evil

are all very pretty, if not showy, species ;

family, as

oN OD) Uern tl @ N.

and one of them is among the oldest-known members of the entire

will be seen on reference to the synonyms ; brilliant blue is the prevailing colour of the males, while the

opposite sex is but plainly attired.

385.

also

386.

Vol Vi, Gl3ap

HyLocHARIS SAPPHIRINA é ;

Trochilus sapphirinus Vieill. Ency. Méth. O
latirostris, Wied, Beitr. iv. p. 64.

Cynanthus sapphivinus, Jard. Nat. Lib. Humming-Birds, vol. 11. p. 147.

Hylocharis latirostris, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 19.

Sapphironia sapphirina, Bonap. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 256.

Hylocharis sapphirina, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 7, pl. 769. figs. 4780-82 ; Burm. Th. Bras. tom. il. p. 346 ; Cab.

et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iil. p. 43.

Habitat. Brazil.
This species arrives in the neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro in July, and departs again in November. I have

seen specimens from Bahia, Para, and other parts on the Lower Amazon.

rn. part ii. p. 570; Licht. Dubl. p. 14.

Vol. V. Pl. 343.

Hy1LocHaRIs LACTEA : : ;
Trochilus sapphirinus, Wied, Beitr. iv. p. 61.

lazulinus, Licht. in Mus. of Berlin.
Hylocharis lactea, Cab.et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 43, note; Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 8, pl. 773, figs. 4788-91.

Habitat. Eastern and Northern Brazil.

. HyLocHARIS CYANEA . : ; : 3 : : : : : : : E Vol. V. Pl. 344.

Trochilus azureus, Licht. Dubl. p. 14.

Hylocharis cyanea, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 10; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 7, pl. 768. figs. 4777-79 ; Cab. et Hein.
Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 44.

Ornismya bicolor, Less. Hist. Nat. des. Ois.-mou. p. 161, pl. 49, 50°? Id. Traité d’Orn. p. 280?? Id. Les Troch.
p- 58, pl. 16??

Habitat. Eastern Brazil from Rio de Janeiro to Bahia, where it is stationary.

Next to Hylocharis I place the two species of the

Genus Sapputronia, Bonap. ;

for although one of them has a glittering green breast, I consider it to be more nearly allied to that form than to the

Chlorostilbones and their allies. ‘They are very elegant in form; and I believe that the females of both species differ

very considerably from the males. I consider this genus to be a very natural one ; yet, strange to say, one of the

species (S. ceruleigularis) has a blue breast, while the other is wholly green.

388.

389.

the members of which are confined to the West India Islands
large size, when compared with those w

under surfaces of the males

Both are natives of the Andes—one in Central America, the other in New Granada

SAPPHIRONIA GouDOTI. . ( ‘ ‘ : Vol. V. Pl. 345
: : : : . . . . 5 ol Vv. . oO.

Agyrtria Goudoti, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 7, pl. 763. figs. 4765-66.

Lepidopyga Goudoti, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 40, note.

Habitat. New Granada.

SAPPHIRONIA CHRULEIGULARIS, Gould . ; : : : Vol. V. Pl
Agyrtria ceruleigularis, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 7, pl. 764. fies. notes | 7 , a
Trochilus cyanomelas, Licht. in Mus. of Berlin.

Cyanophaia caerulescens, “ Lodd.,” Reichenb. in Mus. Heinean.

Hylocharis caerulescens, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 8, pl. 770. fig. 4785

Leprdopyga caeruleigularis, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil lll. 6 .

Habitat. Costa Rica and Panama. —

IT now proceed to the venus

SPORADINUS, Bonap.
By

They are very elegant in form, and are of somewhat

hi
ich precede and follow them. They have deeply-forked tails, and the

ar b ril 1a y r, .
e brilliantly coloured ; the females, on the other hand, are very sombrely attired.

      
  
    
  
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
    

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