Genus C a m p y l o p t e r u s , Swains.
5 0 . Ca m p y l o p t e r u s l a z u l u s .....................................................................................................................Vol. II. PI. 44.
Omismya falcata, Less. Hist. Nat. des Ois. Mou. pp. xliv, 126, pi. 36.
Campylopterus lazulus, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 13.
Habitat. Venezuela, the billy parts o f New Granada generally, and Ecuador, from which latter country I have
received specimens through Professor Jameson, collected near Barza.
5 1 . Ca m p y l o p t e r u s h e m i l e u c u r u s .
Campylopterus D e la ttr e i................................................................................................................................Vol. II. PI. 45.
Trochilus hemileucurus, Licht. Preis-Verz. Mex. Thier. v. Deppe & Schiede (Sept. 1830), no. 33.
Campylopterus hemileucurus, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 13.
Delattrei, Montes de Oca in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1860, p. 47.
Habitat. Mexico and Guatemala.
“ The large and showy tail o f this Humming-Bird,” says Mr. Salvin, “ makes it one o f the most conspicuous when
on the wing. It is common at Coban, feeding among the S a lv ia ; it is said also to be found in the Volcan de Fuego,
but I have not met with it. The females o f this species are most abundant, their ratio to the males being as five
to two* I t is not nearly so shy as its congener, C. rufus.”—Ibis, vol. ii. p. 260.
“ This beautiful Humming-Bird,” says M. Montes de Oca, “ is generally known in Mexico by the name o f
Chupa-mirto real azul, or Royal Blue Myrtle-sucker. I t arrives in the vicinity o f Jalapa, Coantepec, and Orizaba
in considerable numbers during the months o f October and November, and is mostly found feeding from a plant
called Masapan, between the hours o f nine and one o’clock. During this time it is seldom seen to alight, and then
only for a very short time in any one place, but is constantly on the wing, flitting from flower to flower, describing
the segment o f a circle in its flight, and sometimes almost touching the ground. For the remainder o f the day very
few are to be seen, and I think it probable that they visit the woods for certain kinds o f mosquitoes, with which I
have often found their stomachs well filled.
“ The pugnacity o f this species is very remarkable. I t is very seldom that two males meet without an aerial
battle. The contest commences with a sharp choleric shriek, after which, with dilated throats, the feathers o f the
whole o f their bodies erected on end, and their tails outspread, they begin to fight with their bills and wings, and
the least powerful soon falls to the ground or flies away. I have never known one o f these battles last longer than
about ten seconds; and in the specimens I have had under my notice in cages, their fighting has mostly ended in
the splitting o f the tongue o f one o f the two, which then surely dies from being unable to feed.”
5 2 . C a m p y l o p t e r u s e n s i p e n n i s . . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. II. PI. 4 6 .
Trochilus latipennis, Jard. Nat. Lib. Humming-Birds, vol. i. p. 116, pi. 34.
Campylopterus latipennis, Jard. ib. p. 153.
--------------------ensipennis, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 12.
Habitat. The Island o f Tobago.
On reference to my account o f Campylopterus Villavicencio, it will be seen that I was inclined to believe the
C. splendens o f M. Lawrence to be identical with that b ird ; but on reconsidering the matter, and observing how
numerous and how closely allied are the species o f the genus Campylopterus, I now think it probable that it is really
distinct. The throat in C. splendens is beautiful blue, and the abdomen washed w ith gre en ; while in C. Villavicencio,
the whole o f the under-surface is pure grey. Both these birds have fine metallic-green crowns, which circumstance
induced me to believe that they were opposite sexes o f one and the same species, and it is possible that they may
yet prove to be s o ; but for the present I shall regard them as distinct.
53. C a m p y l o p t e r u s s p l e n d e n s , Lawr. . . . . . . . . Vol. II. PI. 47 (Upper fig.).
Campylopterus splendens, Lawr. in Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N ew York, vol. vi. p. 262.
