117. JIELMStTGA. 



409 



n-q. cJ ad. sk. 

 r. $ ad. sk. 



s. S ad. sk. 

 t. $ ad. sk. 

 u, V. Juv. sk. 

 w. 5 ; .V. .luv. 



sk. 

 y. d juv. sk. 

 s. J ad. ; a'. $ 



ad. St. 



[Colombia.] 



Sautiag'o, near Pasto, Ecuador 



(Li'lunann). 

 San Jose, Ecuador {Bucklet/). 

 Citado, Ecuador {Buckley). 

 Quito, Ecuador. 

 PaUatanga, Ecuador (Fraser). 



Ecuador. 



4. Acestrura micrura. 



Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll, 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould t'v: Sclater 



Colls. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Purchased. 



Calotliorax micrurus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1853, p. ICO; id. Mon. Troch, 



iii. pi. \-if^ (May ]8o4). 

 Acestrura micrura, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 02 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, 



p. 327; Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 120; Salo. P.Z. S. 1883, p. 425. 

 My vmia micrm-n, Ml/ Is. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 113; id. Ann. 



Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 228 ; Berl. ^ Tacz. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 508 ; 



Tacz. Or7i. Per. i. p. 308. 



Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy green, duUer on the 

 crown ; under surface pale buff ; throat glittering rosy red, the 

 lateral gular feathers not elongated; flanks pale cinnamon ; under 

 tail-coverts white ; tail black ; bill black. Total length about 2-4 

 inches, wing 1-25, tail O-o, bill 0-6. 



Adult female. Under surface buff; lateral rectrices tipped with 

 white. 



Bab. Western Peru. 



a. d ad. ; b. S 

 juv.; c. 2 

 ad. sk. 



d. (5 juv. sk. 



*■. J ad. sk. 



/, (J. J ad. sk. 



Peru ( Warszewiez). 



Tumbez, Peru (Stolzinaiui). 

 Payta, Peru, .Tan. (A. H. 



Markham). 

 [Peru.] 



Gould Coll. 

 (Types of the species.) 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sah iii-Godman Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



117. MELLISUGA. 



Type. 



Mellisuga, Briss. Oni. iii. p. (JO.") (17* 0) M. minima. 



Zephyritis (Dyrinia), 3fuls. ^- T'err. Class. Troch. ]>. S8 



(1 865 ) M. miuinia, 



Ran(je. Jamaica and San Domingo. 



1. Mellisuga minima. 



Mellisuga avis minima, Sloanc, Jam. p. 307, pi. 3G4. f. 1. 

 Polytmus minimus variegatus, Broicne, Jam. p. 475, pi. 264. f 1. 

 Least Humming Bird, Edw. Nat. Hist. B. i. pi. 1U5 ; Lath. Syn. ii. 



p. 788. 

 Plus petit Oiseau-Mouche, Buff. Nat. Hist. Ois. vi. p. 11. 

 Le plus jielit Oiseau-Mouche d'Amerique, IfAttb. PL Enl. 27<). f. 1. 

 Mellisuga, Brio's. Orn. iii. p. UDo. 

 Trochilu.^ minimus, Linn. Syst. Nut. i. p. 103; Gm. Si/st. Nal. i. 



