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Granadian specimen of D. ludovieia before rae ; the wings too 

 are shorter. Should the receipt of additional specimens con- 

 firm the constancy of these distinctions, I propose for this race 

 the name of Dorifera veraguensisr 



The Smithsonian specimen is without the bright spot on the 

 front ; the under plumage is scarcely darker, and the wings are 

 a little longer than in my specimens of D. ludovieia. 



333. Chalybura melanorrhoa, Salv. (C. carmioli, Lawr.). 

 Angostura and Pacuare (J. Carmiol). 



334. Chalybura isaurce, Gould. 



11 Bocca del Toro." Gould, P. Z. S., 1861, p. 199. 



335. Heliodoxa jacida, Gould (henryi, Lawr.). 

 Angostura and Juiz (J. Carmiol). 



Mr. Salvin states, P. Z. S., 1867, p. 154, that he and Mr. 

 Gould consider my II. henryi to be immature and identical with 

 ILjacula. I have now seen five specimens from Costa Rica all 

 alike, and not one with a bright frontal or throat spot. 



336. Thalurania venusVi, Gould. 



Angostura (J. Carmiol) ; Tucurriqui (J. Zeledon) ; A. R. 

 Endres. 



337. Florisuga rnellivora {Linn.). 

 A. R. Endres. 



338. Mvcrochera albocoronata (Lawr.). 

 Capt. J. M. Dow, fide S. F. Baird. 



339. Microchera parvirostris (Lawr.). 

 Angostura (J. Carmiol). 



My name for this species was proposed for the female, the 

 male since received is very beautiful, of which I add the fol- 

 lowing description. 



Front and crown pure white, lores black; the rest of the 

 plumage above and below is of an exceedingly rich purplish 

 crimson ; upper tail coverts coppery red ; the two central tail 

 feathers are coppery bronze, the others arc of a whitish gray 

 for about half their length, gradually becoming purplish black, 



