82 The Hamming Bird. 



purple giving a scaly appearance to that part. Abdomen and 

 flanks purplish margined with gray A patch on each side of 

 flanks; margined with gray : Vent and tarsal tufts, pure white. 

 Undertail coverts dark brownish-green margined with white. 

 Maxilla black. Mandible flesh colour with black tip. 



Total length, 3 | in. Wings, 2 Tail, 1 |.Culmen,|. 



Female. — Unknown. 



I have two specimens exactly alike. It is quite easy to dis- 

 tinguish it from all the other species, in consequence of its par- 

 ticular colour. I dedicate it to Don Raphael Nunez, the actual 

 President of Columbia. 



114. Uranomitra francos, Bourc. and Muls. Ann. Soc. Agr., 



Lyon, 4846, t. IX, p. 234. 



Bogota, Columbia. 



115. Uranomitra golumbiana, n. sp. 



Bogota, Columbia. 



Male. — Head and sides of neck metallic green. Upperside 

 golden-green. Median rectrices-bronze, lateral purplish-bronze 

 with a wide subterminal brownish-black bar. Throat, centre 

 of abdomen, anal region, and undertail-coverts white. Flanks 

 golden-green. Wings purple-brown. Maxilla black. Mandible 

 flesh colour with black tip. 



Total length, 3 1 in. Wings, 2g-, Tail, 1 |. Culmen, \ • 



Female. — Upperside bronzy-green passing to reddish-gol- 

 den on rump and uppertail-coverts. Tail bronze, lateral bronze 

 with a subterminal brownish black bar and gray tips. Throat, 

 centre of abdomen, lower part of vent, aud undertail-coverts 

 white. Sides of neck and breast shining-green. Flanks golden- 

 green. Bill and size like the male. 



This species is closely allied to U. niveipectus from which it 

 can be easily distinguished by the color of mandible. 



116. Uranomitra milleri, Bourc. P. Z. S., 1847, p. 43. 



Bogota, Columbia. 



117. Agyrtria terpna, Hein. Journ. fur. Ornith., 1863, p. 184. 



Bogota, Columbia. 

 118*. Agyrtria apigalis, Gould. Int. Troch., 1861, p. 154. 



Columbia. 

 119. Agyrtria cceruleiceps, Gould, P. Z. S., 1860, p. 307. 



Columbia ? 



Having studied with much care, the unique type of this 

 species, in the British Museum. I have come to the conclusion 

 that it is only a young male of Clirysuroma josephinœ. 



