Genera of Humming Birds, 11 



Flanks green. Undertail-coverts buffy- white, the rest, as 

 5. fla?nmula. 

 Total length, 2f in. Wing, 1|. Tail, \\. Culmen, f. 

 Female. — Exactly the same as S. flammula. : 



This fine species was discovered by Arcé on the Volcano of 

 Chiriqui, Veragua. It is represented in the Collection of the 

 British Museum by seven adult males, 1 male junior and 2 

 females, all from Messrs. Salvin and Godman Collection. 



Genus V. Catharma Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 400. 

 Type : O. orthura, Lesson. 



Bill longer than the head, broad at base, pointed at tip. 

 Wings long reaching beyond the centre of the tail, which is 

 extremely short and almost square. 



Habitat. — Guiana and Venezuela. 



15. Catharma ortura, Less. Hist. Nat. Trochil 1831, 



pp. 85—88. 



Trochilus orturus, Reich, Aufz. der. Colib. 1853, p. 12. 



Tryphœna ortura, Bon. Rev. and Mag. Zool. 1854, p. 257. 



Lesson's Flame-bearer, Gould, Suppl. Mon. Troch. p. 43. 



Le Catharme à queue droite, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch. t. iv., 

 p. 66. 



Male. — Upperside bronzy-green. Behind the eye a small, 

 white spot. Throat metallic amethystine-red, beneath 

 which is a narrow white band. Centre of abdomen white. 

 Flanks bronzy green, edged with buff. Median rectrices 

 bronze-green, lateral green at base, rest black with white 

 tips. Wings purplish-brown. Bill black. 



Total length, 2| in. Wing If. Tail, f. Culmen, £. 



Female. — Upperside bronzy-green. Ear coverts, cheeks 

 and a line around lower part of the throat blackish-brown. 

 Throat white spotted with brown. A band of white across 

 the breast, beneath which is another dark brown. Rest of 

 underside rufous. Central rectrices bronze-green, lateral 

 bronze-green with apical black band. Undertail-coverts 

 pale bronzy-green margined with grey. Bill black. This is 

 a rare species. I have only one male in my Collection, 



" Ex Collection Costa de Beauregard." 



