PH ZOCHROA.—EUGENES. 327° 
P, cuviert similis, sed fascia caude subterminali chalybeo-nigra multo latiore, mandibula omnino nigra quoque 
differt. (Descr. maris exempl. typ. ex Choctum, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. British Honpuras, San Felipe, western district, Cayo and Belize river (f. Blan- 
— caneaux®); GuatemaLa, Choctum (R. Owen13, 0. 8S. & FD. G.*), Cautodloc 
(0. 8S. & F. D. G.), Teleman? (Delattre’); Honpuras, Santa Ana (Wittkugel, in 
U.S. Nat. Mus.) ; Ntcaraeva, Los Sabalos (Nutting 5). 
Mr. Robert Owen, who was formerly interested in the estate of San Gerdénimo in 
Vera Paz, and where he resided for some time, procured us the first specimen of this 
species from Choctum. It was described by Salvin in 1861, and figured by Gould 
the same year. In 1862, during a visit to the low-lying forest-region of Northern Vera 
Paz in the month of February, we obtained several specimens and saw others frequenting 
openings in the forest, such as the banks of a stream or a clearing. Mr. Blancaneaux 
also met with it at various places on the upper portion of the Belizeriver. Southwards 
of Guatemala we have no personal knowledge of its existence, but Mr. Ridgway informs 
us that two specimens are in the United States National Museum obtained at Santa 
Ana by Herr Wittkugel, and Mr. Nutting includes it in his list of birds from Los 
Sabalos in Nicaragua. In Costa Rica, at least on the western side, its place is taken 
by P. cuviert. 
e’, Rostrum variabile sed nunquam valde arcuatum; tegule nasales et spatio inter 
mandibule ramos magis plumate ; remigum rhachides normales ; ptilosis hic illic 
coloribus micantibus ornata. 
el". Rostrum elongatum, rectum; cauda uniformis sensim furcata ; macula 
postoculari alba. 
EUGENES. 
Eugenes, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. t. 59 (Sept. 1856) ; Salv. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 302. 
Two closely allied beautiful species constitute this genus, which is a peculiarly 
Central-American one, spread over the highlands from Sonora and beyond the frontier of 
Southern Arizona in the north to Costa Rica in the south. 
LE. fulgens, which has by far the more extended range, keeps strictly to the high 
grounds of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, £. spectabilis taking its place 
in Costa Rica. 
The long bill, the brilliant colours of the head and throat, the slightly forked uni- 
form tail, are characteristic features of Hugenes, distinguishing it from Sternoclyta and 
Urochroa, its nearest allies. 
