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SYNOPSIS OF THE HUMMING-BIRDS. 



The next genus Htlocharis, which follows naturally the last one, also consists 

 of three species, the males robed in different shades of blue and green. They are 

 slightly larger birds than the members of the genus Iache, with one exception, and 

 as is the case with the species of that genus, the sexes are very differently attu-ed. 



Genus CXVI.— HYLOCHARIS. 



Hylocharis, Boie, Isis (1831), p. 546. 

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



Ch. Bill longer than head, straight, broad and flat at 

 base; wings long, pointed, reaching nearly to the end 

 of the tail. Tail even ; feet large ; tarsi clothed. Sexes 

 unlike. 



Range. Brazil. 



Key to the. species. 



A. Throat and sides of the neck violet-blue. 



B. Chin rufous; lireast bright sappbirine-bliie. 



C. Chin whitish; breast shining dark blue, with violet reflections. 



Type. 

 T. sapphirinus, Gmel. 

 T. sapphirinus, Gmel, 



Fig. 123. 



1. Hylocharis lactea. 



Le Saphir. Less., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., pi. 56 (IS'29). 



Ornismya lactea, Les.s., IiiJ. Gen. Syii. Ois. Genr. Troch., p. .\.\.\viii (1831). 



Hylocharis lactea. Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 115, sp. 37. — Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i, p. 74 (1850).— Cab. 



and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 43 (note) (I860).— Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. v, pi. 343.— Id., lutr. 



Troch., octavo ed., p. 171 (1861).— Mui.s., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, ii, p. 23 (1876). 

 Cyanochloris lactea, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 10 (1853).— Id., Troch. Enum., p. 8, pi. 773, fig. 4793 (1855). 

 Sapphiro7iia lactea, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 256. 



Eab. Brazil. 



Mah. Upper parts brownish bronzy-green; throat and sides of neck shining 

 violet-blue; flanks gray washed with green. Middle of abdomen, vent, and under 

 tail coverts white. Total length, 3| in. Wing, 2 in. Tail, 1| in. Cuhnen, | in. 



The sexes of this species are apparently alike in plumage; but I have not seen 

 an authenticated female. 



2. Hylocharis sapphirina. 



Trochilus sapphirinus, Gmel.. Svst. Nat. (1788). torn, i, p. 496.- Lath., Ind. Orn., torn, i, p. 313 (1790). 



Trochilus fulvifrons. Lath., Ind. Orn. Supp., vol. ii, p. 172 (1790). 



Trochilus latirostris, Wied., Beitr., vol. iv, p. 64 (1825). 



Ornismya sapphirina. Less., Ois. Mouch., p. 172, ts. 55, 57 (1829).— Id., Troch., p. 53, pi. 14 (1831). 



Hylocharis sapphirina. Gray. Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 115, sp. 36.— Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 10 (1853).— Ip-, 

 Troch. Enum.. p. 7, pi. 769, fi<rs. 4780-82 (1855).— Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 43 (1860).- 

 GouLD, Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 171 (1861).— Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, ii, p. 16. 



