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Trocbilus tricolor, Sw. Mf.r. 



„ beryllinus, Licht. Mex. 



„ veriicalis, Licht. Mex. 



„ cuculiger, Licht. Mex. 



„ ctirvipennis, Licht. Mex. 



„ hemileucurus, Licht. Mex. 



„ coritseus, Licht. 3Iex. 

 Cj-nantlius colubris, ./. 47. W.Ind. 57° N. 



„ lucifer, Less. 5. Mex. Sw. 



„ tricolor, Less. 14. Mex. 



„ Dujnniii, Less. sup. 1. Mex. 



„ thalassinus, Less. 35, 5G, 57. 

 sup. 3. Mrx. 



Cnianthus arsinoe, Less. sup. 28. Mex. 

 Campijloptcrus Clementicp, Less. 30. Mex. 

 Lampornis mango, /I. 184. 23° S. — 23° 

 N. Braz. Mex. Flor. 



„ gramineus, Less. col. 12. Mex. 



„ cceligena, Less. tr. 53. Mex. 



„ melanogaster, Vieill. 75. Mex. 



„ puncfafus, Vieill. 8. Mex. 



„ holosericeus, Edw. W. Ind. 

 Mex. 4° N.— 20° N. 



„ gidturalis, enl. 671. 4° N. Mer. 



The tenuirostral tribe, containing the five families of trochi- 

 lidcv, cinnyridce, mellphagidce., paradisidcs, and jjromeropidcc, 

 is represented in Europe only by the hoopoe, one of the prome- 

 ropidce, while many trochilides belong to the North American 

 fauna, of which, however, but three range northwards to Euro- 

 pean parallels. The alpine structure of Mexico, by producing 

 a succession of various climates within a short space, adapts it 

 admirably to the habitation of the trochilidcB which seek their 

 food in the throats of flowers. Mr. Swainson observes, that the 

 vast proportion of suctorial birds inhabiting Australia and 

 the neighbouring groups of islands, is one of the chax'acteristics 

 of that zoological province, the honey-sucking birds forming 

 nearly one-fourth of the New Holland perchers, — for that cha- 

 racter belongs not only to the meUphagidcp., but also to the 

 little green lories {trichoglo.ssi) of the parrot family. The para- 

 disidce are natives of New Guinea which is a portion of the Au- 

 stralian province. The greater prevalence of this form in South 

 America and Australia affords another instance of analogy 

 between their faunas, in addition to those noticed in our remarks 

 on the mammalia. The cinnyridce and promeropidcB inhabit 

 the warmer regions of the old world. 



Aber. tribe, Fissirostres. 

 Aber. Fam. Halcyonid.e. 

 Alcedo alcyon, A. 77. W. Ind.— 68" N. 

 Typ. Fam. Hirundinid^. 



Hirundo purpurea, A. 22. Braz. Sw. 9° S. 



—67° N. 

 „ rustica*, ^. 173. iWejc. Light. — 



68° N. (rufa, americana). 

 riparia* A. 389. 25° S.— 68° N. 

 „ bicolor, A. 98. Mex. Licht. — 



60° N. (viridis). 

 „ fulva, A. 68. W. Ind. Vieill. 



Mex.S-w. — 67°N. (lunifrons?) 

 „ aoonalaschkensis, Lath., .' — 



60° N. 



Hirundo thalassina, Sw. Mex. 



„ eoronafa, Licht. Mex. 

 Chaetura pelasgia, A. 158. .' — 25° N. — 

 50^ N. 



Sub. typ.fam. Caprimulgid^. 



Caprimulgus vociferus, A. 82. .' — 25° N. 



—48° N. 

 „ carolinensis, A. 52. Mex. — 



37° N. 

 „ virginianus, A. 147. ? — 25° 



N.— 68° N. {Chordeiles, 



Sw.) 

 „ aKieoS»s,LATH.4°N. — Mex. 



Licht. 



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