352 Genera of Humming Birds. 



Male. — Exactly like the preceding species in colouration 

 and size, with the lower part of breast dark shining greenish- 

 blue, abdomen and flanks lighter green, and head dark green- 

 ish blue. 



Total length, 6^in. Wing, 35. Tail, 4. Culmen, |. 



This rare species was discovered by Mr. H. Whitely, at 

 Huiro, Valley of Santa Anna, Peru. 



Genus CXLI. Aphantochroa, Gould, Mon.Troch., 1852, 



vol. ii., p. 54. 

 Agapeta, Heine, Journ. fur Ornith., 1863, p. 17S. 

 Placophorus, Muls., Cat. Ois. Mou., 1873, p. 6. 

 Type : T. cirrhochlon's, Vieillot. 



Bill stout, about the length of the head, very slightly 

 arched. Wings broad, long, reaching the end of tail. Tail 

 square, the rectrices of the same length and pointed at tips. 

 Tarsi clothed. Hind toe short. Sexes alike. 



Habitat. — Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador? 



476. Aphantochroa cirrochloris, Vieill., Nouv. Diet., 

 Hist. Nat., t. 23, p. 430. 

 . Ornismya simplex, Less., Ois. Mou., 1829, p. 119. 

 Polvtmiis cirrochloris, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 107. 

 Trocliihis campy lostylus, Licht., Verzich Doubl., p. 14. 



Caiiipvloptcrits cirrochloris, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., 1850, 

 vol i, p. 71. 



Sombre Huiiimiii^ Bird, Gould, Mon.Troch., vol. ii., p. 54. 



r Aphantochroe cirrochlore, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1874, vol. i., p. 140. 

 Habitat. — Brazil. 



Male. — Upperside dark bronze-green. Median rectrices 

 dark bronze-green, next one darker with reddish tinge at tip, 

 the rest bronze at base changing to dark brown. Underside 

 grayish-brown washed with pale green on throat, breast, and 

 flanks. Undertail-coverts dark brown, edged with white. 

 Wings purplish-brown. Bill black. 



Total length, 4Ain. Wing, 2^. Tail, if. Culmen, |. 



Female. — Exactly like the male but slightly smaller. 



