SYNOPSIS OF THE TROCHILID^. 



a narrow black bar at the tip, very slightly forked. 

 Female reddish-grey beneath, a white spot behind 

 the eye. Young nearly similar. Inhabits Brazils. 



PL. XXVIII. VOL. I 20. T. SAPHURINUS, Sapphire-throat- 

 ed Humming-Bird- Lath. iv. 326. Oiseau-mouche 

 Sapphire, Less. Orn. Iv. Ivi. Iviii. Plumage above 

 the belly and vent green ; throat chestnut ; neck and 

 forepart of the breast rich saphire-blue ; under tail- 

 coverts and tail chestnut-red. Female wanting the 

 chestnut on the throat, and having the blue reaching 

 entirely over the neck; belly and vent white; tail 

 brownish. Inhabits Guiana, Brazil, the Island of 

 Berbice. 



PL. XVI. VOL. II. 21. C. WAGLERII, Wagler's Humming- 

 Bird. Le Wagler, Less. Col. Ixxiii. Plumage entire- 

 ly of a deep emerald-green, having very brilliant blue 

 reflections. Wings tinged with blue; tail slightly 

 forked. Inhabits Brazil. 



22. C. BICOLOR, Saphire and Emerald Humming-Bird. 

 Lath. Gen. Hist. iv. 329. Crown and back of the 

 neck deep greenish-brown ; back and remaining up- 

 per parts, sides, belly, and vent, rich green ; throat 

 and neck shading into the green of the breast, bril- 

 liant blue; tail steel-blue. Female has the under 

 parts pure white. Inhabits French Guiana, Guada- 

 loupe. 



23. C? CCERULEUS, Audebert's Humming-Bird. T. co?- 

 ruleus, Ois. dor. iv. Oiseau-mouche Audebert, 

 Less. O. M. iv. Golden green above ; throat blue ; 

 neck and under parts emerald-green; vent white; 

 tail steel-blue, square. Inhabits Guiana. 



24. C. GLAUCOPIS, Blue-fronted Humming-Bird. Gmel. 

 Trochilus frontalis, Lath. iv. p. 352. Oiseau-mouche 

 glaucope, Less. Col. Iviii. lix. Forehead and crown 

 deep blue with violet, reflections. Above dull green, 

 in some specimens blackish-green ; gorget running 

 upon the breast and upper part of the belly, rich 

 emerald-creen ; vent greyish-white. Female with- 

 out the blue on the head ; lower pans grey. Inhabits 

 Brazil. 



