94 Genera of Hu?nmïng Birds. 



128. Lesbia gracilis, Gould, P.Z.S., 1846, p. 86. 



Mellisuga gracilis, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 113. 



Cynanthus gracilis, Bon., Consp., Gen., Av., 1850, vol. i., 

 p. 81. 



Graceful Train-bearer, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii., p. 168. 



La Lesbie déliée, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1876, vol. iii., 

 p. 296. 



Habitat. — Ecuador, Peru. 



Male. — The only differences existing between this species 

 and L. gouldi are : the length of its tail which is half an inch 

 shorter in all the specimens which I have from Ecuador, the 

 outer grayish buff web which is constantly half an inch longer 

 than the longest median rectrices, the patch of feathers 

 beneath the lower part of the abdomen, and the undertail- 

 coverts which are green, greatly margined with buff. 



■^129. Lesbia chlorura, Gould, P.Z.S., 1871, p. 504. 



Green-tailed Train-bearer, Gould, Mon. Troch., Suppl., 



P- 53- 



La Lesbie à queue verte. 



Habitat. — Peru ? 



Male. — Crown of the head and all the upper surface golden 

 green, gorget glittering green, rounded, and well defined as 

 in L. Gouldi, abdomen mottled green and buff, its lower 

 portion and the undertail-coverts pure buff. Wings purplish- 

 brown, the eight central feathers entirely light green, the 

 external one on each side olive, finely powdered and tipped 

 with green, and having the outer web buff for more than half 

 its length from the base. 



Total length, ô^in. Wing, 2. Tail, 5! . Culmen, y^^. 



'^ Gould's Mon. Trochil. Suppl.. 1887, p. 53.'' 



According to Elliott, this species is the same as L. Gouldi. 



130. Lesbia victORIAE, Bourc. and Muls. Ann. Soc. Agr. 



Lyon, 1846, t. ix., p. 312. 



Trochillus Amaryllis, Bourc. and Muls., Rev. Zool., 1848, 



P- 273- 



Mellisuga victoriae, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i. p. 113. 



Cynanthus ajnaryllis, Bon. Rev. and Mag Zool., 1854, 

 p. 252. 



