BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 601 
S[elasphorus platycercus CaBANts and Hxing, Mus. Hein., iii, 1860, 56 (Mexico).— 
Covss, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 463.—Harrtert, Das Tierreich, 
Troch., 1900, 206. 
[Selasphorus] platycercus ReicHenBacH, Aufz. der Colibr., 1854, 13; Troch. 
Enum., 1855, 10, pl. 854, figs. 5027-5029.—BonaparteE, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 
1854, 257.—Sciater and Satvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 84. MuLsant, 
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., xxii, 1876, 227 —Suarps, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 141. 
[Selasphorus platycercus] var. platycercus BarrD, BREweER, and Ripeway, Hist. 
N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 458. 
Selasforus platycercus Duars, La Naturaleza, i, 1870, 141 (Patzcuaro, Michoa- 
can).—ViLtapA, La Naturaleza, ii, 1874, 253 (Valley of Mexico). 
Ornismya tricolor Lesson, Suppl. Ois.-Mouch., 1830-31, 125, pl. 14 (“ Brésil’’); 
Les Troch., 1831, 156, pl. 60 (Mexico); Index Gen. et Synop. Troch., 1832, 
p. xxxiv.—JARDINE, Nat. Libr., Humming birds, ii, 1833, pl. 18. 
C[ynanthus]? tricolor Jarpine, Nat. Libr., Humming birds, ii, 1833, 170. 
Ornismya montana Lesson, Les Troch., 1831, 161, 163, pls. 63, 64 (Mexico) 
Index Gen. et Synop. Troch:, 1832, p. xxxiv. 
Trochilus montana Jarvine, Nat. Libr., Humming birds, ii, 1833, 93. 
.Trochilus montanus Swarnson, Birds Brazil, Mex., etc. [18417], pl. 74. 
SELASPHORUS FLAMMULA Salvin. 
LESSER BROAD-TAILED HUMMING BIRD. 
Somewhat like S. platycercus, but much smaller; adult male with 
outermost primary not attenuated, middle pair of rectrices edged (on 
both webs) with cinnamomeous, and color of gorget much duller; 
adult female with middle rectrices broadly edged with cinnamon- 
rufous, the outer ones broadly tipped with pale’ cinnamon-rufous 
or cinnamon-buff instead of white. 
Adult male—Above metallic bronze-green, somewhat darker and 
duller on pileum; middle pair of rectrices bronze-green broadly edged 
on both webs (except terminally) with cinnamon-rufous; other rec- 
trices purplish dusky or black glossed with bronzy purple, the third 
and fourth (from outside) with both webs broadly edged (except ter- 
minally) with cimnamon-rufous, the outermost with a spot of cinamon- 
rufous at tip of inner web (which is also indistinctly edged with cin- 
namomeous), the next (second) with greater part of inner web (except 
terminally) cimnamon-rufous; remiges and primary coverts purplish 
dusky, the inner secondaries glossed with bronze-green; lores dark 
cinnamon-rufous or chestnut; gorget rather dull metallic purple 
(between heliotrope purple and wine purple, the feathers dusky gray 
basally, then crossed by a broad bar of cinnamon-buff, a narrow 
dusky bar separating this from the metallic tip; chest dull white, the 
median portion of breast and abdomen similar but slightly darker or 
more grayish; sides pale rusty or cinmnamon-buff, spotted with 
metallic bronze-green, especially on sides of breast; under tail- 
coverts pale cinnamomeous or cinnamon-buff, passing into paler on 
margins, the longer coverts sometimes mostly dull whitish; bill dull 
black, the mandible paler basally; iris dark brown; feet grayish 
