236 Gefiera of Hiunrning Birds. 



toe and nail. Lower part of back and rump brilliantly 

 coloured in males. Sexes similar. 



Habitat. — Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 



335. Aglaeactis CUPRIPENXIS, Bourc. and Muls., Ann. Soc. 



Agr. Lyon, 1843, t- vi., p. 46. 



Mellisucra ctipripennis^ Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 212. 



Helianthea cupripennis, Reich. Troch. Enum, 1855, p. 6. 



Aglaiactis aeqiiatorialis, Cab. and Heine, Mus. Hein, 1860, 

 t. iii., p. 70. 



Aglaéactïs parvula, Gould, Int. Troch., 1861, p. 106. 



Shining Sun-beam, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii., p. 179. 



l' Aglaéacte à rectrices bronzées, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois, 

 Mou., 1876, t. iii., p. 24. 



Habitat. — Colombia and Ecuador. 



Male. — Head, neck, and back, dark bronzy-brown. A 

 narrow band of rufous on neck. Rump and back, viewed from 

 behind, metallic purple-crimson, passing to greenish-gold on 

 uppertail-coverts. Median rectrices rufous at base, passing to 

 bronze, shaft very apparent for two-thirds of its length pale 

 rufous, laterals rufous, margined and tipped with bronze. 

 Shaft of external wing feather rufous and very apparent 

 nearly to the end. Underside rufous, excepting a pale buff 

 spot on the breast. Wings purplish-brown. Maxilla black. 

 Mandible flesh colour at base, rest black. 



Total length, 4fin. Wing, 3^. Tail, 2\. Culmen, f. 



Fetnale. — The onlv difference with the male consists in 

 having the wings shorter, less brilliant on back, rump, and 

 uppertail-coverts, the band of rufous on neck is broader, and 

 the rufous of the underside is paler. 



Total length, 4f in. Wing, 3^. Tail, 2\. Culmen, |-. 



There is no difference whatever in the size or colouring 

 between the specimens from Colombia and Ecuador. 



^336 Aglaeactis Caumatonota, Gould, P.Z.S., 1848, p. 12. 

 HeliantJiea caiunatonota, Reich. Troch, Enum., 1855^ p. 5. 



Aglaeactis olivaceo-cauda, Lawr., Aun. N.Y. Lye. Nat. 

 Hist., 1867, p. 470. 



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