204 SYNOPSIS OF THE HUMMING-BIRDS. 



bill flesh-color. Feet black. Total length, 3^ in. Wing, 2 in. Tail, If in. Cul- 

 men, ,f in. 



6. *Agyrtria norrisii. 



Trochilus norrisii, Bodrc, P. Z. S. (1847), p. 47. 



Polytmus norrisii, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 108, sp. 71. 



Amazilia norrisii, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 10 (1853). — Id., Troch. Enuin., p. 8 (18.55). 



AmaziUus norrisii, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i, p. 77 (1850). — Id., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 2,54. 



Pyrrhophcena norrisii, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 3G (note 10) (1860). 



Hemislilhon norrissii, Gould, Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 150 (1861). 



Leucodora norrisi, Mui.s., Hist. Nat. Ois. Moucb., torn, i, p. 309. 



Thaumatias norrisi, Elliot, Ibis (1878), p. 44. 



Thaumatias lerdi, DeOca, La Naturaleza Me.x., torn, iii (1874), p. 24, sp. 7. 



Ilal). Mexico. 



Adult. Upper parts golden-green. Throat and sides of the neck metallic golden- 

 green ; breast white ; abdomen and flanks pale rufons ; upper tail coverts light 

 grayish-green ; under tail coverts grayish-white. Wings pale green. Tail shining 

 grayish-green. Feet flesh-color. Bill flesh-color black at the point. Wings, 55 

 mm. Tail, 35 mm. Bill, 18 mm. This description is taken from Bourcier's in 

 the P. Z. S. (1847), p. 47. 



7. Agyrtria brevirostris. 



Trochilus hrevirosiris, Lkss., Ois. Monch., pp. xxxv and 211, p1. 77 (1829). 



Basilinna brevirostris. Less., Ind. Gen. and Syn. Gen. Trocb., p. xxvi (1831). 



Trochilus versicolor, Nordm. in Erm. Reise (1835), atl., pi. 1, figs. 1, 2, 3.? 



Polytmus brevirostris. Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 108, sp. 44. 



Hylocharis versicolor, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 115, sp. 45. — Bon., Consp. Gen. Av. vol. i. p. 74, sp. 9 (1850). 



Thaumatias brevirostris, ]'o.\., Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i, p. 78 (1850). — Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. v, pi. 208.— 



Id., Intr. 'i'roch., octavo ed., p. 152 (1861).— Muls., Ilist. Nat. Ois. Moucb., torn, iii, p. 242. — Elliot, 



Ibis (1878), p. 44. 

 Agyrtria versicolor, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 10 (1853).— Id., Troch. Ennm., p. 7, pi. 759, figs. 4750-51 (1855). 

 Agyrtria brevirostris, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 10 (1853). — Id., Troch. Euum., p. 7, t. 759, fig. 4749.— Cab. 



and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th , iii, p. 34, sp. 70. 

 Thaumantias versicolor, Box., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 255. 

 Thaumantias brevirostris, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 255. 



Thaumatias affinis, Gould, Mou. Troch., vol. v, pi. 299. — Id., Ihtr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 153 (1861). 

 Agyrtria affinis, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 33 (note 12) (1860). 



ITah. Brazil. 



Adult. Upper surface, sides of neck (and sometimes nearly all the throat), and 

 flanks glittering bronzy-green. Centre of throat and abdomen white. Under tail 

 coverts bronze-brown. Tail pale bronze-green, subtcrminal brown band, and tip 

 dusky. Maxilla and tip of mandible black, rest of latter flesh-color. Total length, 

 3i in. Wing, 2 in. Tail, 1^ in. Culmen, | in. 



8. *Agyrtria compsa. 



Agyrtria compsa, Hein., .Tourn. fur Ornith. (1863), p. 185.— Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. "Moucb., torn, i, p. 256. 

 Agyrtria mellisuga. Cab. and IIein., Mus. Ileiu. Th., iii, p. 34 (18G0). 

 Thaumatias compsa, Elliot, Ibis (1878), p. 45. 



