LAMPORNIS AURULENTUS. 



St. Doming-0 Mang-o. 



Trochilus margaritaceus, Gmeh Edit. Linn. Syst. Nat., torn. i. p. 490 ? — Lath. Ind. Orn., vol. i. 



p. 308. 

 Le Hausse-col dove, Vieill. Ois. Dor., torn. i. pp. 29, 31. pis. 12, 13. 

 Trochilus aurulenhisyieiW, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., torn. vii. p. 350.— Dumont, Diet. Sei. Nat., 



torn. X. p. 49. — Drapiez, Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat., torn. iv. p. 318.— Vieill. Ency. 



Meth. Orn., part ii. p. 555.— Less. Hist. Nat. des Col., pp. 68, 71, 73, 74. pis. 16, 



17, 18, 19. — lb. Ind. Gen. et Syn. des Ois. du Gen. Trochilus, p. xj. — lb. Traite 



d'Orn., p. 289.— Shaw, Gen. ZooL, vol. viii. p. 306.— lb. Steph. Cont., vol. xiv. 



p. 240. 

 Polytmus margaritaceiis, Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. i. p. 108, Polytmiis, sp. 13. 



aurulentus, VieiU. Hist. Nat. des Ois. de TAm. Sept., torn. ii. p. 72. 



Lamporms margaritaceus, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av., p. 72, Lampornis, sp. 5. 



Eulampis aurulentus, Bonap. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 250. 



Margarochrysis aurulenta, Reiehenb. Aufz. der Colibris, p. 11. 



Grey-neched Humming-bird, Lath. Gen. Syn., vol. ii. p. 761. — lb. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 304. 



Aurulent Humming'hird, Shaw, Gen. ZooL, vol. viii. p. 306. — Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 307. 



Trochilus domi^iicus, Linn. Syst. Nat., torn. i. p. 191. — Gmel. Edit. Linn. Syst. Nat., torn. i. 



p. 489.— Lath. Ind. Orn., vol. i. p. 309, female? 

 Polytmus domifiicus, Briss. Orn., torn. iii. p. 672. pi. xxxv. fig. 4, female? 

 Verte peris, Buif. Hist. Nat. des Ois., tom. vi. p. 62. — VieiU. Ois. Dor., tom. i. p. 128. 

 Saint Domingo Ilumming-hird, Lath. Gen. Syn., vol, ii. p. 762. — lb. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 306. 



I HAVE adopted the term aurulentus for this fine species because we know positively that it has been applied 

 to the male bird figured on the accompanying Plate, while there is a degree of uncertainty whether margari- 

 tacens has reference to this or some other species. In adopting this name I am following in the steps of 

 Vieillot, Bona])arte, and many modern authors. The old name of domhucm would perhaps be the most 

 correct and appropriate one, but that term is considered by more recent writers to be referable to the 

 L. grainineus ; with the synonymy of the present species, in fact, as with that of L. gramineus, the utmost 

 confusion prevails; it will be better, therefore, to retain the name oi aundentus. The native country of this 

 species is St. Domingo : as to Porto Rico, which it is also said to inhabit, I leave it to future Trochilidists 

 to say if it be found there or not ; in all probability it may inhabit both those contiguous islands, but I 

 have no positive evidence that such is the case. 



Unlike the females of most of the other species of Lamporim, which bear a general resemblance to each 

 other, the female of this species is very dissimilar, having the whole of her under surface grey, in lieu of 

 the striped and variegated style of markings which prevail in the females of L. Mango, L, gramineus, 

 L. Prewsti, &c. ; this grey colouring of the under surface is, however, the only point of difference, the tail 

 being marked very similarly. 



The male has the head, all the upper surface, wing- and tail-coverts dark yellowish green ; throat dull 

 golden green ; all the under surface dull black ; a tuft of white on each flank ; wings purplish brown ; two 

 central tail-feathers dark bronzy purple ; lateral feathers violaceous purple, bordered with dark purple. 



The female has all the upper surface and two central tail-feathers bronzy green ; all the under surface 

 grey ; lateral tail-feathers purplish chestnut, with a broad band of dull black near the tip, which is white. 



The Plate represents both sexes of the size of life. The plant is the Passijiora penduliflora. 



