332 TROCHILl. 



tail-coverts edged with rufous, the sides of the throat rufous, and 

 rufous edges to the feathers distributed over the under surface ; the 

 six central rectrices are purple-black, the outermost pair pure white, 

 the next white on the outer web and shaft nearly to the tip. 

 Hab. Southern and Eastern Brazil. 



rt, 6. cf ad. sk. Vevnamhwco {W. A. Forbes). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. c? ad.; d, e. Bahia, Brazil {Wucherer). Salviu-tiodman Coll. 



Juv. sk. 



f, g. Ad. sk. Novo Fribourgo, Rio, Brazil Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( Yoiids). 



h, i. Juv. sk. Brazil (Rio make). Gould Coll. 



j, k. Ad. sk. S.E. Brazil {Rogers). Gould Coll. 



/. (S sid. St. Purchased. 



90. TOPAZA. 



Polytnuis, Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 545 (nee Brisf:.) T. pella. 



Topaza, G. li. Grarj, List Gen. Birds, p. 13 (1840) T. pella. 



Range. Guiana and the Amazons Valley. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Lateral rectrices cinnamon pella, p. 332. 



I). Lateral rectrices purple-black , pgi'a, p- 233. 



1. Topaza pella. 



Long-tailed red Humming Bird, Bdw. Glean. A'. H. i. pi. 32. 



Polytmus surinamensis, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 690. 



Trochilus pella, Linn. Sgst. Nat. i. p. 189; Gm. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 485; 



Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 355 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 554 ; Less. 



Hist. Nat. Col. pp. 21, 27, 31, pis. 2, 3, 4, 5 ; id. Ind. Gen. Troch. 



p. xvi ; Cab. in Schomb. Guiana, iii. p. 707 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. Th. 



Bras. ii. p. 327 ; Muls. <^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 45 ; Mids. Hist. Nat. 



Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 123; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, x.\ii. p. 210. 

 Colibri de Cayenne, D'Aub. PL Bnl. 599. f. 1. 

 Topaz IIummiDg Bu'd, Lath. 8yn. i. p. 746. 

 Le Colibri Topaz, Aud. Ois. Dor. i. p. 18, pis. 2, 3. 

 Topaza pella. Gray, List Gen. B. p. 13 (1840); id. Gen. B. i. p. 109; 



id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 134 ; Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 73 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, 



p. 250 ; Goidd, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 66 (Nov. 1851) ; id. Int.r. Troch. 



p. 61 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 ; id. Troch. £num. p. 9, pi. 797. 



tf. 4853-55 ; Cab. if Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 16 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. 



p. 290; Belz. Orn. Bras. p. 30; Elliot, iSyn. Troch. p. 95; Eudes- 



Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 178 : Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 361 ; 



id. Lbis, 1885, p. 432. 



Adult male. Upper surface sliining golden red, becoming greenish 

 orange on the rump and upper tail-coverts and more glittering ; head, 

 including the lores, sides, and a narrow pectoral band, black ; throat 

 glittering greenish gold, rather more golden in the middle; rest of 

 the under suri'ace rich shining crimson ; under tail-coverts shining 



