SYNOPSIS OF THE TROCHILID/E. 1J5 



in tufts ; tail rounded, with a deep steel-blue band ; 

 bill serrated. Inhabits the table land of Mexico. 

 Placed by Lesson in Ramphodon ; but with which we do not 

 consider it allied. 



PL. III. VOL. II 31. C. GIGAS, Gigantic Humming-Bird. 

 -Oiseau-mouche Geant, Vieill. Gall. pi. 180. O. 

 mouche Patagon. Less. o. m. iii. Above brownish- 

 green ; under parts light red, shaded with green on 

 the flanks ; tail very ample, forked. Inhabits Chili. 

 The largest species known, it has the dull colouring of Phae- 

 thornis. 



32. C. LEUCOGASTER. Ornismya albiventris, Less. Col. 

 Ixxiii. Above, golden-green ; throat and breast white, 

 the latter shaded into pale green ; forehead and 

 cheeks of a deeper shade than the upper parts ; tail 

 brown, very slightly forked. Inhabits Guiana. 



33. C. ARSINOE, Arsinoe Humming- Bird. L'Arsinal, jtas. 



O. M. Supp. xxviii. Above golden-green ; front and 

 under parts emerald-green ; secondaries and wings 

 bright reddish-chestnut ; tail purplish-brown, very 

 slightly forked. Inhabits Mexico. 



34. C. (ENONE, (Enone Humming-Bird. L'OEnone, Less. 



O. M. Supp. xxx. Head, neck, and throat rich blue ; 

 back, breast, belly and shoulders golden-green ; rump 

 and tail brilliant orange; tail considerably forked. 

 Inhabits Trinite. 



35. C. ? MACROURUS, Swallow-tailed Humming-Bird. Tro- 



chilus macrourus, Gmel. F. forficatus, Lath. Ornis- 

 mya hirundinacea, Less. Plumage of a bluish-black, 

 with steel-blue reflections ; tail indigo-blue, very 

 deeply forked ; shafts of the quills broad, as in Cam- 

 pylopterus. 



Flaced by Lesson in a division named " Campylopterea Hi- 

 rundeDes." 



