152 TROCHILI. 



4. Metallura seneicauda. 



Trochilus ( ?) seneocauda, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 87. 



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



Metallura seneicauda, Gould, P. Z. S. 1817, p. 94; id. Mon. Troch. iii. 



pi. 19:2 (May 1859) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. Ill ; Bp. Camp. Av. i. p. 75 ; 



licieh. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. Emim. p. 5, pi. 720. ff. 4634-5 ; 



Whitely, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 191 ; 3Iuls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, 



iii. p. Ill ; miot, Syn. Troch. p. 165 ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, 



p. 628. 

 Aglseactis seneicauda, Bp. liei\ Zool. 1854, p. 253. 

 Urolampra seneicauda, Cab. 4' Heine, Miis. Hei^i. iii. p. 68 ; Muls. 



Ann. 8oc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 220. 



Adult male. Upper surface bronzy green ; under surface bronzy 

 green, each feather edged with fulvous ; throat with a well-defined 

 glittering greeu spot ; tail above dark shining olive-green, becoming 

 purple when viewed from behind, beneath glittering bronzy green ; 

 bill black. Total length about 4-2 inches, wing 2-5 ; tail, central 

 rectrices 1"5, lateral 1-7 ; bill 0*9. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but instead of the gular spot 

 the feathers of the throat are fulvous, with green discs, becoming 

 dusky towards the chin ; the rectrices beneath are edged with a 

 coppery hue and very narrowly tipped with white. 



J/ab. Andes of Southern Peru and Bolivia. 



a. cS juv. sk. Cachupata, Peru, Nov. {H. Gould Coll. 



Wkitely). 



b, c. (5' ad. sk. Unduavi, Bolivia (2?nV/^es). Gould Coll. 



d. (S ad. ; e,f. 5 CiUutincara, Bolivia {Buck- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. ley). 



g, h. S ad. ; i. S Bolivia {Buckley). Gould Coll. 



juv. sk. 



j, k. (S ad. sk. Bolivia. Bridges [C.]. 



5. Metallura tyrianthina. 



Trochilus tvrianthinus, Lodd. P. Z. S. 1832, p. ; Fraser, P. Z. S. 



1840, p. 18 ; Gray, Hund-l. B. i. p. 142. 

 Ornismya allardi, Boiirc. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 294 ; id. Ann. iSc. Phys. 



et Nat. Lyon, (2) iii. p. 226, pis. 3, 4 (1840). 

 Ornismya paulinte, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 354 ; id. Mag. Zool. 



1840, pi. 13. 

 Mellisuga tyrianthina, Gi-ay, Gen. B. i. p. 113. 

 Metallura tyrianthina, Bp. Comp. i. p. 75 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253 ; 



Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8; id. Troch. Enmn. p. 5, pi. 719. 



ff. 4630-1 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 195 (May 1859) ; id. Intr. 



Troch. p. 112; id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803; Hcl. P. Z. S. 1859, 



p. 145, 1860, p. 95 ; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 303 ; Scl. ^ Sale. P. Z. S. 



1868, pp. 169,629, 1870, p. 782, 1879, p. 529; Wy a tt, Ibis, 1871 , 



p. 377; Muls. Hist. JSat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 117; Elliot, Syti. 



Troch. p. 166 ; Berl. Sf Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 305, 1885, p. 104 ; 



Tccz. 0-n. Per. i. p. 358; Berl. J. f. Orn. 1884, p. 311, 1887, 



p. 325. 

 Trochilus allardi, Jard. Contr. Orn. 1850, pp. 81, 89, 151, pi. 55. 

 Urolampra tyrianthina. Cab. S,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 68. 



