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A rri: x inx 



Z. Siio snioll. Bill iilrnit,'lit, Klfiiilor. Mclallic hues ou head or 

 throat, KonictinicH on Ixilli. Suxvti unlike. 

 a Uorgct not i-loiif;uti-il, metullic. 



a'. Toil forkiil, n-cirioef jioinlttl, outermost ones nar- 

 rowi-Kl. Frnmlv has the tail bhorl and rounded. 

 b. Oorpel elnutT'iled. 



a', llruil unit throat metullic. Tuil forked and tdiort, tho 

 three outer feuthers norrow und Hiightly incurved. 

 Tur>i covered. Tuil of feniule rounded. 

 b'. Metullic hues confined to the throul ; in one species 

 only, including both heud nnd throat. Tuil rounded, 

 rectrice.s sharply pointed und generally narrow. 

 c'. Throot ulone metollic. 



a". Tail very short, square 

 b". Tuil ishort, ond much rounded. 

 d'. Throot purtly metullic. Tuil sliffhtly forked in the 

 mule, feathers rounded ut tip. Tuil of femule 

 slightly rounded. 

 AA. Siic modemlely lurge. Hill long, decurved, ond wide ot bo.sc. 

 Nostril.-t hidilen. Tail long, deeply forked, reclriccs narrow 

 nnd gruduHted to their lip.s. Tarsi clothed. Thront metallic. 

 Sexe8 unlike. 

 IJB. Bill nlender, ntraight. Tuft.t of metallic feathers on cither side 

 of the head. Four median rcctriees longest, and nearly equal, 

 broad ul linse, graduating to o ])oint. Sexes unlike. 

 t'C. Median reetrices very short, almost hidden in the upper coverts. 

 Throat metallic. Size sniull. Bill longer than tho 

 head, slender. Tail forked in tho male, rounded in tho 

 femule. Sexes dissimilar. 



a. Bill brood at base, decurved for its entire length ; outer- 



most rectrix sometimes ueorly bare of webs, gorget 

 elongnled. 



b. Bill slightly arched. Two outer rcctriees Oloinentous, 



olmost bare of webs. 



c. Bill straight. Oulennost rectrix half the length of one 



next to it, filiform and graduating to a point. Two 

 succeeding ones longest, equal and uniform in breadth. 



d. Rectrix on cither side of middle jmir greatly clongateil ; 



remainder short and deereusing in length to the outer- 



mo.st one. 

 r. Tail forked, long. Outermost rectrix on cither side con- 



hiderubly longer tliun the one next to it. Bill slender, 



decorvcd. 

 /. Four lateral reetriees on eitlier siije of middle jiuir elon- 

 gated, and nearly equal in length. 

 g. Toil deeply forked. Uutermost rectrix longest, tapering 



rapidly at the tip, and curved inwnrd.s. 

 lU). Toil rather long, deeply forked. Throat metallic. 



a Bill longer thon the heod, stroight, slender. Wings very 

 short, olMiut one-third the length of the ImmIv. 



a'. Kectriccs uniform in width. 



b'. Median rod rices very short, lateral one.^ narrow, 

 ond the outer ones curving slightly inwards. 



52. TaocuiLfs, 105. 



53. Calvite, IOC. 



54. SELASnioRfS, 108. 



55. Catiiaiima, 112. 



56. Attiiis, 113. 



57. Stellila, 114. 



58. RiiuDOPis, 115. 



59. IIeliactis, 116. 



fiO. f'ALOTnORAX, 117. 

 fil. ACESTBLRA, ll:t. 



02. ClIiKTOCERCl'H, 120. 



03. TllAL.MASTl RA, 122. 



04. PoBICIIA, 123. 

 0.'>. MVRTIS, 120. 

 00. TlLMATlRA, 124 



0". Smaraodochhysis, 129. 



08. rTiMlKMTKRA, 129. 



