PH^OL^MA. 



Genus XXIII.— PH/EOL^MA. 



Ph iiiola ima , Reich., Aufz. der Colib. (1853), p. 9. 



Ch. Bill longer than the head, stout, slightly 

 curved ; nostrils covered by frontal plumes ; wings 

 long, narrow, and pointed ; tail rather short, slightly 

 forked. Tarsi partly covered, feet moderate. Sexes 

 alike in plumage. 



Rancje. Columbia and Ecuador. 



Two species are known. 



Key to the species. 



A. Under surface dark buff, glossed with metallic-green. 



a. Centre of crown metallic grass-grcon. 



b. Entire crown shining gi'ass-green. 



TypE. 

 T. rubtnvidcs, Bourc. 



Fig. 23. 



J*ltuulumtt ruhitiuittea, (Jut/. Bogota. Gould. 



1. T. ruhinoides. 

 _?. T. sequalorialis. 



1. Phaeolaema rubinoides. 



Trochihis ruhinoides, Bourc. aiul Mui.s., Ann. Soc. d'Agr., Lyon (184C), p. 322. 

 Mellisuga rubinoides. Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 112. 

 Hcliomaster rubinoides, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., p. 70 (1850). 



Phaiolaima ruhinoides, Reich., Aufz. dor Colib., p. 9 (1853). — Id., Troch. Enuni., pi. 743, figs. 470-4-5 (1855). 

 ClytolcBina ruhinoides, Bo.v., Rev. and Mug. Zool. (1854), p. 254. 

 Heliodoxa ruhinoides, Reiciienb., Troch. Enum.. p. 6, pi. 743, figs. 4704-5 (1855). 

 Phceolcema granadensis, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Ilein. Th., iii, p. 30 (note) (I8C0). 



Phceolcema rubinoides, Goui-d, Mon. Troch., vol. iv, pi. 268. — Id., Intr. Troch., octavo cd., p. 142. — Mils., flist. 

 Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, ii, p. 221. 



Ilab. Columbia. 



Male. Head dark grass-green, with the front and a line in the centre of the 

 crown brilliant metallic-green. Upper parts dark green. Chin and sides of neck 

 shining green. Centre of throat metallic-purple. Breast dark buff. Under parts 

 dark buff glossed with green. Upper tail coverts coppery-red ; under tail coverts 

 olive-green margined with buff. Tail bronzy olive-green. Wings purple. Total 



length, 4:j in. Wing, 2f in. Tail, 2 in. Culmen, -^ 

 Female like the male, without metallic throat spot. 



in. 



2. Phaeolaema aequatorialis. 



Phwoleema cequatorialis, Gould, Mon. Troch. (18G0), vol. iv, pi. 204. — Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 143. — 



Cab. and Hein., Mus. Heiu. Th., iii, p. 31 (note) (18C0). 

 Phceolcema rubinoides, Sclat., P. Z. S. (1859), p. 145. 

 Phceolcema mquatorialis, Muls., llist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, ii, p. 223. 



Hab. Ecuador. 



Male. Precisely like the P. ruhinoides, though slightly larger in size, and the 

 entire top of the head is a rather dull dark green without the metallic lustre which 



