39. METALLUEA. 155 



Adult female ? Throat without the glittering patch, but rufous 

 with a green disc on each feather, becoming dusky towards the 

 chin ; feathers of the abdomen with a median whitish bar, lateral 

 rectrices tipped with buff. 



Hab. Ecuador. 



Mr. Sharpe, in the Supplement to Gould's ' Monograph,' calls 

 this bird the " Guiana Copper-tail," stating that Mr. Whitely 

 obtained a specimen in British Guiana. The specimen in question 

 is that mentioned below from Buckley's Collection. It came, as all 

 other specimens of the species have done, from Ecuador. 



a, b. i ad.; c, d $? sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll. 



e. <S ad. sk. Ecuador {Buckley). Salvm-Godman Coll. 



8. Metallura williami. 



Metallura williami, Bouvc. 8,- Del. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 308 ; Gould, 

 P. Z. S. 1847, p. 94 ; id. Mon. Track, iii. pi. 193 (May 1859) ; id. 

 Intr. Track, p. 112 ; Bp. Co>isp. Av. i. p. 75; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, 

 p. 253 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mauches, 

 iii. p. 114 ; Elliot', Syn. Track, p. 165. 



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

 ' Urolampra williami, Cab. ^ Heine, Mies. Hein. iii. p. 68 ; Mids. Ann. 

 Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 220. 



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

 beneath of a rich purple hue instead of bronzy green. 



Adidt female. Under surface rufous as far as the breast, each 

 feather with a green disc ; the abdomen is white, but also spotted 

 ■with green ; outer rectrices tipped with pale buff. 



Hah. Southern Colombia (Popayan). 



a. S ad. ; b. S juv. ; Popayan, Colombia. Gould Coll. 



c. 5 ad. sk. 



9. Metallura eupogon. 



Metallura eupogon, Cab. J.f. Orn. 1874, p. 97 ; Elliot, Syn. Track. 



p. 164. 

 MetaUura hedviga?, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 139 (pub. 1 Jime, 18/4), 

 p. 544; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 352; Muls. Hid. Nat. Ois.-Mouckes, 

 iii. p. 107.' 

 Adult male. Upper and under surfaces dark shining bronzy 

 green ; a line down the middle of the throat glittering red ; tail 

 dark bronzy green, changing to jjurple when viewed from behind, 

 beneath glittering bronzy green ; bill black. Total length about 

 3-7 inches, wing 2-4 ; tail, central rectrices 1-4, lateral 1-5. 

 Female unknown. 

 Hah. Andes of Central Peru. 



a. 6 ad. sk. Marayniuc, Peru, 1871 (Jelski). Salviu-Godnian Coll. 



[An authentic specimen.] 



