324 iiosioTiD^. 



c. Ad. sk. Medellin, U.S. Colombia ( T. Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



K. ISahnon). 



d. Ad. sk. Ketiro (.7000 ft.), Autioquia Gould Coll. 



(7'. A'. Salmon). 



e. c? ad. ; /, ff. $ Euvigado (5000 ft.), Autio- Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ad. et imm. sk. quia (7'. K. Sahno?i). 



h, i. S ? ad. sk. Euvigado (7". K. Salmon). Sclater Coll. 



k, I, m. Ad. sk. Soledad, Magdaleua Yallev, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia, 8000 feet {T. Jl. 



Wheekr). 



7. Momotus lessoni. 



Momotus lessuni, Less. Btv. Zool. 1842, p. 174; id. Descr. 3Iamm. 

 et Ois. p. 26G (1838) ; Grat/, Gen. B. i. p. 68 (1847) ; Des 

 Murs, Iconoyr. Orn. pi. G2 "(1848) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 139 

 (Chiriqui), p. 285 (Cordova) ; id. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 253 (INicara- 

 gua) ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 54 (Omoa) ; Scl. t. c. p. 387 

 (Oaxaca) ; id. ^- Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 131 (Guatemala) ; Sah. Ibis, 

 1860, p. 100 (Dueuas); Scl. Cat. Amcr. B. p. 262 (1862; Guate- 

 mala, Nicaragua) ; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Momotus, p. 4 (1863) ; 

 Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 362 (Panama) ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, 

 p. 150 (Veragua) ; Grai/, Hand-!. B. i. p. 80, no. 937 (1869) ; 

 Salvin, P.Z. S. 1870, p.'201 (Veragua) ; Scl. l^ Salv. t. c. p. 387 

 (Honduras) ; Salv. Ibis, 1872, p. 321 (ISicaragua) ; Scl. S,- Sahh 

 Nomoicl. Av. Neotr. p. 102 (1873) ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 48 

 (S. Jose) ; Nutting, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 399 (1882) ; 

 Ridgiv. t. c. p. 501 ; Nutting, op. cit. \i. p. 387 (1883) ; Boucard, 

 P. Z.S. 1883, p. 453 (Yucatan) ; Pidgiv. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. 

 p. 682 (1887 ; Honduras). 



Pnonites momotus (nee L.), Bp. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 114. 



Prionites psalurus, Bj)- C. R. xxxviii. p. 659 (1854) ; id. Notes Coll. 

 Delatt. p. 88; id. Consp. Volua: Anis. p. 8 (1854). 



Prionites lessoni, Bj). Consp. i. p. 165 (1850) ; Cab. 4' Heiti. Mus. 

 Hein.Th.n.-p. 113(1860). 



Adult male. Above olivaceous green, the wings more grass-green; 

 the primary-coverts and outer aspect of the quills bluish green ; 

 tail-feathers green, becoming blue towards the ends, which have a 

 black terminal band ; on the centre of the crown a black patch, 

 surrounded by a cincture of silvery blue, which inclines to torquoise- 

 blue behind the nape, and shows a slight purplish shade at the end 

 of a few of the feathers ; base of forehead, lores, sides of face, and 

 ear-coverts, as well as a broad eyebrow extending round the back 

 of the nape, black ; sides of neck olive-greenish, reaching to the 

 posterior margin of the ej'e, and separated from the black of the 

 ear-coverts by a streak of silvery torquoise-blue ; below the black 

 cheeks another narrow line of torquoise-blue, separating the fore 

 part of the cheeks from the throat ; on the fore neck a tuft of black 

 feathers edged with greenish blue ; under surface of body olive- 

 brown, inclining to green on the abdomen, thighs, and under tail- 

 coverts, and to emerald-grecu on the throat; under wing-coverts like 

 the breast. Total length 15'3 inches, culmen 1"65, wing 5"35, 

 tail 6"2, long tail-feathers S-G, tarsus 1"1. 



Adult female. Not differing from the male in colour. Total 

 length 15-8 inches, culmen 1-65, wing 5-5, tail 6-3, tarsus 1. 



Ilab. Central America, from Mexico to Veragua. 



