39. METALLCRA. 



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grass-green ; under surface 

 the neck with green discal 



Metalhira tbyriantbina ?, (THamonv. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. xi. p. 311 



(1880). 

 Metallura quitensis, Gould, Intr. Trorh. p. 112; Laior. Ann. Lye. 



N. Y. ix. p. 237 ; Mnls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 115. 

 Urolampra quitensis, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 210. 

 Adelomya tyrianthina, Muls. (^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 70. 



Adult male. Upper and under surfaces dark shining grass-green ; 

 throat black, with a large spot of glittering green extending to the 

 chin ; tail rich bronze, beneath purple-bronze ; bill black. Total 

 length about 2'2 inches, wing '2-2t> ; tail, central rectrices 1"2, 

 lateral 1"S5. 



Adult female. Upper surface shining 

 as far as the breast rufous, the sides of 

 spots ; abdomen white, each feather with a wide discal green bar ; 

 under tail-coverts dusky with buff edges, lateral rectrices tipped 

 with buff. 



Young male. Bronzy green on the underside, each feather with 

 a subterminal whitish spot ; the under surface becomes darker, and 

 the throat shows glittering green feathers as maturity is approached. 



Hah. Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. 



M. quitensis of Ecuador is said to differ from M. tyrianthina in 

 its larger size, but I am unable to confirm this statement with 

 any certainty. A female or young male from Bolivia has discal 

 green spots on the throat-feathers ; the under surface is nearly 

 uniform rufous, the middle of the abdomen being slightly lighter, 

 the tail is lighter and less purple beneath. This bird may belong 

 to another species of this section of the genus, but adult males are 

 required to make this point certain. 



a. c? ad. ; h. Juv. sk. 



c. S ad. ; d. <S juv. 



sk. 

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ff,k. cJ ad. ; i. 2 ad. sk. 



j. cJ ad. ; k. $ ad. sk. 

 l-t. (S ad. ; u, V. S 



juv. ; tc-y. 2 ad. sk. 

 z. cJ ad. ; a'. § juv. 



sk. 

 b'-d'. c? ad. ; e'. d' 



juv. ;/'. 5 ad.sk. 

 ff',h'. S ad. ; i'-k'. $ 



ad. sk. 

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m'. S ad. sk. 



ti, 0. (S ad. ; i)'-s'. 2 



ad. sk. 

 t'. 5 ad. sk. 



Paramo of Merida, Vene- 

 zuela. 



Valley of Aragua, Vene- 

 zuela. 



Caracas, Venezuela, Oct. 

 {A. Goering). 



Venezuela. 



MedelUn, Colombia {T. 

 K. Salmon). 



Colombia (Purdie). 



Colombia (Bogota make). 



Laguna near Pasto, Ecua- 

 dor (Lek)nann). 

 Ulva, Ecuador (^Buckley). 



Quito, Ecuador. 



Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buck- 

 ley). 

 Rio Napo, Ecuador. 

 Ecuador. 



Bolivia (Bitckki/). 



Gould Coll. 



Dyson [C.]. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



Purchased. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman CoU. 



Gould Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



