Genera of Humming Birds. 327 



Floresia, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., 1853, P- ii- 

 HypoPHAMA, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., 1853, P- i^- 

 MargaroCHRYSIS, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., 1853, P- ii- 

 EUDOXA, Heine., Journ. fur Ornith., 1866, p. 17g. 



Type : T. mango, Linné. 



Bill longer than the head, slightly curved. Wings long, 

 reaching the end of tail. Tail forked. Outermost rectrices 

 slightly shorter than the others, which are alvvays metallic 

 in colouration. Feet moderate, tarsi bare. Sexes unlike. 



Habitat. — Mexico to Colombia, including the West Indies. 



448. Lamporxis MAXGO, Linné., Syst. Nat., 1766, p. igi. 

 Mango Bird, Albin. Birds, vol. iii., p. 45. 

 Trochilus porphyrurus, Shaw., Nat. Misc., vol. ix., pi. 333. 

 Polytmiis porphyrurus. Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 108. 

 Lampornis floresi, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool., 1854, p. 250. 

 Floresia porphyriira, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., 1853, P- ^i- 



Anthracothorax porphyrurus, Reich., Troch., Enum., 1855, 

 p. 8. 



Eudoxa porphyrura, Heine., Journ. fur Ornith., 1863, p. 

 179. 



Porphyry-Tailed Mango, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. ii., p. 81. 



le Lampornis porphyrure, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1874, 

 vol. i., p. 164. 



Habitat. — Jamaica. 



Male. — Upperside shining dark olive-brown with a reddish 

 tinge all over, but more accentuated on the neck. Median 

 rectrices shining purplish-black. Laterals shining reddish- 

 purple margined and tipped with blue. Throat and breast 

 velvety-black, passing to brownish-black on abdomen and 

 flanks, and washed on these parts with dark bronzy-green 

 feathers. From the bill, under and behind the eye, is a 

 broad band of metallic purple passing to brilliant reddish- 

 purple on sides of neck. Undertail-coverts dark greenish- 

 black. Anal region and spot on each side of flanks white. 

 W^ings purplish-brown. Bill black. 



Total length, 4fin. Wing, 2|. Tail, \\. Culmen, i. 



