372 Genera of Humming Birds. 



with green feathers on the sides. Anal region pale rufous. 

 Undertail-coverts shining green, margined with rufous. 

 Wings purplish-brown. Maxilla black. Mandible flesh 

 colour with black tip. 



Total length, 4fin. Wing, 2f. Tail, \\. Culmen, if. 



Female. — Slightly paler in colouration. 



It is a rare species. It was discovered in Veragua by Mr. 

 Warezewicz, and dedicated by Bourcier to the late Mr. 

 Sigimond Rucker, a city merchant, who formed a very fine 

 collection of Humming Birds during his lifetime. 



504. Threnetes FRASERI, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. i., p. 12. 

 Eraser's Hermit, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. i., p. 12. 



le Glands de Eraser. 



Habitat. — Guatemala. 



Male. — Upperside shining golden-green. Median rectrices 

 bronzy-green with white tips. Lateral and outermost ones 

 white at base, then black with white tips. Underside like 

 T. ruckeri, excepting the undertail-coverts which are bronzy- 

 green broadly margined with bufT. 



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



It was dedicated to Mr. Fraser, who, I believe, was the 

 discoverer of the species. 



It is very rare in the collections. 



Genus CL. Dnophera, Heine., Journ. fur Ornith., 1863, 



P- 175- 

 Type : T. antoniae, Bourcier and Mulsant. 



Bill twice as long as the head, slightly curved. Wings 

 long and narrow, nearly reaching the end of tail. Rectrices 

 of tail narrow and short, without any white on tips. Outer- 

 most shortest, the next one slightly longer, the others slightly 

 longer and of the same length. Feet small. Sexes alike. 



Habitat. — Guiana. 



505. Dnophera antoniae, Bourc. and Muls., Ann. Soc. 



Agr., Lyon., 1846, p. 329. 



Lampornis antoniae, Bon., Consp., Gen. Av., 1850, vol. i., 

 p. 72. 



