102 SYNOPSIS OF THE HUMMING-BIRDS. 



Thalurania eriphila, Bon., Cousp. Gen. Av., vol. i, p. 77 (1850). — Id., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 254. 



Thalurania lydia, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 7 (1853). 



Biccordta verticeps, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 8 (1853).^Id., Troch. Enum., p. 4, t. 705, fig. 4590. 



Cceh'gena fanny i, Reich., Troch. Enum., p. 3, t. 683, figs. 4502-3 (1855). 



Chloristes verticeps, Reich., Troch. Emim., p. 4, t. 705, fig. 4590 (1855). , 



Cceligena [Thalurania) eripliyle, Reich., Troch. Enum., p. 3, t. G84, figs. 4507-8 (1855). 



Thalurania eriphile, Gould, Mou. Troch., vol. ii, pi. 108. — Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 79. — Reich.. Aufz. der 



Colib., p. 7 (1853).— Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 23 (I860).— Salv. and Elliot, Ibis (1873), 



p. 359. — MuLS., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, iii, p. 67. 

 Thalurania verticeps. Gould. Mon. Troch., vol. ii, pi. 107. — Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 78. 

 Glaucopis eriphile, Bukm., Th. Bras., vol. ii, p. 334, sp. 2 (1856). 

 Thalurania fanny , Cab. and IIein.. Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 23 (1860). 

 Thalurania fanniie, Gould, Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 78 (1861). 



Hah. Brazil, Ecuador, and Columbia. 



Male. Anterior part of head and throat, metallic emerald-green. Back of head 

 and upper parts bronzy-green. Shoulders, abdomen, and flanks dark blue, glossed 

 with violet in some lights. Under tail coverts greenish-blue. "Wings purplish- 

 brown. Tail steel-blue. Bill black. Total length, 3| in. Wing, 21 in. Tail, If 

 in. Culmen, f in. 



Female. Upper parts shining green ; under parts gray. Median rectl'ices grass- 

 green, rest deep blue tipped with white. Bill black. 



10. Thalurania hypochlora. 



Tlialurania hypochlora, Gould, P. Z. S. (1870), p. 104. — Salv. and Elliot, Ibis (1873), p. 360. — Muls., Ilist. 

 Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, iii, p. 66. 



Hah. Citado in Ecuador. 



Male. Top of head and entire under parts metallic emerald-green. Upper parts 

 shining grass-green, becoming bluish-green on the upper tail coverts. . Under tail 

 coverts blue-black. Tail steel-black. Wings purplish-brown. Bill black. Total 

 length, 4 in. AVing, 2f-^ in. Tail, 1| in. Culmen, f in. 



Female. Upper parts shining bronzy-green. Under parts gray. Median rectrices 

 shining grass-green, lateral ones green at base, then deep blue, and tipped with 

 white. The blue color increases in extent as it goes towards the outermost feathers. 

 Total length, 3| in. Wing 1| in. Tail, IJg in. Culmen, | in. 



11. Thalurania bicolor. 



Trochilus bicolor, Gmel., Svst. Xat., vol. i (1788), p. 496, sp. 51.— Vieill., Ois. Dor., p. 75, t. 36 (1802).— Id., 



Ency. Meth., p. 571, sp. 81. 

 Ornismya waijleri, Less., Hist. Ois. Mouch., p. 203, pi. 73 (1829). 

 Hylncharis ivagleri. Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 114. 



Cwligena ivaglcri, Reich., Troch. Enum., p. 3, t. 702, fig. 4576-77 (1^55). 

 Thalurania wagleri, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. ii. pi. 109. — Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 79.— Reich., Aufz. 



der Colib., p. 7.-^Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i, p. 77.— Id., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854). p. 254.— Cab. 



and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 24.— Salv. and Elliot, Ibis (1873), p. 360.— Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. 



Mouch., torn, iii, p. 81.— Lawr., Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sc. (1877), vol. i, p. 46. 



Hah. Brazil ; Dominica (Ober.). 



Male. Top of head, face, and throat deep cobalt-blue. Upper surfiice shining 

 dark green ; under surface metallic grass-greeu, lighter than the back. Tail vvidi 



