262 Genera of Humming Birds 



Genus CIL, Pterophanes, Gould, Int., Troch., 1861, p. 105. 



Lepidoria. Muls. and Verr., Class. Troch., 1865, p. 61. 



Type : O. temminckii^ Boisson neau. 



Bill cylindrical, narrow, longer than the head, slightly 

 curved upward at the point. Wings very large, falcate, 

 longer than the tail. Tail large and forked. Rectrices broad, 

 median shortest, lateral and outermost ones slightly and 

 gradually longer. Feet small, hind toe shorter than the 

 middle one, claws long, slightly curved, and sharp at the 

 point. Sexes unlike. 



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



374. Pterophanes temmincki, Boiss., Rev. Zool., 1839, 



P- 354- 

 Trochilus cyanopterus, Fras., P.Z.S., 1840, p. 17. 



Mellisuga temmincki, Gray Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 112. 



Lepidoria temmincki, Muls. and Verr., Class. Troch., 1865, 

 p. 61. 



Temminck' s Sapphire-wing, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii., 



p. 178. 



le Ptérophane de Temminck, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1876, t. ii., p. 291 



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



Male. — Upperside shining dark green, appearing nearly 

 black on neck and back, in certain lights. Tail shining bronze- 

 green. A white spot behind the eye. Underside brilliant 

 shining dark green. Wings metallic deep blue, each feather 

 tipped with purplish-black. Bill black. Feet flesh colour. 



Total length, 6|in. Wing, 4^. Tail, 3. Culmen, \\. 



Females — Head dark brown. Upperside golden-green. Tail 

 bronze-green, outermost rectrice white, margined with brownish- 

 bronze. Rump and uppertail-coverts shining green. A white 

 spot behind the eye. Throat, breast, and abdomen rufous. 

 Flanks and sides of breast shining golden-green with base of 

 feathers rufous. Undertail-coverts dark green. Greater wing 

 coverts metallic blue, primaries and secondaries purplish- 

 brown. Bill black. 



Total length, 6in. Wing, 4. Tail, 2%. Culmen, \\. 



