Genera of Humming Birds. 7 



Hylocharis Nigra, Gray, Gen. of Birds, Vol. I., p. 114. 



Hylochar is Niger, Bon. Consp., Gen. Av., 1850. Vol. L, p.81. 



Dyrinia Minima, Muls and Verr, Class Troch., 1865, p. 88. 



Little Humming Bird, Gould, Mon. Troch., Vol. III., p. 133. 



Le Mellisuge le plus Petit, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. m. t. iv., p. 83. 



Habitat. Jamaica, Hayti, Sto. Domingo. 



Male. — Upperside shining dark green. Throat white 

 speckled with minute brown spots. Breast and centre of 

 abdomen white. Flanks and undertail coverts green marked 

 with gray. Median rectrices green, the remainder of tail black. 

 Bill black. 



Total length, 2§in ; wing, if; tail, J: culmen, f. 



Female. — Upperside, light shining green. Throat, breast, 

 and abdomen white. Flanks, golden green, tinged with gray. 

 Tail green at base, then black, the lateral feathers tipped white. 



A little smaller than the male. 



Rather abundant in Jamaica ; but rare in the collections. 



Genus IV. Selasphorus, Swains, Faun. bor. americ. 

 1831, vol. ii., p. 496. 

 Type : Selasphorus rufus, Gmelin, 



Bill straight. Feathers of the neck elongated, metallic. 

 Wings short, the quills narrowed and sometimes pointed. Tail 

 moderately graduated, tips mucronate. 



9. Selasphorus rufus, Swains, Faun. bor. americ. 1831, 



vol. ii., p. 496. 

 Rufous, Flame-bearer, Gould, Monog. Troch. vol. iii., p. 137. 

 Trochilus ruber, L. Syst. Nat. 1766, vol. i., p. 193. 

 Ruff necked Hemming Bird, Lath. Gen. Syst., 1781, vol. ii., 



P. 785. 



Le Sasin, Aud & Vieill, Oiseaux dorés, T. i., p. 110. 



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



Selasphorus alleni, Henshaw, Bull. Nutt. Ornith, Club, 1877, 

 vol. ii., p. 54. 



Selasphorus henshatvi, Elliot, Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, 1877, 

 vol. ii., p. 54. 



Habitat. — Vancouver to South Mexico. 



Male. — Head and back bronzy green. Back sometimes 

 rufous. Sides of the head, rump, flanks and undertail coverts 

 rufous. Throat brilliant metallic coppery red. Breast and centre 

 of abdomen white. Wings purplish brown. Tail short, cuneate, 

 acutely pointed. Median rectrices broad, tips of lateral ones 

 very narrow. Bill straight, black. Tail, black. 



Total length, 3fin. Wing, i|. Tail, ij. Culmen, f. 



Female. — upperside bronzy green. Underside whitish. 

 Flanks and undertail coverts pale rufous. Throat white with 



