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Kt'if tu the Species. 



a. Lateral gular feathers elontrated. 



a'. Crown and throat glitteriuf>- red Jloresii, p. .392. 



h'. Crown sliininir fi'reen, throat ylittering- red. 

 ci". Hill wholly black. 



a'". Back cinnamon riifus, p. 3'J2. 



h'" . Back like the crown o-littering- green. . . . alleni, p. 31)4. 

 h" . Mandible Hesh-colour at the base. 



c" . Inner web of the outer rectrices nearly 



wliolly rufou.s scintilla, p. 395. 



d'" . Inner web of the outer rec-trice.s nearly 



wholly purple-black turridns, p. 395. 



h. Lateral gular leathers not elongated. 



c'. Outermost primary' attenuated at the end .... platycercm, p. 396. 

 (V. Outermost primar_v normal. 



c" . Central rectrices purple-black, edged with 



rufous at the base ardens, p. 398. 



d'^'. Central rectrices shining green, edged with 



rufous Jlnmmula, p. 398. 



1. Selasphorus floresii. 



Selasphorus floresii, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 139 (Sept. 18G1) ; 



id. Intr. Troch. p. 89 ; Mnh. fy Verr. Class. Troch. p. 89 ; de Oca, 



La Nat. iii. p. 101, pi. ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 98 ; 



id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 227; Elliot, iSyji. Troch. p. 109. 

 Trochilus floresii, liryant, Forest 8f Stream, xxvi. p. 426 (1886); 



Vhapnian, Auk, 1888, p. 396. 

 Trochilus rubromitratus, Hidyv. Avk, 1891, p. 114. 



"■Adult male. CroMn and throat beautiful scarlet, with violet re- 

 flexions, the violet hue predominating on the crown and the tips of 

 the gorget : breast and centre of the abdomen greyish white ; upper 

 surface of the body and upper tail-covcrts bronzy green ; flanks 

 similar but paler ; two centre tail-feathers green, with purple re- 

 flexions ; outer webs of the lateral tail-feathers purple, inner webs 

 deep reddish bufl' ; wings purplish brown ; bill black." ( Gould, I. s. c.) 



Eeceutly recorded from California. I have not seen any specimens 

 in Mexican collections made at Bohuios, whence the type is said to 

 have come, and its vicinity in the last few years. 



Hah. Mexico, Bolanos ; California. 



2. Selasphorus rufus. 



Huffed Tk)neysucker, Penn. Arct. Zool. ii. p. 290. 

 Eurt'-necked Humming Bird, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. pt. 2, p. 785. 

 Trochilus rufus, Gm. tiyst. Nat. i. p. 497 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 144 ; 



Everm. Auk, iii. p. ISO ; Scott, Auk, iii. p. 431 ; Merrill, Avk, vi. 



p. 257. 

 Le Sasin, Aud. Ois. Dor. i. p. 131, pi. 61. 

 Trochilus collaris, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 374 ; id, Eur. 



Mcfh.Tp.o7 1. 

 Trochilus swainsoni, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xiil. 



