I next proceed to a group of birds of considerable size, with lengthened straight bills, and the plumage and markings of which render them very conspicuous—the prevailing colours being black and white, relieved by blue and other tints on the crown; they have small and very delicate feet, the colours of which are either rosy or white. I consider them to constitute a very distinct section of the Trochilidæ, and I have much pleasure in adopting for them the generic appellation of Bourcieria proposed by the late Prince Charles Bonaparte. All the known species are from the Andes, over which they are spread from the southern part of Peru to the northern part of New Granada.
Bourcieria torquata
Habitat: Columbia. Common in the temperate regions round Bogota.
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Bourcieria torquata
Collared Inca
Bourcieria fulgidigula (Gould)
Habitat: Ecuador
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Bourcieria fulgidigula
Green-Throated Inca
Bourcieria insectivora
Habitat: Peru
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I observe that M. Cabanis has placed the T. insectivorus of Tschudi among the synonyms of B. torquata; but, having had Tschudi’s type specimen sent to me from Neuchatel, I am not satisfied as to its identity with that species. The specimen referred to seems to me to be the young of some bird of which we have not yet seen the adult. I therefore retain the name in my list; but of course do not figure it. It appears to me to offer an alliance to the B. Conradi.
Bourcieria Conradi
Habitat: Pamplona in New Granada
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Bourcieria Conradi
Conrad’s Inca
Bourcieria Inca (Gould)
Habitat: Province of Coroico in Bolivia; 6000 or 8000 feet (Warszewicz).
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Bourcieria Inca
Inca
Featuring all 422 illustrated species from John Gould’s A Monograph of the Trochilidæ, or Family of Humming-Birds arranged by color.
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