354 Mr. D. G. Elliot on the 



DORICHA LYRURA. 



Doricha lyrura, Gould, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 4th ser. vol. iv. 

 p. 112 (1869). 



Hab. Long Island, Bahamas [Bryant). 



This beautiful species, closely allied to the D. evelyn/e, is one 

 of the last novelties procured by the late Dr. Bryant during his 

 sojourn in the West Indies. It differs chiefly in the remarkable 

 shape of the tail-feathers, which, when they are spread, partake 

 of a lyre-like form ; hence its specific name. It has only been 

 obtained by Dr. Bryant ; and how many islands it may inhabit, 

 or whether it is restricted to the one given above, is unknown. 



Trochilus colubris. 



Trochilus colubris, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 191, sp. 12 (17G6) j 

 Gould, Mon. Troch. vol. iii. pi. cxxxi., et auct. 



Hab. Cuba (Gnndl.), Bermuda (Gould). 



The Bermudas, Bahamas, and the island of Cuba appear to be 

 the only ones visited by this little wanderer, which in its annual 

 migrations is found from the plains of the Arctic regions to 

 those of Central America. 



Mellisuga minima. 



Trochilus minima, Linn. Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 193; Gmel. Syst. 

 Nat. vol. i. p. 500. 



Trochilus vieilloti, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. viii. p. 347. 



Onismya catharince, Salle, Rev. Zool. 1849, p. 498. 



Mellisuga humilis, Gosse, Birds of Jamaica, p. 127 (1847). 



Mellisuga minima, Salle, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1857, p. 233 ; 

 Gould, Mon. Troch. vol. iii. pi. cxxxiii. 



Hab. Jamaica {Gosse, March), St. Domingo {Salle). 



This plain little bird, if iiot the smallest, is certainly one of 

 the most diminutive of the Trochilidse, and is an inhabitant of 

 the two large islands of Jamaica and St. Domingo, where alone 

 it has been found. It is the only species known of the genus 

 Mellisuga ; and neither sex possesses any conspicuous metallic 

 colouring. 



CaLYPTE HELENA. 



Orthorhynchu^ helena, Lembeye, Aves de la Isla de Cuba, p. 70, 

 pi. X. fig. 2 (1850). 



