lOS Descriptions of Three New Species of Huimning-'bvrds. 



feathers dark bronzy green, blackish at the end ; tlie next one 

 black, slightly bronzed with green on the outer web ; the three 

 outer ones black, wath their ends tipped with white, on the 

 two outer ones of an oval shape occupying the centre of the 

 tip, and on the third feather only white at the apex of the 

 feather; on the lower part of the back a concealed spot of 

 white ; wings brownish purple ; chin black ; throat of aluminous 

 crimson lilac, inclining to violet ; a blackish line extends under- 

 neath and beyond the eye, below which . is a line of white; 

 under plumage ashy-grey, the sides bronzed with dull green ; 

 a longitudinal stripe of pure white on the pleura ; central and 

 lower part of abdomen white ; under tail coverts dusky black, 

 bronzed with dull green at their bases, and largely tipped with 

 white ; bill and feet black. 



Length about 4^ inches ; wing 2/g ; bill l/g ; tail \^^. 



Habitat — St, Fe de Bogota, New Granada. 



JRemarks. — In general appearance it much resembles H. 

 longirostris, but the black outer tail feathers and dark under 

 tail coverts, are very distinctive characters ; the throat is rather 

 darker and difiers somewhat in shade of color from that species ; 

 it is also smaller, with the bill and tail shorter, but the wings 

 decidedly longer, and the central tail feathers proportionately 

 shorter than in " longiTOstris^'' giving the tail an emarginate 

 form. 



I noticed this bird in a small collection of skins from Bo2:ota, 

 in the possession of my friend R. L. Stuart, Esq., who had the 

 kindness to ]:)resent it to me, and in honor of whose estimable 

 lady I have named it, herself a proficient in some branches of 

 science, and always an able advocate for its promotion. 



I felt well satisfied on an examination of the above described 

 specimen, of its specific distinctness from " longirostris^'^ but 

 finding a second example from the same locality, in the large 

 collection of this family, belonging to Mr. J. G. Bell, I was 

 strengthened in my opinion of its being so. 



