DAMOPHILA. — «809 
1. Damophila panamensis. 
Juliamyia typica, Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. vii. p. 292 (nec Bp.)*; ix. p. 1287, 
Damophila julia, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p- 865°; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 211 (nec Bourc.) *. 
Damophila panamensis, Berl. J. £. Orn. 1884, p- 312°; Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xi. p. 563°; Salv. Cat. 
Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 2377. 
Supra saturate nitenti-viridis, dorso postico et tectricibus subcaudalibus cupreo tinctis, gutture micanti- 
gramineo-viridi ; abdomine micanti-violaceo-cyaneo ; tectricibus subcaudalibus et cauda chalybeis : maxilla 
nigra, mandibula carnea apice nigra. Long. tota 3-2, ale 1:65, caude rectr. med. 1-2, rectr. lat. 0-8, 
rostri a rictu 0°65. 
Q supra nitenti-viridis: subtus griseo-alba; tectricibus subcaudalibus fuscis ; cauda chalybea, tectricibus, mediis 
viridi tinctis, lateralibus griseo terminatis. (Descr. maris et femine ex Paraiso, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Costa Rica? (Carmiol); Panama, Calovevora (Arcé+), Lion Hill (M*Leannan 13), 
Paraiso (Hughes"), Line of Railway, Chepo (Arcé’). 
All the specimens we have seen of this species are from the line of the Panama 
Railway or from Chepo on the Rio Bayano, a little to the southward. In the rest of 
Colombia and in Western Ecuador D. julie is the prevalent form. This closely allied 
bird has the head of the same glittering green as the throat and not dull like the back, 
as is the case in D. panamensis. This feature was first noticed by Count Berlepsch, 
and led him to separate the two forms®. 
The presence of D. panamensis or any species of the genus in Costa Rica is somewhat 
doubtful. Mr. Lawrence includes D. typica in his list of Costa Rica? birds on the 
authority of Julian Carmiol, but gives no precise habitat. Its extension so far north 
has not been confirmed, so far as we know, by other authorities. 
2. Damophila julie. 
Ornismyia julie, Bourc. Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 373+; Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, v. p. 345, t. 217. 
Juliamyia julie, Cass. Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 194°. 
Damophila julie, Cab, & Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 40*; Salv. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 236°. 
Juliamyia typica, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255°; Gould, Mon. Troch. v. t. 8337 (Sept. 1859)”; 
Berl. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xi. p. 563°. | 
D, panamensi similis, sed capite summo micanti-viridi, gula nec dorso concolore facile distinguenda. 
Hab. Panama, Turbo (Schott ?)—CotomBia!4; Ecuapor. 
This older and better-known form of Damophila occurs at the extreme southern limit 
of our region, where Mr. Schott obtained a bird at Turbo on the Isthmus of Darien. 
Count Berlepsch, who examined this specimen, states that it agrees with the bright- 
headed southern form and not with the comparatively dull-headed bird of Panama 8, 
D. julie was described by Bourcier from a specimen from Tunja in Colombia, and it 
is now well known as a bird of that country, specimens being frequently included in the 
trade collections of the Bogota bird-hunters. It is also fairly common through Western 
Ecuador, probably to the southern limits of the forest district. 
