110 BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
If Dr. Bryant’s account of this species is correct, it does not 
appear to have any regular breeding season, as I have taken its 
nest and eggs in June, and was shown two nests which were taken 
by a gentleman near Nassau in the month of December. 
Their flight is very rapid, as they dart from place to place in 
a sudden, jerky sort of way; while hovering over a flower, the 
movement of the wings is so rapid that it is impossible to follow 
them with the eye, producing a slight humming sound, from which 
the bird has derived its name. 
Fig. Gould's Mon. Trochil., Vol. IT. 
DORICHA LYRURA. Gould. 
LyRE-TAILED HUMMING-BIRD. 
Adult Male.— General appearance the same as D. evelyne, but 
differs from it by showing the beautiful purple violet on the forehead 
as well as on the throat, and also having a much longer tail, formed 
somewhat in the shape of a lyre, from which this bird has derived 
its name. The throat of D. lyrura shows bright blue, in some lights, 
on the lower part, while that of D. evelyne is almost entirely purple- 
violet, showing the bluish tinge very slightly if at all. 
Length 3.64, wing 1.60, tail 1.58, tarsus .13, bill .60. 
Like many others of its family, the Lyre-tailed Humming-bird 
is restricted to a single island. It inhabits Inagua, and although 
