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TROCHILI. 



6. Metallura smaragdiuicollis. 



Orthorliyuchus smaragdiuicollis, d'Orb. 8j- Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 31 ; 



d'Orb. Voy. Am. Mer. iv. p. 375, Atlas, pi. 59. f. 2. 

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

 Metallura smaragdiuicollis, Gould. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 94 ; id. 3Ion. 



Troch. iii. pi. 19G (May 1859) ; id. Intr. rroch. p. 112 ; Bp. Consp. 



Av. i. p. 75 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; 



id. Troch. Enum. p. 5, pi. 719. f. 4632, pi. 720. f. 4633 ; Whitely, 



P. Z. S. 1873, p. 191 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 544, 1879, p. 238, 



1880, p. 207, 1882, p. 37 ; id. Orti. Per. i. p. 366 ; Mtds. Hist. 



Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 120, pi. 80, iv. p. 219 ; JElliot, Ibis, 1877, 



p. 141 ; id. Syti. Troch. p. 166; Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. 



p. 220 ; Salv. ^ Godm. Ibis, 1879, p. 205 ; Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 



1879, p. 629. 

 Urolampra smaragdinicoUis, Cab. <!(■ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 88. 

 Trocbilus smaragdinicoUis, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 142. 



Adult male. Similar to that of M. tyriantluna, but with the tail 

 both above and beneath much deeper purple of a violet and not a 

 coppery hue. 



Hab. Andes of Peru and Bolivia. 



a. (S juv. sk. Chinchicua Valley, N. Colom- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



bia, Feb. {F. Simons). 



6-^. c? ad. sk. Cacliupata, Peru, Feb., Oct. (ZT Salvin-Godman, 



WTiitely). Gould, & Sclater 



Colls. 



h. (S juv. sk. S. Jose de Chicalulo, Bolivia, Gould Coll. 



Mar. (Z>. Forbes). 



i. S ad. sk. Tilotilo, Bolivia (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. 2 ad. sk. Araca, Bolivia (i?i<cAfe!/). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



k-n. (J,o,p. 5 Bolivia. (Buckley). Gould Coll. 



ad. sk. 



q. 2 ad. sk. Bolivia. Bridges [C.]. 



r-t. c? ad. ; u. Bolivia. Salvin-Godman & 

 (5 Juv. ; V. 2 Gould Colls, 



ad. sk. 



7. Metallura primolina. 



Metallura primolina, Bonrc. Rev. Zool. 1853, p. 295 ; Reich. Aufz. 



d. Col. ^ &; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. 'iii. 



pi. 194 (Sept. 1861); Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 113; 



Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 165 ; Tacz. ^ Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 103. 

 Urolampra primolina. Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 68 ; Mvls. 



Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 220. 

 Metallura primolii, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 112; Sharpe in Gould's 



Suppl. Mon. Troch. pi. 45 (March 1887). 



Adult male. Upper and under surfaccvS dark shining bronzy 

 green ; a dark glittering olive-green patch on the throat without 

 distinct margins, but shading off gradually into the duller sides ; 

 tail dark shining bronzy green, changing into purple when viewed 

 from behind ; bill black. Total length about 3"8 inches, wing 2"3 ; 

 tail, central rcctrices 1-45, lateral 1-6. 



