36. SAPPHO. 143 



1. Sappho sparganura. 



Trochilus sparganurus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 291, pi. 39 ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 143. 

 Trochilus cliysurus, Cuv. Itbgn. An. i. p. 486 (1829) ; Tsch. Faun. 



Per. p. 244. 

 Ornismya sappho, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouclies, pp. xlii, lOo, pis. 



27, 28; id. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 83; id. Traite d'Oni. p. 272. 

 Trochilus sappho, Less. Lnd. Gen. Troch. p. xvii. 

 Trochilus chrysochloris. Less. Su-ppl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 98. 

 Ornismya chysura, d'Orb. S/- Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 26. 

 Mellisuga spargauura, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 113. 

 Cometes sappho, Gould, 1\ Z. S. 1847, p. 31. 

 Coinetes sparganurus, Bp.Consp. i. p. 81 ; Des Murs, in Casteln. Voy. 



Ois. p. 39 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 174 (Oct. 18o8) ; id. Lntr. 



Troch. p. 104 ; Burni. J. f. Orn. 18G0, p. 245 ; id. La-Plata lieise, 



ii. p. 449 ; Set. Cat. Am. B. p. 301 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.- 

 Mouches, iii. p. 274 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 134. 

 Sappho sparganura, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. Troch. Enurn. 



p. 5, pi. 724. ff. 4651-2 ; Muls. 8,- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 83 ; 



Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 154 ; Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. 



p. 224 ; Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 628; Salv. Ibis, 1880, p. 363. 

 Lesbia sparganura, Bp. Eev. Zool. 1854, p. 252. 

 Sparganura sappho. Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 52 ; E. W. 



White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 615 ; Scl. Sf Huds. Arg. Orn. ii. p. 3. 



Adult male. Crown, neck, and under surface shining bronze- 

 green ; back and rump shining crimson ; throat glittering grass- 

 green ; tail dark brown, the exposed portion on the upperside fiery 

 orange-red, the central pair of rcctrices narrowly, the rest widely 

 tipped with black ; basal portion of the outer web of the lateral 

 rectrices dusky, the adjoining portion of the shafts whitish ; bill 

 black. Total length about 7 inches, wing 2"06 ; tail, central rec- 

 trices 1, lateral 4-4 ; bill 0-8. 



Adult female. Upper surface shining green, becoming coppery on 

 the upper tail-coverts ; an irregular whitish patch on the rump ; 

 under surface whitish, all the feathers, except those on the middle 

 of the abdomen, with green discs ; under tail-coverts buff; exposed 

 surface of the tail fiery orange-red, the central rectrices tipped with 

 black, outermost feathers with the whole of the outer web, the 

 shaft, and the adjoining part of the inner web (except at the base) 

 whitish, the next pair of rectrices narrowly tipped with whitish. 

 Length of central rcctrices 1 inch, lateral 1-9, next pair 2. 



Young male. Similar to the female, but with longer, more fiery 

 orange-red tail ; the outermost rectrix like that of the female, but 

 without white on the inner web. The plumage of the adult first 

 shows ou the middle of the back and subsequently on the throat. 



Hah. Eastern Bolivia, the Argentine Eepublic, and the Andes of 

 Chili. 



a, b. S ad. sk. Ghuquisaca, Bolivia {Bridges). Gould Coll. 



c. cJ juv. sk. Bolivia (ij'nrfc/fs). Sclater Coll. 



d. S juv. sk. Salta, Argentine Piep., June. II. Durnford [C.]. 



