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SYNOPSIS OF TnE U U MM I N G-B I R D S. 



Fig. 115. 



Ch. Bill much longer than the head, slightly 

 curved; wide at the base, graduating to a point; 

 nostrils exposed. Wings long and pointed, reaching 

 to two-thirds the length of the tail. Ilcctrices nar- 

 row; tail rounded. Sexes alike. 



Range. Trinidad, Venezuela, Guiana, Amazonian 

 region of" Brazil and Peru. 



Three species are recognized. 



Tajytmus ihaumantiaa. o a<J. Cayenne. Bourcier, 



Key to the species. 



A. Tail green, witli a stripe of white on basal portion of outer wclj of the 



lateral feathers and their tips grayish-white. 



B. Tail entirely metallic-green. 



a. Under coverts metallic dark green. 



b. Under coverts white. 



1. P. thaumantias. 



2. P. viridissimus. 



3. P. leucorrhous. 



1. Folytmus thaumantias. 



Trochilus thaumantias, Linn., Syst. Nat. (17CC), vol. i, p. 489. 



Trocliitus virescfus, Dl'mont., Diet. Sc. Nat. {1818), p. 49. 



Trochilus chrysohronchus, Shaw., Gen. Zool., vol. viii, p. 287. 



Trochilus viridis, Vieii.l., Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., torn, vii, p. 354 (1817). — D'Orb. and Lafres., Syn. Av., ii, 



p. 32, sp. 30 (1838). 

 Ornismya viridis, Less., Ois. Moueh., p. 178, t. GO (1829).— Id., Troch., p. 144, pi. 54, juv. (1831). 

 Polytmus chrysobronchns, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 108, sp. 52. 



Agyrtria thaumantias, Keich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 10. — Id., Troch. Enuni., p. 7, t. 75G, figs. 4738-39 (1855). 

 Leucippus chrysohronchus, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 11 (1853). — Id., Troch. Euum., p. 8, pi. 781, figs. 4816-17. 

 Thaumantias linnmi, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 255, sp. 245. 

 Chrysohronchus virescens, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 252. — Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iv, pi. 230. — 



MuLs., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, i, p. 276. 

 Polytmus thaumantias, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 5 (18G0). 

 Polytmus virescens, Gould, Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 126 (18G1). — Elliot, Ibis (1877), p. 142. 



Hah. Trinidad, Venezuela, and Brazil. 



Adult. Upper surface golden-green; under surface metallic yellowish-green. 

 Vent white. Under tail coverts shining green edged with white. Tail shining 

 green, the lateral feathers having a stripe of grayish-white on the outer web at the 

 base, and the tips grayish-white. Maxilla black, mandible and feet flesh-color. 

 Total length, 4;^ in. Wing, 2^ in. Tail, 1| in. Culmen, | in. 



Younij. Under surface fawn, with a line of yellowish-green feathers in the centre 

 of the throat. 



2. Polytmus viridissimus. 



Trochilus viridissimus, Vieill. (nee Gmel.), Ois. Dor., torn, i, p. 84, pi. 42 (1802) 

 Ornismya viridis, Less., Troch., p. 96, pi. 33 (1831). 

 Trochilus theresiw. DaSilva, Mai. Min. Bras. (1843) p. 2. 

 Amazilia viridissima. Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i. p. 77 (1850). 

 Smaragditis viridissima, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 7? (1853). 



