GRYPINiE. 
1. P. superciliosus (Linn.) PI. enl. 600. f. 3., Ois. dor. t. (17.) 
18, 19., Less. Col. t. 6, 7-> Nat. Libr. xv. pi. 2 6, 27. 
2. P. malaris (Licht.) Erman, Verz. von Thier. und Pflanz. &c. 
p. 2., Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 1 7- 
3. P. melanotis (Liclit.) Erman, Verz. von Thier. und Pflanz. 
&c. p. 2. 
4. P. leucophrys (Licht.) Erman, Verz. von Thier. und Pflanz. 
&c. p. 2. 
5. P. eurynomus (Less.) Troch. t. 31., Nat. Libr. xv. pi. 28. 
6. P. Guy (Less.) Troch. t. 44. 
7- P. Emilice (Bourc. & Muls.) Ann. Sci. Phys. &c. Lyon, 1846. 
p. 317. 
8. P. intermedins (Less.) Troch. t. 19. 
9- P- Bourcieri (Less.) Troch. t. 18. 
10. P. brasiliensis (Briss.) — Trochilus squalidus Nutt. PI. col. 
120. f. 1., Less. Col. t. 8, 
11. P. Lonyuemareus (Less.) Troch. t. 2. 62. 
12. P. rufigaster (Vieill.) N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. vii. P- ' 
Col. t. 9., Nat. Libr. xiv. pi. 4. — Trochilus pygmffius Sp 
Bras. t. 80. f. 1. 
13. P. Danidianus (Less.) Troch. t. 13. 
P. hispidus Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1846. p-90- 
P. anthophilus (Bourc.) Rev. Zool. 1843. p. 71- 
P. Pretrei De Lattr. et Less. Rev. Zool. 1839- P' 
243. 
Less- 
Av- 
14. 
15. 
16. 
17. 
18. 
. 623. 
20 . 
P. apicalis (Licht.) Tschudi, Fauna Peru. p. 
P. Philippii (Bourc.) Ann. Sci. Phys. &c. de Ly° > 
lS47- 
1 847- 
19. P. Augusta (Bourc.) Ann. Sci. Phys. &c. de Ly° n > 
p. 623. _ _tfedg e ' 
20. ? P. conurus (Steph.) Gen. Zool. xiv. p- , . lna paV°' 
tailed Humming-bird Lath. Hist, of B. iv. p. 305. 
ninus Lath. MS. 
21. P. ciliatus (Lath. MS.) — Buff-striped Humming- 
Hist. ix. p. 294. 
240. 
Trochil uS P a 
.bird 
Oil EG TROCHILUS Gould. 
Bill rather longer than the head, slender, and slightly curved ; with the culmen keeled ab° v 
the 
ostr' lls 
nostrils, and then rounded to the tip, which is rather acute ; the lateral margins dilated ; the » 
basal, placed in a groove, which reaches two thirds the length of the bill, with the opening c0 
’ L 6 Tail l 00 ®’ 
by the projecting plumes. Wings long and pointed, with the first quill the longest. q 0 tbcd 
rounded at the end, and composed of rather narrow feathers. Tarsi short, slender, and parti} c , 
with plumes. Toes long, slender, and free at their base ; the lateral ones nearly equal ; the hii ]q$£i 
slender, and armed with a long, strong, and slightly curved claw ; the anterior claws moderately 
much curved, and acute. 
1 be ne!lt ^ 
The species are found on the mountains of the western side of South America, immediately, says Mr ' GO i exp» Il(,cJ 
the line of perpetual congelation, where they feed upon the small hemipterous insects which resort to the new y 
flowers. 
1. O. Estella (D’Orb. & Lafr.) Gould, Voy. dans l’Amer. Mer. 
Ois. t. 6l. f. 1. — Ornismya Ceciliie Less. 
2. O. leucopleurus Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1847- p. 10. 
3. O. Chimborazo (Bourc.) Gould, Rev. Zool. 1846. p. .305. 
4. O. adela (D’Orb. & Lafr.) Gould, Voy. dans 
Ois. t. 6l. f. 2. 
l’Am er - 
5. O. melanogaster Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1847- P 
10. 
than 
half 
its 
Grypus Spix. 
Bill much longer than the head, straight, and strong ; with the culmen keeled for more - 
1 f foe 
length, and then rounded to the tip, which is acute ; the lateral margins dilated and serrated ; yfitb 
basal and oblique, with the opening covered by a partly plumose scale. Wings long and p oin 
ils 
* Mr. Gould established this genus in 1847- (Proc. Zool. Soc 1847, P- 9-) 
t Established by Spix in 1824. Bamphodon of M. Lesson (1829) is synonymous. 
