56. FLOKICOLA. 229 



1. Floricola longirostris. 



Oiseaux-Mouche a loug- Bee, And. Ois. Dor. i. p. 12S, jil. 59. 

 Trochilus lons-irostris, Vieill. N. Diet. oC Hist. .lV. vii. p. ;J66 ; id. Enc. 



Meth. p. 5GG ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 137. 

 Trochilus superbus, Shaw, Nat. Misc. xiii. pi. 5] 7 ; id. Gen. Zool. 



viii. p. .32.3, pi. 41. f. 2 ; id. PL Col. 299. f. 1 ; Less. hid. Gen. 



Troch. p. xix. 

 Ornismya superba. Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxv, 40, pi. 2 ; 



id. Supjil. Ois.-Mouches, p. 164, pi. 33. 

 Ornism_ya longirostris, d'Orb. S^ Lafr. 8yn. Av. ii. p. 29. 

 Ileliomaster longirostris, L'p. C'o/isp. Av. i. p. 70; Gould, Mon. Troch. 



iv. pi. 259 (May 1853) ; id. Int.r. Troch p. 138 ; id. P. Z. S. 1870, 



p. 803; Scl. P. Z. 8. 1856, p. 140, 1857, p. 16; id. Cat. Am. B. 



p. 310; Salv. Ibis, 1860, pp. 195, 263, 276, 1869, p. 316, 1885, 



p. 435; id. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 155, 1870, p. 210; Cab. Sf Heine, Mit.s. 



Hein. iii. p. 54 ; E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 1863, p. 92 ; Peh. Orn. Bras. 



p. 31; Lajur. Ann. Lye. N'. Y. ix. p. 126; Fiiisch, P. Z. S. 1870, 



p. 562 ; Scl. ^- Sah: P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 753, 979, 1873, p. 288, 



1879, p. 530 ; Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 215 ; Elliot, 



Ibis, 1877, p. 138; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 38; Perl. J.f. Orn. 



1887, p. 321. 

 Selaspliorus y. Heliomaster longirostris, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13. 

 Heliomastes longirostris, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251 ; Muls. Hist. 



Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 271, iv. p. 211. 

 Ileliomaster sclateri, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 54 ; Sol. Cat. 



Am. B. p. 310 ; Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 139 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 



viii. p. 4, ix. p. ] 26. 

 Heliomaster pallidiceps, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 139 ; Scl. Cat. Am. 



B. p. 310; Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 205, 1869, p. 316, 1872, p. 320; id. 



Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 367 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 126 ; 



id. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus, no. 4, p. 32 ; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 27 ; 



Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 275, iv. p. 211 ; id. Ann. Soc. 



Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 215. 

 Heliomaster stewartse, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 291 ; Gould, 



Ibis, 1860, p. 309 ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 138 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 310: 



Scl. 8f Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 365. 

 Trocbilus stuartee, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 137. 

 Mellisuga longirostris, Leotaud, Ois. Trin. p. 147. 

 Trocbilus pallidiceps. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 137. 

 Floricola longirostris, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 83. 



Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, tinged with 

 bronze on the nape and upper tail-coverts ; an irregular white 

 ])atch on the lower back ; crown glittering bluish green, a post- 

 ocular spot, rictal stripe, a patch on the flanks, and middle of the 

 abdomen pure white ; chin black ; a large gular patch glittering 

 rosy red ; breast and sides of the abdomen grey, flanks tinged with 

 shining green ; under tail-coverts greyish at the base, a wide sub- 

 terminal greenish-black band, and tips white ; tail, central rectrices 

 bronzy green, rest greenish at the base, steel-blue towards the end, 

 and tipped with white ; bill black. Total length about 4-6 inches, 

 wing 2-6, tail 1-2.5, bill 1-4.5. 



Female. Crown like the back, rictal stripe wider, throat black, 



