Hylocharis cyanogenijs , Gray, Gen. o f Birds, vol. i. p. 115, Hylocharis, sp. 40.
Saucerottia cyanogenys, Bonap. Gen. Av. tom. i.p . 77, Saucerottia, sp. 3.
Hylocharis wiedi, Bonap. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 255.
Chlorestes cyanogenys, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 7; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pi. 692. figs. 4 5 3 6 -3 7 ; Cab. et Hein.
Mus. Hein* Theil iii. p. 46.
Habitat. Brazil.
At present the single example o f this bird procured by Prince Maximilian o f Wied is the only one that has been
seen. This type specimen is now before me, and I cannot do otherwise than regard it as a distinct species. It is
very closely allied to, but a smaller bird than, E . ceerulea.
Genns P a n t e r p e , Cab.
This generic name has been proposed by M. Cabanis for the beautiful new bird discovered by Dr. Hoffmann in
Costa Rica, o f which I believe only a single example was obtained. Nothing is known with regard to the colouring
o f the sexes.
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Habitat. Costa Rica.
The member or members, as the case may be, o f the
Genus J u l ia m y ia , Bonap.,
stand quite alone and apart from all the other small Humming-Birds, and bear the same relationship to the
Eucephalce that the Sphenoproctus Pampa does to the Campylopteri. Some o f the specimens o f this form have brilliantly
glittering crowns; in others this part o f the head is dull-coloured; while the plumage o f the body is alike
in all.
These differences have sadly perplexed me for many y ea r s; but, after a very careful and minute examination o f
a great number o f examples from various localities, I believe I shall be right in regarding the brillian tly coronetted
bird as distinct from its dull-crowned ally, and in adopting Lesson’s name o f Feliciana, believing that his description
o f the bird he has so called has reference to it.
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Coeligena Juliae, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 3, pi. 681. figs. 4494-95, and pi. 763. fig. 4767.
Damophila Juliae, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 40.
Habitat. New Granada.
3 7 9 . J u l ia m y ia F e l i c ia n a .
Omismya Feliciana, Less. Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 4 3 3 .
Hylocharis Feliciana, Gray & Mitch. Gen. o f Birds, vol. i. p. 114, Hylocharis, sp. 27.
Habitat. Ecuador.
Mr. Fraser states that at Babahoyo this species is “ not very common, and only found in the deep bush, where
it feeds on the tops o f good-sized trees,” and that in Esmeraldas it was “ taken catching flies among the Cacao
plantations. In October common everywhere; in December rare.” “ Irides hazel; upper mandible black; lower
red, with black tip .’’—Proc. o f Zool. Soc. 1860, pp. 283, 296.
The Mexican genus Circe comprehends, as far as our present knowledge extends, only two species. Although
their tails are somewhat short, they are composed o f broad and ample feathers, all o f which are tipped with g r e y :
in this respect they remind us o f the Chlorolampis Caniveti and its allies.
Genus C ir c e , Gould.
1 . I (K//wn?, Circe.)
Generic characters.
Male—B ill rather longer than the head, slightly curved and tapering towards the t ip ; wings rather lo n g ;
primaries r ig id ; tail rather short and slightly forked, the feathers broad; tarsi clo th ed ; fe e t small; hind toe short j
throat slightly luminous.
Female.—Very dull in colour.
The six middle tail-feathers o f both species are edged with brown, as in Caniveti.
380. C ir c e l a t ir o s t r i s . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. V. PI. 338.
Omismya Lessoni, Delatt. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 15 (female).
Trockilus lazulus, Licht. in Mus. o f Berlin.
Cyanophaia lazula, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 10.
Hylocharis lazula, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 8 , pi. 770. figs. 4783-84.
Doubledayi, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 44.
Habitat. The table-lauds o f Mexico.
My late friend Dr. Saucerotte gave me the type specimen of his Trochilus Schimperi with the name attached,
by which means I am able to state that it is identical with the present bird, and not with the Trochilus lazulus o f
Vieillot as supposed by Dr. Reichenbach (se e his Aufz. der Col. p. 21) .
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Habitat. Mexico; locality Chimantla, according to Dr. Saucerotte.
Genus P h /e o p t il a , Gould.
(í>atof, obscurus, et irríXov, pluma.)
Generic characters.
Male.—Bill longer than the head, fleshy at the base, and slightly arched; wings o f medium length; tail the
same, and slightly forked; feet rather stout; hind toe and nail shorter than the middle toe and nail.
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Habitat. Oaxaca in Mexico.
There is a specimen in the Loddigesian collection which appears to be distinct from this b ird ; without
figuring I will give a description, and propose for it the name o f Phaoptila zonura.
383. P h / e o p t i l a z o n u r a , Gould.
Habitat. Bolanos in Mexico.
This bird, which is rather smaller and more delicately formed than P. olswra, has aU the upper surface dull
bronzy green; a stripe o f greyish white over each eye; ear-coverte dusky; wings purplish brown; two centre
tail-feathers bronzy gr e en ; the remainder bronzy green, crossed near the extremity with a broad band o f blackish
brown, beyond which the tips are greyish b row n ; all the under surface grey.
The single species o f the
Genus D a m o p h il a , Reichenb.,
stands quite alone, no second member o f the form having yet been discovered. Its native country is the Andes of
New Granada and Ecuador, from both o f which localities specimens are now before me. Those procured by Mr.
Fraser in Esmeraldas differ a little from the specimens commonly sent in collections from Bogota, in having the
centre o f the throat greyish brown instead o f black, and the two centre tail-feathers reddish purple instead of bronzy
gre en ; however, they must not, I think, be regarded as other than local varieties. Mr. Fraser's specimens appear
not to be fully adult.
1 ,I . Vol. V. PI. 341.
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Coeligena amabilis, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 3, pi. 681. figs. 4496-97.
Damophila amabilis, Cab. e t Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 40.
Habitat. New Granada and Ecuador.
I am not quite certain that we are acquainted with the true female o f this bird, but I believe m , representation
of that sex to be correct; if so, the sexes are very dissimilar in colouring, and in this respect are closely all.ed to
the Eucephala.
Boié, one o f the most philosophical of modern ornithologists, proposed the generic term of Hylocharis for the
Trochilus sapphirwus o f Gmelin; and I have much pleasure in adopting this name, as weU as several others
proposed by him. The
Genus H y l o c h a r is , B o te ,
is composed o f three species, all o f which are natives o f Brazil, to which country they are mainly confined. They