Genera of J I itinining Birds. 75 



flanks. Tail above bronzy-purple, beneath reddish-purple, 

 outermost rectrices tipped with buffy-white. 



It is a common species. 



I have one male specimen, grayish-brown all over, darker 

 on forehead and on tail, with the throat dark metallic blue. 

 If it should prove a distinct species, I propose the name of 

 Mefallura griseo-cyanea for it. 



103. Metallur.a Quitexsis, Gould, Int.Troch., 1861, p. 112. 



Quito Tyrian Tail. 



La MêtaUitrc de Quito, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1876, 

 t. iii., p. 1 16. 



Habitat. — Ecuador. 



I am not of the same opinion as Mr. Elliot about this 

 species. It is closely allied to M. tyrianthina, but is a much 

 larger bird. The principal differences consist in the upper- 

 side, which is more golden, the green of the throat not so 

 dark, the greneral colour of the underside more buffv-eolden. 

 and the colour of tail, which is bronze, with purplish reflections. 



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



Female. — Upperside golden-green, shining green on fore- 

 head. Underside rufous on throat and breast, with small 

 bronze spots on throat. W^hitish on abdomen, washed with 

 golden-green. Outermost rectrices with large grayish spots 

 at tips. 



104. Metallura aeneicauda, Gould, P.Z.S., 1846, p. 87. 



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



Aglaeactis aeneicauda, Bon. Rev. and Mag. Zool., 1854, 



P- 253- 



Urolampra aeneicauda, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein., i860,, 

 t. iii., p. 68. 



Brassy Tail, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii., p. 192. 



La Metallure à queue d'airain, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1876, t. iii., p. 112. 



Habitat. — Peru and Bolivia. 



Male. — Upperside bronzy-green. Tail metallic bronze 

 above, changing to blue in certain lights, beneath luminous 



