56 Genera of Humming Birds. 



Some of my specmiens I collected in Mexico, others came 

 from Coban, Alta Vera-Paz* Guatemala. 



With Patagona gigcis, they are the only two species without 

 crest or crown. 



Genus XXVIII. Chrysolampis, Boié. Isis, 1831, p. 546. 



Type : T. moschitus, Linné. 



Bill straight, long as the head. Feathers of the forehead 

 projecting on the culmen and hinding the nostrils. Wings 

 long nearly reaching the end of tail. Tail rounded. Rec- 

 trices of even size. Feet small. Tarsi bare. Head, throat 

 and upper part of breast brilliantly coloured. Sexes unlike. 



Habitat. — Brazil, Trinidad, Venezuela, Columbia and 

 Guiana. 



80. Chrysolampis moschitus, L. Syst. Nat., 1766, vol. i., 



p. 192. 



Trochilus carbunculus, Gmel. Syst. Nat., 1788, t. i., p. 498. 



Ornismya moschitus^ Less, Ois. Mou., 1829, p. 166. 



Mellisuga' moschita, Steph. Shaw. Gen. ZooL, vol. xiv., 



P- 253- 



Chrysolampis giglioli, Oustalet., le Naturaliste, 1885, p. 3. 



Chrysolampis infumatus, Berl. 



Chrysolampis moschitus F^r.^Boucard. H. Bird. vol. i., p. 26. 

 Ruby and Topaz, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iv., p. 204. 

 Le Chysolampe Rubis-Topaze^ Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1876, vol. ii., p. 255. 



Habitat. — Brazil, Trinidad, Venezuela, Guiana and Colum- 

 bia. 



Male. — Head metallic ruby-red. Upperside bronzy-brow^n, 

 appearing black on sides of neck and upper part of back. 

 Chin, throat and upper part of breast metallic topaz. Abdomen 

 and flanks dark brown, nearly black round the breast. A line 

 of white feathers on sides of flanks, and a tuft of white feathers 

 6n each side under the vent. Undertail-coverts rufous. Tail 

 rufous with brownish-black tips. Bill and feet black. 



Total length, 3Ïin. Wings, 2\. Tail, i^. Culmen, \. 



Female. — Upperside golden green. Underside grayish-white, 

 washed with golden feathers on sides of breast and flanks. 



