Genera of Humming Birds. 201 



■^288. Amazilia iodura, Saucerotte, M.S. 



Saucerottia iodura, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., 1853, P- 8. 



Chlorestes iodurus, Reich., Troch. Enum., 1855, p. 4. 



Hemithylaca iodura, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein., i860, 

 t. iii., p. 39- 



Pyrrliophaena iodura, Gould, Int. Troch., 1861, p. 59. 



Eratiua iodura, Heine, Journ. fur Ornith., 1863, p. 190. 



White-vented Ainazili, Gould, Mon. Troch., Suppl., 1886, 

 p. 88. 



I'Amazili a ventre blanc. 



Habitat. — Columbia. 



" Capite, coUo, pectore, dorso superiore, tectricibusque 

 alarum splendide virescentibus, gula paululum albo intermixta ; 

 alis coeruleo-virescentibus latissime pallide fulvescente-lim- 

 batis ; cauda splendide purpureo-violaceo ; abdomine fulves- 

 cente ; crisso albido." 



Length, 3" 3". Wing, 2". Tail, i" 2". Culmen, 9". 

 " Cab. and Hein., loc. cit." 



From some specimens compared with the type, and kindly- 

 sent to me by Count Berlepsch, I am of opinion that this 

 species is not valid, and is the same as the preceding one, 



A . viridigastcr. 



^289. Amazilia lucida, Elliot, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1877, 



p. 404. 



Elliot' s Amazili, Gould, Mon. Troch., Suppl., 1886, p. 89. 



Le Pyrrhophene brillant, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1878, 

 t. iv., p. 183. 



Habitat. — Columbia. 



Adult. — -Crown of the head dark metallic green; upper- 

 surface shining grass-green, lighter than the head. Upper- 

 tail-coverts golden-bronze. Throat, breast, abdomen, and 

 flanks metallic grass-green, a light mouse coloured spot on the 

 lower part of the abdomen. Thighs white, feathers fluffv. 

 Undertail-coverts dark bronzy-brown, edged with white. 

 Wings dark purple. Tail reddish-bronze, darkest in the centre 

 of the feathers along the shafts, with the tips of the lateral 

 rectrices bluish-black, their edges reddish-bronze. This bluish- 

 black colour, almost resolves itself into a subterminal bar, 



