EUCE PHALA SCA LUD AIA, Gould.
Black-bellied Sapphire.

Lucephala scapulata, Gould, Intr. Trochil. Svo, p. 166 (1861).—Selater & Saly. Nomencel.
Av. Neotr. p. 93 (1875).—Muls. Hist. Nat. Oiseaux-Mouches, ii. p. 84 (1875),
—Hlhiot, Ibis, 1874, p-. 88; id. Synopsis of the Hummine-Birds, p- 229 (1878),
—KEudes-Deslongchamps, Annuaire Mus. d’Hist. Nat. Caen, i. p. 456 (1881).
Hylocharis scapulata, Gray, Hand-list of Birds, i. p. 148, no. 1914 (1869).

 

Tux type of the present species still remains in my collection, and is apparently the only one yet known.

It belongs to the green-headed section of the genus Eucephala, has the throat and chest blue, and is further

distinguished by having the under tail-coverts brown with blue centres, and the abdomen brownish black.

The locality of Eucephala scapulata is supposed to be Cayenne ; but I have no certain information on this
point.

The following is a copy of my original description :—

“Crown of the head, back of the neck, and lower part of the back very deep dull green; throat and
chest glittering greenish blue, imperceptibly passing into the dull brownish black of the abdomen ; under
tail-coverts brown, with a wash of dull blue in the centre of each feather, a mark of blue on each side at
the insertion of the wing, forming an indistinct band across the back ; upper tail-coverts bronzy green ; tail
steely black, rather short for the size of the bird, and slightly forked; wings deep purplish browa ; tarsi
clothed with intermingled greyish-white aud brown feathers ; upper mandible black ; basal half of the under

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mandible fleshy, the apical half black.” Total length 32 inches, bill ¢, wing 216, tail 13.

   
    
  
   
   
  
 
 
  
  
  
   

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