J90 SYNOPSIS OP THE HUMMING-BIRDS. 



Adult. Head, neck, and upper tail coverts coppery-red. Back and wing coverts 

 shinin"- frcen. Wings purple-brown. Under parts shining green with a coppery- 

 lustre, lightest on the throat. Abdomen buff. Under tail coverts shining green, 

 margined with buflf. Tarsal tufts pale brown. Tail bronze at the base, passing to 

 black at the tips. Bill black ; feet light brown. Total length, 3| in. Wing, 2| 

 in. Tail, If in, Culmen, | in. (Type in my collection.) 



3. Eriocnemis aureliae. 



Trochiliis aureh'ce, BouRC. and Mur,s., Ann. Soc. Agr., Lyon (1846), p. 315, pi. 10.— Id., Rev. Zool. (1846), p. 310. 



Hylocharis aureliae, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 114, sp. 8. 



En'opus aureticB, Box., Consp. Gen. A v., vol. i, p. 80 (IS.'iO). 



Eriocnemis aureliw, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 9 (18.53). — Id., Troch. Enura., p. 6, pi. 727, figs. 4660-Cl. — 



Gould, Mon. Troth., vol. iv, pi. 283. — Id., Intr. Trocli., octavo ed., p. 140 (1861). — Muls., Hist. Nat. 



Ois. Mouch., toni. iii, p. 51 (1875).— Elliot, Ibis (1872). p. 295. 

 Eriocnemys aureliw, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 252. 

 Eriocnemys russata, Godld, P. Z. S. (1871), p. 505. 



JIab. Columbia and Ecuador. 



Adult. Upper surface bronzy-green with a rufous tinge on the head. Upper tail 

 coverts coppery-bronze. Under surface bronzy-green, almost black on the tliroat; 

 featlicrs of the vent fringed with white. Tarsal tufts pale chestnut and white. 

 Under tail coverts grass-green. Bill black, feet flesh-color. Tail bluish-black. 

 Total length, 4 in. Wing, 2| in. Tail, If in. Culmen, f in. (Type in my col- 

 lection.) The bill varies slightly in length among individuals, some reaching an 

 inch in length; this is the E. russata of Gould. 



4. Eriocnemis squamata. 



Eriocnemis squamata, Gould, P. Z. S. (1860), p. 311. — Id., Mon. Troch., vol. iv, pi. 281. — Id., Intr. Troch., 

 octavo ed., p. 140 (1801).- Elliot, Ibis (1872), p. 295. — Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, iii, p. 55 

 (1875). 



ITah. Ecuador. 



Adult. Upper surface bronzy-green, inclining to coppery-bronze on the head and 

 upper tail coverts. Under parts dark leaden-gray, washed witli green on the flanks, 

 and the feathers of the throat edged with white. Front part of tarsal tufts white, 

 hind portion buff. Tail blue-black. Wings purplish-brown. Bill black, feet 

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



5. Eriocnemis lugens. 



En'opus lugens, Oould, .Tard. Contr. Ornith. (1851), p. 140. 



Eriocnemys hcgms, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (18.54), p. 252. 



Eriocnemis (Threptria) lugens, Reich., Troch. Enum., p. 6, pi. 740, figs. 4695-96.— Id., Aufz. der Colib.. p. 



9 (1853). 

 Eriocnemis lugens, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iv, pi. 282.— Id.. Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 146 (1861).— Elliot, 



Ibis (1872), p. 295.— Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., turn, iii, p. 53 (1875). 



Hub. Ecuador. 



