Genera of Hu7ntning Birds. 259 



rEriocnhnis a sous candales, coiileur de saphir, Muls. 

 Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1876, t. iii., p. 37. 



Habitat. — Peru. 



Adult. — Upper parts bronzy-green, passing into pure 

 green on the rump and uppertail-coverts. Wings purplish- 

 black. Under surface glittering green. Undertail-coverts 

 shining sapphire-blue. Tarsal tufts white. Tail dark blue. 

 Bill black. 



Total length, 4iin. Wing, 2f . Tail, 2. Culmen, i\. 



This rare species was discovered in Peru by Mr. Jelski. I 

 think it is unique in the Museum of Varsovia. In my opinion 

 it may turn out to be only a variety of E. cupreiventris. 



*370. Eriocnemis glaucopoides, d'Orb. and Laf., Syn. 

 Av., 1838, t. iii., p. 27. 



Trochilus d'orbignyi, Bourc. and Muls., Ann. Sc. Phys, 

 Nat. Lyon, 1846, p. 320. 



Hylocharis d'orbignyi, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i. p. 114. 



Thaliirania glaucopoides, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., 1853, 

 p. 7. 



Phemonoe d'orbignyi, Reich., Troch. Enum., p. 6, pi. 741, 

 f. 4697. 



D' Orbigny's Pii]f-leg, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iv., p. 278. 



r Eriocnemis de d' Orbigny, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1876, t. iii., p. 30. 



Habitat. — Bolivia. 



J/rt'/^'.— Forehead violet-blue, a white spot behind the eye. 

 Uppersurface bronzy-green. Undersurface glittering golden- 

 green, washed with blue on the throat and chest. Tail bluish- 

 black. Bill black. Tarsal tufts white. Undertail-coverts 

 shining blue. 



Total length, 4^in. Wing, 2. Tail, i^. Culmen, f. 



Type unique in the Paris Museum. 



This rare species was discovered in Bolivia, by the celebrated 

 Naturalist, d'Orbigny. It was dedicated to him, by Messrs. 

 Mulsant and Bourcier, but having been described eight years 

 before by d'Orbigny and Lafrernaye under the name of 

 Ornismya glaucopoides, this name has the priority. 



