new and little-knoivn Species of Trochilida. 597 



Obs. E. hypocyanece affinis^ sed caj)ite nitente distin- 

 guenda. 



This is also one of Mr. Whitely^s recent discoveries, he 

 having found it in company with a number of well-known 

 Ecuador species of Humming- and other birds; so that it is 

 reasonable to suppose it came from that country. Its position 

 in this genus seems to be certainly next to Eucephala hypo- 

 cyanea, near to which E. subceerulea, Elliot_, must also stand ; 

 but from both these species it differs in having a shining 

 green crown slightly washed with blue, 



H" Panychlora russata, sp. n. 



Am'co-viridis, pileo antico etcorpore toto subtus nitidissimis, 

 tectricibus alarum cupreo tinctis ; cauda elongata, cupreo- 

 viridi nitida; rostro nigerrimo : long, tota 30, alee 1'7 , 

 caudae 1"3, rostri a rictu 0'75. Fem. subtus griseo-albida, 

 regione parotica nigra; cauda viridescenti nitida, ad 

 basin fascia subtermiuali chalybeo-nigra instructa; rectri- 

 cibus omnibus praeter duas medias albo terminatis. 

 Hah. Manaure, San Sebastian and San Jose, Sierra Nevada 

 de Santa Marta, Colombia {F. Simons). 



Obs. P.poortmanni similis, sed cauda et tectricibus alarum 

 cupreo tinctis distinguenda. 



This is the Panychlora we left undetermined in our paper 

 on Mr. F. Simons's collections from the Sierra Nevada of 

 Santa Marta (Ibis, 1879, p. 205; 1880, p. 174). Having 

 since received other specimens from the same traveller in 

 better condition, we are enabled to compare them more satis- 

 factorily with the allied species. 



The russet coppery hue of the tail and the wing-coverts 

 seems to distinguish it from all other species of Panychlora ; 

 and therefore it becomes necessary to name it. 



The tail-feathers are wide and rounded at their ends, and 

 rather longer than usual in members of this genus ; but their 

 peculiar metallic colour at once indicates the position of the 

 species. 



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