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1. Bourcieria inca. 



Bourcieria inca, Gould, Contr. Oni. 18o2, p. 136; id. Mon. Troch. iv. 

 p. 234 (May 1854) ; id. Litr. Troch. p. 13G ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, 

 p. 252; Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 7, pi. 752. ff. 472o-2G; Whitelxj, 

 P. Z. S. 1874, p. 675 ; Elliot, Si/u. Troch. p. 75 ; Scl. Hf Salu. 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 630 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 388. 



Ilomophaina inca. Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 79 ; Muls. Hist. 

 Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 322; id. Ann. Sue. Linn. Lyon, xxii. 

 p. 216. 



Poljfena inca, Heuie, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 216. 



Diphlogsena inca, Muh. S^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 61. 



Trochilus inca. Gray, Handel. B. i. p. 139. 



Adult male. Body, including upper and under tail-coverts, 

 glittering grass-green, rather brighter and more golden on the 

 abdomen ; breast chestnut ; head and throat black, a glittering 

 green frontal spot, the feathers of the middle of the throat with 

 dark green discs : outermost ^nimary edged with chestnut ; central 

 rectrices shining golden green, lateral white, with golden-green 

 tips, which become wider towards the outermost pair ; bill black. 

 Total length about 5-2 inches, wing 3-1 ; tail, central rectrices 1*6, 

 lateral 1-95 ; bill 1-65. 



Female. Crown and nape grass-green, a little duUer than the 

 back, the frontal feathers more glittering ; under surface from the 

 chin to the breast chestnut, the sides of the throat washed with 

 green ; lateral rectrices white, the outermost pair black on the 

 outer web for two-thirds of their distal end and with the inner web 

 dusky near the tip ; the next pair are dusky on the edge of the outer 

 web for one-third of their distal end, this dusky margin crossing 

 the feather to the inner web, leaving the shaft white. 



Hah. Peru and Bolivia on the eastern slopes of the Andes. 



a. S ad. ; &, e. 5 ad. Coroico, Bolivia ( Warsze- Gould Coll. (Types 



sk. ^viez). of the species.) 



d. c? ad. ; e. (S juv. Cillutincara, Bolivia {Buck- Salviu-Godman CoU. 

 sk. leii). 



f. 2 ad. sk. Tilotilo, Yungas, Bolivia Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 [Buckley). 



g-i. rS ad. ; /, k. $ Bolivia (Buckley). Gould & Sclater 



ad. sk. Colls. 



I. (S ad. sk. Huasampilla,Peru, Oct. (H. Gould Coll. 

 Whitely). 



2. Bourcieria insectivora. 



Trochilus insectivorus, Tsch. Faun. Per. p. 248. f. 1. 



Bourcieria fulgidigula, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 7, pi. 749. ff. 4718- 



20? 

 Bourcieria insectivora, Gould, Tntr. Troch. p. 135; Tacz. P. Z. S. 



1874, p. 543, 1882, p. 38 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 389 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1876, 



p. 5 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 76 ; Sharpe in Gould's Sujijil. Troch. pi. 20 



(Mar. 1887). 

 Polvffina insectivora, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 216. 



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