not in the Museum, and that Hempr. & Ehr. did not collect any other species of Goatsucker but C. infuscatus (nubicus). Therefore it is probable that C. fasciatus is merely a lapsus calami for C. infuscatus.
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on the tips ; primaries deep brown, the outer webs spotted or banded with brownish buff; inner webs white along the inner margin, this colour forming deep sinuations not quite reaching the shaft and leaving the tips dark for one or two inches ; two white spots on the throat ; abdomen pale sandy isabelline, narrowly barred with blackish, becoming more or less uniform on the lower abdomen and under tail-coverts, the longest of which generally again show distinct bars. Total length about 10-5 inches, wing 7'6 to 8-'J, tail 5-1, tarsus 0-8, the latter not feathered in front except on the uppermost part.
The female does not differ from the male.
younger birds are more rnfous in colour, but otherwise do not differ from adult specimens.
Some specimens are more isabelline than others, but no local form is recognizable.
Hah. From Algiers and Tunis to Egypt and Nubia; from Kras- nowodsk on the Caspian Sea throughout Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Baluchistan. It has occurred as a straggler on Malta and Sicily, and has been shot once in England and also on Heligoland.
a. Ad. sk. Egypt. Purchased.
b. c5' imm. sk. Egyjjt, April 6. Shelley Coll.
c. S ad. sk. Fuyoom, March 4. Shelley Coll.
d. e. S ad. sk. Fifth Cataract of the Nile. Sir F.Galton [P.]. f. Ad. sk. Abyssinia. Old Coll.
ff, h. 5 ad. sk. Fao, Persian Gulf, Aug. 26. W. D. Cummino-
Esq. [P.] 'r. Aitchi.si I, >». c? 2 ad. sk. Lower Oxus, Aug., Oct. ' Dr. Severtzoff [C
i, k. (^ 2 ad. sk. Tirphul, N. Afghanistan, April. Dr. Aitchi.son [C.l
25, Caprimulgus eximius.
Caprimulgus eximius, Temm. PL Col. 398 (e.v Eiipp. MS.) (1826) ; Eupp. Si/st. Uebers. p. 22 (1845); Bj). Consp. i. p. 60 (1850); Heugl. Journ.f. Orn. 1864, p. 254; id. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 130 (1869); Hartert, Katal. Vogels. Mus. Senck. p. 121 (1891)- id Ibis, 1892, p. 279, pi. vi.
Adult. Above golden buff, almost chestnut-buff on the back and rump, all the feathers ornamented with white bars or spots, which are speckled with black ; quills brown, with chestnut-butf bars and large white spots to the first three primaries ; upper wing-eoverts like the back, edged with whitish ; rectrices pale chestnut-buff with whitish bars, which are speckled wath black, outer ones with uniform blackish-brown bars, the two outermost on each side with lar^e white terminal patches ; throat and breast like the upper parts, the greater part of the throat occupied by a large, almost triangular spot of silky white ; abdomen very pale isabelline buff, becoming whitish on the uuder tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts buff ; rectrices under- neath pale buff' with blackish bars ; the bases of all the feathers blackish : bill and legs pale. Total length about 9-5 inches, wing 7, tail 4-5, tarsus about 0-7, culmen 0-4. (Described from a typical specimen in the Frankfort Museum.)
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A second specimen, Mithout white patches to the outer rectriccs, is probably a female.
Hub. Only found in Sennaar by Dr. Riippell, and never procured since. Specimens are in the Frankfort and Leyden Museupis.
26. Caprimulgus natalensis.
Caprimulgus natalensis, Smith, III. Zoul. S. Afr., Birch, pi. 99 (1845); Bj). CoH^j}. i. p. (iO(18oO); Cass. Cat. Caprim. Ac. Nat. So. Philad. p. 3 (1851) ; Gurnei/, Ibis, 1859, p. 243, 1860, p. 204 (Natal) ; id. Ibis, 1868, p. lol ; Gm;i, Hand-l. i. p. 58 (1869) ; Finsch c^- Hartl. Vdq. O.-Afr. p. 122 (1870) ; Shaiye, ed. Layard^s B. S. Afr. p. 88 (1873).
Adult male. A narrow line on the forehead and supraloral streak isabelline ; centre of the crown black, streaked with clear brown ; the sides of the crown mixed with silvery grey ; back and rump deep chocolate with reddish-brown spots ; scapulars and wing- coverts lighter and darker brown mixed with blackish ; central rectriccs blackish brown, crossed by darker-speckled light bars ; two outer rectriccs on each side blackish at base, about the terminal half (a little more on the first and a little less on the second) of the inner web and often the whole of the outer white, shaded with isabelline on the external edges ; primaries deep chocolate-brown, ochraceous buif near the base of the inner web, with large white spots tinged with sandy buff on the margins on the first four ; a large white spot on the throat, lower throat blackish brown with deep sandy-buff spots ; breast deep sandy buff, barred with brown ; lower abdomen and under tail-coverts uniform. Total length about 9 inches, wing 6'4, bill 4'2, tarsus 0-8, unfeathered to almost the whole of its length.
Adult female. Similar to the male ; but distinguishable by the back and rump being a little paler, by the spots on the primaries being smaller and sandy buff, and followed by another sandy- coloured spot nearer to the base. The spot on the throat is also not pure white ; and the outer tail-feathers are brown, barred with dull or brownish sandy buff.
Mab. S.E. Africa, reoccurring on the Gold Coast.
a,b.(S; c, d. 2 Natal {Ay res). Sharpe Coll.
ad. sk.
e. c? ad. ; /. d Natal (McKen). Shelley Coll.
imm. sk.
g, h. S ad. sk. Port Natal. Sir A. Smith.
(Types of the species.)
i, k- 6 ? ad. sk. Pinetown, Natal, May, June SheUey Coll.
{Ay res).
I. c? ad. sk. Ninquah, Dec. Shelley Coll.
m. cj' ad. sk. Christiausborg, Gold Coast, Jan. Shelley Coll.
Subsp. a. Caprimulgus fulviventris,
Caprimulgus fulviventris, Hartl. J.f. 0. p. 102 (Angola). Caprimulgus accrse, Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 379 (Accra).
This is merely a northern form of (?. luilalensis, but is less
1. CAPKIMULGUS. 565
brilliantly coloured and smaller. The type of C. fuhnventris is a trifle smaller than C. natalensis, with the wing measuring 6 inches ; it is somewhat more uniform on the back, neck, and breast. There are also two specimens from Gaboon, male and female, which are similar to the bird from Angola, but are still smaller, the wing measuring 5'5 inches only and the tail 36 ; and then there is a single specimen from Accra (the type of C. accne), a very pale bird in somewhat worn plumage, which in size closely resembles the type from Angola, the wing measuring 5-8 inches and the tail 3'9.
I recognize, therefore, a northern form of C. nataJensis, which I think should bear the name of C. fulviventr'is, its oldest appellation.
More information is much wanted about this form to confirm its validity and to determine its limits. At present T prefer to keep it distinct from the southern G. natalensis, but the specimens from Gaboon lead me to unite G. fulviventris and G. accrce.
a. (5 ad. sk. Bembe, Angola. Monteiro Coll. (Type
of C.fulvirentris, Hartl.)
b. 2 ad. sk. Gaboon. M. A. Bouvier [C.].
c. S ad. sk. Gaboon. H. T. Ansell, Esq. [P.].
d. c? inim. sk. Accra {Smith). Sbarpe Coll. (Type of
C. accrce, Shelley.)
27. Caprimulgus carolinensis.
Le Tette-chevre de la Caroline, Uriss. Orn. ii. p. 475 (1760).
Caprimulgus carolinensis, Gin. Si/st. Nat. ii. p. 1028 (1788) ; Steph. Gen. Zool. x. p. 149 (1824); 'iJ'iho??, Amer. Orn. p. 297, pi. 54 (1832) ; Aud. Orn. Bioq. i. p. 273, pi. 52, v. u. 401 (1839) ; Koenig- Waiih. J.f. 0. 1868, p. 308 (nidification). "
Caprimulgus lucifugus, Bartr. Trav. Florida, p. 290 (1791).
Caprimulgus bracbypterus, Steph. Gen. Zool. x. p. 150 (1824).
Antrostomus carolinensis, Gvuld, Icon. Av. (1838) ; Bji. Consp. i. p. 60 (1850) ; Cass. Pr. Ac. Phil. v. p. 183 (1851) ; Cab. 8; Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 90 (1860); Scl Cat. Am. B. p. 280 (1862); Dresser, Ibis, 1865, p. 470 (Texas) ; Sahin, Ibis, 1866, p. 195 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 136 ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 58 (1869) ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 180 (1872) ; -SW. 8f Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 96 (1873) ; Baird, Brew., ^'Pidgiv. N. Am. B. ii. p. 410 (1874) ; Gundl. J. f. O. 1874, p. 120 (Cuba) ; 3Ierrill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mm. i. p. 146 (1878) ; Scl. 8,- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 531 ; Cory, B. Bahamas, p. 104 (1880) ; Nidting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 375 (1883 ; Costa Rica) ; Cory, B. Haiti ^ S. Domingo, p. 84 (1885) ; id. Auk, 1886, p. 341 ; id. B. W. Ind. i.p. 136 (1889) ; Fox, Auk, 1886, p. 319; Ridyw. Man. N. Am. B. p. 298 (1887) ; Chapman, Auk, 1888, p. 272 ; Scott, Auk, 1889, p. 252.
Adult male. Bristles of the gape with lateral filaments. Upper parts dark brown much mottled with rufous-brown ; black streaks along the top of the head and back, somewhat less longitudinal on the lower rump and upper tail-coverts ; some pale ochraceous streaks on the hind neck, forming a kind of very indistinct collar ; scapulars with black central spots and rufous-buff markings ; upper wing-coverts with rufous-buff terminal spots ; quills deep brown, spotted and irregularly barred on the outer and inner webs with ochraceous ; rcctrices ochraceous, mottled and indistinctly barred
566
CAPKIMITLGIDJ.
with black, the three outer pairs more or less uniform ochraceous near the tips, about the terminal half or more of the inner webs silky white above, ochraceous-buiF from below ; lower parts pale fulvous, mottled and barred with blackish ; throat with a transverse bar of buff; breast darker; vent and lower tail-coverts more uni- form ; under wing-coverts deep brown, barred with ochraceous buff. Total length about 11 to 12 inches, wing 8-3 to 8-8, tail 6-2, tarsus 0-8.
Adult female. The whole of the tail-feathers mottled, without any white, or uniform ochraceous ; the white patches on the outer rectrices vary in extent, sometimes occupying nearly the whole length, the terminal half of the outer web and the tip being sometimes quite uniform, sometimes mottled — the former character denoting the older individuals.
Hah. Southern Atlantic and Gulf States of Jforth America and lower Mississippi Valley, north to North Carolina and Southern Illinois, south to Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Colombia ; islands of Cuba, Porto Eico, Jamaica, Haiti, and San Domingo, and the Bahamas.
a. S ad. sk.
b, c. d ; d. 2
ad. sk. e. 5 ad. sk.
/. (5 ad. sk.
ff-k. d ; I- 2 ad.
sk. 7n. d : n. 2 ad.
sk. o. d ad. sk.
2). $ ad. sk. q. d ad. sk.
r. d ad. sk.
s. 5 ad. sk. t. d ad. sk. u. d ad. sk. V. 5 ad. sk.
If. 2 ad. sk.
S. Carolina (Laicrence).
Tai-pou Springs, Floiida, May (Scott).
]\liami, Florida, April 23 {Hen- shaw).
Ocklawaha R., Florida, April 17 (C. H. Men-iam).
Da Soto County, Florida, April, June, & Nov. (iScott).
Corpus Cbristi, Texas, Oct., Nov. {F. B. Armstronf/).
Hildago, Texas, April 10 [Armstrong).
San Francisco.
N. Leon, Mexico, April (Arm- strong) .
Sierra S. Domingo, Tehuante- pec, Mexico, April {Richard- son).
Duenas, Guatemala (O. Sahin).
Costa Rica (Eyidres).
Volcano of Chiriqui (Arce).
Medellin, U.S. of Colombia {Salvton).
Samana, San Domingo, Feb. 22 (McGn'gor).
28. Caprimulgus rufus.
Sclater Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Purchased. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Engoulevent roux de Cavenne, Bi'ff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. /Jlo
(1779). Crapaud volant on Tette-chevre de Cayenne, Baubenf. Fl. Enl. 7-'^5
(178.3). Tke Ruious Goatsucker, Latlt. (ren. Sy?i. ii. p. 597 (1783). Caprimulgus rufus, Fwld. Tab/. Fl. Enl p. 46 (1783) ; fJm. Sgst. Nat.
1. CAPKIMULGUS.
56;
ii. p. 1030 (1788) ; Vieill. Nouv. Diet. x. p. 1^44 ; id. Enc. Mith.
p. 541 (1823). Antrostomiis rufus, Cass. Proc. Ac. Phil. \. p. 183 (18ol) ; Sd. P. Z. S.
1866, pp. 136, 585 ; Sd. ^- Salt: NoHiend. Av. Neotr. p. 96 (1873) ;
Tacz. Oni. Perou, i. p. 219 (1884) ; Cory, Auk, 1885, p. 341 ; id.
B. W. Lid. i. p. 136 (1889). Antrostomus rutilus, Burm. Syst. Ueb. Th. Bras. ii. p. 385 (1856) ;
Sd. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 652 (S. Lucia). Antrostomus ornatus, Sd. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 586, pi. xlv. ; Gray,
Hand-l. i. p. 59 (1869). Anstrostomus cortapau, Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 13, 53 (18G7 ; ex Katt.
MS.).
In general appearance similar to A. carolinensis, but easily dis- tinguished by the rictal bristles having no lateral filaments, by its smaller size, shorter wings and tail, aud generally darker coloration above and somewhat more rufous colour on the lower parts : the white or olivaceous-buff terminal patches on the rectriees are, as a rule, less extended, never occupying more than half the length. Total length about 10'5 to 11 inches, wing (rS to T'J:, tail 5'2, tarsus 0-7.
The female diflers from the male in the same way as that of C carolinensis.
Yoking birds are much lighter, the feathers being whitish bufi" with a brownish-black rhomboid or rounded spot near the tip and having dusky bases ; the lower parts banded. In a more advanced age they are similar to the adult bird, but more rufous.
Hah. From Panama throughout the tropical parts of South America.
a. $ ad. sk. b,c. cj 2 ad. sk.
d. S ad. sk.
e. c? ad. sk.
f. Imm. sk.
g. $ ad. sk. h. 2 imm. sk. i. S ad. sk.
k. Ad. st.
I, m, n. c? ad. et
imm. sk. 0, p. $ ad. sk.
q, r. 2 ad. sk. s. c? ad. sk. t. $ ad. sk.
Sta. Lucia, W. Ind. {Semjyer).
Sta. Lucia.
South slope of Volcano of Chi-
riqui, Panama (Arce). San Cristobal, Venezuela
(Goerim/) . Caracas, Venezuela. Para, Brazil. Para {Xatterer). Pernambuco (Craven). Bahia. Bahia, Brazil ( Wudterer).
Kio Janeiro.
Brazil.
S. America,
S. America.
(Ty
Sclater Coll. Salviu-Godmau Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sclater CoU.
Tweeddale Coll. Sclater Coll. Sclater CoU. Sclater Coll. Purchased. Sclater & Salvin- Godman Colls. Sclater Coll. pes of C ornatus, Scl.) Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Tweeddale Coll.
29. Caprimulgus sericeocaudatus.
Antrostomus sericeocaudatus, Cass. Pr. Ac. Phil. iv. p. 238, pi. xii. (1850) : Sd. Cat. Am. B. p. 280 (1862) ; id. P. Z. S. 1866, pp. 137, 585 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 13 (1867) : Sd. 8,- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 96 (1873).
Adult male. Deep brown above, the feathers blackish along the
5G8 capkimulgidj:.
shaft, laterally mottled and barred with pale rufous; top of the head and scapulars lighter, but the black spots much bolder; round the neck a not very obvious band of rufous ; primaries deep brown, largely spotted with rufous on the outer webs, the secondaries spotted on both webs ; rectrices deep brown mottled with rufous, the three outer pairs broadly tipped with silky white fringed with rusty, the white tips largest on the outer pair ; lower parts deep brown, barred with pale rufous or buff, and with large butf termi- nal spots to the feathers. Total length about 12 inches, wing 7"3, tail 6, tarsus 0-8 ; longest rictal bristles nearly 1| inches in length. Huh, South America (Brazil). (? Venezuela.)
a. S ad. sk. S. America. Sclater Coll.
30. Caprimulgus salvini.
Antrostomus macromystax, Baird, Breic. 8f Ridgto. {nee Wagl.) Amer. B. ii. p. 409 (1874) ; Ridgiv. Man. N. Am.B. p. 298 (1887). Caprimulgus salvini, Hartert, Ibis, 1892, p. 287.
Adult male. Above deep brown, mottled with pale rufous-brown and with longitudinal black streaks ; sides of the crown strongly mottled with whitish, feathers of the crown with large black termi- nal spots ; a narrow rufous collar round the neck ; scapulars very boldly marked ; primaries deep brown, spotted with rufous on both webs ; innermost secondaries whitish at the tips and margins ; three outer tail-feathers largely tipped with white, these white spots being largest on the lateral rectrices ; two central pairs blackish, irregu- larly barred and mottled with pale rufous ; sides of the head blackish, spotted with rufous ; a large black malar patch ; lower parts deep brown, mottled with pale rufous and largely tipped with buffy white terminally; feathers above the rufous collar on the lower neck very lai'ge, tijjped with bufiy white and with a narrow terminal line of black ; middle of the throat without whitish colour ; lower under wing-coverts deep brown, largely tipped with rufous- buff. Total length about 10 to 10"o inches, wing 6-7, tail 5-5, tarsus 0*78 ; longer rictal bristles 1'4 to 1"G.
Adult female. Differs from the male in having the three outer rectrices tipped with buff.
Hab. Mexico and Yucatan.
a. cJ ad. sk. Nuevo LeoD, Mexico (F. B.Arm- Salvin-Godman Coll.
strong). h. S ad. sk. Merida, Yucatan, Jan. 7 {G. F. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Ganmer).
31. Caprimulgus vociferus.
Caprimiilgus vociferus, Wilson, Amer. Orn. v. p. 71, pi. 41 (1812) ; Thienem. Fortpfl. Vog. pi. xlii. fig. 17 (1854; g'^^); Eidgic. Proc. v. S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 5 (1880) ; Laivr. Auk, 1885, p. 272 ; Af/ers- horq, Auk, 188/5, p. 283 (S.E. Dakota).
1. CAPRIMULGUS. 569
B. N. Amer. p. 148 (ISCO) ; Scl. ^- Sale. Ibh, 1860, p. 275 (Guate- mala) ; iid. Notimicl. Av. JVeotr. p. 96 (1873) ; >Scl. Cat. Am. B p. 280 (1862) ; id. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 187; Blalcisf. Ibis, 1863, p. 55; Baird, Breiv. if- Bidf/iv. N. Am. B. ii. p. 413 (1874) ; Merrill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. pp. 143, 146 (1878) ; Salein, Cut. Strickl. Coll. p. 379 (1882); Sumichr. Nattiraleza, v. p. 249 (1882: Mexico); Ridgio. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 158 (1886; Piiebla)'; id. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 299 (1887) ; Brncst. Auk, iii. p. 104 (1886 ; North Carolina); Rives, torn. cit. p. 156; Lloyd, Auk, 1887, p. 191 (W. Texas) ; Richmond, Auk. 1«88, p. 21 ; Cha^yman, Auk, 1888, p. 272 (Florida) ; Evermann. Auk, 1889, p. 22; Coru, Atik, 1889, u 276 (Porto Rico). ^ , ,1-
Caprimulg-us vociferaus, Koeniij-Warth. J.f. O. 1868, p. 3(i9.
Adult male. Crown ashy, minutely sprinkJed with dusky, very narrowly streaked with black on the sides and very broadly in the middle; mantle somewhat darker ashy, narrowly streaked with black ; scapulars with very bold black spots and pale outer margins ; quills deep blackish brown, spotted and irregularly banded with ocbraceous on the outer and inner webs ; about the" terminal third or more of the inner web of the outermost tail-feather, a much smaller part of the outer web of the same tail-feather, a little more than the terminal third of the following two pairs of rectrices snowy white above, often margined with buff, pale buff below ; two central pairs of rectrices grey, mottled and irregularly barred with black and buff; chin and upper throat black, narrowly barred with pale ochraceous ; a broad baud of white or buffy white across the lower part of the throat ; breast mottled greyish, brownish, and whitish ; abdomen similar but appearing almost buff from the broad terminal patches of the last-named colour : under wing-coverts almost pale ochraceous, bases of the feathers dusky like those of the feathers of the whole upper and lower plumage. Total length about 9-5 to 10 inches, wing 5-8 to 6-3, tail 5*1 to b-o.
Adult female. Differs in having only broad bufi' edges to the three outer pairs of rectrices.
Hab. Eastern United States of Xorth America, north to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, west to Manitoba and the edge of the Great Plains ; south in wanter throughout Mexico to Guatemala.
a. S ad. sk. N. America (HensJiaw). Salvin-Godnian Coll.
b. $ ad. sk. Fort Duflerin. N. A. Boundary
Comm. [P.].
c. S ad. sk. Chicago, 111. {Baird). Sclater Coll.
d. 2 ad. sk. Englewood, 111. (Nelson). Salviu-Godmau Coll.
e. 2 ad. sk. Evanston, III, May 7 {Frank Salviu-Godman Coll.
L. Rice).
f. 2 ad. sk. Michigan. Prof. Steere [P.].
ff. 2 ad. sk. Grantville, Mass., July 12 Salviu-Godiuan Coll.
(Heus/unv).
h-l. <S ? ad. New Haven, Conn., May, June Salvin-Godman Coll.
sk. {Han-t Merriam).
m. S ; n, 0. 2 Washington, D. C, April, May Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. {IIen.-<haw).
p. 2 ad. sk. Texas (Lawrence). Sclater Coll.
570
CAPRIMULGID^.
q. 5 ad. sk.
r. c? ; s. $ ad. sk. t. S ad. sk. u. S ad. sk.
v. S inim. sk.
to. $ ad. sk. X. cS ad. sk. y,s. d ; «'• ?
ad. sk. b'. S ad. sk. c'. S ad. sk.
rf', e',/'. S ad. sk. ^'. $ ad. sk.
Brownsville, Texas, April (F.
B. Armstrong). Hidalgo, Texas, April (F. B. A). Corpus Christi, Texas {F. B.A.). San Patricio, Texas, Dec. {F.
B. A.). Rio Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico
{Lloyd). Sierra de Tepic, Mexico, April. Jalapa, Mexico (De Oca). Coban, Vera Paz, Nov.-Feb.
(O. Sahin). Sonteh, Guatemala (O. Salvin). Sau Geronimo, Vera Paz
(O. Salvin). Guatemala. La Libertad, Salvador, Feb.
{Richardson).
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Sclater Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Subsp. a. Caprimulgus macromystax.
Caprinnilgus macromystax, Wayl. Isis, 1831, p. 533.
Anti-ostomus macroniystax, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 296, 1866, p. 137 ;
Hart erf, Ibis, 1892, p. 286. Antrostomus vociferus arizonise, Breivst. Bull. Ntitt. Orn. Club, vi.
p. 69 (1881; Chicahuahua) ; Scott, Auk, 1886, p. 429; Ridy^v.
Man. N. Am. B. p. 299 (1887).
In general appearance entirely similar to C. vociferus but larger, the white patch on the rectrices of the male less in extent ; ear- coverts somewhat more tawny, and the black markings on the top of the head less median, being rather scattered over the whole of the top of the head. Total length 9-7 to 10-2 inches, wing 6 to 6-6, tail 5-3 to 5-6 ; rictal bristles longer than in C. vociferus, the longest often 1-8 inches or more.
Intermediate forms between the two races seem to be by no means infrequent.
Hah. Tableland of Mexico, north to Southern Arizona, south to Vera Paz and Guatemala.
a. 2 ad. sk.
b, c, d. <3 2 ad. sk.
e. S imm. sk. / 5 ad. sk. y. (^ ad. sk. h. d ad. sk.
i. (5 ad. sk.
k. S ad. sk.
I. cJ ad. sk.
m. S ad. sk.
Mexico. Mexico.
Mexico.
Mexico {Elwes).
Mexico (Salle).
Sierra de Valparaiso, Aug. ( W.
B. Richardson). Sierra de Bolaiios, Mexico, Feb.
(W. B. Richardson). Ajusco, Valley of Mexico, Sept.
(W. B. Ric/iardso72). Tenango del Valle, Mexico,
Oct. 11 (IF. B. Richardson). Rio Frio, Iztaccihuatl, Mexico,
Sep. 24 (W. B. Richardson).
Tweeddale Coll. Sharpe Coll.
Gould Coll. Sclater Coll. Sclater Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salviu-Godman Coll.
1. CAPRIMULGtrS. 571
n. 5 ad. sk. Zapotlan, Jalisco, Mexico, May Salvin-Godman Coll.
{Lloyd).
o. (S ; p. 2 'i*i- Volcau de Colirna, Mexico, Salvin-Godman Coll.
sk. Feh. {TJ\ £. Hichardson).
q. S ad. sk. Amula (6000 feet), Guerrero, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Mexico, Aug. {iMrs. H. H. Smith).
'"• d ; ^'- 2 s-d. sk. Oaxaca, Mexico. Tweeddale & Salvin-
Godman Colls.
t. S ad. sk. Coban, Vera Paz (O. Salvin). Salviu-Godmau Coll.
H. 2 ad. sk. Santa Barbara, Vera Paz {R. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Owen).
i; tu. S ad. sk. Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala, Salvin-Godman Coll. 7-8000 feet, Sept. 4 (0. Sal- vin).
.i: c? ad. sk. Guatemala. Gould Coll.
32. Caprimulgus cubanensis.
Caprimulgus vociferus, TfOrh. {nee JVils.) in La Sagras Hist. Nat.
Cuba, Ois. p. 98 (1840) ; Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 130 (1850). Antrostomus vociferus, Gundl. {nee Wils.) J.f. 0. 1856, p. 6 ; Breiver,
Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. vii. p. 306 (1860). Antrostomus cubanensis, Later. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1862,
p. 260 ; Gundl. Bepert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i. p. 283 (1865) ; id.
J.f. O. 1874, p. 120; Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 585; Grai/, Hand-l.
B. i. p. 59 (1869) ; Cori/, B. W. Lnd. p. 137 (1889). Antrostomus macromystax, var. cubanensis, Baird, Brew. Sf Ridgiv.
Hist. N. Am. B. ii. p. 409 (1874).
Achilt. Upper plumage dark ashy, minutely mottled with dull rufous and grey, the feathers conspicuously marked with longitu- dinal stripes of black in their centres ; a line from the bill over the eye and along the crown greyish white, tinged with pale rufous and intermixed with black ; wing-coverts of the same colour as the back, some of them marked near their ends with ochraceous spots ; primaries dark reddish brown, sprinkled with dull rufous and grey at their ends, and having bright rufous spots arranged regularly on their outer webs, with spots also on their inner webs, more obscure in colour and assuming a mottled form ; secondaries dark brown, mottled with grey on the outer web and tinged with rufous on the inner one ; tail deep brown, four outer tail-feathers tipped with white in the male, three outer ones tipped with buff in the female ; throat dark brown, minutely freckled with riifous, the neck immediately below this colour crossed with a band of pale rufous ; a line of pale rufous-white or ochraceous spots extending along below the under mandible, and down the side of the neck ; a few spots of white in a line below the eye ; on the side of the neck en- closed by these spots and the band across the throat is a triangular blackish-brown patch, speckled with rufous ; sides of the head brown, freckled with minute rufous spots ; feathers of the breast and abdomen ochraceous white, more or less tinged with rufous, and having their centres dark brown and their sides and ends
oiz capkimulgid-t;.
barred and mottled with the same colour, the exposed ends of the feathers being but little mottled, thus giving: quite a light appear- ance to the under plumage ; lower part of the abdomen and under tail-coverts dull pale rufous, the feathers of the latter with dark markings along their shafts ; under wing-coverts brown mottled with rufous. Tarsi clothed in front with rufous-brown feathers ; some of the rictal bristles nearly two inches in length, and furnished with lateral filaments : feet brown. Total length about 10| to 11 inches, wing 7 to 7-25, tail 5-5 to 5-7, longer rictal bristles 1-8 to 2.
I have not been able to examine a specimen of this species.
Bab. Cuba.
33. Caprimulgus saturatus.
Antrostomus saturatus, Salnn, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 203. Antrostomus rufomaculatus *, liidgiv. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 466(1891; Costa Eica).
Adult male. General plumage brownish black spotted with rusty, the spots mostly somewhat transverse in form, broader and paler on the posterior underparts ; primaries black, uniform on the inner webs, spotted with rusty on the outer webs ; tail black, banded with light rusty, the three outer pairs of rectrices broadly tipped with white across both webs ; no distinct pale patch on the throat. Total length about S-7 inches, wing 6, tail 4"6.
Hah. Yolcan de Irazu, Costa Rica, and Volcan de Chiriqui, Panama.
a. (5 ad.sk. Volcano of Chiriqui (.-Irce). Salviii-Godman Coll.
(Type of the species.)
34. Caprimulgus nigrescens.
Caprimulgus nigrescens, Cab. in Schomb. Gmana, iii. p. 71 0 (1848). Antrostomus nigrescens, Cah. Sf Heine, Mvs. Hein. iii. p. 91 (1860) ;
Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 138; Scl. 8r ,Sa/nn, P.Z.S. 1867, p. 583
(Para) ; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 96 (1873) ; Tacz. Oni. Per.
i. p. 218 (1884) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 438 (P. Guiana). Stenopsis nigrescens, Scl. Cat Am. B. p. 280 (1862) ; Peh. Orn.
Bras. p. 12 (1867) ; Grat/, Hu7id-l. i. p. 59 (1869). Caprimulgus semitorquatus, Gray {nee Gm. !), Gen. B. i. pi. xvii.
(1845).
Adult male. Above brownish black, spotted with pale rufous or buff; a superciliary stripe of buff spots ; wing-coverts with larger spots ; scapulars with a greyish tint, some feathers with con- spicuous broad rufous-buff margins to the outer webs ; primaries brownish black, with a white spot in the middle of the second, third, and fourth, sometimes indistinct on the second quill ; secondaries minutely spotted with rufous ; rectrices brownish black, two cen-
* Mr. Salviii has kindly shown me the type of A. rufomaculatus, lent to him by the U.S. Nat. Museum. It is absolutely ideulical with C. saturatus (Salvin).
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tral pairs with broad irregular bars of greyish brown, three outer pairs with narrower rufous-brown bands, the second and third outer pair tipped with white for about half an inch ; lower parts dark brown, barred with pale brown, somewhat broader and more whitish on the breast ; a band of white, sometimes more or less in- terrupted in the middle, across the throat. Total length about 7-5 inches, wing 5o, tail 3"9, tarsus 0'5.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but without white spots to the primaries, and without white tips to the rectrices.
ffab. The greater part of Tropical South xlmerica : Peru, Ecua- dor, Colombia, Guiana, Brazil.
Bogota, Colombia. Sclater & Salvin-
Godman Colls.
Sarayacu, Ecuador (C. Buck- Salvin-Godman Coll.
ley).
Rio Negro, Oct. 2 (Natterer). Sclater Coll.
Eetreat River, B. Guiana. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Bartica Grove, B. Guiana, Jan., Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sept. {H. WhitebjX
Camacusa, B. Guiana, April 1-") Salvin-Godman Coll.
(ff. Whitely).
Para, Brazil. R. Graham, Esq. [P.].
Para, Brazil (A. R. Wallace). Sclater Coll.
Para, Brazil (Kutterer). Sclater Coll.
35. Caprimulgus whitelyi. (Plate XII.) Antrostomus whitelyi, Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 438.
Adult male. Above similar to C. nigrescens, but larger, with the superciliary stripe not visible ; on the upi^er wing-coverts some larger white spots : scapulars not so brightly marked. Beneath, chin and breast black, with some pale fulvous terminal spots ; throat white, somewhat interrupted in the middle by brown spotted with buff; entire abdomen brownish black, indistinctly barred with pale fulvous and buff)' white : primaries deep blackish brown, with a band of white across the first three ; secondaries spotted with buff on the inner webs ; rectrices black, the central pair similar to the upper surface, being indistinctly barred on both webs, the outer pairs distinctly barred Avith buff ou the inner webs only ; second and third outer tail-feathers on each side subterminally white on the inner webs for about one inch. Total length about 8-5 inches, wing 6-3, tail 4, tarsus 0-51.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but the first primary with a narrow fiilvous bar on the inner web only ; second and third with a narrow fulvous bar on both webs ; rectrices with little white only.
Easily distinguished from C. nigrescens by the white spots on the rectrices being confined to the inner webs, the abdomen being less distinctly barred, and the female haAnng a fulvous bar across the first primaries.
In the male before me there is no first primary, but I do not
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doubt that this also has a white bar, because there is a fulvous one on this same quill in the t'emale.
Hah. Horaima Mountain, British Guiaua.
a,h. (^2 ^d. sk. Roraima, British Guiana, 3500 Salviu-Godman Coll. ft., Nov. (^. Whitebj). (Types of the species.)
36. Caprimulgus parvulus.
Caprimulgus parvulus, Gould, P. Z.S. 1837, p. 22; id. in Dancin's Vol/. Beagle, iii. p. 37 (1841) ; Cass, in Gillisss Exjjl. Exp. ii. p. 186
(1856). Autr
Rei
Salt). P. Z. S. 1867, p.
iid. Nomencl. Ar. Xeotrup. p. 96 (1873) ; Dtinif. Ibis, 1877, p. 184 ;
Salvi/i, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 379 (1882) ; Barrows, Auk, 1884, p. 24
(Uruguay) ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, i. p. 217 (1884) ; Withington, Ibis,
1888, p. 467; -Se^. ^ Hudson, Argent. Orn. ii. p. 14 (1889). Stenopsis parvulus, Cass. U. S. Eipl. Exp. p. 188 (1858); Scl. Cat.
Am. B. p. 281 (1862) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 12 (1867).
Aclidt male. Above greyish mottled with brown, the centre of the crown with large longitudinal spots of black ; back and rump narrowly streaked with blackish ; a distinct pale rufous band, spotted with black, across the back and sides of the neck ; greater scapulars with large, somewhat triangular spots of black and broad buff borders to the outer webs ; wing-coverts with terminal spots of light buff ; primaries deep brown, the first with a large white patch on the inner web, the next three with a large band of white across both webs ; secondaries varied with pale rufous or buff ; central pair of rectrices greyish, with blackish bars, four outer pairs with broad white markings to the inner webs, the white colour often reaching a little over the shaft into the outer web. Lower parts pale fulvous, barred with dark brown ; throat and breast much darker, less thickly barred on the lower abdomen and lower tail-coverts ; on the throat a large patch of white. Total length about T'S inches, wing 5-4, tail 4, tarsus 0-62.
Adult female. Patch on the throat buff; primaries dark brown, with several broad rufous bars and without any white spot ; rec- trices without white. Wing about 5-2 inches.
YouHij males are similar to the female, but an indication of pale spots is visible at the tips of the outer rectrices. Immature birds are always recognizable by the pale buff edges to the tips of the primaries and by the nuchal coUar being hardly perceptible.
Hah. Seems to inhabit the greater part of South America, being known from Colombia to Peru, Brazil, and Argentina.
a. 2 inini- sk. Bogota, Colombia. Sclater Coll.
h. 9 ad. sk. Xeberos, E. Peru, Oct. 17 {E. Salvin-Godmau Coll.
Bartlett). e d S 9. <i<l- sk. Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil, Salvin-Godinan Coll. ' ■ Sept. {H. H. Smith).
1. CAPRIMULGUS.
575
e. ($ imm. sk.
9-'^
f. cj imm ad. sk. h, i. (S ad. sk. k. (5" imm. sk. /. 2 ad.sk. jn. 2 ad. sk.
Villa Maria, Brazil, Sept. 4 Sclater Coll.
{Natterer).
Pelotas, Eio Grande do Sul, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Brazil (Joyner).
Brazil. Sclater Coll.
Brazil. Purchased.
Brazil {Natterer). Sclater Coll.
Near Santa Fe, R. Parana. C. Darwin, Esq. [C.]. (Tj'pe of the species.)
37. Caprimulgus maculicaudus.
Stenopsis maculicaudus, Laicr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 459 (1862 ;
Para !). Antrostomus maculicaudus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 586, pi. xlvi. ; id.
Sr Salv. Nomeiid. Av. Keotr. p. 96 (1873) ; Tacz. Om. Perou, i.
p. 216 (1884) ; Berl. ^- Leverk. Ornis, 1890, p. 29.
Adult male. Above brown mottled with blackish ; top of the head black, with a pale rufous spot on the margins of the feathers ; a distinct buff line from the forehead over the cje ; a rufous band across the hind neck ; scapulars black in the centre, the outer webs with broad buff margins ; wing-coverts with bulf spots near the tips ; primaries deep brown, with from two to six large rufous spots on the inner and outer webs ; central pair of rectrices greyish, mottled and barred with black ; four outer pairs of rectrices tipped with white, inner webs with two to three round white spots ; feathers of the chin and throat buff, deep brown at the bases and tips ; the feathers of the breast narrowly barred with black, uniform on the lower abdomen ; under wing-coverts buff, barred with brown. Total length about 7 inches, wing o'l to 5-2, tail 3-8, tarsus 0-5. (Description of a specimen in the Berlepsch collection.)
Female. Similar to the male, but having no white spots on the inner web of the outer rectrices, both webs being brown, irregularly barred with buff.
This species has the first primary exactly as long as or almost longer than the second. The female is very similar to the female of Stenopsis cayennensis, but the longer first primary and the shape of the tail, in which the lateral feathers are shorter than the central ones, as well as the distinct buff line over the eye, distinguishes it well enough.
Ilab. Andes, from Colombia to Peru.
a. 2 ad. sk.
b. 2 ad. sk.
S. America.
Peru, July (H. IMiitely).
Purchased. Sclater Coll.
38. Caprimulgus yucatanicus.
Adult female. Top of the head viuaceous rufous, each feather with a blackish -brown shaft-stripe ; back and rump rufous-brown with brownish-black shaft-stripes ; all the upper parts very minutely mottled with dusky ; scapulars with bolder longitudinal blackish spots ; wing-coverts similarly coloured, a series of the middle ones
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with whitish spots before the tips, the shafts remaining blackish : primaries deep brown, paler and mottled near the tips, barred with cinnamon across both webs ; secondaries similarly coloured, but much mottled with rufous ; rectrices deep brown, spotted with pale rufous, uniform towards the tips and broadly tipped with pure white (central pair absent, probably concolorous with the upper parts) ; lores and cheeks rufous, minutely freckled with dusky ; a broad band of white across the throat ; the breast of the same colour as the scapulars ; shaft-streaks deep brown ; abdomen and lower tail- coverts banded with dark brown and pale rufous, pale buff towards the tips ; under wing-coverts barred with deep brown and light brown ; bases of all the feathers slate-colour. Total length about S-o inches, wing 4-25, tail about 3-8, tarsus 0-65, middle toe with claw 0-77, culmen 0-3 ; rictal bristles more than twice as long as the bill. Feet pale (in skin): " iris dark brown " (Gaumer).
This very distinct species has no very near ally. The longitudinal spots of the head alone are sufficient to distinguish it from C. ocel- latus, which is perhaps the nearest species.
Hah. Yucatan.
a. 5 ad. sk. Tizimin, Yucatan, June 10 {G. Salvin-Godman Coll. F. Gaumer). (Type of the species.)
39. Capriinulgus binotatus.
Capriuiulgus binotatus, Bp. t'oDnp. i. ]). 60 (iS.jQ, ex Temm. MS.): Hartl. J.f. O. 1855, p. ;35o ; id. Oni. JF.-Afr. p. 22 (1857).
Adult male (?). Colour deep brownish black : head, neck, back, rump, upper tail-coverts, wing-coverts, throat, breast, and sides of the neck irregularly barred with very narrow and numerous bands of rusty red ; cheeks and ear-coverts finely verraiculated with pale rusty ; the abdomen more regularly varied with slightly broader vermicula- tions ; under tail-coverts still more broadly barred with deep brown and buif ; a pi:re white spot on each side of the throat ; under wing- coverts nearly uniform brown ; quills uniform deep brown on the inner webs, spotted with rufous on the outer webs ; tail almost square, blackish brown, irregularly and narrowly barred with rusty red ; no white on the tail. Wing 6 inches, tail 4-1.
A very singular species, which has no near ally. The tail seems to be emarginate.
Hah. Dabocrom, Gold Coast (J/«-?. Leyden).
40. CaprimuIo;us concretus.
Caprimulgus concretus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 60 (1850, ex Temm. MS.) ;
Hartl. Orn. TV.-Afr. p. 22, note (1857) ; Schleff. Handl. Dierk. i.
p. 222 (] 857) ; Salvad. Uec. Borneo, p. 118 (1874) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S.
1875, p. 100, pi. xxii. %. 2 (Borneo); id. Ibis, 1879, p. 250;
Vorderm. Nat. Tidjschr. Nederl. Ind. p. 45 (1890); Biittik. Not.
Leyd. Mus. xiii. p. '125 (1891). Caprimulgus, sp., Scl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 212 (Banjermassing).
1. CAPRIMTJLGTJS. 577
Lyncornis borneensis, G. R. Gray, Iland-l. i. p. C2 (18G9). Caprimulgus borneensis, Wall, in Salvad. Ucc. Borneo, p. 117 (1874) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 101 (note).
Adult male. Above deep blackish brown with rufous-brown spots and very pale margins to some of the scapulars ; centre pair of tail-feathers like the back, with interrupted bars of rufous-brown ; primaries entirely deep brown, without any spots ; throat and breast deep brown, with rufous-brown bars and a very large white spot on the throat ; abdomen deep chocolate-brown, with broad whitish- buff bars : outermost rectrices uniform deep brown, tip of the inner web largely white ; the next pair of tail-feathers with both webs white at the end. Total length about 9 inches, wing 6-4, tail 6, tarsus 0-o5, feathered in front.
Adult female. Tail-feathers without large white terminal spot, only with a narrow and indistinct subtcrminal whitish band.
This species in its coloration almost resembles the smaller species of Li/iicornis.
Hah. Borneo and Billiton.
a,b.S2 ^d. sk. Bnmei, Borneo. Gov. Ussher [C.j.
c, d, e. (5 2 ad. Banjermassiug (/. Wallace Coll.
sk. Motley). (Ty^es of C. borneensis.)
f. 2 ad. sk. I. of Billiton, June. Dr. Vorderman [P.].
41. Caprimalgus enarratus.
Caprimulgus enarratus, Gray, Ann. ^ij- May. Nat. Hist. 1871, p. 428; ii/iarpe, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 807 ; Hartl. Toy. Madayascar, p. 65 (1877) ; Milne-Edio. (^' Grandid. Hist. Nat. Madayascar, Ois. i. p. 213, pi. Ixxix. (1879) ; Sibree, Ibis, 1891, pp. 216, 226.
Adult. Top of the head and cheeks lilac-greyish, the former with a series of round spots of deep brownish black, each spot narrowly margined with dark rufous ; occiput with a narrow band of buff, reaching from one ear-covert to the other ; nape and upper back foxy rufous, the basal part of the feathers dark slate-colour ; rump like the top of the head but darker, with some pointed spots on the feathers : upper tail-coverts chestnut, with irregular blackish bars ; scapulars deep velvety black, the outer webs of a uniform buff, the inner webs margined deep rufous ; tail duskj- black, irregularly barred with rufous ; the central pair of rectrices rufous, with narrow irregular blackish bars ; the two outermost feathers tipped with white ; primaries dusky black, the outer webs spotted with pale chestnut, the inner webs without anj- marks ; secondaries deep brown, irregularly banded with rufous ; wing-coverts dusky, each feather marked at the end with a blackish spot, margined with buff or rufous ; throat rufous-bufif; upper breast brightly coloured, but similar to the back ; abdomen brownish buff, barred with fuscous. Total length about 10 inches, wing 5'7, tail 4-4, tarsus 0-7, feathered.
Some specimens are conspicuously paler than others.
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Younq. A specimen with many signs of immaturity is much darker, "especially on the head, throat, breast, and abdomen, but the tail shows already the white tips of adult specimens.
Hah. Eastern parts of Madagascar.
a b. Ad. sk. S.E. Madsigascar. Ciossley Coll.
' ' ' (Types of the species.)
c. $ (?) ad. ; d. Madagascar. Purchased.
Imm. sk.
42. Caprimulgus ocellatus.
Caprimulgus ocellatus, Tsch. Wifgrn. Arch. 1844, p. 2(]8 ; id. Faun. Peruau., Aves, pi. v. (1846).
Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 96 (1873) ; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 379 (1882) ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, i. p. 215 (1884). Nyctiphrynus ocellatus, Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 59 (1869).
Adult. Above dark rufous-brown or deep chocolate-brown, very finely sprinkled or almost powdered with paler rufous ; some more or less concealed buffy spots on the hind neck ; scapulars with rounded velvety black spots before the tips, each surrounded by a rufous ring ; some of the upper wing-coverts with more or less concealed pale buff spots near the tips ; primaries deep brown, with rufous spots to the outer web only ; secondaries with rufous spots to the inner webs also ; central pair of rectrices similar in colour to the upper surface, with narrow, often indistinct bars of blackish ; four outer pairs of rectrices deep brown, spotted with rufous on the basal part, tipped with white for about 0-2 to 0-3 inch, a little broader on the outer ones : lower parts similar in colour to the upper surface ; a band of pure white across the throat ; breast- feathers more dislinctly powdered and narrowly fringed with sandy buff, forming a kind of shield ; feathers of the abdomen with a white or huffy- white spot near the tip, and some indistinct buff bars on the lower tail-coverts and lower wing-coverts. Total length about 8-5 inches, wing 5, tail 4-7, tarsus 0-65.
Younger birds are more variegated on the top of the head, and more spotted with buff or white on the upper wing-coverts and abdomen.
Hab. Brazil, Peru, and Ecuador.
a. Ad. sk. South America. Purchased.
b. Ad. sk. Brazil. Gould Coll.
c. d, e. Ad. sk. Brazil. Salvin-Godman Coll. /. Ad. .sk. Brazil (Natterer). Sclater Coll.
^. cJ ad. sk. Bah'ia. (Wucherer). Sclater Coll.
/i-l. Ad.sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (C. .SMeZ;/e?/). Salvin-Godman Coll.
2. PflAL.F.XOPTILUS. 579
43. Caprimulgus pulchellus.
Caprimuliriis pulchellus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xiv. p. 195
(1879)':
Adult male. Toj) of the head and scapulars grey, spotted and barred with black ; an obsolete nuchal collar rufous, banded with black ; scapulars jjartlj^ mottled with rufous, some of the feathers margined with whitish rufous ; rump and upper tail-coverts black, mottled with rufous ; lower parts varied with dark brown, rufous, and whitish ; a patch of white across the throat, bordered with black below ; breast ornamented with numerous bands of black, grej", and rufous ; the bands broader ou the abdomen ; abdomen spotted with darker and paler rufous ; wings black, wing-coverts and secondaries spotted with rufous ; second, third, fourth, and fifth primaries with a white spot in the middle ; tail black, crossed by bars of rufous spots ; lateral pair of rectrices tij^ped with white on the inner web, the following pair with a smaller subterminal spot of white : rictal bristles black. Total length about 8-3 inches, wing 6-5, tail 4, tarsus 0-5. (Salvadon.)
Somewhat resembling C. concretus, but easily distinguished by having white patches ou the primaries.
Hob. Mount Singalan, W. Sumatra.
I have not seen this species.
2. PHAL^NOPTILUS.
Type.
Phalifinoptilus, Ridyw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p.
(1880) P. nuttalli.
The extremely soft and silky plumage of this genus is very remarkable. The distinctive characters pointed out by Eidgway (I. c.) may safely be regarded as sufficient for generic separation. The eggs, which are spotted as a rule in all species of Cajjrimulgus, are of a uniform dead white in the present genus.
Mange. Prom Southern Mexico to Oregon and Washington west of the Rocky Mountains in the north.
] . Phalsenoptilus nuttalli *.
Caprimulgus nuttalli, And. B. Amer. vii. p. 350, pi. 495 (1843) ;
Koeniii-Warth. J.f. O. 1808, p. 379 (nidif.). Antrostomus nuttalli, Cass. Proc. Acad. Philad. v. p. 183 (1852) ; id.
Cat. Capi-im. Mus. Philad. Acad. p. 13 (1852) ; id. U S. Krpl. Exp.
p. 187 (1858) ; Baird, B. N. A. p. 149 (1860) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1865,
p. 470 (Texas) ; Cones, Ibis, 1865, p. 538 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 137 ;
Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 69 (1869) ; Baird, Brewer, ^ Ridgio. N. Am. B.
ii. p. 417 (1874); Ridyw. U.S. Geol. Expl. iOtk Par. iii. p. 667
(1877) ; Beldiny, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 427 (1879). PhahBnoptilus nuttalli, Ridyw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 5 (1880) ;
id. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 299 (1887) ; Drew, Auk, 1885, p. 17 ;
Scott, Auk, 1885, p. 356 (S. Arizona), 1886, p. 429 ; Shufeldt, Auk,
1885, p. 382 ; Hensh. Auk, 1886, p. 78 (New Mexico) ; Evermann,
* Antrostomus californianus, Bp. Oonsp. i. p. 61, has been quoted as a synonym of the present species, but the description of Bonaparte does cot well corresjiond.
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Auk, 1886, p. T79 (California) ; Townsend, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus.
X. p. 206 (1887 ; N. California) ; TJoi/d, Auk, 1887, p. 191 (W.
Texas); Mearn», Auk, ISOO, p. 254 (Arizona). Phal.-enoptiliis nuttixlli nitidas, Brewsf. Auk, 1887, p. 147 (Texas &
Arizona); Eidfftv. Man. N. A. B. p. 588 (1887); Gos.s, Auk,
1889, p. 124, 1890, p. 286 (Kansas) ; Ilarsbrouck, Auk, 1889,
p. 239 (Texas). Phal.'Bnoptilus nuttalli califurnicus, Ridqm. Man. N. A. B. p. 588
(1887) ; Chajim. Auk, 1888, p. 396.
Adult male. General colour above dark brownish grey, miuutely sprinkled and streaked with black and pale ashy grey ; the top of head and the scapulars show very distinct transverse markings, a character that distinguishes the species from all the other American Goatsuckers ; transverse markings on the head velvety black, bordered with a lino of white ; markings on the scapulars and upper wing-coverts bolder and rather arrow-shaped ; quills dull cinnamon-colour, barred with deep brown, greyish on the tips ; two central rectrices coloured like the upper parts, two lateral pairs with broad, following pair with narrow white edges, which are more or less bordered with shades of buff ; throat blackish brown, annulatcd with pale brown ; a broad band of silvery white across the throat ; feathers of the breast deep brownish black, with silvery grey tips, mottled with brown ; abdomen pale buff, barred with dusky ; lower tail-coverts uniform buff; lower wing-coverts dull cinnamon: "bill black; iris dark hazel ; feet reddish purple, scales and claws darker " {Audubon). Total length about 7'5 inches, wing 6-4 to 5-9, tail 3-7 to 3-9, tarsus 0-65.
Adidt female. Entirely similar to the male, but the white tips to the outer rectrices generally narrower.
Younr/. Similar to the adult, but having the patch on the throat buff ; entire plumage lighter, the black markings being less developed, and more or less overspread and mixed with rusty buff or ochracoous.
Southern and Eastern specimens are perhaps a little smaller and paler on an average, and therefore specimens from Arizona and Texas are distinguished as P. mdtalli mtidus by American ornithologists. These characters, however, are so variable that I greatly doubt whether it will bo possible to maintain this subspecies even if additional material is studied ; I also consider that Californian specimens (P. nuttalli calif ornicus, Eidgw.) belong to the true P. nuttalli. As regards size I find that Californian specimens have the wing from 5'4 to 5-8 inches in length, Colorado specimens 5*5 to 5-9, specimens from New Mexico, Arizona, &c., 5"4 to 5-8.
Bah. From Southern and Central Mexico and Texas throughout New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and California as far north as Oregon and Washington east of the Rocky Mountains.
a, h. Ad. sk. California. Sclater & Tweeddale
Colls.
c. cJ ad.sk. Honey Lake, California, June Salvin-Godman Coll.
16 {H. W. Henshaw).
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3. OTOPHANES. 581
Nicasio, Marin Co., May 27 Salviu-Godman Coll.
(//. W. Himshaiv). San Diego Co. {C. Hart- Salvin-Godman Coll.
3Ierrium). San Bernardino Co., Cal., Salvin-Godman Coll.
Oct. 20 (R. B. Herron). Colorado Springs, Col., May Salvin-Godman Coll.
& June ( //. W. Henshaw). Estev's Park, Colorado, May Salvin-Godman Coll.
30"(CWe). Grant Co., Mew Mexico, Salvin-Godman Coll.
April 15 (^. W. Ant/wni/). Gila River, iV. Mexico, Sept. Salviu-Godman Coll.
14 {Lt. Wheeler). Santa Fe Mts., N. Mexico, Salvin-Godman Coll.
July 27 (IT. TV. Heiishmo). liio Mimbres, New Mexico Sclater Coll.
( Clark). Apache, Arizona, Sept. 16 Salvin-Godman Coll .
(H. W. HeTishaw). Mexico. Purchased.
Prov. Guanajuato, Mexico. Salvin-Godman Coll.
3. OTOPHANES.
Type. Otophanes, Breioster, Auk, 1888, p. 88 0. macleodi.
Nostrils somewhat tubular and prominent ; very long and curved bristles at the gape ; tarsus naked, about equal to the middle toe ; tail slightly rounded ; second and third primaries equal aud longest ; somewhat distinct superciliary shields of radiating feathers, termi- nating on the sides of the occiput in tufts of elongated feathers, erectile in life and similar to the " ear-tufts " in the Scojis-Owl ; feathers over the eye tipped with a fringe of hair-like bristles.
llanye. Mexico.
1. Otophanes macleodi.
Otophanes mcleodii, Brewst. Auk, 1888, p. 89 (Chihuahua) : Allen, Auk, 1891, p. 320, pi. i.
Adult male. Top of the head sandy brown, miuutely mottled with buff and shaded with darker brown ; hind neck banded with buff and deep brown ; back and rump similar to the crown ; scapulars with very large blackish-browu velvety spots, encircled by a buff line ; upper wing-coverts with rounded creamy-white spots ; pri- maries deep brown, banded with pale rufous ; secondaries similar, but much mottled on the outer webs ; innermcst secondaries like the scapulars ; innermost pair of rectrices coloured like the back and rump, the other pairs deep brown, indistinctly barred with rufous near the base, tipped with white ; lower parts paler than the upper surface ; a band of silky white across the throat : feathers of the abdomen with a white tip and a dark browu line before the white tip : " iris brown." Total length about 8-5 inches, wing 5*2, tail 4, tarsus 0-6.
Hah. Chihuahua and Jalisco, Mexico.
582 CAl'KIMrLGlD^.
a. cS ^^- sk. Hacienda de San Marcos, Za- Salvin-Godman Coll. potlan, Jalisco, Mexico, May 11 ( W. Lloyd).
This specimen differs from the type, a female, which is in a rather rufous phase of plumage. The more rufous coloration may possibly be peculiar to the female sex.
4. STENOPSIS. n.
lype. Stenopsis, Caxs. Proc. Ac. Phil. v. p. 179 (18ol) .... S. cayenuensis.
The genus Stenopsis is closely allied to Caprimidgiu^, and one species of the latter { Oaprimulgus macuUcaudus) agrees with Stenopsis in many points, but on account of the somewhat rounded tail must nevertheless remain with Caprinv.dgiis. The most typical species of Stenojms is no doubt »S'. cayennensis, which differs greatly from Caprimulijus. The bill is more elongated and uot so broad ; the nostrils are more exposed ; the wing is more rounded ; first primary rather broad, almost equal to or very little shorter than the second and third ; the tail is perfectly square or distinctly emarginate. The sexes differ obviously.
Ramje. Throiighout Southern America, north to Panama, south to Northern Patagonia.
Key to the Species.
a. Primaries white at base in the male candicans, p. 5S2.
b. Primaries browu or black at base.
a'. Outer taiWeatbers in the male white for
their greater part cayennensis, p. 583.
b' . Outer tail-feathers in the male with large white terminal spots. a". General colour above deep brown or
blackish ri'Jlcerv/.v, p. 584.
6". General colour above greyish.
a'". Wing about 6'2 inches lonyirostris, p. 585.
b'". Wing about 5'4 inches decussata, p. 586.
1. Stenopsis candicans.
Ibiyau alas y cola blancas, Azara, Apunt. no. 314 (1805). Oaprimulgus leucurus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. x. p. 240, pt. ! (1817); id.
£nc. MM. p. 544 (1823) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 59 (1869)*. Stenopsis candicans, Pelz. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 588 (Irisanga, S. Brazil :
e.i- Natt. MS.) ; id. Orn. Bras. pp. 12, 49 (1867). ? ( 2 ) Stenopsis langsdorffi, Pelz. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 689 ; id. Orn. Bras.
pp. 12, 52 (1867).
Male. Above whitish grey, here and there washed with ochraceous, finely marbled with black ; top of the head with a blackish longi- tudinal stripe ; scapulars with black streaks and ferruginous spots ; larger wing-coverts and inner secondaries white ; primaries black,
* Vieillot rel'ei's to Sfeiiopsin cayeimcusii! and to the present species, but the description is that of .S. cai/ciinei/i-is.
4. STENOPSIS. 583
white at base, the third longest ; a white line from the base of the mandible to the ear-coverts ; throat, sides of the neck, and breast chestnut, undulated with black ; lower abdomen, under mng-coverts, and lateral rectrices pure white, the latter partly margined with buff. Total length about !) inches, wing about G, tail 4. {Pelzeln.)
? Fanale. Primaries and tail barred.
Hah. Irisanga, S. Brazil.
'2.. Stenopsis cayennensis.
Engoulevent varie de Cayenne, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. ii. p. 545
(1779). Crapaud volant de Cayenne, Dauhent. PI. Enl. 760 (1783). Caprimulgus cayennensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 1031 (1788) ; Cab. in
Schomb. Guiana, iii. p. 710 (1848). Caprimulgus leopetes, Jard. ^- Selby, III. Oni. ii. pi. 87. Stenopsis cayennensis, Cass. Pr. Ac. Phil. v. p. 179 (1851) ; Cab. Sf
Heim, Mas. Hein. iii. p. 91 (1860) ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 280
(1862) ; id. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 140 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 12 (1867) ;
Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 59 (1869) ; Scl. ^- Salvin, Numencl. Av. Neotr.
p. 96 ( 1 .s73) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 531 ; Cory, Aid; iii. p. 343 ; Salvin,
Ibis, 1885, p. 439 (B. Guiana); Cory, B. W. Ind. p. 138 (1889). Caprimulgus cayami.s, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 587 (1790). Caprimulgus odontopteron, Less. Rev. Zuol. 1839, p. 105. Antrostomus odonpteron, Bp. Consp. i. p. 61 (1850). ? Stenopsis albicauda, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1874, p. 89 (Costa
Rica).
Adult male. Upper surface pale brownish grey, narrowly streaked and verraiculated with blackish ; feathers of the crown blackish, with light rufous margins ; a rufous band across the hind neck ; scapulars very deep brownish black in the middle, bordered with fulvous ; first four primaries blackish brown, with a broad band of white across the middle and a narrow incomplete one near the base, the remainder with three somewhat incomplete bars ; secon- daries with white tips and two broad white spaces occupying almost the whole of the inner webs ; outer pair of rectrices pure white, with one deep brown bar in the middle, the following two pairs with a cross bar, the tip and a broad margin on the outer web deep brown, the next pair to the central one similarly coloured, but without the bar ; central pair greyish brown, undiUated and narrowly barred with deep brown ; chin, throat, and lower abdomen white ; lower tail-coverts buffy white ; breast and upper abdomen brown and buff. Total length about 9 inches, wing 5"6 to 6, tail 4'7 to 5, tarsus 0-(j3, feathered for half its length.
