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1. UROSPATHA. „ 



Type. 



Urospatlia, Salvad. Atti R. Accad. Torino, iv. p. 179 (1872). U. maitii. 



liange. From Upper Amazonia to Colombia, Ecuador, and ex- 

 tending to Panama and Costa llica. 



1. Urospatha martii. 



Prionites martii, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. G4, Taf. Ix. (1824) ; Tschudi, 



Faun. Peruan. p. 252 (1855). 

 Momotus martii, Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 68 (1847) ; Scl. Cat. Amer. B. 



p. 2(')2 (1862) ; Scfd. Mns. Pitys-Bas, Momotus, p. 4 (1863) ; Sd. 



5- 8alv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 363 (Panama), 1866, p. 191 (Ucayali), 



1867, p. 751 (Oliyavetas); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 80, no. 939 



(1869) ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 201 (Veragua) ; id. Ibis, 1872, p. 320 



(Nicaragua) ; Scl. S,- 8ah\ P. Z. 8. 1873, p. 292 (Upper Ucayali) ; 



Berl. ^ Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 571 (W. Ecuador). 

 Crypticus martii, Bj}. Cunsp. i. p. 165 (1850). 

 Momotus semirufus, Scl. Rev. Zool. 1853, p. 489 (Santa Marta) ; 



Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 136 (Bogota), 1857, p. 254 ; Schl. Mus. 



Pays-Bas, Momotus, p. 5 (18(i3). 

 Baryplionus semirufus, Bp. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 8 (1854). 

 Crvbelus nuu-ti. Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 112 (1860) ; 



Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 547. 

 Urospatha martii, Salcad. Atti R. Accad. Sci. Torino, iv. p. 179 



(1872) ; Scl. ^- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neot. p. 102 (1873) ; Zeledon, 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. \ni. p. 109 (1885; Costa Rica) ; Tacz. Orn. 



Pirou, [ii. p. Ill (1886; Central Peru, Monterico). 

 Baryphtliengus martii, Berlepsch, J.f. 0. 1889, p. 3U8 (Yurimaguas). 



Adult male. General colour above bright green, the wing-coverts 

 and secondaries like the back ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and 

 primaries dusky blackish, externally blue, the outer ones purple on 

 the outer web ; tail-feathers green, becoming blue towards their 

 ends ; the shafts black, the centre feathers produced and ending in 

 a blue racket, which is blackish toMards the ends ; head, neck, and 

 under surface of body bright cinnamon ; sides of neck green like 

 the back ; lores, feathers round the eye, cheeks, and ear-coverts 

 black ; on the fore neck an elongated tuft of black feathers ; lower 

 abdomen, thigbs, and under tail-coverts greenish blue ; under wing- 

 coverts greenish blue ; quills blackish below. Total length 17 inches, 

 culmen 2*1, wing 6-1, tail G'4, centre feathers 10, tarsus 1-45. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 18-5 

 inches, culmen 2, wing 6, tail 7, centre feathers 11, tarsus 1-3. 



Young. Coloured like the adult, but duller ; the lower abdomen, 

 vent, and under tail-coverts green instead of blue ; the centre 

 feathers not having the racket. 



Hah. The same as that of the genus. 



a. Ad. sk. Chontales, Nicaragua {T. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Belt).^ 



b. Ad. sk. Costa Rica (J. Carmiol). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. cJ ad. sk. Costa Rica (/. Carmiol). Sclater Coll. 



