148 SYNOPSIS OF THE HUMMING-BIRDS. 



green, except the outermost one Avhich has a bronze tip. Bill black. Total length, 

 7§ in. Wing, 2j; in. Tail, 5§ in. Culmen, ^"g in. From Bourcier's type in my 

 collection. 



Female. Above golden-green ; beneath buff spangled with green. Tail like the 

 male but shorter, and with the outer web of outermost feather grayish-white for 

 three-fourths its length. 



Though similar to the L. nuna, besides the differences already mentioned, the 

 present is a larger bird, and is I believe a very distinct species. 



4. Lesbia amaryllis. 



Trochilus victorim, Bourc. and Mni.s., Ann. Soc. Agr., Lyon (1846), torn, is, p. 312. — Id., Rev. Zool. (1846), 



p. 315, pi. 4 (discolored specimen). 

 Mellisuga victoria;, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 113, sp. 54. — Rrich., Troch. Enum.. pi. 715. figs. 4022-23 (1855). 

 Trochilus amaryllis, Bourc, Rev. Zool. (1848), p. 273. — Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. iii ; Supp., App. 30 a, p. 103. 

 Lesbia victorice, Reich., Troch. Enum., p. 5, pi. 714, figs. 4620-21.— Id., Aufz. der Colib., p. 8 (1853).— Muls., 



Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., tom. iii, p. 286 (1876). 

 Cynanihus amaryllis, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 252. 

 Cynanihus victorice. Bon., Consp. Gen. Av. (1850), vol. i, p. 81. 

 Lesbia amaryllis, Reich., AuIz. der Colib., p. 8 (1853). — Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii, pi. 170. — Id., Intr. 



Troch., octavo ed., p. 101 (1861). 

 Psalidoprymna victorice, Cab. and Rein., Mus. Hein. (1860) Th., iii, p. 52. 

 Psalidoprymna amaryllis. Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. (1860) Th., iii, p. 53 (note). 



Hab. Columbia and Ecuador. 



31ale. Upper surface, breast, and flanks golden-green. Elongated patch on the 

 throat metallic yellowish-green. Lower part of abdomen and under tail coverts 

 deep buff. Tail purplish-black, each feather tipped with greenish-bronze. Bill 

 black. Wings purplish-brown. Total length, 8| in. Wing, 2| in. Tail, 6| in. 

 Culmen, g in. 



Female. Upper surface golden-green. On the centre of the throat a small 

 lengthened patch of metallic golden-green. Rest of imder surface white spotted 

 with green. Under tail coverts light buff. Wrings purplish-brown. Tail purplish- 

 black, each feather tipped with bronzy-green ; outer web of outermost feather buff 

 to within an inch of the tip. . Bill black. Total length, o| in. Wing, 2j in. Tail, 

 31 in. Culmen, ^l in. 



M. Mulsant (1. c.) has called this species L. victoricB. As this name was bestowed 

 on a discolored specimen it cannot be continued, although published prior to ama- 

 ri/Uis, as the description gives an entirely erroneous idea of the species, and would 

 certainly mislead. 