Adult female. Very different from the male ; above darker and more uniform ; spots and bars on the quills rufous ; no white in the tail ; chin, throat, and abdomen buff, with darker bars. Wing 5'5 inches, tail 4"1.
Younr/ male. Spots on the primaries not white but rufous ; throat and abdomen not pure white ; outer rectrices shaded with buff, outer webs brown, barred with fulvous ; a blackish bar of irregular form on the outer pair, but with traces developed on the pair next to the central ones ; with age this bar becomes more and more
684 CAPKIMCLGIDJE.
regular on the outer pair, and disappears on the pair next to the central ones, but these bars vary a great deal in shape and size.
Specimens from the Merumc Mountains in British Guiana and from Colombia seem to be rather larger and darker, but this docs not appear to be a constant character, as the species varies to a certain extent in shade of colour.
Hah. Piom Manama throughout the northern parts of South America, Colombia, Venezuela, Guiana, and the islands of Trinidad and Tobago.
Messrs. Sclater and Salvin {1. c.) record the species from Martinique, but this statement -wants confirmation.
a. (S ad. sk. S. America. Purchased.
h. (S ad. sk. S. America. Gould Coll.
c. (S ; d. ^ ad. Chitra, Veragua {Arc6). Salvin-Godman Coll.
sk.
e. cJ;/. 2ad. Bogota. Sclater Coll.
sk.
g. S ad. sk. Antioquia, U.S. of Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Salmon).
h, i, k. (S ad. sk. Tobago (Kirk). Sclater Coll.
/. c? ad. sk. Venezuela. Purchased.
m, n. (S ; 0. 2 Roraima, Brit. Guiana, Nov., Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. Dec. (H. White/ 1/).
p. 2 imm. sk. Merume Mts., Brit. Guiana, Sah-in-Godman Coll.
June (H. WhiMy).
q-s. iS ; t. 2 Aunai, Brit. Guiana, June, Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. July, Dec. (K. Whitely).
u. (S ad. sk. Guiana (Broimi). Sclater Coll.
3. Stenopsis ruficervix.
Stenopsis ruficervix, Sd. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 140, pi. xiv. (Colombia) ;
Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 69 (1809) ; Sd. cj- Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 782
(Merida, Venezuela) ; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neutr. p. 96; iid. P. Z. S.
1879, p. 531 ; Salcin, Ibis, 1885, p. 439 (B. Guiana). Caprimulgus decussatus, Cab. (nee Tsch.) in Schomb. Guiana, iii.
p. 710 (1848). ? Stenopsis platura*, Pelz. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 589; id. Orn. Bras.
pp. 12, 53 (1807).
Adult male. Above black spotted with rufous, the spots on the sides of the crown whitish ; a rufous band across the hind neck ; wing-coverts with larger buff spots ; primaries deep blackish brown, the first four crossed by a band of pure wliite ; four lateral pairs of rectrices with broad white tips, but the outer web more or less over- spread with brown and the white on the fourth less in extent ; a narrower white band across the middle of the tail confined to the inner webs, a still narrower and sometimes ill-defined one near the base ; central pair of rectrices similar in colour to the upper parts, without white ; chin and breast similar in colour to the upper wing-coverts ; a white band across the throat ; abdomen fulvous, becoming more or less uniform to the lower tail-coverts. Total length about 9 inches, wing 6-3 to 6"8, tail 4'0.
Adult female. Different from the male. The band across the
* Seems to be smaller tliau St. ruficervix.
4. STENOPSIS.
585
throat pale fulvous, the alar speculum more or less overspread with rufous, and no pure white in the tail.
Young. Similar to the female, but paler ; quills with terminal edges of buff.
Hah. Colombia to Ecuador, Venezuela (Merida), to British Guiana (Iloraima). An inhabitant of higher elevations.
e. J
ad.
a. S ; b. 2 ^^• sk.
c. $ ad. sk.
d. cf ad. imm. sk.
/. 6 ad. sk. g. 6; h. 2
sk.
i". 2 ad. sk. k. c? ad. sk.
/. 2 ad. sk. ?H. 2 imni. sk. «, 0. (^; p. 2 ad.
sk. q. Imm. sk. ;•. Imm. sk. A-, t. (S imm. sk. K. S ad. sk. V. (J ad. sk. w. c? imm. sk.
.V. cJ ad. sk.
Iloraima, Brit. Guiana, Aug.
{H. Whitely). Merida, ^'eIlezuela (Goering). Sierra Nevada, Santa jNIarta,
Aug. (^Simons). Eetiro, Antioquia (Salmon). Santa Eleua, U. S. of Colombia
(Salmon). Envigado, Antioquia [Salmon). Antioquia, U. S. of Colombia
(Salmon). Bogota. Bogota. Bogota.
Quito.
Quito.
Ecuador (Buckley).
Monji, Ecuador (Buckley).
Monji, Ecuador (Buckley).
Vicinity of Paste, Ecuador
(Lehmann). Ecachupata, E. Peru, Nov.
(H. Whitely).
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salviu-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman CoU. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould Coll.
Salviu-Godmau Coll. Sclater Coll. (Types of the species.) Tweeddale CoU. Goidd Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Sclater Coll. Salvin-Godman CoU.
Salviu-Godmau Coll.
4. Stenopsis longirostris *.
Caprimulgus longirostris, Bp. Journ. Ac. Phil. iv. pt. ii. p. .384 (1825). Antrostumus longirostris, Bp. Consp. i. p. 61 (1850) ; Bunn. Syst.
Ueb. Th. Bras. ii. p. ^87 (1856). Stenopsis longirostris, Cass. Cat. Caprim. Phil. Mus. (1851) ; id. U. S.
Erpl. E.rp. p. 188 (1858) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 59 (1869). Caprimulgus bifasciatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 22 ; id. in Barwin's
Voy. Beayle, iii. p. 36 (1841) ; Koenig- Wartk. J.f. O. 1868, p. 382. Stenopsis bifasciata, Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 328 (Chili) ; Scl. ^- Salvin,
P. Z. S. 1868, p. 142 (Conchitas) ; Dar7if. Ibis, 1877, p. 37, 1878,
p. 396 (Patagonia); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 9 (Coquimbo);
Tacz. Orn. Perou, i. p. 221 (1884) ; Scl. ^- Huds. Argent. Orn. ii.
p. 14 (1889). Antrostomus bifasciatus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 61 (1850). Caprimulgus conterminus, Peak, Zool. Kipl. jE.rp. p. 169 (1858). Stenopsis reticulatus, Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 59 (1869) (descr. nulla). Caprimulgus andinus, Landb. Arch.f. Naturg. 1860, p. 279.
Adult wale. Above grejnsh, transversely mottled with blackish, black sjjots along the centre of the crown, a collar of rufous buff round the hind neck ; scapulars with much black, and with buff spots and edges laterally ; wing-coverts spotted with buff near the tips ; primaries deep brown, first four crossed by a broad bar of
* There can be no doubt, I think, that Bonaparte's name belongs to the present species.
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CAPRIMULGID.E.
white, often spotted witli rufous near the base, following primaries brown, spotted with rufous ; inner secondaries similar to the upper parts ; central pair of rectrices greyish brown, mottled and irre- gularly barred with black ; three outer rectrices on each side largely tipped with white, fourth with a white spot on the tip of the inner web ; another band of white across the inner webs of the outer rec- trices ; a band of white tinged with buff across the throat : abdomen buff, irregularly barred with dark brown ; under wing- coverts buff, more or less barred with brown. Total length about 9 inches, wing (M to 6*4, tail 4'-i to 4'7, tarsus 0-7.
Adult female. Colours somewhat duller and more brownish, collar less obvious, bands across the primaries buff ; tail brown and rufous buff throughout, without any pure white colour.
Toung. iSimilar to the adult specimens, the white spots already deve- loped, but colours more brownish, quills narrowly tipped with white.
Hah. From the Andes of Chili throughout Bolivia and the interior of Brazil to Patagonia.
a. cJ ad. sk.
b, c. 5 ad. et c? jr. sk.
d. (S ad. sk.
e. (S imm. sk. /. c? ad. sk.
g. cJad.; h. ^ad. i. (S imm. sk. k. 2 ad. sk.
l-p. (5 ad. sk. q. cJ ad. sk. r, s, t. (S 2 ad.
sk. u. (S ad. st.
V. S ad. ; w. cJ
juv. sk. X. 5 imm. sk.
South America.
Arequipa, Peru {H. Whi/eli/).
Tilotilo, Prov. Yungas, Bolivia
(C. BucMeii). Coquimbo, Chili. Chili {E. C. Reed). ; Santiago, Chili [Landbeck Sf
Let/botd) . Coi'dillera de Santiago (E. C.
Eeed). Chili.
Chili (Leijbnld). Chili [Landbeck).
Valparaiso.
(' Chupat, Patiigouia, May, Nov.
Brazil (?).
5. Stenopsis decxissata.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Sclater Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Dr. Coppinger [C] Salvin-Godman Coll. Sclater Coll.
Sclater Coll.
Purchased.
Sclater Coll.
H. Berkelev James,
Esq. [P.J C. Darwin, Esq. [P.], ype of C. bifasciatus.) II. Durnt'ord, Esq.
[C] Purchased. (C. reti- culutus, Gray.)
Caprimulgiis decussatu^, Tsch. Wiet/m. Arch. 1844, p. 2C'8; id.Fann.
Peru. p. 126, pi. V. (1846); 2?jt>. Consp. i. p. 61 (ISoU). Caprimulgus ajquicaudatus, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exp., Zool. B. p. 168
(1848).' Antrostomus sequicaudatus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 342 (Lima) ; Scl.
<^- 8alv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 569 (Arequipa). Stenopsis aequicaudata, Scl. 4' Sah: Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 96 (1873);
iid. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 626 (Bolivia) ; Tacz. On,. Per. i. p. 222 (1884). ? Stenopsis macrorhvncha, Salvad. Atti Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat. xi. p. 160
(1868).
Similar to St. longirostris, but smaller and paler, the ground-colour being sandy buff, the collar on the hind neck paler, white spots on the primaries narrower. Total length about 8 inches, wing o-4, tail 4, tarsus O'Go.
Hab. Peru.
5. XTCTIDROMUS. 587
a. S ad. sk. Islay, Peru, Sept. 13 (if. Sclater Coll
Whitely). h. 2 ad sk Lima (.Vw/ww). Sdater Coll.
c, rf. J V ad. sk. Callao, Peru, Sept. (.4. H. Salvin-Goduian Cull. Markhmyi).
o. NYCTIDROMUS.
^yctidromus, Gould, Icoites Avium, ii. pi. 2 (1838) N albicollis
Jiucapnpodus, Less. Echo du Monde Sav. 1843 '.'.'. n' albicollis.'
This geniis i.s allied to CVHrm^/^/t.*, but the verv long- aud bare tarsus in addition to the different habits, which are somewhat ter- restrial, may be sufHcieut reasons for generic separation. The sexes are different m colour.
lian^je. From Texas throughout Central and South America to Southern Brazil.
1. Nyctidromus albicollis. Montvovau de la Guyanp, Buf. Hist. Xat. Ois. vi. p. 580 (1779) lette-chevre roux de la Guyane, Daubent. PL Enl 7.33 ( O ) \Vhite-tbroated Goatsucker, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 596 (1783) Gruiana Goatsucker, id. ibid. p. .598 (1783) y ^ )■
Caprimulgus albicollis, Gm. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 10.30 (1788) ; Lath Ind Orn. n. p. 585 (1790) ; .^teph. Gen. Zool. x. p. 1.55 (ik: llefu Enc 3Ieth.^. om (18-23) ; Hartl. Ind. Azara, pp. 20, 310 (184? •
«"-o nSRfif "f/ r'l'Ji-'- P-7nl° Inl^^^^ ' ^^°^- ^''- Trinidad, p. / J (1866) ; Sd. Ibis, 1867, p. 107 (Trinidad).
Capnmulgus guianensis, G-'OT. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 1030 (1788) • Lath
W 0;-«. n. p. o86 (1790) ; Vieill. Nouv. Diet. x. p. 239 ISl/f-
i«q' ^^f-- ^"v P- 318 (1830); Cass. Proc. Ac. Phil. 1851
^.f:y.m8:tS^'i.^r' '^"^ ' ^'''^^ ^oeniy-Warth.
Ibiyau, Azara, Apimt. p. 310 (1802).
^Xi?''^ laticaudus, Drup. Diet. Class. Sc. Nat. iv. p. 133 (1838 ;
Nyctidromus derbyanus, Goidd, Icon. Av. ii. pi. ii ,'1838^ Grm, Ust Iissirostr. b,:it.Mus. p. 11 (18J4) ; id. Gen. B. p. 48'(1849f:' i?;;. CwKs^j. 1. p. 62 (18.50). ^ v^^^^;.
Nyctidromus afiinis. Gray, List Fissirostr. Brit. Mus. v 11 (1844^
rhil. 18-31, p. 183; id. Cat. Cap))-. Mus. Phil, no 3 (1851) Autrostomus guianensis and albicollis, Bp. Consp. \. p 61 (1850) Nyctidromus amencanus* Cass. Proc. Ac. Phil 18ol n 17q. ,V7 |W C«7.,- T/v.. p;»7. no. 1 (1851); Scl. P Z. S. Mo, p. 'o85' I8o9, p 36/ (Mexico): Scl. ^- Salv. Ibis,\8h^^, ^.Vli.Cabi-
p. 290 (1861) ; Salrin, 2bi.s, 1866, p. 203 (Guatemala)
!Ne(.' Caprimtdyui- amcricaitus, Linn.
588 CATRIMrLGIDiE.
ibid. p. 62G (Bolivia) ; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 97 (1873) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, pp. 124, 144; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 60 (1869) ; Lawr. Ann. Li/c. N. Y. ix. p. 204 (1869 ; Yucatan) ; id. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. i'i. p. 291 (1874 ; W. Mexico) ; id. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. iv. p. 31 (1876) ; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 37o ; Lee, Ibis, 1873, p. 134; Layard, t. c. p.' 399 : Cab. J. f. O. 1874, p. 226 (Rio) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 327 ; id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 240 (Peru) ; id. Orn. Perou, i. p. 226 (1884) ; Bidyw. Man. X. Amer. B. p. 300 (1»77, part.) ; id. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mu.'^. ix. p. 258 (1880), x. p. 592 (1881) ; Bojicard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 67 (Costa Rica) ; Salv. ^- Godm. Ibis, 1880, p. 174 ; Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 398 (1882) ; Ridi/w. Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus. v. p. 501 (Costa Rica) ; Sumichr. Naturaleza, v. p. 249 (1882 ; Mexico) ; Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 386 (1883) ; Sahin, Ibis, 1885, p. 439 (B. Guiana); id. Ibis, 1889, p. 368 (Cozumel) ; Cory, Auk; 1889, p. 277 (Porto Rico). Nyctidromus giiiauensis, Cass. Cat. Capr. Mus. Phil. p. 12 (1851) ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. Th. Bras. ii. p. 391 (1856) ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 290 (1861 ; Panama) ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 281 (1862) ; id. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 176 (City of Mexico) ; E. C. TayUn; Ibis, 1864, p. 90 (Trinidad) ; Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 364 (Panama) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 13 (1867); Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 204 (Veragua).
Adult male. Above brown in different shades, finely mottled with darker brown, sometimes rather greyish brown, often rather rufous ; top of the head with longitudinal black spots, bolder in the centre of the crown, where they form a long stripe; ear-coverts golden buff ; scapulars with large black spots, chiefly on the outer webs, and broadly bordered with bright buff; primaries deep brown, with a broad white band across the first four or five, often indistinct on the fifth, and more or less fulvous on the outer webs ; wing- coverts with terminal buff spots ; outermost pair of rectrices deep brown, with a more or less developed white streak on the inner webs, the next pair white, more or less dusky on the outer webs ; the following pair white, inclining to buff, barred with dusky near the base and on a great part of tlie outer webs, this coloration varying in extent ; lower parts buff, regularly barred with dusky, darker on the breast ; a broad white band across the throat, some- times almost interrupted in the middle. Total length about 10 to 11 inches, wing 5-7 to 6-9, tail 5-7 to 6-G, tarsus 0-9 to 1-1.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but smaller, the markings duller and therefore not so beautifully contrasted, the band across the primaries not pure white, but more or less shaded with buff ; outer rectrices barred with buff, only the tips of the next two pairs white. Wing 5-G to 6-5 inches, tail 5-4 to 6.
Young. Colours duller, the abdomen not so distinctly barred as in adult individuals ; white on the tail less in extent ; white on the primaries less pure ; head not so boldly streaked, but with drop-like spots, surrounded by light grey.
The nestling is covered with buff down, darker above.
This species, like many Goatsuckers, varies greatly in colour and size. The perfect plumage of the adult bird is apparently not
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589
gained in the first year. Eesidcs this there is a rnfous phase of plumage, which is independent of locality, sex, or ago, but more common in some places, rarer in others. As a rule, specimens from Guiana and Colombia are very small and dark rufous, and might be distinguished as local races, whereas the specimens from Matto Grosso, Brazil, as well as those from Central America and Mexico, are generally larger. The species, however, varies much in color- ation and size.
Hah. Tropical America from Mexico to Southern Brazil (Matto Grosso). It seems to be absent from the West Indies, but a speci- men has been recorded from Porto Kico. »
(i,b- d 2 ad. sk.
c, d. Ad. St. e,f. 6 2 ad.sk.
g. 6 ; h-k. 5 ad. sk.
1, m. cT ; n. 2 ad.
sk. o,p- d; q-t. 2
ad. sk. u. 2 ad. sk.
V. 5 ad. sk.
lu. 2 ad. sk. X. S imm. ; rj. 2 ad. sk.
2. 2 ad. sk.
a', c?; b', c'. 2
ad. sk. d'. 6 ad. sk. «'. Ad. sk.
f-h\6; i',/c'.2
ad. sk. I'. 2 ad. sk.
m'. 6 ad. sk. n', o'. 2 ad. sk. 2)'. 2 ad. -sk. q'-u'. 6 ad. et
imm. ; v'-z'. 2
ad. sk. a". 6 ad. St. b", c". 2 ad. sk.
d". cJ imm. sk.
e"-Q". 6; h"-l" .
2 ad. sk. m"-p".6\ q",r".
2 ad. sk.
Tres Marias Islands, April (A. Forrer).
Mexico.
Presidio de Mazatlan, April, June {A. Forrer).
Colima, Jan. ( W. B. Richard- son).
Tepic, May ( W. B. R.).
Tehuautepec, Feb., March ( W.
B. R.). Tonala, Chiapas, Feb. ( W.
B. R.) Acapulco, Guerrero (D. W.
Smith). City of Mexico ( White). Tampico, June ( W. B. R.).
Misantla, March {F. D. God- man). Jalapa {De Oca).
Orizaba (Botteri).
Playa Vicente, Vera Cruz [M.
TnijiUo). Teapa, Feb. {D. W. Smith).
Buctzotz, Yucatan, April (G.
F. Gaumer). Peto, Yucatan (G. F. G.). Temax, Yucatan {G. F. G.) Mugeres Isl., Dec. (G. F. G.). Cozumel {G. F. G.).
British Honduras.
Orange Walk, Br. Honduras,
Dec. (G. F. G.). Belize, Br. Honduras {Blan-
cayieaux). Guatemala.
Duenas (O. S.).
Salviu-Godman Coll.
Purchased. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Tweeddale Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Tweeddale Coll.
Rclater Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
D. Dyson [C.]. Salvin-Godman CoU.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gould & Tweeddale
Colls. Salvin-Godman Coll.
590
CAPRIMULGIDJ;.
«", t". d 2 ad.
sk. u''. cj ad. sk. v", lo". d ; -i'"- 2
ad. sk. y", z". d ad. sk. a'. (5' ad. sk. 5^. c? ad. sk. f^. Imm. sk. (P. 2 ad. sk. e^-h^. (S ad. sk.
^^ 6; ff, P. 2
ad.etimm.sk. ori', n^. S ad. sk.
o^. 2 ad. ; |j^.
Pull. sk. (f. S ad. sk.
r^-u\ c?; ?'■'• 2
ad. sk. ?«^. 2 ad. sk. •r^, y^. (S ad. et
imm. sk. z^. c? ad. sk.
a\ b\ S ad. ; e'.
Pull. sk. «?'. c? ad. sk.
e^ f . r^ 2 ad.
sk. .y*. J ad. sk. A', d" ad. sk. i^. S ad. sk. A;*, /^ d; »«'■ 2
ad. sk. n^. S ad. sk.
o^. 2 ad. sk.
p\ 2 ad. sk. q*^, r*. cf ad. et
imm. sk. s\ t\ S 2 ad. sk. ti^. S ad. sk. v\ 2 ad. sk.
iv^. 2 ad. sk.
2 ad. sk.
ad. sk. /\ 2 ad. sk.
g'\ cf ad. sk.
Chisec, Vera Paz (O. S.).
Chuacas, Feb. (0. 6'.). Ketalheuleu (0. ^S.).
Choctum, Jan. (O. jS".). Cahabon, Jan. (O. iS.). Cobau (0. .S'.). Teleman, Nov. (0.5'.). Pine ridj^e of Poctum (O. <S.). La Libertad, Salvador, Feb.
(Tr. B. Rkhanhon). Chiuandep;a, Nicaragua, May,
June ( W. B. R.). Momotombo, Nicaragua, May
( W. B. R.). L'azu district, Costa Rica ( W.
Rogers). San Jose, Costa Rica, March 20
{J. Carmiol). Panama.
Calovevora {Arce). Cbiriqui {Arce).
Arichuca, Colombia, March 7
{F. Simons). Bogota.
Santa Rita Mts., Ecuador (C. Buckley).
Saravacu, Ecuador (C. Buck- le!/}-
Esmeraldas, Nov. (Z. Fraser).
Caracas, Venezuela.
Trinidad.
Bartica Grove, BritLsh Guiana, June to Sept. {H. Wkitely).
Maroni River, Surinam (Kap- pler).
Cayenne.
Demerara.
Island of Mexiana {A. R. Wal- lace).
Para.
Para {E. L. Layard).
Pebas, Upper Amazons (J. Hau.vwell).
Pernambuco ( W. A. Forbes).
Chapada, Matto Grosso, Feb., May (Z». W. Smith).
Bahia {Dr. Wucherer).
Rio Claro, Prov. Goyaz
{Joyner). Sao Paulo {Joyner).
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sclater Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sclater Coll. D. Dyson [C.]. Sclater Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
H. C. Rothery, Esq.
[P.]. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
R. Graham, E.«q. [P.]. Tweeddale Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
G. SIPIIOXORHIS.
h'\ 2 ad. sk. Pelotas, Kio Grande do Sul
{Joijner). i'. $ ad. St. Brazil.
k''-m^. c? ; n\ 2 Brazil.
ad. sk. o'\ Skull. S. America.
591 Salvin-Godman Coll.
Lord Stuart de Kothesay [P.]. Salvin-Godinan Coll.
Purchased.
Subsp. a. Nyctidromus merrilli.
Nyctidroinus albicolli.s, Merrill, Bull. Nutt. Orn.Club, i. p. 88 (1876 ;
'Texas); id. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 143 (1878; S. Texas). Nyctidrumu.s albicolli.s merrilli, Semictt, Auk, 1888, p. 44 (Texas) ; C/iapmcm, t. c. p. 402.
Adult male. Distinguished by the prevailing grey colour of the upper surface, especially the verj' grey crown and mantle and the light-coloured central rectrices, by its large size, by the bars on the abdomen being less numerous, and by the outer pair of rectrices in the male having generally little or no white at all. Wing 6'6 to 7'4 inches, tail 7.
Adult female. A little smaller than the male ; outermost rectrices barred vrith buff, the next pair tipped with white ; white throat-patch more restricted in size ; colours of the upper surface less brilliant.
Younger individuals are more fulvous, the wing-patch shaded with fulvous, the outer rectrices barred or showing remains of bars.
Hie nestling is covered with buff down, much darker and almost fulvous above.
This is a well recognizable grey and rather large northern form, but it cannot be raised to specific rank since most of the specimens from Mexico and many from Yucatan are intermediate, and a sharp line cannot be drawn ; they gradually merge into the southern form. I have not yet seen the well-pronounced rufous phase from Texas.
Hab. Southern Texas and Northern Mexico.
a-k. (5 5 ad. sk. Brownsville, Texas (F. B. Arm- Salvin-Godman Coll.
stronf/). I. S ad. sk. Benavides, Texas {F. B. A.). Salvin-Godman CoU.
m-o. S; p- 2 iiiia.lgOjTexa.s (F. B. A.). Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. q,r. (5; s, t. $ San Patricio, Texas, Dec. {F. Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. B.A.).
u, V. c?; ic, X. 2 Corpus Christi, March {F. Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. B. A.),
y. 2 ad. sk. Nuevo Leon, Mexico, June 11 Salvin-Godman CoU.
(F. B. A.).
0. SIPHONORHIS.
Type.
Siphonorhis, Sclater, P. .2. <S'. 1861, p. 77 S. americ
The bill is extremely broad at base, the tip strong and heavily decurved ; nostrils tubular and very prominent : rictal bristles
592 CAPRIMULGIDiE.
strongl}' developed. Wing pointed, third primary longest ; tail rounded, almost graduated. Tarsi long and naked. The sexes differ slightly in coloration.
Range. Restricted to the island of Jamaica.
1. SiphonorMs americanus.
Small Wood-Owl, Sloane, Voy. Jamaica, ii. p. 296.
Caprlmulgus americanus, Linn. St/st. Nat. ed. x. p. 193 (1758) ; id.
ed. xii. i. p. .346 (1766) ; Gfn. Si/st. Nat. ii. p. 1032 (1788) ; Vieill.
Nouv. Diet. X. p. 239 (1817). Eno-ouleveut a Lunettes ou Haleur, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 543
(1779). Chordeiles americanus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 63 (1850). Siphonorhis americanus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 77; id. Cat. Ain. B.
p. 282 (18G2) ; id. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 144 ; id. J.f. 0. 1867, p. 277 ;
Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 199 ; March, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil.
1863, p. 286; Grail, Hand-l. B. i. p. 60 (1869); Scl. ^- Salv.
Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 97 (1873) ; A. Si JE. Neivt. Handh.
Jamaica, p. 109 (1881) ; Cory, List B. W. Lid. i. p. 16 (1885) ;
id. B. W. Ind. p. 139 (1889).
Adult male. General colour a somewhat rufous-brown, mottled and streaked with greyish and dark brown : along the top of the head some broader, on the back and rump some narrower blackish shaft-stripes ; scapulars heavily blotched with black and laterally streaked with whitish ; wing-coverts with buff terminal spots ; primaries deep brown, irregularly banded with rufous, this colour being lighter on the outer webs ; rectrices dull rufous, irregularly barred and mottled with dark brown, and with a dark brown sub- terminal bar and a white terminal bar ; throat and breast dark rufous-brown, a white band across the former ; feathers of the lower breast dark brown, tipped and barred with dull white ; abdo- men fawn-colour, barred with brown. Total length nearly 9 inches, wing 5-3, tail -l-S, tarsus 0-9, middle toe 0-95, culmen 0-4, width of gape 0'6.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but a little paler, the white patch on the throat somewhat duller, and the rectrices tipped with buff instead of white.
Hah. Jamaica.
a. S ad. sk. Trelawny, Jamaica, Sept. 14 (Osburn). Sclater Coll.
b. 5 ad. sk. Westmoreland, Jamaica, Aug. 21 (Os- Sclater Coll.
burn).
7. HELEOTHREPTUS.
Type. Amblypterus, Gotdd (nee Ayass.), P. Z. S. 1837, p. lOo. H. anomalus. Eleotiireptus {lege Heleothreptus), Gray, List Gen. B.
p. 7 (1840) H. anomalus.
In this very remarkable genus the male and the female have totally different wings. In the male the first six primaries are curved inwards and about equal in length, the seventh, eighth, and
7. HELEOTHEEPTTJS. 593
as bt''' JnT'f' ^^^f^gUh being longest, the tenth about half rif ^' 1 ^ Y ^^"".^^^ *^'^ ^'"'^ ^°"^ ^'^ ^b°^it equal in length the rest gradually becoming shorter. The tail is somewhat short and
tile miidW '"-^ "l"l'f ^"^^''' ^^^ "^^^^ ^-^1- «^--^ -" ongt a lit^P 1 r ^:,^^°"* t^i'^e a« l°^g as the lateral toes ; the tars? a little shorter than the middle toe with claw, feathered in front
RaTe r' TT 'f 1- ?°'^^?F ^^ ^"^"^ ^^-^^ «- nidificat ion iif»!.(7e. Central and Southern Brazil and Argentina.
1. Heleothreptus anomalus.
Trir;i *: ' ' , ■ ^"^^'^ ^^"-^ ^'^y- P- 36 (186.5).
lTltamTfrf''ff-' ^^^'''■J- P-^ (1^40); id. Gen. B. I. p. 4J (i»4/j ; j(/. List Fissir. Brit. Mm v 10(^Mf^\ ■ ff„ r>^.
(1865); ^^. 0.«. Bras. p. ]o (1862); ft.«^, jfand-l. B. i. p. 60
Heleothreptus anomalus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 143- id & Sal,, Nomencl.Av. Neotr .. 97 (1873) ; Dumfold, IMs, m! p fe (Buenos Ayres) ; Scl. \- Suds. Argentine Orn.n. p. 16 (ISSD^)'.
Adult male. Above greyish brown, spotted and dashed with blackish brown, rather boldly along the top of the head and on the scapulars ; lores, an indistinct superciliary stripe, some spots on the neck and in the centres of the wing-co'verts ^^^le fawn^ o our primaries deep blackish brown, with the basal portion rus^y fawn' colour, with large whitish tips to the first five and a small wHtTh ermmal spot to the sixth; rectrices fawn-colour, with wh t sh tips, irregularly barred with blackish, the two central feathers like the back ; beneath, throat and breast deep brown, with fawn- coloured shatt-spots; abdomen pale fawn-colour, irregularly barTed with deep brown, more uniform towards the lower tail-coverts To al length about 7-5 inches, wing 5-2, eighth primary 0-5 longer tail 3, tarsus 0-7, bill just behind the nostrils 0'28. ° '
Adult female. Similar in general coloration to the male but the wings are brown, banded with rufous. The females of batterer's t'alltr '''" t°^«l-^ger,the wing measuring 5-4 inches'the
The female from Quilmes, in Buenos Ayres, is a little more grey, and has distinct whitish tenninal spots to the feathers on
maturir- ''™'^'' '''"^ "''''''■ ^ ^^^'^^^ *^^'^ ^° ^^ ''°°' °f ^^i"
Hah. The same as that of the genus.
«. 6 ad. sk. [Demerara.] Dr. J. E. Gray ^P-J
b. 2 ad. sk. L-isanga, Brazil, Jan. 19 (Nat- Soll?CM '''"'''^
ferer).
c. I ad. sk. S. Brazil (Natterer). Salvin-Godman Co «• ¥ feK. Quilmes, provmce of Buenos II. Durnford, Esq
Apes, March 31. rn 1 ' "i"
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594 CAPRIMULGID^.
8. MACRODIPTERYX. ^^^^
Macrodipteryx, Siminson, B. W. Afi: ii. p. 62, pi. v.
(1837) . . '. M. macrodipterus.
Bange. That of the single species.
1. Macrodipteryx macrodipterus.
Capi'iaiulgus macrodipterus, Afzel. Descr. Sierra Leone, pi. (1794) ;
Vieill. Nouv.Dict. x. p. 245 (1817) ; id. Enc. Metli. p. 543 (1823). Caprimulg'us longipennis, Shaw, Nat. Misc. pi. 265 (1790-1813). Leoiia Goatsucker, Lath. Stippl. Spi. ii. p. 264 (1802). Macrodipter^'x africanus, Swains. B. W. Afr. ii. p. 62, pi. v. (1837). Macrodipteryx longipennis, Bp. Consji. i. p. 63 (1850) ; Hartl.
J.f. O. 1853, p. 397 (W. Africa) ; id. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 23 (1857) ;
Cab. S)' Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 90 (1860) ; Bocage, Jorn. Lish.
1868, p. 133 (Angola) ; Gray, Band-l. i. p. 60 (1869) ; Shell. ^■
Buckl. Ibis, 1872, p. 290 ; Pet. Ibis, 1873, p. 107 ; Heut/l. Orn.
N.O.-Afr. i. p. 137 (1874); Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 378
(1882) ; Ilartert, J.f. 0. 1886, p. 591 (Haussa) ; lieichen. J.f. O.
1891, p. 381 (Togo; egg).
Adult male. Above brovTii, more or less distinctly mottled with ashy ; feathers of the head centred with black, paler on the margins ; scapulars deep black, with broad outer margins of bright buff ; wing-coverts spotted with bright buff; a rufous collar round the neck, more obvioiis by contrast with the hind neck ; quills deep brown, broadly barred with rufous, paler on the inner webs ; tail crossed by irregular and spotted bands of pale rufous ; abdomen and under wing-coverts buif, barred with brown ; under tail-coverts uniform buff; breast brown, mixed with grey and bright buff; ninth primary more than twice as long as the wing, shaft bare except for about 5 to 6 inches at the tip, where it is ornamented with long webs. Total length about S to 9 inches, wing C"8, tail 5, tarsus 0'7, ninth primary about 17 inches long.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but without any elongated quill.
Young birds are much jjaler ; the band across the neck is less developed. According to Heuglin the shaft of the ninth primary is not bare in freshly-moulted specimens.
The species varies a good deal in markings, the band across the neck being often indistinct, and the ground-colour darker or paler.
Huh. From Western Abyssinia to the west coast of Africa, where it has been found from Senegambia to the Niger region.
a. $ ad.sk. [Africa ( r«vm«.r). J Sclater Coll.
b. S ad. sk. [W. Africa.] Purchased.
c. (S ad. sk. [W. Africa.] Vienna Museum
[E.].
d. 5 ad. sk. Sierra Leone. Sir E. Sabine [P.].
e. (5 ad. ; /. Gambia {Sir A. Moloney). Shelley Coll. Imm. sk.
g. S ad. sk. River Gambia. Sharpe Coll.
h. Imm. : I J Accra, Feb. 11 {G. E. S.). Shelley Coll.
ad. sk.
k. (S ad. sk. River Bonny {Hysloj}). Jardine Coll.
/. Imm. sk. Bogos-]aud. Mr. Esler.
9. COSMETORNIS. 595
9. COSMETORNIS.
Type. bBmeioplioriis, Gould [nee Ayass., nee Wa(/l.),Icon. Au.
ii. pi. 3 (1838) 0. vexillariiis.
Cosiuetornis, Grat/, List Gen. B. p. 8 (1840) C. vexillarius.
The differences between Oosmetornis and Mmroclijjteryx, stated on p. 520, are so important that these two genera cannot be united into one.
Range. Tropical Africa.
1. Cosmetornis vexillarius.
Semeioplioriis vexillarius, Gould, Icon. Ao. ii. pi. 3 (1838) ; Hartl.
Arch.f. Naturg. xxxiii. p. 10 (1867) ; id. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 821. Cosiuetornis vexillarius, Hartl. Ibis, 1862, p. 143 (S. Africa) ; Sol.
Ibis, 1864, p. 114; Kirk, ibid. p. 323 (Zambesi) ; Finsch c^- Hartl.
Vdi/. O.-Afr. p. 129 (1870) ; Skarpe, ed. Lai/ard's B. S. A.fr. p. 89
(187-5); Bocacje, Orn. Angola, p. I'io (l88i) ; She/ lei/, Ibis, 1832,
p. 240; id. Ibis, 1890, p. 167 (Ai-uwliimi P..); Holub ^ Pelz.
Beitr. Orn. Sildafr. p. 54 (1882) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn.
1884, p. 359 (Massai); Hartert, J.f. O. 1886, p. 591 (Beuue) ;
Hartl. Abh. naturw. Ver. Bremen, xii. p. 32 (1891). Macrodipteryx vexillarius, Bp. Consj). i. p. 63 (1850) ; Grai/, Hand-l.
i. p. 61; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 134 (1869); Hartl. Vog.
Madagascar, p. 56 (1877). Cosmetornis spekei, Sal. Ibis, 1864, p. 114, pi. ii. Macrodipter_yx burtoni, Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 61 (1869). Macrodipteryx sperliugi, Sliarpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 626 (Congo) ;
Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 156 (1881).
Adult male. Upper parts dark brown, mottled -with pale rufous ; top of the head blackish along the middle ; a broad collar of rufous, spotted with blackish, round the neck, more distinct on the upper part ; scapulars with large central spots of black and broadly bordered with buff on the outer webs ; primaries deep brown, white at base for about one third and tipped with white ; seventh and eighth quills elongated and not tipped with white ; the ninth ex- tremely elongated, about three times as long as the first primary, white at base and along the shaft and inner web, the outer web more or less dark brown ; rectrices brown, irregularly barred with brownish buff ; a large spot of white on the throat ; abdomen white, barred with brown, middle of abdomen almost pure white: lower tail-coverts white ; under wing-coverts white, barred with brown. Total length about lO'O inches, wing 8-4, eighth primary about 2 inches longer, ninth primary about 18 inches longer than the first, tail 5-4, tarsus 0*9, culmen 0-4.
Adult female. Upper parts coloui-ed as in the male, but the rufous collar narrower ; wings more spotted with buft' ; abdomen and under tail-coverts pale buff, barred with brown ; wing without any elongated primaries ; quills deep brown, with about five large rufous spots on inner and outer webs. Wing about 7'6 inches.
In younger males the ninth primary is not so long, and browu on both webs.
Hab. Throughout Eastern Africa as far south as Damara-land,
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CAPEIMULGIDJE.
across the continent to the Benue and Angola in the west and Fern- ando Po.
fl, b. cJ ad. sk.
c. 5 ad. sk.
d, e. d' $ ad. si
/. S ad. sk. (J. c? ad. sk. h. c? ad. sk. i. <S imm. sk.
k. S ad. sk.
;. $ ad. sk.
m. 5 ad. sk. n. S ad. sk.
o. c? ad. sk. p. cJ ad. sk.
Tingasi, Equatorial Africa,
July 2. Semmio, Niam-Niaiu Country,
March. Mamboio, E. Africa (Sir J.
Kirk). Lake Nyassa (Sir J. Kirk). Quilimane.
Zambesi River (Sir J. Kirk). Victoria Falls, Jan. 2 (F.
Oates). Umvuli River, Oct. 18 (J. S.
Jamesoii). Gangani River, Sept. 13 (J. S.
Jameson). Damara-land(C. J. Andersson). Elephant Vley, Damara-land,
Oct. 13 (C. 7.^.). Angola. Fernando Po.
Emin Pasha [P.].
F. BohndoriF[C.].
Shelley Coll.
Livingstone Exped. Jardine Coll. Livingstone Exped. W. E. & C. G.
Oates, Esqs. [P.]. Shelley Coll.
Shelley Coll.
Sharpe CoU. Shai-pe Coll.
Monteiro Coll. Sir R. Burton [P.].
S. climaciu-us.
10. SCOTORNIS.
Scotornis, Sioainson, B. W. Afr. ii. p. G6 (1837) . Range. That of the single species.
1. Scotornis climacurus.
Long-tailed Goatsucker, Lath. Gen. Syn. iv. p. 540 (1783). Caprimulgus climacurus, Vieill. Gal. Ois. i. p. 195, pi. 122 (1825 ; Senegal) ; Keys. 8,- Bias. JVirb. Bur. pp. xxxiv, 146 (1840) ; A. B. Brehm, J. f. O. 1853, p. 452 (N.E. Africa) ; Thiene?n. Fortpji. all.
Voff. pi. xlii. fig. 19 (1856, e^g); Koenig-Warth. J. f. 0. 1868,
p. 377 (uidificat.). Caprimulgus longicaudis, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 89 (1826). Caprimulgus longicaudus, JJrap. Diet. Class. Sc. Nat. iv. p. 133
(1838); Brehm, Voyelf. p. 44 (1855); Eeichen. J. f. O. 1875,
pp. 20, 49 (W. Africa)". Caprimulgus wiederspergii, Bchb. Ally. D. Naturh. Zeitschr. 1846,
lii. p. 289, pi. ix. Scotorcis climaturus. Swains. B. W. Afr. ii. p. 66 (1837). Scortornis climacturus, Gi'ay, Gen. B. i. p. 51 (1849). Scotornis climacurus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 62 (1850) ; Hartl. J. f. O.
1853, p. 396 (W. Africa) ; id. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 23 (1857) ; Sharpe,
Ibis, 1869, p. 192; Shell. Sf Biwkl. Ibis, 1872, p. 285. Scotornis lougicauda. Cab. Sj- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 90 (1860) ;
Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 46 (Gold Coast) ; Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i.
p. 133 (1874) ; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 378 (1882) ; Slmpe,
Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 434 (1884) ; Bilttik. Notes Lcyden
Mus. vii. p. 156 (Liberia) ; Hartert ^ Kutter, J. f. 0. 1886,
p. 591 (Haussa Ld., nidif.). Scortornis lontjicaudus, Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 60 (1869). Scotornis nigricans, Salvad. Atti Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat. xi. p. 450
(1868) ; id. Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. xxix. p. 226 (1888) ; Finsch ^■
Hart I. Voy. O.-Afr. p. 857 (1870); Biittik. Notes Leyden Mus. vii.
p. 157 (Liberia).
10. SCOTOENIS.
597
Scortornis finschii, Gray^ Hand-l. i. p. 60 (1869).
Scotornis phasiauurus, S. fiu'catus, S. boreanii, S. macrocercus,
S. longipennis, Paul v. Wiirtt. MS..Jide Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr.
i. p. 133 (1874).
Adult maJe. Ground colour of a kind of light ferruginous brown, sometimes more greyish, sandy or rufescent, and varied with brown or blackish freckles ; along the toij of the head the usual longi- tudinal blackish spots ; scapulars with blackish centres and broad buff, creamy, or orange-buff borders ; wing-coverts with larger and smaller terminal sj)ots of cream-colour or almost white, forming a distinct bar across the upper part of the wing ; primaries deep brownish black, crossed by a broad band of white, but the first primary and sometimes the second with the white restricted to the inner web ; secondaries brownish black, varied witli light rufous and tipped with white ; central rectrices greatly elongated and of the colour of the upper parts, with numerous more or less distinct dark bars ; lateral tail-feather shortest, outer web and tip white, second pair with white tips only ; narrow rictal stripe and large spot on the throat white or whitish ; breast variegated ; abdomen light fulvous buff, more or less barred with dark brown ; lower abdomen and under taU-coverts uniform. Total length about 14*5 inches, wing 5-8, lateral rectrices 4*3, central 11-3, tarsus 0'7, feathered in front for its upper half.
Adult female. Central rectrices much less elongated, measuring about 7 inches ; outer webs of lateral rectrices not pure white, and the spots on the primaries shaded with ferruginous.
Young. Seems to be similar to the female.
This species varies much in the depth of colours.
Hah. From Nubia throughout the Soudan, across the continent to Senegambia, and throughout Western Africa about as far south as the Equator.
a. S ^d. St. b-d. S ad. sk. e,f. (S ad. sk. g, h. (5 ad. sk. i. c? ad. ; k. c?
imm. sk. I. c? ad. sk.
m. (S ad. sk. n. (S ad. sk. 0. <S ad. sk. p-x. (S ad. et
imm. sk. y, z. c? ad. sk. a'. cS ad. sk.
b'-e'. c? ad. sk. f,g',h'. S ad. et imm. sk. i'. 2 ad. sk. k'. (S ad. sk. I', c? imm. sk.
W. Africa.
W. Afi-ica.
W. Africa.
Khartoum {U. Marno).
E. Africa.
Ndoruma,Niam-uiam Country,
Nov. W. Afi'ica. Dakar, Senegal. R. Gambia. Accra, Feb., March, May
{Buckley). Accra (Smith). Int. of Fantee.
Fantee ( Ussher Sf Blissett). Cape Coast ( Ussher ^- Blis- sett). Ashanti. Ogowe K. Gaboon ( Verreaux).
Purchased. Gould CoU. Sharps CoU. Shelley Coll. Shelley Coll.
F. Bohndorff. Esq.
[P.]. Piurchased. M. A. Bouvier [P.]. Sharpe CoU. Shelley CoU.
Sharpe Coll. J. Hickman,
[P.]. Sharpe CoU. Sharpe Coll.
Esq.
Gould CoU.
M. A. Bouvier [P.].
Sharpe Coll.
598 CAPEIMTTIGrD^.
11. HYDROPSALIS*.
Type.
Hydropsalis, Woffl. Isis, 18:32, p. 1222 H. furcifera.
Psalurus, Swains. Class. B. p. 339 (1837) H. toiquata.
Bange. t>oiith America.
Ken '" '^'^ Species.
a. Lateral rectrices much longer (about twice as
long or more) than the central ones. a'. Darker ; rufous collar on the hind neck. . . . torquata, p. 698. h'. Paler ; butf coUar on the hind neck furcifera, p. 599.
b. Lateral rectrices not longer, or only a little
longer, than central, c'. Shortest rectrices white, with hroad dark
tips climacocercus, p. 600.
d'. Shortest rectrices blackish near the base .. schomhirgki, -^.QOl.
1. Hydropsalis torquata f.
Le Tette-Chevre du Bx^sW, Briss. Orn. ii. jd. 481 (17G0).
Caprimulgus torquatus, Gm. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 1032 (1788) ; Vieill. Nouv. Diet. X. p. 238 (1817).
Caprimulgus psalurus, Teynm. PI. Col. 157, 158 (1823).
Hydropsalis psalurus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 59.
Caprimulgus fissicaudus, Merrem, Ersch ^- Gruh. Enc. xv. p. 148.
Psalurus macropterus, Sicains. Classif. B. p. .339 (1837).
Hydropsalis torquata, Cass. Jaurn. Ac. Phil. ii. p. 114 (1852); Cab. 8c Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 93 (1860) : Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 281 (1862) : id. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 41 ; Pefc. Orn. Bras. p. 11 (1867) : Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 68 (1869) ; Scl. S,- Salv. Notnencl. Av. Neotr. p. 96 (1873).
Adult male. Upper parts grey, with narrow blackish bars and longitudinal black spots ; a light rufous band across the hind neck ; scapulars strongly marked with blackish and buff; upper wing- coverts with roundish spots near the tips ; first primary deep brown, with a narrow whitish border to the basal half of the outer web, and sometimes with an obsolete spot to the inner web ; second primary with a few narrow buff bars to the basal half, the next one with bars across three quarters of the basal part, the following ones barred for almost the whole length : outer pair of rectrices very long, deep brown with pale buff bars, tipped and largely bordered with sandy grey on the inner web and the terminal half of the outer ; the following tail-feathers deep brown, barred with buff tor about
* The " EngouleTent a queue fourchue," Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. pis. 47 & 48 ; Caprimidgus forjlcatiis, Vieill. Ene. Meth. p. 540 ; Selochusa forficata. Gray, Bp., etc., from South Africa, is no doubt a fictitious bird.
t Ihiyau cola extrana, Azara, Apunt. no. 315 (1805), and Caprimulgus enicunts, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. C43 (1823) (based on Azara), probably refers to some Hydropsalis, but I am unable to say to which species.
Caprimulgus manurus, Vieill. Kouv. Diet. x. p. 239, and Enc. Meth. p. 540, is also a species of this genus, but it is doubtful to which species it belongs.
There are also two other Goatsuckers described by Azara in the 'Apunta- mientos ' which remain unidentified: — the Ihiyan anonimo, on which Caprim. sphenurus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. x. p. 243, is based ; and the Ihiyau acanelado.
11. HYDROPS ALIS, 599
the basal half, tipped with pale sandy grey; central rectrices elongated, but only little more than half as long as the lateral ones, pale grey in colour, with many narrow irregular and some broader and more regular bars of a deep blackish-browu colour; general colour of the lower surface bufFy white, with brownish and blackish ^P°^\^"<:^ bars ; breast very dark, with some rufous-buff spots, chin and throat paler, abdomen and lower tail-coverts almost uniform, lotal length about 15- 5 inches, wing 6-5, lateral rectrices 11 to 13 central 6-5 to 7, tarsus 0-7. '
Adult female. Without any greatly elongated taU-feathers ; band across the hind neck less pure; abdomen and lower tail-coverts barred ; rectrices entirely barred and without any white. Lateral rectrices 5-4 inches, central 4-8, wing 6-3.
rounder males have the tail-feathers much shorter and the lower abdomen more barred. The more spot-like appearance of the pale border of the outer web of the first primary is also a sign of im- maturity. Some specimens are paler, others darker, with the nuchal band sometimes darker rufous.
Bab. Brazil, with the exception of the southern parts. a-/>. d ad. sk. Brazil. Tweeddale Coll.
\- ^''- St. Brazil. Gould Coll.
A;-;j^ c? imm. sk. Brazil. Gould Coll.
!?.? ad.sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll.
'■'■'• cTad.st. Brazil. Pm-chased.
t. 6 ad. ; it, V. Bahia, Brazil ( Wucherer). Salvm-Godman Coll
? ad. sk. u\ 5 ad. sk. Chapada, Matto Grosso. Brazil Salvin-Godmaii Coll
{H. H. SmUh).
2. Hydropsalis furcifera.
Ibiyau cola de tixera, Azava, Ajmnt. no. 309 (180.5).
Caprimulgus furcifer, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. x. p. 242 (1817)
Hydropsalis furcifera, Bp. Consp. i. p. .58 (1850) ; Set. ^- SaL Nomend.
p. Ub (18/3) ; Durnford, Ibis, 1877, p. 185 (Buenos Ayi-es) • Bar-
roivs, Auk, 1884:, p. 24 (Entrerios) ; Berl. J.f. 0. 1887 p ]-:>0
(Paraguay) ; Scl. S^- Hudson, Arc/entine Oni.' ii. p. 15, ' p],' xii.
Hydropsalis psalurus, Bunn. Si/st. Ueb. ii. p. 381 (1856) ; id La- Plata Reise, ii. p. 450 (18G1 ; Parana). ^ j • "
Hydropsalis torquata, Lee, Ibis, 187-3, p. 134 (Gualeguaychii).
Hydropsalis azarse, Wayl. Isis, 1832, p. 1222 (Paraguay)
Hydropsalis pallescens, Pelz. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien Ififi.-i p. 986 ; id. Orn. Bras. p. 11 (1867). ' '
Adult male. Similar to the male of H. torquata, but paler and larger, the nuchal collar buff instead of rufous, the abdomen less whitish and rather buff. Total length about 20 inches, wino- 7-4 lateral rectrices 15, central 7-5. ' " '
Adult female. Similar to the female of H. torquata, but much larger and generally paler ; the band across the neck paler Wino- 6-8 inches, lateral rectrices 6-8, central 5-7. "
Hah. From Matto Grosso and the Western parts of Bolivia throughout Southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina.
600 CAPEIMULGID^.
«. (S ad. sk. Cordova. G. T. Baker, Esq,
[P-] b. (S ad. ; c. 2 Gualeguaychu (Lee). Sclater Coll.
ad. sk.
d. 2 ad. sk. Puntalara, Oct. 18. Dumford Coll.
e. cJimm. ;/. $ Mendoza (Weisshatipt). Salvin-Godman Coll. ad. .sk.
(/. Ad. St. Brazil. Mrs. Johnson [P.].
h. 2 ad. sk. Brazil. Purchased.
J. 2 ad. sk. Forte do Principe, Brazil, Sclater Coll.
Aug'. 14 {Natterer).
k. 2 ad. sk. Bolivia. Sclater Coll.
3. Hydropsalis climacocercus.
Hydropsalis climacocercus, Tsc/i. Wieffm. Arch. 1844, Consp. p. 9;
id. Faun. Per., Orn. p. 128, pi. vi. fig. 1 (1846); Bp. Coyisp. i.
p. 59 (18.50) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 58 (1869). Hydropsalis trifurcata, Isch. Wiegin. Arch. 1844, Consp. p. 9 (descr.
nulla); id. Faun. Per., Orn. p. 129, e.v Natt. MS. (1846); Pp.
Consp. I. p. 69 (1850) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 141 ; Scl. 8,- Salv.
P. Z. S. 1866, p. 193 (Lower Ucayali) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 11
(1867); Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 58.3, 978 (Tocantins;
Pebas) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 290, 1879, p. 626 (Bolivia) ; iid.
No7nencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 96 (1873) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 58 (1869) ;
Tacz. Orn. Perou, i. p. 224 (1884).
Adult female. Upper parts clear rufous grey vermiculated with black ; along the to]) of the head, back, and rump some longitudinal black spots, bolder on the crown ; scapulars with large central triangular black spots, with broad buff edges to the outer webs ; primaries deep brown, nearly black, with a broad white band across the first four, one or two distinct and one indistinct white band across the rest ; secondaries with white bars to the inner webs ; tail deeply furcate, the central pair of rectrices elongated, grey, with narrow black bars ; outer elongated pair of rectrices with the outer webs deep brown, barred with pale smoky browu on the basal part, white at the tip ; inner webs white, with some short and one very long and broad deep blackish-brown patch and a greyish tip ; the rectrices next to the central pair white, broadly tipped with brown and washed with this colour near the base of the outer web ; chin and upper throat whitish ; breast buff, barred with dark brown ; abdomen white, with indications of dark bars ; lower tail-coverts washed with sandy buff. Total length about 10"3 inches, wing 6"3, lateral rectrices 6'9, central 6'6, shortest 4-2, tarsus 0*6, half feathered in front.
Adult female. Different from the male. Above duller and more greyish ; the bands across the primaries pale rufous, narrower, and two or thi'ee in number on the first ; abdomen barred ; lower tail- coverts rich buff; rectrices pale brown, barred with dusky, measuring only 5*1, 4"9, 3-8 inches in length.
Hah. Brazil to the eastern parts of Peru and Ecuador.
a, b. (S ad. sk. S. America. Gould Coll.
c. (S ad. sk. Peru. Tweeddale Coll.
d. (S ad. sk. Yuyo, Bolivia (C Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
12. MACEOPSALIS. 601
e. 5 ad. sk. Pebas, E. Peru, June 6 (/. Salvin-Godman Coll
Hauxivell). f,ff. (S &d.; ?i,i. l.owev 'UcayaVi {Bartletf). Sclater Coll.
$ ad. sk. k,l. (5 ? ad. sk. E. Amazons. Purchased.
m. c? sk. Forte do Principe, Brazil, Aug. Salvin-Godman Coll.
18 {Natterer). n. cJ ad. slv. Rio Guapar^, Brazil, Aug. 5 Sclater Coll.
{Natterer). 0. (S ad. sk. R. Tocantins (A. R. Wallace). Sclater Coll.
4. Hydropsalis schomburgki.
? Hydropsalis fui'cifer, Cab. {nee T'ieill.) in Schomh. Guiana, iii. p. 710
(1848). Hydropsalis scliomburgki, Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 142 (B. Guiana; e.v
Gray MS.) ; Scl. 8f Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 96 (1873) ; Saldn,
Ibis, 1880, p. 4.39 (B. Guiana).
Adult male. Similar to that of H. climacocercus in the form of the tail, but less briUiant in colour, much more blackish above ; white band across the first primaries less broad, the white colour on the lateral rectrices less in extent, shortest rcctrices blackish near the bases, with dark bars across the central rectrices broader. "Wing 6"2 inches, lateral rectrices 5-9, central 5'6, shortest 3'6, tarsus 0'6.
Adult female. Colour of the upper surface similar to that of the male ; first primaries crossed by an interrujjted rufous bar ; wing- coverts with distinct bufi' terminal spots ; abdomen and lower tail- coverts entirely barred ; rectrices deep blackish brown with jiale brown bars, without white. Tail shorter than in the male.
Younrf males seem to be similar to the female, but the spots on the first primaries are white, washed with bufi", and the abdomen less barred.
Hah. British Guiana,
a. cJ ad. st. British Guiana. SirR. Schomburgk[C.].
(Type of species.) h. 2 ad.; c. S British Guiana. SirR. Schomburgk[C.].
jun. sk. d, e. c? 2 ad. sk. British Guiana. Sclater Coll.
f. 2 ad. sk. Camacusa, B. Guiana, March Salvin-Godman Coll.
IQ{H. Whitely).
12. MACROPSALIS.
Type.
Macropsalis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 143 M. forcipata.
Range. Tropical South America.
Key to the Species.
a. Lateral recti-ices lyriform lyra, p. 602.
b. Lateral rectrices straight.
a . Shafts of lateral rectrices white, inner webs
dark brown segmentata, p. 602.
h'. Shafts of lateral rectrices deep brown, inner
webs brown, with broad whitish margins . . fwcipata, p. 003.
602 CAPKIMTTLGIDJE.
1. Macropsalis lyra.
Hydropsalis In'a, B}). Comp. i. p. 59 (1850 ; Colombia) ; Cass. Jmmu 'Ac. Phil. ii". pi. xiv. ; id Cat. Capr. Philad. Mus. p. 11 (1851) ; Scl. r. Z. S. 1866, p. 143 ; Scl. S^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 782 (Merida, Venezuela) ; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 96 (1873) ; iicl. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 532; Tacz. Orn. Perou, i. p. 225 (1884).
Adult male Above and belo-^v black with pale rufous bro\vn spots and bars, and a rufous band across the hind neck ; quills brownish black, the outer web of the first primarj^ with a narrow border of rufous to the basal half, rest of primaries with small rufous spots to the outer webs ; lateral rectrices extremely elongated and lyriform, which distinguishes this species from all its congeners ; outer elongated rectrices black with pale brownish tips, the ends of the shafts white ; inner webs bordered with buff on the basal part. Total length about 31 inches, wing 7, lateral rectrices 27, central 3'6.
Adult female. In coloration quite similar to the male, but a little paler on the top of the head and back and with no elongated lateral rectrices, these measuring not more than 5-G inches and barred with light rufous across the outer webs.
In younrf birds the pale rufous border to the outer web of the first primary reaches to the tip and the outer web has distinct spots ; in quite young males the lateral rectrices arc not yet elongated.
Hah. Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador to Peru.
a-h. Ad. sk. Colombia.
i, Jc. (S ad. sk. Antioquia (T. E. Salmon). Salvin-Godman Coll.
I. (S ad. sk. Ecuador (C. Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
m. c? imm. sk. Merida, Venezuela {A. Sclater Coll. (?9). Goering).
2. Macropsalis segmentata.
Hydropsalis segmentata, Cass. Proc. Ac. Phil. 1849, p. 238 ; id. Jovrn. Ac. Phil. ii. p. 116; Scl. Cat. Am. B p. 28 (1862) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 58 (1869) ; Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, pp. 532, 626 (Bolivia) ; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neoir. p. 96 (1873) ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, i. p. 233 (1884).
Adult male. Tn general coloration similar to M. lyra, but without the rufous band across the neck, with some narrow shaft-lines on the breast, and at once distinguished by the long lateral rectrices, these being perfectly straight ; the inner webs of the rectrices uniform deep blackish brown with small pale tips, the outer webs narrow and with some fulvous spots, the shafts white from above. Total length about 26 inches, wing 6-5, lateral rectrices 21-5, central 4-2.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but the outer rectrices not elongated, measuring only 4-9 inches. Distinguished from the female of M. lyra by the want of a distinct rufous nuchal band and by the distinct and continuous bars on both webs of the outer tail-feathers.
13. LTNCOEUIS. 603
Yoiinff. Less brilliantly coloured, the abdomen rather pale buff, Hab. Colombia and Ecuador to Peru and Bolivia.
a, b. S ?fid. sk. Antioquia, U.S. of Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll.
{T. K. Salmon),
c, d. Ad. St. Colombia. Purchased.
^jf- 2 ; 9- Imni- Bogota. Gould and Sclater
S ; h, i. cS ad. Colls.
sk.
k. 5 imm.sk. Matos, Ecuador (Z. Fraser). Sclater Coll.
I. (S ad. sk. Near Quito. Gould Coll.
m. 5 imm.sk. Tilotilo,ProT.Yuugas, Bolivia Salvin-Godman Coll, (C. Buckley).
3. Macropsalis forcipata *.
Caprimulgus forcipatus, I^'itzscJi, Pterylogr. p. 125. Caprimulgus megalurus, Licht. I\ amend, p. 62 (1854). Hydropsalis limbatus, Cass. Journ. Ac. Phil. ii. p. 11.5. Hydropsalis forcipatus, Burm. Srjst. Ueb. ii.p. £180 (1856) : Scl. Cat.
