Genus Leadbeatera Bonap.

Hitherto I have entertained the opinion that the H. jacula and the Leadbeatera grata were of the same form; but upon further consideration I now believe them to be distinct; and as the former is the type of my genus Heliodoxa, I retain that of Leadbeatera for the other.

Of this form I possess three very distinct birds, which might be considered by some persons as one and the same, but in this opinion I cannot agree: the L. Otero from Bolivia, and the L. grata are too unlike to be considered otherwise than as separate species; while the third, which is from Venezuela, is allied to the Bolivian bird rather than to that from New Granada.

• 110.

  Leadbeatera Otero

  Habitat: Peru and Bolivia

  Plate 96 Heliodoxa Otero Otero Brilliant

  • Coeligena Otero, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 3, pl. 689. figs. 4523–24.
  • Heliodoxa Otero, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 22, note.
  • Leadbeatera sagitta, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 7.
  • Coeligena sagitta, Reichenb. ib. p. 23; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pl. 689. fig. 4525, and pl. 690. figs. 4527–28.
  • Heliodoxa sagitta, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p22.
• 111.

  Leadbeatera splendens (Gould)

  Habitat: Venezuela

  No illustrations

  Centre of the crown brilliant blue, bordered on each side with jet-black; upper surface bronzy green; wings purplish brown; two centre tail-feathers bronzy, the remainder black; under-surface glittering green; under tailcoverts olive-grey; bill black; feet dark brown.

  Total length, 5\(\frac{1}{2}\); inches; bill 1\(\frac{1}{16}\); wing 2\(\frac{7}{8}\); tail 2\(\frac{1}{4}\); tarsi \(\frac{1}{4}\).

  This species is very nearly allied to the Leadbeatera Otero, but it differs in having a straighter and shorter bill, and in the green tint of the under-surface.

• 112.

  Leadbeatera grata

  Habitat: The hilly parts of New Granada

  Plate 97 Heliodoxa Leadbeateri Leadbeater’s Brilliant