COLOMBIAN WOOD NYMPH 



in females; bill black above, orange brown below 

 tipped with black, slender, straight, not long. 



Male metallic green, brighter below but no 

 brilliant metallic plumage; female more bronzy 

 above, white tips to outer tail feathers. A very 

 small species, not uncommon about the borders 

 of thickets and in gardens. Noted at Quarry 

 Heights, near Bella Vista and at Mt. Hope. 

 Two nests were found at Quarry Heights, one in 

 November, 1924, on a branch of a hibiscus bush, 

 which extended under a corrugated iron porch 

 roof; another in January, 1923, on one of the 

 lower branches of a large mango tree. 



15. Thalurania columbica columbica (Bourcier) 

 Colombian Wood Nymph 



Length about 96 mm. (3.80 in.); tail (Male) 

 40 mm. (1.60 in.); (Female) 30 mm. (1.20 in.). 



Male. Forehead and front of crown bright 

 metallic purple; remainder of top of head dull 

 bronze green; hindneck, back and rump metallic 

 bluish green passing to purple on upper back and 

 shoulders; chin, throat and breast brilliant 

 metallic emerald green rounded in outline on the 

 lower edge, the lower part of breast and abdomen 

 metallic bluish purple. Tail glossy blue black. 



Female. Metallic green above, more bronzy 



on top of head ; the outermost tail feathers tipped 



with grayish white; cheeks, chin, throat and 



chest pale drab shading deeper on breast and 



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