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Genus XCIII.— ADELOMYIA. 



Adelomyia. I?on., Rov. and ALii,'. Zool. (18.")4), p. '2r>3. 

 ^deZtsctt, Cab. anil IIkin., Mus. llein. Th., iii, p. 72 (1860). 



C/i. Bill about equal in length to the head, straight 

 Tail slightly rounded. Wings rather long; primaries 

 slightly curved inward near the tip. Tarsi naked. 

 Sexes alike. 



liange. Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and 

 Bolivia. 



I recognize four species belonging to this genus. 

 They are birds of small size and plain phimage, only one 

 having any conspicuous metallic hues, and these coniincd 

 to the throat. 



Key to the specws. 



A. Fndcr parts Ijuff; rufou.s on tlio flanks. Tliruat siiottcd with l)ro\vn. 



B. Under parts brown, witli brouze ruflectioiisj on the flanks. 



a. Throat .sixttli'd with blue. 



b. Throat spotted with green 



c. Throat spotted with dark brown. 



Tvi'K. 



T. mclanoijcitys, Fras. 

 T. nidwuHjevys, Fras. 



Fi<'. 101. 



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Adelumjjia i. 



^cw Grauada. 



1 . A. ccrvina. 



2. A. iiinrnatn. 

 ;i. .1. i-til(irf)!</tiln. 

 4. A. melanoijinijn. 



1. Adelomyia cervina. 



Adelomyia ccrvina, Gould, Ann. Mag. Nat. Ilist. (1.S72), p. 4,")3. — Mi-i.s., Hist. Nat. Ois. Muueli., ti)ni. iii, 

 p. 131. 



Hah. Columbia, Antioqiiia (Salmon). 



Adult. Head and upper parts bronzy-green. Under parts dark buff, oecoming 

 nifous on tlie flanks. Tliroat spotted or streaked with dark brown. AVings pur- 

 plish-brown. Tail dark bronze, witli a purple gloss near the tips in some spc^cimens, 

 all the feathers tipped witlx buff. Bill black, feet brown. Total length, Sj in. 

 Whig, 2 in. Tail, 1 ^ in. Culmen, ^ in 



2. Adelomyia inomata. 



Trcchilus ( ?) {nornalua, Gould, P. Z. S. (1810), p. 80. 



Mellisuga inomata, Gkay, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 112, sp. 34. 



Rhamphomicron inornalus. Box., Consp. Gen. A v., vol. i, p. 79 (18r)0). 



Adelomyia inomata, Gould, Mon. Ti-och., vol. iii, pi. 1<)7.— Id., Iiitr. I'roch., octavo rd.. p. 113 (18fil). — Mrt.s., 



Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., toni. iii, p. 127. — Bon., Kcv. and Mag-. Zool. { 1854), p. 2.")3. — Wyatt., ibis (1871), 



p. 377.— WioTEi.Y, P. Z. S. (1873), p. 189. 

 Metallura inomata, Rf.ioii., Aufz. dcr Colib., p. 8 (18.')3). — Id., Trocli. Knnni.. p. .I (1855). 

 Adelisca inomata. Cab. and Hein., Mus. Ilein. Th., iii, p. 72 (note) (18G0). 



Hah. Peru and Bolivia. 



Male. Uppcn- surface bronzy-green. I>ores rufous, and a buff stripe over the eye. 

 Ear coverts brownish-black. Under surface brown inclining to rufous on tlie flanks 



