SYNOPSIS OF THE TUOCHILID^E. 



. PH^THORNIS. Bill elongated, arched. 

 Tail lengthened, graduated, or cuneated. 



Centre tail-feathers of the male very long. 



Pi s. XXVI. & XXVII. VOL. II. 1. P. SUPERCILIOSUS, Su- 

 percilious Humming-Bird. Lath. Le Brin blanc. 

 Buff. Le Colibri brin blanc, Less. Col. vi. and vii. 

 Above, of a bronzed green gold ; a reddish-white line 

 above, another beneath the eye ; lower parts brown- 

 ish-white ; tail brown, beneath tipped with white. 

 Female with a white stripe beneath the eye; tail 

 chestnut, barred with black, tipped with white, the 

 centre feather only green. Inhabits Guiana, Brazil. 



PL. XXVIII. VOL. II 2. P. EURYNOMUS, Scaly Backed 

 Humming-Bird. Le Colibri Eurynome, Less. Col. 

 xxxi. Feathers of the back golden-green, fringed 

 with reddish ; of the head deep green edged with ru- 

 fous; of the throat brown, edged with yellowish- 

 white; lower parts grey; tail black at the base, tips 

 white, centre feathers green for the length of the 

 others. Inhabits Brazil. 



3. P. GUY, Guy's Humming-Bird. Le Guy, Lets. Troch. 



xliv. Above brilliant green ; beneath grey, with the 

 throat, vent and stripe through the eye and under 

 the auriculars ochreous-yellow ; under mandible 

 reddish-orange. Inhabits 



4. P. INTERMEDIUS, Intermediate Humming-Bird. Le 



Colibri intermediate, Less. Troch. xix. Head, neck, 

 vent, wings, and tail, brown ; rump, belly, and vent, 

 reddish-orange ; auriculars black, with a rufous stripe 

 above and below ; centre tail-feathers surpass the tip 

 about half an inch. Inhabits Brazil. 



5. P. BOURCIERII, Bourcier's Humming-Bird. Le Colibri 



