76 Genera of Hiimfnin^ Birds. 



CTolden bronze, with reddish-purple reflections on margins. 

 Throat luminous metallic screen. Underside bronzv-ofreen 

 marked with buffy-brovvn. Un dei tail-coverts pale bronze- 

 green, tipped with rufous. Anal region white. Wings purple 

 brown. Bill black. 



Total length, 4fin. Wing, 2%. Tail, 2. Culmen, -|. 



Female. — Upperside bronzv-green. Tail metallic bronze, 

 -changing to blue. Underside buffy-brown, each feather tipped 

 bronzy-green. Undertail coverts rufous. Lateral and outer- 

 most feathers of tail slightly tipped with gray. Bill black. 

 Same size as male. 



This is a very rare species. My specimens were collected 

 in Bolivia, bv Bucklev. Bridges is the discoverer of the 

 species. 



To show how specimens of one species differ, I give below 

 the description of one of my male specimens : — l.^pperside 

 bronzy-green. Tail purplish-bronze, changing into blue in 

 certain lights. Throat luminous metallic gold. Tail beneath, 

 luminous purple-bronze, distinct enough to make a new species 

 with it ; but it is not so. 



■^105. Met.\LLUR.\ PRIMOLIXA, Bourc, Rev., and Mag. 



Zool., 1853, p. 295. 



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

 t. iii., p. 68. 



Metallura Priuioli'i, Gould, Int. Troch., 1861, p. 112. 



Priiuoli's Hinmniug Bird , Gould, Mon. Troch, vol. iii., p. 

 194. 



Le Metalliire de Priiiioli, AIuls., fiist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1876, t. iii., p. 1 16. 



Habitat. — Ecuador. 



Male. — Upper surface dark bronzy-green. Tail luminous 

 bronzy-green, edged with coppery-green on the upper surface. 

 Underside bronzy-green, darker on flanks. Throat luminous 

 green, with base of feathers rufous. Undertail coverts bronzy- 

 green edged with rufous. Anal region pure white. Wings 

 purplish-brown. Bill and feet black. 



Total length, 3y^. ^^^ing 2^-^r. Tail, i^. Culmen, -j^. 



Female (? ) . — Upper surface bronzy-green. The under 

 surface has the base of the feathers rufous-white, darkest on the 

 throat and abdomen with bronzy-green tips. AA'ings purplish- 



