■JC^ Cory 07i the Biriis of the West /fut/es. [J"ly 



Mellisuga minima (Linn.). 



Trochilus tninimus LiNN. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 193 (1766). — Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, 

 p. 500 (17SS). — Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 320 (1790). 



Trochilus minutulus Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. II, p. 73 (1S07). 



Trochilus vieilloti Shaw, Gen. Zool. VIII, p. 347 (1S12). 



Ornismya minitna Less. Ois. Mouch. pi. 79 (1S29). 



Hylocharis nigra Gray. Gen. Bds. I, p. •114 (1S44). 



Mellisuga humilis GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 127 (1S47). — March, Pr. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila. '1S63, p. 285. 



Trochilus catherincB Sallf:, Rev. Zool. 1849, P- 49S- 



Hylocharis 7iigerV>^. Consp. I, p. Si (1850). 



Mellisuga minima Bp. Consp. I, p. Si (1S50). — Reich. Aufz. Colib. p. 6 

 ,(1853)-— Salle', P. Z. S. 1S57, p. 233.— Gould, Mon. Troch. Ill, p. 

 133.— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 2S5.— MuLS. Hist. 

 Nat. Ois. Mouch. IV, p. 82 (1S77).— Elliot, Mon. Troch. p. 103 

 (187S).— A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 108 (1881).— Cory, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 153 (1881); ib. Bds. Haiti & San 

 Domingo, p. 92 (18S5); ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 18 (1885). 



Mellisuga humila AlbrBCHT?, J. f. O. 1862, p. 201. 



Trochilus {Mellisuga) minimus Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 

 95(1866). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Above bright green; flanks green; throat dull white, 



spotted with brown, heaviest on the lower part; underparts white; 



under tail-coverts tipped with green ; tail black: bill and feet black. 



Female: — Resembles the male, but lacks the spots on the throat; 



lateral tail-feathers tipped with white. 



Length, 2.70; wing, 1.50; tail, .60; bill, .45- 

 Habitat. Jamaica, Haiti, and San Domingo. 



Genu.s Calypte Gould. 

 Calypte Gould, Intr. Troch. octavo cd. p. 87 (1S61). 



Calypte helenae (Lemb.). 



Orthorhynchus helevcE Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 70 (1850). — Brewer, Pr. 



Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860). 

 Orthorhynchus boothi Cab. J. f O. 1S56, p. 99.— Gundl. J. f. O. 1859. P- 



.347- 

 Calypte hclencr Gould, Mon. Troch. Ill, pi. 136 (1861). — Gray, Handl. 

 Bds. I, p. 145 (1869).— Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 354.— Gundl. J. f. O. 

 1874, p. 144.— Mui.s. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch. IV, p. 77 (1877).— 

 Elliot, Mon. Troch. p. 108 (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 18 

 (1885). 



