LAMPORNIS MANGO. 



The Mang-o. 



Trochilus Mango, Linn. Syst. Nat., torn. i. p. 191.^ — lb. Gmel. Edit., torn. i. p. 491. — Shaw, 



Gen. Zool., vol. \iii. p. 294. — Latli. Ind. Orn., vol. i. p. 307. — Less. Hist. Nat. des 



Col., p. 58. pis. 13, 13 bis, 14.— Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., torn. vii. p. 353. 



— lb. Ency. Meth. Orn., part ii. p. 557. — Drap. Diet. Class. dTIist. Nat., torn. iv. 



p. 319. — Dumont, Diet. Sei. Nat., torn. x. p. 50. — ^Jard. Nat. Lib. Humming Birds, 



vol. ii. p. 100. pi. 20.— Swains. Birds of Brazil, pis. 27, 28.— Pr. Max. Beitr. zur 



Naturg. von Bras., B. iv. Div. i. p. 47. — ^Aud. Birds of Am., vol. ii. pi. clxxiv. — 



lb. Orn. Bio., vol. ii. p. 480.— lb. Syn. Birds of Amer., p. 170. 

 Le Plastron noir, Buff. Hist. Nat. des Ois., torn. vi. p. 59. — ^^^ieill. Ois. dor., tom. i. p. 20. pi. 7. 

 Le Colibri du Mexique, Buff. PL Enl. 680. figs. 2, 3. 

 Trochilus violicauda, Bodd. 



albus, Gmel. Edit. Linn. Syst. Nat., tom. i. j). 488. 



nitidus, Latli. Ind. Orn., vol. i. p. 305. — Shaw, Gen. ZooL, vol. viii. p. 301. 



Le Colibri a queue violette. Buff. Hist. Nat. des Ois., vol. vi. p. 55. — lb. PI. Enl. 671. fig. 2. — 



Vieill. Ois. dor., tom. i. p. 27. pi. 11. 

 Trochilus punctulatus^ Gmel. Edit. Linn. Syst. Nat., tom. i. p. 488. — Vieill. Ency. Meth. Orn., 



vol. ii. p. 652? — Latli. Ind. Orn., vol. i. p. 306. — Shaw, Gen. ZooL, vol. viii. 



p. 303. 

 Le Bec-Jleurs a bande noir le long du corps, Azara, Voy. dans TAmer. Mer., Sonn. Edit., vol. iv. 



p. 89. no. ccxcv. 

 Le Bec-Jleurs bleu en dessous, lb., p. 91. no. ccxcvi. 

 Le Bec-Jleurs peint, lb., p. 92. no. ccxcviii. 

 Polytmus punchilatus, Briss. Orn., tom, iii. p. 669. 

 Trochilus atricapillus, VieiU. 2nde Edit, du Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., tom. vii. p. 354. — lb. 



Ency. Meth. Orn., part ii. p. 553. 



Jasciatus, Shaw, Gen. ZooL, vol. viii. p. 303. 



quadricolor, VieiU. Eney. Meth. Orn., part ii. p. 573. 



Le Colibri a ventre piquete, VieiU. Ois. dor., tom. i. p. 21. pi. 8. 



Trochilus nigricollis, VieiU. 2nde Edit, du Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., tom. vii. p. 349 ? — lb. Ency. 



M^th. Orn., pp. 2, 553? 

 Lampornis mango. Swains. Zool. Journ., vol. iii. p. 358. — lb. Class, of Birds, vol. ii. p. 330. — 



Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av., p. 71, Lampornis, sp. 1. — lb. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, 



p. 250. 

 Polytmus mango. Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. i. p. 107, Polytmus, sp. 10. 

 Mango Humming Bird, Lath. Gen. Syn., vol. ii. p. 758.^ — lb. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 310. — Shaw, 



Gen. ZooL, vol. viii. p. 294. 

 Violet-tailed Humming Bird, Lath. Gen. Syn., vol. ii. p. 754. — Shaw, Gen. ZooL, vol. viii. 



p. 301. — Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 303. 

 Anthracothorax Mango, Reichenb. Aufz. der Colibris, p. 11. — Ib.Troch. enumer., p. 8. pi. dccclx. 



figs. 4839-4841. 

 Purple-tailed Humming Bird, Shaw, Gen. ZooL, vol. viii, p. 296. — lb. Nat. Misc., pi. 333. 

 Spotted-necked Humming Bird, Lath. Gen. Syn., vol. ii. p. 755. 



This familiar species of Humming Bird was not only known to Linnseus, but to Ray, Willoughby, 

 Marcgrave, and most of the older authors, and is in fact one of those with which Europeans first became 

 acquainted ; nevertheless, much confusion exists with regard to its synonymy, which I believe is principally 

 owing to a nearly allied species, the Laynporms porphyrurus of Jamaica, having been confounded with it. 

 This bird then it must be understood never goes to Jamaica, and to but few of the West India Islands ; on 

 the mainland, hoAvever, it enjoys a more extensive range than any other species. Audubon has included a 



