K U G E K E S S P T E C T A M M f l . F .,
EUGENES SPECTABILIS.
Costa Rica Humming-bird.
Heliomaster spectabilis, Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N ew York, viii. p. 4 7 2 (1867).
Tiochilus spectabilis, Gray, Hand-list o f B irds, i. p. 1 3 7 , no. 1 7 5 0 (1869).
Eugenes spectabilis, Mulsant, Hist. N a t. Oiseaux-Mouches, ii. p. 2 1 5 (1876).— Boueard, Proe.
Zool. Soc. 1 8 7 8 , p. 68.— Elliot, Synopsis o f the Humming-Birds, p. 61 (1878).
Two species o f the genus Eugenes are known—one, E. filgetis, being found m Texas and Mexico, and
as far south as Guatemala, while the second species, E . spectabilis, replaces it in Costa Rica. The latter
differs from E. fulgem in having the breast dark green instead o f black, and the lateral tail-feathers
bronzy brown instead of bronzy green.
The following full description is copied from Mr. Elliot’s work:
» Male. Forehead dull green. Top of head and occiput brilliant dark violet. Upper parts dark grass-
green, the back appearing black in certain lights. Wings purple. Throat metallic dark green, bluish
in some lights. Unllerparts dark grass-green, the breast never appearing black in any light. Under
tail-coverts green, tipped with buff. Median rectrices dark bronze-green, the remainder bronze-green,
graduating into blackish brown and edged with white on the tips. Bill black. Total length 51 niches,
wing 3, tail H , tarsus l i . . . . • i u
1 Yrnng ( ? Female'). Crown dull brown. Entire underparts dull greyish brown, with an ochreons
tinge. Flanks dull green, with white pleural spot. Lateral rectrices green at base, a subterinmal blac
bar and the tips greyish white.”
The figures in the Plate represent two males and a female, of the natural size. [R B S ]