80 



head and under surface dusky white ; central rectrices greenish bhie, 

 laterals steel-blue tipped with white. 



T. venusfa was founded on Panama specimens, and said to be 

 more extensively marked with blue on the back than is the case in 

 T. cohnnbica. This character is now known to be inconstant, and 

 that there is no material difference between the Central-American 

 and Colombian birds. 



Hab. Central America from Nicaragua to Panama ; Colombia. 



Salvin-Godman CoU. 



a, b. c? ad. ; c, d. 



2 ad. sk. 

 e-g. S ad. ; h. $ 



ad. sk. 

 /. dad.;y, ^. 2 



ad. sk. 

 /, m. cJad. ; n. 5 



ad. sk. 

 0, p. S ad. sk. 



q. (S ad. ; ;•. 2 ad. 



sk. 

 s. 2 ad. sk. 

 t, u. cJ ad. sk. 

 V, IV. (S ad. ; .v. 2 



ad. sk. 

 y-a'. cJad. ; b', c'. 



2 ad. sk. 

 d'. c5' ad. sk. 

 e'. (5 ad. sk. 



f'-h'. (S ad. ; i'. 



6 .I'uv. ; j'-l'. 



2 ad. sk. 

 m'. (S ad. sk. 



n'. d'ad.; o . 2 



ad. sk. 

 p. (S ad. sk. 



q . 2 ad. sk. 



/•'-t/'.d'ad. ; z'-a. 



"S juv. ; /3-e. 



2 ad. sk. 

 C 6 ad. sk. 



T). J ad.; 6. 2 ad. 



St. 



Chontales, Nicaragua {T. Belt). 

 Tucurriqui, Costa Rica. 

 Costa Rica. 

 Costa Rica {Endres). 



Volcan de Chiriqui ( Warsze- 



wiez). 

 Boquete de Chitra, Panama 



(A}-ce). 

 Castillo, Panama (Ai-ce). 

 Laguna, Panama {Arce). 

 Calovevora, Panama (ArcS). 



Santiago de Veraguas, Panama 

 {Arce). 



Panama Railway {Arce). 



Paraiso Station, Panama 

 {Hughes). 



Lion Hill, Panama {McLean- 

 nan). 



Minca, Sierra Nevada de Santa 



Marta, 13 March {F. Simons). 

 San Jose, Santa Marta, 



March, June {F. Si)7io)is). 

 Pueblo Viejo, Santa Marta, 



Jan. {F. Si7no7is). 

 Chinchicua Valley, Santa 



Marta, Feb. {F. Simons). 

 Colombia (Bogota make). 



Salvin-Godman & 



Gould Colls. 

 Gould CoU. 



Goidd Coll. 



Gould Coll. (Types 

 of T. venusta, Gould.) 

 Salvin-Godman & 



Gould Colls. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman & 



Gould Colls. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman & 

 Gould Colls. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



San Cristobal, 



(Goering). 

 [Colombia.] 



Venezuela 



Salvin-Godman 

 Gould Colls. 



& 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Purchased. 



6. Thalurania eriphile. 



Omismya eriphile. Less. Stqjpl. Ois.-Mottches, p. 148, pi. 25. 



Trochilis eriphile, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xsii. 



Thalurania eriphile, Bp. Consp. Av.i. p. 77 ; id. Itev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ; 



id. Goidd, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 9 ; id. Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 108 (Sept. 1858) ; 



id. Intr. Troch. p. 70 ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 23 ; Scl. Cat. 



