g2 Genera of Humming Birds. 



Undertail-coverts green, margined with buff. Tail purplish- 

 black with the basal half of outer feathers grayish white. 

 Thighs buff. Bill black. 



Total length, y-Hn. Wing, i|^. Tail, 5. Culmen, \. 



Female. — - Upperslde bronzy-green. Underside white, 

 washed with green, sometimes with a few metallic golden 

 spots on the throat. Undertail coverts buffy-white. Tail 

 coloured like that of the male, but much shorter. Bill black. 



This fine species was discovered by Delattre, at Mayobamba, 

 Peru. 



My specimens were collected by Mr. H. Whitely in Peru. 



^125. Lesbia eucharis, Boure, Rev. Zool., 1848, p. 274. 



Cynanthus eucharis, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool., 1854, 

 p. 252. 



Train bearer, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii., p. 171. 



La Lesbie eucharis, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., vol. iii. 

 p. 200. 



Habitat. — Columbia. 



Male. — Entire upper surface, breast, abdomen, and flanks 

 bronzy-green. Throat metallic grass-green. Vent and 

 undertail-coverts buff, the latter with green centres. Wings 

 purplish brown. Rectrices brownish-black, largely tipped 

 with grass-green, except the outermost one, which has a 

 bronze tip. Bill black. 



Total length, yfin. Wing, 2\. Tail, 5f . Culmen, -^. 



Female. — ^Above golden-green, beneath buff spangled with 

 green. Tail like that of the male but shorter, and with the 

 outer web of outermost feather grayish-white for three fourths 

 of its length. 



The above descriptions were taken from Elliot's Synopsis 

 of the Humming Birds. 



126. Lesbia Boliviana, Boucard, H. Bird, 1891, t. i., p. 43. 



Bolivian Train-bearer, 



La Lesbie bolivienne. 



Habitat. — Bolivia. 



Male. — Upperside, breast, and flanks golden-green. Throat 

 metallic golden-green. Wings purplish-brown. Vent deep 

 buff. Undertail-coverts buff, with a narrow central line green. 



