284 Genera of Humiuiiig Birds. 



Lower part of abdomen rufous. Undertail-coverts olive- 

 green, edged with gray and rufous. 



Total length, 4fin. Wing, 2\. Tail, if. Culmen, f. 



This species is abundant in Colombia, but rarer elsewhere. 

 I am of the same opinion as Mr. Elliot about the difficulty 

 of separating the specimens from Venezuela, Peru and 

 Bolivia, having in my collection some specimens from 

 Colombia, exactly like those from Venezuela and Bolivia, 

 known as H. otero and H. splendens. They vary very much 

 in colouration. 



Type of Bourcier from Colombia in my collection. It is 

 labelled Leadbeatera leadbeateri. It was dedicated by him 

 to Mr. John Leadbeater. 



Genus CXIII. Hylonympha, Gould, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., 1873, p. 429. 



Type : H. macrocerca, Gould. 



Bill longer than the head, stout, and slightly curved. 

 Feathers of forehead covering the nostrils. Wings long and 

 narrow. Tail very long, deeply forked, the external rectrices 

 are twice the length of the one next to it, very broad, and 

 rounded at tip. Feet small. Tarsi partly clothed. Sexes 

 unlike. 



Habitat —Brazil ? 



400. Hylonympha macrocerca, Gould, Ann. and Mag. 



Nat. Hist., 1873, p. 429. 



Great forked tailed Humming-bird, Gould, Mon. Troch, 

 Suppl., 1886, p. 37. 



I' HylonympJie a grande queue, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1876, vol. iii., p. 57. 



Habitat.— ?>x2.t:\\ ? 



Male. — Forehead and crown metallic violet-blue. Nape 

 and back dark bronze, nearly black. Rest of upperside dark 

 green. Throat and breast metallic emerald-green. Flanks 

 dark green. Abdomen black, washed with green. Undertail- 

 coverts brownish-black. Tail glossy black. 



Total length, Sin. Wing, 2-|. Tail, 5^. Culmen, |. 



