Genera of Hionming Birds. 75 



flanks. Tail above bronzy-purple, beneath reddish-purple, 

 outermost rectrices tipped with buffy-white. 



It is a common species. 



I have one male specimen, grayish-brown all over, darker 

 on forehead and on tail, with the throat dark metallic blue. 

 If it should prove a distinct species, I propose the name of 

 Metallura griseo-c yaneaj ,ov it. /^ 



103. Metallura Quitensls, Gould, Int.Troch.. 186 1, p. 112. 

 Quito Tyrian Tail. 



La Metallure de Quito, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., nSyG, 

 t. iii., p. 1 16. 



Habitat. — Ecuador. 



I am not of the same opinion as Mr. Elliot about this 

 species. It is closely allied to M. tyrianthina , but is a much 

 larger bird. The principal differences consist in the upper- 

 side, which is more golden, the green of the throat not so 

 dark, the g-eneral colour of the underside more buffv-g'olden, 

 and the colour of tail, which is bronze, with purplish reflections. 



Total length, 3§in. Wing, 2^. Tail, i|. Culmen, ^. 



Female. — ^Upperside golden-green, shining green on fore- 

 head. Underside rufous on throat and breast, with small 

 bronze spots on throat. Whitish on abdomen, washed with 

 golden-green. Outermost rectrices with large grayish spots 

 at tips. 



104. Metallura aexeicauda, Gould, P.Z.S., 1S46, p. 87. 

 Mellisuga aeneicauda , Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 113. 

 A^laeactis aeneicauda , Bon. Rev. and Mag. Zool., 1854, 



P- 253- 



Urolampra aeneicauda , Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein., i860, 

 t. iii., p. 68. 



Brassy Tail, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii., p. 192. 



La Metallure a queue d'airain, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1876, t. iii., p. 112. 



Habitat. — Peru and Bolivia. 



Male. — Upperside bronzy-green. Tail metallic bronze 

 above, changing to blue in certain lights, beneath luminous 



