6o Genera of Huuuning Birds. 



84^ EuSTEPHANUS LeybOLDI, Gould, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 



1870, p. 406. 



Ley hold's Ciiinaiuoii Fire Crown, Gould. 



I'EustepIiane de Leyho/d, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1876, 

 t. ii., p. 252. 



Habitat. — Island of Mas-a-fuera. 



Male. — Exactly like the preceding species, with the excep- 

 tion that the metallic fiery-red of the crown extends over the 

 occiput. 



Total length, 53:in. Wing, 3^^^. Tail, 2f. Culmen, f. 



Female. — -Similar to the female of E. fernandensis, but 

 differs chiefly in the tail feathers which have the basal portion 

 of the inner webs and all the outer webs green, having only 

 the apical part of the inner ones white. The spots on the 

 throat are bronzy and disposed in lines, and not generally 

 dispersed, as in the female of E. fernandensis. " Elliot's, 

 Syn. H. Birds, p. 94." 



I am in doubt about the validity of this species, which is 

 one of my desiderata. 



Genus XXX. Patagona, Gray, List. Gen. Birds, 1840, 



p. 18. 

 Cynanthns, Less, Tabl. Esp. Ois. Mou., 1829, p. 12. 

 Hylocharis, Gray, Gen. Birds, 1848, Vol. i, p. 114. 

 Hypermetra, Cab and Hein, Mus. Hein., i860, t. iii, p. 80. 

 Type : T. gigas, Vieillot. 



Size very large. Bill stout, straight, longer than the head. 

 Feathers of the forehead projecting slightly upon the culmen, 

 hiding the nostrils. Wings very long, reaching nearly the 

 end of tail. Tail long, forked, median rectrices broad, long, 

 and shortest, lateral and outermost ones slightly and gradually 

 loneer. Feet laro-e and stout, tarsi clothed to the toes. 

 Sexes alike. 



Habitat. — Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chili. 



85. Patagon.A GlGAS, Vieili, Gal. Ois., 1834, t. i., p. 296. 

 Cynanthus tristis, Less, Ois. Mou., 1829, p. 43. 

 Ornismya gigantca, d'Orb and Lafr. Syn. Av., 1838, p. 26. 

 Hylocharis gigas, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 114. 



