338 Genera of Humming Birds. 



Lampornis chlorolaemiis, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein., i860, 

 t. iii., p. 19. 



Eiilampis longirostris, Gould, Int. Troch., 1861, p. 6g. 



Eulampis chlorlaemiis, Boucard, H. Bird, 1891, vol. i., p. 25. 



Grass-green and blue breasted Carib, Gould, Mon. Troch., 

 vol. ii., p. 84. 



le Caribe à gorge verte. 



H a bit a t. ^Gr^n?idi3.. 



Male. — Upperside shining dark green, with a reddish tinge 

 on rump. Uppertail-coverts brilliant metallic green in centre, 

 with bright blue feathers on each side. Tail bright dark 

 purplish-blue. Throat dark metallic grass-green, followed 

 with a broad band of brilliant dark purplish-blue. Abdomen 

 and flanks glossy black, tinged with dark green. Undertail- 

 coverts brilliant purplish-blue. Vent and a spot on side of 

 flanks pure white. Wings purplish-brown. Bill black. 



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



Female. — The reddish tinge on lower part of back and 

 rump is more apparent than in the male, the green of the 

 throat is not so bright, the band of breast is not so extensive 

 and more blue, and the bill is longer. It is the E. longirostris, 

 of Gould. 



I have a fine series of this rare species from Grenada, sent 

 to me, by Mr. Wells. 



Genus CXXXV. Florisuga, Bon., Compt., Rend., 1850, 



p. 382. 



Orthorhynchus, 111. Prod., Syst., Mamm., p. 209. 



Lampornis, Lesson, Tab. Esp. Ois. Mou., 1829, p. 23. 



Type: T. mellivorus, Linné. 



Bill strong, nearly straight, about the length of the head. 

 Wings long, reaching the end of tail. Tail ample, slightly 

 forked. Median rectrices shorter, lateral and outermost ones 

 slightly and gradually longer. Uppertail-coverts reaching the 

 tips of median rectrices. Sexes unlike. 



Habitat. — Mexico, Guatemala, Veragua, Guiana, Venezuela, 

 Trinidad, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. 



