10. lACHE. 59 



glittering and the under tail-coverts green instead of white {fide 

 Gould, Mon, Trocli.). 



Female. Under surface whitish; lateral rcctrices tipped with 

 white. 



Hal. Puerto Eico. 



3. Sporadinus elegans. 



Tr ochihis eleoans. Vieill. Ois. Do): i.p. 37, pi. 14; id. N. Diet. (VHist. 

 N. V\\. p. 351 ; id, Enc. Meth. p. 556 ; Less. Stippl. Ois.-Mouches, 

 p. 99. .. 



Ornismya swainsoni, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Moxiches, pp. xvu, iJ/, 

 pi. 70. 



Trochilus swainsoni, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxiu. 



Hylocharis elegans, Gray, Gen. B. i._ p. 114 ; id. Handrl. B. i. p. loO. 



Lamporuis elegans, Bp. Coiisp. Av. i. p. 72. o ■ i rr i 



Chlorestes 8. Kicordia elegans, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. 

 Eninn. p. 4, pi. 704. f. 4587. 



Sporadinus elegans, Bp. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 255; Goidd, Mon. Troch. 

 V. pi. 347 (May 1859) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 173 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1872, 

 p. 356 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 241 ; Mtds. Hist. Nat. Ois.-3/ouches, ii. 

 p. 72, iv. p. 197 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 209 ; Eudes- 

 jjesl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 500 ; Cory, B. West Ind. p. 152. 



Sporadicus elegans, Cah. l^- Heine, Mus. Hei7i. iii. p. 25. 



Trochilus (Sporadinus) elegans, Bryant, Br. Bost. Soc. N. H. xi. 

 p. 95. 



Clilorolampis elegans, Muls. 4- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 40. 



Adidt male. Upper surface shining grass-green tinged with 

 bronze; throat glittering green ; flanks shining green ; whole of the 

 centre of the abdomen black ; under tail-coverts dark green ; tail 

 bronze-black ; maxilla blackish ; mandible except the tip flesh-colour. 

 Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 2-3: tail, lateral rcctrices 1-8, 

 central 0-9 ; bill 0-75. 



Adult female. Under surface dusky grey, darker on the abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts ; lateral rcctrices with grey bases and grey tips. 



Hah. San Domingo. 



a. J ad.; b. 2 ad. Samana, S. Domingo, April Salvin-Godman Coll. 



sk. 27 (C B.Cory). 



c-r/. c? fid. ;/*,?. 2 San Domingo. Goidd Coll. 



ad. sk. -r. , J 



j. d ad.; k. 5 ad. sk. San Domingo. Purchased. 



10. lACHE. rr 



Type. 



Circe, Goidd, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 338 (May 1857) ; Intr. 



Troch. p. 169 {nee Mert.) I. latirostris. 



lache, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 234 {vice Circe, Goidd). 



Range. Mexico, highlands and west coast. 



