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SYNOPSIS OP THE HUMMING-BIRDS. 



6. ^Steganura cissiura. 



Spathura cissiura, Gould, P. Z. S. (1853), p. 109.— Id., Mod. Troch., vol. iii, pi. 166.— Id., Intr. Troch., octavo 



ed., p. 100 (1861). 

 Steganurus cissiurus. Cab. and Hein., Mus. Heiu. (1860) Th., iii, p. 66 (note 4). 

 Uralia cissiura, MnLS., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., vol. iii, p. 265 (1876). 



Hab. Peru. 



Male. "General plumage hronzy-grcen; wings purplish-brown; four outer tail 

 feathers purplish steel-black ; under surface green, paler on the throat ; thighs 

 thickly plumed and of a reddish-buff. Total length, 4| in. Bill, | in. Wing, If 

 in. Tail, 2j| in." (Gould, 1. c.) 



Female. Unknown. 



This species is easily recognized from having the outermost rcctrix webbed for its 

 entire length. Two specimens only are known, brought by Warszewicz from Peru. 



Genus LXXIV.— LODDIGESIA. 



Type. 

 Loddigesia, Goui.d, Mon. Trocli., vol. iii. — Id., Intr. Troch., octavo cd., p. 99 (1861). T. mirabils, Bourc. 

 Loddig i oriiis, Bon., Conipt. Rend., p. 381 (1850). T. mirabils. Bourc. 



Mulsantia, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 12 (1853). T. mirabilis, Bourc. 



Th aumatoe ssa, Hein., Journ. f iir Ornith. (18G3), p. 209. T. mirabilis, Bourc. 



Fig. 82. 



Xoddiyena mirabilia. ^ . (From Gould.) 



Ch. "Bill straight, longer than the head; wings diminutive; primaries rounded 

 at the tip ; outer tail feathers on each side very much prolonged, and terminating 

 in a large spatule." 



Range. Peru. 



