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brown. Tail bronze above with blue reflections; beneath luminous grass-green. 

 Bill and feet black. Total lengtli, ;3| in. Wing, 2^ in. Tail, 2 in. Culnien, 

 ^ in. From typical example in my collection. 

 Female. Unknown. 



5. Metallura aeneicauda. 



Trochilvs { f) ceneicauda, Gould, P. Z. S. (1846), p. 87. 



Mellisuga ceneicauda, Gray, Geu. Birds, vol. i, p. 113, sp. 44. 



Metallura oeneicauda, Bon.. Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i, p. 75 (18.50).— Goni.D, Men. Troch., vol. iii. pi. 192. — Td., 



Iiitr. Troch., octavo ed., p. Ill (1861).— Reich., Trocli. Kiium., p. o, pi, 720. figs. 46S4-36.— Id., .\ufz. 



der Colib., p. 8 (IB.'iS).— Mui.s., Hist. Nat. Ois. Moucli., torn. iii. p. .— Wnr.Ei,Y, P. Z. S. (1873), p. I'Jl. 

 Aglaeadis wneicauda, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (18.i4), p. 2.53. 

 Urolampra aeneicauda. Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. (1860) Th., iii, p. 08. 



Hah. Peru and Bolivia. 



Male. Upper surface bronzy-green. Throat luminous metallic-green. Under 

 surface bronzy-green on the flanks, centre of breast and abdomen mingled green 

 and brown. Under tail coverts pale bronze-green margined with rufous. Wings 

 purple-brown. Tail, metallic-bronze above changing to blue in certain lights, 

 beneath luminous green. Wliite spot behind the eye. Bill and feet black. 

 Length, 4g in. W^ing, 2^-^ in. Tail, 2 in. C'ulmen, | in. 



Female. Differs in having the under surface brown, each feather tipped with 

 bronzy-green. Centre of abdomen buff. Tail colored like the male, but the lateral 

 feathers are tipped with buff. Bill and feet black. 



6. Metallura primolina. 



Metallura primolina, Bourc, Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1853), p. 295. — Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Monch., torn, iii, p. 



113. 

 Metallura primolinus, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii, pi. 194. — Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 253. 

 Metallura primolina, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 8 (1855). — Id., Troch. Enum., p. 5 (IBSS-). 

 Vrolampra primolina, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii (1800), p. 68 (note 5). 

 Metallura primal ii, Gould, Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 112 (1801). 



Hah. Ecuador. Vicinity of Laguano, on the banks of the Napo. 



Female?. Upper surface bronzj-green. Under surface has the base of the 

 feathers rufous-white, darkest on the throat and abdomen, tips bronzy-green. 

 Wings purplish-brown. Tail luminous bronzy-green changing to purple in certain 

 lights, on the upper surface ; and metallic huninous grass-green on the under sur- 

 face; the three outermost feathers tipped with brownish-gray. Bill and feet black. 

 Total length, S^\ in. Wing, 2j5g- in. Tail, 1^ in. Culmen, ^'e i"- From Bour- 

 ceir's specimen in my collection. 



7. Metallura Tvilliami. 



Trochiliis williami, Bourc. and Pelattre, Rev. Zool. (1840), p. 308. 



Mellisuga williami, Grat, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 112, sp. 38. 



Metallura williami, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av. (1850), vol. i, p. 75.— Reich., Troch. Knum., p. 5 (1855).- Id., Anfz. 



der Colib., p. 8 (1853).— Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 253.— (iori.i), Mon. Troch., vol. iii, pi. 193. 



—Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 112 (1861).— Mui.s., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, iii, p. 114 (1876). 

 Urolampra irilliami, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 08 (note 6). 



Hah. Columbia. 



