Genera of H u mining Birds. 105 



Female. — Upperside shining- green. Throat, centre of 

 breast, abdomen and undertail-coverts, pale gray, nearly 

 white. Sides of breast and flanks bronzy-green. Median 

 rectrices grass-green with bluish tips, lateral green at base, 

 then deep blue tipped with white. 



This is a very rare species. It w as discovered by Bucklev 

 in Ecuador. I have only two very tine specimens of both 

 sexes, collected at Chimbo, Ecuador, by Mr. J. de Silmiradzki, 

 and offered to me by Count Berlepsch. 



144. Thalurania w.\tertoni, Bourc, P.Z.S., 1847, p. 44. 



Polytmus watertoni, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 108. 



Calligena ivhatertoni, Reich., Troch., Enum., 1855, p. 3. 



Waterto7i s Wood-Nympli^ Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. 2, 



P- 103- 



La Thaluranie de Watterton^ Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1876, t. iii, p. 78. 



Habitat. — Brazil, British Guiana ? 



Male. — Crown and nape greenish-bronze. Back in its 

 entire length, shoulder, wing-coverts and flanks, metallic blue. 

 Uppertail-coverts green washed with blue. Underside metal- 

 lic grass-green. Undertail-coverts gray with green in centre. 

 Tail steel-blue. Wings purplish-black. Bill black. 



Total length, 5in. Wing, 2\. Tail, 2\. Culmen, ^. 



Female. — Upperside dark green. Underside gray. 



This is a very rare species. I have only two males, which 

 were found in a collection of Brazilian birds. 



145. Thalurania furcata, Gmel. Syst. Nat.. 1788, vol. i., 



p. 486. 



Ornis7nya furcata, Less., Hist.. Nat. Ois. Mou., 182g, p. d^i. 



Polytmus furcatus, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 108. 



Coeligena gyrinno, Reich., Enum., p. 3. 



Thalurania furcatoides, Gould, Intr. Troch., p. 357. 



Cayenne Wood-Nymph, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. ii., p. loi. 



Para Wood-Nymph, Gould, Mon. Troch., Suppl., 1886, 



P- 35- 



La Thaluranie ci queue fourchue, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. 

 Mou., 1876, vol. iii., p. 72. 



