Genera of Humming Birds. 367 



Genus CXLVII. Androdon, Gould, Ann., Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., 1S63, p. 247. 



Type : A. aequntorialis, Gould. 



Bill twice as long as the head, straight, broad at base and 

 tapering to a point. Cutting edges serrated and tip hooked. 

 Wings long, reaching nearly the end of the tail, which is 

 rather short, bro.id, and rounded. Feet moderate, tarsi naked. 

 Size large. 



Habitat. — Ecuador. 



^497. Androdon aequatorialis, Gould, Ann., Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., 1863, p. 247. 



Grypus aequatorialis, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1873, 

 t. i., p. 32. 



Ecuadorian Tooth-Bill, Gould, Mon. Troch. SuppL, 1886, 

 p. 2. 



Le Grype de I' Equateur, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1873, 

 t. i., p. 32. 



r Androdon de V Equateur. 



Habitat. — Ecuador. 



Male. — Bill long, straight, hooked at point, serrated on the 

 edges of both maxilla and mandibles. Forehead dark gray, 

 feathers tipped with metallic grass-green, occiput and nape 

 metallic dark blue. Back bright metallic light grass-green. 

 Rump white, a few dark blue feathers on the edge of the 

 green of the back. Underparts white, edges of feathers 

 blackish-brown. Undertail-coverts olive-green, central part 

 and tips of feathers white. Wings dark purple. Median 

 feathers of tail greenish-gray, tipped with dark green ; 

 lateral feathers greenish-gray, with a subterminal bar of dark 

 green, tips white. Maxilla black. Mandible flesh-colour. 



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



The female differs by the colouration of the head, which 

 has the forehead dark purplish-brown, the top of the head 

 bronze, and the occiput dark metallic green. 



" Elliot's Syn. of the H. Birds, page 5." 



It is a very rare species, and one of my desiderata. 



