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wings, and upper tail-coverts bronzy- orange. 

 Tail cinnamon-brown, the apical half of the two 

 middle tail-feathers and the tips of the remain- 

 der with a bronzy lustre. Primaries chocolate- 

 brown ; secondaries reddish-buff, forming a con- 

 spicuous mark on the wing. 



The female is similar in colour, but much less 

 resplendent, and entirely destitute of the spot 

 of green on the forehead, and the patch of blue 

 on the throat. 



Total length, 5i inches ; bill, 1| ; tail, 2. 



Locality : the highlands of New Granada and 

 Venezuela. 



Helianthea molifer, Gould. 



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 lumi- 

 nous violet; back golden-green; lower part 01 

 the abdomen and under tail-coverts light rufous. 

 The tail also is light rufous, the tips of the fea- 

 thers being washed with greenish reflexions; 

 wings purplish-brown, the external edge of the 

 first primary being rufous ; bill black. 



Total length, 5| inches ; bill, 1| ; tail, 2 J. 



Locality: Bolivia. 



Both these species are allied to Tr. (Helian- 

 thea) Bonapartii. 



Grenus PATAGONA, Gray (also Hylocharis, in 

 part, Gray). 



This genus contains, as far as yet known, only 



