ERIOCNEMIS Assim ILIS, rvior.
Brown-booted Puff-leg..

ocnemis assimilis, Elli
Erioc ssemilis, Elliot, Bull. Soe. Zool. France

Humming-Birds, p. 189 (1878). » 1. p. 227 (1876); id, Synopsis of the

Turis appears be a very good and distinct species, according to the indic
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from specimens collected by Mr. Clarence Buckley at Tilotilo
its uniform pale brown puffs on the tarsi.

ations of Mr. Elliot, who described it
eee and Apollo in Bolivia. It is distinguished by
Mr. Elliot observes :—* It js very close to £7

and Mulsant, but has the downy tufts on the t aurelie of Bourcier

arsi uniform yellowish brown, whereas in

white, with some of them reddish or rosy at the base There “EG ene

is between these two species just the same

| ; and these latter are gen

pionce 88 ex bee Bae erally accepted by

naturalists as good species. The throat is lighter than the breast: but E. gure/; ‘ : eee
ast; but 4. aurehe has the throat blackish,

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difference as exists between LZ. dugens and LE. squamata of Gould

very different in colour to that of Z. assimilis.
I have two speci imi
ecimens exactly simil:
each other in my collection.” ae
The following full description is further civ Uliot in hi
oe l ae is further given by Mr. Elliot in his ‘ Synopsis :’—
“ Adult. Head, neck, and upper tail-coverts coppery r i i
“ : 7 ee a all-coverts coppery red; back and wing-coverts shining green; wings
yurple-brown ; underparts shining green with ; ° stre, lig j
ie ae eo g gree | 1 a coppery lustre, lightest on the throat; abdomen buff;
ail-coverts shining green, marg 7] fT; tars i
eo gg a with buff; tarsal tufts pale brown; tail bronze at the base,
yassine to black at the tips; bi ack 5 ft i row T a i il 12
I eno PS 5 ack ; feet light brown. Total length 32 inches, wing 2%, tail 13,
culmen #.

ERIOCNEMIS SMARAGDINIPECTUS, Gowiz.
Green-breasted Puff-lee.
Eriocnemis smaragdinipectus, Gouid, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) i. p. 322 (1868).—Elhot,

Ibis, 1872, p. 295.—Mulsant, Hist. Nat. Oiseaux-Mouches, iii. p. 35 (1876).—
Elliot, Synopsis of the Humming-Birds, p. 194 (1878).

 

Tus present species is one of the white-booted Puff-legs, and belongs to the blue-throated section. It is

further distinguished, as Mr. Elliot points out, by its golden-green under surface.
The following is my original account of the species :—
“This species, which is from the neighbourhood of Qu
differs from that bird in the green of the breast commencing immediately below the blue throat-spot,

whereas in five old males of £. vestita, when viewed in bright sunlight, a black band is seen separating the

two colours. It is true that this band is green in certain lights; but the feathers are of : a e
: : nialenethonavendce en specime th kinds, I find that

structure to those of the Quitan species. Taking the average of seven specimens of both kinds, ‘

nt: vestita; in all other
E. smaragdinipectus has a rather longer }

ito, is very closely allied to Eviocnemis vestita, but

bill and somewhat shorter wing than E.

The green of the abdomen of the former is more pure, OP not
ig of the rump perhaps the Quitan bird is
ample materials at my disposal for
may be, there are sufficient

respects their dimensions are very similar.

f the latter; in the gorgeous colour!

Bogotan ZL. vestita. I have

er similar they
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how that they are really different.

ail-coverts resplendently luminous yellowish

ass-green 5 under tail-coverts

and tail-feathers black.

so yellow as the same part 0
somewhat less resplendent than the
stinctness of the two birds ; and, howev
be recognized, and to s
n; rump and upper t
o the vent glittering gr
primaries,

determining the di
tangible characters by which each may

Head and upper surface dullish grass-gree
green ; on the throat a patch of violet-blue ; thence ¢
bright blue; thighs thickly clothed with white downy feathers ; bill,

Total length 4 inches, bill 16, wing is, tail Is.

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