39. METALLUEA. 151 



Aglseactis cupreicauda, Bp. Sev. Zool. ISSi, p. 253. 

 Metallura opaca, Cab. Sf Heine, Mas. Hein. iii. p. 69 ; Elliot, Syn. 

 Troth, p. 1G.3; Sd. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 488 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 353. 

 Urolampra cupreicauda, Muls. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 220. 



Adult male. Upper and under surfaces sooty black, nearly pure 

 black ou the sides of the bluish-green glittering gular spot ; under 

 tail-coverts bronzy purple, with obscure fulvous edges ; tail dark 

 bronzy green on the upper surface, glittering copper-colour or bronze 

 beneath ; biU black. Total length about 4*5 inch, wiug 2*85 ; 

 tail, central rectrices 1-85, lateral 2-05. 



Female unknown. 



Hab. Andes of Peru and Bolivia. 



M. (5 ad. sk. Andes of Lima, Peru, Sept. Sclater Coll. 



(Nation). 

 b. (S ad. sk. Chiuata, Peru, July {II. Gould Coll. 



Whitehj). 

 c-e. J ad. sk. Valley of Palea, near Tacna, Gould Coll. 



Bolivia [Bridges). 

 f, (J. d ad. sk. Bolivia. Bridges [C.]. 



2. Metallura jelskii. 



Metallura jelskii, Cah. J.f. Orn. 1874, p. 99 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.- 

 Mouches, iii. p. 109, pi." 79 ; Blliot, Syn. Troch. p. 164 ; Tacz. Orn. 

 Per. i. p. 354. 



Metallura cupreicauda, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 544. 



Adult 7nale. Said to differ in the colour of the tail, which is 

 (according to Mr. Elliot, who had a typical example in his posses- 

 sion) " luminous vinous-purple." 



Hah. Andes of Central Peru. 



A specimen sent by Prof. Nation from the Andes, near Lima, 

 certainly agrees with Bolivian examples which have been referred 

 to M. opaca. If M. jelskii is distinct from 31. opaca, their ranges 

 must approach each other very closely. 



3. Metallura chloropogon. 



Urolampra chloropogon, Cab. i^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 68 ; Mtils. 



Hid. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 122. 

 Metallura chloropogon, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 164. 



Adult male. " Purpnreo-fuscesccus nitore quodam metallico vire- 

 scenti, vertice, humcris uropygioque valde, imprimis autem macula 

 gulari splendidissime vircscenti-fulgentibus ; alls purpureo-fuscis, 

 rectricibus latissimis pulchre purpureo resplendentibus ; crisso albido, 

 tectricibus caudiB inferioribus virescenti-niteutibus, margine lutes- 

 centi. Fcm. (an mas juv.) : Subtus brunnescenti-ochracea, gula 

 lateribusque maculis parvis fuscis virescentibusque guttatis, rectri- 

 cibus splcudide purpurascentibus, tribus externis apice pallide 

 albescentibus." {Cah. i5f Heine, I. s. c.) 



Hab. ? 



I have not yet met with specimens answering to this description. 



