192 GKENEBA AND SPECIES. 



is somewhat broader on the outer feather 

 on each side than on the others ; under sur- 

 face of the tail bronzy purple ; wings purplish 

 brown ; under surface olive brown, with bronze 

 reflexions ; under tail-coverts bronzy green, 

 narrowly edged with white ; bill, feet, and eyes, 

 brownish black. 



Total length, 5 inches ; bill, -f ; tail, 2. 



Locality : Cordilleras of Columbia. 



The female is smaller than the male, with the 

 head and upper surface coppery brown ; the 

 throat is mottled with white and coppery fea- 

 thers ; flanks, coppery brown, with greenish 

 reflexions. In Gould's cabinet. 



In a communication from Mr. Linden to Mr. 

 Gould, relative to this interesting species, the 

 following graphic passage occurs, which we 

 transcribe from the Monograph of the Tro- 

 chilidae. 



" I met with this species for the first time in 

 August, 1842, while ascending the Sierra Ne- 

 vada de Merida, the crests of which are the most 

 elevated of the eastern branch of the Cordilleras 

 of Columbia. It inhabits the regions imme- 

 diately beneath the line of perpetual congelation, 

 at an elevation of from 12,000 to 13,000 feel 

 above the level of the sea. Messrs. Funck am 

 Schlem found it equally abundant in the Pa 

 mos, near the Sierra Nevada, at the comparatively 

 low elevation of 9000 feet. It appears to be 

 confined to the region between the 8th and 9tl 





