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SYNOPSIS OF THE HUMMING-BIRDS. 



the four median feathers tipped with Avhite. Bill black, feet brown. Total length, 

 4| in. Wing, 2§ in. Tail, 2i in. Culmen, | in. 



Female. Exactly like the female of U. henjamini, but slightly larger and with a 



longer bill. 



2. Urosticte benjamini. 



Trochiliis benjamini, Bourc, Compt. Rend. (1851), torn, xxsii, p. 187. 



Urosticte benjamini. Gould, Mon. Trocli. (pt. vi), vol. iii, pi. 190. — Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 110. — Bon., 



Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 253. — Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, iii, p. 101. 

 Urosticta benjamini, Reich., .Aufz. dor Colib., p. 13 (1853). 

 Basilinna benjamini, Reich., Troch. Enum., p. 1 1 (1855). 



Hah. Ecuador. 



Male. General plumage of body grass-gi'een. Throat luminous green, beneath 

 which is a conspicuous spot of dark violet. Behind the eye a small white spot. 

 Wings purplish-brown. Tail bronzy-purple. Four middle rectrices extensively 

 tipped with white. Bill black; feet brownish. Total length, 3| in. Wing, 1| in. 

 Tail, 1| in. Culmen, ^ in. 



Young male differs only in having the throat rufous. 



Female. Head and upper surface green. White spot behind the eye. Under 

 parts Avhite spangled with green. Tail bronze, all the feathers but the median 

 pair tipped with white. Bill black. 



Between Urosticte and Eustephanus, the one we now reach, tiiere is a con- 

 siderable gap, and there are no species yet known by which we can bridge it over. 

 The three recognized species of Eustephanus are large birds, the metallic hues of 

 their plumage being confined to the top of the head. In two species the females 

 possess an entirely ditterent dress, and from the fact that their crowns were also 

 metallic they were for a long time supposed to represent a distinct species, which 

 is now known not to be the fact. — These two species are island forms. 



Genus XLV.— EUSTEPHANUS. 



Les Siphaniodes, Less!., Ind. Gen. et Syn. du Gcnr. Troch. (1832), p. xxix. 

 Eustephanus, Reich., Syst. Av. Nat, pi. 40 (1849). 

 Sephanoides, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av. (1850), p. 82. 

 Thaumasle, Reich., Aufz. dcr Colibri., p. 14 (1853). 

 Stukosiella, "Reich.", Bon., Ann. Sc. Nat. (1854), p. 138. 



Ch. Bill short, straight, rather stout, sub- 

 cylindrical, pointed. Nostrils covered with 

 feathers. Wings ample long. Tail rather 

 rounded. Tarsi clothed. Sexes unlike in 

 plumage. 



Range. Chili, and the islands of Juan Fer- 

 nandez and Masafuera. 

 Three species are known. 



Type. 



T. galeritus, Molin. 

 T. galeritus, Molin. 

 7'. galeritus, Molin. 

 T.fernandensis, King. 

 T.fernandensis, King.! 



Fig. 45. 



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