CYANOrilAIA. ^ 2-n 



Hylocharis latirostris, Kbich., Aufz. der t'ulib., p. 10 (1853). 



Sapphirania sappltirina, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 256. 



Hylucharin supphuiHas, (jioULU, Alou. 'liucU., vul. v, pi. 3-12. — lioN., Cousp. Gt'U. Av., vol. i, p. 74 (1850). 



ffah. Brazil. 



Male. Upper surface, flanks, and abdomen shining dark grass-green. C'liin 

 rufous; throat and breast dark sapphirine-blue. Upper tail coverts reddisli-bronze ; 

 under chestnut. Wings purple. Middle rectrices reddish-bronze, lateral ones 

 chestnut, edged witli blackisli. Bill flesh-color, tip black. Total length, -4 in. 

 Wing, 2| in. Tail, 1^ in. Culiuen, f in. 



Female. Under surface grayish-white. Rectrices purple-bronze, lateral ones 

 tipped with white. Chin rufous, rest of plumage like the male. 



3. Hylocharis cyanea. 



Trochilus c.yaneus, Yif.ii.l., Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., torn, xxiii, p. 426. 



Ornismya bicolor. Less., Ois. Mouch., p. 101. pis. 49, 50 (1820).— Id., Troch., p. 58, pi. 16? (1831). 



Oniismya cyanea, Lkss., Ois. Moutb., p. 199, pi. 71 (1829); Supp., p. 143, pi. 23 (1831). 



Ornismya cayana, D'Orb. and Lafres., Syn. Av., ii, p. 30, sp. 17 (1838). 



Hylocharis cyanea, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 114, sp. 31. — Reich., Aufz. der Colib.. p. 10 (1853). — Id., Troch. 

 Euum., p. 7, pi. 768, figs. 4777-79 (1855).— Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 44 (1860). — Gould, 

 latr. Troch., octavo cd., p. 171 (1861).— Mui.s., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, ii, p. 19.— Elliot, Ibis 

 (1877), p. 138. 



Thauniatias cyaneus, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i, p. 78 (1850). 



Hylocharis cyaneus, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. v, pi. 344. 



ITab. Brazil. 



Male. Head, throat, and breast shining dark blue with violet reflections ; few 

 feathers on the chin white ; back bronzy-green passing into reddish-lu'onze on the 

 rump and upper tail coverts ; under surfiice green ; under tail coverts blue-black 

 with grayish-edges. Tail blue-black. Bill flesh-color, tip black. Total length, 3^ 

 in. Wing, 2| in. Tail, I5 in. Culmen, | in. 



Female. Ditters in having the tliroat spotted with pale blue, the under surface 

 gray glossed with green on the flanks ; and the lateral tail feathers tipped with 

 white. 



We now come to Ctanophaia, which, although it is allied to tlie preceding 

 genera, we may consider as the one which commences the series of "green" hum- 

 ming-birds. The species have a highly metallic plumage, arc of moderate size and 

 graceful forms ; one species having a blue breast, and the others grcjcn, while the 

 sexes are very different in their coloration. 



Genus CXVIL— CYANOPHAIA. 



TVPK. 



Cyanophaia, REicn., Aufz. dor Colib., p. 10 (1853). T. cwruleiguhuis, Gould. 



Hylocharis, Bon. (hoc Boik, 1 831 ). Rev. and Mag. Zool. (18i)4), p. 255. T. goudoti. Bourc. 



Lepidopyga, Reich., Troch. Rnum., p. 7 (1855). T. curuleignbiris, Gould. 



Emilia, McLS. and Vkrr., Class. Troch. (1865), p. 41. T. goudoli, Bourc 



