30. HELIANTHBA. 125 



Helianthea y. Hypochrysea bonapartii, Reich. Aiifz. d. Vol. p. U ; id. 



Troch. Enum. p. 6, pi. 734. fi". 4683-84. 

 Diphlogt^na (Heliautliea) bouapartii, Muls. i, Verr. Class. Troch. 



p. 61. 

 Trochiliis bonapartii, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 138. 

 Hypochrysea bonapartei, Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 823. 



Adult male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green ; crown and 

 nape black ; forehead glittering grass-green ; rump and upper tail- 

 coverts glittering golden-orange : under surface glittering green as 

 far as the breast, a glittering violet gular spot ; abdomen glittering 

 golden-orange ; under tail- coverts and tail bronzy green ; bill black. 

 Total length about 4' 8 inches, wing 3 ; tail, central rectrices 4*1, 

 lateral 1*75 ; bill 1-5. 



Female. Under surface cinnamon ; the breast washed with bright 

 green, the abdomen with golden-orange ; under tail-coverts 

 cinnamon ; lateral rectrices tipped with dingy white. 



Yotiug males are grass-green on the crown and assume the bright 

 forehead after the violet gular spot is developed ; the under tail- 

 coverts are bronzy green edged with cinnamon, and tlie lateral 

 rectrices are narrowly tipped with dusky white. 



Hab. Colombia. 



a-f, (S ad. ; g-l. Colombia (Bogota make). 8alvin-Godmau & 



$ ad. ; m. Sclater Colls. 



Juv. sk. 



n, 0. d ad. st. Colombia, Pm-chased. 



p. $ ad. St. Colombia. Purchased. 



3. Helianthea eos. 



Helianthea eos, Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 11 ; id. Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 237 

 (Sept. 1855); id. Intr. Troch. p. 131 ; Bp. Co7isp. i. p. 75; id. Rev. 

 Zool. 1854, p. 251 ; Cab. <!^~ Heine, Mm. Hein. iii. p. 79 ; Scl. Sf 

 Salv. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 235 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1874, p. 333 ; id. Stjn. 

 Troch. p. 72. 



Calligeoia eos, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 311, iv. p. 212 ; 

 id. Ann. 8oc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 216. 



Helianthea y. Hypochrysea eos, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. Troch. 

 Enum. p. 6, pi. 733. fl. 4680-82. 



Adult male. Very like that of H. honajpartii in general appearance, 

 the head, upper back, and under surface being similarly adorned ; 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts are hardly so bright, the breast a 

 little more golden ; the secondaries are cinnamon, with a very 

 narrow dark tip, the outermost primary is edged with cinnamon ; 

 the tail, too, is cinnamon tipped with bronzy green, and the under 

 tail-coverts are pure cinnamon ; bill black. Total length about 5 

 inches, wing 1-9 ; tail, central rectrices 1-4, lateral 1-7 ; bill 1-5. 



Female. Diflfers from that of H. bonapartii in the same waj- that 

 the male does as regards the colour of the secondaries and tail. 



Hub, Venezuela, in the highlands near Merida, &c. 



a-d. (S ad- ; e,f- Paramo de los Conejos, Merida, Gould Coll. 



2 ad. sk. Venezuela {Funk S,- Schlim). (Types of the species.) 



