410 TEOCIllLI. 



p. oOO ; Lath. Ind. Oni. p. 320 ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii, 



p. 3(50 ; id. Enc. Mith. p. 5(J8 ; Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxvii. 

 Le tres petit Oiseau-Mouche, And. Ois. Dor. i. p. 135, pi. 6-1. 

 Trochilus miuutiilus, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. ii. p. 73. 

 Trochilus vieilloti, Shaw, Gen. Zuol. \'iii. p. 347. 

 Oruismya miuiiua, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mutiches, pp. xxxii, 213. 

 MellisLiga hiimilia, Gosse, B. Jam. p. 127 ; March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 



18(i3, p. 285 ; AlhrecM, J.f. Orn. 1862, p. 201. 

 Trochilus catherinje, Salle, Heu. Zool. 1849, p. 498. 

 Ilylocharis nigra, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 114. 

 Mellisuga minima, Bp. Consj]. Av. i. p. 81 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, 



p. 257 ; Reich. Atifz. d. Col. p. ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 3, pi. 080. 



It". 4490-93 ; Gotild, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 133 (Nov. 1851) ; id. Intr. 



Troch. p. 87 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 233 ; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 297 ; 



March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1803, p. 285 ; Bryant, Pr.Bost. Sue. N. H. xi. 



p. 95 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 354 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 103 ; Muls. 



Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 82, pi. 100. ff. 1, 2; id. Ann. Sac. 



Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 227; Gundl. J.f. Orn. 1874, p. 307 ; Cory, B. 



JVcst Ind.i^. 149. 

 Ilylocharis niger, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 81. 



Zephyritis (Dyrinia) minima, Muls. ^- Vcrr. Class. Troeh. p. 88. 

 Hyloc;hari8 minima, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 150. 

 Dyrinia minima, Muls. i^- Vcrr. Class. Troeh. p. 88. 



Adidt male. Upper surface shining grass-greeu, rather dusky eu 

 the crown, brighter on the rump ; under surface white, sides of 

 the neck dusky, flanks washed with green, each feather of the 

 throat with a round dusky discal spot; tail blue-black: bill black. 

 Total length about 2-0 inches, wing 1-5, tail 0-8, bill 0"6. 



Adult female, like the male, but the under surface white, no 

 spots on the throat, and the flanks hardly washed with green ; tail 

 with the three lateral rectrices on either side tipped with white. 



Hah. Jamaica and San Domingo. 



a-d. cjad. ;e. $ Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. (O. Salvin-Godman & 



ad. sk. Salvin). Sclater Colls. 



/, y- 6 ad. ; /t.$ Jamaica (/. Hill). Gould Coll. 

 ad.; i. juv. sk. 



/. $ juv. sk. Jamaica. Gould Coll. 



k. $ ad. sk. San Domingo. Gould Coll. 



l,m. 6; n. <i. — -? Gould Coll. 



118. CATHARMA. 



Tjpe. 

 Catharma, Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 400 C. orthura. 



Range. Guiana and Venezuela. 



1. Catharma orthura. 



Trochilus orthura, Less. Hist. Nat. Troch. pp. 86, 88, pis. 28, 29 ; id. 



Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxxiv. 

 Trochilus oxxXwvcw's,, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12; id. Troch. Enum. p. 10, 



]il. 825. ff. 4948-9. 

 ("atharnia orthura, Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 400; id. Syii. Troch. p. 112; 



Muh. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 6(). 



