ii8 Genera of Humming Birds. 



gray, with subterminal black bars, some of the feathers glossed 

 with green. 



I have only one male specimen of this very rare species. 

 Ex Costa de Beauregard's collection. 



^"163. Sporadinus maugei, Vieill., Diet. Hist. Nat., 1817, 



t. vii., p. 568. 



Ornismyia maugei, Less. Ois. Mou., 1829, p. 194. 



Thaumatias ourissia, Bp. Consp., Gen. Av., 1850, p. 79. 



Trochilus maugei, Sund. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For., 1869, 

 p. 600. 



Cho restes gertrudis, Gundl. Journ. fur. Ornith., 1874, 

 P- 3 r 5- 



Marsyas maugei, Muls., Cat. Ois. Mou., 1875, p. 13. 



Chlorolampis maugeus, Gundl., Ann. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., 

 1878, t. vii., p. 225. 



Maugé's Humming Bird, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. v., 

 P- 349- 



Le Sporadin de M auge, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1875, 

 vol. ii., p. 78. 



Habitat. — Porto Rico. 



Male.— Entire plumage bright green, the feathers showing 

 a golden tinge when held in the light. Throat dark blue, 

 golden-green in some lights. Tail dark blue. Wings dark 

 brown. 



Female. — Underpart dull white, the central feathers of the 

 tail green, the rest grayish-green with a band of blue near the 

 tip, outer feathers tipped with grayish white. 



Length, 3-35. Wing, 2. Tail, 1-25, Bill, 55. 



The above descriptions were taken from the fine work, 

 Birds of the West Indies, by Cory, 1889, p. 154. 



It is a very rare species and one of my desiderata. 



It was discovered at Porto Rico by Mr. Maugé, and 

 dedicated to him, by Vieillot. The types are in the Paris 



Museum. 



Mr. Mulsant in his work, Hist. Nat. des Ois. Mouches, has 

 described a fourth species under the name of S. inccrtus; but 

 it is the same as S. elogans. 



