20. LAJirOHNIS. 93 



Trocbilas nitidus, Lath. Lid. Oni. i. p. 305. 



Violet-tailed Humming Bird, Lath, iii/n. i. pt. 2, p. 7o4. 



Le Plastron noir, Aud. c^- Vielll. Ois. Vor. i. p. 25, pi. 7. 



Trochilus punetatus. And. ^ Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p. 24, pi. 8; VieiU. 



N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 357 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 550. 

 Le Plastron violette, Aud. Sf Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p. 150, pi. 70. 

 Pica flores tm-qui debaxo, Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 4l»l, no. 29ij. 

 Pica flores faxa negra a lo largo, Azara, Apunt. n. p. 490, no. 29o. 

 Trochilus fasciatus, Shnw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 303. 

 Trochilus nigi-icollis, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 349 ; id. Enc. 

 Meth. p. 553. . , „ ,^, , 



Trochilus mango, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 353 ; id. Enc. Meth. 

 p. 557 ; Less. Hist. Nat. Col. p. 58, pi. 13, 13 bis, 14, 15 ; id. Lnd. 

 Gen. Troch.Y>.y-; Wied, Beitr.w. ^.^7. _ ,-o ■ , t. 



Trochilus quadricolor, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 3o3 ; id. line. 



Meth. p. 555. .. 



Trochilus atricapillus, Vieill. JV. Diet. d'Hist. N. vu. p. 3o4 ; id. Enc. 



Meth. p. 553. 

 Lampornis mango, Bp. Consp. i. p. 71 ; id. Rev. Zool. 18o4, p. 2o0 ; 

 Gould, Man. Troch. ii. pi. 74 (Sept. 1856) ; Burm. Si/sl. Ueb. u. 

 p. 331 ; id. J.f. Oni. 1865, p. 229 ; Cass. Fr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 19 ; 

 Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 254 ; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 291 ; Cab. ^ Heme, Mtis. 

 Hein. iii. p. 19 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 319 ; E. C. Taijlur, 

 Ibis, 1863, p. 91 ; Scl. S^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 365, 1866, p. 193, 

 1867, pp. 584, 752, 979, 1868, pp. 169, 628, 1873, p. 287; Muls. Sr 

 Verr. Class. Troch. p. 24; Finseh, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 562; W,/att, 

 Ibis, 1871, p. 376 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 28 ; Iteinh. Vidensk. Medd. 

 Nat. For. Kjob. 1870, p. 103 ; Euler, J.f. Orn. 1873, p. 221 ; Muls. 

 Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 155, pi. 13, iv. p. 155 ; id. Ann. Soc. 

 Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 202; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 189. 

 Anthracothorax mango, Peich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 ; id. Troeh. Enum. 



p. 8, pi. 791. fl-. 48;%)-41. 

 Lampornis iridescens, Gould, Intr. Troeh. p. 65 ; Heme, J. f. Orn. 

 1863 p 179 ; Taez. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 745 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. 

 Caen, i. p. 192 ; Berl. Sf Taez. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 566. 

 Polytmus mango, Leot. Ois. Trin. p. 131 (1866) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 



i. p. 125. 

 Lampornis violicauda, Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 351, 1877, p. 141 ; id. Syn. 

 Troch. p. 38 ; Layard, Ibis, 1873, p. 235 ; Scl. Sr Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1879, pp. 628, 627 ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 178 ; Salv. Cat. 

 Strickl. Coll. p. 361 ; id. Ibis, 1885, p. 432 ; Taez. Orn. Per. i. p. 281. 

 Lampornis nigricoUis, Berl. J.f. Orn. 1884, p. .309, 1887, p. 317. 

 Adult male. Upper surface golden green, duller on the crown ; 

 middle of the throat and abdomen black ; sides of the neck glitter- 

 ing green, passing into glittering blue along the sides of the black 

 throat : flanks dark green ; under tail-coverts black tinged with 

 dark greenish blue; central rectrices dark green, lateral rich purple 

 edged with steel-blue ; bill black. Total length 4-5 inches, wing 2-6, 

 tail 1-4, bill 1-1. 



Adult female. Under surface white, with a median black stripe 

 from the chin to the vent; under tail-coverts green tipped with 

 white ; lateral rectrices rich purple tipped with white, and with a 

 wide subterminal steel-blue bar. 



Yuunn birds are without the median black stripe, the middle of 

 the under surface being wholly white. In their first plumage the 



