Genera of Humming Birds. 167 



Genus LXIX. Lencochloris, Reich., Aufz. der Col., 1853, 



p. 10. 



Type : T. albicollis, Vicillot. 



Bill straight, longer than the head, wide at base, feathers of 

 the forehead projecting slightly on the culmen, hiding the 

 nostrils. Wings long, reaching the end of tail. Tail rounded, 

 rectrices, including the median, even, excepting the outermost 

 ones, which are very narrow, reaching the third of W'hite tip of 

 next one. Tarsi clothed. Sexes alike. 



Habitat. — Brazil. 



242. Leucochloris albicollis, Vieill., Nouv. Diet. Hist. 

 Nat., 18 18, t. xxiii., p. 426. 



Ornis7nyia albicollis. Less., Ois. Mou., 1829, p. 184. 



Colibri albogiilaris, Spix., Av. Bras., 1825, t. i., p. 81. 



Basilinna albicollis, Less., Ind. Gen. and Syn. Ois., 1831, 

 p. 25. 



Polytmus albicollis, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 108. 



Thaumatias albicollis, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., 1850, vol. i., 

 p. 78. 



Leucippiis albicollis, Reich., Troch. Enum., 1855, p. 8. 



Agyrtria albicollis, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein., i860, 

 t. iii., p. 32. 



White-throat, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. v., p. 291. 



Le Leucochlore albicolle, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1874, 

 t. i., p. 262. 



Le Leucochlore a gorge blanche. 



Habitat. — Brazil. 



Male. — Upperside shining golden-green. Median rectrices 

 bronze-green, lateral bluish-black with white tips, outermost 

 one bluish-black for half its length, the rest white. Chin, 

 breast, and flanks shining green. Throat, abdomen, and 

 undertail-coverts pure white. Wings purplish-brown. Maxilla 

 black. Mandible flesh colour, with black tip. 



Total length, 4^in. Wing, 2\. Tail, i|-. Culmen, \. 



Female. — Upperside golden-green. Median rectrices green- 

 ish-bronze with blue reflections, rest bluish-black with white 

 tips. Chin white, spotted with minute greenish feathers. 



