<)6 Genera of Hninmiiio- B/rt/s. 



at Rio Napo, by Buckley, the differences in colour mentioned 

 above, are constant, and it is impossible to confound the 

 two species. 



Types in Boucard's Museum. 



Gknus XLVI. Cyanolesbia, .sttj. Auk., 1885, t. ii., 



p. 46. 



Cynanthus, Sw. Class. Birds, 1837, ^'^^- i^- P- 330- 

 Lesbia, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein, i860, t. iii., p. 71. 

 Cyanolesbia , Berlep, Col. Art. Bog. Coll., 1888. p. 14. 

 Type : T. forficatus, Edwards. 



Bill shorter than the head, straight, graduating rapidly at 

 tip to a sharp point. Wings long. Crown and head covered 

 •with metallic feathers forming a crest. Patch of metallic 

 feathers in the centre of throat. Tail long, deeply forked, 

 brilliantly coloured on the upperside. Tarsi bare. Sexes 

 unlike. 



Habitat. — Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. 



132. Cv.ANOLESBlA GORGO, Reich., Aufz. der Col., p.p. 8-24. 



Cynantiius forficatits, Edw. Birds, Tab. -^i^, pi. 1763. 



Trochilits cxanuriis. Steph. Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. xix., 

 P- 239- 



Ornis)nya kiiigi, Less. Trochil., iS2cj, p. 107. 



Mellisiiffa cyanura . Gray, Gen. Birds, \ol. i., p. 113. 



Lesbia forjicata, Reich., Aufz. der Col., 1853, P- ^• 



Mellisiiga salvadori. Bienvenut, Ann. Zool. Mus. Flor., 

 1H65, p. 204. 



Blue-tailed Sylph, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii., p. 172. 



Le Cynanthe cvanure, Muls., His. Nat. Ois. Mou.. 1876, 

 t. iii., p. 269. 



Habitat. — Venezuela, Columbia. 



Male. — Crown metallic grass-green, bordered on the sides 

 \% itli a greenish-black line. Upper and underside bronzy-green, 

 darker on back. Upper and undertail-coverts shining-green. 

 Centre of throat metallic purple. Central rectrices black with 

 the outer webs dark shining blue, and the portions that 

 project beyond the tips of one another, metallic light blue. 