Habitat. The forests between the upper waters o f the Napo and Quito.
54. C a m p y l o p t e r u s V i l l a v ic e n c io . . , . . . . . . Vol. II. PI. 47 (Lower fig.).
Habitat. Forests bordering the Rio Napo in Ecuador.
Vol. II. PI. 4 8 .
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Campylopterus latipennis, Cab. in Schomb. Rais. Guian. tom. iii. p. 709.
_____________largipennis, Cab. et Hein. Mils. Hein. Theil iii. p. 12.
Habitat. Cayenne and British Guiana.
In my account of C. la tipm m I have stated my belief that another species of that particular form would be
found to inhabit Ecuador, as I have in my collection a specimen received direct from Quito which does not accord
with C. latipennis nor with the bird I have called C. olscurus. The tipping of the two or three outer tad-fcaAers
of this Ecuadorian bird is about a quarter of an inch in length. Judging from the form o f the shafts o f the
primaries, it appears to be a female or a young male; and had I not seen very many specimens of C. lattpennts I
should have supposed it to belong to that species. The bill is a little longer than that of-C. lattpenme, and so also
are the wings; as in that species, all the under-snrface is pure grey, while the upper part of the body ts uniform
green I believe that two specimens from the same country are in the Loddigesian collection. Provisionally,
propose for this bird the name o f C. JEquatorialis.
56. Ca m p y l o p t e r u s JEq u a t o r ia l i s , Gould.
Habitat. Ecuador.
| ,I Vol. II. PI. 49.
57. C a m p y l o p t e r u s o b s c u r u s , ....................................................
Habitat. Forests bordering the Lower Amazon.
I Vol. II. PI. 50.
5 8 . C a m p y l o p t e r u s r u f u s , L e s s . ....................................................
Plalystyhpterus ra/m, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 11; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 8, p i. 788. figs. 4834-36.
Habitat. Guatemala.
Mr Salvin noticed that, during the first season of his residence in Guatemala, this species was so scarce
at Duefias that he was induced to believe it to be an inhabitant o f a higher district, especially as it was more
numerous about Atitlan. The next year it was just as abundant, and, instead o f being one of the rarest, was one
o f the most familiar species. He adds that the flowers of the Banana ( M H were much resorted to by this bird.
n i . . . . Vol. II. PI. 61.
5 9 . C a m p y l o p t e r u s h y p e r y t h r u s , Lao...........................................................
Campylopterus hyperythrm. Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. tom M.p. 709
PUyJtylopterm hyperythras, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 11 ; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 8, pi. 789. figs. 4836-38.
Loxopterus hyperythrus, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein, Theil iii. p. 13.
Habitat. The Roraima Mountains, in the interior of British Guiana.
Genus P h jeochroa, Gould.
(4>atos, fuscus, et Xpoa, color.)
Generic characters. , .
Male - B i l l longer than the head, and slightly arched; mays large; the shafts of the first and second primaries
slightly dilated; tail moderately long and square, or very slightly rounded; tarsi partially clothed; fe et rather
large; hind toe shorter than the middle to e ; claws short.
60. P h / bo c h r o a Cu v i e r i .
_ . . Vol. II. PI. 52.
Campylopterus C u v i e n ........................................................................
Aphantochroa Cuvieri, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 14.
Habitat. Venezuela, New Granada, Panama, and Veragua.
Vol. II. PI. 53.
61. P hjEo ch ro a R o b e r t i
Habitat. Vera Paz Mountains in Guatemala.
We next arrive at a genus characterized by a very sombre style of colouring. It null be seen that have
proposed the generic appellation o f Aphantochroa for the Trochilus cirrhochhris o f Viedlot. I have since added
another species to this form nnder the name A. galam. Up to the present moment (July 1861) no second specimen
of this bird has been sent to Europe: when we receive others, it may be necessary to institute a still further