•^c;6 Cory 071 the Birds c^f the West India:. [July 



Neotr. p. 85 (1S73). — MuLs. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch. IV, p. 41 

 (1877). — Elliot, Mon. Troch. p. 126 (1878). — Cory, Bds. Bahama 

 I. p. no (1880); ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 18 (1SS5). 



Sp. Char. Male: — General appearance the same as D. evelyner, but dif- 

 fers 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 Z). lyrura shows bright blue in some lights 

 on the lower part, while that of Z>. evelyncs is almost entirely purple- 

 violet, showing the bluish tinge very slightly if at all. 



Female: — Upper parts brownish-green ; throat and upper breast 

 dull white; rest of underparts pale rufous brown; central tail-feath- 

 ers green, rest of tail-feathers pale rufous, showing a black band in 

 the centre. 



Length, 364; wing, 1.60; tail, 1.5S; tarsus, .13; bill, .60. 

 Habitat. Inagiia and Long Island. 



Genus Bellona Muls. & Verr. 



Bellona MuLS. (S: Verr. Class. Troch. p. 75 (1865). * 



Bellona cristata (Linn.)- 



Trochthis cristatus LiNX. Syst. Nat. I, p. 192 (1766). — Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, 



p. 498 (1788). — Lath. Ind. Orn. \, p. 317 (1790). — Schomb. Hist. 



Barb. p. 681. 

 Troehilus pirnieens Gmel. Syst. Nat. L p- 497 (178S). 

 Trochiliis ptleatus Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 318 (1790). 

 Ornixmya c7-istata Less. Troch. p. 20 (1831). 

 Mellhnga cristata Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 113 (1S44). 

 Orthorhynrhus cristatus Bp. Consp. I, p. 83 (1850). — Reich. Aufz. Colib. 



p. II (1853). — Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. Ill, p. 61 (i860). — Gould, 



Mon. Troch. IV, pi. 205 (1861). — Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 355. — Scl. 



P. Z. S. 1874, p. 175. — Lavvr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 272, 487 



(1878). 

 Orthorhv'iehiis oriiatiis GouLD, Mon. Troch. IV, pi. 206 (1861). — ScL. P. 



Z. S. 1871, p. 272. — Elliot, Ibis, 1S72, p. 355. — Lister, Ibis, 1S80, 



p. 42. 

 Troehilus exilis Sun'dev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 584. 

 Bellona cristata Mui.s. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch. HI, p. 193 (1876). — 



Elliot, Mon. Troch. p. 17S (187S).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 18 



(1S8.S). 

 Orthoi hviichiis exilis Allex, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 167 (1880). 



Sp. Char. Male: — -Forehead and crown bright golden-green, feathers 

 lengthened, forming a crest, the green gradually fading and becom- 

 ing dark blue on the crest; upper plumage green; throat dull 



