PETASOPHORA, 



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Trochtlus leucopygius, Spix., Av. Bras., t. i, pi. 81, fig. 3 (1824). 



McUisuga atra, Shaw, Gen. Zool., t. xiv, p. 243. 



Topaza atra, Obay, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 110, sp. 4. 



Florisuga atra, Bon., Cousp. Av., vol. i, p. 74. — Gould, Men. Trocli., vol. ii, pi. 115.— Id., Intr. Troch., octavo 



eJ., p. 81. 

 Flon'svga/usca, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 14 (18.')3). — Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (18.')4), p. 2.')3. Id., Coniip. 



Av., p. 74.^Reich., Troch. Enuui., p. 12 (1855). — Uab. and Hein., Mus. llein. Tli., iii, p. 29. — Mui.s., 



Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, iii, p. 183. 



ffah. Brazil. 



Male. Head, neck, upper parts of back, and entire under surface, black. Lower 

 part of back and rump very dark grass-green. Upper tail coverts very dark green 

 with purple reflections. Median rectrices dark green with purple reflections (the 

 specimen before me is more purple than green); lateral rectrices white tipped with 

 purplish-brown. Wings light purplish-brown. Bill black. Total Imigtli, 4| in. 

 Wing, 3j'g in. Tail, 2g in. Ouhnen, :| in. 



Genus XXI.— PETASOPHORA. 



CoUhri, Spix., Av. Bras. (1824), p. 80. 



Pe tasophora, G. R. Gray, List of Gen. Birds (1840), p. 13. 



Coeligena , Tschud. (ncc Less., 1832), Faun. Per. (1844), p. 39, subgen. 3. 



Lophornis, Tschud. (ncc Less., 1832), Faun. Per. (1844), p. 39, subgen. 6. 



Pr axilla, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 13 (1853). 



Colibri, Bon., ex Spi.x., Consp. Gen. Av. (1850), p. 69. 



Telesiella, Reich., Aufz. der Colib. (1853), p. 13. ' - 



TeZes/na, Cab., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 27 (18G0). 



D elph inella, " Reich.," Bon., Ann. Scien. Nat. (1854), p. 137. 



Fig. 21. 



Type. 

 T. scrrirostris, Vieill. 

 T. serrirostris, Vieill. 

 R. anais, I.,ess. 

 T. serrirostris, Vieill. 

 i?. anais. Less. 

 T. cyanotis, Bourc. 

 0. dclphinw. Less. 

 O. dclpliina:. Less. 

 O. ddphincE, Less.? 



^eta»opfior'^ anai». ^ . Antioquift, Columbia. Salmon. 



Ch. Bill longer than the head, straight, equal in width until just at tlie tip, 

 where it suddenly contracts to a sharp point. Feathers of the forehead project 

 on to the culmen, covering the nostrils. Wings long, pointed, primaries sligiitly 

 falcate. Tail broad, ample, and rounded. Feet rather large, strong; tarsi clothed. 

 Hind toe and nail shorter than middle toe and nail. Sexes similar in plumage. 



Range. Central America, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guiana, Brazil, Cohnnbia, 

 Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 



There are six species belonging to this genus. 



August, 1878. 



