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places in the western part of the State of Panama, including the Volcan de Chiriqui, 
where Warszewiez’s type was obtained. 
Gould, in his original description, states that this specimen was shot at “ David in 
the warm country of Veragua”’; but in his monograph he says at an elevation between 
9000 and 10,000 feet above sea-level. We doubt if it is found so high, as this bird as 
well as its near allies are all denizens of the hot low-lying forests such as cover the 
greater part of the Isthmus of Panama. 
M‘Leannan’s collection contained only a single specimen of A. niveiventris which he 
procured near Lion Hill. The prevalent species of that district is 4. edwardi. 
2", Abdomen totum micante viride. 
13. Amazilia sophie. 
Trochilus sophie, Bourc. & Muls. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. ix. p. 318°. 
Erythronota sophie, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. t. 322 (July 1861) °*. 
Saucerottia sophie, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 162°; Scl. Cat. Am. Birds, p. 815°; Lawr. Ann. Lyc. 
N. Y. ix. p. 127°; Boucard, P. Z. 8. 1878, p. 71°. . 
Amazilia sophie, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 224"; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 122°; 
Salv. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 224°. 
Hemithylaca hoffmanni, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 838°; Cab. J. f. Orn. 1862, p. 163". 
Supra nitenti-viridis, uropygio rufescenti-cupreo, tectricibus supracaudalibus et cauda chalybeis: subtus gramineo- 
viridis micans, tectricibus subcaudalibus chalybeis fusco limbatis, alis ad basin purpureo-nigris: maxilla 
nigra, mandibula carnea apice nigra. Long. tota 4:0, ale 2°2, caude 1:2, rostri a rictu 0°85. (Descr. 
maris ex Tucurriqui, Costa Rica. Maus, nostr.) 
@ mari similis. 
Hab. Nicaragua (Hepburn, in U. S. Nat. Mus.) ; Costa Rica, San José (Hoffmann "), 
Bebedero de Nicoya, Tucurriqui (Areé ®), San José (Carmiol °, Zeledon §, Boucard °), 
Dota (Carmiol>), Las Cruces de Candelaria (Zeledon, in U. S. Nat. Mus.), Cartago 
(Boucard®). 
Bourcier’s description of this species was based upon a bird said to have come from 
Bogota !, but it best suits this Costa Rican species. Not only did Gould apply the 
~ name to the Costa Rica bird, but Mr. Elliot, who claimed to have the type before him, 
did the same, so that little doubt attaches to the question. . 
A. sophie in general appearance is exceedingly like A. cyanura, but the lower back 
is not quite so coppery, and the wings are dark to the base instead of being chestnut. 
Except for a specimen in the United States National Museum from Nicaragua, the 
range of this species seems strictly confined to Costa Rica, where it occurs on both 
sides of the mountain range. 
It has no near relative in the State of Panama, but in Northern Colombia and 
in the Cauca Valley two very closely allied forms are found in A. warszewiezi and 
A. saucerottii, which only differ in the colour of the lower back and tail. 
