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SYNOPSIS OF THE HUMMING-BIRDS. 



into three as has been attempted by previous writers, both the geographical distri- 

 bution and the plumage of the specimens proving very conclusively that there is 

 only one species. 



Genus XXXII.— PTEROPHANES. 



Type. 



Pterophanes, Gould, Intr. Troch., octavo cd., p. 105; 1d.,Mou. Troch., pt. 1 (1850). 0. temminckii. Boss. 

 Lepidoria, Mdls. aud Verr., Class. Troch. (1865), p. 61. O. temminckii, Boss. 



Fig. 32. 



Tteropkanes tfmminrkii. S. Tiingas, Bnjivfa. Buckley. 

 (BUge o/ Cittuhugaza, alt. 12.UU0/(.) 



Ch. Bill cylindrical, longer than the head, slightly curved upw.ird at the point. 

 Wings very large, falcate. Tail ample, forked. Tarsi clothed. Hind toe shorter 

 than middle one. Sexes unlike. 



Range. Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 



The present genus contains but a single species, remarkable chiefly for its large 

 size, being exceeded in this respect, by only one other in the Family. Although 

 differing greatly from all the other genera, it still has its closest affinity to those 

 species with stout, straight bills, and naturally finds its place here ; although we 

 must wait farther discoveries to enable us to supply the species needed to render 

 its connection with the surrounding genera more close and complete. 



1. Pterophanes temminckii. 



Ornismya temmincTcii, Boiss., Rev. Zool. (1839), p. 354.— Id., Mag. Zool. (1840), Ois., pi. 14. 



Trochtlus cyanopterus, " Lodd.," Fras., P. Z. S. (1840), p. 17. 



Mdlisuga temmincTcii, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 112, sp. 10. 



Pterophanes temmincTcii, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii, pi. 178. — Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 105. — Bon., 

 Consp. Gen. Av. (1850), vol. i, p. 70.— Id., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 251.— Reich., AuI'z. der Colib., 

 p. 14.— Id., Troch. Enum., p. 11.— Cab. and Hein., Mus. Heiu. Th., iii, p. 80. — Mdls., Hist. Nat. Ois. 

 Mouch., torn, ii, p. 290. 



Lepicloria temmincTcii, Muls. and Verr., Class. Troch. (1865), p. 61. 



Eab. Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 



Male. Plumage of the body dark grass-green, black on the back in some lights. 

 Wings deep shuiing blue, feathers tipped with black. Tail shining olive-green. 



