Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. I ^ I 



Neotr. p. 85 (1873). — MuLs. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch. IV, p. 41 

 (1877). — Elliot, Mon. Troch. p. 126 (1S78). — Cory, Bds. Bahama 

 I. p. no (1S80) ; ib. Li^t Bds. W. I. p. 18 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male: — General appearance the same as D. evelyncE, but dif- 

 fers from it by showing the beautiful purple-violet on the forehead 

 as well as on the throat, and also having a much longer tail, formed 

 somewhat in the shape of a lyre, from which this bird has derived 

 its name. The throat of Z>. lyrura shows bright blue in some lights 

 on the lower part, while that of Z>. evelynoB is almost entirely purple- 

 violet, showing the bluish tinge very slightly if at all. 



Female: — Upper parts brownish-green ; throat and upper breast 

 dull white ; rest of underparts pale rufous brown ; central tail-feath- 

 ers green, rest of tail-feathers pale rufous, showing a black band in 

 the centre. 



Length, 3.64; wing, 1.60; tail, 1.58; tarsus, .13; bill, .60, 

 Habitat. Inagua and Long Island. 



Genus Bellona Muls. & Verr. 

 Bellotia Muls. «& Verr. Class. Troch. p. 75 (1S65). 



Bellona cristata (Linn.). 



Trochilus cristatus Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 192 (1766). — Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, 



p. 498 (178S). — Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 317 (1790). — Schomb. Hist. 



Barb. p. 681. 

 Trochilus piitiiceus Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 497 (1788). 

 Trochilus p Heat us Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 318 (1790). 

 Ornismya cristata Less. Troch. p. 20 (1831). 

 Mellisuga cristata Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 113 (1S44). 

 Orthorhynchus cristatus Bp. Consp. I, p. 83 (1850). — Reich. Aufz. CoHb. 



p. II (1S53). — Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. Ill, p. 61 (i860). — Gould, 



Mon. Troch. IV, pi. 205 (1861). — Elliot, Ibis, 1S72, p. 355. — Scl. 



P. Z. S. 1874, p. 175.— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 272, 487 



(1878). 

 Orthorhynchus ornatus Gould, Mon. Troch. IV, pi. 206 (1S61). — ScL. P. 



Z. S. 1871, p. 272. — Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 355. — Lister, Ibis, 1S80, 



p. 42. 

 Trochilus exilis Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 584. 

 Bellona cristata MuLS. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch. Ill, p. 193 (1876). — 



Elliot, Mon: Troch. p. 178 (1S78).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. iS 



(1S85). 

 Orthorhynchus exilis Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 167 (1S80). 



Sp. Ch.\r. Male: — Forehead and crown bright golden-green, feathers 

 lengthened, forming a crest, the green gradually fading and becom- 

 ing dark blue on the crest; upper plumage green; throat dull 



