Genera of Humming Birds. 333 



Habitat. — Old Providence, West Indies, Mexico, and 

 Central America. 



Male. — Upperside shining golden-green. Median rectrices 

 bronze-green with a reddish tinge. Laterals purplish-red or 

 bright violet margined with brownish-black. Chin and throat 

 black. Sides of throat, breast, and centre of abdomen shining 

 bluish-green. Rest of underside golden-green. Undertail- 

 coverts green with base and edges gray. Vent and spot on 

 sides of fianks white. Wings purplish-brovvn. Bill black. 



Total length, 4|-in. Wing, 2f. Tail, i|-. Culmen, i. 



Female. — Upperside golden-green. Underside white. A 

 black line on chin and throat passing to green on breast and 

 abdomen. Flanks golden-green. Lateral rectrices purplish- 

 red at base, passing to bluish-black and broadly tipped with 

 white. 



Total length, 4-|in. Wing, 2\. Tail, if. Culmen, i. 



The young male of this species is like the female in 

 colouration, with a rufous line on each side of chin, throat, 

 and breast. 



I have one specimen sent to me by Mr. Chas. Cory, of 

 Boston, as L. hendersoni. It was collected by Mr. Henderson, 

 at Old Providence, West Indies, but I cannot see anv differ- 

 ence between that specimen and the Mexican ones. 



I have collected this species in several parts of Mexico and 

 Guatemala. Gaumer collected some for me, in Yucatan. 



456. Lampornis VERAGUENSIS, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. ii., 



p. 76. 



Sericotes veragiiensis, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., 1853, P- ^^• 



Anthracothorax veraguensis, Reich., Troch., Enum., 1855, 

 p. 9. 



Veraguan Mango, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. ii., p. 76. 



le Lampornis de Veragua, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1874, vol. i., p. 146. 



Habitat. — Veragua and Panama. 



Male. — It is closely allied to the preceding species, but can 

 be easily distinguished bv the chin and throat metallic-green, 

 the breast and centre of abdomen shining blue. Undertail- 

 coverts dark purple. Remainder of plumage like L. prevosti. 



