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40. EUSTEPHANUS. „ 



Type. 



Eiistephanus, Reich. Av. Si/sf. pi. 40 (1849) E, galeritus. 



Sephanoides, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 82 (1850). 



Thaumaste, Eeich. .'iufz. d. Col. p. 14 (1854) E. fernandeusis $ . 



Range. Chili, aud the islands of Juan Fernandez and Masafuera. 



Key to the Species. 



. Sexes similar galeritus, p. 156. 



, Sexes widely dissimilar. 

 a . Crown glittering fiery red ; outer web of 



outermost rectrix of $ wholly white .... fernandensis, p. 157. 

 b'. Crown and nape glittering fiery red ; outer 

 web of outermost rectrix in 5 white only 

 at the tip leyboldi, p. 158. 



1. Eustephanus galeritus. 



Trochilus galeritus, ilfo/ma, Hist. Chili, y. 219; Gm. Si/st. Nat. i. 



p. 484 ; lath. hid. Orn. i. p. 304 ; Viei/l. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. 



p. 348 ; id. Eric. Meth. p. 552 ; Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mottches, 



Suppl. p. 97 ; Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 114 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 147. 

 Mellisuga kingi, fiy. Zool. Journ. iii. p. 432. 

 Ornismya sephanoides, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois. -Munches, pp. xxv, 69, 



pi. 14 ; Si/ppl. p. 109, pi. 5 : dJOrh.Sf Lafr. Sijn. Av. ii. p. 29. 

 Trochilus sephanoides, Less. Ind. Gen. Troeh. p. xxix. 

 Orthorhynchus sephanoides, Less. ^ Gam. Voy. Coquille, pi. 31. 



f. 2. 

 Trochilus forficatus, Gould, Zool. Voy. Beaylc, iii. p. 1 10. 

 Sephanoides hingi, Gray, List Gen. B. p. 19. 

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

 Eustephanus galeritus, Goidd, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 265 (May 1852) ; id. 



Intr. Troch. p. 141 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14 ; Ctdj. ^ Heine, Mus. 



Hein. iii. p. 76 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 310 ; id. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 328 ; 



id. Ibis, 1871, p. 181 ; Sel. S,- Salv. Ibis, 1869, p. 283 ; id. P. Z. S. 



1878, p. 433; id. Voy. Chall. Zool. ii. pt. 2, p. 103 ; Reed, Ibis, 1874, 



p. 82; Salv. Ibis, 1875, p. 376; id. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 367 ; id. 



P.Z.S. 1883, p. 425 ; Blliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 138 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 93 ; 



Muk. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouohes, ii. p. 246, pi. 63, iv. p. 209 ; id. Ann. 



Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 214. 

 Sephanoides galeritus, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 256. 

 Orthorhynchus galeritus, Muls. 8r Verr. Class. Troch. p. 57. 



Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy green ; entire crown 

 glittering orange-red ; under surface greyish white, each feather with 

 a shining green discal spot, smaller on the throat, larger on the breast 

 and flanks, absent on the middle of the abdomen ; under tail-coverts 

 dull green, edged with pale rufous ; tail uniform bronze-green, the 

 outer web of the outermost rectrix paler ; bill black. Total length 

 about 4-3 inches, wing 2-o, tail 1-4, bill 0-85. 



