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1. Doricha enicura. 
Trochilus enicurus, Vieill. N. Dict. d’Hist. N. xxiii. p- 429*; Temm. Pl. Col. 66. f. 37. 
Thaumastura enicura, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. t. 157 (Oct. 1852) °; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 129*; 
Salv. Ibis, 1860, pp. 196°, 264°. 
Doricha enicura, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 957; Salv. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. pp. 381, 667°. 
Doricha henicura, Salv. Cat. Strick]. Coll. p. 365°. 
Ornismya heteropygia, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxi, 72, t. 15%; Suppl. p. 97". 
Trochilus swainsoni, Less. Hist. Nat. Troch. p. 167, t. 66”. 
Supra nitenti-aureo-viridis ; capite summo obscuriore, capitis lateralibus et mento nigris vix viridi tinctis, gula 
micanti-amethystina ; pectore cervino-albo ; abdomine medio albicante ; hypochondriis et tectricibus sub- 
caudalibus aureo-viridibus ; rectricibus sex intermediis dorso concoloribus, duabus utrinque externis pur- 
pureo-nigris ea extima proxima in pogonio interno rufo limbata: rostro nigro. Long. tota circa 4:7, 
ale 1:3, caude rectr. med. 0°37, rectr. lat. 2°4, rostri a rictu 0°8. 
Q supra mari similis, capite summo obscuriore, dorso medio cupreo tincto: subtus pallide rufescens, loris et 
area infra oculos nigricantibus; rectricibus quatuor mediis dorso concoloribus, reliquis ad basin rufes- 
centibus, apicibus albis et fascia subterminali lata nigra notatis. Long. caud. rectr. med. 0°6, rectr. 
lat. 1:0. (Descr. maris et feminz ex Duefias, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Guatema.a (Constancia ®, Skinner ?), Duefias 4%, Coban 5 (0.8. & F. D. G.), Atitlan 
and Panajachel (W. B. Richardson §). 
The male of this species was described by Vieillot under the name of Trochilus 
enicurus 1, and subsequently figured by Temminck with the same title?. Lesson also 
described and figured the same bird, his drawing being a reproduction of that of 
Temminck, and proposed that the name should be changed to O. heteropygia ©. The 
same author subsequently described and figured the female as Trochilus swainsoni 12. 
None of these writers give any trustworthy account of the origin of their specimens. 
Doricha enicura is now known to be a common bird in the highlands of Guatemala, 
beyond the limits of which country we have no certain evidence of its occurrence. It 
is true that de Oca says that it is found in Yucatan, but in default of any direct evidence 
on this point we believe that he mistook D. elize for the present bird *. 
The name is also included, with doubt, in Mr. Henshaw’s paper accompanying 
Wheeler’s Report +, but the specimen now proves to be a female of Calothorax lucifer f. 
This species is one of the most familiar of the whole family of Humming-Birds at 
Duefas and its vicinity, and during our visits there we had constant opportunities of 
watching its habits. In 1858 a large portion of the hacienda was under cactus- 
cultivation for rearing cochineal, and during the month of May the flowers of the 
cactus were much sought by Humming-Birds, especially this species, both males and 
females flying together. During the winter months the females were much more 
frequently seen than the males, which no doubt associated apart in more secluded 
places. In August 1859 three nests were found: one of them was placed on the cup- 
shaped top of a fruit of the cactus and fastened most dexterously to the clusters of 
* La Nat. iii. p. 203. ~ Wheeler’s Expl. west of the 100th Merid. v. Zool. p. 381. 
t Ridgway, Rep. U. 8. Nat. Mus. for 1890, p. 360 (1892). 
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