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tho liack, exce])t the i>riinan-covci-ts which arc hlaek with a metallic srloss. Outer 

 tail-feathers pure white, with shininsr greeu honlers on the outer webs, very small 

 and almost obsolete on the outermost pair, becoming: gradually broader towards the 

 middle ; third pair from outside with a big mark of shiuing green on both webs, 

 central pair metallic green, next pair to the central ]>air metallic green with a white 

 I)atch and a jmrtion of the shaft white near the base and tipped with wlute. 

 Culmeu U-S in., wing 23, tail 1-3.5. Three females all alike. 



The nest was found in Uctober. It is a marvellous round structure of moss, 

 outside ornamented with lichens, mostly of a whitish colour, inside lined witli the 

 very soft rufous liairs of a fern {(hmmidn ?). It is I i inch higii and nearly 'Z inches 

 wide, the cup nearly 1 inch wide and just as deep. The two eggs measure 12-5 x 

 9 millimetres. 



•"'. Petasophora thalassina (Sw.). 



Mr. Baron found this species conimdu in the Cliilpancingo Jlonntains in 

 Mexico, at elevations of from r>i)00 to 8000 feet from June to December. Nests 

 were found from October to November. One nest sent is built of fine brown moss, 

 and outside ornamented with leaves hanging long down from the walls of the tiny 

 nest. 



The two eggs measure 14 x 9 millimetres. The sexes differ greatly in size, 

 the male liaving the wing abont o to (i millimetres longer. The female has also 

 more of a golden wash above and below, and the bill and the tail shorter. 



f). Cyanomyia viridifrons Elliot. 

 This very distinct species was collected in numbers at Zumpango del Rio and 

 nrar Chilpancingo, State of Guerrero, Mexico. 



T. Amazilia cinnamomea (Less.). 

 A fine series iu good plumage, collected in June at Dos Arroyos near Aca]nilco, 

 Guerrero, Mexico. 



^. Amazilia beryllina (Licht.). 



A series from Chilpuncingo, Mexico, found at elevations of from ouOu to TOUU 

 leet in January-, when they were in good plumage. 



A nest was found in October. It was placed on a thick branch, is 14 inch high 

 and just as wide, but the cup is very sliallow. The structure is very strong, and 

 consists chiefly of fine grass and fil)res, but is covered outside entirely with "light- 

 coloured lichens, and lined inside with the soft silky cotton and seeds of some 

 composite joZaw/. The two eggs measure 13 x 8-3 millimfetres. 



9. Floricola longirostris pallidiceps (Oduldj. 



A fine series from Ohiljiancingo, state of Guerrero, Mexico, at elevations of 

 40(_)0 feet. 



Compared with a great number of skins from Colombia and Venezuela tlie 

 birds from Mexico have not only the crown paler green and less bluish, but also 

 the throat a little more rosy and less of a violet tinge in it. It is, therefore, 

 advisable to keei) the Mexican bird distinct, and as tliere is, according to .Salvin 

 (Cat. B., xvi., ji. 230), ji transition between the two forms, it is best named 

 subspecifically. 



