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viridibus ; alis fuscis purpuras centibus ; rectricibus lateralibus 



castaneis fuscis, infra et supra, ad apices ceneis ; tectricibus caudce 



inferioribus saturate cervinis. 



Throat rich luminous gold colour ; across the chest a broad band 



of deep rufous ; on the forehead a narrow stripe of shining blueish 



green ; all the upper surface, two central tail feathers, upper and 



under wing-coverts, and abdomen bronzy green ; wings purplish 



brown ; lateral tail feathers chestnut-brown, tipped both above and 



beneath with a bronzy lustre ; under tail-coverts deep fawn-colour ; 



bill black. 



Total length, 4 inches; bill, 1 ; wing, 2\ ; tail, l£. 

 Hab. Rio Negro, Brazil. » 



11. Trochilus (lampornis ?) fulviventris. Troch . capite , omni 

 corpore superiore, cauddque nitente viridibus ; rectricibus externis 

 ad apices albis ; alis fuscis ; guld, pectore et abdomine cervinis ; 

 tectricibus caud<e inferioribus albis. 



Head, all the upper surface and tail glossy green ; the outer feathers 

 of the latter largely tipped with white ; wings brown ; throat, breast 

 and abdomen deep buff ; under tail- coverts white ; upper mandible and 

 point of the lower black ; the remainder of the under mandible buff. 



Total length, 4 inches ; bill, 1 ; wing, 2§ ; tail, 1|. 



Hab. Venezuela. 



12. Trochilus ( ?) nigrofasciata. Troch. guld resplendente 



viridi ; abdomine humerisque extremis nitide cceruleis, ab viridi 

 guldfascid semilunari intense atrd divisis ; cauddfurcatd c&rulcd. 



Throat lustrous green ; abdomen and edge of shoulders shining- 

 blue, separated from the green of the throat by a lunate band of 

 black ; back and wing- coverts brownish green ; head and back of 

 the neck bronze ; wings brown ; tail, which is considerably forked, 

 dull steel-blue ; bill black. 



Total length, 4£ inches ; bill, \ ; wing, 2§ ; tail, 1 J. 



Hab. Rio Negro, Brazil. 



Remark. — Nearly allied to Trochilus furcatus. 



13. Trochilus ( ?) ruficeps. Troch. vertice ferrugineo ; 



guld fulgente aneo -viridi ; corpore viridi, infra fusco-tincto ; caudd 

 magnd, f areata, eened. 



Crown deep rusty red ; throat lustrous bronze green ; upper sur- 

 face green ; under surface brownish green ; tail large and forked, and 

 of a pure bronze ; wings purplish brown ; bill black. 



Total length, 3f- inches ; bill, £ ; wings, 2| ; tail, 2. 



Hab. Bolivia. 



Remark. — This is much smaller, but nearly allied to T.heteropogon. 



14. Trochilus ( ?) inornata. Troch. corpore superiore 



ceneo-viridi, inferiore ad latera brunneo, ceneo splendente ; gules 

 plumis ad apices cceruleis ; alis cauddque ceneis. 



All the upper surface bronzy-green ; under surface brown, with 

 bronzy reflexions on the flanks ; feathers of the throat tipped with 

 caerulean blue ; wings and tail bronzy, all the latter tipped with buff; 

 bill black. 



