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bus, griseo nonnunquam fimbriatis ; viedio abdomine aureo-fvsco ; 

 vropygio fascidalbo-cervind transversim ornato ; caudd purpuras- 

 centefuscd./ascid latd per mediam stramined ; rectricibus latera- 

 libus primo diminuentibus, latis autem tanguam spathulis termt- 

 nantibus. 

 Face and forepart of the neck green, which colour is continued 

 on the chest, \vhere the feathers become larger, longer, more lumi- 

 nous. and some of them edged with grey ; centre of the abdomen 

 golden brown ; lower part of the abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 bufiy brown; wings purplish black ; back and upper tail-coverts 

 green, the rump crossed by a band of bufFy -vihite ; tail purplish 

 brown, -vvith a broad stripe of bufF down the centre ; the lateral fea- 

 thers tapering and terminating in a large spatulate tip ; bill black. 

 Totai length, 4^ inches ; bill, f; wing, 1|; tail, 2į. 

 Hab. Brazil. 

 Remark. — Nearly allied to Trochilus platurus. 



6. Trochilus ( ?) cupkicaūda. Troch. guld luminose aeru- 



leo-viridi; vertice, colio, dorso, omniąve corpore superiore ful- 

 gentibus saiurate purpureo-fuscis ; caudd infrilfulgentissimd <ened, 

 supra, cened vario lumine nunc viridi, nunc purpured, splendente. 



Throat lustrous blueish green ; crowii of the head, neck, back and 

 all the upper surface dark lustrous purplish brown ; wings the šame, 

 but lighter ; under surface of the tail rich fiery copper colour and 

 very luminous; upper surface in one light rich purplish copper 

 colour, and in another greenish ; bill black. 



Totai length, 5 inches ; bill, 1 ; -vving, 3 ; tail, 2į. 



Hab. Bolivia. 



Remark. — This species is much larger, but belongs to the šame 

 section as the Trochilus smaragdinicollis of D'Orbigny and the T. 

 Allardi of Bourcier. 



7. Tkochilus ( :) ^neocauua. Troch. guld viridi metallice 



fulgente ; corpore viridi fusco supra commixto ; alis fuscis pur- 

 purascentibus ; caudd infra fulgente aneo-viridi, supra metallice 

 fuscd, nonnunąuam intense cyaned resplendente. 



Throat luminous metallic green, under surface mingled green and 

 brown ; upper surface green, ^vings purplish bro\vn ; under surface 

 of the tail luminous brassy green ; upper surface of the tail metallic 

 brown, changing in some lights to deep indigo blue ; bill black. 



Totai length, 4į inches ; bill, 1 ; wing, 2^ ; tail, 2. 



Hab. Bolivia. 



Remark. — Belongs to the šame section as the lašt. 



8. Tkochilus ( ?) violifer. Troch. vertice, nuchd, mento, 



loris, pectoregue viridibus; medid guld maculd semilunari lumi- 

 nose violaced notatd ; dorso et uropygio aureo-viridibus abdomine 

 inferiore, tectricibus caudce superioribus inferioribusąue, et caudd 

 rufis. 



Crown of the head, back of the neck, chin, ear-coverts, and breast 

 green ; on the centre of the throat a well-defined lunate mark of 