Am. B. p. 281 (1862) ; id. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 143 ; Pelz. Om. Bras.
p. 11 (1867) ; Cab. J.f. O. 1874, p. 226 (Pdo) ; Forbes, Ibis, 1881,
p. 348 ; ,Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p". 380 (1882). Hydropsalis creagra, Bp. Consp. i. p. 58 (1850).
Adult male. Upper surface brownish black spotted with rufous buff; a pale rufous band across the hind neck ; first primary deep brown, with buff spots on the inner web, the others with bars on both webs ; outer pair of rectrices extremely elongated, the shafts and outer webs uniform brownish black with small whitish tips, inner webs of the same colour but broadly buffy white along the outer edge ; lower parts buff, with some dark brown bars. Total length about 30 inches, wing 9, lateral rectrices 24-5, central 2'7.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but the nuchal band less distinct, the lower parts more rufous buff; outer rectrices deep brown with fulvous bars, and only 7 inches in length. Wing only 7'7 inches.
ITab. South-eastern parts of BrazU.
a, b. cJ ad. sk. S. America (Brazil). Gould Coll
c. Ad St. Brazil. Purchased.
d,e,f.Ss.d.sk. Brazil. Salvin-Godman Coll,
(/. S ad. ; h. 2 Brazil (Dillwi/u). Sclater Coll.
ad. sk.
/, k, I. c? «td. .sk. Sao Paulo, Brazil.
13. LYNCORNIS.
Type. Lyncornis, Gould, Icon. Av. 183S, pi. iv L. cerviniceps.
Key to the Species, a. Wing more than 9 inches long.
a'. Wing more than 11 inches cerviniceps, p. 604.
* Hydropsalis ypanema, Pelz. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1865, p. 985, id. Orn. Bras. p. 11, Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 143, is probably a female or young .specimen of M. forcipata.
604 CAPEIMTJLGIB^.
b'. Wing less than 11 inches.
a" . Feathers of abdomen with regular bars.
«'". Larger ; top of the head lighter macrotis, p. 605.
b'". Smaller; top of the head darker mindaneyisis, p. 605.
b". Feathers of the abdomen irregularly
barred macropterus, p. 605.
b. Wing less than 9 inches long.
c'. Distinct crescent on the hind neck tetnminchi, p. 606.
(V. No distinct crescent on the hind neck ]>apuemis, p. 606.
1. Lyncornis cerviniceps.
Lyncornis cerviniceps, Gould, Icon. Av. pt. ii. pi. iv. (1838) ; Grai/, Hand-l. i. p. 62 (18G9) ; Jerd. Ibis, 1871, p. 356 ; Bli/t/i, B.Burm. p. 82 (1875) ; Hume, Straij F. ii. pp. 162, 469 (1874 ; Teuasserim) ; id. op. cit. V. p. 17 (1877 ; Cachar), viii. p. 48 (Malay Penins.) ; Wardl. Eamsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 459 ; Davison, Stray F. v. p. 454 (1877) ; Hume Sf Davison, Stray F. vi. p. 60 (1878) ; Bingh. Stray F. ix. p. 151 (1880) ; Oates, B. Burmah, ii. p. 22 (1883) ; id. ed. Hume's Nests ^- Fqys hid. B. p. 62 (1890) ; Hume, Stray F. xi. p. 40 (1888 ; Manipur).
cit. iv. p. 382 (1876) ; Davison, Ibis, 1888, p. 147.
Adult. Forehead, crown, and nape pale brownish buff, with very fine black vermiculations, and hirge black spots along the middle ; elongated ear-tufts black, tipped or bordered with buff; general colour of the upper surface chestnut, buff, and black, a rusty collar on the hind neck ; quills dark chocolate-brown, with many interrupted chestnut bars ; inner secondaries pale buff with a little black only, nearly uniform in older birds, less uniform in younger specimens ; rectrices black, with buff' and rusty mottled bars ; feathers of the throat and breast dark chocolate-brown, tipped with chestnut ; a broad band of white across the throat ; abdomen blackish brown, each feather with one or two bars of buff. Total length about 16 inches, wing 11 to 12, tail 8 to 8-5, tarsus 0"8.
Hal. From the Naga HiUs, Dibrughur and Cachar to Southern Tenasserim, and again in the Travancore Hills.
a. S ad. sk. Dibrughm-, July 29 (J. R. Hume CoU.
Cri2)ps).
Cachar. Hume Coll.
Burma. E. Blvth, Esq. [P.].
Karen Hills, Jan. 14 {R. G. Tweeddale Coll.
W. R.).
Karennee, Jan. 29 {Col. Lloyd). Oates Coll.
Foot of Arrakan HiUs, Dec! 29. Oates Coll.
ToDghoo {Col. Lloyd). Tweeddale CoU.
Tonghoo, Jan., Feb. {R. G. Tweeddale CoU.
W. R.).
Salween District, Dec. 18 ( W. Hume CoU.
Davison).
Pahpoon, Nov.-Febr. ( W. Hume CoU.
Davison).
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13. LTNCOENIS. 605
a'. (S ad. sk. Thatone, Jan. 20 ( W. Davi- ilume Coll.
son), b', e'. c? ; d'-h'. Pabyin, Merg'ui, Dec, Jau. Hume Coll.
5 ad. sic. ( W. Davison).
i-o'. ,5; p', q. Baukasoou, Feb. {W. Davi- Hume Coll.
2 ad. sk. son).
)•'. c? ad, sk. Thoungyeen R., Jan. 1 (C T. Hume Coll.
Bin (/ham), s'-io'. Ad. sk. Poongah and Kossoom, Sept., Hume Coll.
Oct. {J. Darling). .%■'. 5 iid. sk. S. Travancore, Jan. 15 [Bour- Hume Coll.
dillon). (Typ*^ of i. bourdilloni, Hume).
y', z. cJ ad. sk. Koueg:ur, Travancore, Aug., F. T. Bourdillon, Esq.
Nov. [C.].
2. Lyncomis macrotis.
Caprimulg'us macrotis, Viff. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 97 (Manila). Lyncomis macrotis, Gould, Icon. Av. pt. 2 (1838) ; Bp. Consp. i.
p. 62 (1850) ; Grai/, Hand-l. i. p. 62 (1869) ; Tweedd. Trans. Zool.
Soc. ix. p. 159 (1877) ; Wardl. Ra77isay, Ibis, 1886, p. 157 (Manila).
Adult. Similar to L. cerviniceps, but with the tail and wings shorter ; top of the head of a totally difPereut pale chocolate-colour, so that the rusty collar ou the hind neck becomes very perceptible by contrast ; general aspect darker, the white band across the throat more or less distinctly interrupted in the middle. Total length about 14'5 inches, wing 10-0 to 11-1, tail 6-8 to T'-l.
Hah. Luzon, Philij)pines.
a. Ad. sk. Manila. Zoological Society.
(Type of the species.) b-f. Ad. sk. Manila.
g. Ad. sk. Philippines. Cuming Coll.
h. Ad. st. [Phihppines.] Purchased.
3. Lyncornis mindanensis. (Plate XIII.) Lyncomis mindanensis, Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 944.
Adult. Similar to L. macrotis, but smaller and the top of the head still darker ; general aspect blacker. Total length about 13 inches, wing 10'3, tail 6*6, tarsus 0'65,
Hab. S. Mindanao.
a, b, c. (S ad. sk. Zamboauga, Mindanao, April, Tweeddule Coll.
May (.4. H. Everett). (Types of the species.)
4. Lyncornis macropterus,
Lyncomis macropterus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 62 (1850) ; Wallace, Ibis, 1860, p. 141; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 62 (1869); Walden, Tr. Z. S. viii. pp. 47, 112 (1872).
Adult. In size about equal to L. mindanensis, but easily distin- guished from all the foregoing species by the fine vermiculations of the feathers of the abdomen, which has quite a different aspect. Each feather of the abdomen in L. cerviniceps and the Philippine species has only two buff bars, whereas the feathers of the abdomen
606 CAPEIMTTLGID^.
in L. macropterus have several smaller buff cross-markings. Total length about 13 inches, wing 9-9 to 10-8, tail 6-3 to 6-8, tarsus 0-65, Hah. Celebes.
a. Ad. sk. Celebes. Tweeddale CoU.
b. Ad. \ c. S \ d. Menado, N. Celebes. Wallace Coll. 5 ad. sk.
5. Lyncornis temmincki.
Lyncornis temminckii, Gould, Icon. Av. pt. 2 (1838) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 62 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. Q2 (1869) ; Wald. Ibis, 1872, p. 369 ; Salvad. Ucc. Borneo, p. 11.5 (1874) ; Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 298 ; Hume, Stray F. viii. p. 48 (1879 ; Malay Peninsula) ;
Nicholson, Ibi^i, 1882, p. 58 (S.E. Sumatra) ; Graboiusky, Ornis, 1885, p. 157 (S.E. Borneo) ; Everett, Juurn. Straits Branch Asiat. Soc. 1889.
Adidt. In colour much resembling the species of Lyncornis from the Philippines, but easily distinguished by its small size, the total length being only about 10-5 inches, the wing 7"6 to 8-3, the tail about 5*5, the tarsus O'o.
Hah. The Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands, Sumatra and Borneo.
Bataug Padang, Perak. L. Wrav, Esq. [P.].
Ding-ding R., Feb. 28 ( W. Hume CoU.
Dctvison).
Peuang, April (Br. Cantor). India Museum [P.].
Selaugore, Jan., April, Sept., Hume Coll.
Nov. (^ W. Davison).
Klang, Feb. to June ( W. Hume Coll.
Davison). Malacca.
Malacca, Aug. (B. G. W. B.\ Tweeddale Coll.
Malacca, Jan., Jul}', Oct. Hume Coll.
Kuroo, Malay Peninsula, Nov. Hume Coll.
Nealys, Malay Peninsida, Oct. Hume Coll.
Johore, Jan. -March & Aug. Hume Coll.
Lampong, S.E. Sumatra {E. C. Tweeddale Coll.
Biuton). Marope, Borneo, Jul\' {A. H. Tweeddale CoU.
Everett). Java. Purchased.
6. Lyncornis papuensis *.
Caprimulgus papuensis, Schley. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 340 (1866; New Guinea, Sahvatti) ; Gray j Hand-l. i. p. 58 (1869).
Lyncornis papuensis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 767 (1875) ; 'id. X. p. 311 (1877) ; id. Orn. Papuas. i. p. 534 (1880).
Adult. Above deep brown, spotted and vermiculated with rufous, top of the head and back slightly shaded with greyish, scapulars
* Eurostopodus astroIahcB, Eamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, vii. p. 20 (1883), seems to be identical witii Lyncornis papuensis, to judge from the description. Cf. Salvad. Ibis, 1884, p. 354.
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with much more rutous; upper wing-coverts distinctly spotted with rutous ; qml s deep brown, inner webs with small rufous spots ; tail deep blackish brown, barred with rufous, central pair of rectrices similar to the upper parts in colour; a large white patch on the throat; upper breast somewhat more distinctly barred ; pale spots on the abdomen rather rounded and very conspicuous; lower tail- coverts pale rufous barred with deep brown. Total length about 10 inches, wing 7-8, tail o-o, tarsus (J-65. Hub. Kew Guinea, Salwatti.
14. EUROSTOPUS.
Eurostopodus {con: Eurostopus), Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, '^^^"''
E. albigidaris.
The species belonging to this genus are very similar to true Caprvmdfjus but easily distinguishable by the absence of rictal bristles and by the rather strong feet, while the tarsus is thickly covered with teathers. -
The eggs are spotted Hke those of Caj_rrimian as, t\ie spots perhaDs more distinct and darker. ^ ' « ^P^^s peinap^
BcuKje. Australia and Papuasia.
Keij to the Species.
b ^xtsTV^^'l ^'^i^^l^^^i" l-^f Sth albiffularis, p. 607.
0. \\ mg less thau 9 mehes m leinTth. ^
«;. Fust primary with large white spot arffus, p. 608.
b . Fu.t pnmaiT without white spot niffripennis, p. 609.
1. Eurostopus albigolaris.
""t^am^'' ''''• ^' "^'"^ ""■""• '''"'■ '''■ ^^'- J^- ''■'
Capiiouilgus albogulai-is Viff. ^- Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. IW
(adult) (182o) ; Iinsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 162 (1865) Oaprimulgus mystacahs, Temm. Pi. Col. 410 (18-^6) Eurostopodus albigularis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 142- Grau Li^t f-F^ostr Brit.Mu..^. 11 ^1848) ; 'Sould, k^>^t pi. i (1848); id. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 96 (1865) • Grau Hand 1 1. p. 62 (18U9); Ramsay, P. Z .S. 1875, p^ 113 e--) /f S" p,581 (X.E. Queensland)^ Saload. Orn. 'kjLas. i p.^ 32 i880 ^orth, Aests ^- Eggs Austr. B. pi. xi. fig. 3 (1890). ' '
Adult Above dark grey with black vermiculations and spots varied also with rusty rufous spots and markings ; top of the head grey, with fane black vermiculations, and long black spots down tlie middle ; a more or less distinct rusty rufous semicollar ou the hind neck ; scapulars pale grey, with black vermiculations and lai-e black rutous marginal spots; the first two quills mostly uniform" black but sometimes with a white spot, the others with rusty rufous spots',
* This name has con.stantly been applied to the smaller species but on examimng the type m the British Museum, I find that it is a nes S. of ^ f>wdans and no of the smaller fo.-m. As the description of tl Is b °d is nS
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the third and fourth with a round white spot on the outer web ; throat blackish brown, with rusty rufous spots and a very large white spot on each side ; breast black and greyish ; under wing- coverts, tarsus, abdomen, thighs, and lower tail-coverts rusty, with blackish bars ; tail above grey, wdth black bars and vermiculations ; tail below blackish brown, with pale rusty cross bars. Total length about 13 inches, wing 10, tail 6'2.
Young. Feathers of the upper parts mottled brown and grey at the bases, about the terminal half or more rufous, with a black spot in the middle ; lower parts buff, irregularly barred with deep brown and strongly shaded with rufous.
Hah. Australia and New Guinea.
a. Pull. sk. Australia. Linnean Soc. (Type
of C. (juttatus, Vig. & Horsf.)
h. Pull. sk. [Australia.] Piu-chased.
c. Imm. st. Australia. Purchased.
<^-</- S $ ad. sk. Australia. Tweeddale Coll.
h, i. cS ad. sk. Brisbane (Cockerel/). Salvin-Godman Coll.
k. Ad. St. Woody Wallis Island. Earl of Derby [P.].
2. Eurostopus argus.
Fichtel's Goatsucker, Lath. Gen. Hist. vii. p. 345.
Eurostopodus guttatus, Gould {nee Vig. Sf Horsf.), P. Z. S. 1837,
p. 142 ; Grai/, List Fissirdstr. p. 11 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 62
(18-)0); Cass. Cat. Cajn: Mus. Philad. p. 12 (1851); Gould, B.
Austr. ii. pb 8 (1848) ; id. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 96 (1865) ; Gray,
Hnnd-l. i. p. 62 (1869) ; Bamsa)/, Proe. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii.
p. 128(1877); Salvad. Orn. Papuas.i.^. 531 (1880); North, Nests
8)- Efufs Austr. B. pi. xi. fig. 2 (1890). Caprimulgus albogularis, Schleg. {nee Vig. Sf Horsf.') Ned, Tijdsehr.
Dierk. iii. p. 340 (1860 ; Aru). Caprimulgus argus, Rosenb. Reis- naar Zuidoostereil. p. 37 (descr.
nulla) (1867; Aru). Caprimulgus guttatus, Thienem. Fortpjl. ges. Vog. pi. xUi. fig. 21
(1854) ; Koenig-Warth. J.f. O. 1868, p. 377 (nidification). Eurostopus albogularis, Salvad. {nee Vig. c^- Horsf.) Ann. Mus. Civ.
Gen. X. p. 311 (1877). Eurostopus guttatus, Salvad. Anti. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 321 (1878) ;
D'Alb. Si- Salvad. ibid. xiv. p. 55 (1879).
Adult. Distinguished from E. alhir/ularin by its smaller size and its uuiform rusty lower abdomen and under tail-coverts, smaller under wing-coverts and tarsus ; first primary with a round white spot on the inner web, the following three with increasing white spots on both webs ; the colour of the upper surface varies much, being sometimes very pale grey, sometimes quite rufous, sometimes darker ; the rusty rufous collar on the neck is sometimes very distinct, sometimes rather obsolete. Total length about 12 inches, wing 8"8, tail 6-4.
Hab. Australia, Aru Islands, and probably New Ireland.
a. Ad. St. Australia. Purchased.
6. Ad. sk. AustraHa. E.Rishton, Esq. [P.].
c, d. (^ 2 ad. sk. Australia. Tweeddale Coll.
15. CHORDEILES. 609
e. Ad. sk. S. Australia. Capt. Sturt [0.1.
/. Ad. sk. Queensland {J. T. Cockcrell). Tweeddale Coll.
g. Imm. sk. N.E. Australia. Purchased.
h, i. Ad. sk. Tort Albany {Coxen). Tweeddale Coll.
k. Ad. St. lied ^Vallis Island. Earl of Derby [P.].
I. Ad. sk. N. Australia. Capt. Chambers [P.].
m, n. S ?ad. sk. Derby, N.W. Australia {T. H. Capt. Bowyer Bower
Bmvyer Bower). '^P-l-
o, p. c? ad. sk. N.W. Australia. J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.].
q. (S ad. sk. Shark Bay, W. Australia, May. Dr. Rayner [P.].
(?) /•. Pull. sk. Topaca, New Ireland. Rev. G. Brown [C.].
3. Eurostopus nigripennis.
Eurystopodus nigripennis, Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vi. p. 843
(1881 ) ; Sd. Ibis, 1882, p. 465, note. Caprimulgus nobilis, Tristr. Ibis, 1882, p. 134, pi. iii. (Rendova,
Solom. 1.). Eurostopus nigripennis, Salvad. Orn. Papuas. iii. p. 628 (1882) ; id.
Agg. Orn. Papuas. 1. p. 63 (1889) ; Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S.
W. vii. p. 19 (1882).
Adult female (type of E. nohiUs). Similar to E. alhigularis, but of the size of E. argus, from which it is at once distinguishable by the want of the white mark on the first primary and by those of the next primaries being much smaller and bordered with a rusty shade ; lower abdomen and under tail-coverts barred ; smaller under wing- coverts barred ; scapulars for a great part of the tips deep brownish black, with small rufous spots. Total length about 12 inches, win"- 8-8, tail 5-9. (Mus. H. B. Tristram.) ' '^
Hah. Rubiana and Eendova Islands, Solomon Group.
15. CHORDEILES.
Type. Chordeiles, Swains. Faun. Bor.-Am. ii. p. 496 (1831).. . C. viro-inianus. Rmi(/e. The whole of North and South America.
J^ey to the Sjjecies.
A. Abdomen uniform white ; three outer pri-
maries uniform brown, inner primaries with
large patches of white rtipestris, p. 617.
B. Abdomen not entirely white ; three outer pri-
maries with white or buff patches.
a'. Wing less than 5'5 inches pusillus, p. 618.
b' . Wing more than 55 inches
«". Without distinct rufous spots to the pri- maries, anterior to the white patch ; white patch in male extending over five outer quills, sometimes indicated on the [pp. 610-614.
sixth virginiumis and allies,
b" . With distinct rufous markings on quills, anterior to the white patch ; white
patch in male extending over four outer [pp. 614-616.
quills, rarely indicated on the fifth .... acutipennis and allies, VOL. XVI. 2 E
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CAl'RIMULGID^,
1. Chordeiles virginianus.*
Le Tette-clievre de la Vii'^,nnie, L'riss. Orn. ii. p. 477 (1700).
Capriiuulg-us viryiiiianus, G?u. S. N. ii. p. 1028 (1788) ; Steph. Gen. Zool. X. p. 153 (1817) ; Aud. Orn. Biogr. ii. p. 273, pi. 147 (1834) ; Koenicj-Warih. J.f. O. 18G8, p. 373; Laicr. Fruc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 450 (1878).
Chordeiles virgiuianiis, Swains. Faun. Bor.-Amer. ii. p. 496 (1831) ; ? Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 33 (1847) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 63 (1850) ; Cab. c5- Heine, Mus. Huin. iii. p. 86 (18G0) ; Sol. ^- Sulv. Ibis, 1860, p. 275 (Cxiiatemala) ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 279 (1862) ; Sol. ^ Salv. F. Z. S. 1864, p. 364 (Panama) ; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 96 (1873) ; iid. F. Z. S. 1879, p. 531 ; Scl. F. Z. S. 1866, p. 133; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 61 (1869) ; Coues, Key N. Am. B. p. 181 (1872); Bnrrotos, Auk, 1884, p. 24; Stejn. Auk, 1885, p. 178; Turner, Froc. U.S. Mus. y'ui. p. 242 (1885 ; Labrador) ; Brewst. Auk, 1886, p. 105; I'o.v, t. c. p. 319; Cory, B. W. Ind. p. 135 (1889) ; Berl. J.f. 0. 1887, p. 19 (Paraguay); Bidytv. Man. N. Am. B. p. 301 (1887); Lanc/don, Auk, 1887, p. 130; Richmond, Auk, 1888, p. 21 ; Scl. S( Hudson, Arge^itinc Orn. ii. p. 13 (1889) ; Fverm. Auk, 1889, p. 22; Merrill, Auk, 1889, p. 256; Feilden, Ibis, 1889, p. 486 (Barbados).
Caprimulgus popetue, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. i. p. 56, pi. xxiv. ( $ ) (1807) ; id. Nouv. Diet. x. p. 242 (1817).
Chordeiles popetue, Baird, B. N. Am. p. 151 (1858) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1865, p. 471 ; Feb. Orn. Bras. p. 14 (1867) ; Baird, Breiv. ^ Ridqw. N. Am. B. ii. p. 401 (1874); Ridgiu. U.S. Geol. Expl. 40th Far. iii. p. 568 (1877) ; Merrill, Froc. U.S. Nat .Mus. iii. p. 6 (1880) ; Stearns, Froc. U.S. Nat. Mus. y\. p. 117 (1883 ; La- brador) ; Af/ei-sborg, Auk, 1885, p. 283 (S.E. Dakota) ; Coues, Auk, vi. p. 37 (1888).
Long-winged Goatsucker, Fenn. Arct. Zool. ii. p. 337 (1785).
Caprimulgus americauus, Wils. {nee Linn.) Am. Orn. v. j). 65, pi. xl.
Chordeiles americauus, De Kay, N. Y. Zool. ii. p. 34, pi. xxvii.
Adult male. Above black with a little metallic greenish gloss, the feathers with lateral buff spots, producing a mottled appearance ; scapulars more greyish towards the bases of the feathers, the spots more tinged with, rufous ; wing-coverts more spotted with pale fulvous ; some larger longitudinal spots of pale rufous-buff form an indistinct nuchal collar ; primaries uniform deep brown, the first five with a broad band of white across both webs, but often not extending to the outer web of the first, this band situated about midway between the tip and carpal joint; sometimes an indication of the white band on the sixth ; secondaries with ])ale greyish bars to the inner webs ; rectrices with iudistinct pale buff or greyish- buff bars across both webs, and a subterminal white bar, often not extending to the outer web of the lateral tail-feathers, and not over the central pair ; a large V-shaped white mark across the throat ; abdomen barred with buil or whitish buff and brown, the brown bars becoming less numerous on the lower abdomen and under tail-coverts. Total length about 9 to 9-5 inches, wing 7'G to 8-25, tail 4-3 to 4-7.
* I think there cannot be much doubt that Azara's Ihijaujasjieado (Apuut. no. 313) and Vieillot's Caprimidgus variegatus (Nouv. Diet. x. p. 238, & Enc. M6th. p. 539), as well as Merrem's C.jaspidcus, are referable to C. virginianus
15. CHORDEILES.
611
Adult female. Similar to the male, but having the throat-patch buff, Dot pure white ; the tail-feathers without the white subterminal bar ; wing-patches generally less ia extent ; abdomen and lower tail-coverts generally more buiF.
Young, Colours less distinct, the underparts more finely and profusely mottled and altogether of a more greyish appearance ; throat-patch less distinct, the white being mottled with dusky.
Nestling iti down. Whitish grey with dusky markings.
Hah. Northern and Eastern parts of Jforth America, as far north as Hudson's Bay, wandering south in winter to the Bahamas, West Indies, Central America, and over the greater part of South America. A specimen from the Bermudas is in the Museum, collected by Lieut. Wedderburn ; it probably occurs there as a straggler only.
a. (S ad. sk.
b. $ ad. sk.
c. d. 2 ad. sk. e. c? ad. sk.
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2 ad.; A'. Imm. sk. _ i'. c? imm. sk. k'. Imm. sk.
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Hudson's Bay.
Nova Scotia (Lieut. Wedder- burn). Canada {Col. Shelley). Fort Dufferin, June 6.
Fort Simpson.
British Columbia.
Vancouver Island.
Waukegau, Illinois, May (E. W. Nelson: Hensk. Coll.). Lyons' Falls, New York, June
to Aug. {A. J. Day an :
Hensh. Coll.). Washington, D. 0. {H. W.
Henshaiv). Cubb's Island, Virginia, July
{H. W. H.). North Fork, Ind. Terr., July 17
(C. //. Merriam: Hensh.
Coll.). Brownsville, Texas, May 4
{F. B. Armsti'otiy). Bermudas {Lieut. Wedderburn). Nuevo Leon, Mexico, May 19
{F. B. Armstrony). Panama {J. McLeannan).
Bogota.
Antioquia, TJ. S, Colombia ( T.
K. Sabnon). Araguay, Oct. (/. A'^atterer). N. America.
Sir G. Back [P.]. Jardine Coll.
Tweeddale Coll.
N. A. Bound. Comm.
[P.]. B. R. Ross, Esq.
[P.]. J. K. Lord, Esq.
[C.]. J. K. Lord, Esq.
[C.]. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Jardine Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sclater Coll, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sclater Coll. Purchased.
Specimens intermediate between CJiordeiles virginianus and C. lienryi.
a. cJ ad. sk. North America {H. W. Hen- Salvin-Godman Coll.
shaw).
2k2
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b. $ ad. sk. Waukegan, Illinois, May 15 Salvin-Godman Coll.
(E. W. Nelson).
c. S ad.sk. Milk River, July 25 (Coues). Salvin-Godman Coll.
d. c? ad. sk. Pembina Mts., July 10 (Co2<6'«). Salvin-Godman Coll. f- d" ; /. $ fid. sk. Atotonilco (Iluejotziugo), Salvin-Godman Coll.
Mexico {Ferrari-Pei-cz).
<j. (S ad. sk. Calovevora, Veragua (Arce), Salvin-Godman Coll.
Subsp. a. Chordeiles henryi.
Chordeiles henryi, Cass, lllustr. B. Calif. S,- Te.r. i. p. 233 (1855);
Baird, B. N. Am. p. 153, pi. xvii. (1858) ; Scl. Cut. Amer. B.
p. 279 (1862) ; id. F. Z. S. 1866, p. 133 ; Blakist. Ibis, 1862, p. 3 ;
id. op. cit. 1863, p. 55 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1865, p. 471 ; Cory, Auk, vi.
p. 37 (1888). Caprimulgus henryi, Koenig-Warth. J. f, O. 1868, p. 376. Chordeiles popetue, var. henryi, Baird, Breiv. Sf liidgiv. N. Am.B .
ii. p. 404 (1874) ; Merrill, Froc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 146 (1878) ;
Belding, t. c. p. 427 (1879). Chordeiles virginianus henryi, Stejn. Auk, ii. p. 182 (1885); A. O.
V. Cheek-list, p. 221 ( 1886) ; Evermann, Auk, iii. p. 80 (1886) ;
Townsend, Froc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 207 (1887) ; Ridgw. Ma7i.
N. A. B. p. 301 (1887) ; Harsbr. Auk, vi. p. 239 (1889). Chordeiles popetue henryi, Dreiv, Auk, ii. p. 17 (1885) ; Bretvst. t. c.
p. 143(1885). Chordeiles sennetti, Coues, Auk, 1888, p. 37 (Dakota to Texas). Chordeiles virginianus sennetti, Chapm. Auk, 1888, p. 396.
, Similar to 0. virginianus, but much lighter, with a much greater predominance of the light, almost cinereous mottlings ; lower abdo- men and lower tail-coverts more uniform and often pure white ; the patch on the primaries generally larger. The female more fulvous in colour. Total length about 'J*l to 10 inches, wing 7'6 to 8-4, tail 4-3 to 4-8.
Tyj deal specimens from the plains of Texas and Mexico are very distinct, but others approach the true G. virginianus. In many cases it is difficult or even impossible to assign the specimens to any particular form, and indeed the intermediate individuals form a perfect passage between the subspecies.
Hah. Tablelands of Mexico and Texas, throughout Western United States, east to Northern Illinois. Probably a resident bird in the southern parts of its habitat, while northern specimens wander southwards into South America. I have seen undoubted specimens from Bogota, where the true C. virginianus also occurs.
a. 2 ad. sk. Pembina, Dakota, July 16 Salvin-Godman Coll.
(Dr. Coues).
Dakota, July 30 ( V. Bailee/). Salvin-Godman Coll.
Wyoming Terr., Aug. 8 ( V. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Bailey).
P'ort Bridger, Utah, June (C. Selater and Salvin-
Drexler). Godman Colls.
California. Lord Walsingham
[P.J.
California, May 20 {R. B. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Ilerron).
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15. CHOKDEILES.
613
/. Imm. sk. on-q. J ; r-v. 5
ad. sk. w. (S \ X. '^ imm.
sk. y. (S ad. sk.
z-d'. S ; e'. 2 ^'i-
sk. /'. cj ad. sk.
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cJ imm. sk. r. (5 ad. sk.
u'-a". c? ; 6", c".
2 ad. sk. d". c? ad. sk.
e". Imm. sk.
ad. sk. i". 5 imm. sk.
Ctalifornia ( Verreaux). Colorado Sprin<i:s, Colorado,
June {H. W. Henshcav). Portland, Oregon, Aug. 29
(Henshaiv). S. Antonio, Texas, June 10
(H. E. Dresser). Brownsville, Texas, March,
May {F. B. Annstron;/). Aransas Bay, Texas, June 2
{Armstron<i). Corpus Cliristi, Texas, April,
May {Armstrong). Laramie Park, Texas, June 7
{R. B. mtz). N. Leon, Mexico, May [Arm- strong). Matamoras, Mexico, July 2-1
{H. E. Dresser). Jerez, Zacatecas, Mexico, May
(Armstrong). Southern Pine Ridge, W.
Distr. Brit. Honduras, April
{F. Blancaneaux). Chupat, Patagonia {H. M.
Harrison).
Sclater Coll. Salvin-Godmau Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godmau Coll.
John Gatcombe, Esq.
[P.].
Subsp. ft. Chordeiles chapmani.
Chordeiles chapmani, Coues, Auk, 1888, p. 37.
Chordeiles virginianus chapmani, Chapman, Auk, 1888, pp. 272, 396 ; Scott, Auk, 1889, pp. 186, 252.
This is merely a rather dark and smaller form of the true G. virejinianus, with which the coloration agrees. Wing about half an inch shorter than in the true C. virginianus, measuring 7 to 7'3 inches, tail about 4.
Mab. Florida (Southern parts chiefly).
a. c? ad. sk. Miami, Florida, April 24 (JET. Salvin-Godman Coll.
W. Henshaw). h-e. S ; f-h. 2 Tarpon Springs, Florida, May, Salvin-Godman Coll. ad. ; i. Pull. sk. June ( W. E. D. Scott).
Subsp. y. Chordeiles minor.
Chordeiles minor, Cab. J. f. 0. 18o6, p. 5 (Cuba) ; Gundl. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. 1860, p. 262 (Cuba) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 77 (Ja- maica) ; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 279 (1862) ; id. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 133 ; Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 86 (1860) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 61 (1869) ; Scl. Sf Salv. Norn. Av. Neotr. p. 96 (1873) ; Gundl. J. f. O. 1874, p. 117 (Cuba) ; A. S,- E. Newt. Handb. Jamaica, p. 109 (1881) ; Corij, B. BaJiainas, p. 106 (1880) ; id. B. Haiti ^f S. Domingo, p. 85 (1885) ; id. Auk, 1880, p. 340 ; id. B. W. Ind. p. 135 (1889).
Capri mulgus minor, Koenig- Warth. J. f. O. 1868, p. 375.
614 CAPEIMULGIDJ3.
Chordeiles popetue, var. minor, Baird, Srew. ^- liulgic. N. Am. B.
ii. p. 400 (1874). Chordeiles popetue minor, Bklqw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas. iii. p. 231
(1881) ; Marquard, Auk, 1889, p. 183. Chordeiles virginianus minor, Stejn. Auk, 1885, p. 182; Bidgw.
Man. N. A. B. p. 301 (1837). Chordeiles gundlachi, Laici: Ann. Lye. N. Y. vi. p. 165 (1856;
Cuba) ; Breicer, Proc. Boi't. Nat. Hist. Soc. \-ii. p. 306 (1860). p Chordeiles popetue, Gundl. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. 1860, p. 263
(Cuba) ; id. J.f. 0. 1874, p. 117 (Cuba),
This is also a form "which is closely allied to C. virginianus, or rather by its small size to C. chaj^mani from Florida. It differs from the latter merely in the stronger rufous tint, which, pervades the -whole pli;mage, especially the scapulars, sides of the head and neck, lower throat and upper breast, abdomen and under wing- coverts. In adult males the under tail-eovcrts are peculiarly coloured, being rusty buff crossed by a few dark brown bars and some white spots. The wings are as a rule somewhat shorter than in C. cJiapmani, measuring 6*6 to 7 inches in length,
Hab. West-Indian Islands : Cuba, San Domingo, Jamaica,
a-b. c? ad. sk. Jamaica.
c. 2 i'uni. ; d. J Spanish Town, Jamaica ( W. Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. r. March),
e-f. (5 2 ad. sk. Jamaica.
ff. cJ ad. sk. La Vega, San Domingo, Aug. Salvin-Godman Coll.
6 {C.B. Corij).
h. S ad. sk. Cuba. Sclater Coll.
2. Chordeiles acutipennis,
Engoulcvent acutipenne de la Guyane, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi.
p. 647 (1779) ; Baubent. PI. Enl. 732 (1783). Caprimulgus acutipennis, Bodd. Tail. PI. Enl. p. 46 (1783) ; Cass.
Cat. Capr. Mus. Phil. p. 11 (1851). Chordeiles acutipennis, Cass. Proc. Ac. Phil. v. p. 187 (1850) ; id.
U. S. E.rpl. Ex2). p. 189 (1858) ; Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 14 (l.'<67) ;
Ch-ay, Hand-l. i. p. 02 (1869) ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, i. p. 212 (1884). Caprimulgus acutus, Gm. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 1031 (1788) ; J^ieill. Nouv.
Did. X. p. 231 (1817) ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 536 (1823); Steph. Gen.
Zool. X. p, 168 (1817). Caprimulgus seuiitorquatus, Wied, Beitr. iii. p. 330 (1830). Chordeiles acutus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 63 (1850); Burtn. >Syst. Veb.
Th. Bras. ii. p. 395 (1856) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 327. Le Tette-chevre tachettS du Bresil, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 483 (1760). Ibijau, Biff. Hist. Nat. vi. p. 539 (1779). Caprimulgus brasilianus, G7n. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 1031 (1788); Steph.
Ge^i. Zool. X. p. 161 (1817) ; Wied, Beitr. iii. p. 337 (1830) ; Koeyjig-
Warth. J.f. O. 1868, p. 381 (nidif ). Caprimulirus noitibo, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. x. p. 241 (1817). Caprimulgus brasiliensis, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 542 (1823); Tsch.
Faun. Per., Orn. p. 125, pi. v. (1846). Chordeiles brasilianus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 63 (1850) ; Cab. Sf- Heine,
Mus. Hein. iii. p. 86 (1860) ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 279 (1862) ; Pelz.
Orn. Bras. p. 14 (pt.) (1867).
15. CnORDEILES. 615
Caprimulgus labeculatus, Jard. Ann. Sr Mar/. N. II. 1846, p. 118.
Clioi-deiles labeculatus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 63 (1850).
Chordeiles sapiti, Bp. Consp. i. p. 63 (1850; ex Natt. MS.) ; Cab. ^
Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 86 (1860). Caprimukrus hiruudinaceus, SpLv, Av. Bras. ii. p. 2, pi. iii. fiff. 1
(1825). °
Chordeiles pminosus, Burm. (nee Tsch.) Siid. Uebers. ii. p. 394
(1856). Caprimulgus steuopterus, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 14, note (1868).
In general appearance similar to pale brown examples of C. vir- giniaims. Above blackish brown, the feathers laterally spotted with buff, brownish, or rufous-brownish, more brownish on the top of the head and on the scapulars ; primaries deep brown, the first four, or sometimes five, crossed by a white bar, all the prima- ries above tlie white band and the secondaries throughout more or less heavily spotted with rufous ; rectrices, except the central pair, with a distinct subterminal bar of white ; lower parts buff, barred with brown ; a large white patch across the throat and up to the chin, with a more or less distinct rufous patch below it ; breast mottled with greyish. Total length about 8 inches, wing 6-1 to 6*5, tail 3-S, tarsus 0-55.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but without white subterminal bar to the rectrices, spots on the primaries more or less washed with rufous or buff.
Toimg birds are very pale, with all the markings less developed, especially the dark ones, which are small and not so pronounced.
Ilah. South America except the most southern parts.
a. 5 ad. sk. I. of Tobago (Kirk). Jardine Coll. (Type
of C labecidatus, Jard.)
b-e. d; f, ff. 2 I- of Tobago (Kirk). Jardine CoU.
ad. sk.
h. cS juv. sk. Cartagena, Colombia. Sclater Coll.
t. (S ad. sk. Caracas, Venezuela {Goering). Sclater Coll.
k. S ; I, m. 5 ad. Aunai, Brit. Guiana, April Salvin-C4odman Coll.
sk. {H. Whitely).
n. $ ad. sk. Quonga, Brit. Guiana, Oct. 20 Salvin-Godman Coll.
{H. Whitely). 0, p, q. c? ad. sk. Cayenne.
r, s. (S ad. sk. Brazil. Salvin-Godman and
Sclater CoUs.
t, u. S ad. sk. Peruambueo ( W. A. Forbes). Salvin-Godman Coll.
V. (S ad. ; w. $ Bahia, Brazil. Salvin-Godman and
imm. sk. Tweeddale Colls,
a". cJ ad. sk. BarradoRioXegro(A'«/i'e/-er). Sclater Coll.
y. $ ad. sk. Forte do Rio Branco, Dec. 17 Sclater Coll.
{Natterer^.
2, a'. 5 ad. sk. Santa Fe, Minas Geraes, Bra- Sclater and Salvin-
zil (Bof/ers). Godmau Colls.
b'. 5 ad. st. South America. Purchased.
c'. Ad. sk. Guayaq^uil {Jameso7i). Jardine Coll,
616 CAPEIMTJLGIDiE.
Subsp. a. Chordeiles pruinosus.
? Caprimul^us exilis, Less. liev. Znol. 1839, p. 44 (Cliili). Caprimul-ius pruinosus, Tsch. Wiegm. Arch. 1844, Consp. p. 8 (e,r
Licht. MS.) ; /(/. Faun. Peru. pi. vi. fig. 2 (1840). Chordeiles semitorquatus, Tsch. Faun. Peru. p. 130 (text to plate)
(1846). Chordeiles peruvianus, Peak, Zool.U.S. E.vpl. F.rp., B. p. 172 (1848) ;
Sol. 4- Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 175; iid. Noniencl. Av. Neotr. p. 96
(1873) ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, p. 210 (1884). Chordeiles acutu.s, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 545.
This is a rather pale form found in Peru. It is very sandy grey above, with the black markings long and narrow, and is a distinct subspecies. I have nevertheless seen examples of the northern form C. texensis which are almost similar in plumage to C. j^ndnosus. Therefore I think that larger material obtained in different localities and at different times of the year will show that this is merely a subspecies.
Mab. Western Peru from Lima southwards.
a (S ad. sk. Tambo Vallev, Peru, Oct. 26 Sclater Coll.
{H. IMiitely).
b,c. (S 2 ad. sk. Lima (Jelski). Sclater Coll.
d. Ad. St. Lima. E. Wilson, Esq. [P.].
Subsp. ft. Chordeiles texensis.
Chordeiles texensis, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vi. p. 167 (1856 ; Texas") ;
Baird, B. N. Am. p. 154, pi. xliv. ; Sclat. Cat. Am. B. p. 279
(1862) ; id. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 134 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1865, p. 471 ;
Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 61 (1869) ; Salvin, Cat. Strichl. Coll. p. .S75
(1882); A.O.U. Check-list, p. 221 (1886); Scott, Auk, 1886,
p. 429; Sennett,Auk, 1887, p. 27; Cooper, t. c. p. 92; Eidcjiv.
Man. N. A. B. p. 301 (1887) ; Lloyd, Auk, 1888, p. 191 ; Saliin,
Ibis, 1889, p. 368 (Cozumel). Caprimulgus texensis, Koetiig-Warth. J.f. O. 1868, p. 376. Chordeiles acutipennis, var. texensis, Baird. Brew. ^- Ridyw. N. A.
B. iL p. 406 (1874) ; Merrill, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 146
(1878). Chordeiles acutipennis texensis, Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 5
(1880) ; Belding, op. cit. v. p. 543 (1883 ; Lower California).
This is merely a large Northern form of C. acutipennis, and no constant difference can be found, except the large size. This, how- ever, varies in true South-American C. aciitipennis, and specimens approaching C. texensis are not rare.
Hah. From Southern California and Texas to Costa Pica and Yeragua.
a, b. 2 ; c-e. S Colton, California, April {F. Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. Stephens).
f. cJ ad. sk. Triumfo, Lower California, Salvin-Godman Coll.
June 17 ( W. Brervster). g,h. tS 2 ad. sk. Cape St. Lucas (J, Xantus). Salvin-Godman Cull.
15. CHORDEILES.
61-
i. 2 inim. sk. Ti,l. c? 2 ad. sk.
m, n. (S ; 0, p. 2 ad. sk.
q-v. (j ; w, .r, y. 2 ad. sk.
2. 2 ad. sk.
a'-i'. (S ; A-', r.
2 ad. sk. m'. cJ ad. sk.
w', o'. c? 2 ad. sk.
y, q'. cJ ad. sk.
r'. c? ad. sk.
s'. c? ad. sk.
t', u'. d ; v. 2
ad. sk. w'. c? jiiv. sk. a:', y'. c? 2 ad. sk. z', rt". (S 2 ad. sk.
^"- 6 ; c"-</".
2 ad. sk. h". 2 ad. sk.
i". c? ad. sk. A". 2 ad. sk.
j ad. sk. d\ e\ d 2 ad. sk. f\ $ ad. sk.
ff^. cJ ad. sk.
A^ J ad. sk.
Gila River, Arizona, Sept. 14
(Z^ Wheeler). Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 5.
Hidalojo, Texas, April {F. B.
Armstrong). Brownsville, April, Mav [F.
B. A.). Matamoras, August {IL E.
Dresser). Nuevo Leon, May {F. B. A.).
Altamii-a, Tamaulipas, March
( W. B. Richardson). Xicotencal, Tamaulipas, May
( W. B. R.). Mexicalcingo, Valley of Mexico
[Ferrari-Perez). Coapa, Valley of Mexico
( Ferrari- Perez) . S. Baltazar, Puebla, July (F.
Ferrari-Perez). Sierra de Alamos, Sonora,
May ( JV. Lloyd). Mazatlan {Li. Murraij). Mazatlan, Jan. (A. Forrer). Santana, near Guadalajara
( W. Llmjd). Plains of Colima, Jan. ( W. B.
Richardson). Jucliatengo, Oaxaca {M.
Triijillo). Teliuantepee ( W. B. R.). Tonala, Chiapas ( W. B. R.). Cozumel Island ( G. F. Gaumer)
Ruatan Island {G. F. G.). San Geronimo, Guatemala
{O.S.). Realejo, Nicaragua, March
(O. S.). Veragua (Arce).
Siilvin-Godman Coll.
G. F. Morcom, Esq.
[P.]. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman CoU.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman CoH.
Jardiue Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Silvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
3. Chordeiles rupestris.
Caprimulgus rupestris, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 2, pi. ii. (1823).
Chordeiles rupestris, Bp. Consp. i. p. 63 (18o0) ; Burm. Syst. TJeb. Th. Bras. ii. p. 393 (1856); Sol. Cat. Am. B. p. 279 (1862) ; id. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 134 ; Scl. ^- Sah. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 193 (Lower Ucavali) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 14 (18671 ; Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 583 (Rio Negro) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 290 ; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 96 (1873) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 626 (Bolivia) ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, i. p. 214 (1884).
Adult male. Above sandy buff, the feathers with vermiculations and hastate spots of black, bolder on the head and scapulars ; three outer primaries uniform deep brown, the fourth also mostly uniform.
G18 CArRnruLoiD.T5.
sometimes ■with a patch of -white on the inner web ; inner primaries and secondaries with large patches of white in tlie middle, the last secondaries similar to the scapulars ; outer rectrices white, tipped and more or less spotted with brown ; central rectrices similar in colour to the upper parts ; lower surface white ; a band of brown and buff across the throat ; breast spotted with brown ; larger under wing-coverts white, the smaller ones spotted with brown. Total length about 7"9 inches, wing G-2 to 6-7, tail 3-5 to 3'7, tarsus 0-45.
Female. Similar to the male.
Hah. Amazonia and Peru.
a, b. 2 ad. sk. South America. Sclater & (touH Colls.
c. c? ; (h^- ? Ucayali, Peruvian Amazons, E. Bartlett [C.].
ad. sli. May, June.
/. (S\(h 2 iid. sk. Yquitos, June, Aug. H. Whitely [C.].
h-k. (S ; l-n. $ Pebas, E. Peru, July, Feb- Salvin-Godman and
ad. sk. ruary {J. Ifaiuivell). Sclater Colls.
0. Ad. St. Para. Purchased. p. 2 ad.sk. Pernambuco, Brazil (CV'are?2l. Sclater Coll.
4. Chordeiles pusillus.
Chordeiles pusillus, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 182 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 13-5 ; Grai/, Hand-l. i. p. 61 (1869) ; Scl. ^ Salv. Nomencl. A v. Neotr.Tp.96(lS73).
Adult male. Above deep brown ; feathers of the crown fringed with rufous ; a spotted line of buff over the eye ; back and rump mottled with rufous-brown ; scapulars, last secondaries, and upper wing-coverts largely spotted with rusty buff; primaries deep brown, the four outer ones crossed by a broad band of white in the middle, the second with large white tips, shaded with buff; innermost secondaries like the scapulars ; tail deep brown, mottled with greyish and rusty, all except the lateral and central pair tipped with white on the inner webs ; feathers of the chin, throat, and upper breast deep brown, tipped with rusty buff: a pure white band across the throat ; abdomen white, barred with dark brown ; under tail-coverts white, often indistinctly barred ; under wing-coverts dark brown, barred with white. Total length about 6 inches, wing 4-8 to 5-3, tail 2-8.
Female. Similar to the male, but the white patches at the tips of the rectrices mottled with brown.
JJab. British Guiana to Brazil.
a. cJ ad. sk. S. America. Gould Coll. _ (Type
of the species.)
b, c. cj ; d, e,f. Aunai, Brit. Guiana (H. Salvin-Godman Coll. 5 ad. sk. Whitely).
g,h. 2ad.sk. Ceara, N. Brazil ( JF. Jesse). Salvin-Godman Coll.
i. cJ ; ^- 2 f'd- sk. Babia, Brazil [Dr. Lvschnath). Salvin-Godman Coll.
1. c? ad. sk. Fazenda, Brazil, July 22 Sclater Coll.
(Natterer). m. 2 ad. sk. Corcunda, July 12 {Natterer). Sclater Coll.
n. S ad. sk. Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil, Salviu-Godman Coll.
Oct. 10 [D. W. Smith).
16. NTCTIPEOGXE. 17. PODAGER. 619
IG. NYCTIPROGNE.
Type.
Nyctiprog-ne, Bp. C. S. 0. p. 3o (1854) N. leuL-opviria.
Podochffites, Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 135 N. leiicopygia.
The very small bill with the hidden nostrils is characteristic of this form.
Rnnije. Brazil and Cayenne,
1. Nyctiprogne leucopygia.
Caprimulgrus leucopygus, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 3, pi. iii. (1823). Chordeiles minuturJ, Bp. Consp. i. p. 63 (1850; e.v Xatt. MS.). Chordeiles leucopygus, Bunn. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 393 (1856) ; Gray,
Hand-l. i. p. 62 "(1869). Lurocalis leucopygus, Cas,';. Cat. Caprim. (1851). Nyctiprogne leucopygia, Bj). C. S. O. p. 35 (1854) ; Scl. .§• Sah:
' Nome7icl. Ai\ Neutr. p. 96 (1873). Podochfetes leucopygus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 135.
Adult. Above deep brown, finely barred with reddish brown ; centres of the feathers uniform ; scapulai's with light outer edges; primaries deep brown, with pale rufous spots to the edges of the outer and inner webs ; central reetrices brown variegated with pale rufous, three outer pairs with distinct, fourth pair with indistinct white bars, confined to outer web on the outermost pair ; chin and throat pale rufous, finely barred with black ; breast and abdomen deep brown, with pale bars of a brownish buff, becoming more and more white towards the lower tail-coverts. Total length about 8 inches, wing 6, tail 4*5, tarsus 0'5.
Hah. Brazil and Caj-enne,
a. S fitl- sk. Matto Grosso, Brazil, Nov. {Natfercr). Selater Coll.
b. Ad. sk. Brazil. Selater Coll.
17. PODAGER.
Type. Podager, Wagl. Isis, 1832, p. 277 P. nacunda.
Range. That of the single species.
1. Podager nacunda.
Nacimda, Azara, Apunt. no. 312 (1805).
Caprimulgus nacunda, Fi«7/. Nouv. Diet. x. p. 240 (1817; ex Azara) ;
Eoeniy-Warth. J.f. O. 1868, p. 372 (nididc). Caprimulgus campestris, Licht. Verz. Duubl. p. 59 (1823 ; San
Paulo). Caprimulgus diurnus, Tvmm. PL Col. 182 (1823) ; Wiecl, Beifr. iii
p. 326 (1830). Proithera diurnis, Swains. Class. B. ii. p. 339 (1837). Podager nacunda. Cab. in Schomb. Guiana, iii. p. 711 (1848) ; Bp.
Consp. \.^. 63 (1850); Bnrm. J.f. O. 1853, p. 170; id. St/sf.
Ueb. Th. Bras. ii. p. 400 (1856) ; id. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 449
(1861) ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 88 (1860) ; Scl. Cat.
G20 CAPRIMULGID^.
Am. B. p. 278 (1862); id. P. Z. S. 18fiG, p. 132; id. Sr ITuds. Ar//e»tine Orn. ii. p. 12 (1889) ; Scl. ir Salv. P. Z. S. 18(56, p. i93 (Lower Ucayali), 1867, pp. 583, 978, 1868, p. 142 (Buenos Ayres), 1873, p. 290, 1879, p. 626; iid. Nommcl. Av. Neotr. p. 9o (1873) ; Pet. Orn. Bras. p. 15 (1867) ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. 1. p. 61 (1869) ; Lee, Ibis, 1873, p. 134 (ArgentiDa) ; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. \x 375 (1882); id. Ibis, 1885, p. 438 (E. Guiana); Tacz. Orn. Perou, i. p. 208 (1884); Barrcncs, Ai(k, 1884, p. 24 CLower Uruguay) ; Berl. J.f. O. 1887, p. 19 (Paraguay). Podager nacauda, Leot. Ois. Trinidad, p. 70 (1866).
Adult male. Upper parts pale brown, thickly vermiculated and spotted with bhrck, with distinct bars npon the tail ; all the primaries have the basal part white, the remainder being deep blackish brown narrowly edged with whitish at the tips ; secondaries pale brown, barred and vermiculated with blackish brown ; central rcctrices entirely of the colour of the back, three or four outer pairs broadly tipped with white ; lores, malar line, aud upper tliroat rusty brown, barred with blackish brown ; chin almost uniform rusty ; lower part of throat very dark brown ; breast similar to the iippor parts ; a large spot on the throat ; abdomen and lower tail-coverts white. Total length about 1 1*8 inches, wing 9'9, tail 4'8, tarsus 1.
Adult female. Wing shorter ; basal part of primaries brown, with only a broad white band across them ; no white tips to outer rectrices. Wing 9-5 inches.
Younger specimens are narrowly barred on the abdomen and under tail-coverts.
Hah. Tropical South America from the islaud of Tobago and Colombia to Patagonia.
Salvin-Godmau Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Jardine Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godraan Coll. Sclater Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salviu-Godman Coll.
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a, |
h. 2 ad. sk. |
Medina, Plains of Piiver Meta, Colombia {Wheeler). |
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c. |
$ ad. sk. |
Bogota {Bowman). |
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d. |
e. S 2 ad. sk. |
Island of Tobago {Kirk). |
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ff. (S 2 ad.sk. |
Aunai, British Guiana, Feb., April {H. Whitely). |
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h. |
2 ad. sk. |
Pebas, E. Peru {J. Hamnoell). |
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i. |
(J ad. sk. |
Capim River {A. R. Wallace). |
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k. |
$ ad. sk. |
Bahia ( Wucherer). |
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I. |
(5 ad. ; w. $ |
Chapada, Matto Grosso, Aug. |
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imm. sk. |
{Mrs. H. H. Smith). |
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n, |
0. c? $ ad. sk. |
Bolivia. |
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P- |
2 ad. sk. |
Uruguay, Nov. |
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Ad. St. |
Brazil. |
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r. |
c? ad. sk. |
Brazil. |
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s- |
u. 2 ad. sk. |
Brazil. |
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V. |
cJ ad. sk. |
Chupat, Patagonia, Aug. 3. |
T. Bridges, Esq. [C.]. Alan Peel, Esq. [C.]. Lord Stuart de
Rothesay [P.]. Lord Stuart de
Rothesay [P.]. Purchased. II. Durnford, Esq.
[C.].
18. LUEOCALIS. (J21
18. LUROCALIS.
Lurocalis, Cass. Proa. Ac. Philad. v. (1851) p. 189. L. semitorqutitus.
Tail short, truncate ; tarsus feathered in front. The young birds rather peculiarly marked with white. liiDiye. South America.
Key to the Species.
a. Abdomen barred semitorquatus, p. G21.
b. Abdomen umtorm rufous rvjiventris, p. Q22.
1. Lurocalis semitorquatus.
Petit Engoulevunt tachete de Cayenne, Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. ii.
p. 540 (177i») ; Daubent. PI. Enl. p. 734 (1783). White-collared Goatsucker, Lath. Gen. Stjn. ii. pt. ii. p. 599 (1783). Caprmmlgus semitorquatus, Gin. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 1031 (1788);
Vieill. Nouv. Diet. x. p. -241 (1817). Podager gouldi, Gray, Ge?i. B. i. pi. 18 (1849). Lurocalis semitorquatus, Cass. Pruc. Ac. Phil. v. p. 189 (1851) • Scl
Cat. Am. B. p. 278 (1862); id. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 132; Tavlor,
Ibis, 1864, p. 90 (Trinidad); Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 15 (1867);
Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 61 (1869) ; Layard, Ibis, 1873, p. 390; jScI ^
Salu. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 95 (1873); Salviti, Ibis, 1885, p. 438
(B. Guiana). Chordeiles semitorquatus, Tsch. Faun. Peru. p. 130, pi. vi. (1849) ■
Biirm. Syst. Ueh. Th. Bras. ii. p. 397 (1856) ; Cab. S; Heine, Musi
Hem. iii. p. 87 (note) (1860). Antrostomus semitorquatus, Bj). Consp. i. p. 61 (1850). Caprimulgus nattereri, Temm. PL Col. 107 (1823). Podager nattereri, Bp. Consp. i. p. 63 (1850). Lurocalis nattereri, Cass. Proc. Ac. Phil. v. p. 590 (1851) ; Scl Cat
Am. B. p. 278 (1862); Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 15 (1867); Scl. &
Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 583 (Para) ; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotr.
p. 95 (1873) ; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 375 (1882). Chordeiles nattereri, Burm. Syst. Ueb. Th. Bras. ii. p. 398 (1856). Urocolus nattereri. Cab. ^ Heine, Mas. Hein. iii. p. 87 (1860).
Adult. Deep brownish black above, each feather with lateral rufous spots, most of them centred with blackish ; scapulars whitish grey at the basal parts ; last secondaries with more or less distinct whitish-grey bars ; quills deep brown, with interrupted iiifous bars and spots ; first primary ofteu uniform ; rectrices similar in colour, but most of theni with greyish tips and the pair next to the central ones often with indistinct white tips; chin, throat, and upper part of the breast deep brown, spotted and indistinctly barred with pale rufous ; a large white spot across _the throat : lower part of the breast regularly barred with dark brown and pale rufous or buff; abdomen, lower tail-coverts, and under wing-coverts deep rusty rufous, regularly barred with blackish throughout. Total length about 9 to 10 inches, wing 8 to S'o inches, tail 3-7, tarsus 0-5.
The female seems to be similar to the male.
Yoiiny birds are different from the adult ; the feathers of the lower surface are paler, the breast mottled with whitish ; throat-
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spot tinged with buff; quills tipped with whitish ; scapulars and inner secondaries lighter ; feathers of the upper parts, including the upper wing-coverts, whitish finely mottled with dark brown, and with deep brown central spots, before the tip of each feather a large rufous spot with a black eye at the tip, but with the outermost margin white.
Smaller specimens occur, with the wing only 6*7 to 7 inches in length, but they are entirely similar in colour. If these be distinct, then the name of L. semitorquatus should be restricted to the smaller form, the larger birds being L. naftereri.
There is, however, no sufficient reason to keep them distinct, as the size is variable (I measured specimens with the wing 7'2, 7'5, and 7-8 inches in length) ; and the small form seems not to be restricted to any specified locality, but occurs in Guiana and Cayenne as well as in Brazil.
Hah. British Guiana to Southern Brazil.
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Tweeddale Coll. |
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S. America. |
Sir E. Belcher [P.]. |
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c, d. Ad. sk. |
Deraerara. |
Gould Coll. |
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Takutu R., Brit. ( Whitcly). |
Guiana |
Salvin-Godman Coll. |
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Bartica Grove, Brit. |
Guiana, |
Salvin-Godman Coll. |
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June 2 ( Whitebj). |
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Cayenne. |
H. C. Rothery [P.]. |
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Cayenne. |
Sclater Coll. |
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k. (S ad. sk. |
Para [Layard). |
Tweeddale Coll. |
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Para ( Wallace). |
Sclater Coll. |
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Ypanema, Oct. 20 {Kc |
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Salvin-Godman Coll. |
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Sclater Coll. |
2. Liirocalis rufiventris.
Lurocalis nattereri, Tacz. {nee Temm.) R Z. S. 1879, p. 240 (Peru). Lurocalis rufiventris, Tacs. Orn. Pcroic, i. p. 200 (1884) ; Berl. 8f Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 306.
Adult female. Similar to L. semitorquatus, but the spots of the upper surface somewhat brighter rufous, the rufous spots on the breast smaller and more numerous on a darker brown ground ; abdomen and under wing-covcrts entirely uniform bright rufous ; lower tail-coverts uniform rufous, the longest tail-coverts only with a few bars. Total length 10 to 10-5 inches, wing 8-2 to S'o, tail 3-4, tarsus 0".5.
The male is probably not different from the female.
Young birds, so far as I can make out from the remains of immaturity in one skin before me, are entirely different from young specimens of L. semitorqatus. The abdomen seems to be paler, but is also unbarred; longest under tail-coverts only barred. The feathers of the upper surface are white with brown vermiculations and large deep black spots before the tip, whereas the young of L. semitorquatus have rufous spots with merely a black eye in each near the tip. Primaries tipped with whitish.
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(Our descriptions are from two females from Peru and an imma- ture skin from Colombia in the Berlejisch collection.)
