Genera of Humtniuff Birds. 71 



Coppery tail, Gould, Mon.Troch, vol. iii., p. 191. 



La Metalliire a queue cuivrcusc, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. 

 Mou., 1876, t. iii., p. III. 



Habitat. — Peru and Bolivia. 



Male. — Upperside purplish black, with metallic reflections 

 in certain lights. Tail above shining-bronze with metallic 

 reddish purple reflections, beneath fiery-red in certain lights. 

 Throat spotted with a long narrow band, metallic green. All 

 the rest of underside, purplish-black. Wings bronzv-brown. 

 Bill black. 



Total length, 5in. Wing, 3. Tail, 2\. Culmen, f. 



Female. — I'nknown. 



*97. MElAM.rKA Jklskvi, Cab. Journ. fur Ornith., 1874, p. 99. 



Metallura cupreicauda, Tacz. P.Z.S., 1874, p. 544. 



Jelsky's Copper Tail. Cjould, Mon. Troch. Suppl., 1886, 

 p. 63. 



La Met allure de J el sky. 



Habitat. — Peru. 



Male. — Entire plumage black, of a dull silky texture, pre- 

 senting under certain lights, when viewed from behind, a 

 slight lustre of bluish or reddish-violet, according to the light. 

 Tail-coverts brownish-black, 'glossed with bronzy or reddish- 

 copper. Fore part of the throat ornamented with scaley 

 feathers of a dark and brilliant emerald-green. Anal region 

 downy and white. Undertail coverts bronzy, with a violet 

 reflection and bordered with pale reddish. Wing-coverts dull 

 coppery-bronze, taking under certain lights a lustre of reddish- 

 violet, similar to that of the general plumage. Quills brown, 

 glossed with bronzy-olive and violet in their terminal parts. 

 Tail slightly emarginate, the tail feathers broad, the middle 

 ones slightly rounded, the others rather pointed at the ex- 

 tremity, of a dark coppery-bronze, taking a lustre of more 

 reddish or violet, according to the direction of the light, and 

 changing to a fine brilliant greenish-blue ; lower part of the 

 tail coppery-red or violet, more brilliant than the upper 

 surface. Bill straight, black; much longer than the head; a 

 little less than half the body. Feet black, with the tarsus 

 entirely bare. 



Female. — ^Above dusky-black ; brownish below, wdth the 

 same violet lustre as the male. Forehead pale brownish-gray, 



