TUOClllLID.E — THE UUMMlNrJ-JUUDS. 



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Genus CALYPTB, (Iould. 



Cahiptc, G»»rLD, lutiod. Trofhilidic, Ifetil, 87. (Tvi»f, Urniisnnja otskv.) 



Gen. Char. Bill longer than the head, straifrht or slightly curved ; tail rather short. 

 Outer primary not attenuated at end. Top of head, as well 

 as throat, with nielallie seale-like leathers, a decided an<l 



elongated rutFoneaeh '* 



side the neck. 



39390 o 



,39100^ 



Calyple costeF. 



any other in North America. 



The metallic 

 feathers on top v\y ^v ' v^^>-— /^ 

 of head, the at- ^"^ifP" '^""'^■ 



teiiuated outer tail-featliers (except in C. 

 /telena), and the elongated nitf, distinouish 

 the males of tliis «.;enus very readily from 



Species. 



A. No rufous on tail-leathers: tail forked )r emarginated. 



a. Lateral tail-feather as broad as the others ; tail emarginated. Rump and 

 middle tail-feathers hlue. 



C. helenae.' Very small (wing, 1.15) ; metallic hood and rutf of 

 the male purplish-ri-d. Hab. Cuba. 



b. Late.al tail-feather abruptly narrower than the others, tail forked. Rump 

 and middh; tail-feathers green. 



C. anna. Large (wing, 2.00) ; outer tail-leather with a doul)le 

 eurvi'. the end inclining outward. Metallic hood and rulf of the male 

 purj>lish-i('d. Hub. California. 



C. costae. Small (win_<r, 1.7o) ; outc^r tail-feather with a simple 

 curve, the end inclining inward. Metallic hood and ruff of the nude 

 violet-blue. Hab. Southern California. Arizona, and Mexico. 

 B« Inner webs of tail-feathers mostly ruibus. and outer webs edged with the 

 same. Tail rounded. Lateral tail-feather abruptly narrower thnn the others. 



C. floresi,- Size of C. otmn. Hood and ruff of the male crimson. 

 Jlab. Table-lands of Me.\ieo (Bolanos), 



1 fWjfpfe Iii/,',)ir, (Lf.mi;. ) r.ori.i), Monog. Troch. Ill, pi. cxxxvi. nrthorlntvchns hdcncc, 

 Lemm. .\v(s lie ri>l«' dc Cuba, p. 7t», I'l. x, iig. :2. O. hoofJii, OrsDL. MSS. (Gould, Monog.K 



- Cifhjpfc floirsi, (Loni'J Tror/iiliis flnrcsi, I^oitn. MSS. S<ftisj,/(ortis^fl(»rst,('nvi.i>, Monog. 

 Troch. Ill, pi. cxxxix. Tlurt^ an' certainly few reasons for fonsidcring this hiid na n JSibispho- 

 nis, while there are many for referring it to CnJtipte. The only ftature that it shares with the 

 former is the peculiar loloration, and to some extent the shape, of the tail. However, in *SV- 

 lasphorus the outer primary is always (in the male) attenuated and acute at the tip, and the 

 crown is never metallic, while in Cnhtjit' the outer primary is never attenuated nor acute, and 

 the crown of the male is always nietallic. The form and coloration of the tail are nothing more 

 than a specilio character, siiK-e no two species, of i-itht-r genus, agree in this res]>ect. In view, 

 then, of these oonsideratii»ns, we tind Jlorcsi to be strictly congenerir with the other species of 

 Caljpte. 



