182 SYNOPSIS OF THE HUMMING-BIRDS. 



with bronzy reflections ; and the feathers of the throat tipped with blue. Win^s 

 purple-brown. Tail bronze, tips buff, and a purple gloss beneath the buff. Bill 

 black. Feet flesh-color. Total length, 3| in. Wing, 2 in. Tail, 1| in. Cul- 

 men, ^^ in. 



Female difi"ers in having the throat spotted with brown. 



3. Adelomyia chlorospila. 



AdHomyia chlorospila, Gould, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (1872), p. 452. — Whitely, P. Z. S. (1873), p. 189. — 

 Mci,s., Hist. Nat. Ois. Moucli., torn, iii, p. 128 (1876). 



Hab. Peru. 



Adult. Upper parts bronzy-green, darkest on the head ; white spot behind the 

 eye, and a buff stripe over it. Ear coverts black. Under parts pale buff", washed 

 with green on the flanks, and the throat spotted with light green. Wings purplish- 

 brown. Tail bronze with a purple gloss, and tipped with buff". Bill black, feet 

 flesh-color. Total length, 3^ in. Wing, 2g in. Tail, Ig in. Culmen, | in. 



Only to be distinguished from ^4. iiioniata by the green spots on the throat, which, 

 however, are very small and indistinct. 



4. Adelomyia melanogenys. 



Trochi'lus vndanogenys, Fras., P. Z. S. (1840), p. 18. 



Trochilus sabtnce, Bodrc. and Muls., Ann. Soc. Ag., Lyon (184G), p. 323. — Id., Ecv. Zool. (184G), p. 316. 



Mellisuga sabinw. Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 112, sp. 33 (1844-49). 



Mellisuga melanogenys, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 112, sp. 35. 



Rhamphomtcron sahince, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., p. 79 (1850). 



Rhamphomicron melanogenys, Bo.v., Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i, p. 79 (1850). 



Adelomyia melanogenys, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii, pi. 198. — Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 113.— Muls., 



Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, iii, p. 131 (1876). 

 Mefallura sabina?, Rkich., Aufz. dcr Colib., p. 8 (1853).— Id., Troch. Enum., p. 5, pi. 720, figs. 4030-37 (1855). 

 Adelomyia sabina, Bo.\., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 253. 

 Adelisca melanogenys. Cab. and ITein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 72 (18G0). 

 Adelomyia maculata, Gould, Mon. Troch., pi. 199.— Id., Inlr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 113 (1861). 



Hah. Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru. 



Adult. Upper surface golden-green. A white line behind the eye. Ear coverts 

 brownish-black. Under surface brownish-white, washed with rufous and spotted 

 with green on the flanks. Throat spotted with brown. Wings purplish-brown. 

 Eectrices bronzy-brown, with the basal half of inner webs, and tips of the lateral 

 ones buffy-white. Bill black. Length, 3| in. Wing, 2J in. Tail, If in. Cul- 

 men, I iu. 



