10. CALLISTE. 125 



Callist. p. 81, pi. 36 ; id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 8(3 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 70 ; 

 Scl. et Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. io, LSGO, p. 33 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 836, 

 et 1879, p. 499 (Antioquia) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 19 ; Salo. Ibis, 1859, 

 p. 467, et 1872, p. 316 ; Salv. et Godm, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aocs, i. 

 p. 274. 



Tatao larvatus, Bp. Bev. Zool. 1851, p. 142 ; id. Note s. I, Tang. p. 16, 



Aglaia fanny, Lafr. Bev. Zool. 1847, p. 72. 



Calliste fanny, Bp. Coiisp. i. p. 236; l)es Blurs, Icon. Orn. pi. 56. fig. 1. 



Calliste franciscse, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, pp. 142, 261 ; id. Mon. Callist. 

 p. 83 ; id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 87 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. 

 pp. 298, 332, viii. pp. 175, 179, ix. p. 98 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, 

 p. 350; Salv. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 169, 1867, p. 138, 1870 p. 187; 

 V. Frantz. J.f. O. 1869, p. 298. 



Above, front, lores, line round the eye, upper back, and scapularics 

 black ; nape and sides of neck brilliant pale golden-copper colour'; 

 sides of face bluish ; whole lower back bright blue ; wings and tail 

 black ; remigcs and rectrices narrowly margined with greenish blue ; 

 wing-coverts margined with bright blue ; bend of wing purplish 

 blue: below black : throat bright golden-copper colour; middle of 

 abdomen white, sides glossed with purple or blue ; under wing- 

 coverts, white ; biU black ; feet dark brown : whole length 5 inches, 

 M'ing 2"9, tail 1*9. Female similar, but rather less brilliant. 



Hub. S. Mexico and Central America, southwards to Paiiama and 

 Northern Colombia. 



The South-Mexican and Guatemalan form of this species ( Calliste 

 larvafa tijpica) was long kept distinct from the more southern form 

 (Calliste larvata franeescce) ; but I agree with Messrs. Salvin and 

 Godman (Biol. Centr.-Am. I. s. c.) that the differences are not suffi- 

 cient for specific distinction : they consist mainly in the darker 

 shade of the nape and throat in the northern form. 



a. Subsp. typica. 



a. Ad. st. Honduras. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. Behze, British Honduras Salviu-Godman Coll. 



{Blancaneau.v). 



c. (S fid. sk. Choctum, Vera Paz {Salvin Salvin-Godman CoU. 



Sj- Godman). 



d. cJ ad. sk. Choctum, Vera Paz (Salmi). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Choctum, Vera Paz (Salvin). Sclater CoU. 



/. c? ad. sk. Sources of River de la I'a- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



sion. Vera Paz (Salvin dy 



Godman). 

 (/. Ad. sk. Vera Paz (Salvin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h. c? ad. sk. Yzahal, CTuatemala (Salvin). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



i,j. Jr. sk. Chisec, Guatemala. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



k. Ad. sk. San Pedro, Honduras Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Wtitehj). 



b. Subsp. francescce. 



a. Ad. sk. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h, c. Ad. sk. Turrialha, Costa Uica (Arce). Salvin-Godman Cull. 



d. Ad. sk. Turiialba, Costa Kica Salviu-Godman Coll. 



(COOJK)-). 



