105. SPATHTJKA. 375 



105. SPATHURA. 



Trochilus (Ocreatus), Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 86 . 

 Spathiira, Gould, Man. Troch. pi. 164 (June 1849) 

 Stegaaurus, Reich. Av. Si/st. Nat. pi. xl. (Dec. 1849) 



Steganura, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 



Uralia, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 81 (1865) 



Type. 

 S. addae. 

 S. peruana. 



S. underwoodi. 

 S. solstitialis. 



Mange. Andes from Venezuela and Colombia to Bolivia. 



Ocreatus, Gould, was never used as a generic term. Spathura, 

 Gould, antedates Steganurus, Ueich., by six mouths, though the 

 latter name has been generally used of late years. I now restore 

 Spathura to its proper place. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Tibial tufts white. 



a'. Chin like the throat, glittering green underivoodi, p. 375. 



b'. Chin black nielananthera, p. 376, 



b. Tibial tufts rufous. 



c . Lateral rectrices long, spatules more elon- 

 gated ; bases of the feathers of the under 

 surface dusky. 

 a" . Outer web of the lateral rectrices greyish, solstitialis, p. 377. 

 b" . Outer web of the lateral rectrices steel- 

 blue like the rest of the feather peruana, p. 378. 



d' . Lateral rectrices shorter, spatules rounder 

 or more transverse ; bases of the feathers 

 of the under surface white addce, p. 378. 



1. Spathura underwoodi. 



Ornismya underwoodi, Less. Hist. Nat. Troch. p. 105, pi. 37 ; id. 



Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxv. 

 Ornismya kieneri, Less. Hist. Nat. Troch. p. 165, pi. 65. 



Trochilus ( ) caligatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 14. 



Spathura underwoodi, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 162 (June 1849) ; 



id. Intr. Troch. p. 99; Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 80; id. Rev. Zool. 



1854, p. 256; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 300; Mtds. 8f Verr. Class. 



Troch. p. 81 ; Scl. S,- Sale. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 169 ; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, 



p. 376. 

 Steganura underwoodi, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8; id. Troch. Enum. 



p. 5, pi. 707. ff. 4596-7 ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 335, 1879, 



p. 529 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 66 ; id. Ann. Soc. 



Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 224; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 142; Berl.J.f. 



Orn. 1884, p. 311, 1887, p. 328. 

 Steganura remigera, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. Bnuni. p. 5, 



pi. 708. il 4601-2. 

 Steganura spatuligera, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. pp. 8, 24 ; id. Troch. 



Enum. p. 5, pi. 708. ff. 4598-9-600. 

 Steganurus remigerus, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 67. 

 Trochilus underwoodi, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 144. 



Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, tinged with 

 bronze on the forehead ; throat and breast glittering grass-green ; 

 abdomen and iinder tail-coverts shining grass-green ; tibial tufts 



