3i6 Genera of Humming Birds. 



Genus CXXIX. Petasophora, Gray, List., Gen. Birds, 



1840, p. 13 



Colibri, Spix., Av. Bras., 1824, p. 80. 



COELIGENA, Tschudi, Faun., Peru, 1844, p. 39. 



LOPHORNIS, Tschudi, Faun., Peru, 1844, p. 39. 



Praxilla, Reich., Aufz. der Colib, 1853, p. 13. 



Colibri, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., 1850, p. 69. 



Telesiella, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., 1853, P- ^Z- 



Telesilla, Cab., Mus. Hein., i860, t. iii, p. 27. 



Delphinella, Reich., Bonn., Ann. Scien. Nat., 1854, p. 137 



Type. — T. serrirostris, Vieillot. 



Bill lono^er than the head, straight, and acutely pointed at 

 tips. Feathers of forehead projecting on the culmen, and 

 covering the nostrils. Wings long, pointed, reaching the end 

 of tail, primaries slightly falcate. Tail broad, ample, and 

 rounded, median rectrices shorter than the lateral and outer- 

 most ones, which are nearly of the same length. Feet large 

 and strong. Tarsi clothed. Hind toe and nail shorter than 

 middle toe and nail. Sexes similar in plumage. 



Habitat. — Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Trinidad, 

 Guiana, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 



432. Petasophora serrirostris, Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. Hist. 



Nat., 1817, vol. 7, p. 359. 



Colibri crispiis, Spix., Av. Bras., 1824, vol. i., p. 80. 



Grypiis vieillotti, Steph., Gen., Zool., t. xiv., p. 256. 



Trochilus petasophoriis, Pr. Max., Reis. Bras., t. ii., p. 191. 



Ornisyny a petasophora, Less., Ois. Mou., 1829, p. 37. 



Polytmus serrirostris, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 108. 



Petasophora gouldi, Bon., Consp., Gen Av., 1850, vol. i., 

 p. 69. 



Petasophora chalcotis, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., 1B53, P- ^Z- 

 Petasophora crispa, Burm., Th. Bras., 1856, t. ii., p. 335, 

 Brazilian Violet-ear, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iv., p. 223. 



Le Pétasophore à sous caudales blanches, Muls., Hist. Nat. 

 Ois. Mou., 1875, t. ii., p. 164. 



Habitat. — Brazil, Bolivia ? 



