64 Genera of Humming Birds. 



and flanks pale brown, washed with bronze feathers. Bill 

 black. 



Total length, -j-^in. Wing, 2|. Tail, 2f^. Culmen, |. 



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

 but rectrices narrower. Underside including uridertail-coverts 

 pale buff, nearly white, with dark bronzy feathers encircling 

 the throat, the abdomen and flanks washed with bronze 

 feathers. Bill black. 



Total length, 3Jin. Wing, 2. Tail, 2|. Culmen, %. 

 This species was probably discovered by Boissoneau and 



dedicated by him to Guérin de Méneville, the Editor of the 

 ^' Revue Zoologique," afterwards called ''Revue et Magasin de 

 Zoologie/' and the author of many other well-known scientific 

 works. 



88. OXYPOGON STUEBELI, Meg. Madar. Zeitschr ges Ornit, 



1884, vol. i, p. 204. 



Stuebel's Helmet Crest, Gould, Mon. Troch, Suppl., 1886, 

 P- 59- 



I'Oxypogon de Stuebel. 



Habitat. — Volcano of Tolima, Columbia. 



Female. — Upper surface bronzy-brown. Neck, sides of 

 neck, entire under surface and undertail-coverts brownish 

 cream-colour. Wings, especially towards their distal end, 

 with a vivid purple tinge. The two middle tail feathers, as 

 well as the upper tail-coverts more or less coppery-red, each 

 one with a broad cream coloured shaft stripe which does 

 not reach to the distal end, the latter being lighter. The 

 outermost tail feather cream-coloured, except a coppery 

 patch along the inner web, leaving the terminal spot free. 

 This marking of the tail is the best specific character. Bill 

 black, very slender and hardly larger than that of Ramphomi- 

 cro7i microrhynchiis. 



Total length, 3in. Wing, 2^|. Middle tail feathers, 1.65, 

 the penultimate and longest, i.g. '' Mey, loc cit." 



It was dedicated to Doctor Alphons Stuebel, of Dresden, 

 said to be the first collector in that part of the globe. 



. This seems to me to be the female of Oxypo^on giierini. 

 ''Edit." 



