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Key to the species. 



A. Throat metallic-green, under surfkce dull green, breast black, 1. ,S'. elegans. 



B. Under surface glittering grass-green. 



a. Under tail coverts white. 2. >S'. riccordi. 



b. Under tail coverts green. 3. S. mawjxi. 



1. Sporadinus elegans. 



Trochilus elegans, Vieill., Ois. Dor., vol. i, p. 32, pi. 14 (1802). 



Ornismya stvamso7iii, Less., Ois. Mouch., pp. .wii, 197, pi. 7l) (1820). 



Trochilus swainsonii, Nat. Libr. Huniiiiiiig-birds, vol. ii (1833), p. 132. pi. .30. 



Hylocharis elegans, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 114, sp. 18 (1844-49). 



Lampomis elegans, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i. p. 72 (1850). 



Riccordia elegans, Reich., Aufz. dcr Colib., p. 8 (1853). 



Sporadiyuis elegans, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 255. — Gould, Mod. Troch , vol. v, pi. 347.— Id., Iiitr. 



Troch., octavo ed., p. 173 (1861). — Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, ii, p. 72. 

 Chlorestes elegans, Reich., Troch. Eiiuni., p. 4, pi. 704, figs. 4587 (1855). 

 Sporadicus elegans. Cab. and Hein., Mus. ileiu. Th., iii, p. 25 (1860). 



ITab. Island of Hayti, 



Male. Upper surface, flanks, and abdomen dark green. Throat metallic grass- 

 green. Breast black. Wings purplish-brown. Tail black, with a bronze lustre. 

 Under tail coverts dark green. Maxilla black; mandible flesh-color, tip black. 

 Total length, 4j in. Wing, 2| in. Tail, 2 in. Culmen, g in. 



Female. Upper parts bronzy-green, top of head brownish. Under parts brownish- 

 gray. Central tail feathers bronzy-green, lateral ones gray, with a subterininal 

 black bar, and glossed with green. Wings purplish-brown. Total length, 4 in. 

 Wing, 2| in. Tail, Ig in. Culmen, g in. .. 



2. Sporadinus riccordi. 



Trochilus riccordi, Gerv., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1835), pis. 41, 42.^Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i, p. 81 (1850). 



Ornismya parzudaki, Less., Rev. Zool. (1838), p. 315. 



Oi-thorhynehus riccordi, R. Dei.a Saora, Hist, dc Cuba, p. 128, t. 21, fig. 2 (1840). 



Hylocharis riccordi. Gray, Geii. Birds, vol. i, p. 114, sp. 23. 



Riccordia raimondi, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 8 (1853). 



Sporadinus riccordi, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 255. — Gocld, Mon. Troch., vol. v, pi. 348. — Id., 



Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 173 (1861). — Mui.s., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, ii, p. 74 (1875). 

 Chlorestes raimondi, Reich., Troch. Enum., p. 4. pi. 704, figs. 4584-8G (1855). 

 Chlorestes riccordi, Gundl., Journ. flir Ornith. (1856), p. 99. 

 Sporadicus riccordi. Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 25 (note 2) (1860). 



ffah. Cuba; and Abajo of the Bahamas. 



Male. General plumage bronzy-green, very luminous on the under surface. 

 Wings purplish-brown. Four central rectrices dark bronze ; rest black, glossed 

 with bronze. Under tail coverts white. Maxilla black ; mandible flesh-color, tip 

 black. Total length, 3g in. Wing, 2 in. Tail, If in. Culmen, f in. 



Specimens vary considerably in their coloration, some, perhaps the majority, being 

 bronzy-green as described above-, while others are a bright golden-green. The hue 

 of the mandible also varies, and I have seen examples with this portion of the bill 

 almost entirely black, like the maxilla. Also, the length of the bill is not always 



31 January. 1870. 



