SCANSORES. 12'J 



Gomis TROCHILUS. 

 LinuEeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 189 (17GC). 



Trochilus, sp. 



551. Natural skeleton : mounted. 0. C. 1521. Purchased. 



552. Natural skeleton : mounted. 0. 0. L522. Purchased. 



Trochilus colubris. 



TrocliUus colubris, Linna3us, Syst. Xat. i. p. 191 (17G0); Gould, 

 Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 131. 



The E;UBY-throated Humming-bird. 



IlaJ). North America. 



553. Skull. Canada. Presented hij Sir 1>. <!lhh. 



Genus BELLONA. 

 Muls. & Verr. Classif. Trochil. p. 75 (1865). 



Bellona cristata. 



Trocln'Ias cristatus, Linnanxs, Syst. Xat. i. p. 192 (1706). 

 Orthorhi/iichus cristatus (L.), Scl. & Salv. Noraencl. Av. Neotr. 



p. 88 (1873). 

 Bellona cristata, Elliot, Syn. Trochil. p. 178 (1878). 



The Blue-crest. 



Ilab. Lesser Antilles. 



554. Natural skeleton. Stores, IS^l. 



Suborder IV. SCANSORES. 

 [Cf. Seebohm, Classif. B. p. 6 ; id. B. of Japan, p. 146. J 



A. Flexor perforans digkorum loading to third digit only. 



Flexor longus hallucis first sending a tendon to the other 

 plantars, then a second to the fourth digit, after whicli (if 

 the hallux is present) splitting into two tcndonSj one leading 

 to the hallux, the other to the second digit. 



B. Feet zygodactyl(\ 



TAHT III. K 



