. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. TROCHILIDAE 43, green above and greyish below, with a bhie nape and white rump-bar. Chlorostilhon, ranging from Mexico to Argentina, possesses some dozen green species with bhie or purplish tails, wiiich are forlced or rounded; Panychlora of Colombia and Venezuela is similar; Sporadintis, differ- ing in its bronzy-black rec- trices, inhabits Florida, the Bahamas, and the greater Antilles. In Aithurus 2wlyt- VI lis, peculiar to Jamaica, the two tail-feathers next to the outer pair are im- mensely elongated, and, after crossing one another, bend outwards
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. TROCHILIDAE 43, green above and greyish below, with a bhie nape and white rump-bar. Chlorostilhon, ranging from Mexico to Argentina, possesses some dozen green species with bhie or purplish tails, wiiich are forlced or rounded; Panychlora of Colombia and Venezuela is similar; Sporadintis, differ- ing in its bronzy-black rec- trices, inhabits Florida, the Bahamas, and the greater Antilles. In Aithurus 2wlyt- VI lis, peculiar to Jamaica, the two tail-feathers next to the outer pair are im- mensely elongated, and, after crossing one another, bend outwards in a curve; the lateral rectrices are bluish- black, as is the head with its divided crest; all the other parts being luminous green, and the bill red with black tip. The female is chiefly green above and white below, with brownish crown. The two species of Microchera of Panama, Costa Eica, and Nicaragua, change with the light from coppery-red to black, and have a greenish throat, a white crown, and a partly white tail, except the median feathers. The hen is green above and white below. Lamporiiis, with about ten species, ranges from South Mexico and the West Indies to Brazil. L. violicauda, the South American " Mango," is green with velvety black abdomen and throat, the latter being edged with blue; the lateral rectrices are violet. Avocettula recurvirostris of Guiana, with its golden green coloration, emerald breast, and tail fiery red beneath in the male, has an upturned tip to the bill, recalling that of the Avocet. The female is chiefly white below. Eulampis liolo- sericeus, extending from Barbados to St. Thomas, is golden-green, VOL. IX 2 F. Fig. 90.—Long-tailed Humming-bird. Aithurus polytmus. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862-
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