ig4 Genera of Humming Birds. 



277. Amazilia LEUCOPHAEA, Reich., Aufz. der Col., 1853, 



p.p. 10-24. 



Pyrrhophaena leucophaea, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein., 

 i860, t. iii., p. 35. 



White-breasted Amazili, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. v., p. 306. 



l'A?nazili a poitrine blanche, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1874, t. i., p. 291. 



Habitat. — Peru. 



Male. — Upperside golden-green. Rump and undertail- 

 coverts rufous. Tail rufous, median feathers edged and tipped 

 bronze. Throat and sides of neck golden-green. Breast white. 

 Rest of underside rufous. Wings pale brown. Bill flesh 

 colour with black tips. 



Total length, 3iin. Wing, 2\. Tail, i^. Culmen, f. 



It is a rare species. 



^278. Amazilia alticola, Gould, P.Z.S., i860, p. 309. 



Mountain's Amazili, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. v., p. 304. 



r Amazili alticole, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1874, t. i., 

 p. 289. 



Habitat. — Ecuador. 



Adult. — Upperparts bronzy-green, darkest on the head. 

 Upperparts of throat and sides of neck metallic golden-green. 

 Rest of underparts white, except flanks which are buff. The 

 white undertail-coverts are washed with buff. Uppertail- 

 coverts and tail chestnut, median rectrices tipped with bronzy- 

 green. Wings purplish-brown. Bill flesh colour, with black 

 tip. Feet black. 



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



"Gould, loc. cit." 



According to Elliot, specimens vary in their colouration, 

 and some are almost entirely white beneath, with just a few 

 feathers of the throat tipped with golden-green. 



This rare species was discovered in Ecuador, by Bourcier. 



279. Amazilia dumerili, Less., Ois. Mou., SuppL, 1831, 



p. 172. 



Poly t mus dumerili, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 109. 



