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but differing from that bird and all others in the colour of the 

 abdomen, which is of a similar tint to that of Helianihea iiipn-a. 

 Hah. Colombia. 



n. (^ ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 



6. Eriocnemis nigrivestis. 



Trochilus iiigrivestis, Bourc. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, (2) iv. 



p. 144 (185l>). 

 Eriocnemis nigrivestis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 



1854, p. 252 : Gould, Man. Troch. iv. pi. 276 (May 1858) ; id. 



Intr. Troch. p. 145 ; Muls. Sf Verr. Class, Troch. p. 65 ; Muls. 



Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 38, iv. p. 216 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. 



Lyon,xjdi. p. 217 ; Elliot, Sipi. Troch. p. 194. 

 Hylocharis nigrivestis, Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 152. 



Adult male. Upper surface nearly black, a green tinge in certain 

 lights on the forehead, crown, and rump ; upper tail-coverts dark 

 shining indigo-blue ; under surface black, washed with very dark 

 purple, the flanks with green ; a gular patch and under tail-coverts 

 glittering dark violet-blue ; tibial tiifts white ; tail dark steel- 

 blue ; bill black. Total length about 3'8 inches, wing 2-35 ; tail, 

 central rectrices 1-05, lateral 1-45 : bill 0-75. 



Female. Upper surface shining bronzy green, becoming glittering 

 grass-green on the upiier tail-coverts ; under surface shining golden 

 green, with the bases of the feathers of the throat buff, those of the 

 abdomen white ; a gular patch of pale greenish blue ; under tail- 

 coverts violet-blue ; tibial tufts white ; bill black. 



Hah. Ecuador. 



a,b. cJ ad. ; c. $ Intac, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. 



d. (^ ad. ; e. 9 Pichincha, Ecuador {E. Sclater Coll. 



ad. sk. IVhyynper). 



f. c? ad. ; y, h. Saravacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2 ad. sk. 



i. c? ad. sk. Cochabamba, near Otobila, Gould Coll. 



Ecuador. 



j~n. (S a.d.; 0, p. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman & 



2 ad. sk. Gould Colls. 



5. Eriocnemis godini. 



Trochilus godini, Bourc. Compt. Rend, xxxii. p. 186 (1851). 

 P>iocnemis godini, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; Gould, Mo7i. Troch. 



iv. pi. 277 (May 1861); id. Intr. Troch. p. 145; Mtds. S; Verr. 



Class. Troch. p. 65 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 295 ; id. Syn. Troch. 



p. 193 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 36. 

 Eriocnemys godini, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252. 



Adult mcde. Upper surface shining bronzy green, becoming 

 glittering green on the rump and upper tail-coverts : under surface 



