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•^358. ErioCNEMIS VENTRALIS, Salv. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 



1891, p. 378. 

 Amethyst vented Puff-leg. 



V Eriocnémis à ventre améthyste. 

 Habitat. — Colombia. 



Male. — Upper surface shining grass-green, becoming 

 bronzy-black on the hind neck and crown, and glittering 

 olive-green on the rump, and uppertail-coverts ; under surface 

 with the throat bronzy-black, a glittering blue gular patch ; 

 breast glittering green shading into a glittering amethyst on 

 the abdomen, undertail-covets glittering purplish-blue ; tail 

 steel-blue, tibial tufts pure white ; bill black. 



Total length, 3'9in. Wing, 2-25. Tail, 1-65. Bill, 0"85. 



Type : Ex. Coll. Salvin and Goodman, now in the British 



Museum. 



35g. Eriocnémis Vestita, Longuem, Rev. Zool., 1838, p.3r4. 



Trochilus uropygialis, Fras. P.Z.S., 1840, p. 15. 



Hylocharis vestita^ Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 114. 



Orrtismya glornata^ Less, Echo du Monde Savant, 1843. 



Eriopus vestita, Bon. Consp., Gen. Av., 1850, vol. i., p. 80. 



Mellisuga ridolfi, Benv. Ann. R. Mus. Flor., 1865, p. 205. 



■Eriocnémis smaragdinipectus, Gould, Ann. Mag., Nat. 

 Hist., 1868, p. 322. 



Glowing Piff-leg, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iv., p. 275. 



L' Eriocnémis à plaque jugulaire d'un bleu-violet, Muls. 



Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1876, t. iii., p. 33. 



Habitat. — Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. 



Maie. — Upperside dark shining green. Rump and upper- 

 tail-coverts most brilliant metallic golden-green. Tail bluish- 

 black. Centre of throat metallic blue. Rest of throat and 

 breast dark shining green, appearing black in certain 

 lights. Lower part of breast, abdomen, and fianks glittering 

 metallic golden-green. Tarsal tufts pure white. L^ndertail- 

 coverts shining violet-blue. Wings purplish-brown. Feet 

 and bill black. 



Total length, 4|in. Wing, 2|. Tail, i|. Culmen, |-. 



Female. — Upperside shining golden-green, very brilliant on 

 rump and uppertail-coverts. Median rectrices bronze-green 



