136 SYNOPSIS OF THE HUMMING-BIRDS. 



wreen feathers. Sides of the head bordering the white, dark brown. Back and 

 win"- coverts bronzy-green. Rump dark purple crossed by a narrow white band. 

 Throat metalhc dark green. Upper part of breast white. Flanks bronzy-green. 

 Abdomen and under tail coverts dark rufous. Tail deep rufous, with the tips of 

 the median feathers, and edges of the others, greenish-brown. Bill flesh-color, tip 

 brown. Wings purple. Total length, 2| in. Wing, If iu. Tail, 1/^ in. Cul- 

 men, f in. 



Female. Top and sides of head dark brown. Upper parts bronzy-green. Throat 

 and breast white spotted with dark brown. Tail deep buff with a subterminal black 

 bar. Flanks bronzy-green. Abdomen and under tail coverts deep rufous. Rump 

 as in the male. Maxilla black, mandible flesh-color at base, tip black. 



9. Lophornis verreausi. 



Trocliilus vcrreauxi, Bounc, Rev. Zool. (1853), p. 193. 



Lophornis verreauxi, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 12.— Id., Trocb. Enum., p. 9 (1855).— Gould, Mod. Troch., 



vol. iii, pi. 125. 

 Bellatrix vcrreauxi, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854\ p. 257. 

 Polemistria verreauxi, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. th., iii (18G0), p. 63 (note).- Gould, lutr. Troch., octavo 



ed., p. 85.— MuLS., Hist. Nat. Ois. Moucli., vol. iii, p. 221. 



Unl). Upper Amazon and Columbia, Peru. 



Male. Forehead and patch beneath the eye metallic grass-green. Crest deep 

 chestnut, each feather tipped and margined with dark green. Back and flanks 

 dark bronzy-green. Across the rump a line of white. Throat and sides of neck 

 dull pale green, the feathers of the neck tipped with white. Centre of breast and 

 abdomen dark green — almost black. Upper tail coverts bronzy-purple. Tail pur- 

 plish-bronze. Bill black. Total length, 2>\ in. Wing, If in. Tail, 1| in. Cul- 

 men, y^ in. 



Female. Top of head dark brown, without crest. Back bronzy-green. A line of 

 white on sides of throat. Flanks washed with green. Throat and abdomen black 

 spotted with buff. Line across the rump buff. Upper tail coverts dark crimson. 

 Tail bronze-green at base, changing to blackish-brown, all the lateral feathers tipped 

 with pearly-white. Under tail coverts blackish-brown. Description taken from a 

 female procured by Chesterton in Columbia. 



10. Lophornis chalybea. 



Trochilus chalyheus, Vieii.l., Ency. M^th., vol. ii, p. 574. — Temm., PI. Col., no. 66, fig. 2. 



Trocliilus festivus. Light., Doubl., p. 14. 



Colihri mystax, Spix., Av. Bras., torn, i, p. 82, tab. 82, fig. 3 (1824). 



Ornismya vicillotii. Less., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., p. 18C, pi. 64 (1820).— Id., Trochil, p. 37, pi. 8; p. 41, pi. 



9 ; p. 44, pi. 10 ; p. 46, pi. 11 (1831). 

 Ornismya audenetii, Less., Ois. Moueh. Supp., p. 102, pi. 2 (1831). 

 Mellistiga chalybea, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 113 (1844-49). 

 Mellisuga audenilii. Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 113. 

 Lophornis audenilii, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i (1850). p. 84. 

 Lophornis_ chalyheus, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i (1850), p. 84.— Reich.. Troch. Enum., p. 9 (1855).— Gould, 



Mou. Troch., vol. iii, pi. 124. — Berlepsch., Journ. fur Oraith. (1873), p. 275. 

 Lophornis chalybea, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 12 (1853). 



