Genera of Humming Birds. 307 



I have one specimen which I consider as an adult female 

 which has the underside more grayish and no frontal spot. 



Type of Bourcier in my collection. 



This species was dedicated by M.M. Bourcier and Mulsant 

 to Mrs. Louise Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. 



I consider H. rectirostris, Gould, as a svnonvm of this 

 species, the only difference which I can see between them is 

 the length of the bill which is one-eight of an inch longer, but 

 I have some specimens from Colombia with the bill very nearly 

 as long. 



My specimens were collected in Ecuador and Bolivia, by 

 Buckley, in Venezuela, by Briceno, and the rest are from 

 Colombia. 



422. Hemistephania veraguensis, Salv., P.Z.S., 1867, p. 



154- 

 Dorvfera veraguensis, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1874, 

 t. i., p. 199. 



Veraguan Lance-bill , Gould, Mon. Troch. Suppl., 1880, 

 p. 29. 



le Dory fere de Veragua, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou. 

 1874, t. i., p. 199. 



//rt/^/'/^i'.— Veragua. 



Male. — Forehead metallic green, nape purplish-red. Back 

 bronzy-green passing to pale green on rump. Uppertail- 

 coverts bluish-green. Tail black, lateral and outermost ones 

 tipped with gray. Underside dark grayish-bronze, nearly 

 black on throat. Undertail-coverts bluish-green, margined 

 with gray. Wings purplish-brown. Bill black. 



Total length, 4fin. Wing, 2|. Tail, \\. Culmen, i|. 



I have only one specimen of this rare species collected by 

 Arce, in Vergua, where he discovered the species. 



423. Hemistephania johannae, Bourcier, P.Z.S., 1847, 



P- 45- 

 Trochiliis violifrons, Gould, P.Z.S., 1847, p. 95. 



Mellisuga johannae, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 112. 



Dorvfera johannae, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. ii., p. 87. 



