200 GENERA AND SPECIES. 



" This species is remarkable for the richness 

 of its colouring : in certain lights it appears as if 

 it were powdered with gold and copper-coloured 

 particles ; the coppery hue prevails most on the 

 abdomen ; and the upper tail-coverts are of a 

 purer green than the other parts." Fraser. 



Locality : Santa Pe de Bogota. 



Trochilus (Eriopus) Luciani, Bourcier, 1842. 



This species is allied to E. cupreiventris, but 

 the forehead is tinged with blue ; the abdomen 

 is altogether green ; the under tail-coverts are 

 steel-blue, with a tinge of violet. 



Locality : ? 



Trochilus (Eriopus) Mosquera, Bourcier, 1842. 

 General tint bronzy-green ; tail rather large and 

 forked ; feet-muffs white. 



Locality: New Granada. 



Trochilus (Eriopus) Aline, Bourcier, 1842. 

 Feet-muffs, ample and white ; general colour, 

 above dull green ; under parts, effulgent metallic- 

 green, with a whitish chest-spot, more or less 

 spotted with green ; tail short. 



Locality: Columbia. 



Q-enus CTNANTHUS, Swain son in part, (Lesbia, 

 Lesson. Mellisuga, in part, Boie.) 



In this genus the bill is straight, or very 

 slightly curved, and the tail very much forked. 

 The Nuna Humming-Bird, Trochilus Nuna> is 

 an example. See Naturalist's Lib. Ornith. 

 vol. ii. p. 114. 



