126 Genera of Humming Birds. 



Habitat. — Novo-Friburgo (Brazil.) 



Male. — ? The whole of the body, including the upper 

 and undertail-coverts, iridescent pale green, and light coppery 

 red, most brilliant on the throat ; the deeply-forked tail steely 

 dark brown, each feather tipped with a more bronzy or 

 purplish hue, which is seen only in certain lights ; upper 

 mandible and the tip of the lower one black, the remainder 

 of the latter apparent reddish fiesh-colour (Gould, loc. cit.) 



Total length, 3iin. Wing, i^-V Tail, li. Bill, f. 



Female. — Unknown. 



It is a very rare species, and one of my desiderata. It has 



been discovered by Mr. Reeves, at Novo-Friburgo. 



Genus LVI. Ptochoptera, Elliot, Ibis, 1874, p. 261. 



Type : T. iolaema, Pelzen. 



Bill moderately long, straight, sharply pointed. Wings 

 extremely short, a little over one-third the entire length of 

 the bird. Tail long, deeply forked. Feathers narrow, outer 

 ones curving slightly inwards. Tail-coverts very long, reaching 

 to the fork of the tail. (Elliot, loc. cit.) 



Habitat. — Brazil. 



^176. Ptochoptera iolaema, Reich, Aufz. der Col., 1853, 



p. 8. 



Thalurania iolae?na, Von Pelz., Ornith. Braz., p. 57. 



Natterer's Wood Nyjnph, Gould, Mon. Troch. Suppl., p. 48. 



Le Ptochoptere a gorge verte, Muls., Hist. Nat Ois. Mou., 



1875, t. ii., p. 89. 



Habitat — Brazil. 



Male. — Top of head and nape dull dark green, entire upper 

 parts grass-green, only slightly metallic. The tail-coverts are 

 a lighter green than the back, and reach to the fork of the tail. 

 Throat pale metallic grass-green. Rest of underparts pale 

 smoky-brown, with some of the flank feathers tipped with 

 grass-green. Undertail-coverts long, same colour as the 

 abdomen, with a slight metallic greenish lustre on the centre 

 of feathers. Tail long, deeply forked, dark purplish-brown. 

 Feathers very narrow. Wings purplish-brown. Bill and feet 

 black. 



