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SYNOPSIS OF THE HUMMING-BIRDS. 



Hah. Mexico. 



Male. Upper pra-ts golden-green. Throat metallic reddish-violet, the feathers 

 on the side elongated. Beneath the throat a band of grayish-white. Flanks buff 

 spotted with green. Centre of abdomen white. Under tail coverts butfy-white. 

 Median rectrices shining grass-green ; lateral ones buff at base, succeeded by a bar 

 of black, tipped with white. Wings purplish-brown, outer primary abruptly at- 



tenuated. Bill black. Total length, 2| in. Winj; 



Tail, 1 in. C'ulmen, \ in. 



Female resembles the male, but has the throat white spotted with brown. 



2. Atthis ellioti. 



Fig. 64. 



Atthis hdoisce, ox Guatemala, Auct. 



Atthis ellioti, RiDgw., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. (1878), p. 9. 



Hah. Guatemala. 



3!ale. Upper parts shining green, less golden than in the preceding species. 

 Throat metallic reddish-purple, Avith slight violet reflections. Beneath the throat 

 a band of white. Flanks rufous glossed with green. 

 Middle of abdomen, crissum, and under tail coverts white, 

 the last two tinged with rufous. Tail rufous-cinnamon 

 at base, succeeded on the lateral feathers by a broad 

 black band, and the tips white. The median pair of 

 rectrices, black above the cinnamon, glossed with metal- 

 lic grass-green, this hue strongest on the central portion 

 along the shaft. Wings purplish; the outer primary 

 uniform, not attenuated. Bill and feet black. Total 

 length, 2| in. AVing, If in. Tail, 1 in. C'ulmcn, g in. 



Female like that of A. heloisai. 



Though closely resembling each other in their general appearance, the adult 

 MALES of the two species of this genus can easily be distinguished by the shape of 

 the first primary. 



AtOiU cUioti.T. Gu.itemala. Eonrcier, 



Genus LVIL— STELLULA. 



Stellula, Gould, Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 90 (1861). 

 Stellura, MuLS. and Verr., Class. Troch. (18G5), p. 88. 



Ch. " Bill longer than the head, 

 straight and pointed ; wings moderately 

 long and sickle-shaped ; first primary 

 rigid ; tail short and truncate ; feet 

 small, claws diminutive and curved." 



Range. Mexico. 



One species only is known, small in 

 size, with a bright throat, but not luminous. 



Type. 

 T. calliope, Gonld. 

 T. calliope, Gonld. 



Fig. 65. 



Steltula calliope, ^. Ittexico- Boucari- 



