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webs of median rectriccs. Throat smoky-brown. Underside 

 smoky black. Wings purplish-brown. Bill black. 



Total length, 3 |in.: Wings,! g-. Tail, 1 1. Gulmen, *-. 



Female. — Upperside dark bronzy-green. Underside white» 

 grayish on sides of breast and flanks. Median rectrices bronzy- 

 green ; lateral bronze at base on external web, then bluish 

 black with white tips, outermost ones grey at base on exter- 

 nal web, then bluish black, with large white tips. Wings pur- 

 plish-black. Bill black. Same size as male. 



This species is abundant in the West Indies and I believe 

 that the Bellona ornata of Gould is only a variation of piu- 

 mage with more blue on the crest. 



I have received a fine series of both sexes of this species from 

 Grenada, collected by M r Wells. Some have more or less blue 

 on the back part of crest ; but in all the specimens it is the same 

 purplish-blue. 



76. — Bellona superba. Boucard. H. Bird, vol. I, p. 43. 



Blue and green Crest. 



La Bellone superbe. 



Habitat. — Saint-Vincent ? 



Male.— Forehead and crest metallic golden-green; the few 

 elongated feathers of crest which are forming a point, metallic 

 blue without any purple in it. Upperside dark bronzy-green, 

 not so dark as the preceding species, but just a little black 

 under the green of the crest. Tail purplish-black. Throat smoky 

 brown, remainder black. 



Total length, 3 iin.: Wing,l|. Tail,!. Gulmen |. 



Female. — Unknown, but probably like the preceding spe- 

 cies. What I described in the Humming Bird was probably a 

 young male. The description runs as follows : 



Forehead dark-green. Upperside dark golden-green appearing 

 black on neck. Chin gray, remainder dark gray, nearly black. 

 Wings purplish-brown. Tail purplish-black, with gray tips on 

 outermost feathers in some of my specimens. 



Bill and feet black. 



This species makes the passage between B. cristata and 

 B. exilis ; but is more closely allied to the latter species. 



77 : Belloxa exilis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1788, p. 484. 

 Troehilus crislatellus, Lath. Ornith. Suppl. 1790. p. 39. 

 Mellisuga exilis, Gray. Gen. Birds, vol. I, p. 113. 



OrthorhynchusehlorolO'phus,B(m. Consp.Gen.Av. 1850, vol. I, 

 p. 83. 



Gilt Crest, Gould. Mon. Troch., vol. IV, p. 207. 



La Bellone d huppe verte, Mais, Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou. 1876, 

 t. Ill, p. 196. 



