THE AUK: 



A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF 



ORNITHOLOGY. 



vol. iv. July, 1887. No. 3. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF SIX SUPPOSED NEW SPECIES 



OF BIRDS FROM THE ISLANDS OF OLD 



PROVIDENCE AND ST. ANDREWS, 



CARIBBEAN SEA.* 



BY CHARLES B. CORY. 



Lampornis hendersoni, sp. nov. 



Sp. Char. — Similar to L. frcvosti ; but bill much shorter and back green 

 instead of bronzy, the bluish black patch on the throat longer and 

 narrower, the top of the head shows a faint ash tinge. 



Adult $ (Type, No. 10190, Coll. C. B. Cory) : — Upper plumage 

 bronzy green, a slight ash tinge on the top of the head ; a stripe of 

 bluish black down the centre of the throat, becoming blue on the 

 breast, bordered on either side by grass green, showing bronzy 

 green on the sides of the neck ; a tuft of white on the thighs ; upper 

 surface of central tail-feathers dark bronze green, outer feathers 

 brownish purple, showing rufous in some lights, edged with dark 

 blue; most of under surface of tail-feathers purple when held in 

 the light; quills dark brown ; bill black, about two-thirds as long as 

 that of prcvosti. 



Length, 4; wing, 2.65; tail, 1.50; bill, .7S. 



Female (No. 10196, Coll. C. B. Cory) :• — Upper parts similar to 

 the male; throat white with a broad black stripe passing down the 

 centre, becoming dark bluish green on the lower throat and upper 

 breast; under surface of tail-feathers tipped with white and bor- 

 dered sub-terminally with dark steel blue. 

 Habitat. Old. Providence Island. 



[*An author's edition of 250 copies of this paper was published May 28, 1887.— Edd.] 



