10."5. KRIOCNEMJS. 367 



9. Eriocnemis glaucopoides. 



Ornismya glaucopoides, cTOrb. Sf Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 27. 



Trochilus d'orbignj-i, Bourc. S,- 3Iuls. Ann. So. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, 



ix. p. 320 (184G). 

 Coeligena a. Thalurania glaucopoides, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7. 

 Eriocnemis 8. Pliemonoe d'orbignvi, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. 



Troch. Enum. p. 6, pi. 741. f . 4097. 

 Thalurania glaucopoides, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254. 

 Eriocnemis glaucopoides, Elliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 136 ; id. Syn. Troch. 



p. 191 ; Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 630. 

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

 Eriocnem'is d'orbignyi, Goidd, Man. Troch. iv. pi. 278 (Sept. 1861) ; 



id.Intr. Troch. p. 145 ; Mids. S^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 65; Muls. 



Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 29, iv. p. 215; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. 



Lyon, xxii. p. 217. 



" Male. Forehead violet-blue, a white spot behind the eye ; upper 

 surface bronzy green; under surface glittering golden green, washed 

 -with blue on the throat and chest ; tail bluish black ; bill black ; 

 tarsal tufts pure white ; under tail- coverts shining blue. Total 

 length 4| inches, wing 2, tail 1^, culmen |. Unique type in 

 Paris Museum." {Elliot, I. s. c.) 



Mr. Elliot examined the type of this species in the Paris Museum, 

 and the above is his description of it. Its alliance is apparently 

 with E. luciani, but the violet-blue forehead distinguishes it. 



Hah. Valle Grande, Bolivia. 



10. Eriocnemis cupreiventris *. 



Trochilus cupreiventris, Eraser, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 15. 



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



Eriocnemis cupreiventris, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pis. 270 (Oct. 1853) 

 271 (May 1852) ; id. Ldr. Troch. p. 143 ; Cab. S,- Heine, Mus. Hein. 

 iii. p. 73 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 311 ; Muls. (§• Verr. Class. Troch. 

 p. 65 ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 2-35 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.- 

 Mouches, iii. p. 45, iv. p. 216 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 217 ; 

 Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 192 ; Berl. J. f. Orn. 1887, p. 321. 



Eriocnemis 8. Phemonoe cupreiventris, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. 

 Troch. Enum. p. 6, pi. 729. ff. 4668-9. 



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



Hylocharis cupreiventris. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 152. 



Adult mah. Upper surface shining bronzy green, greener on the 

 rump, more bronze on the crown and forehead ; throat more 

 glittering green, passing into reddish copper on the abdomen ; under 

 tail-coverts glittering blue ; tail dark steel-blue ; bill black. Total 

 length about 4-5 inches, wing 2-5 ; tail, central rectrices 1, lateral 

 1-7 ; bill 0-9. 



Female similar to the male. 



* I do not know the bird from Ooloiiibia described by Tlr. Meyer as 

 Eriocnemi.s aurea (Auk, yii. p. 31.'), ISOO). 



