THE HUMMING BIRDS. iJ59 



LucirEK lIuMMixti BiKD. Calothorax lucifcr (HwMNS.). 



(Plate XLii.) 



Cytianthus lucifer Sw'Ai'SS., Pliilos. Mag., i, 1827, 442. 



Calofhortu- lucifer Gray, Geu. B.,i, 1848, 110.— Lawr., Bull. Nutt. Orn. Clnb, ii, 



1877, 108 (Camp Bowie, Ariz.). 

 Ornismya cyanopoyon Less., Ois.-Mouch., 1829, 50, pi. 5. 



Calothorax cyanopogon Gray, Geu. B., i, 13. — Gould, Mon. Troch., pt. xiv, 1857, 



pi. 1; vol.iii, 1861,pl. 143. 

 Doriclia enicura (error) Hensh., Am. Sportsm., v, Feb. 20, 1875, 328 (Camp Bowie, 



Ariz.) ; Zool. Wheeler's Exp. 1875, 381. 

 Mexican Star (Gould). 



Le Calothorax Barbe-Bleiie (MuLSANT auil Verreaux). 

 Chupamirto morado grande (D'Oca). 

 Oiseau-Mouche Barbe-Bleue (Prevost). 



Eange. — Table-lands of Mexico, north to southern Arizona. 



Sp. Char. — Adult male with the gorget rich metallic violet, varying 

 to purplish blue; upper parts metallic bronze-green, the three outer 

 tail-feathers purplish black, the outermost one excessively narrow ; 

 chest buffy white, belly and under tailcoverts purer white; sides and 

 flanks dull greenish bronze, tinged with rusty; length, about 3.40- 

 3.80; wing, l.lO-l.GO; tail, 1.20-1.35 (forked for nearly half its length) ; 

 exposed culmen, 0.75-0.90; the bill strongly curved. Adult female 

 bronze-green above, including middle pair of tail-feathers; three outer 

 tail-feathers light cinnamon-rufous for about the basal half, then black, 

 the tips broadly white; post-ocular stripe, sides of neck, chin, throat, 

 malar region, sides, and flanks pale cinnamon-buff; belly white; length 

 (skin), about 3.30; wing, 1.65-1.80; tail, 1.20-1.25; exposed culmen, 

 0.75-0.90. 



Adult male (No. 97727, Tupataio, Mexico; Prof. A. Duges): Above, 

 metallic bronze-green, duller on top of head, more decidedly bronzy on 

 rump and upper tail-coverts; remiges dull dusky slate, faintly glossed 

 with purplish ; four middle tail-feathers metallic green (scarcely bronzy), 

 the other tail-feathers purplish dusky, some of them tinged at tips 

 with metallic green, others minutely tipped with white. Gorget rich 

 metallic magenta-purple, changing to violet in certain lights; chest 

 dull white, tinged laterally and posteriorly with pale rusty; middle 

 line of belly whitish, sides and flanks metallic bronze-green, tinged 

 with rusty ; under tail-coverts white, some of the feathers faintly 

 bronzy-grayish at base; bill and feet black. Length (skin), 3.80; wing, 

 1.50; tail, 1.20, the middle feathers 0.50 shorter; exposed culmen, 0.85. 



Adult female (No. 35170, Mirador, Mexico ; Dr. C. Sartorius) : Above, 

 metallic golden green, much duller on top of liead, the middle tail- 

 feathers nearly pure green ; remiges dull brownish slate or dusky, very 

 faintly glossed with purplish ; tail-feathers next to middle pair chiefly 

 metallic green, the terminal portion black, shaft of the green portion 

 pale rufous, and outer web broadly edged toward base with cinnamon- 

 rufous; next feather with more than the basal half of both webs, iuclud- 



