Cory on the Birds of fhe West Indies. 153 



HylocJiaris elegans Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 114 (1844). 



Lampornis clegatis Bp. Consp. I, p. 72 (1S50). 



Riccordia elegans Reich. Aufz. Colib. p. 8 (1853). 



Sporadinits elegans Bp. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1S54, p. 255. — Salle, P. Z. S. 



1S57, P- 233.— Gould, Mon. Troch. V, pi. 347 (1S61).— Scl. & Salv. 



Nom. Avium Neotr. p- 94(1873). — Elliot, Mon. Troch. p. 241 (187S). 



—Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, IV, p. 153 (iSSi) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & 



San Domingo, p. 93 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 18 (1S85). 

 Chlorcstes elegans Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 4 (1855). 

 Sporadicus elegans Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. Ill, p. 25 (i860). 

 Trochiliis {Sporadiniis) elegans Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 



95 (1866). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Upper parts bronze-green ; throat bright metallic 

 green; a portion of the breast black; -wings brownish-purple ; tail 

 dark brown, Avith a bronze lustre on the upper surface ; bill flesh 

 color, tip black. 



Female: — Above bronze-green; top of head grajish ; underparts 

 brownish-gray; central tail-feathers bronze-green ; rest of tail-feath- 

 ers gray, with subterminal black bar; some of the feathers glossed 

 with green. 



Length, 4; wing, 2.20; tail, 1.70: bill, .70. 

 Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo. 



Sporadinus riccordi (Gerv.). 



Trochiliis riccordi Gerv. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1835, pis. 41, 42. — Bp. Consp. 



I, p. 81 (1850). 

 Ornismya parzudaki 'L.^ss. Rev. Zool. 1838, p. 315. 

 Orthorhynchus riccoidi D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 12S 



(1840;. 

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

 Riccordia raimondi Reich. Aufz. Colib. p. 8 (1853). 

 Sporadinus riccordi Bp. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1854, p. 255. — Gould, Mon. 



Troch. V, pi. 348 (iS6i).— MuLS. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch. II, p. 74 



(1875).— Elliot, Mon. Troch. p. 241 (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. 



L p. 18 (1885). 

 Chlorcstes raimondi 'R.^\c\l. Troch. Enum. p. 4 (1855). 

 Chlorestes riccordi Gundi.. J. f. O. 1856, p. 99. — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. 



Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860).— GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, 



p. 291 (1S56) ; ib.J. f. O. 1874, p. 142. 

 Sporadicus riccordi Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. Ill, p. 25 (i860). 

 Sporadinus ricordi ScL. Sz. Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 94 (1873). — 



Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 11 1 (1880). 

 sporadinus bracei Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 50 (1877). — Cory, 



Bds. Bahama I. p. 113 (iSSo). 



