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SYNOPSIS OF THE HUMMING-BIRDS. 



Halia, MuLS. and Verr., Class. Troch. (186.^), p. 41. 



Ulysses, MuLS., Cat. Ois. Mouch., p. 12 (1875).— Id., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., 

 torn, ii, p. 41. 



Ch. Bill slightly longer than the head, 

 rather broad at base, sharply pointed at tip, 

 nostrils exposed. Wings long and pointed. 

 Tarsi clothed. Tail rounded or slightly 

 forked. Sexes dissimilar. 



Range. Island of Trinidad, Venezuela, 

 Guiana, Brazil, and Ecuador, 



Nine species are known. 



Key to the species. 



A. Top of head blue. 



a. Chin deep blue ; under surface goldcn-greon. 



b. Chin greenish-blue, under surface grass-green. 



c. Throat and chest bright greenish-blue. 



B. Top of head green. 



a. Throat and chest blue. Abdomen brownish-black, nnder tail 



coverts brown, centres blue. 



b. Throat and chest blue, upper tail coverts reddish-bronze, 



under brownish-black. 



c. Throat, breast, and abdomen ccerulean-bluc, upper and under 



tail coverts dark green. 



d. Chin blue, under surface glittering green. 



e. Chin, throat, and breast .shining grass-green. Under tail 



coverts olive margined with white. 



f. Entire under parts green, with a bluish-shade on the throat. 



T. cmruletis, Vieill. 



T- grayi, Delatt. and Bourc, 



FIr. 118. 



Emxpliata grayi. 3 . New Grauada. Gould. 



1. E. grayi. 



2. E. smaragdo-cseridea. 



3. E. caeruleo-lavala. 



4. E. scajndata. 



5. E. hypocyanea. 



6. E. suhcserulea. 



7. E. cserulea. 



8. E. chJorocephala. 



9. E. cyanogenys. 



1. Eucephala grayi. 



Trochilus grayi, Delatt. and Bourc, Rev. Zool. (1846), p. 307. 



Hylochnris grayi, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. llo, sp. 38. — Bon., Consp. Gen. Ax., vol. i, p. 74 (IS.IO). 



Eucephala grayi, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 10 (1853).— Id., Troch. Enum., p. 8, t. 772, figs. 4789-91.— Goui,l), 



Mod. Troch., vol. v, pi. 330.— Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 1G6 (1861).— Cab. and Hein., Mus. ilein. 



Th., iii, p. 43 (I860).— Elliot, Ibis (1874), p. 88. 

 Sapphironia grayi, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 2.56. 

 Ulysses grayi, Mui.s., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, ii, p. 41. 



Hah. Ecuador. 



Mak. Head and chin shining deep blue. Upper and under surface golden-green. 

 Wings purplish-brown. Under tail coverts shining green edged with grayish-white. 

 Tail steel-blue. Bill rod, tip brownish-black. Feet brown. Total length, 4.| in. 

 Wing, 2| in. Tail, If in. Cnlmen, | in. 



Female. Upper parts golden-green. Under parts white spangled with bronzy- 

 green. Under tail coverts gray with dark centres. Base of tail bronzy-green 

 shading into blue, and tipped on the outer feathers with grayish-white. Bill red, 

 tip black. Total length, 3| in. Wing, 2| in. Tail, 1^ in. Culmen, 

 (Type in my collection.) 



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