Genera of Humming Birds. 341 



463. Florisuga SALLEI, Boucard, Hum. Bird, 1891, vol. i., 



p. 18. 



Sailers Jacobin. 



la Jacobine de Salle. 



Habitat. — Mexico. 



Male. — Head and neck dark shining green with bluish 

 reflection in the centre of throat, and passing to golden on 

 nape, beneath which is a broad band pure white. Rest of 

 upperside, including tail coverts, shining bronzy -gold. 

 Median rectrices white at base, passing to bluish-green ; next 

 one white, margined on external web with bluish-green and 

 with bluish-black tip, the two next white, margined on 

 external web and tipped with bluish-black, outermost one 

 white with a small bluish-black spot «at tip. Lower part of 

 breast and flanks golden. Rest of underside pure white. 

 Wings purplish-black. Bill black. 



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



Female. — Unknown. 



Type unique in my Collection. 



Genus CXXXVI. Melanotrochilus, Deslongchamps, 



Ann., Mus. Caen., t. i., p. 225. 



Type : T. fuscus, Vieillot. 



Bill short, stout, slightly curved, about the length of the 

 head. Wings longer than the tail. Tail ample, long, and 

 slightly forked; rectrices broad and rounded, median shortest, 

 lateral and outermost ones slightly and gradually longer. 

 Uppertail-coverts short. Feet rather large. Tarsi clothed. 

 Sexes similar. 



Habitat. — Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador. 



464. Melanotrochilus euscus, Vieill., Nouv. Diet. Hist. 



Nat., 1817, vol. vii., p. 348. 



Trochilus ater, Pr., Max. Reis. Braz., vol. i., p. 366. 



Trochilus niger, Sw.,.Zool. 111., vol. ii., pi. 82. 



Ornismya lugubris, Less., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1829, t. i., 

 p. 132. 



