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S[elasphorus platycercus Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., iii, 1860, 56 (Mexico). — 

 CouES, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 463. — IIartert, Das Tierreich, 

 Troch., 1900, 206. 



[Selasphorus] platycercus Reichenbach, Aufz. der Colibr., 1854, 13; Troch. 

 Enum., 1855, 10, pi. 854, figs. 5027-5029.— Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 

 1854, 257. — ScLATER and Salvin, Noni. Av. Neotr., 1873, 84. Mulsant, 

 Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n. s., xxii, 1876, 227. — Sharpe, Iland-lint, ii, 1900, 141. 



[Selasphorus jilatycercus] var. platycercus Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. 

 N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 458. 



Selasforus platycercus Duges, La Natm'aleza, i, 1870, 141 (Patzcuaro, Michoa- 

 can). — ViLLADA, La Naturaleza, ii, 1874, 253 (Valley of Mexico). 



Ornismya tricolor Lesson, Suppl. Ois.-Mouch., 1830-31, 125, pi. 14 ("Br^sil"); 

 Les Troch., 1831, 156, pi. 60 (Mexico); Index Gen. et Synop. Troch., 1832, 

 p. xxxiv. — Jardine, Nat. Libr., Humming birds, ii, 1833, pi. 13. 



C[ynanthus]? tricolor Jardine, Nat. Libr., Humming birds, ii, 1833, 170. 



Ornismya montana Lesson, Les Troch., 1831, 161, 163, pis. 63, 64 (Mexico) 

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



Trochilus montana Jardine, Nat. Libr., Humming birds, ii, 1833, 93. 



Trochilus montanus Swainson. Birds Brazil, Mex., etc. [1841?], pi. 74. 



SELASPHORUS FLAMMULA Salvin. 



LESSER BROAD-TAILED HUMMING BIRD. 



Somewhat like S. platycercus, but much smaller; adult male with 

 outermost primary not attenuated, middle pair of rectrices edged (on 

 both webs) with cinnamomeous, and color of gorget much duller; 

 adult female with middle rectrices broadly edged with cinnamon- 

 rufous, the outer ones broadly tipped with pale cinnamon-rufous 

 or cinnamon-buff instead of v.hite. 



Adult male. — Above metallic bronze-green, somewhat darker and 

 duller on pileum; middle pair of rectrices bronze-green broadly edged 

 on both webs (except terminally) with cinnamon-rufous; other rec- 

 trices purplish dusky or black glossed with bronzy purple, the third 

 and fourth (from outside) with both webs broadly edged (except ter- 

 minally) with cmnamon-rufous, the outermost with a spot of cinamon- 

 rufous at tip of mner web (which is also mdistinctly edged with cin- 

 namomeous), the next (second) with greater part of inner web (except 

 terminally) cinnamon-rufous; remiges and primary coverts pur])lish 

 dusky, the inner secondaries glossed with bronze-green; lores dark 

 cinnamon-rufous or chestnut; gorget rather dull metallic purple 

 (between heliotrope purple and wine purple, the feathers dusky gray 

 basally, then crossed by a broad bar of cuuiamon-buff, a narrow 

 dusky bai- separating this from the metallic tip; chest dull wliite, the 

 median portion of breast and abdomen similar but slightly darker or 

 more grayish; sides pale rusty or cmnamon-bidf, spotted with 

 metallic bronze-green, especially on sides of breast; under tail- 

 coverts pale cinnamomeous or cinnamon-buff, passing into paler on 

 margins, the longer coverts somelimes mostly dull whitish; bill dull 

 black, the mandible paler basally; iris dark brown; feet grayish 



