TROCHILINiE. 
1. T. pclla (Linn.) G. R. Gray, PI. enl. 599. f. 1., Edwards’s 
Birds, pi. 32. f. 1., Shaw, Zool. Misc. pi. 513., Ois. dor. t. 2, 3., Less. 
Col. t. 2, 3, 4, 5., Nat. Libr. xv. t. 24, 25. — T. paradiseus Linn. ? 
2. ? T. violacea (Gmel.) PI. enl. 600. f. 2., Briss. iii. t. 35. f. 3. 
3. T. pyra Gould, Proc. Z. S. 184 6. p. 85. 
4. T. atra (Pr. Max.) Beitr. i. p. . — Trochilus atratus Licht. 
Cat. Dupl. Berl. Mus. p. 14.; T. niger Swains. Zool. Illustr. pi. 82. ; 
T. fuscus Vieill. ; Ornismya lugubris Less. Ois. Mouch. t. 38, 39. ; 
Colibri leucopygius Spix, Av. Bras. t. 81. f. 3. 
5. T. opaca (Licht.) Tschudi, Fauna Per. p. 248. j 
6. T. mellivora (Linn.) Edwards’s Birds, pi. 35. f- T; ' 
640. f. 2., Ois. dor. t. 23., Nat. Libr. xiv. pi. 10.; Mellisug* 
namensis Steph. j_ 
7. ? T. fimbriata (Gmel.) Briss. Orn. iii. t. 36. f.&> ^ 
276. f. 2., Ois. dor. t. 22. 24. 
8. T . flabellifera (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1846. p. 45. 
9. T. Henrica (Less. & De Lattr.) Rev. Zool. 1839- P' 
Calothorax G, R. Gray.* 
Bill long, very slender, and curved throughout its length, with the base broad and covered w: 
itb & e 
projecting plumes ; the culmen rounded to the tip, which is acute, and the lateral margins p a 
,rtly 
derat e 
ied 
covering the lower mandible ; the nostrils basal, and concealed by the frontal plumes. Wings m°' 
and pointed, with the first quill the longest. Tail more or less long, usually forked, and comp 0 * 
an 0 
ally 
broad or narrowed feathers, Avith their ends either acute or rounded. Tarsi very short, slender, 
partly clothed with plumes. Toes moderate, very slender ; the fore toes united at their base, espe c11 
the outer toe, which is shorter than the inner ; the hind toe moderate, slender, and furnished ^ 
small claw. 
It is in the central and warmer parts of America that the species which compose this division are found- 
1. C. Lafresnayi (Boiss.) Rev. Zool. 1848. p. 8. — Trochilus 
flavicaudatus Fras. 
2. C. Gayi (Bourc. & Muls.) Ann. Sci. Phys. &c. de Lyon, 
1846. p. 325. 
3. C. Saulii (De Lattr. & Bourc.) Rev. Zool. 1846. p. 309- 
4. C. ? Schreibersii (Lodd.) Proc. Z. S. 1847. p. 43. 
5. C. enicurus (Vieill.) N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xxiii. p. 429>, 
Temm. PI. col. 66. f. 3. — Ornismya heteropygia Less. Ois. Mouch. 
t. 15., Nat. Libr. xiv. pi. 27. ; O. Swainsoni Less. Troch. t. 66. 
6. C. eora (Less. & Garn.) Voy. de la Coqu. Ois. t. 13. f. 4., Ois. 
Mouch. t. 6., Troch. t. 39, 40., Nat. Libr. xiv. pi. 25. 
7. C. Yarrellii (Bourc.) Proc. Z. S. 1847. p. 45. 
8. C. Eliza (Less. & De Lattr.) Rev. Zool. 1839- P- 20 ' 
9. C. Evelynce (Bourc.) Proc. Z. S. 1847- p. 4,4. n isiuy a 
10. C. luaifer (Swains.) Phil. Mag. 1827. P-442. r y 3 t. 
cyanopogon Less. Ois. Mouch. t. 5., Col. Suppl. L 9, ’ 
Libr. xv. pi. 14. ; Type of Calothorax G. R. Gray (1S40). 
11. C. Calliope (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1847. p. 11* .. } g 09' 
12. C. Herrani (De Lattr. & Bourc.) Rev. Zool. 184 • F 
13. C. vesper (Less.) Ois. Mouch. t. 19-, Troch. t. 9- 
Libr. xiv. pi. 24. Tr0 clid llS 
14. C. Fanny (Less.) Ann. Sci. Nat. ix. p. 1 70- 
labrador Bourc. Ann. Sci. Phys. &c. de Lyon, 1838. p- 
15. C. angelce (Less.) 111. Zool. t. 49, 50. 
* M. Lesson originally established this division under the name of Les 
in 1840. 
Lucifers in 1829, which was changed by me to 
the ab° ve 
na' lie 
December, 1848. 
