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Eulampis chlorolaemus Gould, Mon. Troch., pt. xiv, 1857 (vol. ii, 1861), pi. 84 



(locality unknown; « coll. J. Gould); Introd. Troch., ocl. ed., 1861, 68 ("St. 



Thoma*;" "St. Croix").— Boucard, The Hum. IJird, i, 1891, 25 ("Trinidad," 



i. e., Tobago?; descr.; crit.). 

 [Anthracothorax. y. Sericotes] chlorolaimun Reichenuacii, Aufz. dcr Colibr., 1854, 



11 (nomen nudum). 

 [Anthracothorax] chlorolaimus Reichenbacu, Troch. Enum., 1855, 9 (nomen 



nudum). 

 [Polytmus] chloral .riniis Gray, Iland-liKt, i, 1869, 130, no. 1650. 

 Sericotes chlorol?L'mMS Houcaru, Gen. Hum. Birds, 1895, 3:37 (Grenada). 

 S[ericotes] chlorolaemus Hartert, Das Tierreich, Troch., 1900, 103. 

 [Sericotes] chlorohr.nnis Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 120. 

 C[?] chlorolaemus Hartert, Novit. Zool., v, 1898, 520 (crit.; Grciuula). 

 Eulampis longirostris Gould, Introd. Troch., oct. cd,, 1861, 69 (locality unknown; 



coll. J. Goidd). 

 [Polytmus] longirostris Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 130, no. 1651. 

 Sericotes longirostris Eudes-Deslongchamps, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Caen, i, 1880, 



186. 

 [Eulampis] longirostris Hartert, Novit. Zool., v, 1898, 520 (crit.). 

 [Eulampis] holosericcus Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 81, ])art. 

 Eulampis holosericcus (not Trochilus holosericcus Linna-us) Lawrence, Proc. U.S. 



Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 272 (Grenada), 487, part (Grenada).— Wells, Proc. U. S. 



Nat. Mus., ix, 1887, 619 (Grenada; descr. nest and eggs). — Cory', Cat. West 



Ind. Birds, 1892, 13, 106, 155, part (Grenada).— Lodge, Ibis, 1896, 519 



(Grenada). 

 Sericotes holosericcus Clark (A. II.), Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xxxii, 1905, 274, part 



(Grenada; crit.). 



Genus EULAMPIS Boif-. 



Eulampis Boie, Isis, 1831, 547. (Type, Trochilus jug alar is Linnaiiis.) 

 Culampis (typographical error?) Lesson, Ind. Gen. Troch., 1832, p. vii. 



Rather large Trochilidaj (length ahout 115-125 mm.); upper parts 

 and under ])arts of body velvety black, tail-coverts bright metallic 

 bluish green, wings bright metallic bronze-green, and throat and 

 chest soft metallic reddish purple. 



Bill longer than head, rather stout, strongly decurved, nearly 

 terete, but decidedly broader than" deep basally; culmen rounded but 

 basally contracted into a narrow ridge; terminal portion of maxillary 

 tomium minutely serrate; mandible witli a distinct lateral median 

 broad groove or sulcus. Nasal operculum narrow, hidden b}^ dense 

 frontal feathering, the latter extending to or slightly beyond ante- 

 rior end of nostril, forming a distinct point or antia on each side of 

 mesorhinium. Tarsus stout, densely feathered, except lower and 

 posterior portions; lateral toes equal in length, decidedly shorter than 

 mi(hlle toe, the hallux as long as lateral toes or very slightly shorter. 

 Wing more than three times as long as exposed culmen, the outer- 

 most primary longest. Tail about half as long as wing, emarginate, 

 the rectrices very broad, with broadly rounded tip, the lateral ones 

 strongly incurved; upper tail-coverts very large and broad. 



« A specimen said to bo from the Island of Nevis is mentioned in the text, but the 

 locality is certainly erroneous. 



