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b^\ Gular spot glit- 

 teriug rosy red, 

 or lila'^. 

 c^^. Under sur- 

 face shining 

 green ; gular 

 spot rosy red . 

 d^^. Under surface 

 cinnamon; 

 gular spot 



lilac 



/'. Bill curved ; tail very 

 long and deeply forked. 

 f. Bill slender, decurved. 

 ff^. Tail short, slightly 

 forked ; lateral rectrices 

 pointed ; under tail- 

 coverts very long .... 

 h^. Tail longer, very slightly 

 forked ; lateral rectrices 

 with rounded ends ; 

 under tail-coverts nor- 

 mal 



A". Tail abnormal ; submedian 

 rectrices long, curved in- 

 wards, and crossing 



k'. Feet strong. 



i^. Size moderate; rump coloured 

 like the back. 

 ff'^. Rectrices narrow; tail 

 nearly square ; bill short 



and curved 



h''. Rectrices wide and full ; 

 tail more or less forked, 

 t'. Bill normal, not re- 

 curved ; throat with 

 elongated glittering 

 feathers. 



c«. Bill long 



d". Bill short. 



c'". Crown crested. . . . 

 d'°. Crown plain .... 

 j^. Bill recurved; no elon- 

 gated throat - plumes ; 

 tail slightly forked .... 

 j^. Size very large ; rump white, 

 in contrast with the back . . 

 b'". Lower back glittering, when viewed 

 from behind ; bill short and straight 

 (not long as in Lampropyffia) .... 

 '. Size small ; tail profoundly modified, 

 or rounded, hardly forked ; bill feeble ; 

 tomia of mandible decidedly rolled in- 

 wards near the tip ; nostrils concealed. 

 c". Culmen feathered a long way from 

 the base ; feathers of the crown 

 lengthened so as to form a large 

 full crest. 



g*. Tail normal 



h*. Tail profoimdly modified ; central 



85. LAMPRA8TEB,p.323. 



86. Ph.^ol.s:ma, p. 324. 



[p. 325. 



87. Hylonympha, 



88. LAFRESNAYA,p.826. 



89. Florisuga, p. 328. 



90. ToPAZA, p. 332. 



[p. 334. 

 91. Oreotrochilus, 



[p. 338. 



92. Oreonympha, 



93. OxYPOGON, p. 339. 



94. Rhamphomicron, 



[p. 341. 



95. Opisthoprora, 



[p. 347. 



96. Patagona, p. 348. 



97. Agl.«;actis, p. 349. 



98. Bellona, p. 352. 



