.g2 Genera of Huiuiniiiff Birds. 



Undc-rtail-covcrts green, margined witli buff. Tail purplish- 

 black with the basal half of outer feathers gravish white. 

 Thighs buff. Bill black. 



'I'otal length, y.Un. Wing, ij|. 'J'ail, 5. Culmen, I. 



Female. - Upperside bronzy-green. Underside white, 

 washed with green, sometimes with a few metallic golden 

 spots on the throat. Undertail coverts buffy-white. Tail 

 coloured like that of the male, but much shorter. Bill black. 



This line species was discovered by Delattre, at Mayobamba, 

 Peru. 



Mv specimens were collected by Mr. H. \Miitely in Peru. 



■^125. Lksbi.A Kl'CH.ARl.s, Boure, Rev. Zool., 1848, p. 274. 



Cynanthus eucharis, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool., 1854, 

 p. 252. 



Traill bearer, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii., p. 171. 



lui Leshie eucharis, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., vol. iii. 

 p. 200. 



Habitat. - Columbia. 



Male. — Entire upper surface, breast, abdomen, and flanks 

 bronzy-green. Throat metallic grass-green. Vent and 

 undertail-coverts buff, the latter with green centres. Wings 

 purplish brown. Rectrices brownish-black, largely tipped 

 with grass-green, except the outermost one, which has a 

 bronze tip. Bill black. 



Total length, 7fin. Wing, 2\. Tail, 5f . Culmen, y_. 



Female. — Above golden-green, beneath buff spangled with 

 green. Tail like that of the male but shorter, and with the 

 outer web of outermost feather grayish-white for three fourths 

 of its length. 



The above descriptions were taken from P211iot's Synopsis 

 of the Humming Birds. 



126. Lesbia Boliviana, Boucard, H. Bird, 1891, t. i., p. 43. 



Bolivian Train-bearer, 



La Lesbie bolivienne, 



Habitat. — Bolivia. 



Male. — Upperside, breast, and flanks golden-green. Throat 

 metallic golden-green. Wings purplish-brown. Vent deep, 

 bufi^. Undertail-coverts buff, with a narrow central line green. 



