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SYNOPSIS OF THE HUMMING-BIRDS. 



Genus XVII.— EULAMPIS. 



Etilampts, BoiE, Isis (1831), p. 547. 



Culamp is. Less., Iml. Gen. et Synop. da Genr. Troch., p. vii (1832). 



Sericotes, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 11 (18.')3). 



Type. 

 T. j'ugularis, Linn. 

 T. jugularis, Linn. 

 T. holosericeus, Liun. 



Fig. 17. 



Ch. Bill longer than the head ; curved ; fea- 

 thers of forehead projectmg upon the culmen; 

 nostrils partly covered ; wings very long. Tail 

 moderate, even, or slightly forked. Tarsi bare. 

 Sexes alike. 



Range. Islands of the West Indies. 



Kry to (he specirs. 



A. Breast and throat luminous green, bordered beneath witli blue. 



B. Breast and throat schilling vinous-purple. 



Eulaiapis Ju(fu}aris. <? . 74D10. Dominica. 



1. E. holosericeus. 



2. E. jugularis. 



The members of this gemis are closely allied to those of Lampornis ; but, in 

 addition to other characters, they possess luminous upper tail coverts, which render 

 them very conspicuous. They are apparently more robust in forni than the majority 

 of the species of Lampoknis. 



1. Eulampis holosericeus. 



Trochilus Iwlosericeus, Li.vn., .?yst. Nat. (1766), vol. i, p. 191, sp. 11. — Lath., Ind. Orn., toI. i, p. 305. — Less. 



Colib., p. 76, t. 20. 

 Polytmus holosericeus. Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 108, sp. 12 (1844-49). 

 Eidampis holosericeus, Goui.D, Mon. Troch., vol. ii, pi. 83. — Id., Intr. Troeh., octavo ed.. p. C8. — Bon., Cousp. 



Av., vol. i (1850), p. 72.— Id., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 250.— Elliot, Ibis (1872), p. 352.— Muls., 



Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, i, p. 134. 

 Eulampis chlorolcenms, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. ii, pi. 84. — Id., Intr. Troch., octavo cd., p. C8. — Box., Rev. 



and Mag. Zool. (18,54), p. 250. 

 Sericotes elilorolccvius, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 11 (1853). 

 Sericotes holosericeus, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 11 (1853). 



Anthracothorax (Sericotes) holosericeus, Reich.. Troch. Enum., p. 9, t. 794, fig. 4847 (1855). 

 Anthracothorax chlorolcemus, Reich., Troch. Enum., p. 9 (1855). 

 hampornis holosericeus. Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 19 (1860). 

 Lampornis chlorolcemus. Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 19 (note) (1860). 

 Eulampis longirostris, Gould, Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 69 (1861). 



Hah. St. Thomas, St. Croix, Marthiique, Dominica, Santa Lucia. 

 Adult. Upper surface dark green. "Wings purplish-brown. Throat and breast 

 blight grass-green, bordered beneath by a patch of shining blue. Rest of under 



