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SYNOPSIS OF THE HUMMING-BIRDS. 



Genus XXXVIII.— HEMIS TEPHANIA. 



Doryfera, Gould (lege Doriiphora, nee Iixio., 1807, Coleopt.), P. Z. S. (1847) 

 Dorifera, Bon., Consp. Gen. A v. (1849), vol. i, p. 68. 

 Hemistephania , Reich., AuCz. der Colib. (1853), p. 9. 

 J) oryphora, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii (18()0), p. 77. 



CJi. Bill very long, straight, slender, sharp 

 pointed. Wings long, outer web of first 

 primary nearly obsolete. Tail much rounded, 

 rectrices broad. Sexes alike in plumage. 



Ranrje. Ycragua, through Columbia into 

 Ecuador. 



Five species have been described, one of 

 which is, however, only a large race of an- 

 other, and is hardly worthy of specific rank. 



p. 95. 



Ttpe. 

 T. ludovicicf, Bourc. 

 T. ludovicice, Bourc. 

 T. ludovicicB, Bourc. 

 T. ludovicioe, Bourc. 



Fig. 38. 



BemistepTiania lutlovuHip. $. l^ew Granada. Sailed 



Key to the species. 



A. Under parts blackish. Forehearl metallic-violet. 



B. Under parts bronze-green tinged with gray. 



a. Forehead metallic grass-green. 



b. Large race of above. 



c. Forehead metallic bluish-green. 



C. Under parts very dark green. Forehead metallic-green. 



1. H. johannae. 



2. H. ludovicise. 



3. H. rectirostris. 



4. H. euphrosinee. 



5. n. veraguensis. 



The term Dory/era (lege Doryphora), which Gould gave to this group of Hum- 

 ming-birds, having been many years previously employed in Entomology by Illiger, 

 cannot properly be again used, and the next proposed is that of Hemistephania, 

 Eeich., which is the one to be adopted. The species are small in size, with a rather 

 dull green plumage, and a metallic spot on their foreheads. The bills are long and 

 straight, and the group follows naturally the species of Bourcieria. 



1. Hemistephania johannae. 



Trochilus johannce, Bourc, P. Z. S. (1847), p. 45.— Id., Rev. Zool. (1847), p. 257. 



Trochilus vioUfrons, Gould, P. Z. S. (1847), p 95. 



Mellisuga johannce, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 112. 



Dorifera johannae, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. ii, pi. 87.— Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 71.— Muls., Hist. Nat. 



Ois. Moucb., torn, i, p. 196. 

 Dorifera johannm, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i, p. 68.— Id., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 251. 

 Doryphora johannce. Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 78 (note). 

 Hemiatephamajohanncs, Reich., Troch. Enum., p. 6, pi. 731, figs. 4675-76.— Id., Aufz. der Colib., p. 9. 



Hah. Columbia. 



