no Genera of Humming Birds. 



Genus LI. lache, Elliot, Syn. Hum. Birds, p. 234. 

 Circe, Gould, Int. Troch., p. 16S. 

 Type : C. latirostris, Svvainson. 



Bill longer than the head slightly curved. White spot 

 behind the eyes. Wings long, reaching nearly the end of 

 tail. Tail short, slightly forked, rectrices broad. Tarsi 

 clothed. Feet small, hind toe short (Gould, I.e.). Sexes 

 unlike. 



i¥^r/;//^/.— Mexico. 



151. Iache latirostris, S\v., Phil. Magas, 1827, p. 441. 



Oniismya lessoiii, Del., Rev. Zool., 1839, p. 15. 

 Cyanophaia laziila^ Reich., Aufz. der Col., 1853, p. 10. 

 Amazilia latirostris, Reich., Aufz der Col., 1853, p. 10. 

 Hylocharis lazula, Reich., Troch., Enum., 1855, p. 770. 

 Circe latirostris, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. v., p. 338. 

 Circe, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. v., page 338. 

 La Circe, a large bee, Muls., His. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1875 t. 

 ii, p. 47. 



Habitat. — Mexico. 



Male. — Upperside bronzy-green, brownish on top of head. 

 'Throat bright sapphire-blue. Breast, abdomen and flanks 

 shining green, washed with gray on flanks. Undertail coverts 

 gray, with bronzy-green in centre of feathers. Tail steel 

 blue, tipped with gray in young males. W'ings pale brown. 

 Bill flesh colour with black tips. 



Total length, 3fin. Wing, 2g. Tail, i\. Culmen, |. 



Female. — Upperside bronzy-green. Underside dark gray. 

 Tail bronzy-green at base, rest bluish-black, lateral feathers 

 tipped with gray. 



Rather a rare species. I collected some specimens near 

 Mexico, the capital of the Republic. 



■^152. Iache MAGICA, Muls., and Verr., Ann. Soc. Lin. Lyon.,^ 

 1872, t. 18, p. 1 10. 



Circe magica, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1875, t. ii, 

 T- 49- 



La Circe magicienne , Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. M., 1875, t. 

 ii, p. 50. 



