INTRODUCTION. Ixi 



Trochilus excisus^ Licht. in Mus. of Berlin. 



Thalurania eryphile, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Heiu. Theil iii. p. 23. 



Habitat, Eastern Brazil. 



127. Thalurania ? Wagleri Vol. II. PL 109. 



Trochilus bicolor, Vieill. Ois. dor., torn. i. p. 75, pi. 36. 

 Coeligena Wagleri, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 3, pi. 702. figs. 4576-77. 

 Thalurania Wagleri, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 24. 

 Habitat, Brazil. 



The three species constituting my genus Panoplites very closely resemble each other in size, in structure, and 

 in the markings of their tails, but are very dissimilar in the colouring of their bodies. They are all inhabitants of 

 the Ecuadorian Andes, and one of them (P. flavescens) extends its range as far north as Bogota. The most 

 remarkable species of this form is the P. Jardinei^ whose glittering upper surface is wonderfully brilliant. 



Genus Panoplites, Gould, 



(navo7rXLT7]9, omnino armatus.) 

 Generic characters. 



Male. — Bill strong, and a trifle longer than the head; body stout and thick-set; wings long and pointed; tail 

 moderately long and square, the feathers broad; tarsi clothed and stout; hind toe strong, and of the same leno-th as 

 the middle one ; nails short. 



Female. — Very similar to the male in plumage. 



128. Panoplites Jardinei ............. Vol. II. PI. 110. 



Panoplites Jardinei, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 75, note. 



Habitat. Nanegal and other warm parts of Ecuador. 



129. Panoplites FLAVESCENS . ... . . . . . . . . Vol. II. PL 111. 



Boissonneaua flavescens y Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 1 1 ; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 8, pi, 787. figs. 4830-31. 

 Panoplites flavescens, (>ab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 74. 

 Trochilus Lichtensteinii, Saucer, in Mus. of Berlin. 



Habitat. Ecuador and New Granada. 



130. Panoplites Mathewsi ............ Vol, II. PL 112. 



Heliodoxa Matthewsii, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 9. 



Boissonneaua Matthewsii, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 8, pi. 787. figs. 4832-33. 

 Panoplites Mattliewsi, Cab. et Hein. Mus, Hein. Theil iii. p. 74, note. 

 Habitat. Ecuador. 



Somewhat allied to the Panoplitce are the members of the 



Genus Florisuga, Bonap,, 



all of which are remarkable for their large fan-shaped tails, and for having all the feathers of this oroan white. 

 The females are less strikingly coloured. One of the species, F. mellivora, enjoys a most extensive rano-e; for it 

 inhabits alike the low lands of Northern Brazil, Cayenne, Guiana, Trinidad, Venezuela, the temperate reo-ions of 

 New Granada, and Central America ; the other two are confined to more limited areas. The F, mellivora and F. atra 

 are among the oldest-known and the commonest of the Humming-Birds, there being no collection of any extent 

 without examples of them. 



131. Florisuga mellivora .-...,.,,.,., Vol. II. PL 113. 

 Lampornis mellivora, Jard. Nat. Lib. Humming-Birds, vol, ii. p. 155. 



Florisuga mellivora, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col.p. 14; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 12; Cab.et Hein.Mus.Hein.Theil iii.p. 29. 

 Habitat. Brazil, Trinidad, New Granada, Bogota, and Guatemala. 



132. Florisuga flabellifera, Gould ........... Vol. II. PL 114 



Florisuga flabellif era, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 14; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 12; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. 



p. 29, note. 

 Topaza flabellif era, Gray & Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. i. p. 110, Topaza, sp. 8. 

 Habitat. The Island of Tobago, and perhaps elsewhere. 

 " I am not able " [says Mr. Kirk] "to decide as to this bird being a native of Tobago. It is only to be met 



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