44. TTROSTICTE. 167 



green ; abdomen shining green ; under tail-coverts green, with 

 dusky-white edges ; central rectrices dark shining green, lateral 

 steel-blue ; bill black. Total length about 4-1 inches, wing 2-5 ; tail, 

 central rectrices 1-3, lateral 1*7 ; bill 0'9. 



Female unknown. 



Young males have the feathers of the throat dusky black with 

 dark green discs, amongst which the glittering feathers of the adult 

 appear. 



Hab. Colombia. 



a. c? ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Gould Coll. 



(Type of H. squaytiigularis, Gould.) 



b. 5 juv. sk, Colombia (Bogota make). Gould CoU. 



5. Heliotrypha speciosa. (Plate VI. fig. 1,) 



Adult male. Very similar to that of H. barrali, but with a longer 

 bill, and the throat of a more glittering olive-green without the leaden 

 or silvery hue of the allied species ; the feathers of the breast are 

 rather more conspicuously white at the base, but this character is 

 also seen in II. barrali. Total length about 5 inches, wing 2-5 ; 

 tail, central rectrices 1*45, lateral 1-6 ; bill 1. 



Hab. Colombia ? 



a. cT ad. sk. (Apparentlj' of Bogota make.) Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



44, UROSTICTE. 



Type. 



Urosticte, Gould, Mon. TrocL iii. pi. 190 (Oct. 1853); 



id. Intr. Troch. p. 110 U. benjamini. 



BasiUnna S. Urosticta, Reick. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13 



(1854). 



Range. Andes from Ecuador to Peru. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Throat glittering green ; a lilac pectoral spot. 



a'. Pectoral spot large ; white postocular spot 



large ; under tail-coverts green with white 



edges benjamini, p. 167. 



6'. Pectoral spot small ; white postocular spot 



small ; under tail-coverts green with rufous 



edges intermedia, p. 168, 



b. Throat and breast uniform glittering green ; no 



pectoral spot ; under tail-coverts rufous ncficrissa, p. 169, 



1. Urosticte benjamini. 



Trochilus benjamini, Bourc. Compt. Bend, xxxii. p. 187 : Graii, 



Hnnd-l. B. i. p. 142. 

 Urosticte benjamini, Goxdd, Mon. Track, iii. pi. 190 (Oct. 185.3) ; id. 



