Genera of Hitmviincr Birds. lor 



Brazilian Wood-Nymph, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. ii., p. 99. 



La Thaliiranie glaiicope, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1876, 

 vol. iii., p. 60. 



Habitat. — Brazil. 



Male. — Crown metallic deep-blue. Upperside dark grass- 

 ereen. Underside shininof oreen with orolden reflections. 

 Undertail-coverts shining green edged ^^ ith gray. Tail steel- 

 blue. Wings bluish-black. Bill black. 



Total length, 44in. Wing, 2-|. Tail, 2. Culmen, -|. 



Female. — Upperside shining green. Underside gray, washed 

 with oreen on flanks. Median rectrices o-reen, lateral screen 

 at base, then bluish-black, tipped white. 



Common in Brazil. 



I possess one female specimen, from Costa de Beauregard's 

 collection, with the names of Oiseau Mouche Modeste and 

 simplex upon the ticket. 



139. Thaluraxia Columbica, Bourc and Muls., Rev. ZooL, 



1843, p. 2. 



Polytnius columbicus, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 108. 



Coeligena coliiînbica, Reich., Troch., Enum., 1855, p. 3. 



Thaliirania veniista, Gould, P.Z.S., 1850, p. 163. 



Columbian Wood-Nymph, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. ii., 

 p. loG. 



La Thaluranie de Colombie, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1876, vol. iii., p. 64. 



Thalurania columbica, var. nigra, Boucard, H. Bird, vol. i., 

 p. 26. 



Habitat. — Costa-Rica, Veragua, Panama, Columbia and 

 Peru. 



Male.—^Crown of head and a band across the back, winor- 

 coverts and abdomen, metallic ultramarine blue. Nape, back 

 and abdomen, bronze-green. Uppertail-coverts green. Tail 

 bluish - black. Wings purplish brown. Throat and breast 

 shining emerald-green. Feet flesh color. Bill black. 



Total length, 4in. Wing, 2^- Tail, 2. Culmen, f. 



Female. — Upperside golden green, more green on lower 

 part of back, and on undertail-coverts. Underside gray with 

 few green feathers on side of breast and on flanks. Median 