Hah. Colombia to Peru. Seems to be an inhabitant of high elevations.
a. Vix ad. st. Boorota. Purchased.
Subfamily II. NYCTIBIIN.E.
The genus K)/ctibins differs so greatly from the Capr'imuhj'uui' in having the normal number of phalanges in the outer toes, in the claw of the middle toe not being pectinated, in the presence of large powder-down patches, in the extremely short tarsus and totally different feet, and in the peculiarly hooked bill, that its members must be regarded as constituting a subfamily, if not a family. In most other respects, however, they agree with the Cajirimulyidce, but little is known about their habits.
The subfamily consists of one genus only.
Range. From Jamaica and Mexico throughout the tropical parts of South America.
19. NYCTIBIUS.
Type.
Nyctibius, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xvi. p. 6 (1817) N. jamaicensis.
Nyctoruis, Nitzsch, Pterylogr. p. 1.30 (ISIO) N. jamaicensis.
llange. That of the subfamily.
Kei/ to the Sjjecies.
a. Small, wing less than 7 inches ; general colour
rufous ; Banks and lower tail-coverts with
large silky white terminal spots bracteatus, p. 623.
b. Larger, wing more than 7 inches ; tail not more
than 9.
a. Tail less than 6 inches leucoptenis, p. 624.
b' . Tail always more than 6 inches jamaicensis, p. 625.
c. Very large, tail always more than 9 inches.
c . CTround-colour rufous above ; top of the head
deep brown and rufous, without pale
markings lomjicaudatus, p. 626.
d' . Ground-colour rufous-brown above ; top of
the head blackish with very light cross
markings (ethereus, p. 627.
e . Ground-colour more or less whitish yrandis, p. 628.
1. Nyctibius bracteatus.
Nyctibius bracteatus, Gmdd, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 1 ; £p. Consp. i. p. 58 (1850) ; Cnss. Proc. Ac. Sc. Phil. v. p. 184 (1851); id. Cat. C'a2)rim. .Mus. Phil. (1851) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, pp. 130, 538 ; &■/. 8f Salvin, Exot. Oni. pi. 20 (1867); iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 9o (1873); Tucz. Ova. Perou, i. p. 206 (1884); Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 438 (B. Guiana).
Nyctibius rufus, Vab.in Schonib. 6'Mta«a, p. 711 (1848); Scl.P.Z.S. '1866, pp. 130, 585.
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Adult. Bright rufous, speckled and vermiculafced with black, more heavily on the top of the head ; lower abdomen and lower tail- coverts lighter and without black vermiculations ; along the upper wing and scapulars a series of white spots each surrounded by a blackish line ; the same kind of spots on the upper abdomen, while the lower abdomen and lower tail-coverts are tipped with pure silky white ; primaries deep brown, the outer webs pale brown ; tail bi'ight rufous, irregiilarly barred with black ; under wing-coverts dark brown ; tail bright rufous, irregularly barred with black. Total length about 9 inches, wing 6'^, tail 5.
Youiuj birds are much paler and covered all over with large pale spots, the white spots are less pure.
Hah. Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Guiana.
a. Imm. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (C. Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. b-e. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (C Buckley). Salvin-Godman &
Sclater Colls.
2. Nyctibius leucopterus.
Caprimulgus leucopterus, Wied, Beitr. iii. p. 311 (1830).
Nyctibius leucopterus, Des Murs, Icon. Orn. pis. 49, 50; Bunn.
Syst. Uehers. ii. p. 377 (1856) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 130 (S.E.
Brazil); Scl. 4- Salmi, Nomencl. A v. Neofr. p. 95 (1873). Chordeiles leucopterus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 63 (18.50).
Adult {male f). Above deep brown with a dull-coppery or some- what oily gloss, feathers with black terminal spots, which are very bold on the head and hind neck, so that these parts are almost black, mottled with whitish, somewhat more on the hind neck; upper tail-coverts uniform deep brownish black ; wing-coverts deep blackish, along the middle of the upper wing a broad white band caused by a series of the middle wing-coverts being pure white with brown tips ; first primary uniform deep brown, the others with pale brown spots to the outer webs ; secondaries deep brown, some with indistinct pale spots ; rectrices deep brown, irregularly banded with pale brown, paler from below ; lower parts brown, with two streaks on the sides of the throat and a series of large terminal spots on the breast black ; abdomen and lower tail-coverts strongly mottled with whitish by reason of many irregular whitish bands, most of the feathers with small blackish tips and narrrow blackish shaft-lines ; under wing-coverts uniform blackish. Total length about li-5 inches, wing 8-5, tail 5-4. "Bill black; iris orange" (^Burmeister).
Description from a specimen (probably from Bahia) in the Berlepsch collection, the same as referred to by Sclater, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 130.
A very distinct species, chiefly recognizable by its short tail.
Hah, Coast-region of Brazil (Caravellos, Bahia).
19. xycTiBius. 625
3. Nyctibius jamaicensis.
Wood-Owl, Sloane, Voy. Jamaica, ii. p. 295. Le Guira-querea, JBuff. Hist. Ned. Ois. vi. p. 536 (1779). Eng-oulevent g-ris, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 548 (1779). Caprimulgus jamaicensis et griseus, Gm. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 1029 (1788) ;
Steph. Gen. Zool. x. p. 144 (1817) ; Vieill. Nouv. Diet. x. p. 238
(1817) ; Denny, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 38 ; Koenia-Warth. J.f. O. 1868,
p. 388. Unttau, Azara, Apunt. no. 308 (1802). Caprimulgus cornutus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. x. p. 245 (1817). Nyctibius urutao, Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1837, pi. Ixxxii. Nyctibius pectoralis, Gould, lean. Av. pt. ii. (1838) ; i?/j. Consj). i.
p. 58 (1850) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 79; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 278
(1862) ; E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 90 (Trinidad). Nyctibius jamaicensis, Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 41, pi. vi. (1847) ; Bp.
Consp. i. p. .58 (1850) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 77 (Jamaica) ; id.
Cat. Am. B. p. 278 (1862) ; id. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 129 ; Albrecht,
J.f. O. 1862, p. 199; March, Pr. Ae. Nat. Sci. Phil. p. 286
(1863) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1866, p. 194 ; id. Ibis, 1885, p. 438 (B.
Guiana) ; id. Ibis, 1889, p. 3i)8 (I. Ruatan) ; Gray, Hand-l. i.
p. 66 (1869) ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 557 (Trinidad) ; Layard,
Ibi^, 1873, p. 389 ; Scl. S; Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 95 (1873) ;
tid. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 531 ; A. ^- E. Neivt. Handh. Jamaica, p. 108
(1881) ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, i. p. 207 (1884) ; Con/, List B. W.
Ind. p. 16 (1885) ; id. Auk, iii. p. 338 (1886) ; \d. B. W. Ind.
p. 133 (1889). Nyctibius pallidus, Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 49, pi. vii. (var.) (1847) ;
'Bp. Consp. i. p. 58 (1850) ; Cory, Auk, iii. p. 339 (1886) ; id. B. W.
Ind. p. 134 (1889). Nyctibius cornutus, Bj}. Consp. i. p. 58 (1850) ; Tschudi, Faun. Per.
p. 123 (1855) ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. Th. Bras. ii. p. 376 (1856) ; Pelz.
Orn. Bras. p. 10 (1867) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 240 (Peru).
Adult. General colour greyish or brownish, heavily marked with longitudinal streaks and blotches of deep blackish brown, sometimes also with much white ; throat more or less whitish with blackish shafts ; belly and lower tail-coverts similar, but more or less dark and marked with distinct black shaft-lines ; feathers of the breast with a series of deep brown terminal spots ; wings and tail deep brown with pale bands, more developed on the tail.
There are considerable differences in size. As a rule specimens from Mexico and Central America are the largest, measuring about 16 inches in length, wing 12 to 13, tail 9. The specimens from Jamaica are nearly as large, the wing measuring 11-5 to 12 inches, and they no doubt belong to the same form. Going farther to the south, we find that specimens from Colombia are a little smaller, but hardly separable. Still more to the south, in Brazil and Guiana we find them much smaller again, so that specimens from Brazil have the wing only 9'S to 10-8 inches in length. Unless larger series from different localities show that there is no constant dif- ference in examples from the same localities, I would propose to separate the smaller form subspecifically.
VOL. XVI. 2 s
626
CAPKIMUtGID^.
Hub. From Central and Southern ilexico throughout the tropical parts of South America.
a. Lcuyer form {Northern sj^ecimens).
a. Ad. sk. Jamaica. P. Gosse, Esq. [C.].
b. Ad. St. Jamaica. Purchased.
c. d. Ad. sk. Jamaica, Aug., Dec. (Osbiirn). Sclater Coll
e. cS ad. sk. Presidio de Mazatlan, March 15
(^4. Forrer).
f. Ad. sk. Jalapa, Mexico (C. T. Hiige). y. Ad. sk. La- Autigiia, Vera Cruz {M.
Tnijillo).
h. Ad. sic. Teapa, Feb. {Mrs. H. U.
Sinith).
i. Ad. sk. Teliuanlepec {F. Sumickrast).
k. Ad. sk. Near City of Guatemala ( O. S.).
I, m. Ad. sk. Ruatau Island, Baj' of Hon-
duras {G. F. Gauiner).
n. (S ad.sk. Volcan de Chiriqui (-E. .iree'J. Salvin-Godman Coll.
o, p. Ad. sk. Concordia, Antioquia, U. S. T. K. Salmon, Esq.
Colombia. [C.].
tialvin-Godman Coll.
Salviu-Godmau Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
q. Ad. sk
b. Smaller form (Southern and Eastern specimens).
Sclater Coll.
r. Ad. sk. s, t. Ad. sk.
u. 2 ad. sk.
V. (S ad. sk.
w. Ad. sk. .r. Ad. St.
.'/. $ ad. sk.
;. Ad. sk. a'. Ad. sk. //, c, d'. Ad. (■'. Skeleton.
.k.
Andes of Quito, Ecuador
{Fraser). Quito, Ecuador. SaraA-acu, Ecuador (C.
Ihicldei/). Yquitos, Upper Amazons, May
(//. WMtehj). Roraima, British Guiana,
Oct. 27 {R. Whitely). Bartica Grove (//. Whitely). Cayenne.
Maranham, June 15 {E. L.
Layard). Peruambuco, Brazil. J5ahia.
Bahia {Dr. Wucherer). Jamaica.
Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll.
Salvin-Godman Coll. H. C. Rothery, Esq.
[P.]. Tweeddale Coll.
Sclater Coll. Purchased. Salvin-Godman Coll. Gosse Coll.
4. Nyctibius longicaudatus.
Caprimulgus longicaudatus, /S);/.r, Av. Brasil. ii. p. 1, pi. i. (18l^5) (R. Japura).
Nyctibius longicaudatus, Tsch. Faun. Peru. pp. 20, 124 (1846) (Prov. "Maynas) : Cam. Pr. Ac. Phil. v. p. 184 (1851) ; id. Cat. Caprim. Mus. Phil. (1851); Burm. Si/st. Ueb. Th. Bras. ii. p. 376 (1856; note) ; Scl. P. Z. 8. 1866, pp. 128, 145 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 10 ( 1867) : Gray, Hand-l i. p. 55(1869); Scl. S,- Salv. P. Z. 8. 1873, p. 290 (E. Peru) ; itd. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 95 (1873) ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 205 (1884) ; Salvi)i, Ibis, 1885, p. 437 (B. Guiana).
Adult. Upper surface dark rufous-brown, with narrow shaft-lines
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and bars of blackish ; top of the head somewhat blackish ; upper tail-coverts with broad bars ; bend of wing and smaller upper wing- coverts almost blackish, the latter crossed by a broad rufous-buff stripe; larger wing-coverts with longitudinal rufous-buff marks; wing and tail-feathers dark rufous, with broad deep brown bars ; under wing-coverts deep brown, with pale rufous bars ; lower surface a little lighter than the upper parts, more or less uniform towards the lower abdomen and lower tail-coverts ; lower breast with some blackish terminal spots, forming a kind of irregular broken band. Total length about 18 inches, wing 12, tail 10*8.
A female from Guiana is much smaller and measures only about 16 inches in length, wing 11, tail 9-5. Erom the small material before me I am unable to say whether this is a sexual difference or whether the specimens from Guiana form a smaller race. There is no difference in colour.
Hub. Upper Amazons, Ecuador, Peru, and Guiana.
n. Ad. sk. Saiayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Sclater Coll.
I), c. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll.
d. 2 ad. sk. Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana, Salviu-Godman Coll. Dec. 7 {H. Whitely).
5. Nyctibius aethereus.
Caprimulgus aethereus, Wied, Beitr. iii. p. 303 (1830); Thienem.
Fortpfl. yes. Voq. pi. xUi. fig. 20 (I8o4j ; Koeniy-Warth. J. f: O.
1868, p. 371 (uidific). Nyctibius fethereus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 58 (18o0); Cass. Fr. Ac. Phil.
V. p. 181 (1851) ; id. Cat. Caprim. Mus. Phil. ( 18ol) ; id. U. S. Expl.
Evj). p. 190, Oni. Atl. pi. xiv. (1858) ; Bunn. Syst. Ueb. Th. Bras.
ii. p. 375 (1856) ; Cab. Sr Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 94 (1860) ; Scl.
P. Z. S. 1866, p. 128; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 10 (1867); Gray,
Hand-l. i. p. 55 (1869) ; Scl. Sf Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 95
(1873) ; Cab. J.f. 0. 1871, p. 226 (Rio) ; SalviTi, Cat. Strickl. Coll.
p. 374 (1882).
Adult. Upper surface rufous-brown, with narrow deep brown longitudinal shaft-stripes and vermiculations ; top of the head deep brown, with pale almost whitish markings ; upper tail-coverts and tail with broad bars ; quills dark brown with irregular paler bars ; wing-coverts spotted with white ; lower surface dark greyish brown with deep brown shaft-lines, blackish terminal and very pale sub- terminal spots on the breast, rufous on the flanks, paler, and almost whitish towards the lower abdomen and lower tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts blackish, with whitish bars. Total length about 20 inches, wing 12'.5 to 13'3, tail 12.
This species is distinguished from N. lonr/icaudatus by the less rufous colour, especially on the under surface ; the blackish spots on the breast are more numerous ; the top of the head, which is deep brown and rufous in W. Jonjicaudatus, is blackish with very pale buff bar-like spots. The size a little larger.
Hub. Brazil.
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a-d. Ad. sk. e. Ad. St. /, g. Ad. «k. |
S. America. S. America. Brazil. |
Sharps & Tweeddale Colls. Purchased. Sclater & Salviu- Godman Colls. |
6. Nyctibius grandis.
Le grand Tette-chevre tachete du Bresil, Uriss. Orn. ii. p. 485 (1760).
Grand Ibijau, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 541 (1779).
Grand Crapaud-volant de Cayenne, Daubent. PI. Mil. 325 (1783).
Grand Goatsucker, Lath. Gen. Syn. iv. p. 590.
Caprimulgus grandis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 1029 (1788) ; Wied, Beitr. iii. p. 295 (1830); Eoenig-Warth. J.f. O. 1868, p. 372 (nidific).
Nyctibius grandis, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xvi. p. 7 (1825) ; Jard. ^- Selby, III. Orn. pi. 89 (about 1829) ; Cab. in Schomb. Guiana, iii. p. 711 (1848) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 46, pi. xvi. (1849) ; 5;j. C'ows;a i. p. 58 ( 1850) ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. Th. Bras. ii. p. 374 (1856) ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mits. Hein. iii. p. 94 (1860); Laicr. Ann. Lye. New York vii. p. 290 (1862 ; New Granada) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, pp. 128, 145 ; Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. 8. 1866, p. 193 (Ucayali) ; iid. Numencl. Av. Neotr. p. 95 (1873) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 290 ; Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 10 (1867) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 55 (1869) ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, i. p. 204 (1884) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 437 (B. Guiana).
Adult. Grouud-colour of the upper parts w'hite or greyish white, finely streaked and vermiculated with blackish brown, more or less overspread with rufous on the mantle ; primaries deep brown, indistinctly barred with pale brown on the inner webs ; outer web of first primary uniform, outer webs of remaining primaries barred with ashy white or whitish brown ; lower surface white or whitish, barred and spotted with deep brown ; under wing-coverts deep brown barred with whitish ; rectrices deep brown, with interrupted whitish bars. Total length about 19 inches, wing 14 to 14' 6, tail 10.
Hab. Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, and Guiana.
a. (^i b. 2 ad. st. S. America. Purchased.
f. J ad. sk. San Cristobal, Venezuela {A, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Gocring). d. J ad. sk. Camacusa, Brit. Guiana, Apr. 9 Salvin-Godman Coll.
(H. llhitely). e,f. Ad. sk. Cayenne. Sclater & Tweeddale
Colls. //, h. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (C Buck- Salvin-Godman Coll.
ley), i. (S ad.sk. Upper Ucayali, Peruv. Amazons, Salvin-Godman Coll.
June 14 {E. Bartlett).
PODARGIDJE. G29
Family PODARGIDvE.
(By ERNST HARTERT.)
The Podargidcv resemble the Cajirimulgidcc, and especially the Nyctihiina', in their general appearance, but they differ entirely in the structure of the palate, which is desmognathous, in the absence of the oil-gland and of the basipterygoid processes, and also in the manner of their nidification. The typical forms have a very broad and flat bill. The number of rectrices is always ten. The middle toe is not pectinated, the number of phalanges in the outer toe is not reduced. The steruum has two pairs of posterior notches.
In their habits they are nocturnal, and their food consists of insects. They build a nest of twigs, or lay their eggs, which are white as a rule, in hollow trees.
The j'oung, when hatched, are helpless, but thickly covered with down in the genera Podargus and Batracliostomus, while those of ^gotlieles seem to be unknown.
Range. Erom the Eastern Himalayas throughout the hill-tracts south of the Brahmaputra, Burmah, the Malay Peninsula, Malay Archipelago, Southern Philippines, throughout Papuasia and Aus- tralia to Tasmania.
Synopsis of the Subfamilies.
A. Nostrils a narrow slit near the base of
the bill, protected by a membrane and
hidden b}- plumes and feathers; large
powder-down patches on each side of the
rump ; tarsus shorter than middle toe ;
fourth and fifth or fifth and sixth primaries [p. G29.
longest I. PODARGIN^,
B. Nostrils situated near the tip of the bill,
obvious and open ; bunches of elongated erect loral bristles with long lateral fila- ments ; no distinct powder-down patches ;
tarsus longer than middle toe ; third and [p. 64'>.
fourth quills longest II. jEGOTHELINjE,
Subfamily I. PODARGIN^.
Key to tlie Genera.
a. Rectrices pointed, the central pair much
longer than the adjoining pair 1. Podargus, p. 630.
b. Rectrices rounded at the tips, central pair [p. 636.
a trifle longer than the adjoining pair. . 2. Bateachostomus,
630 PODAKGIDiE.
1. PODARGUS.
Type. Podargus,''_ F/e/Z/. iV. Diet, xxvii. p. 151 (1819; ex " Podarfje," Curie?-, R^gtie Anhn. torn. iv. p. 17'2, pi. iv. fig. 1, 1817) P. strigoides.
The birds belonging to this genus, like those of the genus Baira- cJiosfomus, have a large powder-down patch on each side of the rump. The remigcs are twentj'-two in number, ten primaries (of ■which three are on the metacarpus) and twelve secondaries. They build a flat nest constructed of dry sticks on the fork of a branch, and lay two white eggs.
The young are covered with white down.
All the species are extremely variable in coloration and size. Several authors have described a number of varieties as different species. The study of a large material has led me to distinguish onlj- four species and one subspecies.
Range. Papuasia, Australia, and Tasmania.
Key to the Species.
A. Tail distinctly more than 10 inches in length . . papuenm, p. 6.30.
B. Tail distinctly less than 10 inches.
a. Wing more than 9 inches in length stru/oides, p. G31.
b. Wing less than 9 inches in length.
(t'. Larger, wing about 8 inches in length .... phalmioides, p. 634. b' . Smaller, wing about 7 to 7*5 inches in length, ocellatus and mar-
\jnoratus, pp. 634, 635.
1. Podargus papuensis.
Podargus papuensis, Quoy et Gaim. T'ot/. Astrolabe, O/.v. pi. xiii.
(1830); Bp. Consp. i. p. 57 (1850); Gould, B. Atisfr. Suppl.
pi. vii. (18.55); id. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 91 (1865); Gray,
Hand-l. i. p. 64 (1869) ; Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 680 (N.E.
Queensland) ; id. Tab. List Ansfr. B. p. 2 (1888) ; Sahad. Om.
Papnas. i. p. 513 (1880) ; A. B. Meyer, Zeitschr. yes. Orn. 1884,
p. 278; S/uape, Jonrn. Linn. Soc., Zool. xiii. p. 493 (1878) ; Forbes,
P. Z. S. 1878, p. 121 (Cape York, N. Austraha); Tristr. Ibis,
1889, p. 656. Podargus plumiferus, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 104; id. B. Austr. ii.
pi. vi. (1848) ; id. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 93 (1865) ; Bp. Consp.
i. p. 57 (1850) ; Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. B. p. 2 (1888).
Adult male. Above brownish grey, finely mottled with dark brown and grey, most of the feathers with more or less distinct black shaft-lines, generally broader on the scapulars ; small white or whitish spots on the head and neck, with larger ones on the upper wing-coverts : near the rather uniform shoulder is a more or less distinct whitish stripe : a distinct but narrow whitish super- ciliary stripe ; primaries deep brown or blackish, barred with pale bufl' or pale rufous ; rectrices brown banded with greyish, mottled with brown and blackish ; lower parts lighter, ornamented with large white spots, most of the feathers having two spots of white and
1. PODAEGUS. 631
a narrow blackish shaft-line ; lower wing-covorts bufFv whitish, spotted with brown near the bend of the wing. Total length about 21 inches, wing 11 to 12, central rectrices about 12, lateral ones nearly 5 inches shorter, tarsns 1-2, width of gape about 2-5 or even wider.
Adult female. The ground-colour above rusty rufous ; scapulars partly uniform rufous on the outer webs ; lower surface strongly shaded with rufous. Perhaps a trifle smaller than the male on the average.
Nestlinr/s are covered with whitish down. The characters of the rufous and of the brown plumage are already visible in the first plumage after the downy stage.
The Museum possesses few properly sexed specimens, but Salva- dori may be right in considering that the rufous specimens are females.
Hah. Papuasia and X.E. Australia, as far south as Rockingham Bay.
Dr. E. P. Eamsay considers P. plumiferus to be a distinct species, but I cannot distinguish it from P. papuensis ; and if I am correct, the range of the latter species must be extended to the Richmond River district and to New South Wales.
a. 2 ad. sk. Port Moresby, April 27 [Dr. Tweeddale Coll.
0. Finsch).
b. Ad. sk. Port Moresby, S.E. N. Guinea. K. Broadbent [C.].
c. Ad. sk. Salwatti. Wallace Coll. "
d. e. c? ad. st. Cape York, N. Australia. Capt. Owen Stanley
[P.]. /, (J- 2 'id. sk. Cape York. Tweeddale Coll.
h. 2 ad. sk. Cape York. Voy. H.M.S. ' Chal-
lenger.' (', k, I. Ad. sk. Cape York. Gould CoU.
m-r. Ad. et imm. Cape York (J. T. CockereU). Salvin-Godman CoU.
sk. s-v. Ad. et imm. Somer.set, Cape York {Cocke- Salvin-Godman Coll.
sk. rell).
w, X. Ad. sk. Port Albany. Mr. Coxen [C.].
y. 2 ad. sk. [Adelaide, S. Australia.] Adelaide Museum.
2. Podargus strigoides *.
Strigoid Goatsucker, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. ii. p. 262 (1801). Caprimulgus strigoides. Lath. Ind. Orn. Bup-pl. p. Iviii (1801) : Steph.
Gen. Zool x. p. 14.:J (1817) ; Vieill. Nouv. Diet. x. p. 232 (1817). Podargus strigoides, Gould, Handb. B. Austral, i. p. 84 (1865) :
Ramsay, Ibis, 1806, p. 326 ; id. Tab. List Austr. B. p. 2 (1888) ;
Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 53 (1869) ; Xnrth. Nef>ts S^- Eggs Austral. B.
pi. vi. fig. 3 {eg^) (1890).
* The many names given above belong, in my opinion, to Podargus stri- goides, but it is doubtful to which species of Podargus the " Wedge-tailed Goat- sucker" and the " Cold-Eiver Goatsucker " of Lath. Gen. Hist. B. vii. pp. 368, 369, are referable.
Latham's " Berbiee Goatsucker " (Gen. Hist. B. vii. p. 3.^9) is quite a mysterv to me.
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Great-lieaded Goatsucker, Lath. Gen. Syu. Suppl. ii. p. 203 (1801). Capvimulgus megaceplialus, Lrifh. huh Oru. >Si)pj>l. p. Iviii (180]). Podargus megacepludus, Gould, li. Austr. i. lutr. p. xxviii (1848) ; id. Randb. B. Austr. i. p. 89 (1865) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 54
(1800) ; Peh. Ibis, 1873, p. 107. Gracile Goatsucker, Lath. Gen. Sijn. Suppl. ii. p. 263 (1801). Uaprimulgus gracilis, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. Iviii (1801) ; Stcj)h.
Gen. Zool. x. p. 145 (1817) • neill. Noiiv. Diet. x. p. 241 (1817). Podargns cinereus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet, xxvii. p. 151 (1819) ; id.
Gal. Ois. p. 196, pi. 123 (1825) ; Gray, Gen. B. p. 45 (1849). Podargus australis, Stejjh. Ge7i. Zool. xiii. pt. 2, p. 92 (1826). Podavgus cuvieri, Viq. if Horsf. Trans. Linn. Sac. xv. p. 200 (1827) ;
Bp. Con.'']), i. p. 57 (1850) ; Gotild, B. Austr. ii. pi. 4 (1848) ; id.
Handh. B. Austr. i. p. 87 (1865) ; Gray, Iland-l. i. p. 54 (1869) ;
Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. B. p. 2 (1888) ; North, Nests Sj- Eygs
Austr. B. pi. vi. fig. 4 {eg^) (1890). Podargus stanleyanus, Vig. Sf Ilorsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 199
(1827) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 57 (1850). Podargus humeralis, Viq. Sf Ilorsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 198
(1827) ; Jard. ^ Selby, III. Orn. pi. 88 (1839) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 57
(1850) ; Peh. Reise Novara, Viig. p. 34 (1865) ; Gould, B. Austr.
ii. pi. 3 (1848). Caprimulgus humeralis, Eoenig-Warth. J.f. 0. 1868, p. 383 (nidifi-
cation). Podargus gouldi, Masters, Pr, Linn. Soc, N. S. Wales, i. p. 45 (1876)
(Gulf of Carpentaria) ; Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. B. p. 2 (1888).
Adult. Above grey, vermiculated and shaded with brown, most of the top of the head and neck, and back and rump tipped with tiny white spots, and larger spots of whitish mottled with greyish and brownish here and there, especially large and conspicuous on the wing-coverts ; all the feathers of the upper surface with broad black shaft-stripes : outer webs of the scapulars whitish, vermicu- lated with tawny ; a great deal of tawny colour on the shoulders and wings ; primaries dusky blackish, the outer webs with tawny and whitish spots, the inner webs with irregular bands of pale buff; secondaries similarly banded on both webs ; rectrices irregularly banded with brown, grey, and black, with tiny whitish tips and sub- terminal spots' of black ; lower parts whitish grey shading into tawny, aU the feathers with narrow shaft-lines of black ; some broader black stripes on the throat and breast, and some tiny whitish ones to the feathers of the abdomen and sides of the body ; shafts of aU the feathers of the lower surface white at base ; part of webs near the white shafts pale grey, more conspicuously seen from below ; wings and tail much paler from below. Total length about 18 to 19 inches, wing 10 to 11, tail 9, lateral rectrices about 1-2 shorter, tarsus 1'5, length of the bill from gape to tip 2-6, width of mouth at gape 2 3.
The female seems to be similar to the male in colour, but the few specimens examined, by me are not conclusive.
The description is that of a typical large specimen in the ordinary coloration. The species, however, varies considerably in colour, many specimens being much lighter, others much darker,
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others, again, more rufous. The variations in size are still greater. The smaller specimens have been distinguished under the name of Podargus cuvieri. The measurements of the smallest specimens are : — Wing U*3 to 9-8 inches, tail 7'3 to 7'8, tarsus 1*3, bill from gape to tip 2-5, width of gape 2.
Many intermediate specimens, however, form a complete link from the large to the small form, and the smaller form seems not to be confined to the southern parts of Australia, nor the larger form to the northern parts. These slight differences might in other families of birds be reckoned as specific characters, but they seem to be of little value in the genus Podargvs. I therefore come to the conclusion that all these varieties belong to one species. It must be left to Australian field-ornithologists to study all these forms carefully. Should further investigations prove that I am wrong in uniting them, I still maintain that the smaller form is merely a subspecies, and at present I do not even admit that it is worthy of this recognition.
Bah. The greater part of Australia, and Tasmania.
a. Ad. sk.
b. Ad. sk.
c. Ad. (albino) sk.
d. e. Ad. sk. f. Ad. sk.
//, h, i. Ad. sk. k. Ad. sk. /. Ad. St. m. Ad. sk. n. Pull. St. 0. 2 ad. sk.
p. Ad. sk.
q- 6 ; r, s. 2 ad.
sk. t. Ad. sk. u. Ad. sk. V, w, X. (S ad. ; y,
s, a. Ad. sk. b'. Ad. sk. c . Ad. sk.
(/'. Ad. sk. e'. $ ad. sk.
f',g'. ? ad.sk.
/«'. (S ad. sk.
i'. Ad. sk.
Australia.
Australia.
Australia. AustraUa. Australia. Australia. Australia, Australia. Australia. Australia. Tasmania.
Tasmania.
Tasmania.
New South Wales. Clarence River. Queensland (J. T. Cocker ell).
Queensland. Rockingham Bay, Jime 3.
Linnean Society. (Type of P. humeralis.) Linnean Society. (Type of P. stanlei/mius.) Gould Coll. Gould Coll. Purchased. Tweeddale Coll. R. Buller, Esq. [P.]. Zoological Societ}'. Sir D. Cooper [P.]. Purchased. Linnean Society. (Type of P. cuvieri. ) Ronald Gunn, Esq.
[P.]. . Antarctic Exped.
Ilume Coll. Gould Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Cleveland Bay.
Somerset, Cape York, (Cocke-
rell ^ Thorpe). Cape Upstart, Dec.
Tweeddale Coll. Capt. Owen Staulev
[P.]- Gould Coll. Tweeddale Coll.
J. B. Jukes, Esq.
[P.]- N. W. Australia ( T. H. Boioyer Capt. Bowyer Bower
Boicer). [P.].
Swan River. Purchased.
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podargidj:.
3. Podargiis phalaenoides *.
Podarg-us plialseuoides, Gould, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 142 ; Bp. Consj). i. p. 57 (1850) ; Gonld, B. Austral, ii. pi. v. (1848) ; id. Handb. B. Austral, i. p. 90 (1805) ; Gray, Haud-l. i. p. 54 (1869) ; Eamsay, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 581 (Queensland) : Diggles, B. Austral, pi. 18 (1877).
Adult female. Upper sm-face dark rusty red, with narrow black shaft-lines and tiny white tips to many of the feathers, freckled with a little white here and there, more frequently on the scapulars, and witli larger whitish markings to the upper wing-coverts ; primaries deep brown, spotted with rufous and whitish on the outer webs, irregularly barred and freckled on the inner webs ; rectrices distinctly or obsoletely barred with whitish bands, vermiculated with black ; lower parts greyish white, pervaded with a rufous tinge and with deep brown shaft-lines and brown vermiculations ; abdomen sometimes uniform whitish with a few brown shaft-lines. Total length about 14*5 inches, wing 7"9 to 8'5, tail 7, tarsus I'l, middle toe (without claw) I'l to 1-45, bill from angle of mouth 2 to 2-2.
Other specimens are more greyish, without a decidedly rufous tint, the lower surface light grey with whitish spots above and below, larger and more distinct. These are probably males.
This species is easily distinguished from P. strigoides by its beauti- ful delicate coloration and smaller size. The contrast between the yellow bill of P. plialci'noides and the bluish-black bill of P. cuvieri in Gould's beautiful plates (I. c), however, seems to be exaggerated.
Hab. Northern and Western parts of Australia.
a. Ad. sk. N.W. Australia. Sir G. Grey [P.].
b. Ad. sk. N.W. Australia. Capt. Bow^-er Bower
fp.]. '
c. 2 a.d. sk. Rockingham Bay. Gould Coll.
d. Ad. sk. ; e. Port Essington. Capt. W. Chambers Ad. St. [P.].
f, g. Ad. sk. Port Essington, Aug. J, B. Jukes, Esq.
h, i. Ad. sk. Victoria River, July. J. R. Elsey, Esq.
k. Skeleton. Port Essington. Purchased.
4. Podargus ocellatus.
Podargus ocellatus, Quoy et Gaim. T'oy. Astrolabe, Ois. pi. xiv. (1830) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 57 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 54 (1869) ;
* Podargus hrachypteriis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 163 (W. Australia) ; id. B. Austr. i. Intr. p. xxviii (1848) ; id. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 89 ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 54. This seems to belong to P. fhalcmoides, but Gould appears to have also included under this name small specimens of P. strigoides. Gould's P. macrm-hynchus is probably also referable to P. phaleenoides.
Cf. also P. vincendoni, Hombr. & Jacq. Voy. Pole Sud, pi. 21. fig. 1 (1846).
1. P0DAR6US. 635
A. B. Meyer, Sifzvngaher. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 1874, p. 8 (Dorey);
Salvad. Orn. Papuas. i. p. 517 (1880) ; A. B. Meyer, Zeitschr. ges.
Orn. 1884, p. 278 ; Sharpe in Gould's B. Neic Guinea, iv. pi. 40
(1888). Popargus maraioratus. Grai/, P. Z. S. 1S-"J9, p. 154 (Dorey) ; Finseh,
Neu-Guinea, p. 162 (1865); Salvad. Ibis, 1879, p. 323 (New
Guinea) ; Ramsay, Tab. List Amtr. B. p. 2 (1888). Podarg-us superciliaris, Gray, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 428 (Waigiou) ;
Finsck, Neu-Guinea, p. 162 (1865) ; Gray, Hand-l i. p. 54 (1869).
Adult. Upper parts rufous-brown, the feathers -with very small pale buff terminal and somewhat larger subterminal black spots ; a pale superciliary line ; scapulars externally much lighter ; wing-coverts with larger terminal whitish and subterminal blackish spots ; pri- maries barred with dusky and pale rufous on the outer webs, inner webs dusky, mostly with pale rufous or buff bands, sometimes very distinct, often indistinct and often entirely uniform; innermost secondaries similar to the scapulars ; rectrices coloured like the upper parts, more or less distinctly banded with lighter and darker bars ; lower parts much lighter, the feathers with blackish shaffc-stripes and smaller or larger pale buff spots ; on both sides of the throat a rather distinct dark line ; upper breast more boldly spotted with black. Total length about 13 inches, wing 7 to 7*5, tail generally about 6*5 (but in a few specimens a little longer, and in one from South- Eastern New Guinea fully lb inches), tarsus 0"9.
Some specimens are entirely of a rufous coloration, while others are more greyish brown, the depth of coloration varying greatly. The rufous specimens are probably females, the males being browner above and lighter below.
Nestling. Entirely covered with white down, most of the lower surface with dark shaft-stripes, the down of the upper surface with dark brown shaft-stripes {Mus. Hothschild).
Hah. New Guinea and adjacent islands (Jobi, Salwatti, Waigiou, Aru Islands).
a. S ad. sk. Waigiou. Wallace Coll.
(Type of P. superciliaris, Gray.)
b. 2 ad. sk. Aru Islands. Purchased.
c. Ad. sk. Salwatti. Purchased.
d. 2 ad. sk. Dorey. Wallace Coll. e-h. Ad. sk. Astrolabe Mts., S.E. New Mr. Goldie [C.].
Guinea.
i, k. Ad. sk. Astrolabe Mts. (Goldie). Salvin-Godman Coll.
I, m, n. Ad. sk. Astrolabe Mts. Ilnn. Hugh Eomilly
[P.].
o-t. Ad. sk. Sogeri district, S.E. New H. 0. Forbes, Esq.
Guinea. [C.j.
u, V, w. Ad. sk. Port Moresby. C. Hunstein [C.].
Subsp. a. Podargus marmoratus.
Podargus marmoratus, Gould, App. MacGillivray's T^oy. 'Battle- snake,' ii. p. 356 (1859 ; Cape York) ; id. B. Austral. Suppl.
636 PODARGID^.
pi. viii. (1855) ; id. Handh. B. Anstral. i. p. 94 (1865) ; Ramsm/, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 581 (N.E. Australia); id. Tab. List Austr. B. p.' 2 (1888).
Birds from Australia have the tail Mly an inch longer than in typical P. ocellatits, its length ranging from 7-5 to 8 inches. Other- wise they are entirely similar to specimens of P. ocellatus from Papuasia, and as a few specimens from New Guinea approach and equal them in the length of the tail, this form can only be regarded as a subspecies.
The specimens in rufous plumage seem to be females.
Hab. Northern, Eastern, and South-eastern parts of Australia.
a-f. Ad. sk. Cape York, N. Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll.
ff. S ; h. 2 ad. Cape York. Capt, Owen Stanley [P.]. st. ( Types of the species.)
i, k. Ad. sk. Somerset, Cape York, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Feb., March {Cocker ell).
I. Ad. sk. Adelaide, S. Austi-alia. Adelaide Museum.
2. BATRACHOSTOMUS.
Type.
Batrachostomus, Go^dd, Icon. Av. ii. p. 13, pi. vii.
C1838) P' auritus.
Bombycistomas, Hay, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1841, p. 574. B. auritus.
Otothrix, Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 100 B. hodgsoni.
In this genus the sexes in most of the species are very different in colour, and the female is much brighter coloured, the male duller. More or less obvious elongated ear-tufts, with bristles to the ends of tlie tuft-feathers. Chiefly differing from Podarc/us in the form of the tail and in the very remarkable nidification. The birds of this genus build a peculiar nest, viz. a soft pad, formed of down, taken from the powder- downs of the bird itself, and then completed by having the outside interwoven and covered vnih bits of bark and lichen, so that the nest entirely resembles the branch to which it is attached. The eggs are pure white, only one in number, buf Mr. St. Baker informs me (in litt.) that he has also taken two.
Ranqe. From the Eastern Himalayas to the Malay Peninsula, the Southern Philippines, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo.
Key to the Species.
a. Of large size, wing more than 7 inches in length. a. Paler and larger, wiug more than 9 inches in
length miritus, p. 637.
v. Darker and smaller, wing less than 9 inches in
length hurterti, p. 638.
h. Wiug less than 7 inches in length.
c . Scapulars with obvious large patches of white or bufi" on the outer webs.
a" . Wing 6 inches or more in length Septimus, p. 638.
b" . Wing less than 6 inches in length.
a". Upper wing-coverts obviously spotted with white or buff.
2. BATKACHOSIOMUS, 637
a*. Breast without obvious white spots . . stellatus, p. 639.
6*. Feathers of breast chiefly white poliolophus, p. 638.
b'". No obvious spots of white or buiF to the upper wing-coverts. c*. Wing more than 5 inches in length, a'. Bill larger and more swollen ; bristles
on forehead and ear-tufts shorter . . javensis, p. 640. 6'. Bill smaller and less swollen ; bristles
on forehead and ear-tufts longer . . hodtjsoni, p. 642. d^. "Wing less than 5 inches in length .... affinis, p. 643. d'. No obvious white or butf patches on outer
webs of scapulars woniliger, p. 644.
1. Batrachostomus auritus.
Podargus auritus, Gray in Griffith, ed. Cuviers An. Kingd. ii. p. 114, cum tab. [ex Vig. MS.) (1829) ; Vig. App. Mem. Raffl. p. 652 (1830; Sumatra).
Batrachostomus auritus, Gould, Icon. Av. ii. p. 18, pi. vii. (1838) ; Grag, List Spec. B. Brit. Mus. ii. pt. i. p. 3 (1848) ; Bp. Comp. i. p. 57 (1850) ; Cass. Cat. Caprini. Mus. Fhilad. p. 8 (1851) ; Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. i. p. 387 (1854) ; Cab. et Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. 123, footnote (1860) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 64 (1869) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 99, 1879, p. 332; Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 388; id. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 439 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 249 (Borneo); Hwne, Stray K viii. p. 48 (1879; Malay Penins.).
Bombycistomas fulleitouii, Hag, Journ. A. S. Beng. 1841, p. 574, woodcut (Sumatra).
Podargus fullertoni, Blyth, Journ. A. S. Beng. 1842, p. 798 (Malacca).
Adult. General aspect of the upper surface chestnut-brown with dark vermiculations, and whitish bars bordered with blackish ; a collar of buify white, bordered with black, composed of several narrow but sharply defined bands across the hind neck ; quills deep ashy brown, the outer webs banded with pale cinnamon and dark brown ; greater wing-coverts with triangular bulFy-white terminal spots, bordered on both sides with blackish lines ; throat and breast brown, with whitish spots and bars ; abdomen pale buff. Total length about 16 inches, wing 10-3, tail 8, width of gape 2*3, tarsus 0'9.
Some specimens are much darker and browner, while others are more reddish ; these seem not to be sexual differences. The nidiflcation and the young of this bird are unknown.
Hah. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo.
rt.Ad.sk. Malacca (Caw tor). India Museum.
h. Ad. St. Malacca. H. Cuming [C.].
c, (/. Ad. sk. Malacca. Capt. Pinwill [P.],
e~m. Ad. sk. Malacca {R. G. W. R. and Tweeddale Coll.
Dr. Mainyay).
n-s. Ad. sk. Malacca, July. Hume CoU.
t. Ad. sk. Labuau [Sir Hugh Low), Sharpe Coll.
M. Ad. ak. Trusan, Borneo. A. H. Everett, Esq.
[C.J.
638 PODARGID^.
2. Batrachostomus harterti. (Plate XIV.) Batracho^tomus hartorti, Sharpe, Ibis, 18'Ji2, p. 323.
Adult male. Similar to B. auritus, but mucli smaller and of a darker brown ; top of the head and back of a deep chestnut- brown ; a ■whitish-buff collar on the hind neck as in B. auritus; Avhite tips of the greater wing-coverts less elongated than in B. auritus ; scapulars with large round subterminal spots of black and narrow white tips ; inner primaries with pale tips ; breast much darker rufous-brown than in B. auritus ; feathers of the abdomen pale vinaceous along the shaft and with irregular trans- verse markings of the same colour ; lower abdomen more uniform pale vinaceous. Total length nearly 14 inches, wing 8*6, tail 6.
Ifab. Mt. Dulit, North-west Borneo.
n. c? ad. sk. Mt. Dulit. C. Hose, Esq. [C.]. (Type of species.)
3. Batrachostonms septiinus.
Batrachostomus Septimus, Tiveedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 642, 1878, p. 944 ; id. Voy. ' Challenger,'' p. 13, pi. ii. (Mindanao ; 1880).
Adult male. E,ufous-brown, a little darker above ; the scapulars with the outer webs creamy white, narrowly bordered with dark brown ; a white nuchal collar is very conspicuous, and much white is to be seen on the breast and abdomen, with fine black bars across the latter ; the greater wing-coverts have large terminal white spots, chiefly on the outer webs, bordered internally by a blackish line : vent and under tail-coverts isabelline : " iris orange- yellow ; bill light horn-brown ; feet pale ochreous-yellow " (Everett). Total length about 10 inches, wing 6-2 to 6-5, taU 4-5, tarsus 0-G8, width of gape 1*55, culmen 1 to 1-2.
Adult female. Similar to the male in its general colour, but different in its markings ; the scapulars have no white, the spots on the wing-coverts are not so large. Wing (rl inches, tail 4-5.
This species is easily distinguished from its nearest allies, B. jav- eiisis and B. moniliger, by its larger size and comparatively much shorter taU, and by the sexes being similar in their general coloration.
Bab. S.W. Mindanao, Philippines.
a. 5 ad. sk. Zamboanga, Mindanao. ' Challenger ' Exped.
(Type of the species.)
b. c. (S ; d. 2 ad. Zamboanga, April [A. H. Tweeddale Coll. sk. Everett).
4. Batrachostomus poliolophus
us poliolophus, Hartert, Notes Leyd MS.)
Adult female. Top of the head, back and rump bright cinnamon
Batrachostomus poliolophus, Hartert, Notes Leyd. Mus. 1892, p. 63 {ex Temin., MS.)
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rufous ; white bands across the leathers of the hind neck forming a semicoUar ; scapulars with large white patches, each of which is encircled by a brownish-black line ; wing-coverts cinnamon rufous, with white tips ; onter webs and tips of inner webs of pri- maries pale cinnamon, inner Avebs dusky ; innermost secondaries uniform cinnamon ; rectrices cinnamon, the lateral ones with narrow whitish spots at the tips, which, I believe, are remains of immaturity ; feathers of the lower surface pure white, dusky at the extreme base, margined with rufous, narrower on the feathers of the throat, much broader and darker on those of the breast; bristles on the elongated ear-tufts and on the forehead extremely long, longest about 1'5 inches in length. Total length nearly 9 inches, wing 5-3, tail 3-8, culmen 0-8, tarsus 0-55, width of gape 1-2.
This very distinct species agrees with B, steV.atus in the distinctly spotted wing-coverts, but differs from it in the white abdomen and the entirely unbarred rectrices ; it has the long bristles and ear- tufts of -S. hodgsoni, but is easily distinguished from the latter by the distinctly spotted wing-coverts.
Hab. Padang, W. Sumatra {Leyden Museum).
5. Batrachostomtis stellatus.
Podargus stellatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, j). 43.
Batrachostomus stellatus, Grm/, Gen. B. i. p. 45 (1846) ; id. List B.
Brit. Mus. ii. pt. i. p. 3 (1848) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 45 (1869) ; Cass.
Cat. Cajmm. Mus. Philad. p. 8 (1851); Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat.
B. Mus. E. I. Comp. i. p. 388 (1854) ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1854,
p. 266: Cab. ^- Seine, Mtts. Rein. ii. p. 123 (1860) ; Scl. P. Z. 8.
1863, p. 212; 8ah-ad. Ucc. Borneo, p. 113 (1874); l\veedd. Ibis,
1877, p. 389 ; id. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 436, pi. xlvii. ; >Sharj)e, Ibis,
1879, p. 249 (Borneo): mane. Stray Feath. viii. p 48 (1879 ;
Malay Pen.). Batrachostomus javensis, Blyth, J. As. Soc. Bcmj. 1847, p. 1181,
part, (iiec Horsf.). Batrachostomus javauensis, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. Beng.
p. 81 (part.), spec. Malay. (1849). Podargus parvulus, Schley. J. f. 0. 1856, p. 460 (Borneo and
Malacca); id. Handl. Dierk. i. pp. 224, 481, Atlas, pi. ii. fig. 15
(1857) : Blyth, Ibis, 1862, p. 304. Batrachostomus parvulus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 57 (1850). Batrachostomus stictopterus, Cab. Sf Seine, Mus. Sein. ii. p. 124
(1860 ; Malacca) ; Gray, Sand-l. i. p. 54 (1869) ; Ticeedd. Ibis,
1877, p. 389.
Adult male. Upper surface deep brown ; a collar on the hind neck formed by creamy-white bands across the nuchal feathers ; scapulars and greater wing-coverts with bufty-white spots ; tail brown, narrowly barred with dusky ; feathers of the underparts buff, with blackish bases and brown margins, the latter much broader on the throat and breast and naiTOW on the abdomen, thiLS causing the breast to appear dark brown and the abdomen gradually lighter, lightest on the under tail-coverts. Total length about 10 inches, wing 5, tail 4-8, width of gape 1'3 to 1-4, much smaller in young birds, culmen 0-9.
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Adult female. The female of this species is not so entirely different in colour from the male as in most of the other species of this genus, but is much more reddish and lighter. Of the same size as the male.
Young. Younger birds are, according to the sex, dark brown or reddish brown and much like the adult birds, but the characteristic whitish spots on the greater wing-coverts are only indicated and are obsolete in quite young birds. In this state they are very similar to the young of B. affinis, but the colour of the lower abdo- men being almost hke that of adult specimens, and generally, at least in females, the bars on the tail not reaching the shaft, as is generally the case in B. affiais, may serve to distinguish them.
Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. The type is said to be from Java, but this is very doubtful.
a-t. Ad. ; u, v, lu. Malacca, Jan., Feb., July. Hume Coll.
Imm. sk.
a.--cZ'. Ad.;e'. Imm. Malacca (^. G. W. R.: Tweeddale Coll.
sk. Dr. Mainr/ai/).
f'-V. Ad. sk. Malacca [Cantor). ludia Museum.
k', V . Ad. sk. Malacca. Wallace Coll.
vn! . Ad. sk. Malacca. Pinwill Coll.
n' . Ad. sk. Singapore. Gould Coll.
0 . Ad. sk. Penang [Cantor). India Museum.
p. Imm. ; q . Ad. Siunatia. A. R. Wallace, Esq.
sk. [C.].
r'-u'. Ad. sk. Sarawak [A. H. Everett). Tweeddale Coll.
v'. Ad. sk. Lawas River. H. Veitch, Esq.
w' . Ad.sk. [Java?] (Go mW). Tweeddale Coll.
(Type of the species.) .r', y'. Ad. sk. No locality [? Malacca]. Gould and Tweed-
dale Colls.
6. Batrachostoinus javensis.
Podargus javensis, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 141 (1821).
Podargus coroutus, Temm. PL Col. 159 (1823; Sumatra); Sc/ilet/. J.f. O. 1856, p. 4G0: ul. Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. in. p. 341, part. (186G),
Podargus javanensis, Horsf. Zool. Res. Java, pi. 37 (1824) ; Blyth, Cat. B. 3Ius. As. Soc. Beng. p. 81 (1849) ; Schleg. Handl. Dierk. i. p. 224 (1857).
Batrachostomus javensis*. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 45(1846"); id. List B. Brit. Mus. ii. i^t. i. p. 3 (1848) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 54 (1869) : i?p. Consp. i. p. 57 (1850) ; Cass. Cat. Cajirim. Mus. Philad. p. 7 (1851); Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. B. L Co. i. p. 112 (1854) ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. 123 (1860) ; Bernst. J.f O. 1860, p. 428 (Java: nesting) ; Sd. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 211 (Baujermassing) ; Salvad. Ucc. Borneo, p. 112 (1874); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 99, 1879, p. 332 ; Tiueedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 389 ; id. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 435 ; Hume, Stray Feath. vii. p. 143, note (1878).
Batrachostomus cornutus, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 45 (1846) ; Pelz. Reise
* Utten spelt javanensis.
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Novara, Vog. p. 34 (1865 ; Borneo) ; Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, pp. 298, 388; id. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 432, pi. xlvi. ; W. Bias. J. f. O. 1884, p. 217 (S.E. Borneo) ; Kictter, J. f. O. 188-5, p. 341, pi. iy. (nidif.) ; Grabowski/, Ornis, 1885, p. 157 (habits) ; Shaiye, Ibis, 1888, p. 198 (Palawan) ; Whiteh. Ibis, 1890, p. 46.
Batrachostomiis stellatus ('?), Britggem. Abh. natunc. Ver. Bremen, \. p. 4.56 (1876).
Batrachostomus adspersus, Briiggem. Ann. ^- Mag. Nat. Hist. 1877, XX. p. 178; id. Abh. naturw. Ver. Bremen, \. p. 528 (1877; Int. Borneo).
Rufous phase. Deep reddish brown, with nnnierous fine black yermiculations ; an indistinct white band across the neck, and large white spots on the scapulars ; under surface deep reddish brown below, with a broad pure white baud across the upper breast, the feathers of this part being white with dark terminal cross-bars, one distinct and one generallj' obsolete, the bases being dark. Many feathers of the breast have very large central spots of white, margined with a black line ; abdomen mingled with blackish, brownish, and a good deal of isabelline.
Brown phase. Above dark brown, with many pale bars and vermi- culations ; a broad distinct band of whitish across the hind neck and much white on the scapulars ; a good deal of creamy white on the lower surface.
BJaclish phase. Several specimens from Borneo are black or blackish in colour, the vermiculations white or whitish.
The reddish specimens are probably females, the brown and the black ones being probahl}' males in different phases or perhaps representing different ages.
The size of all is about the same, the total length being about 9 to 10 inches, wing 5-3, tail 5-2, tarsus 0*55, culmen 0-8, width of gape 1-3 to 1'4.
The specimens described above are all from Borneo. Two females in the British Museum from Sumatra, in reddish plumage, are lighter than those from Borneo, being rather of a cinnamon-rufous colour. The patches on the lower throat are cream-coloured, with a cinnamon- rufous border and a blackish subterminal bar, but without any further blackish bars.
These difterences, however, seem to me not constant after com- paring the material in the Leyden Museum ; nevertheless, I have not yet heard of any blackish specimens from Sumatra, and it must therefore be left open to question at present whether it is possible to separate the Sumatran and Bornean specimens specifically or subspecifically.
Specimens from Java seem to be identical with those from Borneo, although some are rather small, the wing measuring 4-9 to 5'1 inches, tail 5-5, tarsus 0-55, width of gape 1"1 to 1-2, culmen 0-65 to 0-7. Specimens from Java are rare in collections, and I have examined a few only.
Hah. Java, Sumatra, and Borneo, north to Palawan.
a. Ad. st. "Indian Archipelago." Sir E. Belcher [P.].
h. 5 ad. sk. Java. Tweeddale Coll.
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642 PODAEGID^.
Specimens from Borneo.
c-e. 6;f. 2 ''id. sk. N.W. Borneo {Sir Hugh Loiv). Sharpe Coll.
a. 2 ad. sk. Tumpussak R., N. Borneo. W. Pretyman, Esq.
[P.]. h. cJ ; i, k. 2 ad. sk. Lumbidan, Borneo. Uaslier Coll.
I. Ad.; m. $ imm. Banj ermassing, Borneo. J. Motley, Esq. [P.],
sk. n, 0. Ad. sk. Banj ermassing, Borneo {J. Tweeddale Coll.
Motley).
Speeimem from Sumatra.
n. S ad. sk. Sumatra. Wallace Coll.
6. 2 ad. sk. Sumatra, Oct. (C«rZ5ocA;). Tweeddale Coll.
c. 2 ad. sk. Lampong, S.E. Sumatra Tweeddale Coll.
{E. a Buxton).
7. Batrachostomus hodgsoni.
Podargus affiuis, £li/th {nee Horsf.), Cat. B. Mus. As. Sac. p. 81, part. (1849; Darjiling).
Otothrix hodgsoni, Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p 101, pi. clii. ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 190 (1862) ; id. Ibis, 1871, p. 356; Hume, Stray F. ii. p. 349 (1874) ; id. Ibis, 1878, p. 122.
Batrachostomus castaneus, Hume, Stray F. ii. p. 349 (1874 ; Dar- jiling), iv. p. 376 ; Blanf. Ibis, 1877, p. 251 ; Txveedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 3b8 ; Hume, Ibis, 1878, p. 120.
Batrachostomus hodgsoni, Blyth <§• Walden, B. Burm. p. 83 (1875) ; Blanf. Ibis, 1877, p. 252; Hime (^ Davis. Stray F. vi. p. 52 (1878 ; Tenasserim) ; Hume, Stray F. viii. p. 85 (1879), ix. p. 34 (1888 ; Manipur) ; Oates, ed. Hume's Nests 8f Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 89 (1890).
? Batrachostomus javensis, Godiv.-Ausf. J. As. Soc. Beng. xlvii. pt. 2, p. 13 (1878 ; Naga Hills).
Adult male. General aspect mottled with blackish and greyish ; a more or less conspicuous 'n'hite nuchal collar formed by most of the nuchal feathers being traversed by a white band ; scapulars with more or less white ; quills dark brown, with large pale rusty spots on the outer webs and with some tawny spots on the outer margin of the inner webs ; lower surface much more whitish than the upper surface ; the upper breast with a good deal of blackish brown, above which colour is a white baud, generally very con- spicuous ; the forehead and the ear-coverts are ornamented with long, hair-like feathers with lateral filaments. Total length about 10-5 inches, wing 5-3, tail 5-8, tarsus 0-6, width of gape 1-2, culmen 0-65 to 0*7.
Adult female. Of the same size as the male. Plumage bright cinnamon-rufous, paler and mixed with whitish buff on the lower abdomen ; the nuchal feathers are traversed by a pure white band, which is bounded above and below by a black line ; thus a more or less evident white and black band is formed across the hind neck ; some of the scapulars also have a long bold white mark, bordered
2. BATRACnOSTOMUS. 6-13
by black Hues ; the quills are blackish with onlj- the outer webs cinnamon-rufous; the rectrices are not quite uniform, but traversed by darker bands at almost equal intervals and finely vermiculated with black ; on the lower surface the throat and breast exhibit large white rounded spots, separated from the rufous tips by a black line ; these white spots form two bands, one across the lower throat and one across the lower breast with a perceptible one between them, but all of them are somewhat irregular.
NestUnr/ (Sikkim). The upper surface is pale rufous-brown with subterminal dark brown bars ; above and before the eyes and on the scapulars appears a good deal of white ; under surface whitish, with dark transverse bands. It is probably a male, and I believe that the different coloration of the sexes in adult birds is already fore- shadowed in that of the young birds.
All the Himalayan specimens in the British Museum belong without doubt to one species ; but from notes made bj' Mr. C. S. Baker in Cachar, it becomes obvious to me that a second species inhabits the hills south of the Brahmaputra, which is very likely a new form, allied to B. monilu/ei:
Hah. Eastern Himalayas, Sikkim, and probably farther to the east ; Cachar and Manipur, probably reaching through the adjacent hill-tracts into Burma, as a specimen obtained in Karennee by Major Wardlaw-Ramsay belongs to this species.
a. c? ad. ; h. Pull. Sikkim. Plodgson Coll.
sk. (Types of the species.)
c. (S innn. ; d, e. Sikkim. Hume Coll.
2 ad. sk. f-k. (S ; l-o. 2 Nat. Sikkim, Jan. to Nov. Hume Coll.
ad. sk. (L. Mandelli).
p. 2 ad. sk. Darjiling. Hume Coll. (Type
of B. castaneus, Hume.) y. 2 ad. sk. Manipur, April 24 (.i. O. If.). Hume Coll.
r. cJ ad. sk. Kareimee, April 2 {E. G. Tweeddale Coll.
W. R.).
8. Batrachostomus ajfinis.
Batrachostomus affinis, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1847, p. 1180, 1849, pp. 806, 807 ; id. Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 81, part. (1849 ; Malacca) ; IVald. Ibis, 1876, p. 35o ; Blcmf. Ibis, 1877, p. 351 ; Tiveedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 388 ; id. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 4:26, part. ; Himie, Ibis, 1878, p. 120 ; id. Straij F. vi. p. 53 (1878) ; id. op. cit. viii. p. 47 (1879; Malay PeDin.sula) ; Bingham, Straij F. ix. p. 149 (1880; Tenasserim) ; Oates, B. Burma, ii. p. 15, part. (1883).
Adult male. Similar to the male of B. hodgsoni, but smaller ; the general aspect of the upper parts not so blackish ; besides the more or less distinct whitish band on the hind neck there is a reddish-brown one before the latter, and the back and rump are more of a rufous tint ; the under surface is also similar to that of B. hodgsoni, but the upper breast is not so black, being more of a rufous-brown, forming a rather pronounced band across the lower surface. Total length
2x2
G44 rODAEGID^.
about 8-5 inches, wing 4-5, tail 4-o, tarsus 0-5, width of gape 1 to 1-2, culmen 0-7 to 0-8.
Adult female. Similar to the female of B. Jiodgsoni, but smaller, of the same size as the male of B. affinis. Colour of the upper parts of a much darker reddish brown. Lower parts also darker, rather of a dark cinnamon-rufous colour, the white spots less numerous and smaller, the lower abdomen not so whitish.
Young. I have not seen anj- properly determined young birds, but one before me is dark foxy brown with blackish bars and undu- lations, and with the white markings of the adult. It is probably a male.
