HYLON YMPHA. 



97 



coverts blue-black. Tail deep black. Bill red. Total length, 9 in. AVing, 2'^ in. 

 Tail, 6 2 in. Culmen, | in. 



Female. Top of head brown. Upper parts grass-green. Under surface white, 

 flanks green Tail, middle feathers bronze-green, next one black, bronze-green on 

 outer web, remainder black tipped witli white. 



Type. 



Genus XLVIII.— HYLONYMPHA. 



U ylonyviiiha, Gould, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 4th str.,vol.xii (1873), p. 429. if. macrocerca, Gould. 



Fig. 48. 



"Bylonympka macroccrea. cJ . Nortterii BraziL "Wliitel/. 



Ch. Bill longer than the head, stout, slightly curved; feathers of forehead 

 projecting forwards and covering the nostrils ; wings long, narrow, reaching to the 

 fork of the tail. Tail very long, deeply forked, the external rectrix twice the 

 length of the one next to it, very broad, narrowing to a point, the edges of the 

 webs curving slightly downwards. Feet small, tarsi partly clothed. 



Range. Northern Brazil. 



One species is known. 



The curious bird comprised in this genus, apparently connects the last one with 

 Thalurania. It is a large species, with a coloring similar to that of T. (jlaucopis. 



1. Hylonympha macrocerca. 



Hylonympha macrocerca. GotLD, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (1873), vol. sii, p. 4J9.— Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. 

 Mouch., torn, iii, p. 75. 



Hab. Northern Brazil. 



Male. Forehead and crown, metallic violet-blue, nape black, dark green when 

 viewed from behind. Upper parts very dark green, appearing velvety-black in 

 certain lights on the centre of the back, lightest on the rump and upper tail coverts. 

 Throat and breast metallic emerald-green ; flanks dark green ; abdomen black 

 washed with green ; thighs and under tail coverts brownish-black. Tail steel-blue. 



13 September. 1878. 



