GENERA AND SPECIES. 187 



Beak about equal to the head in length ; tail 

 slightly forked, the feathers being very broad ; 

 general colour of the upper parts green, with 

 golden reflexions ; upper tail-coverts coppery ; 

 under parts dull brownish green ; tail-feathers 

 above and beneath rich bronze with golden 

 brown reflexions ; primaries dusky with purple 

 reflexions ; a pencil or tuft extending from the 

 chin to the chest is composed of compact bril- 

 liant feathers ; those on the chin and throat are 

 green, and those beyond are long and narrow 

 and of a purplish red, exhibiting bluish reflex- 

 ions ; under tail-coverts brownish-yellow. 



The female is deficient of the flame-like mark 

 on the throat. 



Length, 5^ inches ; beak, f ; tail, 2. 

 Both of the above species are natives of Santa 

 Fe de Bogota. 



In the Proceed. Zool. Soc. Mr. Eraser de- 

 scribes a species (locality not stated) under the 

 title of Trochilus melanogenys, which Bonaparte 

 regards as abnormal. 



In this species the head and upper parts of 

 the body are golden-green ; the abdomen ochre- 

 ous white, obscurely spotted with golden green ; 

 the sides washed with rufous ; the cheeks black, 

 with a yellowish white line behind the eyes ; the 

 feathers of the throat have each a black spot at 

 the tip, terminating a longitudinal streak ; tail 

 rather short, blackish above, with bronzy reflex- 

 ions, passing into deep purple black towards the 