Hab. The Malay Peninsula and North-western Borneo. (Pro- bably occurring in Eastern Sumatra.)
a. c? ; 6, f. 2 ad. et Malacca, March, July. Hume Coll.
imm. sk.
d. 2 ad. ; e. S ad. Malacca. J. Harvey, Esq. [P.],
sk. and Purchased.
/, g, h. S ad. ; i. Malacca {Dr. Maingay). Tweeddale Coll.
p ad. sk.
k. Ad. sk. Mt. Diilit, N.W. Borneo. C. Hose, Esq. [C.].
9. Batrachostomus moniliger.
Batrachostomus moniliger, Bhjth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1849, p. 806, 2 (Ceylon) ; Jerd. B. Ind. p. 189 (1862 ; S. India) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1862, p. 304, note (Ceylon) ; id. Ibis, 1867, p. 311 ; Gray, Hrmd-l. i. p. 54 (1869); HokfsiO. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 420 (Ceylon); Legge, Ibis, 1874, p. 12 ; Hume, Strmj Fenth. iii. p. 198 (1875), iv. p. 376 (1876); Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 389; id. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 439, pis. xlviii., xlix. ; Blanf. Ibis, 1877, p. 251 ; Hume, Ibis, 1878, p. 120 ; Legge, B. Ceijlon,'Y>. 331 (1880) ; Davison, Ibis, 1888, p. 147 ; Oafes, ed. Hume's Nests ^- Eggs Lid. B. iii. p. 38 (1890).
Batrachostomus punctatus, Hume, Stray Fecdli. i. p. 432 (1873 ; Cevlon) ; Blanf. Ibis, 1877, p. 251 ; Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 388 ; Hu772e, Ibis, 1878, p. 120.
Adult male. Above, head and neck greyish brown with sub- terminal blackish spots ; a white collar, generally very distinct, on the hind neck ; the rest of the i;pper parts brown and greyish, with many black vermiculations and very perceptible subterminal black spots, and with much white on the scapulars ; quills dark smoky brown, with the outer webs cinnamon-rufous for their greater part; lower parts mixed brown, grey, and black, with a more or less in- distinct white band, and much white on the abdomen ; vent and under tail-coverts paler brown, often nearly uniform isabelline. Total length about 9 inches, wing 4-6 to 4-85, tail 4-5, culmen 0-78, width of gape 1-3 to 1-4.
Adult female. Reddish brown ; an indistinct white collar on the hind neck ; pale tips and narrow subterminal black spots to the scapulars ; greater wing-coverts with terminal white spots, separated by a black line : below reddish brown like the upper surface, the abdomen much paler ; an indistinct white band across the breast ;
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large terminal whitish spots, which are separated from the reddish- brown colour by a black line, to the feathers of the abdomen. Size like that of the male.
Younger males seem to be not so reddish as older birds.
Nestling. A nestling from Mynall, S. Travancore, is in the reddish plumage, but the back, wing-coverts, and abdomen are more greyish brown.
Some male specimens are very much darker than others. One specimen, marked as a young male, is in a plumage which only partly resembles that of the adult male, the wing-coverts, throat, and breast being of the reddish colour of the female. The tyjje of Hume's B. punctatus is exceptionally small, the wing measuring only 4-3 inches, but in plumage it quite agrees with other larger specimens.
The reddish bird agrees with B. stellatus in the white spots on the greater wing-coverts, but is easily distinguished by the colour of the lower parts. Besides this it has the characteristic narrow sub- terminal spots to the scapulars, which do not show the largo whitish spots to be seen in B. stellatus.
Hah. Ceylon and Travancore hills.
a. S •,1), c, d. $ Ceylon, Feb. {H. Nevill). Tweeddale Coll.
ad. sk.
e. S imm. sk. Ceylon. Legge Coll.
/,y. Sk. Kandy, Ceylon (^. H%<e). Sharps Coll.
/*. c? ; «• 2 sk. Ceylon. Hume Coll.
( c? . Type of B. punctatus, Hume.)
k. (5 ad. sk. Ceylou. H. Cuming [C.].
/. (S; 7n. 2 ; h. Mynall, S. Travancore, Dec, Hume Coll.
Imm. sk. Feb., Mar. (F. W. Bourdillon).
o. (S ad. sk. Madras. Brenchlev Coll.
p. <S ad. sk. [Ceylon ?] Gould CoU.
Subfamily II. tEGOTHELIN^.
The species of the genus ^gotheles differ in siich important points from those of the genus Podargus and Batracliostomus that they must be separated as a subfamily. Thej' have also five phalanges in the outer toe and the claw of the middle toe not pectinated ; but they have a very different bill and a different mode of nidification. The Australian species lays white eggs in hollow trees, but those of the ^gotheles ivallacei (A. B. Meyer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 18S4, pi. xvii., and in the collection of Mr. Crowley) are marked with pale stria tions.
Range. Australia and Papuasia.
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;i iEGOTHELES.
Type, ^gotheles, Vit/. Sr Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv.
p. 194 (1825) JE. nov£e-hollandise.
Oegotheles, Less. Tmite d'Orn. p. 263 (1831)) . M. novpe-liollandise.
There are few groups of birds about which our knowledge is less complete than the genus ^gothdes. We do not know whether one species possesses a grej-ish and a rufous phase, and we do not know the changes in plumage which are produced by season and age. Besides this the collections of most of the Museums are rather poor in specimens from New Guinea, and the genus is poorly repre- sented in the British Museum except as regards the Australian species. 1 am therefore obliged to recognize almost all the species that have been described from New Guinea, and even to describe two specimens under a new name ; but I think it is quite possible that several of these forms may not stand as distinct species when our knowledge of this genus has increased.
Key to the Species *.
<i. Bright cinnamon-rufous ; wing much more
than 6 inches crinifrons, p. 646.
h. Chestnut-rufous above.
a'. Larger; wing about 6 inches insujnh, p. 647.
b'. Smaller ; wing less than 5 inches alhertisi, p. 648.
c. Dusky or brown above, more or less barred or vermiculated with whitish. c' . With more or less distinct pale nuchal collar.
a". Wing more than 6 inches savesi, p. 652.
b". Wing less than 6 inches.
a'". Tail with 12 or more bars; markings
on breast and upper parts finer .... novcs-kul/andice,i).6bl. b'". Tail with 10 or less bars ; pale mark- ings above and dusky markings on breast broader and less numerous . . bennetti, p. 650. d'. Without nuchal collar.
Larger lorice, p. 650.
Smaller wallacei, p. 650.
1. .ffigotheles crinifrons.
Batrachostomus crinifrons, Bp. Qmsp. i. p. 57 (1850, ex Temm. MS. ;
Halmahera); Cab. ^ Heint-, 3Ius. Hehi. in. p. 123(1860); Scl.
P. Z. 8. 1863, p. 212; Graij, Hand-l. i. p. 54 (1869). Podargus crinifrons, Schhy. J.f. O. 1856, p. 460; id. Ned. Tijdschr.
Dierk. iii. p. 340 (1866). Batrachostomus psilopterus, Grai/, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 345 (Batchian) ;
id. Hand-l. i. p. 54 (1869) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 212.
* jE. salvadorii is larger than M. albcrtisi and less rufous. I have not seen ^. dubius and JS. affinis, and could not place them in the Key satisfactorily. Cf. descriptions.
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Caprimulgus psilopterus, Fimch, Neu-Guinea, p. 162 (1865). ^gotheles criuifrons, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. vii. p. 766 (1875), X. p. 309 (1877) ; id. Orn. Papuas. i. p. 521 (1880).
Adult. Above bright cinnamon-rufous ; before and behind the eye some more or less pure white feathers with blackish tips ; some of the scapulars and upper wing-coverts with round spots of white, encircled by a black ring ; quills cinnamon-rufous, inner webs dusky ; rectrices with indistinct dusky bars, especially near the base ; lower surface of the same cinnamon-rufous colour as the back, sometimes a little paler; chin whitish buff; feathers in the middle of the throat and breast and large portions of the abdomen white, with deep brown margins or spots near the shafts ; lower tail-coverts and lower wing-coverts mixed whitish and cinnamon- rufous : upper mandible brown, lower mandible and feet pale yellowish in skins. Total length about 11'.5 inches, wing 6"6, tail 5'9, tarsus 0'8 to 1, width of mouth at gape 1'35.
The plumage described above is that of adult specimens. Other specimens, which are no doubt immature, are somewhat deeper coloured above ; the crown has large rufous-bufi spots and bars, the whole upper surface is more or less distinctly vermiculated with blackish ; outer webs of quills pale rufous, spotted with dusky ; lower surface cinnamon-buff, with paler and darker markings. They gradually assume the plumage of the adult bird, as shown by a specimen in an intermediate state of plumage.
Hob. Moluccan Islands : Halmahera and Eatchian.
a. ? ad. ; b. Imm. sk. Batchian. Wallace Coll. (Types
of Batrachostomus j)silopterus.)
c. Ad. sk. Halmahera. Wallace Coll.
d. Fere ad. sk. Halmahera. Tweeddale Coll.
2. .SIgotheles insignis.
^gotheles insignis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vi. p. 916 (1875 ; Arfak Mts.) ; id. op. cit. x. p. 309 (1877) ; id. Orn. Papuas. i. p. 523 (1880).
Adult. Chestnut-rufous ; lores, superciliaries, and throat rufescent whitish ; gape, sides of the forehead, and auriculars beset with long bristles of black colour with rufescent whitish bases ; back with small rufous-white spots, some margined with black ; upper tail-coverts barred with dark brown and rufous ; breast and abdo- men chestnut-rufous, spotted with white, these spots margined with brown, sometimes occupying the whole of the feathers, sometimes the outer or inner web only ; middle of the abdomen rufous without large white spots, varied with small brown and black spots ; under tail-coverts whitish, rufescent towards the tips ; scapulars similar in colour to the back, but the outer ones with two or three spots of white, margined with black ; wings similar to the back, but paler ; upper wing-coverts barred with fuscous, narrowly tij^ped with white ; under wing-coverts dark brown, some of the median ones
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punctulated with whitish, the others with rufous ; primaries dark brown, vermiculated with rufous ; outer webs spotted with the same colour, nearl}' uniform below ; tail rufous, irregularly barred with dark brown, more narrowly on the central pair, more broadly on the lateral ones ; outer web of lateral pair of rectrices with a pale rufous spot : upper mandible dark brownish ; lower mandible and feet pale. Total length about 10 inches, wing 6'1, tail 4-5, tarsus 0-85.
Hab. Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
3. .ffigotheles albertisi.
^gotheles albertisi, Scl. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 696 (Arfak Mts.) ; id. Ibis, 1874, p. 416 : A. B. Meyer, Situngsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Ixx. p. 128 (1874) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gm. x. pp. 130, 309 (1877) ; id. Orn. Papuas. i. p. 624 (1880).
Adult female (Arfak Mountains). Above chestnut-rufous; fore- head chestnut-butf, crown shaded and spotted with black and with some whitish terminal spots ; some whitish bars across the feathers of the hind neck, forming a semicollar ; some whitish spots and some dusky markings to the feathers of the back and rump ; upper wing-coverts deep brown laterally, spotted and shaded with chest- nut-rufous and largely tipped with whitish ; primaries dusky ; outer webs spotted with pale brownish rufous ; two outermost pairs of rectrices dusky, with pale huffy spots to the outer webs and pale rufous bars to the inner webs ; two following pairs barred with chestnut-rufous, more distinct on the outer webs ; central pair chestnut-rufous, barred with dusky ; wing and tail paler below : lower parts rufous isabelline, chin and throat more brownish, terminal spots of deep brown to the feathers ; lower abdomen and lower tail-coverts almost uniform ; under wing-coverts brown. Total length about Ik inches, wing 4-7, tail 3-9, tarsus 0-75. Upper mandible deep brown ; feet pale. {Mus. W. Rothschild.)
Hab. Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
4. .ffigotheles dubius.
^gotheles dubius, A. JB. Meyer, Sitzungsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Ixix. p. 75 (1874; Arfak Mts.); id. op. cit. Ixx. p. 128 (1874, note); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 310 (1877) ; id. Orn. Papuas. i. p. 527 (1880).
Above brownish, distinctly marbled with black and white ; some yellowish- brown feathers on the top of the head ; primaries dusky ; outer webs barred with black and white ; rectrices blackish grey with narrow light rufous bars, outer pair with white markings ; chin whitish buff ; throat and breast blackish, irregularly barred with brownish aud white ; abdomen paler. Total length about 7*86 inches, wing 4"52, tail 4-13.
I have not seen this species, but according to Dr. A. B. Meyer,
3. ^GOTHELES, 649
who has kindly compared it for me with a specimen of ^. albertisi, it is similar to the latter in size and proportions, hut differs in the more marhled upper surface and the less rufous coloration. It must remain doubtful at present whether the two are really distinct species or not.
Bab, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
5. JEgotheles salvadorii.
Above dark brown ; forehead and sides of the crown with brown- ish-white mottlings, centre and hinder part of crown nearly uniform ; a distinct whitish collar on the hind neck, whitish transverse mottlings on all the upper parts, some few larger pale spots to the upper wing-coverts and scapulars ; quills spotted with buff on the outer webs, uniform deep brown on the inner webs ; rectrices with narrow pale bars across both webs, these being more distinct on the outer webs : lower parts buff, each feather with blackish shaft-stripes and spots near the shaft ; throat and breast more spotted and darker; lower abdomen and lower tail-coverts more uniform ; under wing-coverts dark brown, spotted with buflfy white : upper mandible brown ; feet pale. Total length about 8 inches, wing 4-6 to 4-S, tail 4-22, tarsus 0"79.
Another specimen is more rufous above, the bars on the tail dark rufous-brown, the lower parts similar.
I have found it necessary to give a new name to these two speci- mens, as they do not agree with any of the species that I have seen, nor with the descriptions of those that I have not seen. It may after all belong to ^. albertisi, but I greatly doubt it.
Hob. Astrolabe Mountains, S.E. New Guinea.
a. Ad. sk. Moroco district, Astrolabe Moun- H. 0. Forbes, Esq.
tains, Nov. [C.].
b. Ad. sk. Astrolabe Mts. H. O. Forbes, Esq.
[C.].
6. JEgotheles affinis.
^gotheles affinis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 917 (1875) ; id. op. cit. X. p. 310 (1877) ; id. Orn. Pajmas. i. p. 525 (1880).
Above dark brown ; rictal and loral bristles black, rufous at base ; forehead, superciliary stripe, and auricular spot rufescent ; spot on the occiput and collar on the neck rufous white ; back and upper wing-coverts dark brown, narrowly barred with whitish grey ; throat and breast rufescent ; feathers of the breast with a dark brown longitudinal shaft-line and spots and bars of the same colour ; abdomen and lower tail-coverts uniform white ; quills dark brown, spotted with reddish white on the outer webs ; tail brown, central and lateral pairs of rectrices with spotted bars of whitish on both webs, the others on the outer webs only : bill and feet dark brown. Total length about 9 inches, wing 5-4, tail 4-3, tarsus 0-9.
I have not seen this species.
Ilab. Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
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7. ^gotheles wallacei.
-^gotheles wallacei, Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 154 (Dorey, New Guinea); id. P.Z.S. 1861, p. 433; Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 1(32 (18G5) ; Schleq. Neclerl. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 340 (1866) ; Gray, Rand-l. i. p. 55 (1869) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 696 ; A. B. Meyer, Zeitschr. yes. Orn. i. p. 278, pi. xvii. fig. 4 (Aru I., agg) (1884) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 310 (1877); id. P.Z.S. 1878, p. 94 ; id. Orn. Papuas. i. p. 526 (1880) ; id. Hep. Vuy. ^V/mllenyer,' p. 77 (1882) : Guillem. P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 630 ; Sharpe in Gould's B. New Guinea, pt. xxi. pi. 4 (1886).
Caprimulgus brachyuriis, Schl. Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 340 (1866, ex Rosenb. MS.) (Aru); Roserib. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xxix. p. 143 (1867) ; id. Rets naar Zuidoostereil. p. 37 (1867); Hartl. Archivf. Naturg. 1868, p. 188.
Adult. Above black, reticulated with whitish, here and thei'e blotched with white, especially on the upper wing-coverts ; fore- head and crown of head blotched with pale rufous ; no indication of a collar on the neck ; tail black, with irregular and narrow reticu- lated bands of white ; lower parts whitish pervaded with pale rufous, darker on the throat and breast, reticulated and spotted with blackish ; chin rufous white ; under wing-coverts dusky and whitish. Total length about 6 inches, wing 4-y, tail 1'2.
Young individuals are much more narrowly reticulated and barred with white above, and the lower parts less clearly marked ; spots on the wing-coverts rather distinct and larger.
This very distinct species cannot be confounded with any of those allied to ^. bennetti.
Hab. New Guinea (Dorey) and Aru Islands.
a. Ad. sk. Dorey, New Guinea. WaUace Coll.
(Type of the species.)
b. Imm. sk. Aru Islands. Voy. H.M.S. ' Chal-
lenger.'
8. ^gotheles lorise.
^Egotheles lorise, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxix. p. 564 (1890).
Similar to ^. ivallacei, but much larger ; under wing-coverts darker, hardly whitish, the larger ones entirely greyish black, with- out white to the tips. Total length about 10 inches, wing 5"1, tail 4-7, tarsus 0-85, culmen 0-45.
Bab. iligo, S.E. New Guinea.
9. .ffigotheles bennetti.*
.(Egotheles bennetti, Salvad. Sr dAlb. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 816
* -3<;gotiieles plumifera, Kamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, viii. p. 21 (1883) ; Salvad. Ibis, 1884, p. 354.
Differs from ^. bennetti in having the face, throat, chest, and flanks washed with rufous-brown, barred distinctly with black ; an ashy spot at the angle of the mouth ; head also washed with rufous ; collar ashy white, freckled and barred with black ; tail with 12 to 14 narrow broken bars. Wing 4'5 inches, tail 4-2, tarsus 0-8.
This is probably a distinct species, but ]jossibly may belong to M. bennetti.
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(1875) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 310 (1877); id. Orn. Pajmas. i. p. 525 (1880) : Eanway, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, iii. p. 264 (1878), iv. pp. 88, 97 (1870) ; Shuvpe, Jouni. Linn. Soc, Zool. xvi.p. 430.
Adult. Above deep blackish brown, nearly black in freshlj- moulted specimens, top of tbe head uniform, with two greyish mottled portions laterally, and two mostly indistinct crescents on the hinder part of head and neck ; back, rump, upper wing-coverts, and upper tail-coverts mottled with irregular bars of greyish white ; primaries dusky, outer webs spotted with pale brownish grey ; tail dusky black, with not more than ten whitish mottled bars ; throat, chin, and breast grey, indistinctly barred and mottled with blackish brown, becoming more or less uniform towards the lower abdomen and under tail-coverts : bill dusky, feet pale. Total length nearly 9 inches, wing -I'S, tail 5*4, tarsus 0-8.
Ilab. South-eastern parts of New Guinea.
a. Ad. sk. S.E. New Guinea, April. Gould Coll.
b. Ad. sk. S.E. New Guinea (Goldie). Tweeddale Coll.
c. Ad. sk. S.E. New Guinea. H. 0. Forbes, Esq.
[C.].
d. e. Ad. sk. Astrolabe Mts. A. Goldie [C.].
/. Ad. sk. Astrolabe Mts. Hon. H. RomiUy [P.].
r/, h. Ad. sk. Port Moresby. A. Goldie [C.].
10. .ffigotheles novae-hoUandise.
Caprimulgus novaj-liollandice, Lath. Lid. Orn. ii. p. 588 (1790) ; id.
Gen. 8yn. Suppl. ii. p. 261 (1801); Step/i. Gen. Zool. x. p. 170
(1817); Vieill. Nouv. Diet. x. p. 234; id. Enc. Meth. p. 537
(1823); Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 265 (1831); Thienem. Forfpjfl. yes.
Joy. pi. xhi. %. 22 (1854; eggs); Koeniy-Warth. J.f. O. 1868,
p. 383 (nidification). Banded Goatsucker, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. ii. p. 262, pi. 136 (1801) ;
id. Gen. Hist. B. vii. p. 342, pi. cxv. (1823). Caprimulgus vittatus, Lath. Lnd. Orn. Srippl. p. Iviii (1801) ; Steph.
Gen. Zool. x. p. 152 (1817) ; Vieill. Nouv. Diet. x. p. 232 (1817) ;
id. Enc. Meth. p. 545 (1823). Caprimulgus cristatus, Shaio in White's Voy. p. 241, pl. 29 (1790). yEgotheles cristatus, Gray, List Gen. B. p. 7 (1840). .^Egotheles nov£e-hoUandise, Vig. S,- Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. Zool.
p. 194 (1825) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mm. As. Soc. p. 81 (1849) ; Bp.
Consp. i. p. 58 (1850) ; Gould, B. Austral, ii. pl. i. ; id. Handb.
B. Austral, i. p. 79 (1865) ; Gray, Rand-l. i. p. 55 (1869); Pelz.
This, 1873, p. 107 ; Biggies, B. Austral, p. 17, pl. 17 (1877) ; North,
Nests ^- Egys Austral. B. pl. xiv. fig. 11 (1890). Oegotheles novse-hollandiffi, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 263 (1831). ^gotheles australis, Sivains. Class. B. ii. p. 338 (1837). ^gotheles luuulatus, Jard. S/- Selby, Lll. Orn. pl. 149 (1839). ^gotheles leucogaster, Gould, P. Z. S. 1844, p. 106 (Port Essing-
ton) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 58 (1850) ; Gould, B. Astral, ii. pl. 2 ; id.
Handb. B. Au-str. i. p. 81 (1865) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 55 (1869).
Adult. Top of the head deep brown, with two longitudinal stripes
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and two crescents on the hinder part whitish ; back, rump, upper wing- and upper tail-coverts dusky, vermiculated with pale gre}', each feather with some irregular bars ; quills dusk}-, outer webs with pale grey margins and spots ; tail dusky, with twelve or more whitish-grey bars, indistinct or absent on the inner webs of all but the central feathers ; sides of the head whitish, often tinged with rufous : lower parts whitish, vermiculated with dusky, more or less uniform towards the lower abdomen and lower tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts whitish, more or less barred with dusky : bill dusky ; feet brownish yellow (in skin). Total length about 8"5 inches, wing 5 to 5'3, tail 4*8, tarsus 0"9.
I cannot make out whether the female diflfers from the male or not, but the sexes are probably alike. Some specimens are darker, some paler, the characteristic markings of the head are often indis- tinct ; in other specimens the pale parts of the head and breast are strongly tinged with rufous. As the rufous colour varies greatly, I am inclined to believe that it is independent of age and sex, and merely an individual character.
The figures of ^■Er/oiheles novce-hollandice and the supposed JE. lev^ cogaster in Gould's ' B. of Australia ' are much exaggerated.
Hah. Greater portion of Australia.
a-g. Ad. sk. Australia. Gould & Tweeddale
Colls.
h-k. (^ ; I, m. $ Australia. J. E,. Elsey, Esq. [P.].
ad. sk.
n, 0. Ad. sk. N.E. Australia. Sir T. Mitchell [P.].
p, g. Ad. sk. Queensland (J. T. Cockerell). Salvin-Godman CoU.
r, s. S ad. sk. Murray River, Oct. Sir G. Grey [P.].
t. Ad. sk. Moreton Bav. Gould Coll.
u. Ad. sk. New South Wales. Gould Coll.
V. Ad. ; to. 2 South Australia. Sir G. Grey [P.].
ad. sk.
cc, y. cj sk. South Australia. Tweeddale Coll.
s. Part of skele- Australia. Purchased.
ton.
11. .ffigotheles savesi.
^gotheles savesi, Layard ^- Tristr. Ibis, 1881, p. 132, pi. iv. : Layard, Ibis, 1882, p. 502 (New Caledonia).
Adtilt male. Above and below brownish black, undulated with white, or rather greyish white, each feather having several irregular transverse bars of whitish ; the bars are wider on the lower parts, and less numerous on the tail ; inner webs of primaries uniform : feet brown, upper mandible deep brownish black (in skin). Total length about 12 inches, wing 6"4, tail 6-1, tarsus 1'2, middle toe with claw 1"3, culmen 06.
(Description from the type and unique specimen in Canon Tris- tram's collection.)
Nab. New Caledonia.
STEATORK-ITHTD^. 653
Family STEATORNITHIDiE.
(By EENST HAETERT.)
The Gudcliaros resemble the Podargidce in the desmognathous palate and many other respects, but they differ in so many important characters, that it becomes difficult to place them in the system. The plumage is not so soft as that of the Caj)rimulgidce and Podar- gidcp. The bill resembles somewhat that of the Coraciidce ■ the number of rectrices is ten ; the form of the wing is more like that of a Coracias than that of a Caprimulgus, the third and fourth primary longest, Easipterygoid processes are present. The tarsus is naked and short, only about half as long as the middle toe (cf. p. 434). ■'
The nidification is singular. The eggs are said to be four in number, and are pure white.
They inhabit caves, and are crepuscular in their habits.
Bange. Movuitainous districts of northern and western parts of South America (Guiana to Peru).
1. STEATORNIS. „^
Type.
Steatornis, Huviboldt, Bull. Soc. FMlom. Paris, s6r. 3,
xrii. p. 295 (1810) S. caripensis.
Range. That of the family.
1. Steatornis caripensis.
Caprimulgus sp., Humboldt, Joum. de Phys. liii. p. 57 (1801) ; Humh. et Bonpland, Toy. mix Peg. Equinoct. Obs. Astron. i. p. 295(1810) (Venezuela).
Steatornis caripensis, Humboldt, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, s^r. 3, xvii. p. 295 (1810) (Venezuela).
Trinidad Goatsucker, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. vii. p. 365 (1823) (Trinidad).
Nyctibius steatornis, Ster>h. Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. 2, p. 91 (1825).
Steatornis caripensis, Humb. et Bonpl. Pev. d'Obs. Zool. ii. p. 141, pi. 44 (1833) ; LHerminier, Nouv. Ann. Mus. dHist. Nat. Paris, iii. p. 321, p]. 15 (1834) (Venezuela) ; id. Co^npt. Pendus, iii. p. 67 (1836), vii. p. 474 (1838) ; Hautessier, Pev. Zool. i. p. 164 (1838) ; Midi. Monatsbr. Berlin Ac. 1841, p. 172 ; id. Archiv f. Naturr/. 1842, p. 1 ; Des Murs, Pev. Zool. vi. p. 33 (1843) ; id. Traite d'Ool. Orn. p. 260 (1860) ; Funck, Bull. Ac. P. Brua-elles, xi. pt. 2, p. 371 (1844) ; Gray, Gen. Birds, i. p. 44 (1846) (Guade- loupe, errore !) ; B2}. Consp. 1. p. 57 (1850) ; TMenem. Foripjlanz. yes. Vog. pi. xhi. fig. 24 (1854) (esrgs fig.) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 135 (Bogota), 1866, pp. 125, 130, 145, 1868, p. 73 (egg), 1869, p. 467; Blanchard, Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 4, xi. p. 105, pi. iv. fig. 30 (1859) (anatom.) ; Cab. S^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 95 (1860); Taylor, Pjis, 1864, p. 88 (Trinidad); Leotaud, Ois.
654 STEATORNITHIDJ!;.
Trinidad, p. 65 (1866) ; Koenig-Warth. J.f. 0. 1868, p. 384 (e^p:); Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 165, 1870, p. 779 (Merida), 1878, p. 139 (Cataniarca), 1879, p. 532 (Antioquia) ; Goering, Vargasia, i. p. 124 (1869) ; Grmj, Haiid-l. i. p. 55 (1869) ; Garrod, P. Z. S. 1873, pp. 463, 526, 630 (anatom.) ; Murie, Ibis, 1873, p. 81 ; Broivn, Cnnoe <§• Camp Life in Brit. Guiana, p. 386 (1876) ; Taczan. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 208, 1882, p. 40 ; id. Orn. Perou, i. p. 200 (1884) ; Stolzmann, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, v. p. 198 (1880) ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 439; Scl. Ibis, 1890, p. 335. Steatornis caripensis peruvianus, Taczan. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 106.
Adult. Upper surface chestnut ; head and neck with small trian- gular white spots ; back, rump, scapulars, and secondaries with darker and paler cross-bars ; the median vipper wing-coverts with large rounded white spots, bordered by a black ring ; some white spots on the lateral upper tail-coverts ; shafts and inner webs of the primaries dark brown, lighter towards their tips ; outer webs chestnut with white spots, bordered laterally with dark brown ; rectrices chestnut, with narrow black bars and vermiculations ; lower surface pale chestnut, generally more or less greyish, and with two, or sometimes three, more or less distinctly rhomboid white spots surrounded with black on each feather.
These birds vary greatly in size and depth of colour, but T cannot make out any local races or sexual differences. Small specimens occur elsewhere than in Peru.
Total length about 17 to 20 inches, wing 11-5 to 12-5, tail 8 to to 8-8, tarsus 0-6 to 0-7, culmen 1-2 to 1-4.
Hab. Venezuela, Trinidad, Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Gray erroneously gave the island of Guadeloupe as one of the localities inhabited by the Guacharo.
a, b, c. Ad. sk. S. America. Tweeddale Coll.
d, e,f. Ad. sk. Trinidad. Sclater Coll.
r/. Ad. St. Trinidad. Hon. Arthur Gordon
[P.l.
k. Ad. St. Trinidad. Mrs. Wright [P.].
i, k. Ad. sk. Roraima, Oct., Nov. (H. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Whitelg).
I. 2 ad. sk. Bogota {G. Croicther). Salvin-Godman Coll.
m. 2 sk. Santa Helena, Colombia {T. Salvin-Godman Coll.
K. Salmon),
n Ad. sk. Saravacu, Ecuador {C. Buck- Salvin-Godman Coll.
leg).
o. S (ad.) sk. Ninabamba, Peru ( rrrc-fwojcsA:?). Sclater Coll.
ADDENDA.
UPUP^.
^(j,j . Page 13. Upupa somalensis.
Upupa somalensis, Salt. Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. 1891, vii. p. 374.
Add :— ^^^Q 22. Scoptelus notatus.
Scoptelus notatus, Scilv. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. 1891, vii. p. 375.
TROCHILI.
The following additions have been made to the collection of Humming-birds since the sheets relating to that Suborder were printed off in May 1891.
Add : P^S® ^2. Heliothrix barroti.
q', r'. c? ad. sk. La Libertad, Chontales, Nicar- Salvin-Godman Coll. agua, Jan. ( W. B. Richard- son).
Add : ^^§6 39. Hemistephania ludovicise.
r, s, t. (5 ad. sk. Environs of Eogota, 8.500-9000 Salvin-Godman Coll.
ft. {T. H. mieeler). 11. (S ad. sk. Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll.
{T.H. W.).
Add : P^o® 40. Hemistephania johannae.
x-a'. (J ad. ; b'- Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. e'. $ ad. sk. (T. H. mieeler).
Add: Page 41. Glaucis hirsuta.
ij-K. Ad. ; X-o. Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. Juv.sk. {T.H. mieeler).
656
^^^ . Page 46. Chlorostilbon caniveti.
o), a. cJ ad. ; /3'. V. de San Miguel, Salvador, Salvin-Godman Coll.
c? juv. sk. March ( W. B. Richardson).
y. (S juv. ; b'. La Ijibertad, Salvador, Feb. Salvin-Godman Coll.
2 ad.' sk. ( W. B. R.).
e . S ad. ; f, T]'. Cliinandega, Nicaragua, May Salvin-Godman Coll.
$ ad. sk. ( W. B. R.).
ff . S ad. sk. El Volcan, Cliinandega, April Salvin-Godman Coll. (W.B.R.).
^^(j . Page 67. Microchera parvirostris.
o. c? juv. sk. Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Sept. Salvin-Godman Coll.
( W. B. Richardson).
^^^ . Page 69. Panychlora poortmanni.
j'-r'. S ad. ; .s', Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll.
t'. S juv. ; u', {T. H. Wheeler), v' . 5 ad. sk.
j^^(j . Page 70. Panychlora euchloris.
/, g. (S ad. ; h, Environs of Bogota, 8500- Salvin-Godman Coll.
i. 2 ad. sk. 9000 feet (T. H. Wheeler).
j^,j(j. Page 71. Panychlora micans.
Panychlora micans, Salv. Ami. Sf Mag. N. H. 1891, vii. p. .375.
Add : I*^Se 72. Eupherusa eximia.
s. S ad. ; t. 5 Matagalpa, Nicaragua, July, Salvin-Godman Coll. ad. sk. Aug. {W. B. Richardson).
Add : ^^S^ 79. Thalurania columhica.
*. d ad.; K, X. Fusagasuga, Colombia (T. H. Salvin-Godman Coll.
$ ad. sk. Wheeler).
(i-o. cJ ad. ; TT, Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. p. d juv. ; a-, (T. H. W.). T. 2 ad. sk. v-y\f. S ad. sk. La Libertad, Chontales, Nicar- Salvin-Godman Coll. agua, Jan. ( W. B. Richard- son).
Add :— I*^g^ 88. Hypuroptila csenileiventris.
l-p. c? ad. ; q, r. Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. $ ad. sk. {T. H. Wheeler).
ADDENDA. QK-r
Add :— I*age 92, Lampornis violicauda.
^'y'iint' '"-' ^^fS?^°^I^- ^iete, Colombia Salviu-Godmau Coll. ^ • o juv. ; y , (T. ZT. Wheeler). z,a .$ ad.sk.
Add :— -Page 107. Petasophora iolata.
..>',o'. dad. ^-^^^^^^fZ'^-.^^^y^^^ Salvin-GodmanColl.
Add :— Page 109. Petasophora thalassina.
/'. Juv. sk. Toliman, Guatemala, Dec. ( W. Salvin-Godman Coll.
sS. Richardson).
Add:— I*age 110. Petasophora cyanotis.
n', o', p'. Ad. sk. Euvirous of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll
8500-9000 ft. {T. H.
Wheeler'). q'-t\ Ad. sk. Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll.
(i. H. W.).
Add :— Page 111. Petasophora delphins.
k',i'. Ad.sk. Fusagasuga, Colombia {T. H. Salvin-Godman Coll
Wheeler). i~'m'. Ad.sk. Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll.
[1. H. W.).
Add:— Page 113. Chrysolampis moschitus.
d'-ff'. cS ad. sk. Prado in Tolima, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll.
{T. If. Wheeler), h' i\ d.ad. ;/, Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. k. ci JUV.; /, (T. H. W.). m'. 2 ad. sk. n'. S ad. sk. Aunai, Brit. Guiana, July {H. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Whitely). o'. $ ad. sk. Ourumee, Brit. Guiana, Oct. Salvin-Godman Coll.
{H. W.).
Page 117. For 52. Ariana read 52. Aeinia.
„ For 63. Heliopedica read 63. Basilinna .
Add:— Page 118. Pterophanes temminckii.
C, d'. Ad. sk. Environs of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll
8500-9000 ft. {T. H. Wlieeler). VOL. XVI. • 2 xr
658 ADDENDA.
^^^ . Page 124, Helianthea typica.
u, V. S ad.; ic, Gacheta, Colombia {T. H. Salvin-Godman Coll.
X. 5 ad. sk. Wheeler).
^^^ . Page 124. Helianthea bonapartii.
q, r, s. S ad. ; Envirous of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Godmau Coll. f, u, V. 2 ad. 8500-9000 ft. (7". H. sk. Wheeler).
^^^ . Page 130. Bourcieria torquata.
y-a'. Ad. sk. Environs of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Codniau Coll.
8500-9000 ft. (T. H. Wheeler).
^^^ . Page 135. Lampropygia columbiana.
J). Ad. sk. Fusagasuga, Colombia (T. H. Salviu-Godman Coll.
Wheeler), q. Ad. sk. Llanos of E. Meta, Colombia Sahiu-Godman Coll.
{T. H. W.).
^^(j . Page 137. Cyanolesbia gorgo.
c'-f. (5 ad.sk, Environs of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll. 8500-9000 ft. (7". H. Wheeler).
These adult males all belong to the form which has the central rectrices more or less glittering green.
^^^ . Page 146. Lesbia victorise.
rt'-e'. cj ad. ; /'.(J Environs of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll. juv. ;^'. 2 ad. 8500-9000 ft. {T. H. sk. Wheeler).
^(j(j . Page 149. Lesbia gouldi.
t-h'. (S ad. ; /'. 5 Environs of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll . ad.sk. 8500-9000 ft. {T. H.
Wheeler).
^^(j . Page 152. Metallura tyrianthina.
u'~io'. <S ad. ; x'. Environs of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll. J juv.sk. 8500-9000 ft. (T. H.
Wheeler).
659
j^^^ . Page 156. Eustephanus galeritus.
r-y. cJ ad. ; z-d'. Central Chili. H. Berkeley James
2 ad. sk. [P.].
e'. 2 ad. sk. Corral, Chili, Oct. H. Berkeley James
[P.]. /'. c? ad. sk. Maquhua, Chili, Aug. H. Berkeley James
[P.]. ff'. (S ad. sk. La Posada, Chili, July. H. Berkeley James
[P.].
^^(j . Page 157. Eustephanus fernandensis.
iv~b'. c? ad. ; c', d'. Juan Fernandez 1. H. Berkeley James
2 ad. sk. [P.].
^,j,j. Page 160. Heliangelus clarissae.
5. d ad. sk. Gacheta, Colombia {T. H. Wheeler). Salvin-Godman Coll.
j^^^ . Page 160. Heliangelus laticlavius.
Heliangelus laticlavius, Salv. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. 1891, vii. p. 376.
Add : — Page 162. Heliangelus violicoUis.
Heliangelus violicollis, Salv. Aim. ^ May. N. H. 1891, vii. p. 376.
^j^ . Page 165. Heliotrypha exortis.
i'-k'. cJad. ; /'. cJ Environs of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Godman CoU. juv. ; w,' m' . 2 8500-9000 ft. ( T. H. Wheeler) .
ad. sk.
^^^ . Page 167. Heliotrypha speciosa.
Heliotrypha speciosa, Salv. Ann. 8)- Mag. N. H. 1891, vii. p. 376.
^d^ . Page 169. Adelomyia melanogenys.
a'-d'. Ad. sk. Environs of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll. 8500-9000 ft. {T. H. Wheeler).
^^^ . Page 174. Polytmus thaumantias.
y, z. Ad. sk. Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll.
(T. H. Wheeler).
^^^ . Page 180. Agyrtria niveipectus.
;-/. cS ad. sk. Aunai, Brit. Guiana, June Salvin-Godman Coll.
(H. Whitely). m, n. 2 ad. sk. Quonga, Brit. Guiana, Sept., Salvin-Godman Coll.
Oct. {R. W.).
2xj2
660 ADDENDA.
^^^ . Page 182. Agyrtria milleri.
m-s. (S ad. ; t-x. Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Grodman OoU. 2 ad. sk. (T.H. Wheeler).
^^^. Page 189. Agyrtria apicalis.
g-t. Ad. sk. Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Qodman Coll. (T. H. Wheeler).
^^^ . Page 190. Agyrtria Candida.
b'. 5 ad. sk. Matao;alpa, Nicaragua, Sept. Salvin-Godman Coll.
(W. B. Richardson), c, d'. S ad. ; e'. 5 La Libertad, Choutales, Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. Nicaragua, Jan. { W. B. R.).
f. 2 ad. sk. Santo Domingo, Chontales, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Jan. ( W. B. R.).
^^^ . Page 198. Cyanomyia guatemalensis.
r. c? ad.sk. Panajachel, Guatemala, Dec. Salvin-Godman Coll.
( W. B. Richardson). j
s-u. (S ad. ; v-x. $ Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Aug. Salvin-Godman Coll. ad. sk. to Oct. ( W. B. R.).
^^^ . Page 199. Cyanomyia franciaB.
o~q. S ad. sk. Fusagasuga, Colombia (T. H. Salvin-Godman Coll. Wheeler).
^^^ . Page 207. Amazilia cinnamomea.
b\ S'l c^. 2 ad. sk. Retalhuleu, Guatemala, Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll.
( W. B. Richardson), d^-h^. c5' ad. sk. La Libertad, Salvador, Feb. Salvin-Godman Coll.
( W. B. R.). i^. cS ; /^. 2 ^^- sk. Cbinandega, Nicaragua, May Salvin-Godman Coll.
( W. B. R.). k^,P. cJ ; m^- 2 El Volcan, Cbinandega, April Salvin-Godman Coll.
ad. sk. ( W. B. R.).
w'. c? ad. sk. Momotombo, Nicaragua, May Salvin-Godman CoU.
{W.B.R.).
^^^ . Page 211. Amazilia devillii.
n-s. cS ; t-v. 2 ad. La Libertad, Salvador, Feb. Salvin-Godman Coll.
sk. {W.B.R.).
to-c . (S ad. sk. Volcan de San Miguel, Sal- Salvin-Godman Coll.
vador, March, April ( W.B.R.).
ADDEN-BA. ggl
Add :— fage 212. Amazilia cyanura.
r,s.cS;t.2 ad.sk. Retalhuleu Guatemala, Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll. ( yy. ±1. Richardson).
"' Id '^i '"' ""■ ^ ^^ ^°^'' A ^^T^^*^?? ' ^^^^^'" Salvin-Godman Coll. aa. sK. agiia, April ( ^. B. JR.).
!/,z,a. c? ad. sk. Matagalpa Nicaragua, Sept. Salvin-Godman Coll. ( yr. B. Rtchardson).
Add :— Page 213, Amazilia sumichrasti.
Amazilia sumichrasti, Salv. Ann. Sf Mag. N. S. 1891, vii. p. .376.
Add :— Page 215. Amazilia lawrencii ?
a-h. Ad. sk. Llanos of R 3Ieta Colombia Salvin-Godman CoU.
(I. ±t. tV heeler).
These specimens aU have a more chestnut-coloured tail than A vmdiventns and the under tail-coverts are cinnamon I refer them at present to A. lawrencii, but they should be compared with authentic specimens of that bird to prove the correctness of this determination.
Add :— Page 216. Amazilia riefferi.
^"kf'.s'''h^A^\' ^aWalpa Nicaragua, Sept. Salvin-Godman Coll.
0 , c . ^ ad. sk. ( W. B. Bichardson). d^r. d ad. sk. La Lilertad, Cliontales, Nicar- Salvin-Godman Coll. agua, Jan. (W. B. H).
Add :— Page 219. Amazilia viridiventris.
/-«'. Ad. sk. LlajQos of E. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll {T. H. Wheeler).
Add :— Page 229. Floricola longirostris.
w". 6 ad. sk. Eetalhuleu, Guatemala, Jan. Salvm-Godman Coll
{W.B.Richardson), o". c? ad. ; p", q". La Libertad, Salvador, Feb. Salvin-Godman Coll
S juv. sk. (W. B. R.).
r". c? ad. sk. V. de San Miguel, Salvador, Salvin-Godman Coll
March ( W. B. R.). s"-tv". S ad. ; x'', Llanos of E. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll y . c? JUV. ; z", {T. H. Wheeler).
a\ § ad.sk.
Add :— Page 231. Floricola constanti.
i-n. tS ad. ; o-r. La Libertad, Salvador, Feb. Salvin-Godman Coll
6 Ji'.T. ; .y. $ ( W. B. Richardson).
ad. sk.
662 ADDENDA.
i, u. (S ad. ; v. $ Volcan de San Miguel, Sal- Salvin-Godman Coll. ad. sk. vador, March, April ( W.
B. R.).
IV, ,r. S ad. ; y, Momotombo, Nicaragua, May Salvin-Godman Coll. s. d'JuT. sk. (W.B.R.).
a'. cJ juv. sk. Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Sept. Salvin-Godman Coll.
( W. B. R.).
^^^ . Page 238. Polyerata decora.
Polyerata decora, Sah. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. 1891, vii. p. 377.
^^^ . Page 248. Chrysuronia oenone.
f'-k'. (S ad. ; I'- Llanos of E. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman CoU. p. 2 ad. sk. {T. H. Wheeler).
^^^ . Page 251. Chrysuronia elicisB.
p, q. (S ad. : r, s, La Libertad, Salvador, Feb. Salvin-Godman Coll.
t. 2 ad. sk. ( W. B. Richardson),
u. (S ad. sk. La Libertad, Chontales, Nicar- Salvin-Godman Coll.
agua, Jan. ( W. B. R.).
V. 5 ad. sk. Santo Domingo, Chontales, Salvin-Godman Coll.
.Tan. {W.B.R.).
^^^ . Page 252. Basilinna leucotis.
u^-f^. Sk. Matagalpa, Nicaragua, June- Salvin-Godman Coll.
Oct. ( W. B. Richardson).
^^^. Page 261. Eutoxeres aquila.
g, h. Ad. sk. Fusagasuga, Colombia, May Salvin-Godman Coll.
[T. H. Wheeler), i, j. Ad. sk. Medina, Llanos of R. Meta, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Colombia (7'. If. W.).
^^^ . Page 265. Threnetes cervinicauda.
l-o. Ad. ; p-v. Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. Juv.sk. (T.H. Wheeler).
^^^ . Page 268. Phaethornis emilise.
c' S ad. ; d', e'. Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. Juv.sk. {T.H. Wheeler).
^^^ . Page 270. Phaethornis superciliosus.
q'. Ad. ; ;■'-?«/. Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. Juv. sk. (T. H. Wheeler).
663
A(j^ . Page 272. Phaethomis longirostris.
Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Aug., Salvin-Godman Coll.
Sept. ( W. B. Richardson). Santo Domingo, ISicaragua, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Jan. ( W. B. R.).
Page 273. Phaethomis hispidus.
Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. {T. H. Wheeler).
|
f |
', h', c? ad. ; i'. 2 ad. sk. , k', r. cJ ad. ; m', n'. 5 ad. sk. |
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Add:— |
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il, |
, 0. Ad. ; p-v. Juv. sk. |
277. Add :—
11 rt. Phaethornis rupurumii.
Phaethornis rupurumii, Boucard, The Humming Bird, ii. p. 1 (Jan. 1892). ^
Upper surface golden green, crown dark brown, upper tail- coverts edged with rufous ; under surface grey ; throat black, each feather edged with pale fawn-colour; superciliary and malar stripes pale fawn-colour ; ear-coverts black ; central rectrices dull green, passing into white at the tips, rest darker and tipped with white ; under tail-coverts white : bill black, basal half of the mandible yellow. Total length about 4-3 inches, wing 1-7 ; tail — central rectrices 1*75, lateral 0-8 ; bill 1-05.
Hah. British Guiana.
A distinct species, of about the size of P. squalidus, from which it differs not only by its greyer under surface, but by the different graduation of the rectrices, the middle pair being only -4 inch longer than the next pair, instead of '8 inch.
a, b. (S ad. sk. Rupurumi R., Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll March, April (H. Whitely).
Add :— P^gs 280. Pygmornis griseigularis.
t-e'. Ad. sk. Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll.
(T. H. Wheeler).
Add :— ^^g6 282. Pygmornis adolphi.
u. Ad. sk. La Libertad, Chontales, Nicar- Salvin-Godman Coll.
agua, Jan. ( W. B. Richard- son).
Add :— Page 284, Pygmornis episcopus.
/. S ad. sk. Aiinai, Brit. Guiana, Feb. (H. Salvin-Godman Coll
Whitely).
664
Add : ^^S^ 291. Campylopterus hemileucurus.
y'. c? ad. sk. Volcau de San Miguel, Sal- Salviu-Godman Coll.
vador, April ( W. B. Eich-
ardsoii) . ='. 5 fid. sk. Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Sept. Salvin-Godinau Coll.
{W.B.R.).
Add : P^S® 292. Campylopterus lazulus.
s, t. cS ad. sk. Environs of Bogota, 8500- Salvin-Godman CoU.
9000 ft. (T.H. Jllieeler). u, V, 20, S ad. ; Llanos of E.. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godmau Coll. .r. cS juv.; y. (T.H. W.). $ ad. sk.
Add : 'S&ge 294, Campyloptems rufus.
m. S ad. sk. V^olcan de San Miguel, Sal- Salvin-Godman CoU.
vador, March ( W. B. Rich- ardson).
Add : P^g® 308. Oreopyra pectoralis.
Oreopyra pectoralis, Sah. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. 1891, vii. p. 377.
Add : P^g^ 310. Delattria viridipallens.
,r. S ad. sk. Toliman, Guatemala, Dec. ( W. Salvin-Godman Coll.
B. Bichardson).
Page 310. Add :— 3ff. Delattria sybillae.
Delattria sybiUse, Salv. ^ Godtn. Ibis, 1892, p. 327.
Similar to I), viridipallens, but with the breast and flanks pale shining green like the throat and not white ; under tail-coverts and tail pale grey ; lower back green without coppery tinge. Total length about 4*5 inches, wing 2-6 ; tail — middle rectrices 1-3, lateral 1*7.
Hab, Nicaragua.
a-f. cJ ad. sk. Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Aug. Salvin-Godmau CoU. ( W. B. Bichardson). (Types of the species.)
Add : I'^ge 315. Docimastes ensiferus.
:^c'. (S ad. sk. Environs of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll. 8500-9000 ft. {T. H. Wheeler).
Add : I*^g6 317. Heliodoxa leadbeateri.
n'. d" juv. sk. Llanos of E. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll, {T. H. Wheeler).
665
Add: Page 319. Heliodoxajacnla.
y, z. (S ad. ; a'. ? Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Sahin-Godman Coll. ad. sk. (T. If. Wheeler).
Add : ^^S® 325. PhsBolaema cervinigularis.
Pliaeolaema cervinigularis, Salv. Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. 1891, vii. p. 377,
^^^ . Page 326. Lafresnaya flavicaudata.
q-s. S ad. ; t, u. Environs of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll. cJjuv.; V, 2V. 8500-9000 it. {T.H.Wheeler). 2 ad. sk.
Add : P^S® 329. Florisuga mellivora.
s"-v". c? ad. ; Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. w",x". djuv.; {T. H. Wheeled-). y",z",a\ S ad. sk. b^-e^. c? ad. ; La Libeitad, Cbontales, Ni- Salvin-Godman Coll. p. 2 ad. sk. caragua, Jan. ( W. B.
Richardson). ^^ 5 ad. sk.' Santo Domingo, Chontalfc'P, Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll.
{W.B.R.).
^^^ . Page 336. OreotrocMhis leucopleurus.
s, t. S ad. ; %i. S Central Chili. H. Berkeley James [P.].
juv.; v-x. $
ad. sk. y, z. 2 ad. sk. Prov. Tarapaca, Chili. H. Berkeley James [P.].
^(j^ . Page 340. Oxypogon guerini.
o-r. S ad. sk. Environs of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll. 8500-9000 ft. (T. H. Wheeler).
^^^ . Page 342. Ehamphomicron microrhynchum.
b'. c?ad. ; c'. $ Environs of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Godman CoU. ad. sk. 8500-9000 ft. (T. H. Wieeler).
^^^ . Page 343. Ehamphomicron heteropogon.
q, r. S ad. sk. Environs of Bogota, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 8500-9000 ft. {T. H. Wheeler).
666 ADDENDA.
^^^ . Page 348. Patagonia gigas.
v-.r. Add,; ;/,«. .Tuv. sk. Central Chili. H. Berkeley James [P.]
Add — ^^S® 350. Aglseactis cupreipennis.
V 1/ cJ ad. ; z Environs of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll.
' Juv. sk. 8500-9000 ft. ( T. H. Wheeler).
A j^ . Page 358. Abeillia typica.
j. $ ad. sk. Tollman, Guatemala, Dec. ( W. Salvin-Godman Coll.
B. Richardson),
k I. S juv. sk. Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Sept. Salvin-Godman Coll.
{W.B. JR.).
^^jj . Page 359. Klais guimeti.
j'-l'. c7 ad- ; La Libertad, Chontales, Ni- Sah-in-Godman Coll.
m. d" juv. caragua, Jan. ( W. B.
sk. Richardson),
n'-p . (S \wv. ; Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll.
y'. 2ad.sk. {T.H.Wheeler).
^^^ . Page 363. Eriocnemis vestita.
v-^l (S ad ; Environs of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll.
'z-al. ? ad. 8500-9000 ft. {t.H. Wheeler). sk.
i ^1 1 . Page 364. Eriocnemis ventralis.
Eriocnemis ventralis, Salv. Ann. Sf Mar/. N. H. 1891, vii. p. .378.
^^^ . Page 367. Eriocnemis cupreiventris.
r~t. S <id. sk. Environs of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll. 8500-9000 ft. ( T. H. Wheelei-).
A^^ . Page 370, Eriocnemis aurelise.
s. Ad. sk. Fusagasuga, Colombia {T. H. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Wheeler), t-v. Ad. sk. Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll.
(T. R. W.).
^^^ . Page 374, Panoplites flavescens.
z-c'. Ad. sk. Environs of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll. 8500-9000 ft. (T. H. Wheeler).
ADDENDA. 667
^^^ . Page 375. Spathura underwoodi.
e'-h'. cS ad. ; Environs of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll. i',i'- 6 juv. ; 8500-9000 ft. {T. H. Wheeler), k', I'. 2 ad. sk.
^^^. Page 381. Doricha enicura.
r. (S ad. sk. Panajachel, Guatemala, Dec. Salvin-Godmaii Coll.
( W. B. Richardson), s-u. § ad. sk. Atitlan, Guatemala, Dec. ( W.
B. E.).
j^^^ . Page 385. Tilmatura duponti.
u'. (Slid.; v'. 2 Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Aug. Salvin-Godman Coll. ad. sk. ( W. B. Richardson).
^^d . Page 399. Trochihis colubris.
f% 9^- 6 juv. ; Panajachel, Guatemala, Dec. Salvin-Godman Coll.
h'-f. 5 ad. {W. B. Richardson).
sk. ^•'. 5 ad. sk. La Libertad, Salvador, Feb. Salvin-Godman Coll. {W.B.R.).
^^^ . Page 406. Acestrura mulsanti.
s'. (S ad. sk. Fusagasuga, Colombia {T. H. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Wheeler), t'. 5 ad. sk. Environs of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll.
8500-9000 ft. {T. H.
Wheeler), u. (S juv. sk. Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll,
{T.H. W.).
^^^ . Page 408. Acestrura heliodori.
h'-d'. (5 ad. sk. Environs of Bogota, Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll.
8500-9000 ft. ( T. H. JlHieeler). e',f. S ad. sk. Fusagasuga, Colombia {T. H. Salvin-Godman Coll.
Wheeler). V'-J'- 6 ad. sk. Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll.
{T. H. W.).
^^^ . Page 412. Atthis ellioti.
y. (f ad. sk. Atitlan, Guatemala, Dec. ( W. Salvin-Godman Coll. B. Richardson).
^^(j . Page 420. Lophornis omatus.
0. 5 ad. sk. Ourumee, Brit.Guiana, Oct. (H. Salvin-Godman Coll. Whitely).
668
Add:—
Page 423. Lophornis delattrii.
V, if. (S ad. sk. Prado in Tolima, Colombia (7". Salviu-Godman Coll. H. Wheeler).
^(j,l . Page 424. Lophornis stictolophus.
Salvin-Godmau Coll.
p-t. cj ad. ; u- X. S juv. ; y, z. Juv. sk
Add:—
q-z. <S ad. ; a'-c'. c? juv.; (£', e'. $ ad. ; /, (f\ Juv. sk.
Medina, Llanos of R. Meta, Colombia (T*.^. Wheeler).
Page 427. Lophornis verreauxi.
Medina, Llanos of R. Meta, Salvin-Godman Coll. Colombia (T. H. Wheeler).
^^(1 . Page 428. Prynmacantha popelairii.
o-u. (5 ad. sk. Medina, Llanos of R. Meta, Salvin-Godman Coll.
Colombia {T. H. Wheeler).
The following species have been described as new by M. Boucard in *' The Humming Bird, A Monthly Scientific, Artistic, and Industrial Review," vol. i. 1891 : —
PJiaethornis gounellei,
„ coliimhianus,
„ guiane?isis,
„ ivhitehji,
Aphantochroa alexandri, Florisuga saUei, Eustephanus burtoni, Lafresnaya cinereorufa, Heliangelus henrici, Bellona superha, Leshia holiviana, Calliphlox roraimce, Hylocharis guianensis,
|
p. 17. |
Brazil. |
|
p. 17. |
Colombia. |
|
p. 17. |
Demerara. |
|
p. 18. |
Roraima. |
|
p. 18. |
Demerara. |
|
p. 18. |
S. Mexico. |
|
p. 18. |
Chili. |
|
p. 25. |
Colombia. |
|
p. 26. |
Ecuador. |
|
p. 43. |
St. Vincent. |
|
p. 43. |
Bolivia. |
|
p. 52. |
Brit. Guiana, |
|
p. 52. |
Brit. Guiana. |
cc- ifiCJiy'
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
ab eillei ( Aclelom y ia),
358. abeillei (Baucis), 358. abeillei (Ornismya),
358. abeillei (Ilham2)homi-
cron), 358. abeillei (Trochilus),
358. AbeiUia, 259, 358. abuormis (Ametrornis),
279. abyssinicus (Oypaelus),
452, 454. Acanthylis, 470. Acanthyllis, 472. accrsB (Caprimulgus),
564. Acestrura, 406. Acestura, 260, 406. acuta (Hirundo), 486. acuticauda (Cj'pselus),
445. acuticauda (Hirundi-
napus), 473. acuticauda (Micropus),
443. aouticaudus (Chlorostil-
bon), 71. acutipennis (Caprimul- gus), 614. acutipennis (Chordeiles),
6U9, 614, acutipennis texensis
(Chordeiles), 616. acutus (Caprimulgus),
614. acutus (Chordeiles), 614,
616. acutus (Cypselus), 485. addse (Himalia), 378. adda; (Spathura), 375,
378. addic (Steganui'a), 378.
addfe (Trochilus), 378. adela (Oreotrochilus),
334,337. adela (Orthorhyuchus),
337 adela "(Trochilus), 337. Adelisca, 169. Adelomyia, 116, 169. adolphi (Phaethornis),
282. adolphi (Pygmornis),
280, 282, 663. adolphi (Pygornis),
282. adorabilis (Dialia), 425. adorabilis (Lophornis),
420,425. adspersus (Batrachosto-
mus), 641. ^gotheles, 646. ./Egotheliuae, 629, 645. ffigyptius (Caprimulgus),
522, 530, 562. seneicauda (Agteactis),
152. Eeneicauda (Chalybura),
88. seneicauda (Mellisuga),
152. aiueioauda (Metallura),
150,152. seneicauda (Trochilus),
152. seneicauda (Urolampra),
152. seneotincta (Adelomyia),
169, 171. seneus (Grlaucis), 42. Eequatorialis (Agteactis),
350. £equatorialis (Androdon),
37, 38. aiquatorialis (Campy lo-
pterus), 290.
aequatorialis (Cypselus),
441. iKquatorialis (Grypus),
38. requatorialis (lolsema),
325. asquatorialis (Micropus),
437,441. ffiquutorialis (Phseo-
LT?ma), 324, 325. Eequatorialis (Polytmus),
38, 290. eequatorialis (Trochilus),
350. ffiquicaudata (Stenopsis),
586. requicaudatus (Antrosto-
mus), .586. Aeronautes, 459. sethereus (Caprimulgus),
627. sethereus (Nyctibius),
623, 627. afBuis (.lEgotheles),
649. affinis (Agyrtria), 179,
185. afBnis (Batrachostomus),
6.37, 643. affinis (Caprimulgus),
522, 525, 549. affinis (CoUocalia), 508. affinis (Cypselus), 452,
453, 456. affinis (Eriocnemis),
371. affinis (Glaucis), 42. affinis (Micropus), 438,
453, 454. affinis (Nyctidromus),
587. affinis (Phaetornis),
270. affinis (Podargus), 642.
