Genera of Hnviiniiig Birds. 315 



golden-green ; mark below the eye and ear-coverts black, ter- 

 minating in a small tuft of blue ; below the black line, a 

 streak of rich luminous green. Wings purplish-black. Central 

 tail feathers bluish-black. Lateral tail feathers, chin, throat, 

 and under surface pure white. Bill black. Feet flesh colour. 



Total length, 4|in. Wing, 2\. Tail, 2. Culmen, |-. 



Female. — Crown bronzy-green instead of violet-blue ; ear- 

 coverts and moustache blackish, the feathers of the throat 

 are slightly speckled with brown, and the lateral tail-feathers 

 banded near their base with purplish-black. 



Total length, 5in. Wing, 2%. Tail, 2\. Culmen, -|. 



My specimens of this species were collected in Panama and 

 Veragua. I consider this species quite distinct from H. 

 barroti. 



Genus CXXVllI. Pinarolaema, Gould, Ann. and Mag., 



Nat. Hist., 1880, p. 480. 



Type. — P. buckleyi, Gould. 



Bill moderately decurved, culmen feathered at the base, 

 nasal covers also feathered. Wings normal, no apparent 

 auricular tufts. Tail forked, rectrices brown, glossed with 

 purple, and with a subterminal bar of steel-blue. 



431. Pinarolaema buckleyi, Gould, Ann. and Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., 1880, p. 480. 



Pinarolaetna buckleyi, Gould, Mon. Tro., Suppl., 1880, 



P-8- 



Buckley's Humming Bird. 



Sex ? — Brown with a purplish gloss on the back, uppertail- 

 coverts brown, tail feathers brown glossed with purple and 

 with a subterminal bar of steel blue ; undersurface brown, 

 apparently tinged with metallic olive-green ; undertail-coverts 

 whitish, washed with brown at the base, bill black. 



Total length, 5in. Wing, 2.95. Tail, 1.85. Bill, 1.2. 



Having studied carefully the type in the British Museum, I 

 have come to the conclusion that it is probably only a faded 

 specimen of the well known Petasophora anais. 



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