Genera of Hiniiim'ng Birds. 17 r 



from Veragua, is that the two outermost rectrices on each side 

 of tail are white, to a longer extent than in E. eximia, margined 

 and tipped with bluish-black. 



Genus LXXII. Callipharus, Elliot, Syn. H. Birds, 



1879, p. 211. 



Clotho, Muls., Cat. Ois. Mou., 1875, p. 9, (name already 

 employed). 



Type : — E. nicrriventris, Lawrence. 



Bill about as long as the head, straight, wide at base, gradu- 

 ating to a point at the tip. Frontal feathers not projecting 

 on the culmen. Winofs lono- and broad for their lensTth. Tail 

 moderate, slightly rounded. Undertail-coverts reaching half 

 the length of the rectrices. Feet small. Tarsi partly clothed. 

 Sexes entirely unlike. " Elliot, loc. cit." 



Habitat. — Costa Rica and Veragua. 



247 Callipharus nigriventris, Lawr., Proceed. Acad. Nat. 

 Scien., Phil., 1867, p. 232. 



Eupheriisa (Clotho) nigriventris, Muls., Cat. Ois. Mou., 

 1875, p. 9. 



Thaiiniatias nigriventris, Sclat and Salv., Nomencl., 1873, 

 p. 92. 



Black-bellied Huvnnin^-bird, Gould, Mon. Troch., Suppl., 

 1886, p. 83. 



r Eupheruse a ventre fioir, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1874, t. i., p. 270. 



Habitat. — Costa Rica and Veragua. 



Male. — Forehead jet-black. Upperside golden-green Four 

 central rectrices dark greenish-bronze, the rest pure white 

 tipped with brownish-black. Wing-coverts golden-green. 

 Secondaries chestnut with purple tips, rest purplish. Under- 

 side jet-black. Flanks washed with bronze feathers. Vent 

 and undertail coverts white. Bill and feet black. 



Total length, 3in. Wing, 2. Tail, if. Culmen, \. 



Eeviale. — Upperside bronzy-green. Median rectrices dark 

 greenish-bronze, tipped black, remainder white. Underside 

 ashy-gray. Wing like that of male. Bill black. Same size 

 as male. 

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