670
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
affinis (Polytmus), 185. afSiiis (Trodiilus), 185. africana (Upupa), 4, (i,
14. africanus (Caprimulgus),
534. africanus (Macrocli-
pteryx), 594. africanus (Micropus),
437, 440. Agaclyta, 146. Agapeta, 297. Aglseactis, 258, 349. aglaiiv; (Amazilius), 21(j. aglaiae (Heinithvlaca),
216. aglaiffi (Saucerottia),
216. aglaia; (Troehilus), 216. Agyrtria, 117, 178. Ait'hurus, 29, 64. albertisi (.3i;gotheles),
646, 648. albicauda (Stenopsis),
583. albicincta (Chsetura),
478. albicincta (Hemiprocne),
478. albicolUs (Acantbylis),
477. albicollis (Agyrtria), 178. albicollis (Caprimulgus),
587. albicollis (Hirundo), 476. albicollis (Leucippus),
178. albicollis (Leucochloris),
178. albicollis (Nyctidromus),
587, 591. albicollis (Ornismya),
178. albicollis (Polytmus),
178. albicollis (Thaumantias),
178.^ albicollis (Troehilus),
178. albicrissa (Floricola),
228, 230. albicrissa (Heliomaster),
231. albifrons (Acantliiza),
472. albifrons (Ohtetura),
472. albigularis (Eurostopus),
607. albirostris (Ornismya), ISl.
albirostris (Troehilus),
181. albiventris (Agyrtria),
191. albiventris (Leucochlo- ris), 191. albiventris (Ornismya),
191. albiventris (Thaumasius),
191. albiventris (Thaumatias),
191. albiventris (^Trocliilus).
191. albocoronata (Chryso-
lampis), 66. albocoronata (Melli-
suga), 66. albocoronata (Micro-
chera), 66. ulbogularis (Caprimul- gus), 607, 6U8. albogularis (Colibri),
178. albogularis (Petaso-
phora), 34. albogularis (Scliistes),
33, 34. albonotatus (Caprimul- gus), 540. albus (Troehilus), 92. alexandri (Archilochus),
402. alexandri (Ornismya),
402. alexandri (Troehilus),
399, 402. alexandria (Aphanto-
chroa), 298. alice (Chlorestes), 70. alice (Smaragditis), 70. aliciaa (Chlorostilbon),
70. alieise (Panvchlora), 68,
70. aliciiB (Troehilus), 70. alinse (Erioeuemis), 361,
363. alinai (Eriopus), 363. aliua> (Hylocharis), 363. aliuffi (Ornismya), 363. Aline, 360. aline (Engyte), 363. allardi (Ornismya),
152. allardi (Troehilus), 152. alleni (Agyrtria), 186. alleni (Selasphorus). 392,
394. alleni (Troehilus), 394. Alosia, 372.
alpina (Hirundo), 438. alpinus africanus (Oypse-
lus), 440. alpinus (Cypselus), 439. alpinus (Micropus),
438. alticola (Amazilia), 203,
206. alticola (Amazilis), 206. alticola (Pyrrhophajna),
206. amabilis (Damophila),
237, 238. amabilis (Hylocharis),
237. amabilis (Juliamyia),
237. amabilis (Polyerata),
237. amabilis (Troehilus),
237. amaryUis (Cvnanthus),
146. amarjdlis,gouldi (Lesbia),
146. amaryllis (Lesbia), 146. amaryUis (Troehilus),
146. Amathusia, 380, 390. amaura (Phaethornis),
281. amaura (Troehilus),
281. amazili (Amazilis), 205. amazili (Ornismya),
205. amazili (Orthorhynchus),
205. amazili (Polvtmus), 205. Amazilia, 117, 203. amazilia (Lampornis),
205. amazilia (Pyrrhophana),
205. amazilicula (Amazilia),
205. Amazilis, 203. Amazilius, 203. Amblypterus, 592. ambrosiaca (Dendroche-
lidon), 463. ambrosiaca (Hirundo),
463. ambrosiaeus (Cypselus),
463, 464. ambrosiaeus (Cypsiurus),
463. americanus (Caprimul- gus), 592, 610. americanus (Chordeiles), 692, 610.
americanus (Nyctidro-
JBus), 587. americanus (Sipbono-
rhis), 592. amethvsticollis (Anaeto-
ria), 161. auietbjsticollis (Heliaii-
gelus), 159, 161. ametbysticollis (Melli-
siiga), 161. ametbysticollis (Ortlio-
rbyiicbus), 161. ametbysticollis (Peratus)
161. ''
ametbysticollis (Trocbi-
lus), 161. ametbystina (Auactoria). 161. '-
ametbystiua (Trypb^na), 386. tbystiuus (Amatbu- sia), 387. ametbystiuus (Calli-
pblos), 386. ametliystinus (Ornis-
mya), 3S(». ametliystinus (Trocbilus) 386. ''
ametbystoides (Amatbu-
eia), 387. ametbystoides (CaUi-
plilox), 387. ametbystoides (Ornis-
mya), 386. ametbystoides (Trocbi- lus), 386. ametliystoides (Try-
pbwna), 386. Ametrornis, 1.'67. Anactoria, 159. anais (Colibri), 107. anais (Ornismya), 109
110. anais (Petasopbora), 107. '
anais (Polytmus), 107. anais (Praxilla), 107. anais (Rbampbodon)
107, 109. anchiet;!' (Cbretura),
492. audamanicus (Caprimul-
gus), 523, 524, 543. andecolus (Tacbornis),
457. andicola (Micropus), 438,
457. andicolus (Cvpselus).
457. aiidiuus (Capi-imulgus) 585. ° ''
AT.PHABETICAL INDEX.
Androdoii, 29, 37. angeire (Callipe'ridia),
119. '
angeL-e (Heliomaster),
119. ''
angela; (Ornismya),
119. ^ '
augelai (Ornitbomyia),
angelas (Trocbilus), 119. angustipennis (Cbloro-
lamjDis), 52. angustipennis (Cbloro- stilbon), 45, 52, 53 .54. angustipennis (Chryso-
mirus), .52. angustipennis (Fylocba-
I'is), 52. angustipennis (Trocbi- lus), 52. Anisopterus, 267. anna (Attbis), 403
404. anna (Callipblos), 403. anna (Ornismya), 403. anna (Selasphorus), 403. anna (Trocbilus), 403. anna (Calypte), 403. annre (Zepbyritis), 404. anomalus (Amblypterus) 593. ■ ''
anomalus (Eleotbrentus)
593. ^ ''
anomalus (Heleotbrep-
tus), 593. Antbocepbala, 116, 172. antbopbilus (Pbaetbor-
nis), 267, 274, 275. autliopbilus (Trocbilus),
275. Antbi-acotborax, 91. antiqua (Erytbronota).
225.
antoniee (Aphantocbroa),
266.
antonias (Dnopbera)
266. '' antonia; (Glaucis), 266.
antoniffl (Lampomis),
266.
antouia; (Polytmus),
266. antonia; (Tbrenetes).
264, 266. antonia (Trocbilus),
266. '
Antrostomus, 521. Apbantochroa, 256, 297. apicalis (Agyrtria), 180,
189, 660.
671
apicalis (Leucochloris), 189. '
apicalis (Pb^tbornis),
269. apicalis (Tbaumatias), 189. '
apicalis (Trocliilus) 269. '
Apus, 437. apus (Cypselus), 442,
444, 446, 447. ajms (Hirundo), 442. apus (Micropus), 437.
441,442. apus murinus (Micro-
pusj, 446. apus^ niger (Cypselus),
443. aquila (Eutoxeres), 261
662. aquila (Grypus), 261. aquila beterura (Euto- xeres), 262. aquila (Myietina), 261. '
aquila (Polytmus), 261. '
aquila (Trocbilus), 261
262. Archiloehus, 398. ardens (Selaspborus),
392,398. arenarius (Caprimulgus),
arenicolor (Caprimulgus),
ai-gus (Caprimulgus), 608. ^ ''
argus (Eurostopus), 607 608.
Ai-iana, 117, 203.
Arinia, 193.
arsennii (Ornismya),
arsennii (Trocbilus) 253. ''
arsinoe (Amazilia), 209,
arsinoe (Amazilius) 209. ''
arsinoe (Ornismya) 209. • ''
arsinoe (Trocbilus) 209. '
arundinaceus (Caprimul- gus), 549.
asiaticus ('Caprimulffus) 523,543,658,562:
aspasue (Trocbilus) 281. ''
Aspasta, 317.
672
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
asaimilis (Bourcieria), 134.
assimilis (Ohlorolampis),
54. assimilis (Ohlorostilbou),
45, 54. assimilis (Eriociiemis),
362, 371. assimilis (Lampropygia),
133, 134. abacamensis (Rhodopis) ,
379, 380. atacamensis (Trochilus),
380. atala (Ohlorestes;, 55. atala (Ohlorolampis), 55. atala (Ohlorostilbou), 45,
53, 55. atala (Chrysoiuirus), 55. atala (Hylochavis), 55. atala (Saueerottia), 55. atala (Trochilus), 55. ater (Trochilus), 321. aterrimus (Oypselus),
443. aterrimus (Irrisor), 22,
24. aterrimus (Promerops),
22. aterrimus (Scoptelus),
21, 22. atra (Florisuga), 331. atra (Mellisuga), 331. atratus (Trochilus), 321. atricapillus (Trochilus),
93. atrimentalis (Phaethor-
ms),281. atripennis (Caprimul-
gus), 623, 524, 542. atrovarius (Caprimul-
gus), 535. Atthis, 260, 411. audeberti (Hylocharis),
242. audeberti (Ornismya),
241. audeberti (Trochilus),
241. audeneti (Lophornis),
426. audeneti (Ornismya),
426. audeneti (Trochilus),
426. Augastes, 29, 35. augusti (Phaethornis),
268, 277 augusti (Trochilus), 277. aurata (Panychlora),
70.
auratus (Lophornis),
420. auratus (Trocliilus), 103. aurea (Eriocnemis), 367. aureigaster (Trochilus),
399. aureiventris (Chlorestes),
49. aureiventris (Ohlorostil-
bon), 49. aureiventris (Hylocharis) ,
49. aureiventris (Ornismya),
49. aureliise (Eriocnemis),
362, 370, 666. aurelias (Eriopus), 370. aureliffi (Hylocharis),
370. aureli.'B (Trochilus),
37U. aurescens (Oampylopte-
rus), 313. aurescens (Olytolsema),
311,313. aurescens (Lampornis),
313. aurescens (Margarochry-
sis), 313. aurescens (Polyplancta),
313. aurescens (Trochilus),
313. auriceps (Ohlorolampis),
45. auriceps (Ohlorostilbon),
45. auriceps (Sjjoradinus),
45. auriceps (Trochilus), 45. auriculatus (Heliothrix),
30, 32. auriculatus (Trochilus),
32. Aurinia, 419. aurita (Ornismya), 30. auritus(Batrachostomu8),
636, 637. auritus (Heliothrix), 30,
32. auritus (Podargus), 637. auritus (Trochilus), 30,
32. aurogaster (Trochilus),
124. aurora (DiphlogiBna),
123. aurora (Helianthea),
123. aurora (Hypochrvsea),
123.
aurulentus (Ohlorostil- bon), 45. aurulentus (Lampornis),
97. aurulentus (Margaro-
chrysis), 96. amnilentus (Polytmus),
96, 97. aurulentus (Trochilus),
96. australis (iEgotheles),
651. australis (Ohsetura), 472. australis (Oypselus),
448. australis (Micropus),
449. australis (Podargus),
632. avocetta (Ornismya),
101. avocetta (Trochilus),
101. Avocettinus, 101, 347. Arocettula, 30, 101. azaraj (Hydropsalis),
599. azurescens (Olytolsema),
313.
baliamensis (Trochilus),
383. balasiensis (Cyi^selus),
466. Balassian Swift, 466. balstoni (Oypselus),
443. bancrofti (Trochilus),
103. barbatus (Oypselus),
447. barbatus (Micropus),
447. barrali (Heliangelus),
166. barrali (Heliotrypha),
164, 166. barrali (Nodalia), 166. barroti (Heliothrix), 30,
32, 655. barroti (Trochilus), 32. bartletti (Agyrtria), 179,
184. bartletti (Polytmus),
184. bartletti (Thaumantias),
184. BasUinna, 252. batassiensis (Oypselus),
466, 467.
batassiensis (Tachornis),
466. Batracliostomus, 629,
636. Baucis, 358. Bellatrix, 419. Bellona, 258, 352. benjamini (Heliotrypha),
167. benjamini (Troohilus),
167. benjamini (Urosticte),
167. bennetti (^gotheles),
646, 650. berjllina (Amazilia), 203,
209. beryllina (Eranna), 209. beryllina (Pyrrbophaena),
209. beryllina (Trochilus),
209. beryllinus (Amazilis\
209. beryllinus (Polytmus),
209. beskii (Cepbalolepis),
357. bicolor (Aeantbylis),
487. bicolor (Ohaetura), 487. bicolor (Ohlorostilbon),
49, 51. bicolor (Hylocbaris), 49. bicolor (Oniisinya), 183,
246. bicolor (Polytmus), 86. bicolor (Thalurania), 76,
86. bicolor (Trochilus), 8(i. bifasciata (Stenopsis),
bifasciata (Upupa), 6. bifasciatus (Antrosto-
musj, 585. bifurcata (Lesbia), 148. bifurcata (Mellisuga),
bifurcata (Psalidoprym-
na), 148. bifurcatus (Cynanthus),
148. bilopha (Mellisuga),
433. bilophus (Trochilus),
432, 433. binotatus (Caprimulgns),
521, 576. biscutata (Chaetura), 472,
479. VOL. XVI.
ALPH.4BETICAL INDEX.
biscutata (Hemiprocne),
479. bisignatus (Oaprimulgus),
549. blythi (Irrisor), 20. boehmi (Chjetura), 489,
492. Boissoneaua, 372. boliviana (Bourcieria),
136. boliviana (Lampropvgia),
133, 13(5. boliviana (Lesbia), 668. bolivianus (Cynanthus),
bolivianus (Phaethornis),
267, 273. boUii (Irrisor), 17, 20. bombus (Chaetocercus),
414, 416. bombus (Polyxenusj,
416. Boiubycistomas, 636. bonapartii (Helianthea),
123, 124, 658. bonapartii (Hypochry-
sea), 125. bonapartii (Ornismya),
bonapartii (Trochilus),
125. boothi (Orthorhyncbus),
406. borbonica (Hemiprocne),
499. borealis (Cypseloides),
495. borealis (Cypselus), 495. borealis (Nephoecetes),
495. boreanii (Scotornis),
597. borneensis (Caprimul-
gus), 577. borneensis (Lyncornis),
577. boueardi (Arena), 193. boucardi (Arinia), 193. boueardi (Sapphironia),
193. bougheri (Lampornis),
301. bougueri (CceUgena),
301. bougueri (Trochilus),
301. bougueri (Urochroa),
301. bourcieri (Ametrornis),
279.
673
bourcieri (Orthornis),
279. bourcieri (Phaethornis),
268, 278. bourcieri (Trochilus), 278. Bourcieria, 115, 128. bourdilloni (Lyncornis),
604. braccata (Hemithylaca),
bracei (Sporadinus), 58.
brachycerca (Chsetura), 484.
brachypterus (Oaprimul- gus), 565.
brachypterus (Podargus), 6.34.
Brachypus, 437.
brachyrhynchos (Upupa), 6.
brachyrhynchus (Trochi- lus), 342,
brachyura (Chfetura), 484.
brachvurus (Oaprimul- gus), 531, 650.
bracteatus (Nyctibius), 623.
branickii (Lampraster), 323.
brasilianus (Oaprimul- gus), 614.
brasilianus (Ohordeiles), 615.
brasiliensis (Oaprimul- gus), 614.
brasiliensis gutt.ure rubro (Mellisuga), 311.
brasiliensis (Polytmus),
brasiliensis (Trochilus),
41, 285. brericauda (Trochilus),
.386. brevicaudatus (Ohloro-
lampis), 56. brevicaudatus (Ohloro- stilbon), 56. brevirostris (Agyrtria),
179, 185. brevirostris (Oollocalia),
501. brevirostris (Hirundo),
501. brevirostris (Leuco-
chloris), 185. brevirostris (Leucolia),
185. brevirostris (Ornismya),
185.
2x
674
ALPHA BETTCAL TTTOEX.
brevirostris (Polytmus),
185. brevirostris (Thauma-
tius), 185. brevirostris (Trochilus),
185. brunneitorques (Ch£e-
tura), 493. brunneitorques (Cypse-
loides), 493. bryantEB (Oalothorax),
384. bryantse (Doricha). 381,
384. buckleyi (Dipblogrena),
121. buckleyi (Pinaroloema),
101. buffoni (Chalybura), 87,
88. buiFoni (Hypuroptila), 87. buffoni (Lampornis), 87. buffoni (Polytmus), 88. buffoni (Trochilus), 87. burmeisteri (Cbtetocer-
cus), 414, 415. burtoni (Eustepbanus),
668. burtoni (Macrodipteryx),
595.
cabanidis (Petasopbora),
111. cabanisi (Irrisor), 26. cabanisi (Petasopbora),
111. cabanisi(Rhinopomastes),
24, 26. cserulea (Chlorestes),
242. cajrulea (Eucephala),
239, 241. cserulea (Halia), 242. cserulea (Hylocbaris),
242. cseruleicapiUa (Cbrysu-
ronia), 249. CKruleiceps (Agyrtria),
179, 183. caruleiceps (Leucochlo-
ris), 183. cajruleiceps (Leucolia),
183. cseruleiceps (Thauma-
tias), 183. CKruleigaster (Chaly- bura), 89. cffiruleigaster (Lampor- nis), 88. cieruleigaster (Trochilus),
Cffiruleigularis (Cyano-
chloris), 233. cairuleigularis (Cyano- phaia), 233.
c»ruleigularis (Sapphi- ronia), 233.
cicruleiventris (Chaly- bura), 88.
crerideiventris (Hypuro- ptila), 87, 88, 651.
Cffiruleogularis (Hylo- cbaris), 233.
cseruleogularis (Lepido- pygia), 233.
cajruleogularis (Methon), 89.
Cffiruleogularis (Polyt- mus), 2.33.
ca;ruleo-lavata (Euceph- ala), 239, 244.
cajruleo-lavata (Hylo- charis), 244.
cjerulescens (Cyano- phaia), 233.
creruleus (Irrisor), ITi.
cteruleus (Thaumatias), 242.
caeruleus (Trochilus), 241.
caffer (Cypselus), 450, 452.
caffer (Micropus), 437, 450, 451.
caffer orientalis (Cypse- lus), 452.
cajanensis (Panyptila), 461.
californianus (Antrosto- mus), 579.
caligata (Hemithylaca), 222.
caligata (Saucerottia), 224.
caligatus (Trochilus), 224, 375.
Caligena, 257, 304.
CaUidice, 372.
Oalligenia, 123.
calliope (Calothorax), 413.
calliope (Stellura), 413.
calliope (Trochilus), 413.
Calliperidia, 119.
Oallipharus, 29, 67.
Calliphlox, 259, 386.
Callothoras, 390.
calolicma (Oreopyra), 306, 307.
calolasmus (Trochilus), 307.
calosoma (Campylo-
pterus), 96. calosoma (Orinis), 96. calosoma (Lampornis),
91, 96. Calothorax, 260, 390. Calypte, 260, 403. campestris (Caprimul-
gus), 619. campestris (Trochilus),
386. campyloptera (Pampa),
287. Campylopterus, 256, 288. campylopterus (Trochi- lus), 288. campylostylus (Campy-
lopteris), 297. campylostylus (Trochi- lus), 297. candicans (Stenopsis),
582. Candida (Agyrtria), ISO,
190, 660. Candida (Leucolia), 190. candidus (Polytmus),
190. candidus (Thaumatias),
190. candidus (Trochilus), 190. caniveti (Chlorolampis),
47. caniveti (Chlorostilbon),
45, 46, 656. caniveti (Hyloeharis), 46. caniveti (Ornismya), 46. caniveti (Riccordia), 46. caniveti (Sporadinus\
47. caniveti (Thaumatias),
46. caniveti (Trochilus), 46. capensis (Caprimulgus),
527. capensis (Irrisor), 17. capensis (Upupa), 14. Caprimulgidte, 434, 519. Capriraulgince, 519. Caprimulgus, 520, 521. caprimulgus (Hirundo),
526. carbuuculus (Trochilus),
113. caripensis peruvianus
(Steatornis), 654. caripensis (Steatornis),
653. carmioli (Chalybura), 90. caroli (Calliphlox), 144. oaroli (Cometes), 145. caroli (Hylocbaris), 144.
AXPHABETICAL INDEX.
f'uo
caroli (Lesbia), lid. caroli (Polyonymus),
145. caroli (Sappho), 142, 144. caroli (Trochilus), 144. caroliuensis (Antrosto-
mus), 565. carolineusis (Caprimul-
gus), 525, 565. carolineusis (Mellisuga),
399. carolus (Avocettinus),
101. carribseus (Chlorostil-
bon), 55. cassini (Chaetura), 488,
489. cassini (Phaethornis),
272. castaneiceps (Irrisor), 23. castaneiceps (Scopte-
lus), 21, 23. castaueiventris (Amazi-
lia), 204, 212. castaneiventris (Antho-
cejihala), 306. castaneiventris (Evanna),
212. castaneiventris (Oreo-
pyra), 306. castaneiventris (Pyrrho-
phsena), 212. castaueocauda (Heliope-
dica), 255. castaneoventris (Trochi- lus), 306. castaneus (Batrachosto-
mus), 642. castelnaudi (Aglseactis),
349, 351. castelnaudi (Trochilus),
351. catharina; (Trochilus).
410. Catharma, 260, 410. caudacuta (Acanthylis),
472, 475. caudacuta (ChiBtura),
471, 472, 473, 474. caudacuta (Hirundapus),
473. caudacuta (Hirundina-
pus), 473. caudacuta (Hirundo),
472. caudacuta (Pailene), 473. caudacutus (Irrisor), 16. caudacutus (Trochilus),
119. caumatonota (Aglaeactis),
349, 351.
cayanensis (Cypselus),
461,469. cayanensis (Hirundo),
461. cayanensis (Panyptila),
461. cayanua (Caprimulgus),
583. cayennensis (Gaprinuil-
gus), 583. cayennensis (Cypselus),
469. cayennensis (Hirundo),
461. cayennensis longicaudus
(Polytmus), 270. cayennensis (Mellisuga),
113,181. cayennensis (Stenopsis),
582, 583. cebuensis (CoUocalia),
508. Cecilia; (Trochilus), 335. celebensis (Ch»tura), 471,
476. celebensis (Hirundina-
pus), 476. cephalatra (Ornismya),
64. cephalatra (Polytmus),
65. cephalatra (Trochilus),
64. Cephallepis, 356. Cephalolepis, 259, 356. cephalus (Phaethornis),
272. cephalus (Trochilus), 272. cerviceps (Lyncoruis),
604. cervina (Adelomyia),
169, 171. cervina (Dolerisca), 177. cervinicauda (Q-laucis),
265. cervinicauda (Polytmus),
265. cervinicauda (Threnetes),
264, 265, 662. cerviniceps (Lyncornis),
604. cervinigularis (Phaeo-
liema), 324, 325, 665. cerviniventris (Amazilia),
204, 214. cerviniventris (Amazi-
lius), 214. cerviniventris (Eranna),
214. cerviniventri8(Polytmus),
214.
cerviniventris (Pyrrho-
phffina), 214. ceylonensis (Upupa), 10. Cluetoeercus, 260, 414. C'h;i?tu,-a, 470. Oba'tunnse, 436, 470. Chalcostigiua, 341. chalcotis (Petasophora),
106. chalybteus (Bellatrix),
42(i. chalybea (Pulymiatria),
426. chalybeus (Lophornis),
420, 426. chalybeus (Trochilus),
426. Chalybura, 30, 87- chapmani (Chordeiles),
613. Chariessa, 308. Ohelidonia, 512. chimborazo (Oreotrochi-
lus), 334, 335. chimborazo (Trochilus),
335. chiouogaster (Leucolia),
201. chiouogaster (Leucippus),
200. chionogaster (Polytmus),
201. chionogaster (Thauma-
tias), 200. chionopectus (Leucolia),
180. chionopectus (Polytmus),
180. chionopectus (Thauma-
tias), 180. chionura (Agj'rtria), 75. chionura (Elvira), 74, 75. chionura (Eupherusa),75. chionurus (Thaumatias),
74. Chloauges, 44. Chlorestes, 44, 239. chlorocephala (Agyrtria),
chlorocephala (Euce-
phala), 239, 241. chlorocephala (Lepidopy-
gia), 241. chlorocephalus (Hylocha-
ris), 241. chlorocercus (Leucippus),
200,201. chlorocercus (Polvtmus),
202. chlorolsema (Chrysolam-
pis), 96.
2x2
676
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
chlorolamus (Eulampis),
104. chlorolsemus (Laiupor-
nis), 104. chlorolfemus (Polytmus),
104. chlorolsemus (Sericotes),
104. Chlorolampis, 44. chlorolopbua (Ortho-
rhjnclius), 354. chloropogon (Metallura),
150, 151. chloropogon (Urolam-
pra), 151. chlorospila (Adelomyia),
170. Chlorostilbon, 29, 44. chlorura (Lesbia), 147. Ohordeiles, 621, 609. Chrysobroncbus, 174. cbrysobroncbus (Leucip-
pus), 175. chrysobroncbus (Polyt- mus), 175. chrysobroncbus (Trochi-
lus), 174. ehrysocbloris (Trochilus),
143. chrysogaster (Chlorestes),
52. chrysogaster (Chloro- lampis), 52. chrysogaster (Chloro- stilbon), 52, 53. chrj'sogaster (Hylocha-
ris), 52. chrysogaster (Trochilus),
52. ,x ^
Chrysolampis, 30, H&r cbrysolopha(Heliactinia),
433. chrysolopha (Ornismya),
433. chrysolophus (Trochilus),
433. Chrysomirus, 44. cbrvsorama (Eriocnemis),
361, 368. ehrysura (Gbrysurisca),
252. ehrysura (Chrysuronia),
251. chry.«ura (Hylocbaris),
252. ehrysura (Ornismya), 143,
251. ehrysura (Trochilus), 251. chrysura,var. (Ornismya),
l"44. Chi-ysurisca, 248.
Chrysuronia, 117, 248. Cbrysurus, 248. chrysurus (Polytmus),
252. chrysurus(Ehamphodou),
43. chrysurus (Thaumantias),
176. chrysurus (Trochilus),
143. cinerascens (Caprimul-
gus), 5.55. ciuerea (Collocalia), 500,
502. cinerea (Hirundo), 502. cinereicauda(Acanthylis),
482. cinereicauda (Chastura), _ 482. cinereicauda (Oreopyra),
306, 307. cinereicollis (Trochilus),
49. cinereiventris (Chsetura),
485, 486. cinereus (Podargus), 632. ciuereus (Trochilus), 49,
289. cinnaraomea (Amazilia),
203, 207, 660. cinnaraomea (Ornismya),
157, 207. cinnamomea (Pyrrho-
phiEna), 207. cinnamomeus (Caprimul-
gus), 556, 557. cinnamomeus(Polytmus),
207. Circe, 59.
circe (Cyanophaia), 60. circe (Sappbironia), 60. circe (Trochilus), 60. ciris (Acanthylis), 473. ciris (Hirundapus), 473. ciris (Hirundo), 472. cirrocbloris (Apbanto-
chroa), 297. cirrocbloris (Campylo-
pterus), 297. cirrocbloris (Polytmus),
297. cirrocbloris (Trochilus),
297. cissiura (Sf)athura), 376,
377. cissiurus (Steganurus),
377. Clais, 359. clamator (Caprimulgus),
668. clarisstE (Anactoria), 160.
Clarissas (Heliangelus),
159, 160, 659. Clarissa (Mellisuga), 160. clarisste (Ornismya), 160. clarissiB (Trochilus), 160. clarus(Caprimulgus),522,
524 552. Claudia, 469. clemencise (CoeUgena),
299, 302, 304. clemeucise (Delattria),
305. cleraenciie (Ornismya),
304. clemenciaj (Lampornis),
304. clemeuciae (Trochilus),
304. climacercus (Hydropsa-
Us), 698, 600. climacturus (Scortornis),
596. climacurus (Caprimul- gus), 696. climacurus (Scotornis),
596. climaturus (Scotornis),
596. Clotho, 67. Clytolama, 257, 311. cocbincbinensis (ChiE-
tura), 491. ccelestis (Cyanolesbia),
137, 139. coelestis (Cynanthus cya-
nurus), 139. coelestis (Ornismya), 385. ccelestis (Trochilus), 139. coelina (Tbalurania), 233. Cffiligena, 105, 304. cceligena (Bourcieria),
135. coeligena (Lampropygia),
133, 135. coeUgena (Ornismya), 135. coeligena (Trochilus), 135. Colibri, 10.5, 174. Colibri a collier rouge,
264. Colibri a collier rouge de
Surinam, 264. Colibri a cravate verte,
95. Colibri a gorge bleu,
329. Colibri a gorge carmin,
102. Colibri a gorge verte de
Cayenne, 95. Colibri a long queue de
Cayenne, 270.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
677
Colibri a piecls vetus, 42. Colibri a queue violette,
92. Colibri a queue violette
de Cayenne, 92. Colibri a tete noire, 64. Colibri a ventre cendre.
289. Colibri de Cayenne, 332. Colibri de St. Domingue,
m.
Colibri, petit, 174. Colibri topaz, 332. Colibri vert et noir, 104. Colibri violet, 102. Colibri violet de Cayenne,
102. collaris (AcanthyL's), 477,
478. collaris (Cypselus), 476,
477. collaris (Hemiprocne),
477. collaris (Nephocivtes),
477. collaris (Pallene), 477. collaris (Trochilus), 392. Collocalia, 470, 496. colubris (Ornismya), 399. colubris(Orthorhynelius),
399. colubris (Trochilus), 399,
667. Columbiana (Bourcieria),
136. Columbiana (Lampropy-
gia), 133, 13.5, 136, 658. columbianus (Phaethor-
nis), 274. columbica (Ornismj-a),79. columbica (Thalurania),
76, 79, 656. columbicus (Polytmus),
79. comata (Maeropteryx),
512,517. comatus (Cypselus), 517. comatus (Dendrocheli-
don), 517. Cometes, 142. compsa (Agyrtria), 180,
192. compsa (Tbaumatias),
192. comptus (Chlorostilbon),
54. concolor (Cypselus), 499. concretus (Caprimulgus),
521,576. condaminii (Eutoxeres),
261, 263.
condaminii (Myiactina),
263. condaminii (Trochilus),
263. conradi (Bourcieria), 128,
130. conradi (Conradinia),
130. conradi (Diphlogasna),
130. conradi (Helianthea),
130. conradi (Homophaina),
130. conradi (Polysena), 130. conradi (Trochilus), 1.30. Conradinia, 128. consobriiius (Phaethor-
nis), 270. constanti (Floricola), 228,
230,661. constanti (Heliomastes),
231. constanti (Trochilus),
231. conterminus (Caprimul- gus), 585. conversi sequatorialis
(Gouldia), 430. conversi (Gouldia), 430. couversi (Mellisuga), 430. conversi ( Prymnacantha),
428, 430. conversi (Trochilus), 430. coquereUi (Collocaha),
489. cora (Calothorax), 419. cora (Heliactin), 419. cora (Ornismya), 418. cora (Phaethornis), 418. cora (Thaumastura), 418. cora (Trochilus), 418. coracina (Acanthylis),
490. coracina (Chsetura), 490. coracinus (Cypselus), 490. corallirostris (Amazilius),
207. corallirostris (Pyrro-
phama), 207. corallirostris (Trochilus),
207. cornutus (Batrachosto-
mus), 640. cornutus (Caprimulgus),
625. cornutus (Heliactinus),
433. cornutus (Nyctibius), 625. cornutus (Podargus), 640. cornutus (Trochilus), 433.
corouata (Dendrocheli-
don), 512. coronata (Hirundo), 512. coronata (Maeropteryx),
512. corruscus (Trochilus).
390. cortapau (Antrostomus),
567. coruscans (CoUbri), 109. coruscans (Petasophora),
106, 109. coruscans (Praxilla), 109. coruscus (Trochilus),
343. Cosmetoi-nis, 520, 595. costas (Atthis), 405. costffi (Calypte), 403, 404. costffl (Lucaria), 405. costs (Ornismya), 404. costffi (Selasphorus), 405 costs; (^Trochilus), 405. costse (Zephyritis), 405. Crapaud volant, .526. Crapaud volant de Cay- enne, 583. crinifrons (jEgotheles),
646, 647. crinifrons (Batrachosto-
mus), 646. crinifrons (Podargus),
646. Crinis, 91.
crispa (Petasophora), 106. crispus (Colibri), 106. cristata (Bellona), 352,
353. cristata (Mellivora), 353. cristatella (Upupa), 14. cristatellus (Trochilus),
354. cristatus (Jilgotheles),
651. cristatus (Caprimulgus),
651. cristatus (Ornismya), 353. cristatus (Orthorhyn-
chus), 353. cristatus (Trochilus), 353. cubanensis(Antrostomus),
571. cubanensis (Caprimul- gus), 525, 571. cuculiger (Trochilu.s),
252. cupreicauda (Aglaeactis)
151. cupreicauda (Amazilia),
204, 220. cupreicauda (Mellisuga),
150.
678
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
cupreicauda (Metallura),
150, 151. cupreicauda (Trochilus),
150. cupreicauda(Urolampra),
151. cupreiceps (Elvira), 74,
75. cupreiceps (Eupherusa),
75. cupreiceps (Thauniatias),
75. cupreipennis (Aglceactis),
349, 350, 666. cupreipennis (Trochilus),
350. cupreiveutris (Eriocne-
mis), 361, 367, 666. cupreiveutris (Hylocha-
ris), 367. cupreiveutris (Phemo-
noe), 367. curvipennis (Polytmus),
287. curvipennis(Sph8enoproc-
tus), 286, 287. curvipennis (Trochilus),
287. cuvieri (Aphantoehroa),
299. cuvieri (Campylopterns),
299. cuvieri (Phseochroa),
299. cuvieri (Podargus), 632. cuvieri (Polytuius), 299. cuvieri (Trochilus), 299. eyanea (Hylocharisj, 245,
246. eyanea (Ornismya), 246. cyaueicollis (Oyanomyia),
194, 199. cyaueicollis (Leucolia),
200. cyaneicollis (Trochilus),
199. cyaneicollis(TJranomitra),
199. cyaneifrons (Amazilia),
204, 227. cyaneipectus (Sterno-
clyta), 300. cyaneipectus (Trochilus),
300. cyaneus (Irrisor), 16. cyaneus (Thaumatias),
246. cyaneus (Trochilus), 246. cyanifrons (Ariana), 228. cyanifrons (Chlorestes),
228.
cyanifrons(Eratopis),228. cyanifrons (Heniithy-
laca), 228. cyanifrons (Polytmus),
228. cyanifrons (Pyrrhophir- ■ na), 228. cyanifrons (Saucerottia),
227. cyanifrons (Thalurania),
227. cyanifrons (Trochilus),
227. cyanipectus (Oampylo-
pterus), 300. cyanooephala (Cyauo-
myia), 194, 197. cyanocephala (Leucolia),
198. cyanocephala (Ornismya),
194. cyanocephala (Urauo-
mytra), 195, 198. cyanocephalus (Ornis- mya), 197. cyanocephalus (Polyt- mus), 198. cyanocephalus (Trochi- lus), 197. cyanogenys (Chlorestes),
243. cyanogenys (Eucephala),
239, 243. cyanogenys (Hylocharis),
243. cyanogenys (Saucerottia),
243. cyanogenys (Trocliihis),
243. cyanolaema (Oxypogon),
339,341. Oyanolesbia, 115, 136. cyanonielas (Epimachus),
22, 24. cyanomelas (Falcinellus),
24. cyanomelas (Irrisor), 22,
24, 26. cyanomelas (Promerops),
cyanomelas (Rhinopo-
mastes), 20, 22, 24. cyanomelas (Rhinopo-
mastus), 24. cyanomelas (Trochilus),
103. Cyanomyia, 117, 194. cyanopectus (Lampor-
nis), 300. cyanopectus (Ssepiopte-
rus), 300.
Cyanophaia, 117, 233. cyanophaia (Trochilus),
233. cyanopogon (Calothorax),
390. cyanopogon (Lucifer),
390. cyanopogon (Ornismya),
390, 406. cyanopogon (Trochilus),
■ 390.
cyanopterus (Trochilus),
118. cyanotis (Colibri), 110. cyanotis (Petasophora),
106, 110, 657. cyanotus (Petasophora),
110. cyanotus (Polytmus),
111. cyanotus (PraxiUa), 110. cyanotus (Trochilus),
110. cyanura (Amazilia),
204, 212, 661. cyanura (Ariana), 212. cyanura (Eratina), 212. cyanura (Hemithylaca),
■ 212.
cyanura (Mellisuga), 137. cyanura (Pyrrhophaena),
212. cyanura (Saucerottia), "212. cyanurus (Cynanthus),
137, 139. cyanurus (Lesbia), 138. cyanurus (Polytmus), 212. cyanurus (Trochilus),
137. Cynanthus, 136, 398. Cypsehdaj, 4.34. Cypselina, 436. Cypseloides, 470, 492. Cypselurus, 462. Cypselus, 437, 469. Cypsiurus, 462.
damarensis (Caprimul-
gus), 532. Damophila, 117, 235,
237. daphne (Chlorolampis),
56. daphne (Chlorostilbon),
56. daphne (Hylocharis), 56. davidianus (Eremita),
285. davidianus (Trochilus),
285.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
679
decora (Polyerata), 238,
662. decorata ( Acestrura), 406,
408. decorata (Ornisraya),
408. decorata (Upupa), 14. deooratus (Calothorax),
408. decorus (Trochilus), 422. decussata (Stenopsis),
582, 586. decussatus (Caprimul-
gus), 586. defilippi (Ametromis),
279. delalandi (Bellona), 357. delalandi (Cephalepis),
356 delalandi (Ornismja),
356. delalandi (Ortborhyn-
chus), 356. delalandi (Trochilus),
356. Delattria, 257, 308. delattria (Campylo-
pterus), 291. delattrii (Lophorni8),
420, 422, 668. delattrii (Ornismya), 291,
423. delattrii (Telamon), 423. delattrii (Trochilus), 423. delphinffi (Colibri), 111. delphina (Ornismya),
111. delphinse (Petasophora),
106, 111, 657. delphinee (Polytmus),
111. delphina; (Telesilla), 112. Dendrocbelidon, 512. derbianus (Eriocnemis),
362. derbianus (Trochilus),
315. derbyanus (Nyctidro-
mus), 587. derbyi (Erebeuna), 362. derbyi (Eriocnemis),
361, 362. derbyi (Eriopus), 362. derbyi (Hylocharis), 362. derbyi (Tbreptria), 362. derbyi (Trochilus), 362. Derbyomyia, 360. deviUii (Amazilia), 203,
211, 660. devillii (Amazilis), 211. deTilUi (Amazilius), 211.
devillii (Eranna), 211, devillii (Pyrrhophsena),
211. devillii (Trochilus), 211. Dialia, 419. dichroura (Calligenia),
128. dichroura (Helianthea),
124, 128. digitalis (Caprimulgus),
.547. dilopha (Heliactin), 433. dilophus (Trochilus), 433. Diotiraa, 159. Diphlogsena, 115, 121. Discosura, 4.31. Discura, 260, 431. dispar (Parzudakia), 165. diurnis (Proithera), 619. diurnus (Caprimulgus),
619. Dnophera, 263. Docimastes, 257, 315. dohrni (Glaucis), 41, 43. dohrni (Polytmus), 44. dohrni (Trochilus), 43. Dolerisca, 177. Doleromyia, 116, 177. dominica (Hypophania),
96. dominicana (Chsetura),
486. dominicana colardeaui
(Chffitura), 4.S6. dominicensis (Polytmus),
96. dominicus ( Antrostomus),
535. dominicus (Lampornis),
91, 96. dominicus (Polytmus),
95. dominicus (Trochilus),
^ 92, 96. d'orbignyi (Eriocnemis),
367. d'orbignyi (Phemonoe),
367. d'orbignyi (Trochilus),
367. Doricha, 259, 380. Dorifera, 38. dorsale (Ehamphomi-
cron), 341, 343. Doryfera, 38. Dorj'phora, 38. doubledayi (Circe), 62. doubledayi (Cyanophaia),
62. doubledayi (lache), 60,
62.
doubledayi (Hylocharis),
60, 62. doubledayi (Sapphir-
onia), 62. doubledayi (Thaumatias),
62. doubledayi (Trochilus),
62. dubius (.^gotheles), 648. dubius (Cypselus), 445. dubusi (AmaziUa), 216. dubusi (Eranna), 216. dubusi (Pyrrhophsena),
216. dubusi (Trochilus), 216. duchaissingi (Cyano- phaia), 233. duchaissingi (Sapphir
onia), 233. duchaissingii (Trochilus),
233. dumeriU (Ornismya),
206. dumerili (Trochilus),
206. dumerilii (AmazUia),
203, 206. dumerilii (Amazilis),
206. dumerilii (Amazilius),
206. dumerilii (Polytmus),
207. dumerilii (Pyrrho-
ph»na), 206. duponti (Ornismya), 385. duponti (Thaumaatural,
385. duponti (Tilmatura),
385, 667. duponti (Trochilus),
385. duponti (Tryphaena),
385. dybowskii (Eriocnemis),
361. Dyrinia, 409. dyselius (Eriocnemis),
361, 365. dytiscivorus (Caprimul- gus), 553.
edward (Amazilius),
221. edward (Thaumantias),
221. edwardi (Amazilia), 204,
221. edwardi (Eratina), 221. edwardi (Erythronota),
221.
680
AIPHABETICAL IITOEX.
edwardi (Hemithylaca),
221. edwardi (Leucodora),
221. edwardi (Polytmus),
221. edwardi (Trochilus), 221. edwardsi (Chlorestes),
221. edwardsi (Saucerottia),
224. Egolia, 380. egregia (Eupherusa), 72,
73. egregius (Cblorostilbon),
51. egregius (Polytmus), 73. elatus (Trochilus), 113. elegans (Amazilia), 204,
227. elegans (Arania), 227. elegans (Chlorolampis),
59. elegans (Erasinia), 227. elegans (Erythronota),
227. elegans (Hylocharis), 59. elegans (Lampornis), 59. elegans (Riccordia), 59. elegans (Sporadinus), 57,
59. elegan.s (Trochilus), 59. Eleothreptus, 592. elieiae (Chrysurisca), 251. eliciffl (Chrysuronia),
248, 251, 662. eliciae (Hylocharis), 251. elicioe (Polytmus), 251. elieite (Trochilus), 251. eliziB (Amalusia), 382. elizse (Amathusia), 382. elizse (Calothorax), 382. eliza (Doricha), 380, 382. elizce (Lucifer), 382. elizK (Mvrtis), 382. elizffi (Trochilus), 382. ellioti (Atthis), 412, 667. ellioti (Uranomitra), 1 95. Elvira, 30, 74. elvirce (Zephyritis), 406. emigrans (Orthorhyn-
ohus), 35.3. Emilia, 233. emilise (Phaethornis),
267, 268, 663. emilioe (Toxoteuches),
269. emiUa; (Trochilus), 268. enarratus (Caprimulgus),
521, 577. Engoulevent, 526.
Engoulevent a collier, 534. Engoulevent a queue
tourchue, 598. Engoulevent a Lunettes,
592. Engoulevent aeutipenne
de la Guyane, 614. Engoulevent des Eoseaux,
549. Engoulevent gris, 625. Engoulevent roux de
Cayenne, 566. Engoulevent varie de
Cayenne, 583. Engyte, 360. enicura (Amalusia), 381. enieura (Amathusia),
381. enicura (Doricha), 380,
667. enicura (Thauniastura),
381. enicurus (Calothorax),
387. enicurus (Lucifer), 381. enicurus (Trochilus), 381. ensifer schliephacki (Doeimastes), 315. ensifera (Ornismya), 315. ensiferus (Doeimastes),
316, 665. ensifenis (Trochilus). 315. ensipennis (Campylo-
pterus), 288, 290. ensipennis (Polytmus),
290. ensipennis (Trochilus),
220. Entima, 326. eos (Calligenia), 125. eos (Helianthea),'123, 125. eos (Hypochrysea), 125. episcopus (Phaethornis),
284. episcopus (Pygmornis),
280, 284, 663. epops (Upupa), 4, 10. Eranna, 203. Erasmia, 57. Erasuria, 203. Eratina, 203. Eratopis, 203. Erebenna, 3(50. eremita, 280. eremita (Phaethornis),
285. Eriocnemis, 259, 360. Eriona, 360. Eriopus, 360. eriphile (Glaucopis). 81. eripliile (Ornismya), 80.
eriphile (Polytmus), 81. eriphile (Thalurania), 76,
80. eriphile (Trochilus), 80. Erythronota, 203. erythronota (Amazilia),
204, 225. erythronota (Ariana),
225. erythronota (Chlorestes),
225. erythronota (Hemithy- laca), 225. erythronotos (Ornis- mya), 225. erythronotus (Polytmus),
225. eyrtlironotus (Saucerot- tia), 225. erythronotus (Trochilus),
225 226. erythrorh^Tichus (Amazi-
lius), 207. erythrorhynchus (Epi-
machus), 17, 19. erythrorhynchus (Falci-
nellus), 17. erythrorhynchus (Irri-
'sor), 16, 19, 20. erythrorhjaichus (Nectar-
inia), 17. erythrorhynchus (Pro-
merops), 19. erythrorhynchus (Upu- pa). 19. esculenta (Collocalia),
498, 509, 510. esculenta (Hirundo), 499,
509. esculentus (Cypselus),
509. esmeralda CSmaragditis),
69. estellse (Oreotrochilus),
334, 335. esteUie (Orthorhynchus),
335. estellae (Trochilus), 335. Eucephala, 117, 329. eucharis (Cynanthus),
147. eucharis (Lesbia), 146,
147. eucharis (Psalidoprym-
na), 147. eucharis (Trochilus), 147. euchloris (Chlorestes), 70. euchloris r Cblorostilbon),
70. euchloris (Panychlora),
68, 70, 656.
ALPHABETICAL TXDEX.
681
euchloris (Smaragditis),
70. Euclidia, 416. Euelosia, 326. Eudosia, 115, 132,416. Eudoxa, 91. Eugenes, 2.57, 302. Eugenia, 257, 316. Eulampis, 30, 102. Eupetomena, 256, 295. Eupherusa, 30, 72. euphrosince (Doripbera),
40. euphrosine (Trocliilus),
40. eupogon (Metallura),
1.5U, 155. Eupogonus, 341. europaeus (Caprimulgus),
523, 525, 526, 632. europffius (Nycticheli-
don), 527. Eurostopodus, 607. Eurostopus, 521, 607. eurvnome (Phaethornis),
268, 276. eurynome (Trochilus),
276. euryptera (Opistho-
prora), 347. eurypterus (Avocettiiius),
347. eurypterus (Polytmus),
347. eurypterus (Trochilus),
347. Eustephanus, 115, 156. Eutoxeres, 256, 261. evelynje (Calotliorax),
383. eveljTiffi (Doricba). 381,
383. evelynae (Egolia), 383. evelynffi (Thaumastura),
383. evelynae (Trochilus),
OQQ
eidUs (Bellona), 352, 354. exilis (Caprimulgus),
616. exilis (Trochilus), 354. eximia (Amazilia), 72. eximia (Eupherusa), 72,
73, 656. eximia (Ornismya), 72. eximius (Caprimulgus),
524, 563. eximius (Polytmus), 72. exortis (Eriopus), l65. exortis (Heliotrypha),
164, 165, 659.
exortis (Trochilus), 165.
faberi (Caprimulgus),
549. falcata (Ornismya), 292. falcatus (Trochilus), 292. falcipennis (Campylo-
pterus), 292. fallax (Doleromyia), 177. fallax (Leucippus), 177. fallax (Polytmus), 177. fallax (Leucolia), 177. fallax (Trochilus), 177. fannise (Myrtis), 417. fannise (Thalurania), 76,
81. fanny (Calothorax), 417. fanny (Myrtis), 417. fanny (Ornismya), 417. fannyi (Trochilus), 81. fasciatus (Trochilus), 93. faustina (Uranomitra),
197. felicias (Amazilia), 204,
226. feUciffi (Ariana), 226. felieiiB (Chlorestes), 226. feliciae (Erytbronota),
226. feliciaB (Hemitbvlaca),
226. feliciffi (Ornismya), 226. felicice (Polytmus), 226. felicisB (Saucerottia). 226. feliciana (Hylocharis),
236. feliciana (Juliamvia).
236. feliciana (Ornismya).
226, 236. fernandensis (Eustepha- nus), 156, 157, 659. fernandensis (MeUisuga),
157. fernandensis (Ornismya),
157. fernandensis (Ortho-
rbyncbus), 157. fernandensis (Sepha-
noides), 157. fernandensis (Trochilus),
157. ferrugineiceps (Flori-
suga), 329. ferrugineus (Trochilus),
42. fervidus (Caprimulgus),
523, 534. festivus (Lopbornis), 426. festiTus (Trochilus;, 426. filippi (Trochilus), 279.
fimbriatus (Trochilus),
329. finschi (Oypselus), 452. finschi (Scotornis), 596. fissicaudus (Capri- mulgus), 598. flabellifera (Florisuga),
329. flabellifera (Topaza),
329. flabelliferus (Trochilus),
329. flammula (Selasphorus),
392, 398. flavescens (Amazilius),
374. flavescens (Boissoneaua),
374. flavescens (Clytolaema),
374, flavescens (Panoplites),
372, 666. flavescens (Trochilus),
374. flavicaudata (Euelosia),
327. flavicaudata (Lafres-
naya), 326, 665. flavicaudatus (Trochilus),
326. flavifrons (Hylocharis),
51. flavifrons (Trochilus),
49. Floresia, 91. floresii (Lampornis),
91. floresii (Selasphorus),
392. floresii (Trochilus), .392. floriceps (Adelomvia),
172. floriceps (Anthocepha-
lus), 172. floriceps (MelUsuga),
172. floriceps (Trochilus), 172. rioricola, 117,228. Florisuga, 328. fluviatilis (Agyrtria),
180, 188. fluviatiUs (Leucochloris),
189. fluviatilis (Polytmus),
189. fluviatilis (Thaumatias),
188. foliorum (Caprimulgus),
527. forcipata (Hvdropsalis),
602.
682
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
forcipata (Macropsalis),
601,603. forcipata (Thaluiania),
85. forcipatus (Troehilus),
29;'). forficatn Lesbia), 137. forficata (Mellisuga),
137. forficata (Selochusa),
598. forficata (Thalurania),
84. forficatiis (Aithurus), 65. forficatus (Caprimulgus),
598. forficatua (Clilorostilbon),
45, 46. forficatus (Cynantlius),
137. forficatus (Troehilus),
137, 156. forsteri (Collocalia),
502. forsteri (Herse), 502. fossii (Caprimulgus),
522, 524, 551. frsenatus (Caprimulgus),
533. francescffi (Myrtis), 417. franciae (Cyanomyia),
194, 197, 660. franciae (Hiruuclo), 503. fraucias (Leucolia), 199. frauciffi (Polytmus), 199. francise (Troehilus), 109. franciffi (TJranomitra),
199. francica (CoUoealia),
497, 500, 603. franciea (Hirundo), 503. franeieus (Cypselus),
604. franeisea (Hirundo),
503. fraseri (Grlaucis), 266. fraseri (Threnetes), 264,
266. fraterculus (Phaethornis),
270. frontalis (Glaucopis), 77. frontalis (lolsema), 322. frontalis (lonolaima),
321. frontalis (Troehilus), 77. fucipbaga (Collocalia),
497, 498, 502, 608. fuciphaga (Hirundo),
498, .508. fuciphagus (Cypselus),
499.
fucivora (Hemiprocne),
499. fulsrens (Clytolfema),
302. fulgens (Cceligena), 302. fiilgens (Delattria), 302. fulgens (Eugenes), 302. fulgens (Troehilus), 302. fulgidigula (Boureieria),
128, 131. fulgidigula (Homo-
phaina), 131. fulgidigula (Polysena),
131. fulgidigula (Troehilus),
131. fuliginosus (Aithurus),
65. fuliginosus (Cypselus),
454. fullertonii (Bombyeis-
tomas), 6.37. fuUertoni (Podargus),
637. fulvifrons (Ti'ochilus),
245. fulviventris (Caprimul- gus), 564. fulviventris (Troehilus),
177. funiigatus (Chaetura),
496. fumigatus (Cypseloides),
493, 496. fumigatus (Hemiprocne),
496. fumigatus (Xophocastes),
496. fuuiosa (Chsetura), 483. furcata (Ornismya), 84. furcata (Thalurania) 76,
84. furcatoides (Polytmus),
85. furcatoides (Thalurania),
76, 85. furcatus (Polytmus), 84. furcatus (Scotornis),
596. furcatus (Troehilus), 83,
84. furcifer (Calliperidia),
119. furcifer (Caprimulgus),
599. furcifer (Heliomaster),
119. furcifer (Troehilus),
119. furcifera (Hydropsalis),
598, 599, 601.
fusca (Acanthylis),
474. fusca (Chffitura), 472. fusca (Florisuga), 328,
331. fusca (Hirundo), 472. fusca (Topaza), 331. fuscicauda (Hylocharis),
216. fuscicaudata (Amazilia),
217. fuscicaudata (Saucerot-
tia), 216. fuscicaudatus (Troehilus),
216. fuscicoUis (Cypselus),
440. fuscus (Melanotrochilus),
331. fuscus (Troehilus), 331.
Gralenia, 372.
galerita (Mellisuga), 156.
galeritus (Eustephanus),
156, 6.59. galeritus (Orthorhyn-
chus), 156. galeritus (Sephanoides),
156. galeritus (Troehilus),
156. galilaensis (Cvpselus),
454. galilejensis (Cypselus),
452, 454. gaumeri (Chsetura), 482. gayi (Calothorax), 327. gayi (Euclosia), 327. gayi (Entinia), 327. gayi (Lafresnaya), 326,
327. gayi (Troehilus), 327. gelatinosa (Hemiprocne),
499. geoffroyi (Colibri), 34. geofifroyi (Petasophora),
34. geoifroyi (Polytmus),
34. geoffroyi (Schistes), 33,
34. geoffroyi (Troehilus),
34. georginas (Avocettinus),
347. georginse (Avocettula),
347. georginse (Delattria),
347. georginse (Troehilus),
347.
ALPHABETICAL INBEX.
683
germana (Petasophora),
106, 108. gertrudis (Clilorestes),
58. gertrudis (Chlorolampis),
58. gibsoni (Trochilus), 52. gierra; (Chsetura), 492. gigantea (Acanthvlis),
475. gigautea (Chsetura),
474, 475. gigautea (Ornismya),
348. giganteus (Acanthylis),
475. giganteus (Hirundi-
iiapus), 475. gigas (Hypermetra),
348. gigas (Patagona), 348,
666. gigas (Trochilus), 348. gigliolii (Chrysolampis),
113. Glaucis, 29, 41. Glaucopis, 76. glaucopis (Ornismya).
77. glaucopis (Polytmus),
77. glaucopis (Thahirania),
76, 77. glaucopis (Trochilus), 77. glaucopoides (Eriocne-
mis), 361, 367. glaucopoides (Ornismya),
367. glaucopoides (Thalu-
rania), 367. glomata (Ornismya),
363. glyceria (Cometes), 141. glyceria (Lesbia), 141. glyceria (Sparganura),
141. glyceria (Zodalia), 141. godini (Eriocnemis),
361,365. godini (Trochilus), 365. gorgo (Cyanolesbia),
137, 6.58. gorgo (Cyanolesbia
cyauura), 138. gorgo (Cyuanthus), 138. gorgo (Lesbia), 137. goudoti (Chalybura),
234. goudoti (Cyanophaia),
233, 231.
goudoti (Emilia), 234. goudoti (Hylocharis),
234. goudoti (Lepidopygia),
234. goudoti (Polytmus), 234. goudoti (Sapphironia),
234. goudoti (Saucerottia),
234. goudoti (Trochilus),
2.34. gouldi (Aglaclyta), 149. gouldi (Bellatrix), 421. gouldi (Cynanthus),
149. gouldi (Lesbia), 146, 149,
658. gouldi (Lophornis), 420,
421. gouldi (Mellisuga), 149. gouldi (Ornismya), 148,
421. gouldi (Petasophora),
106. gouldi (Podager), 621. gouldi (Podargus), 632. gouldi (Psalidoprvmna),
149. gouldi (Trochilus), 149,
421. Gouldia, 428. Gouldomyia, 428. gounellii (Phaetoruis),
278. gracilis (Agaclyta), 149. gracilis (Caprimulgus),
632. gracilis (Cynanthus),
149. gracilis (Cypselus), 464,
465. gracilis (Lesbia), 149. gracilis (Mellisuga), 149. gracilis (Tachornis), 464. gracilis (Trochilus), 149. grallarius (Nyctidro-
mus), 587. gramineus (Lampornis),
91, 95. gramineus (Polytmus),
95. gramineus (Trochilus),
95. granatinus (Trochilus),
103. grandidieri (Chsetura),
489. grandis (Caprimulgus),
628.
grandis (Nyetibius), 623, 625.
grata (Leadbeatera), 318.
grayi (Eueephala), 239.
grayi (Hylocharis), 239.
gravi (Sapphironia), 239.
grayi (Trochilus), 239.
grayi (Ulysses), 239.
graysoni (Amazilia), 203, 209.
graysoni (Amazilis), 209.
graysoni (Pyrrhophsena), 209.
griseatus (Caprimulgus), 522, 550.
griseigularis (Ereraita), 281.
griseigularis (Phaethor- nis), 280.
griseigularis (Pygmor- nis), 280.
griseiventris (Cyano- lesbia), 137.
griseiventris (Cynan- thus), 137.
griseus (Caprimulgus), 625.
Grypus, 36.
guatemalensis (Cyano- myia), 194, 198, 660.
guatemalensis (Polyt- mus), 198.
guatemalensis (Urano- mitra), 198.
guerini (Ornismya), 340.
guerini (Oxypogon), 339, 340, 665.
guerini (Trochilus), 340.
guianensis (Caprimul- gus), 587.
guianensis (Chwtura), 486.
guianensis (Hylocharis), 668.
guianensis (Nyctidro- mus), 588.
guianensis (Phaethornis), 271.
guianensis (Trochilus), 113.
guimeti (BasUinna), 359.
guimeti (Hylocharis), 359.
guimeti (Klais), 359,
me.
guimeti (Myiabeillia),
359. guimeti (Adelomya), 359,
684
ALPHABETICAL I>T)EX.
Guiraetia, 359. Guira-querea, fi25. gularis (Agapeta), 298. gularis (Aphantochroa),
297, 298. gularis (Campylopterus),
298. gularis (Cypselus), 4.o2. gularis (Hiruiido), 440. gularis (Trochilus), 95. gundlachi (Chordeiles),
614. guttatus (Caprimulgus),
607, 608. guttatus (Eurostopodus).
608. guttatus (Eurostopus).
608. gutturalis (Cypselus),
440. guyi emUiaj (Phaethor-
nis), 269. guyi (Phaethornis), 267,
208. guyi (Toxoteuclies),
268. guyi (Trochilus), 268. Guyornis, 267. gyrinno (Tlialurania),
84.
haberlini (Chlorestes),
53. baeberlini (Chlorostil-
bon), 45, 52, .53. liamatorhynohus (Aiuazi-
lius), 207. Halia, 239. hai'terti (Batracbosto-
mus), 636, 638. hartlaubi (Acantbylis),
488. Hausse-col dore, 96. hectoris (Bellona), 354. hedvigse (Metallura),
155. belenffi (Attbis), 406. beleniE (Calypte), 403, ' 405. helenffl (Lopbornis), 420,
425. heleniB (Ornismya),
425. belense (Orthorbyncbus),
405. belense (Papbosia), 425. beleure (Trocbilus), 425. Heleotbreptus, 520, 592. Heliaetiu, 260, 432. •Heliactinia, 432.
