Eriocnemis dybowskii

This species we have not seen, but the types are in the Warsaw Museum, to which institution they were sent in 1882 by M. Stolzmann, who procured two males and a female at Ray-urmana in Peru, at a height of from 7000 to 8000 feet.

M. Stolzmann states that it was rather scarce, and was met with on the red flowers of a species of Malastoma.

The following is a translation of Dr. Taczanowski’s description:—

Adult male. Above golden green; below glittering green, the abdomen especially brilliant; centre of the breast white, spotted with green; under tail-coverts brilliant green; feet clothed with white plumes; quills blackish with a violet gloss; tail golden green and deeply forked; bill straight, subcylindrical, longer than half the body, black; feet blackish.

[R. B. S.]

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More hummingbirds in the genus Eriocnemis

• Eriocnemis cupreiventris Coppery-bellied Puff-leg
• Eriocnemis simplex Olive-coloured Puff-leg
• Eriocnemis Isaacsoni Long-billed Puff-leg
• Eriocnemis Luciani Buquet’s Puff-leg
• Eriocnemis Mosquera Mosquera’s Puff-leg
• Eriocnemis vestita Glowing Puff-leg
• Eriocnemis nigrivestis Black-bested Puff-leg
• Eriocnemis Godini Godin’s Puff-leg
• Eriocnemis D’Orbignyi D’Orbigny’s Puff-leg
• Eriocnemis Derbiana Derby’s Puff-leg
• Eriocnemis Alinæ Metallic Puff-leg
• Eriocnemis squamata Scaly Puff-leg
• Eriocnemis lugens Hoary Puff-leg
• Eriocnemis Aureliæ Aurelia’s Puff-leg
• Eriocnemis dyselius Black-vented Puff-leg
• Eriocnemis chrysorama Blue-vented Puff-leg
• Eriocnemis assimilis Brown-booted Puff-leg
• Eriocnemis smaragdini­pectus Green-breasted Puff-leg
• Eriocnemis sapphiropygia Sapphire-vented Puff-leg