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really occurs south of Panama is another question that remains to 

 be settled by the acquisition of additional material. 



Meanwhile it is desirable to provide a name for the blue-bellied 

 bird, and until the distribution of the green-bellied forms is more 

 accurately worked out it had better be regarded as specifically 

 distinct. 



The description follows: 



Lepidopyga lilliae sp. nov. 



Chars. Spec. — Similar to Lepidopyga cceruliigularis, but lower 

 breast and abdomen glittering blue instead of green and upper 

 surface darker green with much less bronze iridescence. 



Description. — Type, adult male, No. 62793, Collection Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; Punto Caiman, Santa Marta, 

 Colombia, M. A. Carriker, Setpember 29, 1913. Above dark 

 glossy green with bronze tints showing only on the upper tail coverts 

 and median rectrices; general tone of upper parts bluish green as 

 contrasted with the yellow-bronze iridescence of L. cceruliigularis. 

 Below entirely glittering metallic blue excepting the under tail coverts 

 which are metallic green edged with dull white. The center of the 

 throat is purplish, as in L. cceruliigularis, and some of the posterior- 

 feathers of the abdomen, especially the lateral ones, have green 

 reflections in certain lights. Feet black and bill black above and 

 flesh-colored with black tip below. 



Measurements. — Wing, 48 mm.; tail, 35; culmen, 18; length in the 

 flesh, 105. Named in honor of Mrs. Witmer Stone. 



The second specimen obtained by Mr. Carriker (No. 62794, Coll. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.) is also an adult male and is exactly like the 

 type in coloration. It measures: Wing, 49 mm.; tail, 34; culmen, 19. 

 It was taken at the same time and place as the type. 



