Grnci'fr of ffummin^ liirds. 55 



(iKNL'S XXVII. Ahcillia, I>oii. ^onsp. Cjon. Av., 1850, p. 79. 

 lidiKi:,, K'i' II, Aufz. dcr Col., 1853, p. 13. 

 Myidhcillid, l>on., Rrv. and Mag. Zool., 1854, p. 253. 



Typi. : O. AhcilLei, Oftlattre et f.esson. 



r>ill minute, stniight, sliortcr tlmri the head. Wings long, 

 poiiilcd, rcarhing the f-nrl of tail. Tail very slightly forked. 

 !<(•( trices wide, and of even size, excepting the medians, 

 which ar(! slightly shorte-r. Size small. Sexes unlike. 



I hihihil . Mexico and (."entrai Anu-rica. 



7^. y\|{l'.ll.l.iA 'r\'l'l(:A, liOii., Consp. (jen. Av., 1850, vol. i., 



Ornismyn ahciUci, Less et Del., Rev. Zoo!., 1839, p. 16. 



McLtisu^a ahcilLei, Gray, Gen. l>irds, vol. i., p. \ 12. 



Uamphumicron ahetllei, Bonaparte, Consp. Av., vol. i., p. 79. 



Basalimna ahcillcl, Reich, Aufz. der Col., 1^53, p. 13. 



Myahcillca typica, Hon., Rev. et Mag. Zool., 1854, p. 253. 



l^nucis aheillci^ Reic;h, 'Iroch. P^num., 1855, p. 11. 



Abeille^ s Fluéierer, Gould, Mon. Troch, vol. iv., p. 2ri. 



Lc Baucis d'Abeille, Muls., Hist. Nat. CJis. Mou., 1876, 

 vol. iii., \). 144. 



1 1 iibiLal. — Mexico, (juatemala. 



Male. — Uppersid(r shining green. Throat luminous emerald 

 grc;en. P>reast black, washed with green on the sides. Ab- 

 domen, flanks, and undertail-coverts pale green, with a 

 grayish appearance, in consequence of the grayish base of 

 feathers. A tuft of white on each side of vent. Median rec- 

 tric(ts shining green, lateral bluish-black on internal edges, 

 green on external for two-thirds of their length, then bluish- 

 black with gray tips. Wings purplish brown. Bill black. 



Total leiiglli, 3iiii. Wing, 2. Tail, \\. Culmen, %. 



Female. — Upperside bronzy-green. Underside ashy-gray, 

 washed with somc^ few green feathers on fianks. Tail like 

 that ol mal(* with larger gray tips on lateral feathers. 

 Slightly smaller in size. 



This speci(;s was discovered by Delattre, near Jalapa, 

 Mexico, and dedicated by him, to his friend. Doctor Abeille. 



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