Heliactinus, 432. Heliangelus, 116, 159. Heliantbea, 115, 123. beliantliea (Ornismya),
124. beliantbea (Trocbilus),
124. lieliodori (Acestrura),
406, 408, 667. beliodori (Calotborax),
408. beliodori (Cbastocercus),
408. beliodori (Mellisuga),
408. beliodori (Ornismya),
408. beliodori (Trocbilus),
408. Heliodoxa, 257, 317. Heliomaster, 115, 119. Heliomastes, 228. HeUopedica, 117, 252. helios (Colibri), 422. Heliotbrix, 29, 30. Heliotrypba, 116, 164. Heliotrypbon, 164. beloisa (Trocbilus), 411. beioisffi (Attbis), 411. beloisae (Ornismya),
411. beloisiB (Selaspborus),
411. heloisffl (TrypbiEna),
411. Helymus, 164. bemileuca (Cceligena),
311. bemileuca (Delattvia),
308, 311. bemileuca (Oreopyra),
311. hemileucura (Elvira),
173. hemileucurus (Campy- lopterus), 288, 291,
664. bemileucurus (Leucolia),
173. bemileucurus (Pblogo-
pbilus), 173. hemileucurus (Polytmus),
291. bemileucurus (Trocbi- lus), 291. bemileucus (Trocbilus\
311. Hemiprocne, 470. Hemistepbania, 29, 38. Hemistilbon, 203.
Hemithylaca, 203. bendersoui (Lampornis),
91, 99. benicura (Myrtis), 381. benicurus (Calotborax),
381. benrica (Ornismya), 308. benrica (Topaza), 309. benrici (Cbariessa), 309. benrici (Cceligena), 309. benrici (Delattria), 308. benrici (HeUangelus),
668. benrici (Lampornis),
309. benrici (Lamprolsema),
309.
(Caprimulgus),
(Cbordeiles), (Heliodoxa),
benryi
612. benryi
612. benryi
319. bensbawi (Selaspborus),
393. berrani (Calotborax),
345. berrani (Chalcostigma),
345. berrani (Eupogonus),
345. berrani (Lampropogon),
345. berrani (Ebampbomi-
cron), 342, 345. berrani (TroehQus),
345. besperus (Dipblogtena),
121,123. beteropogon (Cbalco-
stigma), .343. beteropogon (Lampro- pogon), 343. beteropogon (Ornismya),
343. beteropogon (Rbampbo-
micron), 342, 343,
665. beteropogon (Trocbilus),
343. beteropygia (Ornismya),
381. ' beteropygia (Trocbilus),
381. ■ beterura (Eutoxeres),
261, 262. beterura (Grypus), 262. Himelia, 308. Hirondelle k queue poin-
tue de Cayenne, 483.
ALPHABETICAL rTTDES.
685
Hirondelle a queue poin-
tue de la Louisiaue,
484. Hirondelle aeutipenne,
483. Hirondelle brune aeuti- penne de la Louisiane,
484. Hirondelle de la Caroline,
480. Hirondelle noire aeuti- penne dela Martinique,
486. hirsuta (Glaucis), 41, 42,
655. hirsutus (Phaethoruis),
42. hirsutus (Polytmus),
42. hirsutus (Troehilus).
41. Hirundapus, 470. hirundinacea (Eupeto-
meua), 295. hirundinacea (Ornismja),
295. hirundinaeeus (Oapri-
mulgus), (jl5. hirundinaeeus (Colibri),
429. hirundinaeeus (Troehi- lus), 295. Hirundinapus, 470. hispida (Ftyonornis),
273. hispidus (Phaethornis),
2(37, 273, 663. hispidus (Troehilus),
273. hodgsoni (Batrachosto-
mus), 637, 642. hodosoni (Otothrix),
642. hoifiuanni (Heraithvlaoa),
224. holoserieeus (Eulampis),
102, 104. holoserieeus (Lampor-
nis), 104. holoserieeus (Polytmus),
104. holoserieeus (Sericotes),
104. Homophaina, 132. Hoopoe, The, 4. iiorus (Cypselus), 452. humboldti (Chrysurisca),
250. humboldti (Chrysuronia),
248, 250.
humboldti (Hylocharis), 250.
humboldti (Troehilus), 250.
humeralis (Oaprimiilgus), 632.
humerahs (Podargus), 632.
humilis (Mellisuga), 410.
Humming Bird, 399.
Humming Bird, Admir- able, 174.
Humming Bird, Black- capped, 64.
Humming Bird, Long- tailed, 64.
Humming Bird, Long- tailed Black Cap, 64.
Huppe, la, 6.
Huppe d'Afrique, la, 14.
Hupjje ou Puput, la, 4.
Hydropsilis, 520, 598.
Hylocharis, 117, 245.
Hylonympha, 258, 325.
Hypermetra, 348.
hyperythrus (Campylo- ' pterus), 288, 295.
hyperythrus (Loxo- pterus), 295.
hyperythrus (Platysty- lopterus), 295.
hypochlora (Thalurania), 76, 78.
Hypochrysea, 123.
hypocyanea (Eucephala). 239; 244.
hypocyanea (Hylocharis), 244.
hypoleuca (Callocalia), 509.
hypoleucus (Troehilus), 200.
Hypolia, 317.
hypophffius (Troehilus), 113.
Hypophania, 91.
hyposticta (Aphanto- chroa), 297, 298.
hyposticta (Polytmus), 298.
Hypuroptila, 87.
lache, 29, 59.
Ibijau, 614.
Ibiyau, 587.
Ibiyau acanelado, 598.
Ibivau alas y cola blancas,
582. ^ Ibiyau anonimo, 598. Ibiyau cola de tixera, 599.
Ibiyau jaspeado, 610. icterocephalus (Troehi- lus), 403. icterorhynchus (Prome-
rops), 26. idalire (Phaethornis),
284. idaliae (Pj-gmornis), 280,
284. idahiB (Troehilus), 284. Idas, 419. igneus (Chlorostilbou),
51. imperatrix (Clvtolsema),
316. imperatrix (Eugenia),
316. imperatrix (Troehilus),
316. inca (Bourcieria), 128,
129. inca (Diphloga^na), 129. inca (Homophaina),
129. inca (Polyajna), 129. inca (Troehilus), 129. incertus (Sporadinus),
227. iucultus (Eriocnemis),
362, 372. indica (Chaatura), 471,
475. indica (Upupa), 4, 6, 10. indicus (Caprimulgus),
553, 555. inexpeetata (Collocalia),
505. inexpeetata (Panychlora),
68, 69. ini'umata (Tachornis),
467. infumatus (Cypselus),
467. infuscata (Collocalia),
504. infuscatus (Caprimul- gus), 560. innominata (ColIocaUa),
497, 503. inornata (Adelisca), 172, inornata (Adelomyia),
169, 172. inornata (Mellisuga),
172. inornata (Metallura),
172. inornata (Troehilus),
172. iuornatus (Campylo-
pterus), 119.
686
ALPHATiETTCAL INDEX.
inornatus (Caprimulgus),
522, 525, 550. inornatus (Rhampho-
micron), 172. inquietus (Cypselus),
500. insectivora (Bourcieria),
128, 129. insect ivora (Diphlogfeua),
130. insectivora (Homophai-
na), 130. inseciivorus (Trochilus),
129. iusignibarbis (Lophor-
nis), 419. insignis (jEgotheles), 64(j,
647. insignis (Clytolsema), 159. insignis (Panterpe), 158. insularis (Cblorostilbon),
51. intermedia (Urosticte),
167, 168. intermeclius (Pliaethor-
nis), 276, 283. intermedius (Ptyonor-
nis), 277. intermedins (Pygmor-
nis),277,283. intermedius (Trochilus),
283. iodura (Amazilia), 204,
219. iodura (Eratina), 220. iodura (Hemitbylaca),
219. iodura (PyrrhopliEeua),
219. iodura (Saucei'ottia), 219,
220. iodurus (Trocbilus), 219, lolsema, 257, 321. iolffima (Ptoelioptera),
389. iolsema (Riccordia), 389. iolsema (Tlialurania),
389. iolata (Petasopbora), 106,
107, 657. iolata (Polytmus), 107. iolata (Praxilla), 107. lonolaima, 321. iradii (Cypselus), 469. iradii (Tachornis), 469. iridescens (CalUplilox),
388. iridescens (Clilorolam-
pis), 389. iridescens (Lampornis),
93.
ii'idescens (Siiiaradocbrv-
sis), 388. iris (Dipblogama), 121. iris (Hypochrysea). 121. iris (Trochilus), 121. Irrisor, 16. isaaesoni (Eriocnemis),
362,369. isaaesoni (Erio]5us), 369. isaaesoni (Helianthea),
369. isaaesoni (Ornismya),
369. isaaesoni (Phenonoe),
369. isaaesoni (Saturia), 369. isabellinus (Caprimul- gus), 562. isaurfe (Chalybura), 89. isaur;« (Hypuroptila), 87,
89. isaurai (Lampornis), 90. isaurse (Polytmus), 93.
jacksoni (Irrisor), 17, 21. jacula (Clytolsema), 319. jacula (Coeligena), 319. jacula (Heliodoxa), 317,
319, 665. jacula (Leadbeatera),
319. jacula (Trochilus), 319. jamaieensis (Caprimul- gus), 625. jamaieensis cauda bifurca
(Trocbilus), 64. jamaieensis (Nyctibius),
623, 625. jamaieensis (Polytmus),
91. jame^oni (Clytolsema),
320. jamesoni (CceligenaX
320. jamesoni (Leadbeatera),
320. jamesoni (Heliodoxa),
317, 320. jamesoni (Oreotrocliilus),
334. jamesoni (Trocbilus),
320. jardinii (Plorisuga),
372. jardinii (Galenia), 373. jardinii (Panoplites),
372. jardinii (Trochilus), 372. iaspideus (Caprimulgus), ■ 610. Javau Goatsucker, 537.
javanensis (Batrachosto-
mus), 639, 640. javanensis (Podargus),
640. javensis (Batrachosto-
mus), 637, 639, 640,
642. javensis (Podargus), 640. jelskii (Metallura), 150,
151. jelskii (Thalurania), 76,
84. johann£B (Doryphera),
40. jobannae (Hemisteplia-
nia), 38, 40, 655. jobannffi (Trochilus), 40. jolata (Colibri), 107. josephinae (Chrysurisca),
249. josephinK (Chrysuronia),
249. josepbinse (Hyloeharis),
249. josephinse (Ornismya),
249. josepbinsB (Polytmus),
249. jotaka (Caprimulgus),
.522, 524, 552. jourdani (Calotborax),
415. jourdani (Chfetocercus),
414, 415. jourdani (Mellisuga),
415. jourdani (Ornismj'a).
415. jourdani (Osalia), 415. jourdani (Trochilus),
415. jucunda (Eranna), 216. jugularis (Eulampis),
102, 103. jugularis (Polytmus),
103. jugularis (Trochilus), 103. Julia- (Damophila), 236,
237. julijE (Hyloeharis), 236. juliffi (Juliamyia), 236. Juliamyia, 235. Julie (Ornismya), 236.
kelaarti (Caprimulgus),
555. kieneri (Ornismya), 375. kingi (Lesbia), 137. kingi (Mellisuga), 156. kingi (Ornismya), 137. kingi (Sephanoides), 156.
ALPHA'B'RTTCAI, INBKX.
fi87
kingi (Trochilus), 137. klaesii (Cluctura), 491. klaesii (Hirundinapus),
491. Klais, 259, 359. klecbo (Cypselus), 514. klecho (Hirundo), 514. klecho (Macropteryx),
514.
labeculatus (Caprimul-
gus), 615. labeculatus (Chordeiles),
(>15. Labrador (Lucifer), 390,
417. labrador (Trocbilus),
417. lactea (Cyaiiochloris),
247. lactea (Hylocharis), 245,
247. lactea (Ornismya), 247. lactea (Sappbironia), 247. lacteus (Trocbilus), 247. Lafresuaya, 258, 326. lafresnayi (Calotborax),
327. lafresnayi (Entima), 327. lafresnayi (Euclosia),
327. lafresnayi (Ornismya),
326. lafresnayi (Trocbilus),
326. lalandi (Cepbalepis),
356. Lampornis, 30, 91. Lampraster, 258, 323. lamprocepbalus (Tro- cbilus), 404. Laniprol:ema, 257, 314. laniprolopbus (Irrisor),
IG. Lampropogon, 341. Lampropygia, 115, 132. lauceolata (Glaucis), 42. langsdorffi (Gouldia),
429. laugsdorfli (Mellisuga),
429. langsdorffi (Ornismya),
429. langsdortR (Ortboi'byu-
cbus), 429. langsdorffi (Prymna-
caiitba), 428, 429. langsdorffi (Stenopsis),
582. langsdorffi (Trochilus),
429.
largipennis (Campylo-
pterus), 288. largipennis (Polytmus),
289. largipennis (Trochilus),
288. latieaudus (Caprimul-
gus), 587. laticlavius (Heliangelus),
159, 160, 659. latipennis (Campylo-
pterus), 289. latipennis (Oj-nismya),
289. latipennis (Trocbilus),
289. latirostris (Amazilius),
60, 205. latirostris (Cajjrimulgus) ,
531. latirostris (Circe), 60. latirosti-is (Cyiianthus),
60. latirostris (Hylocharis),
60, 245. latirostris (lache), 60. latirostris (Trochilus),
245. Lavinia, 150. lawreucii (Amazilia),
204, 215, 661. lawrencii (lacbe), 60, 61. lazula (Cyanophaia), (iO. lazulus (Campylopterus),
288, 292, 664. lazulus (Polytmus), 292. azulus (Ssepiopterus),
292. azulus (Trocbilus), 292. Leadbeatera, 317. leadbeateri (Aspasta),
318. leadbeateri (Clytoleema),
318. leadbeateri (Heliodoxa),
317, 665. leadbeateri (Hypolia),
318. leadbeateri parvula
(Heliodoxa), 318. leadbeateri (Trocbilus),
317. Least Humming Bird,
409. lentiginosus (Capriniul-
gus), 536, 524. Leobia, 142. leocardijB (Floricola),
229, 231. leocardiiB (Heliomaster),
232.
leocardiaj (Heliomastes),
232. leocardiaa (Trochilus),
232. Leona Goatsucker, 594. leopetes (Caprimulgus),
583. lepida (Tilmatura), 385. Lepidolarynx, 115, 120. Lepidopyga, 233. Lepidoria, 117. lerchi (Eucephala), 240. lerchi (Tbalurania), 240. lerchi (Timolia), 240. lerdi (Thaumatias), 213. lerebouleti (Trochilus),
62. Lesbia, 115, 136, 146. lessoni (Amazilia), 205. lessoni (Avoeettinus),
101. lessoni (Dipblogtena),
136. lessoni (Ornismya), 60. lessoni (Uranomitra),
198. letitia; (Gouldia), 431. letitiffi (MeUisuga), 431. letitiaj (Mythiuia), 431. letitiffi (Mytinia), 431. letitice (Prymnacantha),
428, 431. letitiaj (Trochilus), 431. Leucaria, 403. leucaspis (DiphlogEena),
306. leucaspis (Oreopyra),
306. Leueippus, 117, 200. Leucochloris, 116, 178. leueocblorus (Polytmus),
175. Leucodora, 203. leucogaster (j^igotheles),
651, 652. leucogaster (Agyrtria),
179, 181. leucogaster (Leueippus),
201. leucogaster (Leueolia),
181. leucogaster (Polytmus),
181. leucogaster (Thauma- tias), 181. leucogaster (Trochilus),
181,200. leuconotus (Cvpselus),
474. leuconyx (Oypselus),
450.
688
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
leuconyx (Micropus),
437," 450. leueophtea (Amazilia),
203, 205. leueophi^a (CoUocalia),
497, 502. leucophiEa (Macro-
pteryx), 502. leucoplisea (Pyrrho-
pbaina), 205. leucophrys (Phaethor-
uis), 276. leucophrys (Trocbilus),
276. leucopleurus (Oreotro-
chilus), 334, 336, 665. leucopleurus (Trocbilus),
336. leucoproctus (Polytiuus),
176. leucopterus (Capri-
mulgus), 624. leucopterus (Cbordeiles),
624. leucopterus (Nyctibius),
624, 623. leucopyga (Hirundo),
448. leucopygia (CoUocalia),
497, 506. leucopygia (Hiruudo),
487. leucopygia (Nycti-
progae), 619. leucopygia (Palleue),
487,' 490. leueopygialis (Acan-
tbylis), 490. leueopygialis (Cbseturaj,
490. leueopygialis (Cypselus),
457. leueopygialis (Rbaphi-
dura), 490. leuoopygius (Oolibri),
321. leucopygus (Capri-
mulgus), 619. leucopygus (Cbordeiles),
619." leucopygus (Lui'ocalis),
619. leucopygus (Podo-
cbaites), 619. leucorrbous (Cbryso-
broncbus), 176. leucorrbous (Cypselus),
450. leucorrbous (Polytmus),
174, 176.
leucotis (Basilinna), 252,
662. leucotis (OcBligena), 253. leucotis (Heliopsedioa),
253. leucotis (Hylocbaris),
253. leucotis (Tbauinatias),
253. leucotis (Trocbilus), 252. leucura (Urocbroa), 301. leucurus (Caprimulgus),
582. leucurus (Glaucis), 264. leucurus (Polytmus),
264. leucurus (Tbrenetes),
264. leucurus (Trocbilus),
264. levaillanti (Promerops),
24. leyboldi (Eustepbanus),
156, 1.58. libussa (Anactoria), 160. ligonicauda (Discosura),
432. ligonicaudus (Trocbilus),
432. lincbi (CoUocalia), 498,
500, 508. lindeni (Ornismya), 339. lindeni (Oxypogon),
339. lindeni (Trocbilus), 339. linnaii (Leucocbloris),
187. linnsei (Polytmus), 187. Iinna3i (Tbaumatias),
186. Lisoria, 203. Little Brown Humming
Bird, 393. loddigesi (Bellona), 347. loddigesi (Cepbalolepis),
356, 357. loddigesi (Ortborbyn-
cbus), 357. loddigesi (Ti-oobilus),
357. Loddigesia, 259, 355. Loddigesiornis, 355. longicauda (Scotornis),
596. longicauda (Trocbilus),
431. longicaudatus (Capri- mulgus), 626. longicaudatus (Nycti- bius), 623, 626.
longicaudis (Capri- mulgus), 696.
longicaudus (Capri- mulgus), 596.
longicaudus (Platurus), 432.
longicaudus (Scortornis), 596.
longipennis (Capri- mulgus), 594.
longipennis (Cypselus), 514.
longipennis (Dendro- cbebdon), 514.
longipennis (Hirundo), 514.
longipennis (Macrodi- pteryx), 591.
longipennis (Macro- pteryx), 512, 514.
longipennis (Scotornis), 596.
longirostris (Capri- mulgus), 585.
longirostris (Eulampis), 104.
longirostris (Floricola),
228, 229, 661. longirostris (Heliomas-
tes), 229. longirostris (Heliotbrix),
31. longirostris (Mellisuga),
229. longirostris (Ornismya),
229, 272. longirostris (Pbaetbor-
nis), 267, 270, 272,
663. longirostris (Sericotes),
104. longirostris (Stenopsis),
582, 585. longirostris (Trocbilus),
229. longirostris (Upupa),
10. longuemareus (Pbae-
tornis), 278. longuemareus (Pbae-
thoruis), 283. longuemareus(Trocbilus),
283. longuemarii (Pygmor-
nis), 280, 283. Lopborinus, 419. Lopbornis, 105, 260,
419. lopbotes (Lopbornis),
423.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
689
lorise (^gotheles), 650, . 646. L'Orvert, 56. lowi (CoUocalia), 497,
498. lowi (Cypselus), 498. Loxopterus, 288. luciie (AgjTtria), 179,
188. Incite (Thalurania), 77. luciae (Tbaumantias), 77. lucise (Tliaumatias), 188. Luciani, 360. luciani (Eriocnemis),
361, 366. luciani (Eriopus), 366. luciani (Hylocharis), 36li. luciani (Phemonoe), 366. luciani (Trochilus), 366. lucida (Amazilia), 204,
220. lucida (Pyrrhophana),
220. lucida (Sapphironia),
253. lucidus (Trochilus), 252. Luciler, 390. lucifer (Calothorax), 390. lucifer (Cynanthus), 390. lucifer (Trocliilus), 390. ludoviciaj (Dorifera), 39. ludoviciic (Hemiste-
phania), 38, 39, 655. ludoyiciffi (Trochilus),
39. lugens (Eriocnemis), 362,
371. lugens (Eriopus), 371. lugens (Hylocharis), 371. lugens (Threptria), 371. lugubris (Omismya),
331. lumaohella (Heliotry-
pha), 36. lumachellus (Augastes),
35, 36. lumachellus (Hylocha- ris), 36. lumachellus (Rhampho-
micron), 36. lumachillus (Trochilus),
36. luminosa (Cyanophaia),
233, 235. luminosa (Emilia), 235. luminosa (lolajma), 321,
323. luminosa (Lepidopygia),
235, luminosa (Sapphironia),
235.
YOL. XVI.
lunulatus (jEgotheles),
651. Lurocalis, 521, 621. lutetire (Calligenia), 126. lutetiiB (Diphlogffina),
126. lutetiae (Helianthea),
124, 126. lutetiae (Trochilus), 126. lydia (Thalurania), 81. Lyiicornis, 520, 603. lyra (Hydropsalis), 602. lyra (Macropsalis), 601,
602. lyrura (Doricha), 381,
383.
macrocerca (Hyloaym-
pha), 325, 326. macroeercus (Scotoruis),
596. macrodipterus (Capri-
mulgus), 594. macrodipterus (Macro-
dipteryx), 594. Macrodipterys, 520, 594. macromystax (Antro-
stomus), 568, 570. macromystax (Caprimul-
gus), 525, 570. Macropsalis, 520, 601. macroptera (Chsetura),
472. macroptera (Pallene),
473. macropterus (Lyncornis),
604, 606. macropterus (Psalurus),
598. Macropteryginte, 436,
511. Macropteryx, 512. macrorhyucha (Steuop-
sis), 586. macrorhynchus (Podar-
gus), 634. macrotis (Oaprimulgus),
605. macrotis (Lyucornis),
604, 605. macrura (Prognornis),
295. macrurus (Oaprimulgus),
623,524,531,537,544. macrurus (Polytmus),
296. macrurus (Trochilus),
295. maculata (Adelisca), 170. maculata (Adelomyia),
170.
maculata (Agyrtria), 187. maculata melanogenya
(Adelomyia), 170. maculatum (Ehampho-
dou), 37. maculatus (Oaprimul- gus), 527. maculatus (Trochilus),
95, 170. maculicauda (Agyrtria),
179, 188. macuhcauda (Oaprimul- gus), 522, 525, 575. maculicauda (Leuco-
chloris), 188. maculicauda (Thau-
matias), 188. maculicaudus (Antrosto-
mus), 575. maculicaudus (Stenopsis),
575. maculicoUis (Ohlorestes),
70. maculicoUis (Pany-
chlora), 70. maculicoUis (Smarag-
ditis), 70. maculigera (Upupa), 6. madagascariensis (Oapri- mulgus), 524, 535. magica (Oirce), 61. magica (Hylocharis), 61. magica (lache), 60, 61. magnifica (Bellatrix),
422. magnifica (Idas), 422. magnifica (Ornismya),
422. maguificus (Lophornis),
420, 422. magnificus (Trochilus),
422. mahrattensis (Oaprimul- gus), 524, 542, 561. major (Upupa), 6. malaisia (Hemiprocne),
499. malaris (Phaethornis),
270. malaris (Trochilus), 270. malvina (Ohlorestes),
186. malvina (Agyrtria), 184. mango (AJithracothorax),
93. mango (Lauipornis),
91. mango (Mellisuga), 91. mango (Polytmus), 93. mango (Trochilus), 91,
93.
2y
690
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
manilensis (Caprimul-
gus), 524, 544. manurus (Oaprimulgus),
598. margarethfe (Delattria),
308, 310. margaretha; (Lesbia),138. margaritacea (Agyrtria),
190. margaritaceus (Lampor-
nis), 96. margaritaceus (Trochi-
lus), 96. Margarochrysis, 91. marginata (CoUocalia),
497, 508 marginata (Upupa), 4, 13. marginipennis(Cypselus),
469. mariaj (Amazilia), 209,
211. mariiB (Chlorestes), 209. mariae (Hylocharis), 209. maria; (Saucerottia),
209. marice (Smaragditis), 209. mariae (Trochilus), 65,
209. marmoratus (Podargus),
(>30, 635. Marsyas, 57. Martinet, 442. Martinet a croupion
blanc, 450. Martinet a gorge blanche,
440. Martinet de Saint-Do-
niingue, 494. Martinet uoir, 442. matthewsi (Boissoneaua),
373. matthewsi (Clytolsema),
373. matthewsi (Heliodoxa),
373. matthewsi (Panoplites),
373. matthewsi (Trochilus),
373. maugffii (Ornismya), 58. maugajus (Ohlorolampis),
58. maugseus (Sporadinus),
67, 58. maugseus (Trochilus), 58. mayors (Anacfeoria), 163. niavors (Heliangelus),
159, 163. mavors (Mellisuga), 163. mavors (Peratus), 163. mavors (Trochilus), 163.
maxima (CoUocalia), 503. niazeppa (Glaucis), 42. mazeppa (Trochilus), 42. mcleodi (Otophanes), 581. media (Agyrtria), 56. megacephalus (Oapri- mulgus), 632. megacephalus (Podar-
gus), 632. melanauthera (Discura),
375. melananthera(Spathura),
375, 376. melananthera (Stega-
iiura), 375. melananthera (Trochi- lus), 375. melatiogaster (Oreoti'o-
chilus), 334, 337. melanogeuys (Adelo-
myia), 169, 659. melanogenys (Mellisuga),
169. melanogenys (Rhampho-
micrun), 169. melanogenys (Trochi-
Uis), 169. melanoleuca (Panyptila),
459. melauoleucus (Aero-
nautes), 459. melauoleucus (Cypselus),
459. melanoleucus (Micropus),
460. melanopogon (Oaprimul- gus), 553. melauorhyuchus (Chloro-
stilbon), 45, 53. melanorhynchus(Irrisor),
19. melanorhyuchus (Necta-
rinia), 19. melanorrhoa (Chaly-
bura), 90. melanorrhoa (Hypuro-
ptila), 87, 90. melanorrhoa (Lampor-
nis), 90. melanorrhoa (Polytmus),
98. melanosternon (Gouldia),
429. melanosternon (Trochi -
lus), 429. melanotis (Heliopedica),
253. melanotis (Hylocharis),
253. melanotis (Phaethornis),
276.
melanotis (Trochilus),
276. Melanotrochilus, 328. melanotus (Trochilus),
252. melanura (Glaucis), 42. raelba alpinus (Cypselus),
439. melba (Apus), 439. melba (Cypselus), 438. melba (Hirundo), 438. melba (Micropus), 438. melba microrhynchus
(Cypselus), 439. uieliphihi (Agyrtria), 56. Mellisuga, 76, 260,
409. mellisuga (Agyrtria),
192. Mellisuga americana
gutture topazino, 113. Mellisuga avis maxima,
64, 91. Mellisuga avis minima,
409. Mellisuga brasiliensis
gutture topazino, 113. mellisuga (Chlorestes),
70. mellisuga (Ornismya),
56. mellisuga (Thaumatius),
181. mellisugus (Trochilus),
181. mellivora (Florisuga),
328, 329, 665. mellivora (Ornismya),
329. mellivora (Topaza), 329. mellivorus (Trochilus),
329. merguiensis (CoUocalia),
506. Merion, 44. meritti (Clais), 359. meritti (Mellisuga), 359. merrilli (Nyctidromus),
591. mesoleuca (Ornismya),
120. mesoleuca (Ornitho-
myia), 120. mesoleucus (Calothorax),
120. mesoleucus (Heliomas-
ter), 120. mesoleucus (Lepidola-
rynx), 120. mesoleucus (Trochilus),
120.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
691
Metallura, 115, 150.
Methoii, 87.
mexicanus (Polytmus),
104. luicaus (Panychlora), 68,
71, 656. mierastui" (Heliangalus),
166. micrr.stur (Heliotrypba),
164, 166. niicrastur (Helymus),
166. Microcbera, 29, 66. Micropus, 436, 437, 470. microrhyneha (Cyano-
myia), 194, 197. microrhyneha (Ornis-
ruya), 342. microrhyneha (Urano-
mitra), 197. microrhyncbus (Rbam-
phomieron), 341, 342,
665. microrhynchus (Trocbi-
lus), 342. micrura (Aeestrura), 406,
409. micrura (Myrmia), 409. micrurus (Oalotborax),
409. milleri (Agyrtria), 179,
182, 660. milleri (Leucolia), 182. milleri (Tbaumatias),
182. milleri (Polytmus), 182. milleri (Troebilus), 182. MilornLs, 267. mindanensis (Lyueornis),
604, 605. minima (Dyrinia), 410. minima (Hyloebaris),
410. minima (Oruismya), 410. minimus (Trochilus),
409. minimus variegatus (Po- lytmus), 409. minor (Caprimulgus),
614. minor (Cbordeiles), 613. minor (Epimaebus), 26. minor (Hemiproeae),
478, 479. minor (Irrisor), 26. minor (Promerops). 26. minor (Khinopomastus),
24, 26. minor (Upupa), 10, 14. minusculus (Cyp.selus),
469.
minutulus (Trochilus),
410. minutus (Cbordeiles),
619. mirabilis (Loddigesia),
355. mirabilis (Loddigesi-
ornis), 355. mirabilis (Mulsautia),
355. mirabilis (Platura), 355. mirabilis (Tbauman-
toessa), 355. mirabilis (Trochilus),
355. mitcbelli (Amatbusia),
388. mitcbelli (Callipblox),
386, 388 mitcbelli (Philodice),
S88. mitcbelli (Trochilus),
388. mitcheUi (Trypbtena),
388. mocoa (Cyanolesbia),
137, 140. mocoa (Cynantbus), 140. mocoa (Lesbia), 140. mocoa (Trochilus), 140. Momus, 280. moniliger (Batrachosto-
mus), 637, 644. montanus (Cypselus),
454. montanus (Trochilus),
396. monticola (Caprimulgus),
522, 524, 547. monti^agus (Cypselus).
458. montivagus (Micropus),
437, 458. Montvoyau la Guyane,
587. moorei (Phaetbornis).
270, 272. moscbita (Mellisuga),
113. moschitus (Cbryso-
lampis), 113, 657. moschitus (Trochilus),
113. mosquera (Eriocnemis),
362, 369. mosquera (Eriopus),
369. mosquera (Hylocharis) ,
369. mosquera (Threptia),
369.
mosquera (Trochilus),
369. Mosqueria, 360. mosquita (Chrysolampis),
113. mossai (Sparganura), 141. mossambicus (Caprimul- gus), .551. mossia (Cometes), 141. mozambiquus (Capri- mulgus), 551. mulsauti (Aeestrura),
406, 667. mulsanti (Calotborax),
406. mulsanti (Cheetooercus),
406. mulsanti (Melhsuga),406. mulsanti (Ornismya),
40(5. mulsanti (Polymnia),
407. mulsanti (Trochilus), 407. Mulsantia, 355. murarius (Apus), 443. murarius (Brachypus),
4^42. murarius (Cypselus),
443, 446, 448. murarius (Micropus),
442. murinus (Micropus),
437, 445, 446. Myiabeillia, 358. Myiaetina, 261. Myletes, 203. myochruus (Cypselus),
463, 465. myochrous (Micropus),
463, 465. myoptilus (Cypselus),
459. Myrmia, 406. Myrtis, 260, 416. mystacalis(0aprimulgu8),
607. mystacalis (Cypselus),
516. mystacea (Hirundo),
516. mystacea (Macropteryx),
512, 516. mystaceus (Apus), 516. mystaceus (Cypselus),
516. mystaceus (Dendrocheli-
don), 516. my.staceus (Pallestre),
516. mystacina (Dendrocbeli-
don), 516.
2y2
692
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
mystax (Oolibri), 426. Mythinia, 428. Mytinia, 428.
Nacunda, 619.
nacunda (Oaprimulgus),
nacunda (Podagei-), 619. uteviiis (Qrypus), 37. uasvius (Ehamphodon),
37. nsevius (Trocbilus), 37. Nania, 360. napensis (Chlorolampis),
56. uapensis (Chlorostilbon),
56. natalensis (Caprimulgua),
522, 524, 564. natalis (Oollocalia), 498,
511. uattereri (Oaprimulgus),
621. nattereri (Chordeiles),
621. nattereri (Luroc;alis),
621. nattereri (Ornismya),
35. nattereri (Phaethoniis),
268,278. nattereri (Podager), 621. nattereri (Urocolus), 621,
622. neera (Chrysuronia),
248, 249. neei-a (Ornismya), 249. negleota (Agyrtria), 179,
183. neglecta (OoUooalia), 498,
511. neglecta (Leucolia), 183. neglectus (Thaumatias),
183. nehrkorni (Cyanolesbia),
145. nehrkorni (Neolesbia),
145. Neolesbia, 115, 145. Nephooaites, 492. Nephcecetes, 492. nianste (Cypselus), 459. niansffi (Micropus), 459. Niche, 360.
nidifica (CoUocalia), 499. niger (Cypseloides), 493,
494, 495. niger (Oypselus), 443,
494. niger (Nephocsetes), 494,
495.
niger (Trochilus), 321. nigra (Hirundo), 450.
494. nigra (Hylocharis), 410. nigra (Ornismya), 331. uigrescens(Antrostomus),
572. nigrescens (Oaprimulgus),
521, 522, 572. uigrescens (Stenopsis),
572. nigricans (Scotornis),
596. nigricauda (Agyrtria),
180, 192. nigricauda (Thaumatias),
192. nigricinctus (Phaethor-
nis), 286. nigricinctus (Pygmornis),
280, 286. nigricoUis (Lampornis),
93. nigricollis (Trocbilus),
93. nigripennis (Eurostopus),
607, 609. nigripennis (Upupa), 10. nigrirostris (Leuoippus),
200. nigriventri8(0allipharus),
67. nigriventris (Clotho), 67. uigrirentris (Eupberusa),
67. nigrivestis (Eriocnemis),
361, 365. nigrivestis (Hylocharis),
365. nigi'ivestis (Trochilus),
365. uigrofasciata (Thalura-
nia), 76, 82. nigroi'asciatus (Polyt-
mus), 82. nigrofasciatus (Trochi- lus), 82. nigrotis (Heliothrix), 31. nigrot.is (Ornismya), 31. nigrotis (Trocbilus), 31. nipalensis (Oaprimulgus),
540. nipalensis (Cypselus),
454. niteus (Chlorostilbon),
53. nitida (lacbe), 60, 62. nitidicauda (Agyrtria),
180, 192. nitidicauda(Tliaumatias),
192.
nitidifrons (Agyrtria),
179, 183. nitidifrons (Leucochlo-
ris), 183. nitidifrons (Leucolia),
183. nitidifrons (Tliaumatias),
183. uitidissima (Ohlorestes),
.'')1. nitidissimus (Chlorostil- bon), 51. nitidus (Trochilus), 92. niveicauda (Eupberusa),
75. uiveipectus (Agyrtria),
179, 180, 659. niveipectus (Leucolia),
180. niveiventer (Ohlorestes),
221. niveiventer (Saucerottia),
221. niveiventer (Tbauuian-
tias), 221. uiveiventris (Amazilia),
204, 221. niveiventris (Erythro-
nota), 222. niveiventris (Hemithy-
laea), 222. niveiventris (Leucodora),
222. niveiventris (Polytmus),
222. niveiventris (Trochilus),
221. uobilis (Oaprimulgus),
609. nobilis (Oreonympha),
338. NodaHa, 164. norrisi (Agyrtria), 207. norrisi (Amazilia), 206. norrisi (Amazilius), 206. norrisi (Hemistilbon),
206. norrisi (Leucodora), 206. norrisi (Polytmus), 206. norrisi (Thaumatias), 206. norrisi (Trochilus), 206. notatus (Scoptelus), 21,
22, 655. novaeguinefe (Cbsetura),
487. novaihollandiffi (^■Ego-
theles), 646, 651. novaibollandise (Oapri- mulgus), 651. novtehoUandias (Oego-
theles), 651.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
693
nubicus (Caprimulgus),
523, 560. nudipes (Acanthylis),
474. nudipes (Chretura), 471,
474, 475. nudipes (Oypselus), 474. nuna (Agalycta), 148. nuna-kaoli (Ornismya),
148. nuna (Lesbia), 146, 148. nuna (Ornismya), 148. nuna (Trochilus), 148. uuttalli (Antrostomus),
.579. nuttalli californicus(Pha-
Isuoptilus), 580. nuttalli (Caprimulgus),
.579. nuttalli nitidus (Phate-
noptilus), 580. nuttalli ( Plialsenoptilus),
579. Nyctibiintc, 519, 623. Nyctibius, 62.3. Nyctichelidon, 521 . Nyctidromus, 520, 587. Nyetiprogne, 521, 619. Nyetornis, 623.
obsciira (Phaethornis),
284. obscura (Pygmornis),
284. obscurus (Campylopte-
rus), 288, 289. obscurus (Polytmus),
290. obscurus (Trochilus),
312. ocai (Amazilia), 204,
213. ocai (Amazilis), 213. ocai (Heuiistilbon), 213. ocai (Pyrrhophaina),
213. occidentalis (Ohaetui'a),
485. ocellatus (Antrostomus),
578. ocellatus (Caprimulgus),
522, 575. ocellatus (Nyctipbrynus),
578. ocellatus (Podargus), ,
634, 630. Ocreatus, 431. odontopteron (Caprimul- gus), 383. Oegotlieles, 646. oenone (Chysurisca), 248.
oenone (Chrysuronia),
248, 662. oenone (Hylocharis),
248. cenone longirostris( Chry- suronia), 248. cenone (Ornismya), 248. oenone (Polj'traus), 248. oenone (Trochilus), 248. Oiseau-Mouche a collier,
329. Oiseau-Mouche a goisier
bleu, 241. Oiseau-Mouche a gorge
ventre blanc, 181. Oiseau-Mouche a gorge
rouge du Bresil, 311. Oiseau-Mouche a gorge
tachetee, 329. Oiseau-Mouclie a gorge
topaze du Bresil, 113. Oiseau-Mouche a gorge
topaze de Cayenne,
113. Oiseau-Mouche a large
tuvaux de Cayenne,
288. Oiseau-Mouche a long
bee, 229. Oiseau-Mouche a lougue
queue noire, 64. Oiseau-Mouche a oreilles,
30. Oiseau-Mouche a queue
fourchue, 84. Oiseau-Mouche a queue
fourchue de Caj'enne,
295. Oiseau-Mouche a ra-
quette, 431. Oiseau-Mouche brun gris,
312. Oiseau-Mouche de Ca- yenne, 181. Oiseau-Mouche dit le
Jacobine, 329. Oiseau-Mouche Huppe,
353. Oiseau-Mouche Huppe
bleu, 353. Oiseau-Mouclie Huppe de
Cayenne, 3.53. Oiseau-Mouche, dit
Huppe-Col de Cay- enne, 420. Oiseau-5Iouclie pluspetit,
409. Oiseau-Mouche tout vert,
176. Oiseau-Mouche tres petit,
410.
Oiseau-Mouche violet,
84. Oiaeau-Mouches a longue
queue, or, vert et bleu,
137. olivaceoeauda (Agla?ac-
tis), 351. olivaceum (Rhamphomi-
cron), .342, 344. opaea (Metallura), 150. opacus (Trochilus), 150. Opisthoprora, 258, 347. Oreonympha, 258, 3.38. Oreopyra, 257, 305. Oreotrochihis, 258, 334. ornata (Bellona), 352,
354. ornata (Mellisuga), 421 . ornata (Ornismya), 420. ornatus (Antrostomus),
567. ornatus (Lophoruis), 420,
667. ornatus (Orthorliynchus),
354. ornatus (Trochilus), 420. Ortliorhynchus, 352. Orthornis, 267. orthura (Catharma), 410. orthura (Trochilus), 410. ortoni (Lesbia), 142. ortoni (Zodalia), 141,
142. Osalia, 414. osberti (Chlorolampis),
47. osberti (Chlorostilbon),
47. osculans (Calligenia),
127. osculans (Helianthea),
124,127. oseryi (Ametrornis),
273. oseryi (Phaethornis),
274. oseryi (Trochilus), 273. Otero (Aspasta), 318. otero (Heliodoxa), 318. Otero (Hypolia), 318. otero (Leadbeatera), 318. Otero (Trochilus), 317. Otophanes, 520, 581. Otothrix, 636. ourissa (Thalurania), 58. ourissa (Thaumatias), 58. Oxypogon, 258, 339. oxyura (Acanthylis),
482, 486. oxyura (Hirundo), 482.
694
ALPHABETICAL INBEX.
pacifica (Hirundo), 448. pacificus (Cypselus), 440. pacificus (Micropus), 437,
448, 449. Palsestra, 512. Pallene, 470. pallens (Caprimulgus),
529. pallescens (Hydropsalis),
599. Palles'tre, 512. pallidiceps( Heliomaster),
229. pallidiceps (Trochilus),
229. pallidas (Caprimulgus),
529. pallidus (Leucippu8),200,
201. pallidus (Cypselus), 446. pallidus (Micropus),
446. pallidus (Nyctibius),
625. palmarum (Cypselus),
466. paraela (Aglseactis), 349;
352. pamela (Orthorbynchus),
352. pamela (Trochilus), 352. Pampa, 286. parapa (Campylopterus),
286. pampa (Ornismya), 286. pampa (Polytmus), 287. pampa (Sphanoproctus),
286. pampa (Trochilus), 286. panamensis (Damophila),
236. Pauoplites, 259, 372. Panterpe, 116, 158. Panychlora, 30, 68. Panyptila, 436, 461. Paphosia, 419. papuensis (Caprimulgus),
606. papuensis (Lyneornis),
604, 606. papuensis (Podargus),
630. paradisea (Ornismya),
374. parva (Tachornis), 463. parvirostris(Microchera),
67, 656. parvirostris(Panychlora),
67. parvirostris (Trochilus),
340.
parvula (Aglseactis),
350. parvulus (Antrostomus),
574. parvulus (Batrachosto-
mus), 639. parvulus (Caprimulgus).
522, 525, 574. parvulus (Podargus),
639. parvulus (Stenopsis),
574. parvus (Cypselus), 453,
463, 464. parvus (Micropus), 463. parvus (Tachornis). 46.5. Parzudakia, 164. parzudakii (Heliangelus),
165. parzudakii (Heliotrypha),
165. parzudakii (HeUotry-
phon), 165. parzudakii (Ornismya),
57, 165. parzudakii (Trochilus),
165. Patagona, 258, 348. paulinae (Ornismya), 152. pavonina (Polymistria),
427. pavoninus (Lophoniis),
420, 427. pectoralis (Caprimulgus),
523, 534. pectoralis (Nvctibius),
625. pectoralis (Oreopyra),
306, 308, 665. pectoralis (Trochilus), 95. pegasus (Trochilus), 113. pekinensis (Cypselus),
445. pekinensis (Mioi-opus),
437, 443, 444. pelagica (Chajtura), 472,
480. pelagica (Hirundo), 480. pelasgia (Acanthylis),
480.^ pelasgia (Chi«tura), 480. pelasgia (Hemiprocne),
480. pelasgia (Hirundo), 480. pelasgius (Cypselus), 480,
482. pella (Topaza), 332. pella (Trochilus), 332. pelzelni (Leucolia), 200. peregrinator (Chsetura),
482.
peregrinus (Caprimul- gus), 527. personatus(Petasophora),
34. personatus (Polytmus),
34. personatus (Schistes), 34. peruana (Chlorostilbon),
52. peruana (Himalia), 378. peruana (Spathura), 375,
37S. peruanus (Chlorostilbon),
45, 57. jieruanus (Steganura),
378. peruviana (Hirundo),
502. peruvianus (Chordeiles),
616. Petasophora, 30, 105. petasophora (Ornismya),
106. petasophora (Trochilus),
106. petasophorus (Lophor-
nis), 106. Peratus, 159. PhiEOchroa, 256, 299. Phseolffima, 258, 324. Pha;optila, 29, 63. phseopyga (Metallura),
57. phseopyga (Prasitis), 57. phseopygos (Trochilus),
57. Phaethornis, 256, 267. phaeton (Chlorestes), 49. phaeton (Chlorolampis),
49. phaeton (Hylocharis),
49. phaeton (Trochilus), 49. PhjEtornis, 267. phainolaema (Heliothrix),
32. phainopeplus (Campylo- pterus), 288, 294. phalaena (Caprimulgus),
522, 524, 645. phatenoides (Podargus),
630, 634. Phalsenoptilus, 520, 579. phaou (Cometes), 144. phaon (Mellisuga), 144. phaon (Sappho), 142,
144. phaon (Sparganura), 144. phaon (Trochilus), 144. phasianurus (Scotornis),
696.
Pheiuonoe, 360. philippii (Phaethornis),
268, 279. philippii (Trochiliis),
279. philippina (Hemiprocne),
499. Philodice, 386. Phloffophikis, 116,173. pbcebe (Helianthia), 56. phoebe (Hylocharis), 56. phoetiieobia (Tachornis),
468. phcpnicobiiis (Cypselus).
469. Pholoe, 360.
Pica flores cienicente, 49. Pica flores cola de tixei-a
119. Pica flores faxa negra a
lo largo, 93. Pica flores mas bello, 49. Pica flores pecho de Ca-
nela. 251. Pica flores peclio de To-
pacio, 251. Pica flores turquidebaso,
93. picbincha (Oreotrocbi-
liis), 334. picbincha (Trochilus).
334. pieina (Cbcetura), 487. pileatus (Trochilus), 77,
353. Pilouia, 132. Pinarolasma, 30, 101. pinicola (Heliomaster),
232. Placopborus, 297. platura (Disoura), 432. platura (Ornismj-a), 431. platura (Stenopsis), .584. Platurus, 431. platurus (Trochilus), 431. plafcycercus(Selasphorus),
392, 396. platycercus (Trochilus),
396. Platystylopterus, 288. plumifera (^iilgotheles)
650. plumiferus (Podargus),
6.30, 631. plumipes (Caprimulgus),
530. Podager, 521, 619. Podargidw, 629. Podarginse, 629. Podargus, 629, 630. Podocbretes, 619.
AtPHABETICAt INDEX.
poliocephalus (Caprimul- gus), 522, 54(), 560. poliocerea (Eupherusa), 72,74. '
poliolophus (Batraeho-
stomus), 637, 638. poliourus (Aeantbvlis),
484. poliura (Chretura). 48'^
484, 486. poliurus (Ovpselus), 484. Polyffina, 128. Polyerata, 117. 2-37. Polyuiistria, 419. Polymuia, 406. Polyonymus, 142. Polyplancta, 311. Polytmus, 116, 174, 332. p(ilytmus (Aithurus), 64,
65. Polytmus cayennensis
violaceus, 102. polytmus (Trochilus), (i4. Polyxemus, 414. poortmani (Ohlorestes).
69. poortmani (Chlorostil-
boti), 69. poortmani (Hylocharis),
69. poortmani major (Pany-
chlora), 70. poortmani (Ornismya),
69. poortmani CPanychlora),
68, 69, 656. Popelairia, 428. popelairii (Gouldia), 428. popelairii (Prymnacan-
tha), 428, 668. popelairii (Tricholopha),
428. popelairii (Trochilus),
428. popetue (Caprimulgus),
popetue (Chordeiles),610. popetue benryi (Chor-
deile), 612. porphyrura (Eudosa),
92. porpbyrurus (Floresia),
92. porpbyrurus (Lampor-
nis\" 92. porpbyrurus (Polytmus),
porpbyrurus (Trochilus),
poucheti (Trochilus), 32. prasina (Chloresfes), 56.
695
prasina (Hydrocharis),
56. prasina (Ornismya). 56. prasina (Prasitis), 56. prasinoptera (Certhia),
103. prasinus (Chlorostilbon),
45, 50, 56. prasinus (Chrysomirus),
56. prasinus (Hydrocharis),
51. prasinus (Trochilus), 56,
176. Prasitis, 44. Praxilla, 105. pretrii(Phaethornis),268,
277. pretrii (Trochilus), 98,
277. prevosti (Anthracotho-
rax), 98. prevosti (Lampornis), 91,
98. prevosti (Polytmus), 98. primolii (Metallura), 154. primolina (Metallura),
150, l.=i4. primolina (TJrolampra),
154. pristina (Amazilia), 203,
205. Proetbera, 619. Prognornis, 295. Promerops, Le, a bee
rouges, 19. Promerops, Le, Marcheur
Largup, 14. Promerops. Le, Nama-
quois, 24. Promerops, Le, Senega-
lais, 19. Promerops, Lesser Black,
22. Promerops marcheur
d'Europe, 6. Promerops moqueur, 17. pruinosus (Chordeiles),
615, 616. prunellii (Bourcieria).
133. prunellii (Cceligena),
1.33. prunellii (Diphlogana),
133. prunellii (Eudosia), 133. prunellii (Homophaina),
131,1.33. prunellii (Lampropvgia),
133. prunellii (Pilonia), 133.
696
ALPHABBTICAL INDEX.
prunellii (Trochilus),
133. Prymnacantha, 2(iO,
428. Psalidoprymna, 146. Psalurus, 598. psahirus (Oaprimulgus),
598. psalurus (Hjdropsalis),
598, 599. Pseudoprocne, 461. psilopterus (Batracho-
stomus), 646. psilopterus (Capriniul-
gus), 647. Pterophanes, 114, 117. Ptochoptera, 259, 389. Ptyonornis, 267. pucherani (Chlorestes),
50. pucherani (Clilorostil-
bon), 45, 50. pucherani (Hydrocharis),
51. pucherani (Trochilus),
50. puella (Thalurania) 79. pulchellus(Caprim ulgus) ,
521, 579. pulchra (Amathusia),
391. pulchra (Calothorax),
390, 391. pulchra (Manilla), 391. pumicrus (Trochilus),
353. pumilus (Chlorostilbon),
45, 64. punctatus (Batrachosto-
mus), 644, 645. punctatus (Oaprimulgus),
526. punctatus (Trochilus),93. punctorum (Oaprimul- gus), .527. punctulatus (Trochilus),
92. purpuratus (Promerops),
24. purpurea (Bourcieria),
134. purpurea (Ooeligena),
134. purpurea (Lampropygia),
133, 134. purpurea (Pilonia), 134. purpurea (Upupa), 24. purpureiceps (Helio-
thrix), 32. purpureus (Promerops), 19.
pusillus (Ohordene8),609,
618. pusillus (Irrisor), 22, 23. pusillus (Promerops), 22. pusillus(Ehinopomastes),
22. pygargus (Ovpselus),
451. pygmseus (Eremita), 285. pygm.Tjus (Phaethornis), '285. pygmasus (Pygmornis),
u'80, 285. pygniffius (Trochilus),
285. Pygmornis 256, 280. Pygornis, 280. pyra (Topaza), 332, 333. pyra (Trochilus), 333. pyropygia (Eucephala),
239, 241. Pyrrhophfena, 203.
quadricolor (Oyanomyia),
195. quadricolor (Leucolia),
195. quadricolor (Polytmus),
194. quadricolor (Trochilus),
93, 194. quadricolor (Uranomi-
tra), 194, 195. quitensis (Metallura),
153. quitensis (Urolanipra),
153.
ramondii (Eiccordia), 58. rectirostris (Doryphera),
39. rectirostris (Hemiste-
phania), 38, 39. rectirostris (Trochilus),
39. recurrirostris (Avoeetti-
nus), 101. recurvirostris (Avocet-
tula), 101. recurvirostris (Campylo-
rhynchus), 101. recurvirostris (Hylo-
charis), 102. recurvirostris(Mellisuga),
101. recurvirostris (Ornis-
mya), 101. recurvirostris (Streblo-
rhamphus), 102. recurvirostris(Trochilus),
101.
refulgens (Thalurania),
76, 86. regina (Bellatrix), 424. reginte (Bellatnx), 421. reginiB (Lophornis), 421,
424. regina? (Trochilus), 424. regis (Calliperidia), 119. regis (Heliomaster), 119. regis (Trochilus), 119. regulus (Lophornis),
420, 423. regulus (Telamon), 423. regulus (Trochilus), 423. reichenbachi (Ohryso-
lampis), 113. remigera (Steganura),
375. reticulatus (Stenopsis), • 585.
rhami (Clytolffima), 814. rhami (Delattria), 314. rhami (Lampornis), 314. rhami (Lamproltema),
314. rhami (Ornismya), 314. rhami (Trochilus), 314. Rhamphodon, 29, 36. Rhampbomicrou, 258,
341. Ehaphidura, 470. Ehinopomastus, 16, 23. Ehodopis, 259, 379. riccordi (Chlorestes),
58. riccordi (Ohlorolampis),
58. riccordi (Hylocharis),
58. riccordi (Orthorhyn-
chus), 58. riccordi (Sporadicus),
58. riccordi (Sporadinus),
57. riccordi (Trochilus), 57. Eiccordia, 57. ridolphi (Mellisuga),
363. riefferi (Amazilia), 204,
216, 661. riefferi (Ariana), 217. riefferi (Eranna), 216. riefferi (Polytmus), 216. riefferi (Pyrrhophsena),
216. riefferi (Trochilus), 216. riparia senegalensis
(Hirundo), 463. rivolii (Ornismya), 302. rivolii (Trochilus), 302.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
697
roberti (Apbantochroa),
300. roberti (Campylopterus),
300. roberti (Phseoebroa),
299, 300. roberti (Polytmus),
300. robini (Hirundo), 493. robinson (Ornisinya),
157. roraimse (Calliphlox),
668. rosse (Calothorax), 414. rosa? (Ohsetocereus),
414. rosse (llellisuga), 414. rosffi (Osalia), 414. rosse (Trochilus), 414. ruber (Selasphorus),
393. ruber (Trochilus), 393. rubinea (Clytolsema),
311,312. rubinea (Ornismya), 312. rubinea (Phaiolffima),
312. rubineus (Calothorax),
312. rubineus (Heliomaster),
312. rubineus (Trochilus),
312. rubinoides (Clytolaema),
324. rubinoides (Heliomaster),
324. rubinoides (Phseotema),
324. rubinoides (Trochilus),
324. rubromitratus (Tro- chilus), 392. ruekeri (Glaucis), 26,'5,
266. ruckeri (Polyfcmus), 265. ruekeri (Threnetes), 264,
265. ruckeri (Trochilus), 265. ruficaudatus (Trochilus),
312. ruficeps (Chalcostigma),
346. ruticeps (Eupogonus),
346. ruficeps (Lampropogon),
346. ruficeps (Ehamphomi-
cron), 342, .346. ruficeps (Trochilus),
346.
ruficervix (Stenopsis),
582, 584. ruficollis (Caprimulgus),
523, 531. ruficollis (Ohrysuronia),
248, 251. ruficollis (Gryphus),
37. ruficollis (Ornismya).
251. ruficollis (Trochilus),
251. ruficrissa (Urostiete),
167, 169. rufigaster (Eremita),
285. rufigaster (Phaethornis),
285. rufigaster (Pygmornis),
285. rufigaster (Trochilus),
285. rufigena (Caprimulgus),
523, 524, 532. rufitorquatus (Capri- mulgus), 531. rufitorquis (Caprimul- gus), 531. rufiventris (Lurocalis),
621, 622. rufiventris (Pygmornis),
285. rufocaligata (Spathura),
378. _ rufocaligatus (Trochilus),
378. ruforaaculatus (Antro-
stomus), 572. rufus (Antrostomus),
566. rufus (Campylopterus),
288, 294, 664. rufus (Caprimulgus),
525, .566. rufus (Nyctibius), 623. rufus (Platystylopterus),
294. rufus (Polytmus), 294. rufus (Selasphorus),
392. rufus (Trochilus), 392. rupestris (Caprimul- gus), 617. rupestris (Chordeiles),
609, 617. riippelli (Cypselus),
441. rupuruiuii (Phaethornis),
663. russata (Eriocnemis),
362, 370.
russata (Panychlora),
68,71. rutila (Acanthylis), 493. rutila (Chatura), 493. rutila (Hirundo), 493. rutila (Ornismya), 207. rutilus (Antrostomus),
567. rutilus (Cypseloides),
492, 493.
sabinsB (Adelomyia),
169. sabinffi (Mellisuga), 169. sabiuse (Metallura), 169. sabinse (Rhamphomi-
cron), 169. sabinje (Trochilus), 169. sabinei (Chfetura), 487,
488. sabini (Acanthylis), 487. sabini (Chajtura), 487. Sffipiopterus, 288. sagitta (Coeligena), 318. sagitta (Heliodoxa),
318. sagitta (Leadbeatera),
318. Salangana, 496. salangana (Hemiprocne),
499. sallei (Plorisuga), 329,
668. salvadorii (vEgotheles),
646, 649. salvadorii (Caprimul- gus), 538. salvadorii (Mellisuga),
138. salvini (Caprimulgus),
525, 668. salvini (Chlorolampis),
salvini (Eutoxeres), 261,
262. salvini (Grypus), 262. salvini (Xanthogenyx),
321. sanctihieronymi (Pany-
ptila), 461, 462. sapiti (Chordeiles), 615- sapphirina (Hylocharis),
245. sapphirina (Ornismya),
245. sapphirina (Sapphironia),
245. sapphirinus (Trochilus),
245. sapphiropygia (Erio
cnemis), 361.
fi98
AtPHAfiETICAT, INDEX.
Sappho, 115, 142. sappho (Cometes), 143. sappbo (Ornisniya), 143. sappho (Sparganura),
143. sappho (Trochilus), 143. Sasin, 3!!L>. Sasin jt'une, 394. sasin (Ornismya), 394. .sasin (Trochilus), 394. saturatus (Antrostomus),
572. saturatus (Capriinulgus),
521, .572. Saucerottia, 203. saucerottii (Amazilia),
204,223. saucerottii (Ariana), 223. saucerottii (Hemithy-
laca), 223. saucerottii (Pyrrho-
phrena), 223. saucerottii (Saucerottia),
223. saucerottii (Trochilus),
223. saulfe (Entima), 327. saute (Lafresnaya),
327. saula3 (Trochilus),
327. savesi (vEgotheles), 646,
652. saxatilis (Acanthylis),
4.59. saxatilis (Mieropus).
460. saxatilis (Panyptila),
459. seapulata (Eucephala),
239, 243. seapulata (Hylocharis),
243. schimperi (Trochilus),
60. Schistes, 29, 33. schisticolor (Dendro-
chelidon), 512. schlegelii (Caprimul-
gus), 538. schliephacki (Docimas-
tes), 315. Echomburgki (Hydro-
psalis), 601. schreibersi (Calothorax),
322. schreibersi (Campylo-
pterus), 321. schreibersi (lolsema),
321.
schreibersi (Thalurania),
321. schreibersi (Trochilus),
321. scintilla (Selasphorus),
392, 395. scintilla (Trochilus),
395. sclateri (Chsetura), 485. sclateri ( FTeliomaster),
229. Scoptelus, 16, 21. Scortornis, 596. Scotornis, .520, 596. scutatus (Augastes), •'>5. scutatus (Trochilus), 35. segmentata (Hydro-
psalis), 602. segmentata (Macro-
psalis), 601, 6(12. Selasphorus, 2(.iO, 391. Selochusa, 598. Semeiophorus, 595. seuiicollaris (Acanthvhs),
479. semicollaris (Ohsetura),
472. 479. semicollaris (Hemi-
procne), 479. semitorquatus (Antro- stomus), 621. semitorquatus (Capri-
mulgus), 621. semitorquatus (Chor-
deiles), 616,621. semitorquatus (Luro-
calis), 621 . senegalensis (Epimachu s ) ,
19. senegalensis (Falcinel-
lus), 19. senegalensis (Irrisor), 17. &enegalensis(rromerops).
19. senegalensis (Upupa),
6, 10. senex (Acanthylis), 496. senex (Chatura), 496. senex (Cypseloides), 493,
496. senex (Cypselus), 496. sennetti (Chordeiles),
612. Sephanoides, 156. sephanoides (Ornismya),
156. sephanoides (Ortho-
rhynchus), 1.56. sephanoides (Trochilus),
156.
