Somewhat allied to the genera Hemithylaca and Erythronota is the isolated form constituting my genus Eupherusa. The single species known is a native of Central America. Contrary to what occurs among the Erythronote, the sexes differ very considerably in their plumage—a fact of which I was not aware when my plate of the species was executed.
Male.—Bill nearly straight and longer than the head; wings rather long; tail rounded; tarsi clothed; feet small; hind toe rather shorter than the middle toe.
Female.—Unadorned.
Eupherusa eximia
Habitat: Guatemala and Honduras?
Plate 324
Eupherusa eximia
Stripe-tail
Mr. Salvin states that “This is one of the commonest Humming-Birds of Coban, being found everywhere near the city. The ratio of the males to the females is as ten to four.”—Ibis, vol. 11. p. 271.
The following is a correct description of the female of this species:—
Throat and all the under surface grey; sides of the neck and upper surface green; primaries purplish brown; secondaries deep buff, forming epaulets as in the male, but of less size.
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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