LESBIA. _ 14-7 



brown. Bill black. Total length, o§ in. Wing, 2^'^ in. Tail, 3| in. Culiiicn, 



-5- in 



Female. Upper snrface golden-green. Outer rectrices, much shorter than those 

 of the male, brown, the basal two-thirds of the outer web, shaft, and tip buff. 

 Under surfiice white speckled with bronzy-green. Bill black. Total length, 41 in. 

 Wing, 1| in. Tail, 2§ in. Culraen, -^-^ in. 



Obs. I have placed the L. gracilis, Gould, as a synonym of the present species, 

 for with ample materials before me to judge, I cannot find any difference sufficient 

 in my opinion to separate them. The rectrices vary in width, and this character 

 is evidently not to be relied upon, any more than is the extent of their green or 

 buff coloring. — I also consider the L. chIoru,ra, Gould, to be the same as this 

 species, an examination of the type having failed to convince me of its claims to a 

 distinct specific rank. 



. 2. Lesbia nuna. 



Ornismya nuna. Less., Supp. Ois. Mouch., p. 169. pi. 35 ? juv. % . 



Ornismya gouldi. D'Orb. ami L.^fres., Syn. Av., ii. p. 27, sp. 5 (1838). 



Ornismya nuna-koalz, Delattr. and Less., Rev. Zool. (1839), p. 19. 



Lesbia nuna, Gould, Mon. Trocli., vol. iii, pi. 169. — Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 101 (1861). — Muls., Hist. 



Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, iii, p. 291 (1876).— Elliot, Ibis (1877), p. 135. 

 Cynanthus bifurcatus, Bon., Oonsp. Gen. Av. (185(1), p. 81. — Id., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854). p. 252. 

 Lesbia bif areata, Reich., Aiifz. der Colib., p. 8 (1853).— Id., Troch. Enum., p. 5. pi. 716, figs. 4624-25? (1855). 

 Psalidoprymna bi/urcala, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Ilein. Th., iii, p. 53 (1860) (partim). 



Hab. Peru. 



Male. Upper surface, breast, and under parts dark bronzy-green. Throat covered 

 by a rounded gorget of metallic grass-green. Wings purplish-brown. Rectrices 

 black at base, all but the outermost ones with their apical half metallic grass-green; 

 the outermost one black for its entire length with luminous green tips, and the 

 basal half of outer web buffy-white. Under tail coverts green margined with buff. 

 Thighs white. Bill black. Total length, 7| in. Wing, 1| in. Tail, 5^ in. 

 Culmen, ^^ in. 



Female. Upper parts bronzy-green. Under surface white spangled with green, 

 and a few metallic-golden spots on the throat. Under tail coverts buffy-white. Tail 

 colored like that of the male but much shorter, the outer web of outermost feather 

 being buffy-white nearly to the tip. Bill black. Total length, 4^ in. Wing, 2 in. 

 Tail, 2g in. Culmen, j\ in. 



3. Lesbia eucharis. 



Trochilus eucharis. Bodrc, Rev. Zool. (1848), p. 274. 



Lesbia eucharis, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 8. — Id., Troch. Enum.. p. 5. — Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii, pi. 171. 



—Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 102 (1861).— Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., toui. iii, p. 289 (1876). 

 Cynanthus eucharis, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 252. 



Hab. Columbia. 



Male. Entire upper surface, breast, abdomen, and flanks bronzy-green. Throat 

 metallic grass-green. Vent and under tail coverts buff, the latter with green cen- 

 tres. Wings purplish-brown, liectrices brownish-black, largely tipped witli grass- 



