Genera of Huuiniiiig Birds. 335 



458. AVOCETTULA RECURVIROSTRIS, Svvains., Zool. Illus., 

 vol. ii., pi. 105. 



Mellisitga reciirvirostris, Steph. Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. xiv., 

 p. 248. 



Ornismya reciirvirostris^ Less., Ois. AIou., 1829, p. 36. 

 Campylopterus reciirvirostris, S\v., Class, Birds, 1836, vol. 

 ii., p. 330. 



Hylocharis avocetta, Grdij, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 114. 



Avoceftinus reciirvirostris, Bon., Consp., Gen. Av., 1850, 

 vol. i., p. 75. 



Strehloramphus reciirvirostris, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein., 

 i860, t. iii., p. 76. 



Fiery-tailed Avocet, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii., p. 201. 



L Avocettule ii bee recoiirbe, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1876, t. ii., p. 263. 



Habitat. — Guiana. 



yI/rt/<?.^Upperside bronze-green. Uppertail-coverts shining 

 green. Median rectrices dark bronze-green, passing to bluish- 

 black at tips ; laterals above, coppery-brown margined with 

 bluish-black ; beneath, metallic fiery-copper-red ; outermost 

 ones coppery-brown. Throat and breast shining emerald- 

 green. Abdomen black. Flanks bronze-green. Undertail- 

 coverts shining green. Bill black. Wings bluish-black. 



Total length, 3fin. Wing, 3I. Tail, i|-. Culmen, |. 



Female. — Not known for certain. 



It is a very rare species. 



Genus CXXXIII. Eulampis, Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 547. 

 Culampis, Less., Ind. Gen. and Syn. Gen. Troch., 1832, 



P- 7- . . . , 



Type: T. jugiilaris,h\wne. 



Bill stout, short and curved, slightly longer than the head; 

 feathers of forehead projecting on the culmen, nostrils partly 

 covered. Wings long, reaching the end of tail, and brilliantly 

 coloured in all their length. Tail moderate, slightly forked. 

 Rectrices wide, terminating with a small acute point. Median 

 rectrices shorter, the others gradually and slightly longer. 

 Tarsi bare. Sexes alike. 



Habitat. — Nevis, Martinica, Dominica, and Santa Lucia. 



