Genera of Humming Birds. 317 



Male. — IJpperside shining green. Median rectrices bronze- 

 green, bluish at tips. Laterals bronze-green, with a sub- 

 terminal bluish-green bar. Ear-coverts purplish-amethyst. 

 Chin, throat and breast bright metallic green, with bluish 

 reflections near the ear-coverts, and on lower part of breast. 

 Abdomen and flanks dull green, edged with grayish-white. 

 Undertail coverts white. Wings purplish-brown. Bill black. 



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



Female. — Not quite so brilliantly coloured as the male, with 

 the lower part of abdomen white, and a narrow white margin 

 at tips of lateral rectrices, and white tips on outermost 

 rectrices. 



Total length, 4|in. Wing, 2f. Tail, i~. Culmen, -if. 



This species came abundantly years ago, from Brazil, but 

 now it is seldom seen. 



I have in my collection what I consider to be the type of 

 Vieillot " Ex. Coll. Riocour." It is labelled Oisean mouche, 

 bee eji scie, Trochilus serrirostris, Vie ill. 



433. Petasophora cyanotis, Bourc, Rev. Zool., 1843, 



p. lOI. 



Polytmus cyanotics, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 108. 



Ornismya anais, Less., Troch., 1 831 -1832, p. 151. 



Colibri cyanotis, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., 1850, vol. i., p. 69. 



Pr axilla cyanotis, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., 1853, p. 13. 



Little Violet-ear, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iv., p. 228. 



le Petasophore a oreilles tVaziir, Muls., Hist., Nat. Ois. 

 Mou., 1875, t. ii., p. 151. 



Habitat. — Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 



Male. — Upperside shining green, bronzy on rump, and 

 uppertail-coverts. Median rectrices, bronzy-green at base, then 

 bronzy with a dark green subterminal bar. Laterals bronzy- 

 green with dark bluish-green subterminal bar. Line behind 

 the eye, and ear-coverts metallic dark blue. Chin, throat, 

 and breast luminous green, each feather with a dark central 

 green streak, giving a scaly appearance to these parts. 

 Abdomen and flanks shining green. Vent white. Undertail- 

 coverts green, margined with buff. Wings purplish-brown. 

 Bill black. 



