Genera of Humming Birds. 79 



108. Adklomvia melanogenvs, Fras., P.Z.S., 1840, p. 18. 



Trochilus sabinœ, Bourc. and Muls., Ann. Soc. Agr., Lyon, 

 1846, p. 323. 



Me/lisug-a sabinœ, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 112. 



Raniphomicron sabinœ, Bon. Consp. Gen. Av., 1850, p. 79. 



Metallura sabinœ, Reich., Aufz. der Col., 1853, p. 8. 



Adelisca melanogenys, Cab. and Heine., Mus. Hein., i860, 

 t. iii., p. 72. 



Adelomyia niaculata, Gould, Mon. Troch., p. 199. 



Adelomyia cervina, Gould, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1872, 



P- 453- 



Adelomyia aeneosticta, Simon, Soc. Zool. de France, 1889, 

 p. 223. 



Spotted Adelomyia , Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii., p. 198, 199. 



L'Adélomye de Sabine, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1876, 

 t. iii., p. 131. 



Habitat. — Venezuela, Columbia, and Ecuador. 



Male. — Upperside golden-green. Median rectrices bronzy- 

 brown, lateral of same colour with the basal half of inner webs 

 and tips buffy white. Some specimens have a purple gloss 

 near the tips of lateral rectrices, just below the buffy tips. A 

 white line behind the eye. Ear-coverts brownish-black. 

 Underside pale buff, marked with bronzy spots on neck and 

 breast, and shining golden feathers on sides of breast and 

 flanks. Undertail-coverts pale buff, with a bronzy spot in the 

 centre. Wings purplish-brown. Bill black. 



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



Female. — Exactly the same, with the rectrices slightly 

 rounded, and the underside of a paler buffy-white. 



It is a common species, with a wide range. I have not 

 been able to see any difference between my specimens from 

 Venezuela, Columbia, and Ecuador, and I think that the names 

 of ^. niaculata and A. cervina, Gould, cannot be retained as 

 distinct species. It is quite probable that what Gould described 

 as A. cervina were very adult males of A. melanogenys. I 

 have several specimens, received from Columbia, which 

 correspond exactly to that description. 

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