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SYJSOPSIS OF THE HUMMING-BIRDS. 



1. "^Ptochoptera iolaema. 



Riccordia iolaema, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 8 (1853).— Id., Troch. Enum. p. 4, pi. 705, figs. 4588-89. 

 Thalnrania ivlama, Von Pelz., Ornitli. Bras., p. 57.— Salv. and Elliot, Ibis (1873), p. 361. 

 Ptochoptera ivlcema, Elliot, Ibis (1874), p. 261.— Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Moucb., torn, ii, p. 89. 



Hah. Brazil. 



Male. Top of head and nape dnll dark green, entire npper parts grass-green, only 

 slightly metallic. The tail coverts are a lighter green than the back, and reach to 

 the fork of the tail. Throat pale metallic grass-green. Rest of under parts pale 

 smoky-brown, with some of the flank feathers tipped Avith grass-green. Under tail 

 coverts long, same color as the abdomen, with a slight metallic-greenish lustre on 

 the centre of the feathers. Tail long, deeply forked, dark purplish-brown, feathers 

 very narrow. Wings purplish-brown. Bill and feet black. Total length, 4| in. 

 Wing, 1| in. Tail, 2 in. Bill along gape, f in. From type of species in the 

 Vienna Zoological Museum. 



Genus LXIX.—CALLI PHLOX. 



Calliphlox, BoiE, Isis (1831), p. 544. 



Phi I o dice. Mui.s. and "Veer., Class. Troch. (1865), p. 86. 



Ch. Bill shorter than the head, straight, sliglitly 

 curved at extreme tip. Wings moderate. Tail rather 

 long, deeply forked, feathers narrow. Sexes unlike. 



Banye. Venezuela, island of Trinidad, Brazil, and 

 Ecuador. 



Two species are known; similar in form to those 

 of the preceding genera, with rather dull metallic 

 throats, not luminous in any light. 



Type. 

 T. amcthystinus, Gmel. 

 T. mitchelli, Bourc. 



Calti^hXos amelhyttina. £ .. Brazil. ' ■Whilely. 



Key to the species. 



A. Tail lone; and deeply forked. 



a. Tiiroat metallic-ainethyst. 



b. Throat metallic dark violet. 



1. C. amethystina. 



2. C. milchelli. 



1. Calliphlo2z amethystina. 



Trochilus amethystinus, G.mel., Syst. Nat. (1788), vol. i, p. 496.— Lath., lud. Orn., vol. i, p. 319 (1790).— Shaw, 



Gen. Zool., vol. iii, p. 328. — Pr. Max., Beitr. Natnr. Bras., p. 90. 

 Mellisuga amethyHina, Steph., Gen. Zool., vol. .xiv, p. 243. — Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 113, sp. 72. 

 Trochilus brevicauda, Spix., Av. Bras., vol. i, p. 79, t. 80, fig. 2 (1825). 

 Ornismya amethystina, Less., Ois. Moiich., p. 150, pi. 47 (1829).— Id., Snppl., pis. 20, 21, 22. 

 Ornismya amethystoides. Less., Troch., p. 79, pi. 25, 26, 27 (1831). 

 Mellisuga amethystoides. Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 113, sp. 72. 

 Trochilus campestris, Pr. Max., Beit. Naturg. Bras., p. 73. 



Tryphoena amethystina, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av. (1850), vol. i, p. 84.— Id., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 257. 

 Tryphana amethystoides, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av. (1850), vol. i, p. 84. 



