18. THALTTRANIA. 81 



Am. B. p. 294 ; Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 51 ; Beinh. Vidensk. 



Medd. Nat. For. Kjoh. 1870, p. 104 ; Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 30; Salv. ^• 



Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 359 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Moiidies, iii. p. 67, 



iv. p. 217 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 219 ; Elliot, Sijn. Troch. 



p. 101 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 310 ; Simon, Bull. Soc. 



Zool. Fr. 1889, p. 230. 

 Cceligena a. Thaluraiiia eripliile, Eeich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7 ; id. Troch. 



Enum. p. 3, pi. 08-4. iX. 4507-8. 

 Cceligena a. Tlialurania lydia, Beich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7. 

 Glaucopis eripliile, Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 334. 

 Polytmus eripliile. Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 130. 



Adult male. Upper surface dark shining bronzy-green, brighter 

 on the rump, nearly black when viewed from in front ; scapulars 

 dark blue ; forehead and anterior half of the crown and throat 

 glittering green ; breast and abdomen glittering dark violet-blue ; 

 under tail-coverts and tail steel-blue ; bill black. Total length 

 about 4 inches, wing 2-3; tail, central rectrices 1-2, lateral I'O ; 

 bill 0-9. 



Adult female. Upper surface shining grass-green ; central rectrices 

 darker; under surface dusky white, lateral rectrices steel-blue 

 tipped with dusky white. 



Ilab. Eastern Erazil. 



a, b. c? ad. sk. Brazil (Bahia make). Gould Coll. 



c-e. cJad. ;/. 5 Brazil (Rio make). Salvin-Godmaii & 



ad. sk. Gould Colls. 



f/~i. (5 ad. sk. Brazil. Salvin-Godman & 



Gould Colls. 

 ./. 2 <'>d. sk. [Brazil.] 



k-p. c?ad. ; q. $ Chauada, Matto Grosso, Jan., Salvin-Godman Cull. 

 ad. sk. May, July, Oct. {H. H. 

 Smith). 



7. Thalurania fannise. 



Trocliilus fanuyi, Bonrc. i^- Delattre, Beo. Zool. 1846, p. 310. 

 Thalurania verticeps, Gould, Contr. Orn. 1851, pi. 107; id. P. Z. S. 



1852, p. 9 ; id. Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 107 (Sept. 1858) ; id. Intr. Troch. 



p. 78 ; Bp. Bee. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 95 ; id. 



Cat. Am. B. p. 294; Muls. ^f Verr. Class. Troch. p. 51. 

 Creligena «. Thalurania faunv, Beich. Troch. Enum. p. 3, pi. 083. 



ff. 4502-3. 

 Chlorestes S. Eicordia verticeps, Beich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. 



Enum. p. 4, pi. 705. f. 4590. 

 Thalurania fanny, Bp. Bee. Zool. 1854, p. 254; Cab. S,- Heine, Mus. 



Hein. iii. p. 23. 

 Thahu'auia famiia?. Gould, Intr. Troclt. p. 78 ; Simon, Bull. Soc. Zool. 



Fr. 1889, p. 229'. 

 Thalurania faun}"i, Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 51. 

 Polytmus verticeps. Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 130. 



Adidt male. Similar to that of T. eryphile, but with the glittering 

 green of the throat spread over the breast, instead of contiiied to 

 the throat ; rectrices narrower, aud the tail more doeplj' forked. 



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