TROCHILID^. 307 



V-. Wing more than 2.40, 



m}. Tail partly rich chestnut, 

 glossed with bright pur- 

 ple ; bill rather dis- 

 tinctly curved. 



Lampornis} 

 m?. Tail without chestnut or 

 bright purple. 

 m}. Tail wholly (male) or 

 partly (female) 

 greenish bronze. 

 Adult male with 

 throat brilliant 

 emerald-green, 

 breast black- 

 ish, and crown 

 rich violet or 

 violet-blue. 

 Eugenes. 

 (Page 309.) 

 n*. Tail wholly or chiefly 

 blackish. 



Outer tail-feath- 

 ers sometimes 

 broadly tipped 

 with white, or 

 grayish ; lower 

 parts deep dull 

 grayish, tinged 

 with green on 

 sides, or dull 

 white medially 

 and green lat- 

 erally; a con- 

 spicuous white 

 streak behind 

 eye ; adult 

 males with 

 throat blue, 

 reddish pur- 

 ple, or light 

 emerald-green. 



J Lampornis SwAixs., Zool. Jour. iii. 1827, 35S. Type, TrocUlua mango Linn. (One Mexican, several West 

 Indian, and several South American species.) 



