Genera of Hui)ii)ii)ig Birds. ■ 2gi 



rectrices. Tail long, and deeply forked. Median rectrices 

 the shortest, lateral and outermost ones gradually longer. 

 Tarsi clothed. Feet large, hind toe shorter than middle toe. 

 Sexes unlike. 



Habitat. — Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. 



40S. lOLAEMA SCHREIBERSI, Bourcier, P.Z.S., 1S45, p. 43. 



TJialurania schreibersi, Bon. Consp. Gen. Av., 1850, vol. i., 

 P- 77- 



Calotliorax schreibersi, Gray, Hand. List. Birds, vol. i., p. 

 136. 



Canipylopteriis schreibersi, Bon., Rev. and Mag., Zool., 

 1854, P- 250. 



Heliodoxa schreibersi, Reich., Troch., Enum., 1855, p. 6. 



loiiolainia frontalis, Lawr., Ann., Lye. Nat. Hist., N.Y., 

 vol. vi., p. 263. 



Schreiber's Humming Bird, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. ii., 

 P- 93- 



Emerald-f'onted Humming Bird, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. 

 ii., p. 92. 



r loleme de Schreibers, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1875, 

 t. ii., p. 139. 



Habitat. — Ecuador. 



Male. — Front brilliant metallic green, golden in some 

 specimens. Rest of head and upperside golden-green passing 

 to shining green on uppertail-coverts. Tail steel-blue with 

 greenish reflections. Chin, upper part of throat, middle of 

 breast, and abdomen black. Rest of throat metallic violet- 

 blue, beneath which IS abroad band of glittering golden-green. 

 Flanks dark bronze green. Undertail-coverts blackish-blue. 

 Wings purple-brown. Bill black. 



Total length, ^\'m. Wing, 2jr. Tail, 2\. Culmen, |-. 



Feynale ? — Upperside shining green, golden on lower part 

 of head and neck. Median rectrices bronze-green, laterals 

 steel-blue, the outermost ones tipped with white. Underside 

 grayish-white passing to light buff on centre of abdomen, 

 each feather tipped with metallic green. Undertail-coverts 

 olive-bronze, edged with buffy-gray. Wings purplish-brown. 

 Bill black. 



