y8 Genera of Hiniiuiiiig Bi)ds. 



107. AVOCETTINUS KIRVPIKKL-S, Locld., P.Z.S., 1832, p. 7. 

 Trochilus georginae, Rourc, P.Z.S.. 1847, p. 48. 

 Polytmus eurypterus, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. log. 

 Avocettida eurypterus, Reich, Aufz. der Col., 1853, p. 6. 



Delattria georgina, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool., 1854, 

 p. 256. 



Opisthoprora eurypterus, Cab. and Hein., Mils. Hein., 

 i860, t. iii, p. 76. 



Purple tailed Avocet, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii., p. 200. 



L'Avocettin euryptere, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1876, 

 t. ii., p. 265. 



Habitat. — Columbia. 



Male. — Head bronze, rest of upperside bronzy-green. 

 Median rectrices bronze, lateral bronzy-black with a green 

 o-loss, outermost tipped with buffy-white. Throat, breast, and 

 centre of abdomen grayish-white, each feather tipped with 

 green. Sides of neck, breast, abdomen, and flanks, shining 

 oreen with rufous tinge. Lower part of abdomen, and 

 undertail-coverts rufous, slightly tinged with green. Wings 

 purplish-brown. Bill and feet black. 

 ' Total length, 4in. Wing, 2^. Tail, 2 Culmen, \. 



Female (?). — Seems to be coloured exactly as the male, 

 with outermost rectrices tipped white. 



It is still a rare species in the collections. The type, which 

 I believe is still in the Loddiges collection, was sent from 

 Popayan. 



Genus XXXVllI. Adelomyia, Bonaparte. Rev. and Mag., 



Zool., 1854, p. 253. 



AdelisCA, Cab. and Heine., Mus. Hein., i860, t. iii., p. 72. 



Type : T. melanogcnys, Fraser. 



Bill straight, about equal to the length of the head. Tail 

 slightly rounded. Middle rectrices about the same length as 

 the lateral, outermost shortest. Wings long, primaries slightly 

 curved inward near the tips. Tarsi naked. Sexes alike. 



Habitat. — Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 



