366 TROCHILI. 



glittering golden green, more coppery on the abdomen ; a glittering 

 blue gular spot without definite edges, but gradually shading into 

 tlie glittering green of the rest of the throat; tibial tufts pure 

 wliite ; under tail-coverts glittering blue ; tail steel-blue ; bill 

 black. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 2-4 ; tail, central 

 rectrices 1-2, lateral 1*75 ; bill 0-85. 



Female. Similar to the male, but the colours of the plumage less 

 vivid, and the blue gular spot nearlj' obsolete. 



The female of this bird is very like that of E. smaragdini- 

 2iectus, but the blue gular spot is nearly obsolete. The female of 

 E. ni(/rivestis is smaller and greener on both upper and under 

 surfaces. 



Hah. Ecuador. 



a. S ad. sk. Ecuador (Bown'er). Gould Coll. 



(Types of the species.) 



b. 5 ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll. 



c. c? ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



8. Eriocnemis luciani. 



Trochilus luciani, Bourc. Ami. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, vii. p. 324 



(1847). 

 Eriopus luciani, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 80. 

 Eriocnemis luciani, Gould, Man. Trocli. iv. pi. 273 (Oct. 185-3) ; id. 



Intr. Troch. p. 144; Scl. P.Z.S. 1860, pp. 81, 94; id. Cat. Am. B. 



p. 311 ; Mills. ^Verr. Class. Troch. p. 65; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.- 



Mouches, iii. p. 47, iv. p. 216 ; id. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 217 ; 



Elliot, Syti. Troch. p. 192 ; Berl. ^ Tacz. F. Z. S. 1884, p. 303, 1885, 



p. 105. 

 Eriocnemis 8. Phemonoe luciani, Reich. Aufa. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. Troch. 



Enum. p. G, pi. 730. fl". 4671-2. 

 Eriocuemys luciani, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252. 

 Ilylocharis luciani, Gray, Hatid-l. B. i. p. 152. 



Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, becoming bluish 

 green on the forehead, and rather brighter on the upper tail-coverts ; 

 under surface shining golden green ; under tail-coverts glittering 

 violet-blue ; tibial tufts white ; tail steel-blue, the central rectrices 

 slightly tinged with bronze ; bill black. Total length about 

 5 inches, wing 2-8 ; tail, central rectrices 1, lateral 2-25 ; bill 1. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Hah. Ecuador. 



a. S ad. sk. Intac, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. (S ad. sk. Pichiucha, Ecuador {Eraser). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. d ad. sk. Ecuador (Eraser). Sclater Coll. 



d. c? ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll. 



e. 2 ad. sk. San Rafael, Ecuador (Stolz- Sclater Coll. 



mann). 

 f-o. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman & 



Gould Colls. 



