6. HEMISTEPHANrA. 39 



1. Hemistephania ludoviciae. 



X. p. 136 (1840 ; Gray, Hand-L B. i. p. 140. 

 Donfera ludoviciae, Bp. Comp. i. p. GS ; id. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 'X51 • 



6o»W, .Vo«. r;-or/^ ii. pi. 88 (Oct. 1853) ; id. Intr. Troch. p"n : 



Muls. mst. ^at. 0,s-Mouches, i. p. 200, iii. p. 17; id. Ann. Sov. 



Lmn. Lyon, xxn. p. 217. 

 Helianthea a Hemistepliania liidovicise, Bekh. Aufz. Col v i) ■ 



id. TrocJi. Emvm. p. 6, pi. 731. ff. 4673-74 ' 



""SlTztli^; pl3/ '^'"' ^" ^^- "^- ^- "^ *'■ ^• 



^°KerV"?'''"''^''*''^''^-^'"-^'P--^^ ^^^«^«- ^S- Ven: Class. 



Hemi^^ephania l^doviciffi^^/^^^ Syn. Track, p. 81; Scl. .$• Sah:^ 



^■322 ' ^^' ' ' "'^- '^- •^- O'"' I'^H p. 310, 1887, 



_ Adiut male. Upper surface shining green : nape and hind neck 

 rich bronze; upper tail-coverts tinged with greyish blue; forehead 

 as far as a hne between the eyes, glittering olive-green; under 

 surlace dusky grey tinged with bronze-green ; tail i)urple-black 



atei-al rectrices broadly tipped with duskv : biU black. Total 

 length about 4-S inches, wing 2-4, tail 1-4 bill 1-5 



forSra?" *^™'^'''' ^° ^^"^ °'''^''' ^""^ l'""^^'^!" "^'^^""^ ^ glittering 



Yowuj birds are without the glittering forehead. 



Bolivian and Venezuelan specimens agree with Colombian in 

 dimensions, and are therefore placed under this species. 



Hah. Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia. 



a. 6 ad. sk. Sierra Nevada Merida, Vene- Salvin-Godman Coll 



zuela (Goering). 



b. d ad. sk. Santa Elena, Colombia {Sal- Salvm-Godman Coll. 



mon). 



c-h d- ad ; (•-/. Colomba (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman & 



,. ^^ i i" rr. ., C4ould Colls. 



/ fn 1 1 S\''-^'J''V^°^^"> (Bi,.okky). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



n-q. d ad. sk. Bohvia (Buckley). Gould Coll. 



2. Hemistephania rectirostris. 



Doryfera rectirostris, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 71 ; id. Mon. Troch 

 Suppl (Jan. 1883) ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. •>02, iii 

 p. 1/ ; id. Ann. Sac. Linn. L y 071, xxil p. 217; Tacz. Orn. Per i 

 p. 284. ■ ■ 



Dorifera ludoviciae, -SW. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 95. 



Trochilus rectirostris, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p'l40 



Hemistephania rectirosti-is, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 81 : Tacx. ^- Berl. 

 1^, //* o. l^oOj p. 102, 



Doryphora rectirostris, Tacx. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 35. 



_ Precisely like //. htdovicia; so far as the colour of the pluma'-e 



n Tu'',T.^' ^^ "^'^^ ^ ^'^^ <^f considerably larger dimensions 

 (length 1-8 inches). 



Bab. Ecuador. 



