JJ2 SYNOPSIS OF THE HUMMING-BIRDS. 



developed notch. Bill black. Total length, 3| in. Wing, 11 in. Tail, Ig in. 

 Culmen, | in. (Type of S. henshawi in my collection.) 



Female. Entire upper parts shining grass-green, dullest on the crown. Throat 

 white spotted with brown. Under parts white, washed with rufous on the breast 

 and flanks. Under tail coverts buff. Median rcctrices green ; lateral ones rufous 

 at base, then a band of metallic-green, succeeded by a subterminal broad black 

 bar, and tips white. Bill black. Total length, 3| in. Wing, 1| in. Tail, \\ in. 

 Culmen, f in. Young males are similar to the females, with a few metallic spots 

 on the throat. 



8. Selasphorus torridus. 



Sclasphorus torridus, Salt., P. Z. S. (1870), p. 208.— Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Moiich., torn, iv, p. 101 (1877). 



Hah. Veragua, Volcano of Chiriqui. 



Male. Upper parts dark shining grass-green. Throat shining lilac-red, silvery 

 in certain lights. Feathers on the sides of the neck elongated, same color as the 

 throat. Breast and middle of abdomen white. Flanks green. Under tail coverts 

 buffy-white. Median rectrices bronze-green ; lateral ones purplish-black, all except 

 the two outer ones margined with rufous. Wings purplisli-brown. Maxilla black, 

 mandible flesh-color, tip black. Total length, 2§ in. Wing, 1§ in. Tail, 1| in. 

 Culmen, | in. 



Female. Head brownish, upper parts green. Under parts whitish, feathers of 

 the throat spotted with brown. Flanks rufous. Tail black, base of three outer 

 feathers rufous and tips white, next two margined with rufous; middle feathers 

 green. 



Genus LV.-CATHARMA. 



Type. 

 Catharma, Elliot, Ibis (18TG), p. 400. 0. orthura, Less. 



Ch. Bill longer than the head, broad at base, Fig- C2. 



pointed at tip. Wings long, reaching beyond the 

 centre of the tail, which is extremely short and 

 almost square. 



Ranrje. Guiana, Merida, in Venezuela (Berlepsch 

 in Litt.). 



But one species is known, with the form of that of f""»™» onMra. e . cayenno. v^n^M. 

 the next genus, and the plumage of a Calliphlox. 



It is a small bird, and until very lately was confounded with another species. See 

 my remarks on the genus in the Ibis, 1876, p. 400. 



1. Catharma orthura. 



Ornismya orthura, Lkss., Hist. Nat. Trochil., pp. 8^, 88, pis. 28, 29 (1831). 



Trochilus orthurtis, Reich., Aiifz. der Colib., p. 12 (1853).— Id., Troch. Eiuim., p. 10 (1855). 



Triiphceim orthura, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 257. 



Catharma orthura, Elliot, Ibis (187G), p. 400.— Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, iv, p. GG (1877). 



