CALOTHORAX. 
547 
cantoroides Gray, Handlist Birds II. 26. = Lamprotornis cantoroides. 
chalybaeus Moore, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1859. XXVJI. 445. — Lamprotornis^ 
chalybaea Ehrbg. 
columbina Gray, Genera Birds II. 427. = Lamprotornis columbina. 
columbina v. Pelzeln, Reise Novara Vögel 88. = Lamprotornis Kittlitzi. 
corvina Gray, Handlist Birds II. 27. = Lamprotornis corvina. 
dauricus Moore, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1859. XXVII. 445. = Pastor dauricus 
Gray. 
erythrophrys Gray, Genera Birds II. 427. = Lamprotornis erythrophrys ïem. 
gularis Gray, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 18G1. XXIX. 431. = Lamprotornis gularis. 
Kittlitzi Harïlauiî et Filsen, Fauna Centralpolyn. 109. = Lamprotornis 
Kittlitzi. 
mauritianus Gray, Handlist Birds II. 27. = Lamprotornis mauritiana Less. 
metallicus Gray, Genera Birds II. 427. = Lamprotornis metallica Tem. 
minor Gray, Handlist Birds II. 26. = Lamprotornis minor Bonap. 
mysolensis Gray, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1861. XXIX. 431. = Lamprotornis 
mysolensis. 
nitida Gray, Handlist Birds II. 27. = Lamprotornis nitida. 
obscura Gray, Handlist Birds II. 26. = Lamprotornis ohscura Dub. 
panayensis Gray, Genera Birds II. 427. = Lamprotornis panayensis Cab. 
purpurascens Gray, Handlist Birds II. 26. — Lamprotornis purpurascens. 
viridescens Gray, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1859. XXVII. 181. — Lamprotornis 
metallica Ïem. 
CALOTHORAX (Trochilidae. — xaXoç pulcher, ^wpaê pectus) — Gray, 
Genera Birds 1848. I. 110. 
Synon.: Lucifers Less. — Thaumastura, Lafresnaya, Cyanopogon, Cora, Elisa Bonap. 
— Taninastura Casteln. — Doricha, Rhodopis, Jonolaima Reichb. — Myrtis, Entima Cab. 
— Stellula, Strophiolaeraus, Jolaema Gould. — Amathusia, Zephyritis , Euclosia, Manilia, 
Stellura Muls. 
Bill long , very slender and curved throughout its length, with the hase broad 
and covered loith the projecting plumes; the culmen rounded to the tip., which is 
acute and the lateral margins partly covering the lower mandible ; the nostrils basal 
and concealed by the frontal plumes. Wings moderated and pointed, with the first 
quill the longest. Tail more or less long, usually forked and composed of broad 
or narrowed feathers, with their ends either acute or rounded. Tarsi very short, 
slender and partly clothed with plumes. Toes moderate^ very slender., the fore toes 
united at their base, especially the outer toe, which is shorter than the inner. The 
hind toe moderate, slender and furnished with a small claw. — 17 Specc. 
Angelae Gray, Genera Birds I. 110. [^Argentina, 
angelae Lesson, Illust. Zool. Tb. 49. 50. 
bombylus Reichenbach teste Gould. = Trochilus Heliodori Bourc. 
Bryaiitae Lawrence. [Costarica. 
Dorichia Bryantae Gray, Handlist Birds 1. 135. 
Calliope Gould, Monogr. Trochilidae HI. Tb. 142. [Mexico. California. 
Stellula calliope Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1847. XV. 11; Introd. Monogr. 
Trocb. 66. 
Zephyritis calliope Mulsant et Verre aux, Mém. Cherbourg. 1866. XII. 232. 
cora Gray, Genera Bird I. 110. {Peru. 
Ornismya cora Deville, Revue Mag. Zool. 1852. III. 219. — Lesson, Ois. 
mouches 52. Tb. 6. 
Trochilus cora Lesson, Voy. Coquille Ois. Tb. 13, Fig. 4. — Jardine, Hum- 
ming Birds L 129. Tb. 25. 
Thaumastura corae Gould, Monogr. Trochilidae III. Tb. 153. 
Heliastin cora Mulsant et Verreaux, Mém. Cherbourg. 1866. XII. 235. 
Cora Bonaparte, Conspect. Trochil. 1854. 
cyanopogon Gould, Monogr. Trochilidae HI. Tb. 143. = Calothorax lucifer 
Gray. 
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