45. ADELOMTIA. 169 



3. Urosticte ruflcrissa. 



Urosticte ruflcrissa, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 44 ; Muls. Hist. 

 Nat. Ois.-Mouc/ies, iii. p. 103, pi. 78 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn Lyon, 

 xxii. p. 220 ; Ulliot, Syn. Troch. p. 91 ; Gould, Suppl. Troch. 

 pi. 24 (Jan. 188.3). 



Adult male. Similar to that of V. henjamini but larger ; bill longer ; 

 tail more deeply forked ; throat and breast uniform glittering green, 

 without a pectoral spot and hardly any white across the chest ; 

 under tail-coverts rufous. Total length about 4-4inches, wing 2-4 ; 

 tail, central rectrices 1'2, lateral 1*8 ; bill 1. 



Female. Like that of U. henjamini, but with pale buff under tail- 

 coverts. 



Hah. Ecuador. 



a-d. cJ ad. ; e, f. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman & 



cJ juv. ; g, h. Gould Colls. 



$ ad. sk'. 



45. ADELOMYIA. 



Type. 



Adelomyia, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253 A. raelanogenys. 



Adelisca, Cab. 8,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 72 .... A. melanogenys. 



Range. Andes from Venezuela and Colombia to Bolivia. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Throat spotted with green or brown. 

 a'. Under surface pale whitish buff. 



a". Larger ; gular spots spread over the 



whole throat melajiogenys, p. 169. 



b". Small ; gular spots confined to the upper 



part of the throat ameotincta, p. 171. 



b' . Under surface dark buff ; gular spots confined 



to the upper part of the throat ce?-vina, p. 171. 



b. Throat spotted with blue inornata, p. 172. 



1. Adelomyia melanogenys. 



Trochilus melanogenys, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 18 ; Gray, Hand-l. 



B. i. p. 142. 

 Trochilus sabinae, Bourc. l^ Muls. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, vi. 



p. .323 (1846) ; id. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 316. 

 Mellisuga melanogenys, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 112. 

 Mellisuga sabinre. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 112. 

 Ivhamphomicrou sabinje, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 79. 

 Khamphoniicron melanogenys, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 79. 

 Metallura sabime, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 5, 



pi. 720. ff. 46.36-7. 

 Adelomyia sabinae, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253. 

 Adelisca melanogenvs, Cab. S( Heine, Mus. Hein, iii. p. 72 ; 



Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 214. 



