256 



Genera of Humming Birds. 



green of the throat. Tibial tufts pure white, 

 coverts glittering blue. Tail steel-blue. 



Female. — Like that of E. vestita. 



Under tail- 



•^363. Eriocnemis EVELINAE, Ernst, and Hart., Novit. Zool., 



1894, vol. i., p. 17. 



Eveline's Puff-Leg. 



r Eriocn êm is cT Eve lin e 



Habitat. — Rio Pastassa, Ecuador. 



Similis femina E. Godini, sed rostro breviore, mandibula 

 ad basin carnea, caudae tectricibus splendidioribus, pectore 

 obscuriore. 



Total length nearly 4in. Wing, 2*35. Lateral rectrices, i "6, 

 Central, \'22. Bill r59. 



Dedicated to the sister of the Hon. Lionel Walter de 

 Rotschild. 



Type unique in Tring Museum. 



I have not seen this species. 



364. Eriocnemis cupreiventris, Eras, P.Z.S., 1848, p. 15 



Ornysmia vestita, female, Longue, Rev. Zool., 1838, p. 314 



Eriopus simplex, Gould, P.Z.S., 1849, P- Q^- 



Hylocharis cupreoventris, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 114 



Phemonoe, cupreiventris, Reich., Aufz. der Colib, 1853 

 p. 9. 



Coppery-bellied Puff-leg, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iv. p. 270 



Olive Coloured Puff-leg, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iv., p. 271 



r Eriocnemis à ventre cuivreux, Muls., His. Nat. Ois. Mou. 

 1876, t. iii., p. 46. 



Habitat. — Colombia and Venezuela. 



Male. — Upperside bronzy-green, passing into shining green 

 on uppertail-coverts. Tail bluish-black. Throat and breast 

 shining green, passing to golden on flanks. Abdomen brilliant 

 metallic coppery-red. Undertail-coverts shining blue with 

 purplish reflections in some specimens. Tarsal tufts white. 

 Wings purplish-brown, with a bronze tinge on secondaries. 

 Bill and feet black. 



Total length, 4iin. Wing, 2J. Tail, if. Culmen, f. 



