452 Mr. J. Gould on new Species of Humming-birds. 



LXVIII. — Descriptions of three new Species of Humming-birds. 

 By John Gould, F.E.S. &c. 



lolcema Whitelyana. (Whitely's Humming-bird.) 



Male. Crown, all the upper surface, and flanks deep grass- 

 green ; an obscure glittering mark on the forehead ; chin, 

 chest, and centre of the abdomen jet-black, with a broad gorget 

 of beautiful violet on the throat ; the bill, which is stout and 

 straight, is black, as are also the legs and toes ; the tail and 

 the under tail-coverts steel-black ; primaries and secondaries 

 purplish brown, the external edge of the outer primary reddish 

 brown. 



Total length 5| inches ; bill Ig, wing 3, tail 2^. 



Hob. Cosnipata, province of Cusco, in the Peruvian Andes. 



Remark. About the size of lolcema Schreibersii and I. fron- 

 talis^ but distinguished from both those species by its black 

 chest. 



I have great pleasure in naming this fine humming-bird 

 after Mr. Henry Whitely, who is at this moment energetically 

 searching for novelties pertaining to this beautifid family of 

 birds in the more remote provinces of Peru. The specimen 

 above described was obtained in August 1871 at Cosnipata, 

 at an elevation of 2300 feet. 



Adelomyia chlorospila. 



Male. Crown and upper surface bronzy green, the feathers 

 of the crown and upper tail-coverts greener than those of the 

 back ; over and behind the eye and curving downwards on the 

 sides of the neck a somewhat conspicuous streak of buflfy white ; 

 ear-coverts blackish brown ; throat, chest, and centre of the 

 abdomen buffy white, the feathers of the throat punctated with 

 glittering green ; flanks bronzy buff" ; under tail-coverts the 

 same, but lighter ; tail bronzy brown, all the feathers con- 

 spicuously tipped with fawn-colour ; bill blackish brown, in- 

 clining to yellow beneath ; legs and toes brown, the soles of 

 the latter inclining to yellow ; wings purplish brown. 



Total length 3| inches ; bill \\^ wing 2y^^, tail If. 



Hob. San Antonio, in the Peruvian Andes. 



Remark. The female of this species was, I believe, brought 

 home by M. Warszewicz ; but we are indebted to Mr. Henry 

 Whitely for the discovery of the male. Its nearest ally is the 

 Adelomyia inornata ; but it has a longer bill than that bird, 

 and, moreover, has the throat punctated with green instead of 

 being of a bright blue. Mr. Whitely's specimen was collected 

 at San Antonio in July 1871, at an elevation of 3600 feet. 



