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SYSTEMATIC SYNOVSIS. — PICARLE — CYPSELIFORMES. 
If a female or young, he must refer to the detailed deseriptions. He will be much assisted by 
the figures of gencric details, drawn from nature by Mr. R. Ridgway for Mr D. G. Elliot's 
monograph, and kindly loaned to me by Prof. Baird. 
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Analysis af Genera and Species of VN. A, Prochilida (adult mates), 
Frontal feathers not fully covering nasal scale. Tarsi featherod. Tail emarginate, Bill broad, in part 
flesh-colored. 
Nasal scale entirely naked. ‘ 
White stripo on head. Crown, face, and chin, black, Tailrufous  . . ©. Basilinna wantusi 407 
Nasal scale partly naked. 
Crown green; throat blue; tail blackish, 6.0. 6. Ee eg Jacke latirostris 421 
Throat green; tail rufous; sidesrufous. 2. . ‘ Fi ke S wlmasilia cerviniventris 420 
Throat green; tail rufous; sides green a ae er a AAmaziliasuscocaudata 419 
Frontal feathers covering nasal scale, 
Bill not perfectly straight. 
Bill curved throughout. Tail forked, with almost filiform lateral feather... Calothoray lucifer 418 
Bill nearly straight, Length over 4 inches. Throat and breast greon .. » Rugenesfulgens 408 
Bill perfectly straight. Length under 4 inches, 
Crown as well as throat with metallic scales, 
Scales lilac-erimson, Lateral tail-feather parallel-edged. 20. 6. 6. 6. . Calypteanna 414 
Scales violet. Lateral tail-feather acutely faleate  . ae ae ere Calypte coste 415 
Crown simply glossy, like back; throat with metallic scales, 
Middle tail-foathers unlike back in color. 
* Scales contined to ends of throat-feathers, their bases snow-white 2.0. Stella calliope 417 
Middle tail-feathers like back in color; thront-scales forming a continuous surface, 
Lateral tail-feathers white-tipped ; none acuminate, Outer primary abruptly omarginate 
and acute, . . wee we ee we we egg ahttiis Reloism 416 
Lateral tail-fonthors not white-tipped;, somo or all acuminate, 
Throat-scales coppory-rod; back and tail greenish; outer two primaries acuto, fuente; 
all the tail-feathors acuminate, the two outer acleular .. .. Selasphorus allend 12 
Throat-scales coppery-red; back and tall mostly chestnut; primaries as in 8. rqnes 
next to middle tall-feather abruptly notuhod =. 6 6 eee Ntletsphorus rufus A 
Throat-scales lilne-red ; back golden-greon; Ist primary emarginate, turned outward, 
noxt obliquely incised at end =. , » oo Selasphorus platyecreus 418 
Throat-scales opaque black, becoming v iolet poster or ly; back goldon-green ; primarios 
not peculiar tow 5‘ Trochilus alevandri 410 
Throat-scales ruby-r =e baie polduiiegeecn, Primarios not peculiar (Kastern) 
Trochilus colubris 409 
134, BASILINNA. (Gr. Bacituwa, basilinna, a queen.) QuEEN Huaamrs. lead appearing 
more globose than in any other N. Am. genus, in consequence of the non-extension of the 
407. 
feathers on base of upper mandible, where they do net reach 
opposite those ou chin, leaving the turgid nasal seale entirely 
pases exposed. Bill broad at base, tapering regularly to tip, with dis- 
tinct supra-nasal grooves; scarcoly longer than head, straight. 
Tarsi featherod. Tail ample, all the feathers broad and 
rounded; nearly even, in g a little donble-rounded by short- 
ness of both lateral and central pair of feathers, in Q simply a 
little rounded. No peculiarity of primaries. Sexes uearly alike 
in form; @ lacking the greon gorget of @ 5 bill in both sexes 
Fig. 300.—Xantus Humming- largely flesh-colored; @ with white stripe on head; uo white 
pird, nat. size. (From Elliot.) 
on tail of either sox. (N.B. This genus would be better 
ranged next after Iache.) 
B. xan'tusi. (To L. J. Xantus de Vosoy. Fig. 300.) Xawrus Humarna-ninp. Adult ¢: 
Above, and the throat, metallic grass-green ; below, cinnamon-rufous; face blue-black 5 a 
white stripe through theeye; wings purplish-dusky ; tail purplish-chestnat, the contral feathers 
glossed with golden-greon; Dill losh-colored, black-tipped.  Q+ Shining green above, including 
central tail-foathers ; below, and tho face, pale rufous, whitening about the vent, and the sides 
greenish ; head-stripe rufous, whitening on the auriculars; tail-feathers, except the central, 
