Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. j aq. 



Mellisuga minima (Linn.). 



Trockilus minimus Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 193 (1766). — Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, 

 p. 500 (17S8). — Lath. Ind. Orn. L p- 320 (1790). 



Trochilus minutulus Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. H, p. 73 (1807). 



Trockilus vieillotiSuxw, Gen. Zool. VIII, p. 347 (1812). 



Ornistnya minima Less. Ois. Mouch. pi. 79 (1S29). 



Hylocharis nigra Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 114 (1844). 



Mellisuga kumilis GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 127 (1S47). — March, Pr. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 2S5. 



Trochilus catherincE Salle, Rev. Zool. 1S49, P- 498' 



Hylocharis nigerV>v. Consp. I, p. 81 (1850). 



Mellisuga 7ninima Bp. Consp. I, p. 8f (1850). — Reich. Aufz. Colib. p. 6 

 (1853).— Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, P- 233.— Gould, Mon. Troch. Ill, p. 

 133. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 285. — Muls. Hist. 

 Nat. Ois. Mouch. IV, p. 82 (1877). — Elliot, Mon. Troch. p. 103 

 (1878). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 108 (18S1).— Cory, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 153 (1881) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San 

 Domingo, p. 92 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. iS (1S85). 



Mellisuga humila Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 201. 



Trochilus {Mellisuga') minimus Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 

 95 (1S66). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Above bright green ; flanks green ; throat dull vi^hite, 



spotted with brown, heaviest on the lower part; underparts white; 



under tail-coverts tipped with green ; tail black: bill and feet black. 



Female: — Resembles the male, but lacks the spots on the throat; 



lateral tail-feathers tipped with white. 



Length, 2.70; wing, 1.50; tail, .60; bill, .45. 

 Habitat. Jamaica, Haiti, and San Domingo. 



Genus Calypte Gould. 

 Calyfte Gould, Intr. Troch. octavo ed. p. 87 (1861). 



Calypte helense (Gundl.) 



Orthorhynchus helencB Gundl. in Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 70 (1850).— Brewer, Pr. 



Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860). 

 Orthorhynchus boothi Cab. J. f O. 1856, p. 99. — Gundl. J. f. O. 1859, P- 



347- 

 Calypte helence Gould, Mon. Troch. Ill, pi. 136 (1861). — Gray, Handl. 

 Bds. I, p. 145 (1869). — Elliot, Ibis, 1S72, p. 354. — Gundl. J. f. O. 

 1874, p. 144.— MuLS. Hist. Nat. Ois. Moi^. IV, p. 77 (1877).— 

 Elliot, Mon. Troch. p. loS (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 18 

 (1885). 



