16 Genera of Huni-nnng Birds. 



thigh, pure white. Wiugs dark purplu. Tail purplish-black. 

 Bill black. 



Total length, 3|in. Wing, If. Tail, \\. Culmen, |. 

 Female. — Upperside goldeu-green, excepting the rump which 

 is buff. Throat, breast and abdomen deep buff. Sides of 

 the neck and breast brown. Median rectrices buff at base, 

 then black slightly tipped buff, lateral buff with a black 

 spot in centre of internal edge. Bill black. Same length 

 as male. 



22. AcESTRUBA HELiODOBi, Bourc, Rev. Zool., 1840, 



p. 275. 



Mellisuga heliodori. Gray, Gen. Birds. Vol. I., p. 113. 



Calothorax hcliodori. Bon, Consp. Gen. Av., 1850, Vol. I., p. 85, 



Lucifer heliodori, Reich, Troch. Enum., 1855, y>. 10. 



Chaetocercus heliodori, Cab and Heine, Mus. Hein., 1860, p. 60. 



Heliodore's Wood star, Goiild, Mon. Troch. Vol. III., p. 117. 



IJAcesture if Heliodore, Muls, Hist. Nat. Ois., m. t, iv., p. 121. 



Habitat, Columbia. 



Male. — Upperside, abdomen and undertail-coverts dark 

 grass-green. Throat metallic violet-red, feathers elongated 

 on the sides. Breast greyish- white. A patch of white on the 

 'flanks. Wings purplish-brown. Tail brownish black. 



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



Female. — Upperside golden-green. Lores and ear-coverts 

 dark brown. Underside deep buff. Tail deep buff with sub- 

 terminal black bar. Bill black. 



Same length as male. 



Very abundant in Columbia. 



23. AcESTRUBA DECOBATA, Gould, P.Z.S,, 1860, p y09. 



Decorated Wood star, Gould, Mon. Troch. Vol. III., p. 146. 



Habitat, Merida (Venezuela). 



Both sexes of this species are exactly like the preceeding, 

 but the feathers of the throat are not so prolongated, and 

 the colour is of a more metallic lilac red ; but I doubt very 

 much if this is sufficient to consider it as a distinct species. 



I have several specimens of both sexes sent to me from 

 Merida, Venezuela. 



