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Totai length, 4 inches ; bill, 1 ; wing. 2| ; tail, lį. 

 Hab. Venezuela. 



12. Trochilus ( ?) NiGROFASCiATA. Troch. guld resplendente 



viridi ; abdomine humerisque extremis nitide cceruleis, ab viridi 

 guld fascid semilunari intense atrd divisis ; caudd furcatd caruled. 



Throat lustrous green ; abdomen and edge of shoulders shining- 

 blue, separated from the green of the throat by a lunate band of 

 black ; back and wing-coverts brownish green ; head and back of 

 the neck bronze ; wings brovvn ; tail, which is considerably forked, 

 dull steel-blue ; bill black. 



Totai length, 4į inches ; bill, § ; wing, 2| ; tail, 1|. 



Hab. Rio Negro, Brazil. 



Remark. — Nearly allied to Trochilus f urcatus. 



13. Trochilus ( ?) ruficeps. Troch. vertice ferrugineo ; 



guldfulgenteaneo-viridi; corpor e viridi, infrafusco-tincto; caudd 

 magnd, furcatd, mned. 



Crown deep rusty red ; throat lustrous bronze green ; upper sur- 

 face green ; under surface brownish green ; tail large and forked, and 

 of a pure bronze ; wings purplish brown ; bill black. 



'1 otal length, 3|- inches ; bill, | ; wings, 2| ; tail, 2. 



Hab. Bolivia. 



Remark. — This is much smaller, but nearly allied to T.heteropogon. 



14. Trochilus ( ?) inornata. Troch. corpore superiore 



csneo-viridi, inferiore ad latera brunneo, ceneo splendente ; gula 

 plumis ad apices cceruleis ; alis cauddgue aneis. 



Ali the upper surface bronzy-green ; under surface brovvn, with 

 bronzy reflexions on the flanks ; feathers of the throat tipped with 

 cserulean blue ; wings and tail bronzy, all the latter tipped with buff; 

 bill black. 



Totai length, 3f inches ; bill, f ; wings, 21 ; tail, \^. 



Hab. Bolivia. 



Remark. — This species is closely allied to the species called Le 

 Sabine by the French, Trochilus ? 



Hab. Bolivia. 



15. Trochilus (lophornis) regulus. Troch. plumis in vertice 

 castaneo-fuscis valde elongatis, acuminatis, ad apices viridibus ; 

 guld pectoreque luminose viridibus, plumis ad colli latera elongatis, 

 minus autem quam in Trochilo magnifico ,• fascid in uropygio albd ; 

 caudd castaneo-fuscd, plumis singulis (eneo -viridibus fimbriatis. 



Feathers of the crown chestnut-brown, very much lengthened, 

 carried to a point, and tipped with green ; throat and breast luminous 

 green ; the feathers on the side of the neck elongated, but not to so 

 great an extent as in Trochilus magnificus ; back and abdomen green, 

 with bronze reflexions ; rump crossed by a band of white ; tail 

 chestnut-brown, each feather raargined externally with bronzy green ; 

 Avings purplish brown ; bill light brovvn, darker at the tip. 



Totai length, 3| inches ; bill, f ; vving, 1| ; tail, \\. 



Hab. Interior of Brazil. 



