72 SYNOPSIS OF THE HUMMING-BIRDS. 



metallic-lilac, very brilliant. Under tail coverts dark maroon. Tail dark olive- 

 green. Upper tail coverts brilliant metallic light green. Bill black. Total length, 

 4f in. AVing, 2| in. Tail, 2^ in. Culmcn, l^ in. 



Female. Above grass-green. Eump metallic purplish-green. Beneath deep 

 buff, feathers of breast tipped with green ; those of the abdomen with metallic- 

 crimson. Under tail coverts green tipped with buff. Tail and wings like the male. 



Young. Throat buff, rest of under parts blackish-brown, streaked with white. 

 Rest of plumage like the female. 



3. Helianthea bonapartii. 



Ornismya honaparh'i, Bois?., Eev. Zool. (1840), p. 6. 



Trochilus aurogaster, Fras., P. Z. S. (1840), p. 16. 



Mellisuga bonapartu, Gray. Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 112, sp. 8. 



Eypochrysia bonapartii, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 9 (1853). — Id., Troch. Enum., p. 6, t. 734, figs. 4683-84. 



Helianthea bonapartii, Goui.d, Mon. Troch., vol. iv, pi. 236. — lu., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 130. — Bon., 



Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i, p. 74. — Id., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 251. — Cab. and Hei.n., Mus. Hein. 



Th., iii, p. 80 (I860).— Elliot, Ibis (1874), p. 332.— Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, ii, p. 295. 



Hob. Columbia. 



Male. Forehead metallic dark green. Rest of head, back, throat, and breast 

 deep shining green. Rump and upper tail coverts metallic coppery-red. Middle 

 of throat metallic purplish-blue. Abdomen brilliant metallic coppery-red. Under 

 tail coverts and tail bronze, the former sometimes edged with buff. Wings purple. 

 Bill black Total length, 4| in. Wing, 3 in. Tail, 2g in. Culmen, IJ^ in. 



Female. Above green, becoming metallic coppery-bronze on upper tail coverts. 

 Breast green ; throat and abdomen buff, the feathers of the latter tipped with 

 bronzy-red. Under tail coverts bronze margined with buff. Tail bronze. Bill black. 



4. Helianthea eos. 



Helianthea eos, Gould, P. Z. S. (1848), p. 11. — Id., Mon. Troch., vol. iv, pi. 237. — Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., 

 p. 131.— Elliot, Ibis (1874), p. 333.— Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., p. 75.— Id., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 

 251.— Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 79 (note 4) (1860). 



Mellisuga eos, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. iii, app., p. 5. 



Eypochrysia eos, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 9 (1853).- Id., Troch. Enum., p. 6, t. 733, figs. 4680-82. 



Calligenia eos, Mdls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, ii, p. 311. 



Hab. Mcrida, Venezuela. 



Male. Similar to the //. honajpartii, but differs in having the breast mctaUic 

 golden-yellow instead of green. The frontal and gular spots are much larger. 

 Abdomen and flanks metallic flame-color. Tail cinnamon tipped with bronzy- 

 green. Wings purple, secondaries rufous. Total length, 5| in. Wing, 3 in. 

 Tail, 21 in. Culmen, 11 in. 



Female. Similar to the male, but the colors much less brilliant, and is without 

 the frontal and gular spots The under parts resemble that of the females of the 

 H. bonapartii. 



