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Lamprurua lumachcllus, Reich., Aiifz. dor Colib. (185.'!), p. 12. 

 Rhamphomicron (Lamprurus) lumachcllus, Reich., Troch. Kimiii., p. 10 (1855). 



Ilab. Brazil, Bahia. 



Male. Forehead, face, and throat himinous golden-green, bounded beneath by a 

 narrow line of greenish-blue, below which is a tuft of metallic reddish-orange. Top 

 of the head, ear coverts, and a narrow line on side of the throat velvety-black. On 

 either side of the reddish-tuft on breast is a narrow white bar. Ilest of plumage 

 of body shining bronze-green. Wings purplish-bronze. Tail metallic brouze-red. 

 Total length, 4j in. Wing, 2^ in. Tail, 1^ in. Culmen, | in. 



Female or yo^mg. Differs in having the top of the head green ; throat less lumi- 

 nous, and the tail a coppery-bronze, with the outer web of external rectrices grayish- 

 white near the tip. 



2. Augastes superbus. 



Trocliilus superbus, Vieii.i,., Ency. Mf th,, torn, ii, p. .i61. 



Trochilus srutatus, Natt., Temm. Plan. Col., no. 299, fig. 3. 



Ornismya nalerreri, Less., Ois. Moiich., p. 75, pi. 16 (1829). 



Hylocharis superba. Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 114, sp. 29. 



Augastes scutatus, Gould, Mod. Troch., vol. iv, pi. 221. — Id., Intr. Trocli., octavo ed., p. 123 (1861)! 



Augastes superbus, Bon., Coiisp. Gen. Av., vol. i, p. 84 (1850). — Reich., AuTz. der Colib., p. LS (185.'?). — In., 



Troch. Enum., p. 11 (18.55).— Box., Rov. and Mag. Zool. (18.54), p. 253.— Cab. and Hei.v., Mus. Hciu. Th., 



iii, p. 45 (1860). — MuLS., Hist. Nat, Ois. Mouch., torn, iii, p. 150. 



Hah. Brazil. 



Male. Forehead, face, and throat glittering emerald-green, these feathers forming 

 a point on the chest. Band across the crown and ear coverts black. A white spot 

 behind the eye. Upper surface bronzy-green. AVings purplish-brown. Under parts 

 indigo-blue, with a crescentic buffy-white mark on tlie upper part of chest broadest 

 beneath the green throat mark. Tail metallic-green, with a bluish gloss. Under 

 tail coverts whitewashed with green. Bill and feet black. Length, 3| in. Wing, 

 2 in. Tail, Ig in. Culmen, ]-J- in. 



Female differs in having the crescent mark white instead of buff, the abdomen 

 green instead of blue, under tail coverts pure white, and the outer rectrices tipped 

 with white. 



Genus LXXXVIL— PHLOGOPHILUS. 



Type. 



Phlogoph ilus, Goui.d. P. Z. S. (1860), p. 310. P- hemtleucurus, Gould. 



CJi. " Bill straight ; wings ample and rather rounded, Fig. U;j. 



tarsi long and bare; tail rather large and rounded; hind 

 toe and nail shorter than middle toe and nail." (Gould, 

 loc. cit.) 



Range. Ecuador. 



One species is attributed to this genus, which if it is 

 adult woidd seem to belong to the female sex, but if a 

 male is certainly immature. jt^;c,o;jhiu. v».i;™...™.. i:cu.j„r. 



