TROCHILIDJS. 307 



I 1 . Wing more than 2.40. 



m l . Tail partly rich chestnut, 

 glossed with bright pur- 

 ple; bill rather dis- 

 tinctly curved. 



JJampornis. 1 

 m 2 . Tail without chestnut or 



bright purple. 

 n l . Tail wholly (male) or 

 partly (female) 

 greenish bronze. 

 Adult male with 

 throat brilliant 

 emerald-green, 

 breast black- 

 ish, and crown 

 rich violet or 

 violet-blue. 

 Eugenes. 

 (Page 309.) 



n 1 . Tail wholly or chiefly 

 blackish. 



Outer tail-feath- 

 ers sometimes 

 broadly tipped 

 with white, or 

 grayish; lower 

 parts deep dull 

 grayish, tinged 

 with green on 

 sides, or dull 

 white medially 

 and green lat- 

 erally; a con- 

 spicuous white 

 streak behind 

 eye ; adult 

 males with 

 throat blue, 

 reddish pur- 

 ple, or light 

 emerald-green, 



1 Lampornis SWAINS., Zool. Jour. iii. 1827, 358. Type, Trochilut mango LINN. (One Mexican, several West 

 Indian, and several South American species.) 