Septimus (Batrachosto-
nius), (>36, 638. sericeoeaudatus (Antro- stomus), .567. sericeoeaudatus (Capri-
mulgus), .521, 567. Sericotes. 102. serrirostris (Petaso-
phora), 106. serrirostris (Polytmus),
106. serrirostris (Trochilus),
106. sharpii (Cypselus), 4.52. shelleyi (Caprimulgus),
.5.34. shelleyi (Cypselus), 445. sibilator (Irrisor), 16. similis (Hylocharis), 50. simplex (Erioonemis),
361, 368. simplex (Eriopus), 368. simplex (Ornismva),
297. simplex (Trochilus), 297,
390. sinensis (Cypselus), 396. sinensis (Hirundo), 472. Siphonorhis, 520, 591. smaragdicauda (Cynan-
thus), 140. smaragdina (Chlorolam-
pis), 53. smaragdina (Cyanoles-
bia), 137, 140. smaragdina (Trochilus),
140. smaragdinea (Augasma),
240. smaragdinea(Eucephala),
239, 240. smaragdinicollis (Melli-
suga), 1.54. smaragdinicollis (Metal-
lura), 150, 1.54. smaragdinicollis (Ortho-
rhynchus), 154. smaragdinicollis (Tro- chilus), 154. smaragdinicollis (Uro-
lampra), 154. smaragdinipectus (Erio- onemis), 361. 364. smaragdinis (Mellisuga),
140. Smaragdites, 91 . smaragdocarulea (Euce- phala), 240. Smaragdochrysis, 259,
388.
ALPHABETICAL HTnEX.
699
smithii (Caprimulgus),
527. smithi (Epimaohus), 24. solstitialis (Spathura),
375, 377. solstitialis (Steganura),
37(j. somalensis (Upupa),
413, 655. Sophias (Ainazilia), 204,
224. sophiie (Ariana), 224. sophiie (Chlorestes), 224. sophiae (Erythronota),
224. sophiie (Heiuithjlaea),
224. sophi-TB (Polytmus), 224. sophiiB (Saucerottia),
224. sophiaj (Trochilus), 224. sordida (Cyanomyia),
63. sordida (Doleromyia),
63. sordida (Hylocharis),
63. sordida (Leucolia), 63. sordida (PhiBoptila), 63. sordida (Uranomitra),
63. Sparganura, 142. sparganura (Lesbia), 143. sparganura (Mellisuga),
143. sparganura (Sappho),
142, 143. sparganurus (Coiuetes).
143. sparganurus (Trochihis),
143. Spathura, 259, 375. spatuHgera (Steganuraj,
375. speciosa (Heliotrvpha),
164, 167, 6.59. speotabihs (Eugenes),
302,304. spectabilis (Heliomaster),
.304. spekei (Cosmetornis),
595. spencii (Anactoria), 162. spencii (Diotiuia), 162. spencii (Hehangelus),
1.59, 162. spencii (Mellisuga), 162. spencii (Trochilus), 162. sperlingi (Macrodi-
pteryx), 595.
SphenoproctuB, 256,
286. sphenurus (Caprimul- gus), 598. spilocercus (Caprimul- gus), 542. spilura (CoUocalia),
510. spinieauda (Acanthylis),
483, 485. spinieauda (Chatura),
483. spinicaudus (Cypselus),
483. spixi (Gryphus), 44. splendeus ( Aspasta) ,
318. splendens (Catnpylo-
pterus), 293. splendens (Heliodoxa),
318. splendeus (Hypolia),
318. splendens (Leadbeatera),
318. splendens (Polytmus),
293. splendidus (Chlorostil-
bon), 45, 49. splendidus (Trochilus),
49. spodiopygia (CoUocalia),
504, 505. spodiopygia (Macro-
pteryx), 504. Sporadicus, 57. Sporadinus, 29, 57- squalidus (Phaetbornis),
268, 276. squalidus (Pygmornis),
277. squalidus (Trochilus),
276. squamata (Claudia), 469. squaraata (Erioenemis),
362, 371. squamatus (Cypselus),
469. squamatus (Tachornis),
469. squamigularis (Helian-
gelus), 166. squamosus (Trochilus),
12U. staulevanus (Podargus),
632. Stanley! (Chalcostigma),
344; stanleyi (Lampropogon),
344.
stanleyi (Ehamphomi-
cron), 342, 344. stanleyi (Trochilus), 344. Steatoruis, 653. steatornis (Nyctibius),
653. Steatornithidai, 653. Steganurus, 375. stellatus (Batracho-
stomus), 637, 639. stellatus (Podargus),
639. Stellula, 260. 413. Stenopsis, 520, 582. stenopterus (Caprimul- gus), 615. stenura (Chlorostilbon),
71. stenura (Panychlora), 68,
71. Sternoclyta, 257, 300. stewartae (Heliomaster),
229. Stewarts (Trochilus),
229. stictilffima (Chaetura),
492. stictiljemus (Cypselus),
492. stictolophus (Lophornis),
420, 424, 668. stictolophus (Telamon),
424. stictomus (Caprimulgus),
547. stictopterus (Batracho-
stomus), 639. stokesi (Eustephanus),
157. stokesi (Melisuga), 157. stokesi (Orthorhynchus),
157. stokesi (Sephauoides),
157. stokesi (Trochilus), 157. Streblorhaniphus, 101. streubeli (.Mioroiius),
437, 452. streubelii (Cypselus),
452. strigoides ( Capri uzulgus),
631. strigoides (Podargus),
630, 631. striiguIaris(Phaethornis),
281. striigularis (Pygmornis),
280, 281. strophianus (Anactoria).
161.
700
ALPHABETICAI. INDEX.
Btrophianus (Heliange-
lus), 159, 161. sfrophiamis (Mellisiiga),
161. strophiaiius (Trochilus),
161. strmnari:! (Omismva),
421'. stuebeli (Chlorostilbon),
r.7.
stuebeli (Oxpypogon),
339. suavis (Eranna), 216. suavis (Pvrrhophcena),
216. siibcfsrulea (Eucephala),
239, 244. subfurcata (Thalurania),
85. subfurcatus (Chlorostil- bon), 56. subl'urcatus (Cypselus),
466. subfurcatus (Micropus),
438, 456. sumichrasti (Amazilia),
204, 213, 661. superba (Bellona), 668. superba (Hylocharis),
35. superba (Ornismya"), 229. superbus (Augastes), 35. superbus (Trochilus), 35,
229. siiperciliaris (Podargus),
635. superciliosus (Pbaethor-
nis), 267, 270, 273,
663. superciliosus (Trochilus),
42, 270, 277, 278. surinamensis (Mellisuga),
329, 393. surinaiueusis (Polytiuus),
264, 332. surinamensis torquata
(Mellivorus), 329. swainsoni (Ornismya),
69. swainsoni (Trochilus),
59, 381, 392. Swift, 442.
sylphia (Lesbia), 149. sylphia (Ornismya), 149. sylvatica (Acanthylis),
489. sylvatica (Chastura), 489. sylvatica (Ehaphidura),
489. syrmatophorus (Phae-
thornis), 267, 274.
Tachornis, 436, 462, 469. taczanowskii (Agyrtria),
180, 193. taczanowskii (Helian-
gelus), 160. taczanowskii (Leucolia),
193. taczanowskii (Thauma-
sius), 193. Talaphorus, 200. tamaricis (Capriraulgus),
560. tectorum (Cypselus), 467. Telamon, 417. Telesilla, 10.3. temmincki (Heraiprocne),
496. temmincki (Lepidoria),
118. temmincki (Lvncornis),
604, 606. temmincki (Ornismya),
118,120. temmincki (Pteropha-
nes), 118, 657. temmincki (Trochilus),
118. tendali (Calothorax),
390. teph rocephala ( A gy rtria),
180, 191. teph rocephala (Coeli-
gena), 191. tephrocephala (Ornis- mya), 191. tephrocephala (Thauma-
tias), 191. tephrocephalus (Trochi- lus), 191. terpna (Agyrtria), 187,
189. terpna (Agyrtria viridis-
sinia), 187. ter))na (Thaumatias),
187. terrffi reginoe (CoUocalia),
504. terraj reginiE (Cypselus),
504. texensis (Caprimulgus),
()16. texensis (Chordeiles),
616. thalassina (Colibri), 109. thalassina (Petasophora),
106, 109, 657. thalassina (Praxilla), 109. thalassiuus (Lampornis),
98. thalassinus (Polytmus), 109.
tlialassinus (Trochilus),
109. Thalurania, 30, 76. Thaumantias, 178. thaumantias ( Chlorestes),
175. thaumantias (Polvtmus),
174, 175. 659. thaumantias (Trochilus),
174. Thaumantoessa, 355. Thaumasius, 178. Thaumaste, 156. Thauuiastura, 260, 418. thaum.atias (Agyrtria),
191. theresia3 (Polytmus), 176. theresire (Trochilus), 176. Threnetes, 256, 263. Threptria, 360. Tilmatura, 259, 385. tinus (Cypselus), 467. tobaci (Amazilia), 204,
226. tobaci (Thaumatias),
187. tobaci (Trocliilus), 226. tobagensis (Trocliilus),
226. Topaza, 258, 332. torquata (Boiircieria),
128, 130, 133. 658. torquata (Diphlogaena),
131. torquata (Hemiprocne),
477. torquata (Ilomophaina),
131. torquata (Hydropsalis),
598. torquata (Ornismya),
130. torquata (Polytena), 131. torquatus (Caprimul- gus), 531, 698. torquatus (Trochilus),
131. torridus (Selasphorus),
392,395.' toulsoni (Cypselus), 453. toulsoni (Micropus), 4.37,
453. townsendi (Thalurania),
76, 78. Toxoteuches, 267. traviesi (Bourcieria),
132. traviesi (Eudosia), 132. traviesi (Helianthea),
132. Tricholopha, 428.
tricholopha (Popelairia),
428. tricolor (Oruismya), 396. tricolor (Trochilus), 396. trifurcata (Hydropsalis),
600. trimaculatus (Scotoruis)
536. tristigma (Caprimulgus),
536. tristis (Cynantbus), 348. trislis (Ornismya), 348. tristis (Trochilis), 348. Trochilus, 260, 398. troglodytes (Collocalia),
497, 507. Tryphtena, 385. tsciiudii (Polytmus), 83. tschudii (Thalurania),
76, 83. turneri (Leucippus), 200. turneri (Trochilus), 200. turrium (Cypselus), 443. typica (Abeillia), 358,
666. tjpica (Ohlorestes), 223. typica (Coeligena), 135. typiea (Eryt.honota), 223. typica (Helianthea), 12,
124, (i58. typica (Juliamyia), 236,
237. typica (Leadbeatera),
318. typica (Myiabeillia), 358. typica (Saucerottia), 223. typus (Guyoruis), 268. tyriantliina (Adelomyia),
tyriauthina (Mellisuga),
152. tyrianchina (Metallura),
150, 152, 658. tyriauthinse (Urolaiu-
pra), 152. tyriuntbiuus (Trochilus),
152.
ualensis (Hemiprocne),
499. Ulysses, 239. underwoodi (Ornismya),
375. uuderwoodi (Spathura),
375, 667. uuderwoodi (Steganura),
375. uuderwoodi (Trochilus),
375. uuioolor (Collocalia),
499.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
unicolor (Cypselus), 448. unicolor (Epiiuachus), 24. unicolor (Hirundo), 449. unicolor (Irrisor), 24. unicolor (Micropus), 437
448. unicolor (Ehiuopomas-
tes), 24. unwiui (Oaprimulgus),
528. Upupa, 4. Uralia, 375. Urauomitra, 194. TJrocbroa, 257, 301. iirochrysea (Chalybura), 89. '
urochrysea (Hypuro-
ptila), 87, 89. urochrysea (Lampornis).
89. Urolampra, 1.50. uropygialis (Collocalia),
497, 507. uropygialis (Trochilus),
363. Urosticte, 116, 167. urutao (Nyctibius), 625. Urutau, 625. ussheri (Cheetura), 488, 492.
vanicorensis (Collocalia),
499, 502. vanicorensis (Ootvle), 499. '
vanikoreusis (Hirundo),
499. variegatus (Capriraul-
gus), 610. vauxi (Acanthylis), 481. Tauxi (Chffitura), 481. vauxi (Cypselus), 481. Vencejillo, 482. ventralis (Briocnemis),
361, 364, 666. venusta (Oreopyra), 307. venusta (Thalurania), 79. venustissimus (Trochi- lus), 103. venustus (Polytmus), 79. veraguensis (Doritera),
40. veraguensis (Hemiste-
phania), 38, 40. veraguensis (Lampornis),
91, 99. veraguensis (Polytmus),
99. veraguensis (Sericotes),
99. verreausi (Aurinia), 427.
701
verreauxi (Bellatrix),
427. '
verreauxi (Lophornis),
420, 427, 668. verreauxi (Polymistria),
427. verreauxi (Trochilus). 427. '
versicolor (Agyrtria),
185. versicolor (Hylocliaris), 185. '
versicolor (Trochilus),
185, 356. verticals (Cyanomvia).
194,195. verticalis (Trochilus),
194. verticeps (Polytmus),
81. verticeps (Eicordia), 81. verticeps (Thalurania),
81. vesper (Calothorax),
379. vesper (Lucifer), 379. vesper (Ornismya), 379. vesper (Rbodopis), 379. vesper (Thaumastura),
379. vesper (Trochilus), 379. vestita (Eriocnemis)
361, 363, 366. vestita (Eriopus), 363. vestita (Hylocharis),
363. vestita (Ornismya), 363. vexillarius (Cosmetor-
uis), 595. vexillarius (Macrodipte-
ryx), 595. vexillarius (Semeiopho-
ru,s), 595. victorias (Cynanthus),
146. victoria (Lesbia), 146
658. victorite (Mellisuga).
146. victorias (Psalidoprym-
ua), 146. victoria; (Trochilus),
146. vieilloti (Gryphus), 106. vieilloti (Ornismya), 426. vieilloti (Polymistria), 426. '
vieilloti (Trochilus), 410
426. villavicencio (Campylo- pterus), 288, 293.
702
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
TillaTiceucio (Heliomas-
tes), 293. villaviceiicio (Trochilus),
293. villosus (Phaethornis),
274. vincendoni (Podargus),
634. viola (Heliotrypha), 164. viola (Heliotryphon),
164. viola (Parzudakia), 164. viola (Trochilus), 164. violaceus (Trochilus),
103. violicauda (Lampornis),
91, 92, 667. violicauda (Trochilu-s),
92. violiceps (Oyanomj'in),
194,196. violiceps (Leucolia), 196. violiceps (Polytmus),
196. violiceps (Urauomitra),
196. violicoUis (Heliangulus),
159, 162, 659. violifera (Oalligenia),
126. violifera (Diphlogsena),
126. violifera (Helianthea),
124, 126. violifera (Trochilus),
126. violifrons (Heliothrix),
32. virescens (Chrysobron-
chus), 175. virescens (Polytmus),
175. virescens (Polytmus
thaumantias), 175. virescens (Trochilus),
174, 176. virginalis (Lampornis),
91, 97. virginalis (Polytmus),
97. virginianus (Capriniul-
gus), 610. virginianus (Chordeiles),
609, 610. viridans (Polytmus), 64. viridicauda (Leucippus),
200, 202. viridicaudata (Phaethor- nis), 284. viridicaudata (Pygmor-
nis), 284.
viridicaudatus (Thauuia-
tias), 250. viridicaudus (Chryso-
bronchus), 176. viridicaudus (Trochilus).
176. viridiceps (Agyrtria),
179, 181. viridiceps (Leucolia),
182. viridiceps (Polytmus),
182. viridiceps (Thaumatias),
181. viridiceps (Uranoiuitra),
19(i. viridifrons (Cyanomyia),
194, 196. viridigaster (Amazilia),
219. viridigaster (Ariana),
219. viridigaster (Hylocharis),
219. viridigaster (Polytmus),
219. viridigaster (Pyrrhopha3-
na), 219. viridigaster (Saucerottia),
219. viridigaster (Trochilus),
219. viridinitens (Collocalia),
510. viridipallens (Agyrtria),
310. viridipallens (Ohariessa),
310. viridipallens (Coeligena),
310. viridipallens (Delattria),
308, 310, 665. viridipallens (Lampor- nis), 310. viridipallens (Thauman- tias), 310. viridipallens (Topaza),
310. viridipallens (Trochilus),
310. viridipallens (Saucerot- tia), 186. viridipectus (Thalurania),
83. viridis (Chalybura), 100. viridis (Irrisor), 16, 17. viridis (Lampornis), 91,
100. viridis (Ornismya), 174. viridis (Polytmus), 100,
174.
viridis (Trochilus), 100. viridis (Upupa), 17. viridissima (Agyrtria),
179, 186. viridissima (Chlorestes),
176. viridissima (Oruismya),
186. viridissima (Smaragdi-
tis), 176. viridissima (Trochilus),
186. viridissimue (Amazilius),
176. viridissimus (Chryso-
bronchus), 176. viridissimus (Polytmus),
174, 176. viridissimus (Thaumau-
tias), 176. viridissimus (Thauma- tias), 187. viridissimus (Trochilus),
176. viridiventris (Amazilia),
204, 219, 661. viridiventris (Chlorestes),
219. viridiventris (Eratura),
219. viridiventris (Hemithy-
laca), 219. viridiventris (Pyrrho-
phsena), 219. viridiventris (Saucerot- tia), 219. vittata (Micropus), 449. vittatus (Caprimulgus),
651. vittatus (Cypselus), 449. voci ferans (Caprimulgus) ,
569. vociferus (Antrostomus),
568, 571. vociferus arizonse (An- trostomus), 670. vociferus (Caprimulgus),
525,668,571. vulcani (Chalcostigma),
345. vulcani (Lampropogon),
345. vulcani (Rhamphomi-
cron), 342, 345. vulcani (Trochilus), 345. vulgaris (Caprimulgus),
527. vulgaris (Cypselus), 443. vulgaris (Trocliilus), 178,
191. vulgaris (Upupa), 6.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
703
wagleri (Ornismya), 86. wagleri (Troehilus), 86. Wallace! (^gotheles),
(546, 650. wallacei (Dendrocheli-
don), 515. wallacei (Macropteryx),
512, 515. warszewiezi (Amazilia),
204, 222. warszewiezi (Ariana),
222. warszewiezi (Coeligeua),
123. warszewiezi (Dipblogse-
na), 123. wai'szewiezi (Hemitby-
laca), 222. warszewiezi (Leadbea-
tera), 123. warszewiezi (Polytmus),
222. warszewiezi (Saucerottia),
222, 223. watertoni (Tbalurania),
76, 78. ^ watertonii (Trocbilus),
78._ welwitscbii (Caprimul-
gus), 551. whitelyana (loljema),
321,322. wbitelyi (Antrostomiis),
573. wbitelyi (Caprimulgus),
522, 525, 573. wbitelyi (Pbaetboruis),
279.
wiedi (Eucepbala), 243. wiedi (Hylocharis), 243. wiedi (Oruismya), 243. wiedi (Trocbilus), 243. williami (Mellisuga),
155. williami (Metalliira),
150, 155. williami (Urolampra),
155. wilsoni (Bourcieria).
134. wilsoui (Coeligena), 134. wilsoni (Dipblogffina),
134. wilsoni (Eudosia), 134. wilsoni (Lampropygia),
133, 134. wilsoni (Pilonia), 134. wilsoni (Trocbilus), 134.
Xantliogenyx, 317. xanthogonys(Heliodoxa),
317,321. xantusi (Amazilia), 255. xautusi (BasiUnna), 252,
255. xantusi (Ccfiligena), 255. xantusi (Heliopsedica),
355. xantusi (Hylocbaris),
255.
yarrelli (Calothorax),
418. yarrelli (Euclidia), 418. yarx'elli (Trocbilus), 418. yarrellii (Myrtis), 417.
yaruqui (Guyornis), 269. yaruqui (Pbaetbornis),
267, 269. yaruqui (Toxoteuclies),
269. yaruqui (Trocbilus),
269. ypanemffi (Hydropsalis),
603. yucatanensis (Amazilia),
204, 214. yucatanensis (Amazilis),
214. yucatanensis (Eranna),
214. yucatanensis (Pyrrho-
pbajna), 214. yucatanensis (Trocbilus),
214. yucatanica (Cbeetura),
482. yucatanicus (Caprimul- gus), 525, 575.
zemes (Ornismya), 385. Zepbyritis, 403. Zodalia, 115, 141. zonaris (Ohsetura), 472,
476, 477. zonaris (Hemiprocne),
477. zonaris (Hemiprogne),
477. zonaris (Hirundo), 476. zonura (Pb£eoptila), 63. zonura (Pbaetbornis),
281. zonura (Pj'gmornis), 281.
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LIST OF PLATES.
Plate
Upupa somalensis, p. 13 I.
Irrisor bollii, p. 20 II.
jacksoni (fig. 1), p. 21
iScoptelus castaneiceps (fig. 2), p. 23 ,
Panychlora micans (fig. 1), p. 71
CUorostilbon peruanus (fig. 2), p. 57 ■
Heliangehis laticlavius (fig. 1), p. 160
violicoUis (fig. 2), p. 162
Heliotrypha speciosa (fig. 1), p. 167
barrali (fig. 2), p. 166
Agyrtria eaeruleiceps (fig. 1), p. 183
Amazilia sumichrasti (fig. 2), p. 213
lolaema luminosa (fig. 1), p. 323
Phaeolsema cervinigularis (fig. 2), p. 325
Eriocnemis dyselius (fig. 1), p. 368
ventralis (fig. 2), p. 364
Chaetura ussheri, p. 488 X
Caprimulgus griseatus. p. 550 XI
whitelyi, p. 573 XII
Lyncornis mindaneusis, p. 605 XIII
Batrachostomus harterti, p. 638 XIV
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Report on the Zoological Collections made in the ludo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. "Alert," 1881-2. Pp. xxv., 684. 54 Plates. 1884, 8 vo.
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MAMMALS.
Catalogue of the Bones of Mammalia in the Colleclicn of the British Museum. By Edward Gerrard. Pp. iv., 296. 1862, Svo. os.
Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs, and Fruit- eating Bats in the Collec- tion of the British Museum. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. viii., 137. 21 Woodcuts. 1870, Svo, 45.
Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mannnalia in the British Museum. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &c.- Pp. vii,, 398. 47 Woodcuts. 1809, Svo. (is. (v/.
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Hand-List of Seals. Morses, Sea-Lions, and Sea-Bears in the British Museum. By Dr. J. E. Gray, r.R.S., &c. Pp. 4.3. 30 Plate.^ of Skr.lls. 1874, 8vo. 12^. 6^/.
Cutalogne of Seals and Whales in the British Museum. By Jolin Edward Gray, F.E.S., &c. 2nd edition. Pp. vii., 402. 101 Wood- cuts. 186G, 8vo. 8s.'
Supplement by John Edward Gray, P.R.S., &c. Pp. vi., 103. 11 Woodcuts. 1871, Svo. 25. 6c?.
List of the Specimens of Cetacea in the Zoological Department of the British Museum. By William Henry Flower, LL.D., F.lv.S., &c. [With a Systematic a)id Alphabetical Index.] Pp. iv., .36. 1885, Svo. Is. 6d.
Catalogue of Puniinant Mammalia {Pccora, Linnceus) in the British Museimi. By John Edward Gray, F.Pt.S., &c. Pp. viii., 102. 4 Plates. 1872, Svo. .35. 6d.
Hand-List of the Edentate, Thick-slduned, and Euminant Mammals in the British Museum. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.E.S., &c. Pp. vii., 176. 42 Plates of Skulls, &c. 1873, Svo. 12s.
Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum. By Oldfield Thomas. Pp. xiii., 401. 4 coloured and 24 plain Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1888, Svo. 1/. Ss.
BIRDS.
Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum : —
Vol. III. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the Collection of tlie British Museum. Coliomorphce, containing the families Corvid.T3, Paradiseida^, Oriolida^, I)icrurida3, and Piionopida;. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xiii., 343. Woodcuts and 14 coloured Plates. [Syste- matic and Alphabetical Index.] 1877, Svo. 17s.
Vol. IV. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Percliing Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum. CichlomorphcE ; Part I., continuing the families Campophagidai and Mus- cicapidaj. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xvi., 494. Wood- cuts and 14 coloured Plates. [With a Systematic and Alphabetical Index.] 1879, Svo. 1/.
Vol. V. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, oi' Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum. Cichlomorphcp. : Part II., containing the family Turdidrc (Warblers and Thrushes). By Henry Seebohm. Pp. xvi., 426. Wood- cuts and 18 col(»nred Plates. [With a Systematic and Alphabetical Index.] 1881, Svo. 1/.
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Ciitiilo2;nc of the Birds in tlic Ijiitish Museum — continued.
Vol. VI. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum. Cichloinorphce : Part III., containing the first portion of the family Time- liidsu (Babbling Thrushes). By II. Bowdler Sharoe. Pp. xiii., -120. "Woodcuts and 18 coloured Plates. [With a Systematic and Alphabetical Index.] 1881, 8vo. 1/.
Vol. VII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum. Cicliln- morplice : Part IV., containing tlie concluding portion of the family Timeliidii; (15abbling Thrushes). By B. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp.xvi.,G98. Woodcuts and 15 coloured Plates. [With a Systematic and Alphabetical Index.] 1883, 8vo. 1/. 65.
Vol. VIII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum. CicJdo- morphxB : Part V., containing the families Parid;T3 a nd Laniidas (Titmice and Shrikes) ; and Certhioniorpha: (Creepers and Nuthatches). By Hans Gadow, INI, A., Ph.D. Pp. xiii., 386. Woodcuts and 9 coloured Plates. [With a Systematic and Alpliabetical Index.] 1883, 8vo. 175.
Vol. IX. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum. Cimiyrimorphcp, containing the families Nectariniidaj and IVIeliphagidaj (Sun Birds and Honey-eaters). By Hans Gadow, M.A., Ph.D. Pp. xii., 310. Woodcuts and 7 coloured Plates. [With a Systematic and Alphabetical Index.] 1884, 8vo. 14*.
Vol. X. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum. Frhigilliformes : Part I., containing the families Dicaiidaj, Hirundinida^, Ampelidaj, MniotiItidii3, and Motacillida3. By K. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xiii., 682. Woodcuts and 12 coloured Plates. [With a Systematic and Alphabetical Index.] 1885, 8vo. 1/. 2s.
Vol. XI. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum. Frinc/illiformcs : Part II., containing the iamilies Coerebida?, Tanagrida^, and Icteridaj. By PhiHp Lutley Sclater, M.A., F.R.S. Pp. xvii., 431. [With Sjstematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] Woodcuts and 18 coloured Plates. 1885, 8vo. 1/.
Vol. XII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum. Fri7igilli- formes : Part III., containing the family Fringillida;. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xv., 871. Woodcuts and 16 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1888, Svo. 1/. 85.
Vol. XIII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British INIuseuiu, t^tvrnljoniics, containing the families Artamida;, Sturnidae Ploceida\ and
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CaUilogue of the Birds in the British Museum — continued.
Alaudidie. Also the families Atrichiidce and Menurida?. By R. Bowdler Shiirpe. Pp. xvi., 701. Woodcuts and 15 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1890, 8vo. 1/. 8s.
Vol. XIV. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum. Oligo- myoclce, or the families Tyrannidas, Oxyrhamphidte, Piprida?, Cotingidaj, Phytotomid^, Philepittidic, PittidaB, Xenicidaj, and Eurylasmida;. By Philip Lutley Sclater, ]\[.A., F E.S. Pp. xix., 494. Woodcuts and 26 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1888, 8vo. \l. As.
Vol. XV. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching P)irds, in the Collection of the British Mnseiim. Tntcheophoiuc, or tile families Deudrocolaptid;\3, Forniicariida>, Conopo- phagidiB, and Pteroptochidaj. By Philip Lutley Sclater, jVr.A., F.R.S. Pp. xvii., 371. Woodcuts and 20 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1890, Svo. 1/.
Vol. XVIII. Catalogue of the Picariie in the Collection of the British Museum. Scansores, containing the fiimily Pieida;. By Edward Hargitt. Pp. xv., 597. WoodcuLs and 15 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha- betical Indexes.] 1890, Svo. 1/. 6s.
*Vol. XIX. Catalogue of the Picariai in the Collection of the British Museum. Scansores and Coccyges: containing the families Rhamphastidas, Galbulidas, and Bucconid;T3, by P. L. Sclater ; and the families Indicatoridaj, Capitonida3, Cuculida-, and Musophagidie, by G. E. Shelley. Pp. xii., 484: \Z coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha- betical Indexes.] 1891, 8vo. ll. 5s.
Hand-List of Genera and Species of Birds, distinguishing those contained in the British Museum. By G. R. Gray, F.R.S., &c. :—
Part II. Conirostres, Scansores, Columbaj, and Gallina?. Pp. XV., 278. Table of Genera and Subgenera : Part 11. 1 870, Svo. 6s. Part III. Struthiones, Gralla;, and Anseres, with Indices of Generic and Specific Names. Pp, xi., 350. Table of Genera and Subgenera : Part III. 1S71, Svo. 8.?. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. By George Robert Gray : —
Part III., Sections III. and IV. Capitonidas and Picida;.
rWith Index.] Pp. 137. 1868, 12mo. Is. 6d. Part V. Galliua". Pp. iv., 120. [Alphabetical Index.] 1867, 12mo. Is. 6d.
* Note. — Volunius XVI. aud XVIJ. will be publislicd in the course of IB'JI.
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Catalogue of the Birds of the Tropical Islands of the Pacific Oceaa in the Collection of the British Museum. By George Ivobert Gray, F.L.S., &c. Pp. 72. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 18.59, 8vo. Is. 6c/.
REPTILES.
Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphisba;uians in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. viii., 80. [Alphabetical Index.] 1841, l2rao. 1.?.
Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum ; —
Appendix. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. 28.
1872, 4to. 2s. 6d. Part II., Emydosaurians, Rhynchocephalia, and Amphis- bffinians. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. vi., 41. 25 Woodcuts. 1872, 4to. 3s. 6d. Hand-List of the Specimens of Shield Reptiles in the British Museum. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., F.L.S. , &c. Pp. iv., 124. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1873, 8vo. 4s. Catalogue of the Chelouians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). New Edition. By George Albert Boulenger. Pp. x., 311. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 73 Woodcuts and 6 Plates. 1889, 8vo. 15.?. Gigantic Land Tortoises (living and extinct) in the Collection of the British Mu.seum. By Albert C. L. G. Giinther, M.A., M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S. Pp. iv., 96. 55 Plates, and two Charts of the Aldabra group of Islands, north-west of Madagascar. [With a Systematic Synopsis of the Extinct and Living Gigantic Land Tortoises.] 1877, 4to. 1/. 10.?.
Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second edition. By George Albert Boulenger : —
Vol. I. Geckonidai, Eublepharida^, UropIatida3, Pygopodida?, Agamida3. Pp. xii., 436. 32 Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 20s.
Vol. II. Iguanidai, Xenosauridas, Zonurida3, Auguidte, Anniellidse, Helodermatidre, Varanida^, Xantusiidaj, Teiida*, Amphisbaenidaj. Pp. xiii., 497. 24 Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 20s.
Vol. III. Lacertida-, Gerrhosauridai, Scincidaj, Anelytropida;, Dibamida3, Chamasleontidaj. Pp. xii., 575. 40 Plates. [With a Systematic Index and an Alphabetical Index to the three volumes.] 1887, 8vo. II. Gs.
Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. Albert Cuuther. Pp. xvi., 281. [With Geographical, Systematic, and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1858, 12mo. 4s.
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BATPxACIIIANS.
Catalogue of the Butracliia Salienlia in the Collection of tlic Brili;li Museum. By Dr. Albeit Giinther. Pp. xv?., 160. 12 Plaies. [With Systematic, Geographical, ami Alphabetical Indcrcs.] 1858, 8vo. 6s.
Catalogue of the Batrachia Salicutia, s. Ecaudata, in the Collection of the British Museum. Second edition. By George Albert Boulenger. Pp. xvi., 503. Woodcuts and 30 Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1882, 8vo. 1/. 10s.
Catalogue of the Batrachia Gradientia, s. Caudata, and Batrachi.-i Apoda in the Collection of the British Museum. Second edition. By George Albert Boulenger. Pp. viii., 127. 9 Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1882, 8vo. 9s.
FISHES.
Catalogue of the Fishes in the Collection of the British Museimi. Vyy Dr. Albert Giinther, F.R.S., &c. :—
Vcl. II. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitid:i3, Triglidas, Trachinida?, SciaMiida?, Polynemid;!-, Spbyramidaj, Trichiuridtt, Scom- brid.T?, Carangid;T3, Xiphiidffi. Pp. xxi., 548. [With a Systematic and Alphabetical Index.] 1860, 8vo. 8s. 6d.
Vol. III. GobiidiG, Discoboli, Oxudercidaj, Batrachidix?, Pediculati, Blenniidne, Acantiioclinida^, Comephorida^ Trachypterid;T3, Lophotida\ Teuthididaj, Acronuridai, Hop- lognathida, Malacanthid;\3, Nandid.i?, Polycentridit, Labyrinthici, Lnciocephalida^, Atherinidfe, Mugilida;, Ophiocephalida;, Trichonotida', Cepolid:e, Gobiesocida?, Psych rolutida;, Centriscidaj, Fistularida, Mastacembelidix?, Notacanthi. Pp. xxv., 586. Woodcuts. [With a Sys- tematic and Alphabetical Index, and a Systematic Synopsis of the families of the Acanthopterygian Fishes.] 1861, 8vo. 10s. 6d.
Yol. IV. Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi, Anacanthini. Pp. xxi., 531. [With a Systematic and Alphabetical Index.] 1862, 8vo. 8s. 6f/.
Vol. V. Silurida, Cbaracinida, Haplochitonidre, Sternopty- chida% Scopelida% Stomiatida\ Pp. xxii., 455. Woodcuts. [With a Systematic and Alphabetical Index.] 1864, 8vo. 8s.
Vol. VI. Salmonida, Percopsidoe, Galaxida?, Mormyrida% Gymnarchida^, Esocidre, Umbridte, Scombresocida^, C} pri- iiodontida. Pp. xv., 368. Woodcuts. [Witli a Systematic and Alphabetical Index.] 1866, 8vo. 7s,
Vol. VII. Heterophygii, Cyprinida, Gonorhynchida^, Hyo- dontidfe, Osteoglossida, Clupeida, Chirocentrida, Alepo- cepbalida, Notopterida, Halosaurida\ Pp. xx., 512. Woodcuts. [With a Systematic and Alphabetical Index.] 1868, 8vo. 8s.
Vol. VI II. Gymnotida, Symbranchida, Muranida, Pegasida, Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, Ganoidei, Chondrop- terygii, Cyclostomala, Leptocardii. Pp. xxv., 549. [With u Systematic and Alphabetical Index.] 1870, 8vo. 8s. 6d.
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List of the Specimens of Fisli iu the Collection of tlie British Mnsciiiu. Tai-t I. Chondroi)torygii. By J. E. Gray. Pp. x., 1(30. 2 riates. [Syslematic and Alphal'Ctical Index.] ISol] 12 mo. 3s.
C;it^;\lognu of Fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow, now in the British Mnseum. Pp. vii., 190. T'^ystcraatic Lidex.] 1854, 12mo. 3s. 6fA
Catalogue of Lophobranchiate Fish in the Collection of the British Museum. By J. J. Kaup, Ph.D., Sec. Pp. iv., 80. 4 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1856, ]2rao. 2s.
MOLLUSCA.
Guide to the Systematic Distribution of iMollusca in the British
Museum. Parti. By John Edward Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., &c
Pp. xii., 230. 121 Woodcuts. 1857, 8vo. os. Cutilogue of the Collection of Mazatlan Shells iu the Briti-sh Museum,
collected by Frederick Reigen. Described by Philip P. Carpenter'
Pp. xvi., 552. 1857, 12mo. 8s.
List of Mollusca and Shells iu the Collection of the British Museum, connected and described by MM. Eydoux and Souleyet in the " Voyage autour du Monde, execute pendant les annees 183G et " 1837, sur la Corvette 'La Bonite,'" and in the "Hi.stoire " naturelle des Molkisques Pteropodes," Par. MM. P. C. A. L Rang et Souleyet. Pp. iy., 27. 1855, 12mo. 8d.
Catalogue of Pulmonata, or Air Breathing Mollusca, in the Col- lection of the British Museum. Part I." By Dr. Louis Pfi'iU'er Pp. iv., 192. Woodcuts. 1855, 12mo. 2s. Gd.
Catalogue of the AuiiculidcT, Proserpinid«, and Truncatellidaj in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. Louis Pfeiffer. Pp. iv., 150. Woodcuts. 1857, 12mo. Is.'Od.
List of the Mollusca in the Collection of the British Museum By John Edward Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., &c. Part II. Olivida?. Pn 41. 1865, 12mo. Is. ^*
Catalogue of the Conchifera, or Bivalve Shells, in the Collection of
the British INIuseum. By M. Deshayes :
Part 1. Yeneridaj, Cyprinidaj, Glauconomida', and Petricolada;
Pp. iv., 216. 1853, 12mo. 3s. Part II. Petricoladaj (concluded), Cori:)iculada;. Pp. 76. [With an Alphabetical Index to the tv.o ijarts 1 185 i* 12mo. Gd. i J ;
BRACHIUPODA.
Catalogue of Brachiopoda Ancylopoda or Lamp Shells in the Collec- tion of the British Museum. Pp. iv., 128, "25 Woodcuts. fWiTh an Alphabetical Index.] 1853, 12mo. 2s.
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE
POLYZOA.
Cutalogue of Marine Polyzoa iu the Collection of the British Must'ura. Part III. Cj'clostomata. By George Busk, P.E.S. Pp. viii., 39. 38 Plates. [With a Systematic Index.] 1875, 8vo. 5s.
CRUSTACEA.
Catalogue of Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum, Part I. LeucosiadjB. By Thomas Bell, V.P.E.S., Pres. L.S., &c. Pp. iv., 24. 1855, 8vo. Gd.
Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collectio"n of the British Mu.seum. By C. SpeuceBate,F.R.S., &c. Pp. iv., 399. 58 Plates. [Alphabetical Index.] 1862, 8vo. U. 5s.
INSECTS.
Coleopterous Insects.
Nomenclature of Coleopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum ; —
Part VI. Passalida3. By Frederick Smith. Pp. 23. Willi
Plate and Index. 1852, 12mo. 8d. Part VII. Longicornia, I. By Adam White. Pp. iv., 171.
4 Plates. 1853, 12mo. 2s. 6d. Part VIII. Longicornia, II. By Adam White. Pp. 237.
6 Plates 1853, 12mo. '6s. 6d. Part IX. Cassididaj. By Charles H. Boheman, Professor of
Natural History, Stockholm. Pp. 225. [With Index.]
1856, 12mo. 3s.
Catalogue of the Coleopterous Insects of Madeira in the Collection of the British Museum. By T. Vernon Wollaston, MA., F.L.S. Pp. xvi., 234. Plate. [With a Topographical Catalogue and Alphabetical Index.] 1857, 8vo. 3s.
Catalogue of the Coleopterous Insects of the Canaiies in the Collec- tion of the British Museum. Bv T, Vernon Wollaston, M.A., F.L.S. Pp. xiii., 648. [With topographical and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1864, 8vo. 10s. Gd.
List of the Coleopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I, Cuciijida3, &c. By Frederick Smith. Pp. ii,25. 1851, 12mo. (kl.
Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Coleoptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part 1. Lycida). By Charles Owen Watcrhouse. Pp. x., 83. 18 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1879, 8vo. 10s.
Catalogue of Halticida; in the Collection of the British Museum. By the Rev. Hamlet Clark, M.A., F.L.S. Physapodes and Qildipodes. Part I. Pp. xii., 301. Frontispiece and 9 Plates. 1860, 8vo. 7s.
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Catalogue of Hispidaj in the Collection of the Biitish Museum By Joseph S. Balj, M.E.S., &c. Part I. Pp. x., 172. 9 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1858, 8vo. 6s.
Hymenopterous Insects.
Catalogue of Hymenoplerous Insects in the Collection of the Britisli Museum. By Frederick Smith. 12nio. : —
Part I, AndrenidiB and Apida;. Pp. 197. 6 Plates. 1853
2s. Qd. '
Part II. Apidie. Pp. 199-465. 6 Plates. [With an
Alphabetical Index.] 1854, 6s. Part III. Mutillida> and Pompilidre. Pp. 206. 6 P!ate«.
1855, 6.V. Part IV. Sphegida?, Larrid*, and Crabronidis. Pp. 207-497.
6 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1856, 6*. Part V. Yespidffi. Pp. 147. 6 Plates. [With an Alpha-
betical Index.] 1857, 65. PartVI. Formicidce. Pp.216. 14 Plates. [With an Alpha- betical Index.] 1858, 6s. Part VII. DorylidiB and Thynnidte. Pp. 76. 3 Plates.
[Alphabetical Index.] 1859, 2s.
Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in the Collection of the British Museum. By Frederick Smith. Pp. xxi., 240. [Syste- matic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1879, 8vo. 10s.
List of Hymenoptera, with descriptions and figures of the Typical Specimens in the British Museum. Vol. I., Tenthredinidie and Siricidaj. By W. F. Kirby. Pp. xxviii , 450. 16 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1882 8vo 1/. IBs. ' ^
Dipterotis Insects.
List of the Specimens of Dipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker. 12mo. : — Part II. Pp. 231-484. 1849, 12mo. 3s. 6f/. Part III. Pp. 485-687. 1849, 12mo. 3.v. Part IV. Pp. 689-1172. [With an Index to the four parts,
and an Index of Donors.] 1849, ]2mo. Qs. Part VI. Supplement II. Acroceridae and part of the
family Asilidaj. By Francis Walker, F.L.S. Pp ii 331-
506. 8 Cuts. 1854, ]2mo. 3s. Part VII. Supplement III. Asilids. Pp. ii., 507-775
J855, ]2mo. 3s. 6(/.
Lepidopterotis Insects,
Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the
Collection of the British Museum : —
Part III. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. xviii., 82. 41-60
coloured Plates. [Systematic Index] 1879, 4to. 21. 10s.
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Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heteiocera, &c.— continued.
Part V. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. xii., 74. 78-100
Coloured Plates. [Systematic Index.] 1881, 4to. 2/. 10s.
Part YI. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. xv., 89. 101-120
Coloured Plates. [Systematic Index.] 1886, 4to. 21. 4s. Part VII. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. iv., 124. 121-
138 Coloured Plates. [Systematic List.] 1889, 4to. 21. Part VIII. The Lepidoptera Heterocera of the Nilgiri District. By George Francis Hampson. Pp. iv., 144. 139-156 Coloured Plates. [Systematic List.] 1891, 4to. 21. Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera of the family Satyridaj in the Collection of the British Museum. By Arthur Gardiner Butler, F.L.S., &c. Pp. vi., 211. 5 Plates. [Alphabetical Index.] 1868, Svo. 5s. Qd. Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in the Collection of the British Museum. By Arthur Gardiner Butler, F.L.S., Ac. Pp. iv., 303. 3 Plates. J869, 8vo. 7s. 6rf. Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycajnidse in the British Museum. By W. C. Hewitson. Pp. 15. 8 coloured Plates. 1862, 4to. 1/. Is. List of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Papiliondiaj. By G. R. Gray, F.L.S. Pp. 108. [Alpha- betical Index.] 1856, 12mo. 2s. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker. 12mo. :—
Part III. Lepidoptera Heterocera. Pp. 582-775. 1855. 3s.
Part IV. Pp. 776-976. 1855. 3s.
Pai-tV. Pp. 977-1257. 1855. 4s.
Part VL Pp. 1258-1507. 1855.3s.6f?.
Part VII. Pp. 1508-1808. [With
an Alphabetical Index to Parts I.-VIL] 1856. 4s. 6^/. Part XL Noctuidfe. Pp. 492-764. 1857. 3s. 6fZ.
Part XII. Pp. 765-982. 1857. 3s. Qd.
Part XV. Pp. 1520-1888. [With an Alpha- betical Index to Parts IX.-XV.] 1858. 4s. Qd. Part XVI. Deltoides. Pp. 253. 1858. 3s. 6rf. Part XIX. Pyralites. Pp. 799-1036. [With an Aljiha-
betical Index to Parts XVI. -XTX.] 1859. 3s. 6f/. Part XX. Geometrites. Pp. 1-276. 1860. 4s.
Part XXI. Pp. 277-498. 1860. 3s.
Part XXII. Pp. 499-755. 1861. ^s. Gd.
PartXXIIL Pp. 756-1020. 1861. 3s. 6r/.
Part XXIV. Pp. 1021-1280. 1862. 3s. Qd.
Part XXV. Pp. 1281-1477. 1862. 3s.
Part XXVI. Pp. 1478-1796. [With an Alpha- betical Index to Parts XX.-XXVI.] 1862. 4s. Qd. Part XXVII. Crambites and Toitricites. Pp. 1 -286. 1863. 4s. Part XXV III. Tortricites and Tineitcs. Pp. 287-561. 1863. 4.«.
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List of the Specimens of Lepidoplerous Insects, &c. — continued. Part XXIX. Tineites. Pp. 562-835. 1864. As.
Part XXX. Pp. 836-1096. [Witli an Alplia-
betical Index to Parts XXVII.-XXX.] 1864. 4.5.
Part XXXI. Supplement, Pp. 1-321. 1864. 5s.
Part XXXII. Part 2. Pp. 322-706. 1865.
5s.
Part XXXIII. Part 3. Pp. 707-1120. 1865.
6s.
Part XXXIV. Part 4. Pp. 1121-1533. 1865.
5s. (5d.
Part XXXV. Part 5. Pp. 1534-2040. [With
an Alphabetical Index to Parts XXXI.-XXXV.] 1866. 7s,
Kcuropterous Insects.
Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum :--
Part I. (Phryganides — Perlides.) By Francis Walker. Pp. iv., 192. 18.52, 12mo. 2s. 6d.
Part II. Sialid;^ — Xemopterides. By Francis Walker. Pp. ii., 193-476. 1853, 12mo. 3s. Qd.
Part III. Termitida; — Ephemeridas. By Francis Walker. Pp. ii., 477-585. 1853, 12mo. Is. Qd.
Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous In.sects in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. H. Hagen. Part I. Terniitina. Pp. 34. 1858, 12mo. Q>d.
Orthoptcrous Insects.
Catalogue of Orthopterons Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmida;. By John Obadiah Westwood, F.L.S., &c. Pp. 195. 48 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1859, 4to. 3/.
Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattarias in the Collection of tlie B]-itish Museum. By Francis Walker, F.L.S., &c. Pp. 239. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1868, 8vo. 5s. 6c?.
Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria and Supple- ment to the Blattaria3 in the Collection of the Briti.sh Museum. Gryllido?. Blattarias. Locustida?. By Francis Walker, F.L.S., he. Pp. 224. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1869, 8vo. 5s.
Catalogue of the Speciuiens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collec- tion of the British Mn.seum : —
Part II. Locustidffi (continued). By Francis Walker, F.L.S., &c. Pp. 225-423. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1869, 8vo. 4s. (jd.
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Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria, &c. — continued.
Part 111. Locustiilaj (contiiiuetl). Aeiidi(la\ By Francis Walker, F.L.S., &c. Pp. 425--60I. [With an Alpha- betical Index.] 1870, 8vo. 4s.
Part IV. Acrididaj (contir.netl). By Francis Walker, F.L.S., &c. Pp. 605-809. [Whh an Alphabetical Index.] 1870, Svo. Qs.
Part V. Tettioida3. Supplement to the Catalogue of Blat- taria3 ; Supplement to the Catalogue of Dermaptera Salta- toria; and a description of the Geographical Distribution of Dcrraaptera. By Francis Walker, F.L.S., &c. Pp. 811- 850; 43, UG. [With Alphabetical Indexes.] 1870, Svo. Gs.
Hemipterous Insects.
Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in tlie Col- lection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker, F.L.S., he. 8vo. :—
Part I. Scutata. Pp. 240. 1867, 5s. Part II. Scutata (continued). Pp. 241-417. 1867, 4s. Part III. Pp. 418-599. [With an Alphabetical Index to Parts I., II., III., and Summary of Geographical Distribu- tion of the Species mentioned.] 1868, 4s. Gel. Part IV. Pp. 211. [Alphabetical Index.] 1871, Svo. 6s.
Part V. Pp. 202. 1872, Svo. 5s.
Part VI. Pp. 210. 1873, Svo. 5s.
Part VII. Pp.213. 1873, Svo. Gs.
Part VIII. Pp. 220. 1873, Svo. Gs. Gil
Homopteroiis Insects.
List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the Collection of tlie British Museum. By Francis Walker: — Pan I. Pp. 260. 1850, 12mo. 3s. Gd. Part II. Pp. 261-637. 1851, 12mo. 5s. Part IV. Pp. ix., 909-1188. 8 Plates. [Alphabetical Index
to the four parts.] 1852, 12mo. 4s, Supplement. Pp. ii., 369. [Alphabetical Index.] 1858,'l2nio. 4s. Gd.
VERMES.
Catalogue of the Species of Entozoa, or Intestinal Worm.s, contained in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. Baird. Pp. iv., 132. 2 Plates. [With an Index of the Animals in Avhich the Entozoa mentioned in the Catalogue are found ; and an Index of Genera and Species.] 1853, 12mo. 2s.
BRITISH MrSEUM (NATUUAL HISTORY). 13
ANTHOZOA.
Catalogue of Sea-pons or Pcnnatiilariido; in the Colleciioii of tlie Biitisli Museiiiii. By J. E. Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. iv., 40/ 2 Woodcuts. 1870, 8vo. Is. 6d.
Catalogue of Lithopliytes or Stony Corals in the Collection of the British Museum. By J. E. Grav, F.R.S., &c. Pp. iv., 51. 14 Woodcuts. 1870, 8vo. 3s.
BRITISH ANIMALS.
Catidogue of British Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. By George Robert Gray, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. I'p. xii., 248. List of Species. 1863, 8vo. 3s. 6d.
Catalogue of British Hymenoptera in the Collection of the Britisli Museum. By Frederick Smith, M.E.S. Second Edition. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidaj. [Catalogue of British Bees. — Xew Issue.] Pp. xi., 236. 11 Plates. [WUh Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1891, 8vo. 65.
Catalogue of British Fossorial Hjnienoptera, Formicida% and N^cspidaj in the Collection of the British Museum. By Frederick Smith, V.P.E.S. ]*p. 236. 6 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1858, 12nio. (3*.
A Catalogue of the British Non-parasitical Worms in the Collection of the British Museum. By George Johnston, M.D., Edin., F.R.C.L. Ed., LL.D. Marischal Coll. Aberdeen, &c. Pp. 365, AYoodcuts and 24 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1865, 8vo. 7s.
List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection of the British Museum ; with Synonyma and References to figures. 12rao. : —
Part V. Lcpidoptora. By J. F. Stephens. 1850. 2nd Edition. 1856, 12mo. Is. 9d.
Part Vll. Mollusca, Ace[)hala, and Brachiopoda. By Dr. J. E. Gray. 1851, 12mo. 3s. Gd.
Part XL Anoplura or Parasitic Insects. By U. Denny. 1852. Is.
Part XIII. Nomenclature of Hymenoptera. By Frederick Smith. Pp. ii., 74. 1853, 12mo. 1*. 4^.
Part XIV. Nomenclature of Neuroptera. By Adam White Pp. ii., 16. 1853, 12mo. 6d.
Part XV. Nomenclature cf Diptera, T. By Adam White Pp. ii., 42. 1853, 12mo. Is.
PLANTS.
List of British Diatomaccic in the Collection of tlie British Museum. By the Rev. W. Smith, F.L.S., &c. Pp. iv., 55. 1859, i2mo. \s.
14 LIST OF PUPLICATIONS OF THE
FOSSILS.
Catalogue of tlie Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum (Natural History). By Ricliavd Lydekker, B.A., F.G.S. :—
Part I. Cornainiug the Orders Primates, Chiroptera, Insec- livora, Carnivora, and Rodeutia. Pp. xxx., 268. 33 Woodcuts. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes,] 1885, 8vo. 5s.
Part II. Containing: the Order Ungulata, Suborder Artio- dactyla. Pp. xxii., 324. 39 Woodcuts. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 6s.
Part III. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborders Peris- sodactyla, Toxodontia, Condylarthra, and Amblypoda. Pp. xvi., 186. 30 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 1886, 8vo. 4s.
Part IV. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborder Probos- cidea. Pp. xx'iv., 233. 32 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 1887, 8vo. 5s.
Part V. Containing the Group Tillodontia, the Orders Si- renia, Cetacea, Edentata, Marsupialia, Monotreinata, and Supplement. Pp. xxxv., 345. 55 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including Synonj'ms.] 1887, 8vo. 6^.
Catalogue of the Fossil Bird.3 in the British Museum (Natural History). By Pvichard Lydekker, B.A. Pp. xxvii,, 368. 75 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 1891, 8vo. \0s. 6ci. Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia of South Africa in the Collection of the British Museum. By Richard Owen, C.B., F.R.S., &c. Pp. xii., 88. 70 Plates.' [With a Tabular view of the Fossiliferous strata of the earth.] 1876. 4to. 3/. 3s. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A., F.G.S. :—
Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia,
Dinosauria, Squamata,Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria.
Pp. xxviii., 309. 69 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index
and Alphabetical Index cf Genera and Species, including
Synonyms.] 1888, 8vo. 75. 6^/.
Part II. Containing the Orders Ichthyoptcrygia and Saurop-
tcrygia. Pp. xxi , 307. 85 Woodcuts. [Witli Systematic
Index and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species,
including Synonyms.] 1889, 8vo. 7.^. 6d.
Part HI. Containing the Order Chelonia. Pp. xviii., 239.
53 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index snd Alphabetical
Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.]
1889, 8vo. 7s. 6d.
Part IV. Containing the Orders Anomodontia, Ecaudata,
Caudata, and Labyrinthodontia ; and Supplement. Pp.
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Cuhilogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, &c. — continued.
xxiii., 295. 66 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms, and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species to the entire work.] 1890, 8vo. Is. 6d.
Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). By Arthur Smith Woodward, F.G.S., F.Z.S. :—
Part I. Containing the Elasmobranchii. Pp. xlvii., 474. 13 Woodcuts and 17 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, and Systematic Index of Genera and Species.] 1889, 8vo. 2l5. Part II. Containing the Elasmobranchii (Acanthodii), Holo- cepliali, Ichthyodorulites, Ostracodermi, Dipnoi, and Teleo- stomi (Crossopterygii and Chondrostean Actinopterygii). Pp. xliv., 5G7. 58 Woodcuts and 16 Plates. [With Alpha- betical Index, and Systematic Index of Genera and Species.] 1891, 8vo. 21s.
Systematic List of the Edwards Colleclion of British Oligoccnc and Eocjnc MuUusca in the British Museum (Natural History), with references to the type-spscimens from similar horizons contained in other collections belonging to the Geological Department of the Museum. By Richard Bullen Newton, F.G.S. Pp. xxviii., ,365. [With ialde of Families and Genera, Bibliography, Correlation- table, Appendix, and Alphabetical Index.] 1891, 8vo. 6s.
Catalogue of the Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum (Natural History). By Arthur H. Foord, F.G.S. : —
Part I, Containing part of the Suborder Nautiloidea, con- sisting of the families Orthoceratidas, I'^ndoceratidte, Acti- noceratidaj, Gomphoceratida^, Ascoceratidaj, Poterioceratida3, Cyrtoceratidaj, and Supplement. Pp. xxxi., 344. 51 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 1888 8vo. 10*. 6d. Part II. Containing the remainder of the Suborder Nauti- loidea, consisting of the families Lituitida^, Trochoceratidaj, Nautilidfe, and Supplement. Pp. xxvili., 407. 86 Wood- cuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 1891, 8vo. 15*. A Catalogue of British Fossil Crustacea, with their Synonyms and the Range in Time of each Genus and Order. By Henry Wood- ward, F.R.S. Pp. xii., 155. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1877, 8vo. 5*.
Catalogue of the Blastoidea in the Geological Department of the British Museum (Natural History), with an account of the mor- phology and systematic position of the group, and a revision of the genera and species. (Illustrated by 20 plates, Sec.) By Robert Etheridge, jun., of the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History), and P. Herbert Carpenter, D.Sc, F.R.S., F.L.S. (of Eton College). [With a preface by Dr. H. Woodward' Table of Contents, General Index, Explanation of the Plates, Ike.'] Pp. XV., 322. 1 880. 4to. 25*'.
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Catiilogno of (lie Fossil Sponges in the Geological DcparlmenL of the liritisb Museum (Natural History). With descriptions of new ami little-known species. By George Jennings Hindc, Ph.D., F.G.S. Pp. viii., 248. 38 Plates. [With a Tabular List of Species, arranged in Zoological and Stratigrapihical se(iiience, and an Alphabetical Index.] 1883, 4to. 1/. lOs.
Catalogue of the Fossil Foraminifera in the British Museum (Natural Historyj. By Professor T. Rupert Jones, F.R.S., &c. Pp. xxiv., 100. [With Geographical aud Alphabetical Indexes.] 1882, 8vo. 5s.
Catalogue of the Palajozoic Plants in the Department of Geology and Palaeontology, British Museum (Natural History). By Robert Kidston, F.G.8. Pp. viii., 288. [With a list of works quoted, aud an Index.] 1886, 8vo. 5s.
GUIDE-BOOKS.
(To be obtained onI>/ at the Museum.')
A General Guitie to the British Museum (Natural History), Crom- well Road, Lond(3n, S.W. [By W. H. Flower.] With 2 Plans, 2 views of the building, aud au illustrated cover. Pp. 74. 1891, 8vo. Zd.
Guide to the Galleries of Mammalia (Mammalian, Osteological, Cetacean) in the Department of Zoology of the British Museum (Natural History). [By A. Giiniber.] 3rd Edition. Pp. 125. 57 Woodcuts and 2 Plans. Index. 1887, 8vo. 4f/.
A Guide to the Gould Collection of H-.imming Birds, British Museum (Natural History). [By A. Giiulher.] 5th Edition. Pp. 22. With Map showing the distribution of Humming Birds. 1889, 8vo. Id.
Guide to the Gallery of Reptilia in the Department of Zoology of the British Museum (Natural History). [By A. Giiuther.] 2nd Edition. Pp. 30. 22 Woodcuts and 1 Plan. 1886, 8vo. Id.
Guide to the Galleries of Reptiles and Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the British Museum (Natural History). [By A. Giinthei-.] 2ud Edition. Pp. iv., 119. 101 Woodcuts and 1 Plan. Judex. 1888, 8vo. 6f/.
Guide to the Shell and Stariish Galleries (Mollusca, Echinodermala, Vermes), in the Department of Zoology of the Briti.sh Museum (Natural History). [By A. Giiuther.] 2ud Edition. Pp.iv., 74. 51 Woodcuts and 1 Plan. 1888, 8vo. \d.
A Guide to the Exhibition Galleries of the Department of Geology and Palaeontology in the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, S.W. [By Henry Woodward. New Edition.] —
Part I. Fossil Mammals and Bii'ds. Pp. xii., 103. 119
Woodcuts and 1 Plan. 1890, 8vo. 6V/. Part II. Fossil Reptiles. Fishes, and Invertebrates. Pp. xii., 109. 94 AVoodcuts and 1 Plan. 1890, 8vo. Qd.
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Guide to the Collection of Fossil Fishes in the Department of Geology and Palaeontology, British Museum (Natm-al History), Cromwell Road, South Kensington. [By Henry Woodward.] 2nd Edition. Pp.51. 81 Woodc'uls. Index. 1888, 8vo. 4f/.
A Guide to the INIineral Gallery of the Bri'ish Museum (Xatural History). [By L. Fletcher.] Pp. 32. Plan. 1889, 8vo. 1(/.
An Introduction to the Study of Minerals, with a Guide to Ihe Mineral Gallery of the Britisli Museum (Xatural History), Crom- Avell Road, S.W. [By L. Fletcher.] Pp. 120. Diagrams. Plan of the Mineral Gallery. Index. 1889, 8vo. 6d.
The Student's Index to the Collection of Minerals, British Museum (Natm-al History). New Edition. Pp. 27. With .a plan of tlie Mineral Gallery. 1890, 8vo. 2d.
An Introduction to the Study of Meteorites, with a List of the
Meteorites represented in the Collection. [By L. Fletcher.]
[With a Plan of the Mineral Gallery, and an Index to the
Meteorites represented in the Collection.] Pp.91. 1890, 8vo. 3(/.
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