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circumscriptd, abdomine intensius fulvo, lateribus viridi lavatis ; 
crisso griseo-fulvo ; alis purpurascenti-fuscis ; caude rectricibus 
intermediis duabus eneo-viridibus reliquis eneo-fuscis, externis 
duabus ad apicem obscure albis; tarsis intense fuscis ; rostro 
nigro-fusco. 
Male.—Crown of the head and all the upper surface bronzy green, 
except the forehead, on which is a narrow mark of deep fiery red ; 
throat deep fiery red, bounded below by a broad crescent-shaped mark 
of buff, which colour, but of a somewhat deeper tint, pervades the 
whole of the abdomen, except the flanks, which are washed with 
green; under tail-coverts greyish buff; wings purplish brown; two 
middle tail-featbers bronzy green, the remainder bronzy brown, the 
two outer ones on each side obscurely tipped with white ; tarsi dark 
brown; bill blackish brown. 
Total length 32 inches; bill 3; wing 27; tail 13; tarsi 1. 
Hab. ‘The Cordilleras of Venezuela and New Grenada. 
Genus THaLuRANIA. 
Gen. char.—Rostrum capite longius, deorsim curvatum, et paululim 
apud basin depressum. Ale breves, debiles. Cauda mediocris, 
furcata. Tarsi plumis induti, parvis, mollibus. Hallux cum ungue, 
digito intermedio cum ungue brevior. 
Gen. char.—Bill longer than the head, curved downwards, and 
rather depressed at the base; wings short and feeble ; tail moderately 
large and forked; tarsi clothed with feathers, small and delicate ; 
hind-toe and nail shorter than the middle toe and nail. 
Types, Trochilus furcatus, nigro-fasciatus, Watertonii, &c. 
THALURANIA VIRIDIPECTUs (n. sp.). Thal. corpore superiore eneo- 
viridi, hoc colore in viridissimum vergente apud uropygium ; rectri- 
cibus caud@ crissoque necnon caudd metallic? ceruleo-nigrescenti- 
bus ; alis purpurascenti-nigris ; gutture et pectore splendid? viri- 
dibus ; abdomine fulgent? ceruleo; tarsis plumis albis indutis ; 
rostro nigro. 
All the upper surface bronzy green, passing into bright grass-green 
on the lower part of the back; upper and under tail-coverts and 
tail steel bluish black; wings purplish black; throat and chest re- 
splendent grass-green ; abdomen bright blue ; tarsi clothed with white 
feathers ; bill black. ; 
Total length 43 inches; bill 1; wing, 21; tail 12. 
Hab. The Columbian Andes. 
Remark.—Nearly allied to Trochilus nigrofasciatus. 
CaMPYLoprervs onscurus (n. sp.). Camp. vertice, corpore su- 
periore, rectricibusque caud@ quatuor intermediis viridibus ; guld, 
partibusque inferioribus intense griseis ; lateribus crissoque viridi 
lavatis ; rectricibus caud@ externis utringue nigris, duabus externis 
ad apicem griseis. 
Crown of the head, all the upper surface and the four middle tail- 
feathers green ; throat and under surface dark grey ; flanks and under 
