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397. LAMPROPYGIA COLUMBIANA, Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 57. 

 Colombian Inca, Gould, Mon. Troch. Suppl., 1886, p. 27. 

 le Coeligene de Colombie. 



Habitat. — Colombia. 



Male. — -Upperside golden-brown. When viewed from 

 behind it shines brilliantly, and the rump appears metallic 

 silvery-green. Tail shining golden-bronze. Throat white, 

 with the centre feathers blackish-brown. Underside smoky- 

 gray, darker on the abdomen, and washed with golden-bronze 

 on flanks. Undertail-coverts greenish-bronze margined with 

 rufous. Wings purple. Bill black. 



Total length, 5in. Wing, 2|. Tail, 2\. Culmen, \\. 



Female. — Slightly paler in colouration, lateral rectrices and 

 outermost ones margined with grayish-buff. Abdomen and 

 .undertail-coverts rufous. 



This species has been confused by many authors for the 

 preceding one of Lesson. Mr. Elliot was the first to separate 

 them, and I am of his opinion. 



The type of the male " Ex. Elliot Collection " is now in the 

 New York Museum of Natural History. 



Among my specimens, the typical female from which the 

 the above description was taken was collected in Colombia, by 

 Mr. Salmon. 



398. LAMPROPYGIA BOLiviANA, Gould, Int. Troch., p. 137. 

 Bolivian Inca, Gould, Mon. Troch., Suppl., 1886, p. 27. 

 la Coeligene de Bolivie. 



Habitat. — -Bolivia. 



Male. — Exactly like the preceding species from which it 

 ■could not be distinguished if it was not for its tail which is 

 dark olive-brown, passing to purplish-brown, the brownish 

 streaks of throat are more conspicuous than in the specimens 

 of B. colombiana, and the upperside is darker. 



Total length, S^in. Wing, 3^. Tail, 2|. Culmen, i^. 



Female. — Upperside golden-bronze. When viewed from 

 behind, the rump is metallic pale green. Uppertail-coverts 

 purple, margined with rufous. Tail golden-lDronze at base, 

 passing to dark purple, all the tips of rectrices margined with 

 buff. Throat grayish-buff with olive-brown in the centre of 



