Genus Heliotrypha Gould

Generic characters.

Male.—Bill straight and of the same length as the head; wings rather long; tail long and forked; tarsi partially clothed; feet small; hind toe rather shorter than the middle one; forehead and throat luminous.

Female.—Destitute of luminous colouring on the throat.

The members of this genus, two in number, differ from those of Heliangelus in the absence of any band of white on the chest and in having a lengthened and deeply-forked tail.

• 265.

  Heliotrypha Parzudaki

  Habitat: New Granada; and Ecuador, where it is rare

  Plate 240 Heliotrypha Parzudaki Parzudaki’s Star-frontlet

  • Ramphomicron dispar, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 10.
  • Trochilus lasiopygus, Licht. in Mus. Berlin.
  • Heliotryphon Parzudakii, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 74.
• 266.

  Heliotrypha viola (Gould)

  Habitat: Ecuador

  Plate 241 Heliotrypha viola Viola Star-frontlet

  • Helangelus viola, Gould.
  • Parzudakia viola, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 12.
  • Ramphomicron viola, Id. Troch. Enum. p. 10.
  • Heliotryphon viola, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 74.

Supplemental

• Heliotrypha barrali Olive-throated Humming-bird