HUMMING-BIRDS. 



LIST 



SPECIES EXHIBITED*. 



[Case 1.] 

 EUTOXERES. " Sickle -bills." 



Remarkable for their strong and greatly arched bills. "When 

 approaching a flower, like other Humming-birds, in a direct line, they 

 have no sooner reached the calyx with their bills than they alter the 

 position of their body in a downward direction, so that they appear to 

 be suspended from the flower by the tip of the bill. The sexes are 

 alike in plumage, which is rather plain. Three species are known, 

 viz. E. aquila from Central America and Colombia, E. Jieterura and 

 E. condamini from Ecuador. 



[Case 2.] 

 RHAMPHODON. " Saw-bill." 



The male bird has the edge of the bill provided with dentations like 

 the teeth of a saw ; these are absent in the female. The plumage is 

 rather dull, and the sexes are coloured alike. Only one species is 

 known, from South-eastern Brazil — li. ncevius. 



[Case 3.] 

 GLAUCIS. " Round-tailed Hermits." 



Like the two preceding, nearly allied, genera, the members of this 

 genus are of somewhat dull coloration, and are known by the name of 

 Hermits, not only on account of their colour, but also of their solitary 

 habits. They have the slightly curved bill of Rhamphodon, but without 

 serrations. Six species are known, distributed over the whole of Eastern 

 Brazil, Guiana, Colombia, and Ecuador, ranging as far northward as 

 Veragua. 



* This list has been prepared by Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe. The majority of the 

 (sometimes fanciful) English names are terms in general use, or given by Mr. Gould. 

 The classification followed is that of Mr. D. Gr. Elliot in his ' Synopsis of the 

 Humming-birds.' 



