14 Genera of Humming Birds. 



Genus VIII. Calothorax, Gray, Gen. of Birds, 1840, p. 13. 



Lucifer^ Reich, Syn. Av. Natur. 1849, p. 39. 

 Manilia, Muls. and Verr., Class Troch, 1865, p. 86. 

 Cyanopogon, Reich, Bon. Ann. Soci. Nat. 1854, p. 138. 



Type : C. lucifer, Swainson. 



Bill long, slender, curved throughout its length, broad at 

 base ; nostrils hidden by frontal plumes. Wings moderately 

 pointed. Tail forked, outermost rectrix on either side 

 shortest, sometimes consisting of but little more than the 

 shaft, the webs being very narrow. Tarsi short, and 

 partially clothed. Feet small. Sexes unlike. 

 Habitat. — Mexico. 



19. Calothorax lucipeb, Swains, Phil. Mag. 1827, p. 442. 



Ornis my a cyanopogon, Less, Ois. Mouch. 1829, p. 50. 



Trochilus simplex. Less. Trait. Ornit., 1831, p. 291. 



Lucifer cyanopogon, Reich, Aufz. der. Colib. 1853, p. 13. 



Mexican Star, Gould, Mon. Troch. Vol. iii., p. 143. 



Le Calothorax Barhe bleue, Muls., Hist. Nat. des. Ois. m. t. iv., 

 p. 27. 



Habitat. — Mexico. 



Male. — Upperside bronzy-green. Throat metallic lilac 

 purple with bluish reflections, feathers elongated on the 

 sides. Breast pure white, encircled wilh a narrow rufous 

 band. Abdomen and undertail-coverts white. Planks bronzy 

 green, rufous near the feet. Tail ])ui'))lish-brown. Bill 

 black. 



Total length, 31 in. Wing, 1^. Tail, If. Culmen, |. 



Female. — Upperside-bronzy green. Lores black. Underside 

 deep buff. Median rectrices bronze-green ; lateral greenish 

 at base, then black and tipped with white. Bill black. Same 

 size as male. This species is abundant in Mexico. 



20. Calothorax Pulchra, Gould, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. iv., p. 97. 



Manilia pulchra, Muls, Hist. nat. Ois. m., t. iv., p. 31. 

 Beautiful Wood star, Gould. Mon. Troch., vol. iii., p. 144. 

 La Manilie belle, Muls, Hist. nat. Ois. m., t. iv., p. 31. 



