24. PETASOPHORA. 105 



bill of the female of E. jugularis is longer tlian that of the male, 

 the variation in these specimens may be duo to their being females. 

 But this view is hardly borne out by dissected specimens. 

 Hah. West Indies, from St. Thomas to Barbadoes. 



a. Ad. sk. St. Thomas, Dec. (0. Salvin). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



b-g. Ad. sk. St. Thomas {A, H. Riise). Salvin-Godman, 



Gould, & Sclater 

 Colls. 

 A. Ad. sk. St. Thomas (^. If. -Ruse). A. Newton,Esq. [P.]. 



i. cJad.sk. Castle Burke, St. Croix, June A. Newton,Esq. [P.]. 



(A. N.). 

 j. Ad. sk. St. Croix, Jau. {C. S. Winch). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{C. B. Cory Coll.) 

 k. c? ad sk. St. Croix, Jidy (0. »S'rt7ym). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



/, m. (S ad. sk. Virgin Gorda, Nov. (C. S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Wmch). {C. B. Cory Coll.) 

 II, o. Ad. sk. St. Kitts, March, Dec. (Ann- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



sfrony). (C. B. Cory Coll.) 

 p-u. Ad. sk. Xevis. Salvin-Godman & 



Gould Colls. 

 V. S ad. ; w. $ Guadeloupe, Feb., Sept. Salvin-Godman iV* 



ad. sk. {F. A. Ober). Sclater Colls, 



.r. Ad. sk. Dominica {E. C. Taylor). Sclater CoU. 



y. J ad. ; z. $ Dominica, April {Ramage). West India Expl. 



ad. sk. Comm. 



a'. Ad. sk. Martinique. Sclater CoU. 



i'. Ad. sk. Martinique, Nov. {W. B. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Richardson). (C. B. Cory Coll.) 

 c , d'. Ad. sk. Sta. Lucia (Semper). Salvin-Godman & 



Sclater Colls. 

 e'. (S ad. sk. Sta. Lucia, April (Ramage). West India Expl. 



Comm. 

 /'. Ad. sk. Barbadoes (.Br (V/^.s). Sclater CoU. 



g'. Ad. sk. Barbadoes. Gould Coll. 



/*'. Ad. sk. Gould Coll. 



(Type of R. longirosfris, Gould.) 

 i'-n'. Ad. sk. [Nevis.] ~ Gould Coll. 



o'. Ad. St. Nevis. ' W. Cottle [P.]. 



(Type of R, chlorolcsmus, Gould.) 

 y. Ad. st. Purchased. 



q, r' . Skeletons. . Purchased. 



24. PETASOPHORA. 



Type. 



Colibri, Spi.r, Av. Bras. i. p. 80 (1824) P. serrirostris. 



Petasophora, G. R. Gray, List Gen. B. p. 13 (1840). , P. serrirostris. 



Trocbilus (Cceligena), Tsch. Faun. Per. p. 39 (1844). . P. iolata. 



Trochilus (Lophtrnis), Tsch. Faun. Rer. p. 39 P. serrirostris. 



Petasophora y. Praxilia, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13 



(1854) P. iolata. 



Petasophora /3. Telesiella, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13 



(1854) P. delphina;. 



TelesiUa, Cah. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 27 (18G0) . . P. delphina;. 



Range. Southern Mexico, Central America, and South America 

 generally to Bolivia and South Brazil. 



