Genera of Humming Birds. 245 



one twice as long as the longest lateral rectrices, having the 

 shaft bare of webs for a portion of its length, and terminating 

 in a spatula. Tarsi hidden in a tuft of downy feathers. Hind 

 toe and nail shorter than the middle toe and nail. Sexes 

 unlike. 



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



345. Steganura UNDERWOODI, Less., Troch, 1831, p. 105. 

 Ornismya kieneri, Less., Troch, 1831, p. 165. 

 Mellisuga underwoodi, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 113. 

 Steganurus spatuligerus, Reich., Aufz., der Colib, 1853, 



P- 8- 



Spathura underwoodi, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. 111., p. 162. 



White-footed Racket-tail, Gould, Mon. Troch, vol. iii., 

 p. 162. 



La Stenagure d' Underwood, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 [877, t. iv., p. 255. 



la Spathure d' Under^vood. 



Habitat. — Colombia and Venezuela. 



Male. — Upperside shining green. Median rectrices bronze- 

 green, laterals bronze-green on outer web, rest bluish-black, 

 outermost ones brownish-black; shafts grayish-brown, very 

 apparent up to the spatula, which is bluish-black with a 

 bronzy dark bluish-green spot at tip. Chin jet black. 

 Throat and breast luminous metallic grass-green. Rest of 

 underside bronzy-green. Tarsal tufts white. Bill black. 

 Feet flesh colour. 



Total length, S^in. Wing, if. Tail, 3|-. Culmen, ^. 



Female. — Upperside shining green, bronzy on head. 

 Median rectrices shining bronze-green, laterals bronze-green 

 on outer webs, bluish-black on inner, with white tips, outermost 

 ones bluish-black margined with brown on outer and inner 

 webs, and with white tips. Underside white spotted with 

 green. Undertail-coverts rufous. 



Total length, 3in. Wing, if. Tail, if. Culmen, ^. 



Young Male. — Exactly coloured like the female, with more 

 green spots on the underside and outermost rectrices, with 

 spatula of the same length as adult males. The spatula 

 is longer and narrower than in the adults, and sometimes 

 margined with white at tips. 



