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[Trochilus] elatus Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, i, 1766, 192 ("India orientali;" 

 based on Mellivora aistata rubra Edwards, Nat. Hist., Birds, pi. 344, upper 

 fig.). — Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1, pt. 1, 1788, 499.— Latham, Index Orn., i, 

 1790, 316. 



Chrysolampis elatus Berlepsch, Novit. Zool., xv, Nov., 1908, 264 (Cayenne). 



[Trochilus] carbunculus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. 1, 1788, 498 (Cayenne; based 

 on Escarboucle Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois., vi, 28; Carbuncle irumming-bird LaihaiTi, 

 Synop., i, pt. 2, 782).— Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 317. 



Trochilus carbunculus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., vii, 1817, 361 (cites 

 Ois. Dores, pi. 5). 



[Chrysolampis] carbunculus Reichenbach, Aufz. der Colibr., 1854, 9; Troch. 

 Enuni., 1855, 5. 



{?}[Trochilas] gujanensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. 1, 1788, 498 (based on Small 

 Green and Crimson Humming-bird Bancroit, Guiana, p. 168; Guiana Humming- 

 bird Latham, Synopsis, ii, 781). 



{'^.)[Trochilus] guianensis Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 317. 



Trochilus guianensis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., vii, 1817, 375. 



{?)[Trochilus] hypophseus Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 314 (new name for Trochi- 

 lus striatus Gmelin, based on Brown-crowned Humming-bird Latham, Synop- 

 sis, ii, 776). 



{?)Trochilus hypophseus Shaw, Gen. Zool., viii, pt. 1, 1811, 333. 



{?)C[hrysola7npis] reichenbachi Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., iii, Feb., 1860, 

 21 (Colombia). 



{l)\Chrysolampis] reichenbachi Heine and Reichenow, Nom. Mus. Hein. Orn., 

 1890, 176. 



(?) Chr[ysolampis] infumatus Berlepsch, Zeitschr. Orn., iv, 1888, 182, in text 

 (Bogota, Colombia; coll. Count von Berlepsch?; =colorvarietyormelanism?). 



(?) Chrysolampis infumatus Boucard, Gen. Hum. Birds, 1895, 55, 57, in text 

 (crit). 



Genus LOPHORNIS Lesson. 



Lophornis Lesson, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., 1829, p. xxxvii; Index Gen. et 



Synop. Troch., 1832, p. xli. (Type, Trochilus ornatus Boddaert.) 

 Bellatrix Boie, Isis, 1831, 545. (Type, Trochilus ornatus Boddaert.) 

 Lophorhinus (not Lophorhina Vieillot, 1816) Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 



1854, 257. (Type, Ornismya (Lophorinus) delattrei Lesson.) 

 Lophomyia Fitzinger, Sitzungsb. Ak. Wissensch. Wien, xlvi, pt. 1, 1862?, 235. 



(Type, Trochilus magnijicus Vieillot.) 

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



ii), 1866, 219 (Classif. Troch., 1866, 75). (Type, Ornismya (Lophorinus) 



delattrei Lesson.) 

 Paphosia Mulsant and Verreaux, Mem. Soc. Imp. Sci. Nat. Cherb., xii (ser. 



2, ii), 1866, 219 (Classif. Troch., 1866, 75). (Type, Ornismya helenx Delattre.) 

 Paphiosa (emendation?) Mulsant, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n. s., xxii, 1876, 222. 

 Dialia Mulsant, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n. s., xxii, 1876, 223 (Cat. Ois.-Mouch., 



p. 27). (Type, Lophornis adorabilis Salvin.) 

 Idas Mulsant, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n. e., xxii, 1876, 223 (Cat. Ois. Mouch., 



p. 27). (Type, Trochilus magnijicus Vieillot.) 



Small Trochilidge (length about 65-80 mm.) with nasal operculum 

 very narrow, almost rudimentary, mandibular groove indistinct, a 

 more or less distinct whitish or buffy bar across rump, naked tarsi, 

 tail double-rounded or rounded, with rectrices broadly rounded at tip 

 (three-fifths to about two-tliirds as long as wing), the adult males with 



