BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 665 
Bellona cristata Extiot, Classif. and Synop. Troch., 1879, 178, part (Grenada).— 
Cory, Auk, vi, 1889, 218, part (Grenada); Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 13, 
107, 144, part (Grenada).—Satvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, 1892, 353, 
part (Grerfada;. Mustique; Venezuela?)—Bovucarp, Gen. Hum. Birds, ii, 
1892, 54 (Venezuela?; Grenada).—Lopegz, Ibis, 1896, 518 (Grenada; habits; 
notes).—WeLLs, Auk, xix, 1902, 345 (Carriacoi; habits; descr. nest).— 
Nico11, Ibis, 1904, 566 (Grenada, up to 2,000 ft.). 
[Bellona] cristata SHarpr, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 142, part (Grenada; Grenadines). 
Bellona cristatus cristatus Clark (A. H.), Auk, xxii, April, 1905, 216 (Grenada; 
Grenadines). 
Bellona cristata cristata CLarK (A. H.), Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xxxii, 1905, 275 
(Grenada; Grenadines; habits; descr. nest and eggs). 
Orthorhynchus exilis (not Trochilus exilis Gmelin) Wreuus, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 
ix, 1887, 620 (Grenada; habits; descr. nest and eggs). 
Genus CHRYSOLAMPIS Boie. 
Chrysolampis Born, Isis, 1831, 546. (Type, Trochilus mosquitus Linnezus.) 
Rather small Trochilide (length about 85-98 mm.) with dense 
frontal feathering covering basal third (approximately) of maxilla, 
entirely concealing nostrils, exposed culmen much shorter than head, 
tail more than half as long as wing, broad, and rounded, the adult 
male with pileum brilliant metallic ruby red, chin, throat and chest 
brilliant metallic golden orange, and tail bright rufous. 
Bill straight, nearly terete, about as long as head or slightly longer, 
but unfeathered portion of maxilla decidedly shorter, the basal third, 
more or less, being completely covered by the dense frontal feather- 
ing, which entirely conceals nostrils; culmen rounded anteriorly, 
narrowly ridged posteriorly; terminal portion of maxillary tomium 
very minutely serrate; mandible with a distinct narrow longitudinal 
median lateral groove. Tarsus naked; middle and outer toes about 
equal in length, the inner decidedly shorter, the hallux about as long 
as inner toe. Wing more than four times as long as exposed culmen, 
the outermost primary longest. Tail more than half as long as wing, 
rounded, the rectrices broad, rounded at tip. 
Coloration. Adult male with pileum very brilliant metallic ruby 
red, chin and throat brilliant metallic golden orange, and tail rufous, 
with rectrices margined terminally with dark bronzy brown; adult 
female dull metallic bronze-greenish above, pale gray or dull grayish 
white below, the tail grayish, glossed with greenish bronze basally, 
dusky subterminally or terminally, the lateral rectrices broadly 
tipped with white. 
Range.—Eastern and central Colombia, to Cayenne, and south- 
eastern Brazil; Caribbean Islands of Trinidéd, Tobago, Curacao, 
Bonaire, Aruba, etc.; southwestern Costa Rica? (Monotypic.) 
