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metallic, more or less bronzy, green, the rump similar but purer or 

 more bluish green, the upper tail-coverts metallic bluish green; 

 remiges dusky, faintly glossed with purplish; tail entirely blue- 

 black (slightly metallic) ; chin and throat (more or less extensively) 

 brilliant metallic orange-red or scarlet centrally, passing into a more 

 orange or golden hue exteriorly, this passing gradually into the golden 

 or bronzy green color of sides of neck and chest; a spot of metallic 

 violet, passing into blue exteriorly (or of the two colors intermixed) 

 on center of chest; rest of under parts less golden or more bluish 

 metallic green, the anal tufts grayish white; bill black, the basal 

 half (more or less) of mandible flesh color (in life); iris dark brown; 

 legs and feet dusky brown. 



Adult male.— Length (sldns), 102-119 (106.2); wing, 62-69 (66.6); 

 tail, 39-48 (43.7); culmen, 18-22 (20.2).« 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 100-113 (105); wing, 58-65 (61.1); 

 tail, 37-43 (40.3); culmen, 19.5-23 (20.7).'' 



Young. — Essentially like adults in coloration but the colors duller 

 (crown more greenish, throat more coppery) and texture of plumage 

 different (more blended or fluffy). 



Highlands of Costa Rica (Volcan de Irazu; Volcan de Turrialba; 

 Volcan de Barba; Volcan de Poas; Cerro de la Candelaria; La Palma 

 de San Jose; Rancho Redondo; Escazii; Ojuras de Terraba; Coli- 

 blanco; Las Vueltas, Santa Maria de Dota) and western Panama 

 (Boquete; Volcan de Chiriqui; Veragua). 



Panterpe insignis Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., iii, March, 1860, 43 ("San 

 Jos6," i. e. Volcdn de Irazu?, Costa Rica; coll. Berlin Mus.). — Gould, Mon. 

 Troch., V, pt. xxi, 1861, pi. 336; Introd. Troch., oct. ed., 1861, 167.— Cabanis, 

 Journ. fiir Orn., 1862, 164 ("San Jose"). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, 

 1868, 124 (La Candeldria and "Volcan Yrazei"— Irazu, Costa Rica). — 

 Frantzius, Journ. fiir Orn., 1869, 316 (La Candelaria). — Mulsant and 

 Verreaux, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., ii, livr. 1, 1875, 25 (Costa Rica; Volcdn 



« Twenty-nine specimens. 



b Eighteen specimens. 



Locality. 



MALES. 



Ten adult males from Volcdn de Turrialba 67.1 44.9 21 



Ten adult males from Volcan de Irazu 60. 1 43. 2 20. 4 



One adult male from Volcan de Barba 66 42.5 20 



One adult male from Volcan de Po^s 67 44. 5 19. 5 



Six adult males from Las Vueltas, Santa Maria de Dota 66.4 43.8 18.7 



One adult male from Verdgua 64 39. 5 19. 5 



FEM.^LES. 



Ten adult females from VolcAn de Turrialba 61 40.4 20.6 



Six adult females from VolcAn de Irazu 61. 2 40. 3 21.2 



One adult female from Las Vueltas 61.5 39 20 



One adult female from Boquete, PanamA 60 39.5 19 



Ex- 

 posed 

 culmen. 



