6 The Humming Bird. 



Descriptions of several supposed New Species 



OF HUMMING-BlRDS. 

 by A. Boucard. 



Metallura Peruviana, N.Sp. 



Male. — Upperside bronzy-green. Median rectrices dark 

 greenish-bronze with bluish-purple reflections in certain 

 lights ; beneath shining bluish-purple with reddish-purple 

 reflections. Throat luminous grass-green. Sides of neck 

 and breast golden-green. Abdomen and flanks bronze- 

 green. Anal region white. Undertail-coverts bronze-green 

 margined with pale buff. Wings purplish-brown. Bill black. 



Total length, 3|in. Wing, 2-|. Tail, i-|. Culmen, \. 



Female. — Upperside bronzy-green. Tail like that of male 

 with the two outermost rectrices tipped with grayish-white. 

 Underside pale buff, whiter on abdomen and flanks, minutely 

 spotted with bronze-green. Throat and breast spotted with 

 golden-green. Anal region white. Wings purplish-brown. 

 Maxilla black, mandible flesh colour at base, rest black. 

 Size like that of male. 



This new species was discovered in Peru, by Mr. Whitely. 

 It is closely allied to M. smaragdinicollis ; but is a larger 

 bird and easily distinguished from that species by the 

 greenish colour of the tail above, and the undersurface 

 more golden. 



Lesbia aequatorialis, N.Sp. 



Male. — Upperside, sides of throat and breast, vent and 

 flanks grass-green. Chin and throat metallic grass-green. 

 Lower part of abdomen and undertail-coverts pale rufous. 

 Rest of plumage as L. victoriœ. Tail longer with tips of 

 central rectrices greener than in L. victoriœ. 



Total length, ç^in. Wing, 2f . Tail, 7. Culmen, \. 



Female. — Upperside grass-geen. Underside pale rufous 

 washed with green. Throat white speckled with green. A 

 small patch of pale golden feathers in the centre of throat. 

 Tail, half the length of that of male and coloured similarly. 



I have separated this species from L. victoriœ, because in 

 the large number of specimens which I have (over one 

 hundred) collected at Rio Napo, by Buckley, the differences 

 in colour mentioned above are constant, and it is impossible 

 to confound the two species. 



