304 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



two-thirds as long as wing, decidedly ai'ched ; tail graduated, the middle pair 

 of feathers much longer than the others, all tipped with white. 



Plumage very dull, almost devoid of metallic colors Pha'tJwrnis} 



«*. Anterior toes all cleft to the base ; bill never much compressed (usually broader 

 than deep), less than two-thirds as long as wings (except in Calothorax and 

 some species of Doricha), usually nearly straight (distinctly curved only in 

 Campyloj^terus, Lampornis, Calothorax, and some species of Doricha) ; tail va- 

 riable in form, but, if graduated, the middle pair of feathers neither elongated 

 nor white-tipped. 

 b^. Inner webs of two outer tail-feathers white, except at end. 



Secondaries rufous, tipped with darker; wing about 2.10-2.40. 



Eupherusa.^ 

 h^. Inner web of two outer tail-feathers without white, except sometimes 

 at tip. 

 c\ Exposed eulmen not more than ,45; tail even, two-thirds as long as 



wing, the latter 1.75-2.00 AbeilUa? 



&. Exposed eulmen decidedly more than .45. 



d}. Tail nearl}' as long as wing, wedge-shaped, with feathers broad and 

 rounded at tips ; shafts of three outer quills much (sometimes 



enormously) thickened; wing about 2.60 Sphenoproctus} 



d}. Tail much shorter than wing; if wedge-shaped, the feathers narrow 

 and pointed at tips. 

 e\ Exposed eulmen less than one-fourth as long as wing. 



Quills and secondaries rufous, with darker tips or termi- 

 nal mai'gins ; tail plain dark pur^^lish, tipped with dull 

 light grayish in female ; male with throat purplish 

 red, the remaining under parts rich purplish blue ; wing 



about 2.65-3.20 Lamprolaima.^ 



e^. Exposed eulmen more than one-fourth as long as wing. 

 /^ Exposed eulmen one-half as long as wing, or longer. 



g^. "VVing 2.20, or more ; tail rounded, the feathers 



fact, at least two of them {Lnmprolaima rhami ? and Campylcqilerua henu'leucurus ?) have probably already been 

 seen by ornithologists. (See last foot-notes on pages .304 and 305.) 



1 Phiethornis SwAiNS., Zool. Jour. 1827, 357. Type, Trochiliis siipei-cilioaus Linn. (One species in southern 

 Mexico, and numerous species f.arther south.) 



2 Eupheriisa GouLD, Mon. Troch. pt. xiv. 1857. Type Onnamya exhnia Delattk. (One species in southern 

 Mexico, another in Guatemala, a third in Costa Rica and Veragua.) 



3 Aheillia Bonap., Consp, i. 1850, 79, Type, Oniiamya uheillei Delattr. (One species in southern 

 Mexico and Central America.) 



* Sphenoproctus Cab. & Hein., Mus. Hein. iii. 1860, 11. Type, Ornwmija prtmpa Less. (One species in 

 southern Mexico, another in Guatemala.) 



5 Lamprolaima Reich., Aufz. der Colib. 1853, 9. Type Ornismi/a rhami Less. (One species in highlands of 

 Mexico and Guatemala. This is possibly the species referred to in " Birds of the North-West," p. 27.3, but 

 erroneously identified by Dr. Coues as Eugenes fulgem, as follows :— " Mrs. Maxwell, of Boulder [Colorado], 

 . . , informs me that she has seen on two or three occasions a Hummingbird with a flaming-red throat and 

 breast, much larger than the present species [Selasphorua platt/cercus], a straggler from Mexico, perhiips, as yet 

 undetected within the limits of the United States,") 



