316 



glittering green ; under tail- coverts green, edged with white ; tail 

 bronzy green : bill black ; feet yellow. Total length about 8*5 

 inches, wing 3'1 ; tail, central rectrices 1*35, lateral 2*5 ; bill 4-1. 



Female. Like the male on tho upper surface ; beneath white, 

 each feather with a green discal spot, larger and brighter on the 

 breast and flanks ; outermost rcctrix on either side whitish on the 

 outer web nearly to the tip, and with a whitish tij) ; bill usually 

 longer, 4'7 inches. 



In young males the feathers of the under surface have narrow 

 whitish edges, and the black of the throat is thus less intense, and 

 the green of the abdomen and breast less lustrous. 



0. ensifera, Boiss., of which T. clerhianus, Fraser, is simply 

 synonymous, was based upon Colombian specimens. D. schVtepliacki, 

 Heine, applies to the Ecuador bird, in which the bill is of rather 

 longer average length. 



Hob. Andes from Venezuela and Colombia to Peru. 



a. 5 ad. sk. 



b-d. S ad. ; e. S 

 juv. ;/-i. 2 

 ad. sk. 



j. cJ ad. sk. 



k. S ad. ; I. $ 



ad. sk. 

 VI. S ad. sk. 

 n. 5 ad.sk. 

 OS. (S ad. ; t, u. 



$ ad. sk. 

 V. S ad. ; 10. 5 



ad. sk. 

 .r. S ad. ; y. $ 



ad. st. 



Sierra Nevada, Mevida, Vene- 

 zuela, 8000 ft. {Goering). 

 Colombia (Bogota make). 



Pasto, Ecuador, Feb. {Leh- 



mann). 

 Riobamba, Ecuador (^Buckley). 



.San Lucas, Ecuador [Buckley). 



Ecuador {Fraser). 



Quito, Ecuador (Jameson). 



Ecuador. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman & 

 Gould Colls. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



Salvin-Godman & 



Gould Colls. 

 Purchased. 



82. EUGENIA. 



Type. 

 Eugenia, Gould, Mon. Troeh. iv. pi. 234 (May 1856) . . E. imperatri.x. 



Bancjc. Ecuador. 



1. Eugenia imperatrix. 



Eugenia imperatrix, Gould, P. Z. S. 18o5, p. 192; id. Mon. Troeh. 



iv. pi. 2.34 (May 1856) ; id. Intr. Troeh. p. 130 ; Jameson S,- Fraser, 



Ibis, 1859, p. 400 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mowhes, ii. p. 198, pi. 45; 



id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 212; Elliot, Syn. Troeh. p. 62; 



Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 292. 

 Clytolsema imperatrix, Muls. ^ Veir. Class. Troeh. p. 69. 

 Trochilus imperatrix, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 1 37. 



Adidt male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green, darker on 

 the middle of the back; forehead, throat, and under surface as far 

 as the abdomen glittering, dark green, turning into glittering golden 



