SUB-ORDER VIII.
HUMMING BIRDS (STRIDORES).
FAMILY I.—THE GIANT GNOMES (EUSTEPHANI), iii., 47.
| Sub-Family | 1.—The Giant Humming Birds (Patagona), iii., 47; the Giant Humming Bird (P. gigas), iii., 47. |
| " " | 2.—The Sword-bill Humming Birds (Docimastes), iii., 49; the Sword-bill Humming Bird (D. ensifer), iii., 49. |
FAMILY II.—THE GNOMES (POLYTMI), iii., 50.
| Sub-Family | 1.—The Saw-billed Humming Birds (Grypus), iii., 50; the Saw-bill (G. nævius), iii., 50. |
| " " | 2.—The Sickle-billed Humming Birds (Eutoxeres), iii., 51; the Sickle-billed Humming Bird (E. aquila), iii., 51. |
FAMILY III.—THE SUN BIRDS (PHAËTORNITHES), iii., 51.
Sub-Family 1.—The Hermits (Phaëtornis), iii., 51; the Cayenne Hermit (P. superciliosus), iii., 51.
FAMILY IV.—THE MOUNTAIN NYMPHS (OREOTROCHILI), iii., 52.
| Sub-Family | 1.—The Hill-stars (Oreotrochilus), iii., 52; the Chimborazian Hill-star (O. Chimborazo), iii., 52. |
| " " | 2.—The Sabre-wings (Campylopterus), iii., 54; De Lattrei's Sabre-wing (C. de Lattrei), iii., 54. |
| " " | 3.—The Crooked Sabre-wings (Platystylopterus), iii., 55; the Fawn-coloured Sabre-wing (P. rufus), iii., 55. |