A single specimen of a Humming-Bird, somewhat allied to the last genus, was killed by M. Warszewicz on the sides of the Volcano of Chiriqui. It possesses so many remarkable characters that I was obliged, without a moment’s hesitation, to assign to it a new generic appellation, that of Oreopyra. Unfortunately the specimen was so much injured by shot that I had much difficulty in giving a correct delineation of it.
Generic characters.
Male.— Bill longer than the head, straight, or very slightly arched; wings long and rigid; tail moderately long and forked; tarsi clothed; feet rather small; gorget snow-white.
Oreopyra leucaspis (Gould)
Habitat: Volcano of Chiriqui, 9000 to 10,000 feet (Warzewicz).
Plate 264
Oreopyra leucaspis
White-throated Oreopyra
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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