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CaUiperidia Angelae, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 12. 

 Calliphlox Angelae, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 10. 

 Ornithomyia angela, Bonap. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 251. 

 Habitat. Buenos Ayres and Tucuman. 



A single specimen of a Humming-Bird, somewhat allied to the last genus, was killed by M. Warszewicz on the 

 sides of the Volcano of Chiriqui. It possesses so many remarkable characters that I was obliged, without a 

 moment's hesitation, to assign to it a new generic appellation, that of Oreopyra. Unfortunately the specimen was 

 so much injured by shot that I had much difficulty in giving a correct delineation of it. 



Genus Oreopyra, Gould. 



Q'0po9, mons, et irvp, ignis.). 

 Generic characters. 



Male. — Bill longer than the head, straight, or very shghtly arched ; wings long and rigid ; tail moderately long 



and forked ; tarsi clothed ; feet rather small ; gorget snow-white. 



294. Oreopyra leucaspis, Gould Vol. IV. PL 264. 



Habitat. Volcano of Chiriqui, 9000 to 10,000 feet (^Warszewicz). 



So different are the three birds found on the island of Juan Fernandez, that it would not involve a great stretch 

 of impropriety to assign to each of them a separate generic appellation ; I shall, however, retain them all under the 

 name of Eiistephanus. Oh an examination of the plates of the three species, it will be seen how remarkably they 

 differ in size, colour, and markings. I consider it a very singular fact connected with the family of Humming- 

 Birds, that three species should be found on an island so distant from the mainland, and that two of them should 

 be confined to this isolated spot, surrounded as it is by the wide waters of the Pacific Ocean. 



Genus Eustephanus, Reichenb. 



295. Eustephanus galeritus ............ Vol. IV. PL 265. 



Sephano'ides Kingi, Gray, List of Gen. of Birds, p. 19. 



Eustephanus galeritus, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 14; Id. Troch. Enum. p. II ; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. 



Theil iii. p. 76. 

 Habitat. Chile and Juan Fernandez. 



" Found about Valparaiso in abundance in the months of August, September, and October." — Bridges in Proc. 

 of Zool. Soc. part xi. p. 115. 



296. Eustephanus Stokesi Vol. IV. PL 266. 



Thaumaste Stokesii, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 14 ; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 12. 



Eustephanus Stokesi, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 75. 



Habitat. Juan Fernandez. 



297. Eustephanus Fernandensis . Vol. IV. PL 267. 



Eustephanus Fernandensis, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 14 ; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 11 ; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. 

 Theil iii. p. 76. 



Habitat. Juan Fernandez. 



The 



Genus Ph^ol^ma, Reichenb., 



is composed of two Andean species, distinguished by their sombre colouring; for although both have a luminous 

 gular patch, and one of them a glittering mark on the centre of the crown, the brilliancy of these markings is not 

 so great as usual, and their tails are coloured unlike those of any other group. 



298. Ph^ol^ma rubinoides VoL IV. PL 268. 



Heliodoxa rubinoides, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 6, pi. 743. figs. 4704-5. 



Phaeolaema granadensis, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 30, note. 

 Habitat. New Granada. Frequently sent to Europe from Bogota. 



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