01. OKEOTROCHILUS. 337 



The female resembles that sex of 0. estelhv, but the outermost 

 rectrices have a subterminal dark bar, and the rest are more definitely 

 marked. 



Hah. Andes of Chili, at high elevations. 



a, b. (S ad. ; c-e. $ Chilian Andes {Leybold). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ad. sk. 



f. S ad.sk. Oa.i\\?i\i AxLAes {Weisshaupt) . Salvin-Godman Coll. 



g. cJad.; A. 5ad. sk. Chilian Andes (i?ee(^). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 i. cJ juv. sk. Andes of Santiago, Chili Sclater Coll. 



( Landbeck). 

 j. cj ad. ; k. (f juv. Chili {Dalgleish). Sclater Coll. 



sk. 

 l-n. cJ ad.; 0, p. 5 Aconcagua, Chili {Bridges). Gould Coll. 



ad. sk. 

 q. S ad. ; r. $ ad. st. Chili. Bridges [C.]. 



5. Oreotrochilus melanogaster. 



Oreotrochiliis melanogaster, Gould, P. Z. S. 1817, p. 10 ; id. Man. 



Troch. ii. pi. 72 (Sept. 1859); id. Intr. Troch. p. 64; Bp. Camp. 



i. p. 76 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 15 ; 



Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 47 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 541 ; 



id. Orn. Per. i. p. 279 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 36 ; Eudes-Desl. 



Ann. Mtis. Caen, i. p. 177. 

 Orotrochilus melanogaster, Cab. ^ Seine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 15 ; 



Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 176 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. 



Lyon, xxii. p. 211. 



Adult male. Upper surface olive-brown, the upper tail-coverts 

 tinged with bronze ; tail uniform greenish black ; throat glittering 

 green, the rest of the under surface blue-black, the flanks dull 

 chestnut, and the under tail-coverts greenish brown, with narrow 

 rufous margin to each feather ; bill black. Total length about 

 5 inches, wing 2-85, tail 1-9, bill 0-95. 



Adult female. Upper parts light brown with a greenish lustre ; 

 upper tail-coverts shining green, throat unspotted ; underparts 

 brownish white, tinged with buff ; under tail-coverts bufFy brown ; 

 tail shining green, all the lateral feathers tipped with white. (Elliot, 

 I. s. c.) 



Hah. Andes of Peru. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Junin, Peru (Jelski). Sclater Coll. 



b. cJ ad. sk. Peru {ex Gould). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 c-e. Ad. sk. Peru, Gould Coll. 



(Types of the species.) 



6. Oreotrochilus adela. 



Trochilus adela, d'Orb. ^- Lafr. Syn. Av. p. 32. 



Orthorhynchus adela, d'Orb. Voy. Am. Mer. iv. p. 377, pi. 61. f. 2. 



Oreotrochilus adela, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 10 ; id. Man. Troch. ii. 



pi. 73 (June 1849) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 64 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 76 ; 



id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 15 ; Scl. Cat. 



Am. B. p. 290; MiiU. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 47; Elliot, Ibia, 



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