344 TROCHILI. 



4. Rhamphomicron olivaceum. 



Rhamphomicron olivaceus, Later. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 44(ly67) ; 

 Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 544 ; id. Oni. PSr. i. p. 347 ; Muls. Hist. 

 Nat. Ois.-Moiiclie.^ iii. p. 109, pi. 8o ; miot, Si/n. Troch. p. 158 ; 

 8cl. Sf Snir. P. Z. S. 1879, p. <i-^8; Scl. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 488; 

 Sharjie in G'(Mld's Mon. Troch., Siippl. pi. 44 (1883). 



Adult male. Upper surface olive, tinged with green; under sur- 

 face dusky brown, blacker on the throati, on the middle of which is 

 an elongated glittering stripe, green on the chin, and passing through 

 fiery orange into glittering purple on the longest leathers ; tail like 

 the back greenish olive ; bill black. Total length about 4'6 inches, 

 wing 3-2 ; tail, central rectrices 1-8, lateral 2-15; bill O'Oo. 



Adidt female. Similar to the male, but the throat unadorned, 

 each feather dusky brown with a paler margin. 



Hah. Andes of Peru. 



a, (S ad, sk. Junin, Pern (Jelski). Sclater Coll. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Andes of Lima, Peru {Natiim). Sclater Coll. 



5. Rhamphomicron stanleyi. 



Trochilus stanleyi, Bonrc. Sj- Mids. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon 



(2) ii. p. 199 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 141. 

 Rhamphomicron stanleyi, Gonhl, 3Lin. Troch. iii. pi. 185 (Oct. 1852) ; 



id. Intr. Troch. p. 109 ; Scl. P. Z. 8. 1860, p. 81 ; id. Cat. Am. B. 



p. 302 ; Muh. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 73 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, 



p. 504 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 345 ; Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. 



p. 164; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 221 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. 



p. 159. 

 Rhamphomicron y. Chalcostigma stanleyi, Reich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 12; 



id. Troch. Enum. p. 10, pi. 819. ff. 4919-21. 

 Lampropogon stanleyi, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253. 



Adult male. Upper surface shining dark yiolet-blue ; crown, 

 wing- and upper tail-coyerts shining dark bronzy green with a 

 bluish shade ; under surface dusky black with a tinge of green ; 

 sides of the head and throat black ; middle of the throat glittering 

 green, followed by elongated amethyst plumes ; under tail-coverts 

 purplish with pale dusky edges ; tail dark greenish blue ; bill black. 

 Total length about 4-o inches, wing 2*8 ; tail, central rectrices 

 1-45, lateral 2-35 ; bill 0-65. 



Female. Similar to the male, but the throat like the rest of the 

 under surface 



Hah. Ecaador. 



a, h. S fid. sk. Pichincha, Ecuador (Eraser). Sclater Coll. 



c. Juv. sk. Pichincha. Sahin-Godman Coll. 



d, e. c? juv. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll. 



f-k. S ad.; /. $ Ecuador. Salvin-Godman & 



ad. sk. Gould Colls. 



m. cJ juv. ; «. $ [Ecuador.] Purchased, 



ad. sk. 



o, p. c? ? ad. St. J. Bourcier [P.]. 



(Probably typical specimens.) 



