Cory oti the Birds of the West Indies. i^y 



on the breast ; bell v greenish black ; upper and under tail-coverts 

 bright bluish-green; tail dark blue, showing slight purple reflec- 

 tions. 



The sexes are described as similar. 



Length, 4.30; wing, 3; tail, 1.50; bill, .85. 

 Habitat. Lesser Antilles. 



Genus Aithurus Cab. & Hein. 

 Aithurus Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. HI, p. 50 (1S60). 



Aithurus polytmus (Linn.). 



Trochilus j>olytmHs Linn. Sjst. Nat. L P- 189 (1766).— Gmel. Sjst. Nat. I, 

 p. 4S6 (17SS).— Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 302 (1790).— GossE, Bds. Jam.' 

 p. 97 (1S47).— Gould, Mon. Troch. IV, pi. 98 (1S61). 



Ortiismya cc;phalatra Less. Ois. Mouch. p. 78 (1829). 



Trochilns muria Hill, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. HI, p. 258 CiSdg).— GossE 

 111. Bds. Jam. pi. 22. 



Polytmus cephalafra Bp. Consp. I, p. 72 (1S50). 



Polytfnus cephalater Bp. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1854, p. 254.— ScL. P. Z. S. 

 1861, p. 79.— Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 201. 



Aithurus polytmus Cab. &. Hein. Mus. Hein. Ill, p. 50 (i860).— Gould, 

 Intr. Troch. octavo ed. p. 75 (1861).— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci.' 

 Phila. 1863, p. 284.— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 134 (1S69).— Scl. & 

 Salv. Norn; Avium Neotr. p. 82 (1873). -Elliot, Mon. Troch. p. 

 96 (187S).— A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 108 (1881).— 

 Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 17 (18S5). 

 Aithurus fuligi>tosus March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 285.— 

 Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 134 (1869). 



Sp. Char. Male-.—To^^ of head, with elongated feathers, velvety black; 

 back dark green; throat and underparts bright green; wings 

 brown, with a tinge of purple; tail black, the two long tail-feathers 

 showing peculiar uneven edging of the webs ; bill dull red. 



Female:— V^^^^v parts green, brownish on the head ; underparts 

 white, tinged with green on the sides and flanks; middle tail-feath- 

 ers green, bluish near the tip , outer tail-feathers heavily tipped with 

 ■white, wanting on the two middle feathers. 



Length, 8.50; wung, 2.50; tail, 5.50; bill, .80. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



Genus Thalurania Gould. 



Thulurania Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 13. 



