TROCHILID &. 307 
2. Wing more than 2.40. 
m'. Tail partly rich chestnut, 
glossed with bright pur- 
ple; bill rather dis- 
tinctly curved. 
Lampornis. 
m. Tail without chestnut or 
bright purple. 
m. Tail wholly (male) or 
partly (female) 
greenish bronze. 
Adult male with 
throat brilliant 
emerald-green, 
breast black- 
ish, and crown 
rich violet or 
violet-blue. 
Eugenes. 
(Page 309.) 
n*, Tail wholly or chiefly 
blackish. 
Outer tail-feath- 
ers sometimes 
broadly tipped 
with white, or 
grayish ; lower 
parts deep dull 
grayish, tinged 
with green on 
sides, or dull 
white medially 
and green lat- 
erally ; a con- 
spicuous white 
streak behind 
eye; adult 
males with 
throat blue, 
reddish pur- 
ple, or light 
emerald-green, 
1 Lampornie Swatns., Zool. Jour. iii. 1827, 358. Type, Zrockilus mango Linn. (One Mexican, several West 
Indian, and several South American species.) 
