118 TEOcniLi. 



1. Pterophanss temminckii. 



Ornismya temmincliii, i'o/.s. liev. Zool. 1830, p. 354 ; id. Mar/. Zool. 



1840, Ois. pi. 14 ; Lodd. P. Z. S. 1843, p. 122. 

 Trochilus cyanoptenis, "Lodd." Fraser, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 17. 

 Pterophanes temminckii, Gould, Mon. Trocli. iii. pi. 178 (June 1849) ; 



id. Intr. Troch. p. 10*5 ; 2?^). Consp. i. p. 70; id. Evv. Zool. 1854, 



p. 251 ; Peicli. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14 ; Cab. &i- Heine, Mu.f. Hein. iii. 



p. 80; Scl. Cat. Avi. B. p. 301 ; Whitehj, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 190; 



Tacs. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 543, 1880, p. 204 ; id. On,. Per. i. p. 338 ; 



Mills. Hif^f. Nat. Ois.-Monehes, ii. p. 299, pi. 69, iv. p. 211 ; id. 



Ann. 6'oc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 216 ; Elliot, Syn. H. Birds, p. Gli ; 



Tucz. Sj- Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 103 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 324. 

 Diphlogfena (Lepicloria) temminckii, Muls. ^~ Verr. Classif. Trocli. 



p. 61. 

 Trochilus temmincld, Gray, ILind-l. B. i. p. 138. 



Adult male. Plumage generally dark shining grass-green, a little 

 more golden on the upper surface, bluer on the under : wings above 

 and below, both coverts and quills shining steel-blue, the latter 

 tipped with black ; tail dark shiny olive-green ; bill black. Total 

 length about 6*5 inches, wing 4'2 ; tail, central rectrices 1-95, lateral 

 2-75 ; bill 1-5. 



Female. Upper surface shining grass-green, dusky on the crown ; 

 under surface rufous, flanks and under tail-coverts shining green ; 

 wings purple-black, the coverts shining steel-blue, shading ijito 

 green on the shoulders : tail — four central feathers shining green, 

 the next two on either side black, washed with green along the 

 shaft ; outermost pair black, with a white longitudinal stripe on 

 the outer web including the shaft, and passing on to the inner web 

 at the base and tip. 



Young males have the under surface dusky, which is gradually 

 replaced by shining green ; the wings are at tirst like those of the 

 female, the steel-blue of the primaries is gradually assumed. 



Hab. Andes of South America from Colombia to Bolivia. 



a-c. S ad.; d. cj Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman & 



juv.; e. 5ad.sk. ' . Gould Colls. 



/. S ad. sk. Intac, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



V/. (Jad.; /i. 5ad. sk. LI oa, Ecuador (-Fr^se;-); Sclater Coll. 



i-m. d ad. ; n~r. Ecuador. iSalviu-Godman & 



J juv.; s.$ ad.sk. Gould Colls. 



t.d ad.; u.^ad. sk. Cillutincara, Yuugas, Boll- Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 via {Bvchley). 



v-x. S ad.; y. J juv. ; Yungas, Bolivia {Buckley). Gould Coll. 

 z. 2 ad. sk. 



a'. S ad. St. Purchased. 



v. $ ad, St. Colombia. Purchased. 



