° rder H- PASSERES. 
Tribe II. Tenuirostres. 
Family III. Trochilidje. 
Th 
e Se cond Subfamily, 
TROCHILINiE, or Curved-billed Humming-Birds, 
j . de more or less long, slender, and curved ; the lateral margins usually dilated, and over- 
5 or n ^ Uj ^° wcr mandible ; the nostrils basal, with the opening covered with a large scale, which is 
Wr lle ' S en ^ re ty concealed by the projecting plumes : Wings long and pointed : the Tail more or less 
llri it(jr] n< ^ Var ' ous Pmms : the Tarsi very short : the Toes long and slender, with the lateral ones 
a ^ lc ' r base ; the hind toe long, and armed with a more or less lengthened curved claw. 
Polytmus Briss.* 
r 0llli j ^ | l0re or less long, slender, and curved, with the culmen slightly keeled at the base, and then 
llo stiip t0 ^ 1C I s acute; the base broad; the frontal plumes projecting partly over the 
c 0Ver ^ le lateral margins dilated over the lower mandible; the nostrils basal, with the opening 
s °rriet' ^ '* ^ ar ^ e P r °minent scale. Wings generally long and pointed, with the first quill the longest ; 
r °and ^' e three quills are enlarged near their base. Tail generally long, broad, and mostly 
th e ; Tarsi very short, slender, and partly clothed with plumes. Toes rather long, very slender ; 
lojjo, e ra ther longer than the outer, both united at their base, especially the latter ; the hind toe 
furnished with a moderate curved claw. 
The species of this division are found in the central and warmer portions of America. 
h SS ' °is. tlg W ! lS ( Iiodd -) PI- enl. 672. f. 2., Ois. dor. t. 5. 21., 
£* Q r- Xiv. pj g * ' 3 4., Swains. Zool. 111. pi. 130, 131., Nat. 
a ^‘‘> T, cin er * rochilus campylopterus Gmel. ; T. latipennis 
1 ,'' p - e»si fl „„ eUS Gmel > Type of Campylopterus Swains. (1827). 
° Uc h. t. gt l!s (Swains.) Zool. Ulustr. pi. 107., Less. Ois. 
, 3- P - lay r0Ch ‘ t 4 6, 47. 
£r T ^hdl. ( r v , ieilL) Enc >'- M « h - p- 
M, 
"wnu .f • «- r- , Gal. des ois - *• 
° Uch - t. 36 US falcatus Swains. Zool. Ulustr. pi. 83., Less. Ois. 
4- I>, , ’ 
o ‘ roc hil Us cg ° 1iS (Tieill.) N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xxxiii. p. 430. 
t. 33 « Pylost y ll is Licht. ; Ornismya simplex Less. Ois. 
5 - p. Hpi. t. 6. 
* ^ Ufll* ( T 
ess 0 Re v. Zool. 1840. p. 73. 
6. P. De Lattre (De Lattr. & Less.) Rev. Zool. 1839- p. 14. 
7. P. pampa (Less.) Ois. Mouch. Suppl. t. 15. 
8. P. Cuvierii (De Lattr. & Bourc.) Rev. Zool. 1846. p. 310. 
9 . P. macrourus (Gmel.) Briss. Orn. iii. t. 36. f. 9- — Trochilus 
forcipatus Lath. Less. Ois. Mouch. t. 25., Col. Suppl. t. 39-, Shaw, 
Nat. Misc. pi. 222. 
10. P. mango (Linn.) PI. enl. 680. f. 2, 3., Ois. dor. t. 7-, Less. 
Col. t. 13, 13*, 14, 15., Nat. Libr. xv. pi. 20., Swains. B. of Bras. 
pi. 27, 28. Trochilus violicauda Bodd. ; T. albus Gmel.’, T. 
nitidus Lath. PI. enl. 671. f. 2. ; T. punctulatus Gmel. ? Azara, 
No. 295. ; T. atricapillus Vieill. ; T. fasciatus Shaw, Azara, No. 
296 . ; T. quadricolor Vieill. ; T. punctatus Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 8 . 
11 . ; T. nigricollis Vieill . ? ; Type of Lampornis Swains. (1827). 
HicfrhUshed bv R ■ 
Coliiri^hracotfi B »^n i 
ati Cl 
of 
'°Pes 
-^ucnrif ‘ n 4760. It embraces Campylopterus of Mr. Swainson (1827), Lampornis of Mr. Swainson (182t), with 
Spi x ° f M - Boie (1831) is synonymous; Eulampis of M. Boie(183l); Petasophora of G. R. Gray (1840), with which 
if M, r,p Is coe qual; Glaucis of M. Boie (1831) ; Les Emeraudes and Les Amimlis of M. Lesson (1829), and Les 
SSOn 0®29), which with Smaragdites and Mellisuga of M. Boie (1831) are synonymous. 
