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Genus PHCETHORNIS Swainson. 



Phoethornis Swainson, Zool. Joiirn., iii, no. xi, Dec, 1827, 357. (Type, Trochilus 



superciliosus Linnaeus.) 

 PhaUhornis (emendation) Swainson, Fauna Bor.-Am., ii, 1831, 322. 

 Phrethornis (typ. error?) Boie, Isis, 1831, 548. 



Phaethornis (emendation) Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, 1892, 267. 

 Phsethornis (emendation) Lesson, Man. d'Orn., ii, June, 1828, 429. — Elliot, 



Classif. and Synop. Troch., 1879, 10. 

 Phcetornis Ferussac, in Ferussac's Bull., xxiv, Feb., 1831, 201. — Lesson, 



Index Gen. et Synop. Troch., 1832, p. xiv. 

 Phxtornis Lesson, L'Echo du Monde Sav., viii, s^r. 2, 1843, col. 756. — Bona- 

 parte, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1854, 249. 

 Phaetornis Voigt, Das Thierreich, i, 1831, G40. — Lichtenstein, Syst. Verz., 



1844, 21. 

 Phaetornis Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 67. 



Phsethornus J ARBiNE and Selby, Illustr. Orn., ser., i, iii, pt. 10, Dec, 1835, 77. 

 Ptyonornis Reichenbach, Aufz. der Colibr., 1854, 14. (Type, Trochilus eury- 



nomc Lesson.) 

 Amctrornis Reichenbach, Aufz. der Colibr., 1854, 14. (Type, A. abnormis 



Reichenbach= Trochilus bourcieri Lesson.) 

 Ametornis (emendation?) Mulsant, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n. s., xxii, 1876, 201. 

 Orthornis Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., vi, pt. 2, 1854, 249. (Type, 



Trochilus bourcieri Lesson.) 

 Guyornis Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., vi, pt. 2, 1854, 249. (Ty^je, 



Trochilus guyi Lesson.) 

 Toxoteuches « Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., iii, Feb., 1860, 11. (Type, 



Trochilus guyi Lesson.) 

 Mesophila Mulsant and Verreaux, Mem. Soc Imp. Sci. Cherb., xii (ser. 2, 



ii), 1866, 161 (Classif. Troch., 17). (Type, Trochilus yaruqui Lesson.) 

 Anisoterus Mulsant and Verreaux, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., i, 1873, 72. (Type, 



Trochilus pretrii Lesson and Delattre.) 

 Milornis Mulsant and Verreaux, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., i, 1873, 77. (Type, 



Trochilus squalidus Temminck.) 

 Pygmornis Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., vi, pt. 2, 1854, 250. {Trochilus 



intermedius Lesson =7". longuemareus Lesson.) 

 Pygornis (emendation?) Mulsant and Verreaux, Mem. Soc. Imp. Sci. Nat. 



Cherb., xii (ser. 2, ii), 1866, 162 (Classif. Troch., 18). 

 Momus Mulsant and Verreaux, Mem. Soc. Imp. Sci. Nat. Cherb., xii, (s6r. 



2, ii), 1866, 162 (Classif. Troch., 19). (Type, Pygmornis obscura Gould= 



Trochilus idalix Bourcier.) 

 Eremita (not of Cocteau, 1837) Reichenbach, Aufz. der Colibr., 1854, 14. 



(Type, Trochilus rufigaster Vieillot=r. pygmseus Spix.) 



Rather large to small Trochilidse (length about 90-155 mm.) 

 with very long, more or less decurved bill, long, graduated tail with 

 middle rectrices at least twice as long as lateral pair, middle toe 

 united to outer except for its terminal phalanx, tarsi feathered, and 

 coloration usually very dull, devoid of metallic hues except on upper 

 parts (where rarely brilliant), the under parts rarely with any metallic 

 coloring. 



a "Von ro$oz£Oyj]c, mit Pfeil und Bogen ausgeriistet, d. h. mit bogenformigem 

 Schnabel und pfeilformigen Schwanzfedern." (Cabanis and Heine.) 



