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394- BOURCIERIA PURPUREA, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iv., 



p. 256. 



Purple Coeligene, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iv., p. 256. 



le Coeligene pourpre. 



Male. — Exactly like the preceding species with more 

 purple on back, when seen from behind. I don't consider it 

 a species, but a young male of B. prunelli. 



I have received specimens from Bogota, corresponding 

 exactly to the above description. 



395. BOURCIERIA WiLSONi, Delatt and Bourc, Rev. Zool., 



1846, p. 305. 



Mellisuga wilsoni, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 112. 



Coeligena wilsoni, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., 1850, p. 73. 



Lampropygia wilsoni, Reich., Troch. Enum., p. 7. 



Pilonia wilsoni, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1876, t. iii., 

 p. 7. 



Wilson's Coeligene, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iv., p. 258. 



la Pilonie de Wilson, Muls., Hi^t. Nat.' Ois. Mou., 1876, t. 

 iii., p. 7. 



Habitat. — Colombia and Ecuador. 



Male. — Upperside dark bronzy-brown, coppery on neck 

 more or less, according to specimens, with a bright silvery 

 greenish gloss on back and rump when seen from behind, 

 Uppertail-coverts bronzy-brown, reddish at lower part. Tail 

 bronze-green, or reddish-bronze. Throat metallic purple. A 

 broad patch of white on each side of breast. Underside 

 rufous-brown, bronzy-green on flanks. Vent white. Under- 

 tail-coverts bronzy-green, margined with deep buff. Wings 

 purplish-brown. Bill black. 



Total length, 5in. Wing, 2^. Tail, i|^. Culmen, i-|. 



Female.— \j\}^& the male, but paler in colouration, sides of 

 throat blackish brown, rectrices margined with buff. Same 

 size as the male. 



I have one specimen with the throat metallic purple inter- 

 mixed with green ; but I think nothing of it, these birds 

 varying much in colouration according to age. 



This species was discovered at Juntas, Colombia, by 

 Delattre, who dedicated it to Mr. Thomas Wilson, a liberal 



