i8o Genera of Humming Birds. 



Genus LXXIX. Eucephala, Reich., Aufz. der Col., 1853, 



p. 10. 



Ulysses, Muls., Cat. Ois. Mou., 1875, p. 12. 



Type : T. grayi, Delattre and Bourcier. 



Bill longer than the head, rather broad at base, sharply 

 pointed at tip, nostrils exposed. Wings long and pointed, 

 reaching the end of tail. Tail slightly forked, rectrices broad. 

 Tarsi clothed. Sexes unlike. 



Habitat. — Ecuador, Columbia. 



257. Eucephala grayi, Delatt. and Bourc, Rev. Zool., 1846, 



P- 3°7- 



Hylocharis grayi, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 115. 



Sapphironia grayi, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool., 1854, p. 256. 



Ulysses grayi, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1875, t. ii., p. 41. 



Blue-headed Sapphire, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. v., p. 330. 



l'Ulysse de Gray, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois., Mou., 1875, t. ii., 

 p. 42. 



Habitat. — Ecuador and Columbia. 



Male. — Head and chin deep metallic prussian-blue. Upper- 

 side shining green, golden in some specimens. Tail steel-blue. 

 Throat, breast, abdomen and flanks metallic emerald green. 

 Undertail-coverts shining green, edged with grayish-white. 

 Wings purple-brown. A tuft of white feathers on each side 

 of anal region. Maxilla flesh colour at base, rest black. Man- 

 dible flesh colour with black tips. 



Total length, 4§in. Wing, 2\. Tail, if. Culmen, f. 



Female. — Upperside golden-green. Tail bronzy-green at 

 base with bluish edges. Tips spotted with grayish-white. 

 Underside grayish-white, speckled with bronzy-green feathers 

 on throat, breast, and flanks. Undertail-coverts shining 

 green, edged with gray. Bill flesh colour at base, rest black. 

 Mandible flesh colour with black tip. Same size as male. 



This beautiful species was discovered by Delattre, at 

 Popayan (Columbia), and was dedicated to the late Mr. John 

 Gray, who was, for a long time, Curator of the Zoological 

 Department of the British Museum. 



I have in my collection three typical specimens, male and 



