SYNOPSIS OF THE TROCHILID^E. 



get and breast bright emerald- green ; tips of the pro- 

 longed feathers oblong: tarsi thickly plumed with 



hair-like feathers. Inhabits 



The two last forms Lesson's genus Platurus. 



PL. XXVII. VOL. I. 10. C. ENICURUS, Half-tailed Hum- 

 ming-Bird. Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d. Hist. Nat. Oiseau- 

 mouche a queue singuliere, Temm. Less. O. M. xv. 

 Above bright green ; gorget violet, succeeded by 

 bands of white and yellow ; belly and vent green ; 

 tail of six feathers. Inhabits Brazil, Island of Tri- 

 nite. 



PL. XXVI. VOL. I 11. C. DUPONTII, Dupont's Humming- 



Bird. L'Oiseau-mouche Zemes, Ornismya Dupontii, 

 Less. Supp. pi. i. Above golden-green, the gorget rich 

 blue with violet reflections, succeeded by a band of 

 white, whence the under parts are grey ; tail deeply 

 forked, the outer feathers narrowing and again ex- 

 panding at the tips, as in C. platurus, but never leav- 

 ing the shaft bare ; all are tipped with pure white. 

 Inhabits Mexico. 



12. C. CONIVETTII, Conivet's Humming- Bird L'Oiseau- 

 mouche parvule, Ornismya Conivetii, Less. Supp. 

 xxxvii. Above golden-green, beneath dark emerald- 

 green ; tail deeply forked ; feathers broad, brownish- 

 black, tipped with grey ; base of the upper mandible 

 orange-yellow. Inhabits Brazil. 



PL. XXI. VOL. II. 13. C. POLYTMUS, Black-Capped Hum- 

 ming-Bird.- Edw. 9 Lath. Ornismya cephalatra, 

 Less. Col. xvii. Crown black, the feathers loose 

 and lengthened ; upper parts, belly, and vent, rich 

 golden-green ; gorget, covering the whole of the throat 

 and fore part of the neck, bright emerald-green \ 

 outei tail-feathers much lengthened. Female with 

 the under parts white; wants the long feathers of 

 the tail, inhabits Guiana and Jamaica. 

 14. C ? JUGULARIS, Red-breasted Humming- Bird. T. ju- 

 gularis, Linn $ Red-breasted Humming- Bird, Edto. 

 Above and below of a deep velvetty black, with vio- 

 let reflections; gorget extending upon the breast 

 carmine ; tail steel-blue, rounded. Inhabits Guiana. 



