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SYNOPSIS OF THE HUMMING-BIRDS. 



Male. Top of head purplish-blue. Rest of plumage like H. auritas. Total length, 

 t| in. Wing, 2^ in. Tail, 2.^ in. Culmeu, | in. 

 Female. Like the female of II. auritas, except the green of the upper surface is 



Total length, 41 in. 



darker on the lower part of the back and upper tail coverts. 

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



Culmcn, ^ in. 



Genus XC— CHRYSOLAMPIS. 



Type. 

 T. moschitus, Linn. 



Fig. 98. 



Chrysolampi.i, Boir, Isis (1831), p. 546. 



Ch. Bill straight, long as the head, nos- 

 trils hidden. Feathers of the forehead pro- 

 ject on the culmen for nearly one-lialf the 

 length of the bill. Wings long, tail rounded. 

 Feet small, tarsi bare. Sexes dissimilar. 



Fange. Brazil (Amazonian region), Vene- 

 zuela, Trinidad, and Columbia. 



There is only one species, the well-known 

 "Ruby Topaz" of the commercial world. It 



is distinguished by the frontal plumes projecting far over the culmen, and the 

 beauty of coloring exhibited on the head and throat. The female is a very plain 

 little bird, possessing none of the glittering hues of the male. 



Cliri/soJampis mosrhifua. S-. 240(10, "Soutli Amorica." 



1. Chrysolampis moschitns. 



Trochilus moschilus, Linn., Syst. Nat, (176G), vol, i, p, 192.— Gmel., Syst. Nat., torn, i, p. 494 (1788).— Lath., 

 Ind. Ornith., vol i, p. 316 (1790),- — Swains,, B, Brazil, pi. 30. — Cab., Schomb. Reis. Guiau,, iii, p, 705. 



Trochilus carbunculus, Gmel., S3-st, Nat,, t, i, p. 498, sp. 51 (1788). 



Trochilus pegasus, Gmel., Syst, Nat., t. i, p. 495 (1788).— Lath., Ind. Ornith., vol, i, p, 315, 9 (1790), 



Trochilus giiianensis, G.mel., Syst, Nat., t. i, p, 498 (1788). — Lath., Ind. Ornith., vol. i, p. 310, .sp. 50 (1790). 



Trochilus elatus, Gmel., Syst. Nat., t. i, p. 499 (1788).— Lath., lud. Ornith., vol. i, p. 317, sp. 54 (1790). 



Trochilus hypophceus, Shaw., Gen. Zool., vol. viii., p. 333, juv. 



Ornismya moschilus, Less., Ojs. MoucL., p. 166, pis. 52-54 (1829).— Id., Trait. Ornith., p. 280 (1831). 



Mcllisuga moschita, Stkph., Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. xlv, p. 253. — Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 113, sp. 96. 



Chrysolampis moschilus, Boie, Isis (1831), p. 546. — Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i, p. 82 (1850). — Id., Rev. and 

 Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 256.— Gould, iMon. Troch.. vol. iii, pi. 204.— Id., Intr. Troch., octavo cd., p. 115 

 (1861).— Retch., Aufz. dor Colib. (1853), p. 9.— Id., Troch. Enum.. pi. 723, figs. 4046-49 —Muls., Hist. 

 Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, ii, p. 254 (1875). 



Chrysolampis carbunculus, Reich., Troch. Enum., p. 5, pi. 723, fig. 4650. — Id., Aufz. dcr Colib., p. 9 (1853). 



Chrysolampis moschita. Cab. and Hein., Mns. Hein. (1860) Th., iii, p. 21. 



Chrysolampis reichcnbachi, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 21 (1860). 



Hab. Island of Trinidad, Venezuela, Guiana, Brazil as far south as Bahia, and 

 through the Amazonian valley into Columbia. Plentiful around Bogota. 



3Iale. Entire upper part of head and nape metallic ruby-red. Rest of upper 

 surface bronze-brown, nearly, black on the upper part of back. Chin, throat, and 

 breast glittering topaz-yellow. Abdomen and flanks dark snuff-brown. ' Tuft of 

 white feathers behind the thiglis. Under tail coverts rufous. Tail chestnut-red 



