Genera of Humming Birds. 271 



lights. Upperside dark-green, appearing black in the centre 

 of back in certain lights. Uppertail-coverts bronzy-green. 

 Tail dark bronze-green. Underside brilliant shining green, 

 base of feathers black. Centre of throat brilliant metallic- 

 blue. Vent white. Undertail-coverts, bronze-green, margined 

 with grayish-buff. Wing cov^erts dark bronzy-green, second- 

 aries pale yellowish-buff, tipped with purplish-brown, primaries 

 purplish. Bill black. 



Total length, S^in. Wing, 3 J. Tail, 2|-. Culmen, if. 



Female. — Upperside shining green, golden on uppertail 

 coverts. Tail bronze-green. Throat buff. Underside shining 

 golden-green, base of feathers grayish buff, giving a scaly 

 appearance to that part. Rest like the male. 



Total length, 5iin. Wing, 3. Tail, 2\. Culmen, i^ 



This beautiful species was discovered in Ecuador, by 

 Delattre, and dedicated by him and Bourcier, to Comte de 

 Paris. 



My specimens w^ere collected in Ecuador, by Buckley. I 

 have also one specimen received from Bogota, Colombia. 



■Genus CVII. Eudosia, Muls., Cat. Ois. Mou., 1875, p. 20. 



Type : D. traviest, Mulsant and Verreaux. 



Bill straight, long, about twice the length of the head. 

 Wings long, reaching the end of tail. Tail long, slightly 

 forked. Median rectrices shortest, lateral and outermost 

 ones very slightly and gradually longer. Metallic frontal spot. 

 Centre of throat white. No white on tail. 



Range, Colombia. 



This genus stands exactly between Homophania and 

 Calligenia, having some of the characters belonging to 

 these two genera. 



384. Eudosia TRAVIESI, Muls. and Verr, Ann., Soc, Linn., 



Lyon, 1866, p. 199. 



Traviès Inca, Gould, Mon. Troch. SuppL, 1886, p. 25. 



I' Eudosie de Traviès, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1876, 

 vol. iii., p. 3. 



Habitat. — Colombia. 



