220 'rROCHii.r 



as " bluish black," which indicates that spociniens of some other 

 species were before him. 



Hah. Trinidad. 



a~c. Ad. sk. Trinidad. Salvin-Godman, Gould, 



& Sclater Colls. 

 (/-/(. Ad. sk. (Skinsof Trinidad make.) Gould Coll. 



27. Amazilia tohaci. 



Tobaofo Humming- Bird, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. (2) p. 781. 



Troohilus tobaci, Gm. Syst. Nut. i. p. 4'J8 (nee Agvrtria tobaci, 



Elliot). 

 Trochilus tobagensis, Lath. Ind. Oni. p. 316. 

 Trochilus erythronotus, Jard. Ann. ^- May. N. H. xx. p. 374. 



Adult. Very similar to that oiA. erythronota, but rather larger, the 

 bill longer, and the tail more deeply forked : upper tail-coverts rich 

 purple : proximal under tail-coverts purple with bronzy-green tips, 

 distal purple, all with dusky edges. Total length about 4 inches, 

 wing 2-1, tail 1-4, bill 0-85. 



Very doubtfully distinct from A. erythronota, but now kept sepa- 

 rate pending the receipt of additional specimens. 



Ifah. Tobago. 



a. Ad. sk. Tobago (Kirk). Gould Coll. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Tobago ? Gould Coll. 



28. Amazilia feliciae. 



Ornismya feliciae, Lcxs. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 72. 



Ornismya feliciana, Les.'t. Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 4-'!3. 



Chlorestes y. Saucerottia felicipe. Reich. Atifz. d. Col. p. 7. 



Saucerottia felicife, B}}. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 25o. 



Chlorestes feliciae, Reich. Troch. Eman. p. 4, pi. 697. ff. 4556-7. 



Erythronota feliciffi, Gould, Man. Troch. v. pi. 317 (Sept. 1849); id. 



Intr. Troch. p. 161 ; Scl. 8>- Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 629 ; Eudes-I)esl. 



Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 422. 

 Hemithvlaca feliciae, Cah. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. .38 ; Heine, 



J.f. brn. 18C3, p. 192. 

 Ariana feliciae, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 36 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. 



Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 325, iv. p. 185 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Li/on, xxii. 



p. 207. 

 Polytmus felicite, Crray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 132. 

 Amazilia feliciae, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 234 (P). 



Aihdt. Similar to A. erythronota, but with the tail rather brighter 

 steel-blue. 



Most of Dyson's specimens, and one marked " Orinoco " by 

 Gould, have the under tail-coverts reddish chestnut ; but one of the 

 former has a feather reddish on one side of the shaft and purple on 

 the other ! This shows how little value can be attached to this 

 character. Another specimen (without locality) has the outermost 



