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Coppery-bellied Puff-lee.
Trochilus cuprewentris, Fras. in Proc. Zool. Soe., Part viii. p. 40.
Ornismya vestita 9, Longuem., Less. in Rev. Zool. 1838, p. 314?
______. maniculata, Less. ?
Hylocharis cupreoventris, Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. i. p. 114, Hylocharis, sp. 3.
Eriopus cupreiventris, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av., p- 80, Eriopus, sp. at
Tue great beauty of the Eriocnemis cupreiventris, and the large size of the white tufts clothing its legs, ren-
dering it a very conspicuous object, it is much sought after by collectors; and, judging from the great
number of specimens sent to Europe from Santa Fé de Bogota, it would seem to be one of the most
abundant of the Humming-birds inhabiting that country.
It evinces a preference for the temperate regions lying at an elevation of from six to nine thousand feet,
and appears never to visit the colder districts above or the warmer valleys below. From the circumstance
of no examples occurring in collections from any other part of South America than Columbia, it would seem
that its range is of limited extent.
The sexes are very much alike, and both have the white muff-like decoration on the leg, but it is not so
much developed in the female as in the male; the young is also very similar, but differs in having the throat
dull brownish black instead of luminous green.
The male has the crown of the head, sides of the neck, back and wing-coverts bronzy green, passing into
bright shining green on the upper tail-coverts ; wings purplish brown; tail purplish black; throat ee
ae ; y assing 1 ich copper é n; leg-ruffs snow-white ;
green ; under surface golden green, passing into a rich coppery hue on the abdomen ; leg ;
under tail-coverts rich shining lazuline blue; bill black ; feet brown.
The figures are of the size of life.
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