342 TEOCHILI. 



b' . Bill louger, nearly straight; glittering 

 gular feathers dicolorous, ending in elon- 

 gated jilumes. {Lnmpnipugoii.) 

 c". Upper surface greenish bronze ; tail 



bronzy brown heteropogon, p. 343. 



d". Upper surface and tail greenish olive. . olivaceum, p. 344. 

 e". Upper surface dark violet-blue ; tail 

 rather ;:reeiier. 

 a". Elongated gular feathers glittering 



amethyst stanleyi, p. 844. 



b'" . Elongated gular feathers glittering 



plumbeous vulcani, p. 345. 



b. Tail less deeply forked ; all the rectrices ex- 

 cept the shorter central pair subequal. 

 {Eupoc/onus.^ 

 c'. Larger lateral rectrices tipped with white, herrani, p. 34o. 

 d! . Smaller rectrices without white tips .... nificeps, p. 346. 



1. Rhamphomicron microrhynchum. 



Ornismya microrlivncha, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 354 ; id. Mag. 



Zoo/." 1840, 0«. pi. 16. 

 Trochilus brachyrhynchus, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 16. 

 Rhamphomicron microrhyncha, Bp. Consp. Ai\ i. p. 79. 

 Khamphomicron microrhvnchum, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id. 



Troch. Enum. p. 10, pi". 818. tf. 4915-8 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 303 ; 



Whitely, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 190 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 544, 1880, 



p. 207 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 349 ; Elliot, Syii. Truck, p. 160 ; Berl. 



^- Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 305. 

 Trochilus niicroryhnchus. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 141. 

 Khamphoaiicrou microrhynchus, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 189 



(Oct. 1852); id. Intr. Troch. p. 109; Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. 



p. 73 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 153 ; Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. 



p. 70 ; Mids. Hist. Nat. Oi-s.-M ouches, iii. p. 162, pi. 84, iv. p. 219 ; 



id. A7in. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 221, 



Adult male. Upper surface rich shining purple, upper tail-coverts 

 slightly bronzed ; under surface shiniug grass-green, throat glittering 

 green, lower abdomen tinged with buff; under tail-coverts greenish 

 edged with buff ; tail purple-black : bill black. Total length about 

 4 inches, wing 2*05; tail, central rectrices I'l, lateral 2"05; bill "4. 



Female. Upper surface shining grass-green ; upper tail-coverts 

 bronze ; under surface buffy white, each feather with a shining 

 green discal spot ; under tail-coverts chestnut, central rectrices 

 bronzy black, lateral purple-black tipped with white ; bill black. 

 Total length about 3 inches, wing 1'8 ; tail, central rectrices 1"1, 

 lateral 1-25 : bUl 0-4. 



Hah. Highlands of Colombia and Ecuador. 



a-d. (J ad.; e-m. cj Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman, Gould, 

 juv.; n, 0. 2 ad. sk. & Sclater Colls. 



p-r. cJ ad. sk. Intac, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



s-u. J ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll. 



f, w. cJad. ; x,y. 6 Ecuador. Salvin-Godman & 



juv. sk. Gould Colls. 



z. 2 ad. St. Bogota. Purchased. 



n . $ nd. St. Purchased. 



