376 Genera of Humming Birds. 



shining bronze at base, followed by bronzy-black, and tipped 

 with pale buff. Central rectrices, twice as long as the longest 

 of lateral, bronze at base, then black, the remaining part 

 beyond the lateral white, and rounded at tips. Chin dark 

 bronze, black in certain lights. Rest of underside brown 

 changing to pale buff on the abdomen. Undertail-coverts 

 pale bronze in the centre, and margined with pale buff. Stripe 

 over the eye, spot behind, and one from the maxilla running 

 under the eye pale buff. Ear coverts brownish-black. Wings 

 purplish-brown. Maxilla black. Mandible flesh-colour, 

 probably red in life, with black tip. 



Total length, 6^in. Wing, 2\. Tail, 3|. Culmen, if. 



Female. — Similar to the male but slightly paler and smaller. 



All the specimens of this species that I have seen were 

 from Guiana. It is the largest species of the genus. 



509. Phaethornis EURYNOME, Lesson, Troch, 1831, t. xxxi., 



p. 91. 



Phaethornis melanotis, Reich., Troch. Enum., 1855. p. 12. 



Eurynome Hermit, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. i., p. 16. 



Le Phaethornis d' Eurynome, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1873, t. i., p. 81. 



Habitat. — Brazil. 



Male. — Head blackish-brown, each feather margined with 

 rufous. Upperside, including uppertail-coverts, shining bronze- 

 green, then black, edged with pale rufous, and giving to that 

 part a scaly appearance. Tail bronze at base, then black 

 with white tips. Centre of throat black, margined with 

 rufous. A buff line behind the eye and under the cheeks 

 and ear coverts black. Breast grayish-brown, rest of under- 

 side pale buff. Wings purplish-brown. Maxilla black. Man- 

 dible flesh colour with black tip. 



Total length, 6in. Wing, 2\. Tail, 2\. Culmen, i^. 



Female. — Upperside like the male, but greener on back and 

 wing-coverts. Chin rufous with black or brown in the centre 

 of feather. Slightly smaller than the male. 



Dedicated by Lesson to Eurynome, mother of the three 

 Graces. 



