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Total Icnglli, 3ïln. ^^'i^g, il. Tail, 2. Culmen, \. 



" Elliot, loc. cit." 



Female unknown. 



This rare species was discovered by Mr. Jelsky. 



100. MetALLURA SiMARAGUINICOLLlS, D'Orb. and Lafr., 



Syn. Av., 1838, ii., p. 31. 



Mcllisuga smaragdinicollis, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol i., p. 1 12. 



Urolampra sinaragdinicollis, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein., 

 i860, t. iii., p. 68. 



Violet Tail, Gould, Mon. IVoch., vol. iii., p. 196. 



La Métallure à gorge d'émerande^ Muls., Hist., Nat. Ois. 

 Mou., 1876, t. iii., p. 120. 



Habitat. — Bolivia, Columbia? 



Male. — Upperside shining dark bronzy-green. Tail purple 

 bronze, with shining dark blue reflections in certain lights, 

 beneath reddish purple. Throat luminous dark grass-green. 

 Rest of underside bronzy-green washed with pale buff on 

 breast and middle of abdomen. Undertail coverts brownish 

 bronze edged with pale buff. Bill black. 



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



Female. — ^Upperside bronze-green. Underside buff, glossed 

 with green on flanks. Throat and breast spotted wdth bronzy- 

 green. Anal region white. Undertail coverts buff, wdth 

 bronzy green in centre. The two outermost rectrices of tail 

 tipped with gray. 



This rare species was discovered by D'Orbigny. My 

 specimens were collected in Bolivia by Buckley. 



loi. Metallura peruviana. Boucard, H. Bird., 1893, 



vol. iii., p. 6. 



Peruvian Violet Tail. 



La Métallure Péruvienne. 



LI ab it at. — Peru. 



Male. — Upperside bronzy-green. Median rectrices dark 

 greenish bronze, \\ ith bluish purple reflections in certain lights, 

 beneath shining bluish-purple, with reddish-purple reflections. 

 Throat luminous g-rass-ofreen. Sides of neck and breast 



