8o Genera of Humminv Birds. 



I have also one specimen with the r.pperside pale slaty- 

 gray. Tail and wing brownish-gray. All the rectrices, 

 excepting the median, tipped with buffy-white. Underside 

 whitish-grav, spotted with small brown spots on throat and 

 flanks, ll" it should prove a distinct species, I propose the 

 Jx^ name of Adcloiuva simplex for it. 



log. Al)KL()M\lA IXORXATA, Gould, P.Z.S , 1846, p. 8g. 



Me/iisi/cra inornata, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 112. 



RamphoDiicron inornatus, Bon. Consp. Gen. Av., 1850, 

 vol. i., p. 79. 



Metal I lira inornata, Reich., Aufz. der Col., 1853, p. 8. 



Adelisca inornata, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein., i860, t. iii., 

 p. 72. 



Purple-tliroated Adeloniya, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii., 

 p. 197. 



L'Adelomye sans pa ru re, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1876, 

 t. iii., p. 127. 



Habitat. — Peru and Bolivia. 



Male. — Upperside shining golden-green. Tail bronzy- 

 brown, with purplish reflections on lateral feathers, which are 

 widely tipped with buff. A bufl^y-white stripe behind the eye. 

 Ear-coverts blackish-brown. Underside brown, gradually 

 passing to rufous on lower part of abdomen and flanks, and 

 spotted with bronzy feathers. Centre of throat metallic blue. 

 Wings purple-brown. Bill black. 



Total length, 3-|in. Wing, 2. Tail, if. Culmen, \. 



Female. — Exactly like the male, without any blue on the 

 throat. 



It is a rare species. I think it was discovered by Bridges 

 in Bolivia. My specimens were collected in Bolivia, by 

 Buckley. 



*iio. AdeloMVIA CHLOROSPILA, Gould, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., 1872, p. 452. 

 Green-spangled Humming-bird, Gould, Mon. Troch., 

 Suppl., 1886, p. 66. 



L'Adelomye mouchetee de vert, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1876, t. iii., p. 129. 

 Habitat.— V^xw. 



