72 Genera of Humming Birds. 



gradually passing into a darker shade on the hind neck. 

 Feathers of the breast and abdomen narrowly fringed with 

 buff, more distinctly in the middle of the belly. Tail-coyerts 

 dull bronze. Fore neck ornamented with scaley feathers of a 

 blue colour, broadly edged with violet, the lustre less strongly 

 developed than in the male. Tail not so long, somewhat 

 truncated, similar in colour to the male, but less red and more 

 coppery, wdth the greenish-blue less brilliant. 



This rare species was discovered in Peru by Mr. Jelski,. 

 the celebrated Peruvian explorer, and it was dedicated to him 

 by Mr. Cabanis. 



By the description and Mulsant's plate, it looks as if it was 

 M. opaca. '' Edit." 



■^98. Metallura CHLOROPOGON, Cab. and Hein., Mus, 



Hein., i860, t. iii., p. 68. 



White vented Copper Tail, Gould, Mon. Troch, SuppL, 

 1886, p. 64. 



La Metallure à ventre blanc. 



Habitat. — ? 



Mas. — Purpureo-fuscescens nitore quodam metallico vires- 

 centi, vertice humeris uropygioque valde, imprimis antem 

 macula gulari splendidissime virescente-fulgentibus ; alis 

 purpureo-fuscis, rectricibus latissimis pulchre purpureo-re- 

 splendentibus, crisso albido, tectricibus caudac inferioribus 

 virescenti-nitentibus, margine lutescenti. " Cab. I.e." 



By the description it looks as a very allied species to 

 M. opaca, if it is not the same. "Edit." 



•^99. Metallura eupogon, Cab. Journ. fur Ornith, 1874, 



p. 97. 



Metallura hedwigae, Tacz., P.Z.S., 1874, p. 544. 



Red throated Copper Tail, Gould, Mon. Troch, Suppl., 

 1886, p. 64. 



La Metallure à gorge rouge. 



Habitat.- — Peru. 



Male. — General plumage bronzy-green. Line down the 

 centre of the throat metallic fiery-red. Tuft of white feathers 

 below the thighs. Wings purple-brow^n. Tail bronze with 

 blue reflections, beneath luminous grass-green. Bill and feet 

 black. 



