Genera of Hiininiin^ Birds. 255 



361. Eriocnemis CHRYSORAMA, Elliot, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist., 1874, p. 375. 



Blue vented Puff-le^, Gould, Mon. Troch., Suppl., 1886, 

 p. 69. 



r Eriocnemis a gorge doree, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1876, t. iii., p. 44. 



Habitat. — Colombia, Ecuador ? 



Adult. — Upper and lower surface metallic fiery-copper 

 colour. Chin and throat metallic yellowish-green, golden- 

 yellow in some lights. Uppertail-coverts luminous yellowish- 

 green. Undertail-coverts white on their basal half, rest blue. 

 Wings purplish-brown. Tail much forked, steel-black. 



Tarsal tufts pure white. Bill black. 



Total length, 4jin. Wing, 2\. Tail, if. Culmen, |. 



" Elliott's Syn. of H. Birds, p. 193." 



Type of male in Elliot's Museum, now in the American 

 Museum of Natural History of New York. 



Female. — Upperside coppery-golden. Uppertail-coverts 

 most brilliant coppery-gold. Median rectrices bronzy-green 

 for two-thirds of their length, rest steel-blue. Lateral, and 

 outermost ones steel-blue. Wings purplish-brown. Throat 

 and undertail-coverts pale metallic-blue. Rest of underside 

 coppery-gold, lighter on breast. Tarsal tufts pure white. 

 Bill and feet black. 



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



Type of female, unique in my Collection. 



362. Eriocnemis GODiNi, Bourc.,Compt. Rend., 1851, t. xxxii., 



p. 186. 



Eriocnemis S7naragdinipectus, Gould, Ann. Mag., Nat. 

 Hist,, 1868, p. 322. 



Godin's Puff-leg, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iv., p. 277. 



L'Eriocnhnis de Godin, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1876, 

 t. iii., p. 36. 



Habitat. — Ecuador. 



Male. — Upperside shining bronzy-green, becoming glitter- 

 ing green on the rump, and uppertail-coverts. Underside 

 glittering golden-green, more coppery on the abdomen, a 

 glittering blue gular spot, gradually shading into the glittering 



