Genera of Hummiiuj Birds. 53 



webs of median rectrices. Throat smoky-brown. Underside 

 smoky black. Wings purplish-brown. Bill black. 



Total length, 3 |in.: Wings,! \. Tail, 1 \. Gulmen, |-. 



Female. — Upperside dark bronzy-green. Underside whiter 

 grayish on sides of breast and flanks. Median rectrices bronzy- 

 green ; lateral bronze at base on external web, then bluish 

 black with white tips, outermost ones grey at base on exter- 

 nal web, then bluish black, with large white tips. Wings pur- 

 plish-black. Bill black. Same size as male. 



This species is abundant in the West Indies and I believe 

 VndiXWiQ Bellona ornata oi (jon\^ is only a variation of plu- 

 mage vvith more blue on the crest. 



I have received a fine series of both sexes of this species from 

 Grenada, collected by M'' Wells. Some have more or less blue 

 on the back part of crest ; but iu all the specimens it is the same 

 purplish-blue. 



76. — Bellona superba.. Boucard. H. Bird, vol. I, p. 43. 



Blue and green Crest. 



La Bellone superhe. 



Habitat. — Saint-Vincent? 



iV/ftZe.— Forehead and crest metallic golden-greeu ; the few 

 elongated feathers of crest which are forming a point, metallic 

 blue without any purple in it. Upperside dark bronzy-green, 

 not so dark as the preceding species, but just a little black 

 under the green of the crest. Tail purplish-black. Throat smoky 

 brown, remainder black. 



Total length, 3 ^in.: Wing,l ^. Tail, 1. Gulmen-. 



Female. — Unknown, but probably like the preceding spe- 

 cies. What I described in the Humming Bird was probably a 

 young male. The description runs as follows : 



Forehead dark-green. Upperside dark golden-green appearing 

 black on neck. Chin gray, remainder dark gray, nearly black. 

 Wings purplish-brown. Tail purplish-black, with gray tips on 

 outermost feathers in some of my specimens. 



Bill and feet black. 



This species makes the passage between B. cristata and 

 B. exilis ; but is more closely allied to the latter species. 



77 : Bellona exilis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1788, p. 48i. 



Trochilus cristatellus, Lath. Ornith. Suppl. l'/90. p. 39. 



MelUsug a exilis. Gray. Gen. Birds, vol. I, p. 413. 



OyHhorhynchus dilorolophus , Bon. Consp. Gen. Av. 1850, vol. I, 

 p. 83. 



Gilt Crest, Gould. Mon. Troch., vol. IV, p. ^207. 

 La Bellone a huppe verte, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou. 1876, 

 t. Ill, p. 196. 



