MELLISUGINJL 
•“aureus Licht . 
Uc “dus s/ u ’ Azara > No- 293. ? ; T. splendidus Vieill. ? ; T. 
36. jj 
Mouch. t ^ p,lirina (Gmel.) Boie, Ois. dor. t. 35. 58., Less. Ois. 
* Us fulvif ro J J 10c '“- t- 15., Nat. Libr. xiv. pi. 28. — Trochi- 
37 . )■ ns Lath. ? ; Type of Hylocharis Boie (1831). 
38. £ a. , (Less -> 0!s - Mouch. t. 56. 
^9 TT ra -' , ’ i (He Lattr. & Bourc.) Rev. Zool. 1846. p. 307. 
(Bourc.). 
'*’r°ebi] Us ^ an °y en y s (1’r. Max.) Edwards's Birds, pi. 360. f. 1 . — 
M°Uch. Sup var ‘ Luth. ; Ornismya Wiedii Less. Ois. 
^ 1 , 
Sei ' p hys T ndlaastcr (Bourc.) Rev. Zool. 1843. p. 103., Ann. 
' Sc - L yon, 1843. p. 42. 
42. H. Marice (Bourc. & Muls.) Ann. Sci. &c. de Lyon, 184 . 
p. . 
43. H. chrysogaster (Bourc.) Rev. Zool. 1843. p. 101., Ann. 
Sci. l’hys. &c. Lyon, 1843. p. 40. 
44. H. Caroli (Bourc.) Proc. Z. S. 1847. p. 48. 
45. H. versicolor (Licht.) Erman, Verz. von Thier und Pflanz. 
p. 3. t. 1. f. 1, 2, 3. 
46. H. prasina (Less.) Ois. Mouch. t 65., Nat. Libr. xiv. 
pi. 8. 
47. H. atala (Less.) Troch. t. 42. 
48. H. Portmanni (Bourc.) Rev. Zool. 1843. p. 2., Ann. Sci. 
Phys. &c. de Lyon, 1843. p. 39. 
49 . H. ? cyanocephala (Mol.). 
Heliothrix Boie.* 
I pg£U , 
f 0r ^ _ er ion g, stout and straight, with the culmen keeled, the sides sloping, and much compressed 
^P^vard ^ en gth from the tip, which is acute; the gonys long, and very slightly advancing 
■typh ^ ^ le tip ; the nostrils basal, and concealed by the frontal plumes. Wings long and pointed, 
short < l u ^ the longest. Tail long, broad, and truncated, with the sides rounded. Tarsi very 
^ tyjj. j : ^°n<ler. Toes long and slender, with the lateral ones united at the base, especially the outer 
1 ls longer than the inner ; the hind toe long, slender, and armed with a short curved claw. 
The species are inhabitants of the central and warmer portions of America. 
(Gme1 -) Briss - Om. iii- t. 37. f. 3., Ois. dor. t. 25, 
‘ ° f Bra*’ , I* 1 ' Misc ' P 1 - 977., Less. Ois. Mouch. t. 10., Swains. 
2 . n ; pl - 29 . 
nigrotis (Less.) Ois. Mouch. t. LI. 
3 H. auriculatus (Licht.) Erman, Verz. von Thier. und Pflanz. 
p. 5. t. 2. f. 1, 2. — Ornismya Pouchetii Less. Zool. (1841.) p. 72. 
4. H. Barroti (Bourc.) Rev. Zool. 1 843. p. 72., Ann. Sci. Phys. 
&c. Lyon, 1843. p. 48. t. 4. 
* Thi s p 
S ’ P r °posed bv ° riginal, y established under the French name of Les Jacobines, by M. Lesson, 
" ■ Boie in 1831, as more appropriate as a generic name. 
in 1829 1 hut I have adopted the above 
Member, 1848. 
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