78 " TEOCHILT. 



2. Thalurania townsendi. 



Thalui-auia townsendi, Ridyw. Pi: U. S. Nat. Miis. x. p. 590 (1887). 



Adult male. Like that of T. cjlaucopis but smaller, the upper_ sur- 

 face darker, the violet-blue of the crown darker and more restricted 

 to the front, the shoulders of the wings and interscapular feathers 

 tinged with glittering blue ; under tail-coverts dark blue edged 

 with white; bill black. Total length about 3-8 inches, wing 2-1 ; 

 tail, lateral rectrices 1-4, central 1 ; bill 0-9. 



Female like that of T. (jlaucopis but smaller. 



I am indebted to the authorities of the United States National 

 Museum for an inspection of the types of this species. 



Hah. Honduras, Segovia Eiver (C. H. Toivnsend), U.S.Nat. Mus. 



3. Thalurania hypocMora. 



Thalurania hypocblora, Gould, P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 803,804 ; id. Suppl. 



Troch. pi. '28 (Aug. 1880); Sah. ^- Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 3G0; 



Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 06, pi. 74 ; id. Attn. i>oc. Linn. 



Lyon, xxii. p. 218; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 102 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. 



Mis. Caen, i. p. 309 ; Perl. ^ Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 567. 

 Thalurania fannyas, var., Simon, Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1889, p. 229. 



Adult maJe. Darker on the upper surface than T. glaucopis, an- 

 terior half of the crown glittering green like the under surface ; nape 

 and hind neck black ; shoulders of the wings gUttering blue ; under 

 tail-covcrts dark blue, edged narrowly with white ; bill black. 

 Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-15; tail, lateral rectrices 1-6, 

 central 1 ; bill 0-9. 



Adult female. Brighter on the upper surface, the whole crown 

 like the back ; under surface greyish white, lateral rectrices tipped 

 with white. 



Young male. Dusky black beneath ; the glittering green feathers 

 of the adult appearing first on the throat and crown. 



Hub. Ecuador. 



a. c?ad.; h. (S juv.; Citado, Ecuador {Buckley). Gould Coll. 



c. $ ad. sk. (Types of the species.) 



d. (S ad. sk. Napo, Ecuador. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



e.'cJad.;/.$ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman CoH. 



4. Thalurania watertoni. 



Trochilus watertonii, " Lodd.," Poiirc. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 44. 

 Thalurania watertoni, Pj}. Cunsp. i. p. 76 ; id. Pev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ; 



Gould, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 9 ; id. Man. Troch. ii. pi. 100 (May, 1856) ; 



id. httr. Troch. p. 76 ; Salv. ^ Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 358 ; Elliot, 



Syn. Troch. p. 101 ; Mtds. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 218 ; 



Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 313. 

 Coeligena a. Tbaluiaifia whatertoni, Peich. Aufz. der Col. p. 7. 

 Thalurania wattertoui, 3Iuls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 51 ; Muls. 



Hist. Nut. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 78. 



