368 Tuonmr.t. 



Young similar to the adult, hu^ with thn tlirnat iioarly lilank : 

 the mandible towards the base flesh-colour. 

 Hah. Colombia. 



a-h. Ad. ; i-n. Ooloiiihia (R urntii make"). Salvin-Godman, 



Juv. .sk. Gould, & Solater 



Colls. 

 o-q. Ad. St. Purchased. 



11. Eriocnemis chrysorama. 



Eriocnemis chrysorama, Elliot, Ann. S( Mag. N. H. 1874, xiii. p. 375 ; 

 id. Si/n. Troch. p. 193 ; Muh. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 44, 

 pi. 69 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 217, 



Adult male. Very similar to that of E. cupreiventris, but decidedly 

 darker, the abdomen much darker reddish copper. 



I am not altogether satisfied as to the distinctness* of this bird ; 

 a good series of skins from definite localities is required to establish 

 it with certainty. 



Ifab. Colombia?, Ecuador. 

 a,h. c? ad.sk. [Colombia,] Gould Coll. 



12. Eriocnemis simplex. 



Eriopus simplex, Gould, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 96 : Reich. Aufz. d. Col. 



p. 9 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 6, pi. 729. f. 4670. 

 Eriocnemis simplex, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 271 (May 1852). 

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



Male ? Very much darker than E. cupreiventris, and without any 

 glittering colours, the general tint being very dark greenish olive- 

 bronze, rather more rufescent on the upper surface and darker on 

 the crown. 



This is again one of the doubtful forms of E. cupreiventris, but 

 certainly as much entitled to recognition as E. chri/sorania and 

 others. 



Hab. Colombia. 



a,b. c?? ad. ? sk. Colombia (Bogota makp). Gould Coll. 



(Types of the species.) 

 h. Var. Bogota. Gould Coll. 



11. Eriocnemis dyselius. (Plate IX. fig. 1.) 



Eriocnemis dyselius, Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 294 ; id. Syn. Troch. 



p. 194. 

 Eriocnemis dyselia, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 50, pi. 71 ; 



id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 21 7. 



Male ? Upper and under surfaces black, slightly glossed with 

 purple ; under tail-coverts and tail dark steel-blue, witli a tinge of 



