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t'._d ad.; u'. J 



juv. sk. 

 v'. d ad.; zv'. 2 



ad. sk. 

 ^•'. c? juv. sk. 

 !/'■ d ad. sk. 

 2'. d ad. ; a", b". 



2 ad. sk. 

 c"-e". dad.;/", 



ii'". 2 ad. sk. 

 h". d ad. sk. 



*">/'• cJad. ; k", 

 I". $ad. sk. 



»i". d juv. sk. 



o". c? ad. St. 

 p", y". c5'ad. ;;•". 

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89. FLORisraA. 



R. Atapurow, Brit. Guiana, 



Jan. {J£. W.). 

 (Cayenne make.) 



Para. Oct. (E. L. Layard). 



331 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman & 



Sclater Colls, 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Para (.J. R ^^ allace). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Eio Aegro, July ( A. M. W.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



» i>^?- ^''°™' ^'°'^- (^- Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ■ti. IV.). 



Upi:ier Amazons (U. Bartlett). Gould Coll. 



Iquitos, Amazons, May (H. 



Whitdy). 

 Pebas, Amazons, April, Mav {J. 



Hauxicell). 



Kio Javari, Amazons ( U. W. 



Batfs). 

 Demerara. 

 Honduras. 



Gould Coll. 



Salvin-Godman, 

 Tweeddale, & 



Gould Colls. 

 Gould Coll. 



Purchased. 

 E. D3son [C.]. 



'2. Florisuga fusca. 



Trochilus fuscus Fee///. ^V. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 348; id. Enc. 



Meth. p. 00-2; Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, Sunpl. p. 98 

 Meliisuga atra, Ste/jh. in Skald's Gen. Zool. xiv. p -US 

 Cohbri leucopygius, Spiv, Av. Bras. i. p. 81, pi. 81. f. 3 

 Irochilus atratus, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 14 



Trochilus ater, Wied, Reise, i. p. 366, ii. p. 136; id. Beitr. iv. p 52 

 Irochilus nio-er, *■«;. ZooA ///. li. pi 82 

 Urnismya Xn^nX^x^ Less. Hist Sat. Ois.-Mouehes, pp. xvi, 132, pis. 



08, 39 : id. hid. Gen. TrocJi. p. vii. ^ 



Florisuga atra, Bp. Consp. 1. p. 74 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p 338 • 



M ', iT- ?^^- K^^- ^1'^ (^^'ov.18.51); id. Inir. TruA. p. 81:' 



Muls. iif Verr. Class. Troe/i. p. 47. ^ ' 



Oriiismya nigra, Bp. Consp. i. p. «1. 

 Florisuga fusca, ^,^c■/^ Aiifz. d. Col. p. 14; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, 



p. -oo ; CabJ- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 29; Scl.Cat. Am. B. p. 295 ,• 

 ,,; y''»-^>'«'- P- -^0 ; Reinh. Vidensk. Medd. Nat. For. Ejoh 1870 



u 104; Mills. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 183, iv. p. 204; id 



^««. ^.c. Z*««. Zyo» xxu. p. 212 ; Elliot, Sijn. Troch. p. 48 ; Salv 

 tat. SU-ickl. Coll. p. 363 ; Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H. ii. p ■->b7 



iopaza iui?ca, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 134. 



Melanotrochilus fuscus, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 225. 



Adult male. Upper and under surface black, with a purple gloss 

 on the upper tail-coverts and middle rectrices ; wing-coverts shinin-^ 

 olive-green ; flanks mixed with white ; under tail-coverts very dark 

 purple-black, lateral rectrices white tipj.ed with purple-black • bill 

 black. Total length about o inches, wing y-2 ; tail, central feathers 

 1-6, lateral 2 ; bill l-Oo. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Ymoif, birds have the feathers of the upper surface and the upper 



