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Trochilus excisus, Licht. in Mus. of Berlin.
Thalurania eryphile, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 23.
Habitat. Eastern Brazil.

127. THaLuRANIA? WAGLERI . : : : : : ‘ x : ‘ ; i Vol. II. Pl. 109.
Trochilus bicolor, Vieill. Ois. dor., tom. i. p. 75, pl. 36.
Coeligena Wagleri, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 3, pl. 702. figs. 4576_77.
Thalurania Wagleri, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 24.

Habitat. Brazil.

‘The three species constituting my genus Panoplites very closely resemble each other in size, in structure, and
in the markings of their tails, but are very dissimilar in the colouring of their bodies. They are all inhabitants of
the Ecuadorian Andes, and one of them (P. flavescens) extends its range as far north as Bogota. The most

remarkable species of this form is the P. Jardinei, whose glittering upper surface is wonderfully brilliant.

Genus Panopuites, Gould.

(IlavorAirns, omnino armatus. )
Generic characters.

Male.—Bill strong, and a trifle longer than the head; body stout and thick-set ; wings long and pointed ; tail
moderately long and square, the feathers broad; tarsi clothed and stout; hind toe strong, and of the same length as
the middle one; nails short.

Female.—Very similar to the male in plumage.

128. PanopuitEes JARDINE! . : : : : : Y ; : : ; i : Vol. II. Pl. 110.
Panoplites Jardine, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 75, note.
Habitat. Nanegal and other warm parts of Ecuador.

129. PANOPLITES FLAVESCENS ‘ : ; : : Volt Pi tite

Boissonneaua flavescens, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 11; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 8, pl. 787. figs. 4830-31.
Panoplites flavescens, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 74.
Trochilus Lichtensteinii, Saucer. in Mus. of Berlin.

Habitat. Ecuador and New Granada.

130. Panopiites MatHEwsI : : 3 : ; : ; ; : : Vol. IT. Pl. 112.

Helodoxa Matthewsii, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 9.
Boissonneaua Matthewsw, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 8, pl. 787. figs. 4832-33.
Panoplites Matthewsi, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 74, note.

Habitat. Ecuador.

Somewhat allied to the Panoplite are the members of the

Genus Fiorisuea, Bonap.,

all of which are remarkable for their large fan-shaped tails, and for having all the feathers of this organ white.
The females are less strikingly coloured. One of the species, F. mellivora, enjoys a most extensive range ; for it
inhabits alike the low lands of Northern Brazil, Cayenne, Guiana, Trinidad, Venezuela, the temperate regions of
New Granada, and Central America; the other two are confined to more limited areas. The F. mellivora and F. atra
are among the oldest-known and the commonest of the Humming-Birds, there being no collection of any extent
without examples of them.

131. FLorisuGA MELLIVORA : é 4 ; i : ‘ : : : : ‘ Vol. II. Pl. 113.

Lamporms mellwvora, Jard. Nat. Lib. H umming-Birds, vol. ii. p. 155.

Florisuga mellivora, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p.14; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 12; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p- 29.
Habitat. Brazil, Trinidad, New Granada, Bogota, and Guatemala.

132. FLOoRISUGA FLABELLIFERA, Gould . : : : ‘ : . : : ‘ : Vol. II. Pl. 114,
Florisuga flabellifera, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p.14; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 12; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii.
p- 29, note.

Topaza flabellifera, Gray & Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. i. p. 110, Topaza, sp. 8.
Habitat. The Island of Tobago, and perhaps elsewhere.

“JT am not able”’ [says Mr. Kirk] “to decide as to this bird being a native of Tobago. It is only to be met

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