Genera of Hiinimuig Birds. 335 



458. AVOCETTULA RECURVIROSTRIS, Swains., Zool. Illus., 

 vol. ii., pi. 105. 



Mellisuga recurvirostris, Steph. Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. xiv., 

 p. 248. 



Orntsmya recurvirostris, Less., Ois. Mou., 1829, p. 36. 



Campylopterus recurvirostris, Sw., Class^ Birds, 1836, vol. 

 ii., p. 330. 



Hylocharis avocetta,Gv3.y, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 114. 



Avocettinus recurvirostris, Bon., Consp., Gen. Av., 1850, 

 vol. i., p. 75. 



Streblorainphus recurvirostris, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein., 

 i860, t. iii., p. 76. 



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



L! Avocettule a bee recourbe, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1876, t. ii., p. 263. 



Habitat. — Guiana. 



J/fl/^.-^-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, 3f. Tail, i|-. Culmen, f. 



Female. — Not known for certain. 



It is a very rare species. 



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

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



P- 7- 



Type: T. jugularis,\j\.xin€. 



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. 



