yo Genera of Hu7n?ning Birds. 



Lampropogon Stanley i, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool., 1854, 

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Stanley's Thorn-bill, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii, p. 185. 



Southern Thorn-bill, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii, p. 186. 



Le Ramphoniicron de Stanley, Muls., Hist. Nat., Ois. Mou., 

 1876, t. iii, p. 165. 



Habitat. — Ecuador, Peru. 



Male. — -Top of head dark greenish-bronze. Upperside 

 violet-blue. Uppertail-coverts dark shining bronzy-bluish- 

 green. Tail shining bluish-green. Centre of throat metallic 

 green, followed by a narrow band of bright amethyst feathers. 

 Sides of throat brownish black. Underside sooty brown with 

 bronzy reflections. Undertail-coverts dark violet, margined 

 with brownish gray. Wings brown. Bill black. 



Total length, 4|in. Wing, 2|-. Tail, 2\. Culmen, -^-^. ■ 



Female. — Upperside pale violet-blue, with all the head and 

 upperwing coverts pale bronze-green. Underside sooty brown 

 with a greenish-bronze tinge. Tail shining bluish-green, but 

 not so brilliant as in male. Outermost rectrices margined 

 externally with grayish brown. 



Total length, 4in. Wing, 2%. Tail, 2\. Culmen, -^-^. 



Genus XXXVI. Metallura, Gould, P.Z.S., 1867, p. 94. 



UroLAMPRA, Cab. and Heine, Mus. Heine, i860, t. iii., p. 68. 



Lavania, Muls., Cat. Ois. Mou., 1875, p. 24. 



Lavinia, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1877, t. iii., p. 106. 



Type : T. opaca, Lichtensten. 



Bill straight, acutely pointed, rather short. Tail long, 

 slightly forked, rectrices wide, brilliantly coloured. Wings 

 long, reaching the end of tail. Feet large. Tarsi bare. Hind 

 toe longer than middle toe. Sexes unlike. 



Habitat. — Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. 



96. Metallura opaca, Licht., Tsch. Consp., p. 38. 



Trochilus cupreicauda, Gould, P.Z.S., 1846, p. 87. 



Mellisuga cupreicauda, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 113. 



Aglaeactis cupreicauda^ Bon. Rev. and Mag. Zool., 1854, 

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