A classification and synopsis of the Trochilidæ / by Daniel Giraud Elliot.

  • Daniel Giraud Elliot
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[1878]
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Credit: A classification and synopsis of the Trochilidæ / by Daniel Giraud Elliot. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ch. Bill long, much curved, stout, high at base. Wings long, narrow. Tail moderate, rounded, feathers pointed in young. Sexes alike in plumage. Range. Central America, Venezuela, Guiana, Brazil, Columbia, and Ecuador. Six species belong to this genus, according to my views. A. Under parts buff. a. Tail chestnut, with a subterminal black bar, tips white. Median rectrices shining green, tip white. b. Tail reddish-bronze, tip whitish. B. Throat black. a. Tail green with light edges. b. Tail with central feathers green, tips white, lateral ones white mar- gined more or less with blackish-brown. c. Tail, median feathers green, rest buff margined with blackish-brown on the outer ones. d. Tail, median feathers dark green, lateral ones pure white, with a very broad subterminal black baud. 1. Glaucis hirsuta. Trochilus hirsutus, Gmel., Syst. Nat., tom. i, p. 490 (1788). Trochilus brasiliensis, Lath., Ind. Orn., vol. i, p. 308, sp. 23 (1790). Trochilus ferruginous, Wied., Beitr., vol. iv., p. 120, sp. 21. Trocliilus mazeppa, Less., Troch., p. 18, pi. 3 (1831). Trochilus superciliosus, Less., Colib., t. 6, J? (1831). Glaucis hirsuta, Boie, Isis (1831), p. 545.—Reich., Aufz. der Colib. (1853), p. 15.—Id., Troch. Enum. (1855), p. 12.—Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 249.—Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 4 (18G0).— Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. i, pi. 5.—Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 38 (1861).—Salv. and Elliot, Ibis (1873), p. 276.—Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Moucli., tom. i. p. 39. Trochilus dominions, Licht. (nec Linn.), Doublt., p. 10, sp. 110. Polytmus hirsutus, Gray, Gen. B., vol. i, p. 108, sp. 83 (1844-49). Glaucis mazeppa, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. i., pi. 6.—Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 38.—Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 15.-—Id., Troch. Enum., p. 12.—Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 249. Glaucis melanura, Gould, P. Z. S. (1860), p. 364.—Id., Mon. Troch., vol. i, pi. 9.—Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 39 (1861). Glaucis lanceolata, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. i, pi. 8.—Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 39. Glaucis cenea, Lawr., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc., Phil. (1867), p. 232. Hab. Costa Bica to Bio de Janeiro, along the eastern coast of South America. Islands of Tobago and Trinidad. Adult. Entire upper surface and sides of the neck, shining green, suffused with dark brown on the head. Wings purplish-brown; under surface varying from chestnut-red to buff. Tail rounded; median rectrices shining green tipped with white. Bill, maxilla black, mandible flesh-color. Total length, 4| in. Wing, 2^ in. Tail, If in. Culmen, 1| in. The young birds have the tail feathers sharply pointed, and the black subterminal 1. G. hirsuta. 2. G. dorhni. 3. G. antonise. 4. G. leucurus. 5. G. cervinicauda. G. G. ruckeri. Fig. 4. Glaucis hirsutus. Merida, Venezuela. Goering.
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