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nostrils covered by an operculum ; wings pointed, rigid, of moderate 

 size, and well-adapted for sustaining flight ; tail of moderate size, 

 considerably forked ; feet of moderate size ; the outer toe and claw 

 shorter than the inner toe and claw ; the hind toe and claw the 

 shortest of all ; tarsi clothed wdth fine feathers. 



Species, H.jacula, H. Leadbeateri {H. Otero 1), H. ruhino'ides, 

 and H. rubinia 1 



Heliodoxa jacula, Gould. 



Male : crown of the head, breast and abdomen resplendent metallic 

 green ; in the centre of the throat a crescentic mark of metallic blue ; 

 the metallic green of the crown running to a point towards the oc- 

 ciput ; back of the neck, back, and upper wing-coverts bronzy green ; 

 under wing-coverts and flanks grass-green ; wings purplish brown ; 

 upper tail-coverts purplish brown with green reflexions ; under tail- 

 coverts dark brown with green reflexions ; tail considerably forked 

 and of a bluish black ; thighs and tarsi white ; feet blackish brown ; 

 bill black. 



Total length 5^ inches ; bill 1-i- ; wing 2 ; tail 2f ; tarsi \. 



Female : crown of the head and upper surface green ; throat shining 

 metallic green, the white bases of the feathers showing through and 

 giving the throat a speckled appearance ; tail bluish black tipped 

 with white ; in some specimens the lores are bufF, and a line of the 

 same hue extends beneath the eye ; thighs white ; under tail-coverts 

 dull green ; bill black. 



Hab. Santa Fe de Bogota. 



Remark. — This splendid new species, which I have recently re- 

 ceived from Santa Fe de Bogota, is precisely of the same form and 

 about the size of the T. Leadbeateri of authors. 



Eriopxjs simplex, Gould. 



The entire body obscure olive-green ; the crown of the head and 

 back of the neck tinted with purple ; rump and upper tail-coverts 

 a very little brighter than the back ; under tail-coverts dull bluish 

 purple ; wings purplish brown ; tail considerably forked, and black 

 with purplish reflexions ; thighs and tarsi thickly clothed with snow- 

 white plumes ; bill and feet black. 



Total length 4f inches ; bill ^ ; wing 2\ ; tail 2. 



Remark. — The only specimen I have seen is in the collection of 

 E. Wilson, Esq. ; it is most nearly allied to E. cupreoventris, but 

 its uniform dusky colour renders it conspicuously distinct. It was 

 received in a collection sent from Santa Fe de Bogota. 



2. Descriptions of sixteen new species of Bulimus, in the 



COLLECTION OF H. CuMING, EsO., DISCOVERED BY Mr. WiL- 

 LIAM LOBB IN THE AnDES OF PeRU. By LoVELL ReeVE, 



F.Z.S. 



1. Bxjlimxjs clausilioides. Bui. testa elongato-turritu, sini- 

 strali, compresse vmbilicata, anfructibus novem, superne obscur^ 



