66 ~ Genera of Humming Birds. 



It is still a rare species in the collections. It was discovered 

 in 1842, in the Sierra Nevada of Merida (Venezuela), by Mr. 

 Linden, to whom it was dedicated by Parzudaki. 



Genus XXXIII. Eupogonus, Muls and Verr., Class. 



Troch., 1865, p. 73. 

 Type : T. herrani, Delattre and Bourcier. 



Bill short, straight, slightly curved at tip. Nostrils hidden 

 by the feathers on forehead. Wings long, not reaching the 

 end of tail. Tail slightly forked. Median rectrices wûde, 

 shorter than the three next ones. Outermost ones shorter, 

 but longer than the median, all of them, excepting the two 

 median, largely tipped with white. Tarsi clothed. Sexes 

 unlike. 



Habitat. — Ecuador and Columbia. 



91. Eupogonus HERRANI, Delattre and Bourc, Rev. Zool., 



1846, p. 309. 



Calothorax herrani, Bon. Consp., Gen. Av., 1852, vol. i., 



p. 85. 



Ramphomicron herrani, Gould, Mon. Troch, vol. iii., p. 187^ 



Chalcostigma herrani, Reich, Aufz. der Col., 1853, p. 12. 



Lampropogon herrani, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool., 1856,. 



P- 253- 



Herran's Thorn-bill, Gould, Mon. Troch, vol. iii., p 187. 



Le Ramphomicron d' Herran, Muls., His. Nat. Ois. Mou.,. 

 1876, t. iii., p. 173. 



- Habitat. — Ecuador and Columbia. 



Male. — Forehead and centre of the crown chestnut-red, paler 

 on the long feathers of the crown. Sides of chin, crown and 

 ear-coverts dark bronzy-green, appearing black in certain 

 lights. A small white spot behind the eye. Rest of upper- 

 side shining bronzy-green, becoming red on lower part of 

 back. Upper tail-coverts shining purplish-red. Median 

 rectrices purplish-blue, with a reddish tinge at tips, lateral 

 purplish-blue, largely tipped with white. Chin metallic green, 

 beneath which are elongated feathers forming a narrow band 

 extending to the middle of breast, metallic rubi. Rest of 



