156 SYNOPSIS OF THE HUMMING-BIRDS. 



Kcij to the species. 



A. Head bhick; leiigtlicned feathers above and below the bill pure white. Head 



bounded ou sides aud front with a white band. Tail coppery-bronze. 1. 0. lindeni 



B. Head brownish-black. Feathers in centre of crowu buffy-white. Lengthened 



feathers on the throat buffy-white, with a line of brilliant green in the centre. 



Lateral rectrices coppery-bronze, with a stripe of white iu the centre. 2. 0. guerini. 



1. Oxypogon lindeni. 



Ornismya lindeni, P.irz., Rev. Zool. (184.')), p. 2.53. 



MelUsiuja lindeni, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 113, sp. 31. 



Oxypogon lindeni, Gould, P. Z. S. (1848), p. 14. — Id., Mon. Troch., vol. iii, pi. 183. — Id., Intr. Troch., octavo 

 cd.. p. 108 (1861).— Bon., Consp. Gen. Av.. vol. i, p. 79.— Id., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 253.— 

 Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 12 (1853) —Id., Enum., p. 10 (1855).— Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, 

 p. 67 (note) (I860).— Sclat. and Salv., P. Z. S. (1870), pp. 782, 787.— Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch. 

 torn, iii, p. 182 (1876). 



Hah. Venezuela. 



Male. Head and crest black with a narrow line of Avhite feathers down the cen- 

 tre. A lengthened tuft of wliitc feathers hangs from the centre of the throat. 

 Black of the head is bounded by a band of white. Plumage of the body bronzy- 

 green, with an olive hue on the under surface. Central rectrices bronzy-green ; 

 lateral ones coppery-bronze, with the shafts white for three-fourths their length. 

 Wings purplish-brown. Bill and feet black. Total length, b^ in. Wing, 3 in. 

 Tail, 2]; in. Culmen, ^V i"- 



Female. Head and upper surface coppery-broAvn. Tliroat mottled with white and 

 coppery-brown. Fhtnks coppery-brown with a green lustre. Tail as in the male. 

 In size she is a little smaller. 



2. Oxypogon guerini. 



Ornismya guerini, Boiss., Rev. Zool. (1840). p. 7.— Lodd., P. Z. S. (1843), p. 122. 



Trochihis 2Kirvirostris, Pras., P. Z. S. (1840), p. 18, juv. 



Mellisuga guerini, (iRAY, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 112, sp. ,30 (1844-49). 



Oxypogon guerini, Gould, P. Z. .S. (1848), p. 14.— Id., Mon. Troch., vol. iii, pi. 182.— Id., Intr. Troch., octavo 



ed., p. 108 (18G1).— BoN., Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i, p. 79 (1850).— Id., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 253. 



—Reich., Aufz. der Colib.. p. 12 (1853).— Id., Troch. Euum,, p. 10 (1855).— Cab. aud Hein., Mus. Hein. 



Tb., iii, p. 67, sp. 148 (1860). 



Hah. Columbia. 



Male. Head and crest brownish-black, Avith a central line of huffy-white feathers. 

 From the centre of tlie throat hangs a tuft of buffy-wliite feathers, in the middle of 

 Avhich is a line of brilliant metallic-green. A band of buffy-white bounds the black 

 of the head. Upper surface, wing coverts, and central rectrices bronzy-green; 

 lateral feathers coppery-bronze with a strip of wliite down their centres. Sliafts of 

 all tlie rectrices white for nearly their entire length. Wings purpli.sh-brown. Under 

 surface pale brown, bronzy on tlie flanks. Bill and feet black. Total length, 41 in. 

 Wing, 2| in. Tail, 2^ in. Culmen, f in. 



I have not seen an authenticated female, but doubt if she would differ much from 

 the male. 



