lO;}. ERIOCNEMIS. 369 



purple ; tibial tufts pure white ; bill black. Total length about 

 4-3 inches, wing 2-3 ; tail, central rectrices 1-05, lateral 1-6 ; bill O-f). 



A curious bird, perhaps a melanism of E. cupreivenfris ! 



Bab. Ecuador, Colombia? 



a. Ad. ? sk. A skin of Bogota make ? Gould Coll. 



(Compared with the type.) 



14. Eriocnemis mosquera. 



Trochilus mosquera, Bourc. S,- Del. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 306. 



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



Eriocnemis mosquera, Gould. Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 274 fOct. 18.53) ; 



id. Iiitr. Troch. ]). 144 ; 3Iids. i^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. (J.5 ; Muls. 



Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 49, pi. 70; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. 



Lyon, xxii. p. 217; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 191; Tacz. ^ Berl. 



P. Z. S. 1885, p. lOo. 

 Eriocnemis y. Tiireptia mosquera, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. 



Troch. Enum. p. 6, pi. 727. ff. 4662-3. 

 Eriocnemys mosquera, Bp. Rev. Zool. 18.54, p. 252. 

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



Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy grass-green, more 

 golden and brighter on the upper tail-coverts ; under surface 

 bright reddish copper, more bronzy on the breast ; bases of the 

 feathers of the throat white, those of the breast dark buff, those of 

 the abdomen dark ; under tail-coverts dark, washed with green ; 

 tibial tufts white ; tail dark green, the median rectrices and the 

 tips of the rest brighter ; bill black. Total length about 5 inches, 

 wing 2-85; tail, central rectrices 1"15, lateral 2-2 : biU 0'9. 



Female. Like the male. 



Hah. Colombia and Ecuador. 



15. Eriocnemis isaacsoni. 



Ornismya isaacsoni, Parz. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 95. 



Eriopus isaacsoni, Bp. Consp. i. p. 80. 



Eriocnemis S. Plienonoe isaacsoni, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. Troch. 



Enum. p. 6, pi. 741. f. 4700. 

 Eriocnemis isaacsoni, B2). Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252 ; Gotdd, Mon. 



Troch. iv. pi. 272 (May 1858) ; id. Litr. Troch. p. 144. 

 Helianthea isaacsoni, Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 294, 1874, p. 331 ; id. Syn. 



Troch. p. 71. 

 Saturia isaacsoni, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-MoHfhes, ii. p. 299, pi. 61, 



iv. p. 212; id. Ami. Soc. Liim. Lyon,xx\i. p. 217 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 



1887, p. .323. 



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