ABEILLIA.—KLAIS. 348 
The most southern locality reached by A. typica is Matagalpa in Nicaragua, whence 
Mr. Richardson has recently sent us two specimens which, though females, seem 
undoubtedly referable to this species ° +. 
h". Rostrum longius ; pilews cyaneus, micans ; gula concolor. 
KLAIS. 
Klais, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. t. 110 (Sept. 1857) ; Salv. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 359. 
Though closely allied to Adeiliia, this genus may be distinguished by its longer bill 
and in having the crown glittering blue like the throat. Its sole species has a wide 
range in South America from the valley of the Upper Amazons northwards. It enters 
our fauna at Panama, and spreads thence as far north as Nicaragua. 
1. Klais guimeti. 
Trochilus guimeti, Bourc. & Muls. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. vi. p. 38, t. 27. 
Kilais guimeti, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. t. 110 (Sept. 1857) ?; Boucard, P. Z.S. 1878, p. 69°; Zeledon, 
An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 122*; Salv. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. pp. 359, 666°. 
Clais guimeti, Salv. P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 155°. 
Mellisuga merrittiz, Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. vii. p. 1107; Gould, Ibis, 1860, p. 309 °. 
Clais merritti, Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 209°; Ibis, 1872, p. 319”. 
Supra nitenti-gramineo-viridis ad nucham saturatior ad uropygium ceruleo lavata ; capite summo late micanti- 
violaceo ; plaga postoculari magna alba: subtus fusco-grisea, gula violacea, cervicis et pectoris lateribus 
et, hypochondriis czeruleo lavatis; caude rectricibus mediis ceruleo-viridibus, lateribus ad basin viridibus 
ad apicem chalybeo-nigris: rostro nigro. Long. tota circa 3°4, ale 2:0, caudee 1-2, rostri a rictu 0°6. 
2 supra mari similis, capite summo micanti-cyaneo: subtus omnino grisea ; hypochondriis viridi lavatis ; caude 
rectricibus lateralibus griseo terminatis. (Descr. maris et feminse ex Chepo, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt }°), La Libertad in Chontales (W. B. Richardson)? ; 
Costa Rica (Endres*), Navarro (Boucard 3, Cooper, in U. S. Nat. Mus., Zeledon*) ; 
Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui®, Bugaba®, Laguna del Castillo °, Castillo °, Chitra 9, 
Calovevora °, Santiago de Veraguas®, Santa Fé® (Arcé), El Mineral (Dr. J. K. 
Merritt), Chepo (Arcé*®).—CotomBia; VENEZUELA; Ecuapor; Upper AMAZONS®. 
This little species was described by Bourcier and Mulsant in 1843 !, but the locality 
whence the type came was not recorded. We now know that it is not an uncommon 
bird in the north-western portion of the South-American continent, being found in the 
valley of the Upper Amazons as well as in Ecuador and Venezuela. It is also frequently 
represented in trade collections from Bogota. 
Though not included in M‘Leannan’s collections trom the Line of the Panama Rail- 
way, we have little doubt that it occurs throughout the low-lying lands of the State of 
Panama and spreads thence northwards through Eastern Costa Rica to Eastern Nica- 
ragua. From the latter country we have specimens from Belt’s collecticn and others 
recently sent us by Mr. Richardson. 
