76 Genera of Hiimiuiu^ Birds. 



_^olden bronze, with reddish-purple reflections on margins. 

 Throat hmiinous metallic green. Underside bronzy-green 

 marked with buffv-brown. Undeitail-coverts pale bronze- 

 green, tipped with rufous. Anal region white. Wings j)urple 

 brown. F^ill black. 



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



Female. — Upperside bronzv-green. Tail metallic bronze, 

 changing to blue. Underside buffy-brown, each feather tipped 

 bronzy-green. Undertail coverts rufous. Lateral and outer- 

 most feathers of tail slightly tipped with gray. Bill black. 

 Same size as male. 



This is a very rare species. My specimens were collected 

 in Bolivia, by Buckley. Bridges is the discoverer of the 

 species. 



To show how specimens of one species differ, I give below 

 the description of one of my male specimens : — l^pperside 

 bronzy-green. Tail purplish-bronze, changing into blue in 

 certain lights. Throat luminous metallic gold. Tail beneath, 

 luminous purple-bronze, distinct enough to make a new species 

 with it ; but it is not so. 



^105. Met.ALLURA PRIMOLINA, Bourc, Rev., and Mag. 

 Zool., 1853, p. 295. 



Urolaiupra priiiioh'iia , Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein., i860, 

 t. iii., p. 68. 



Metal/lira Priinoli'i, Gould, Int. Troch., 1861, p. 112. 



Priiiioli's Ifnniniing Bird , Gould, Mon. Troch, vol. iii., p. 

 194. 



Le Metalliire de Primoli, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1876, t. iii., p. 1 16. 



Habitat. — Ecuador. 



Male. — Upper surface dark bronzy-green. Tail luminous 

 bronzy-green, edged with coppery-green on the upper surface. 

 Underside bronzy-green, darker on flanks. Throat luminous 

 green, with base of feathers rufous. Undertail coverts bronzy- 

 green edged with rufous. Anal region pure white. Wings 

 purplish-brown. Bill and feet black. 



Total length, 3y^. Wing 2y\. Tail, i^. Culmen, -~r. 



Female (?). — Upper surface bronzy-green. The under 

 surface has the base of the feathers rufous-white, darkest on the 

 throat and abdomen with bronzy-green tips. Wings purplish- 



