258 Genera of Htimming Birds. 



^367. Eriocnemis incultus, Elliot, Auk, 1889, p.p. 209-210. 



Dark violet Puji-leg. 



I'Eriocnetnis violet-obscur. 



Habitat.— Bogota.. (?) 



Crown of head, upper parts of body, and uppertail-coverts 

 bluish-black ; the feathers on rump and uppertail-coverts 

 margined with rufous. Throat and centre of breast dull lead- 

 colour, feathers of the throat edged with white. Wings deep 

 purple. Sides of breast bluish-black. Flanks black with a 

 deep brownish reflection. Abdomen white spotted with 

 brown. Tail steel-blue, nearly square at tip. Feathers of 

 undertail-coverls gray in centre, glossed with green, and edged 

 wdth white. Thigh tufts white. Bill black, base of mandible 

 flesh-colour. Feet black. 



Length of Wing, 2-^2\.n. Tail, ly-^-. Culmen, ^9^. 



(Elliot's loc. cit.). 



The specimen from which the above description was taken 

 is unique in the American Museum of Natural History. It is 

 not in fully adult plumage. It comes close to E. dyse/ius, 

 which species, is from Colombia, not Ecuador, as stated by Mr. 

 Elliot. 



In my opinion it is the same species, and probably also 

 a melanism of E. cupreiventris. 



368. Eriocnemis simplex, Gould, P.Z.S., 1849, p. 96. 



Dark Puff-leg. 



r Eriocnemis obscur. 



Na b ita t .— -Colombia.. 



Male. — Much darker than E. cupreiventris, and without 

 any glittering colours, the general tint being very dark 

 greenish olive-bronze, rather more rufescent on the upper 

 surface, and darker on the crown. 



I am of the same opinion as Mr. Salvin about this bird, 

 which is probably another doubtful form of E. cupreiventris. 



"^369. Eriocnemis SAPPHiROPYGiA, Tacz., P. Z.S., 1874, p. 139. 



Sapphire-vented Puff-les[, Gould, Mon. Troch., Suppl., 

 1886, p. 71. 



