TEOCHILT. 



//. c?ad. ; /,y. 5 Amazons (^. 7?. Wallace). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. 

 k. $ ad. sk. Mexiana I., Amazons, Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{A. R. W.). 



13. Thalurania refulgens. 



Thahirania refulgens, Gould, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 9: id. Mon. Troch. ii. 



pi. 102 ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 77 ; Bij. Rvv. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ; Muls. 



S) Verr. ClasK. Troch. p. 51 ; Sah. S,- Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 358 ; Muh. 



Hist. Nat. Ois.-Monches, iii. p. 79 ; id. Aim. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. 



p. 219; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 101; Eudes-Dcsl. Ann. Mus. Caen, 



i. p. 312. 

 Cceligena a. Thalurania refulgen?, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7. 



Adult male. Similar to that of T. furcafa, but larger, with deeply 

 forked tail and wider rcctriccs ; under tail-coverts uniform steel- 

 blue without any admixture of white. Total length about 4-9 

 inches, wing 2-2 ; tail, central roctrices 0-85, lateral 2 ; bill 0-9. 



Adult female. Upper surface shining grass-green tinged with 

 gold, especially on the crown ; under surface dusky white ; lateral 

 rectrices grey at the base, with a comparatively narrow steel-blue 

 subterminal band and white tips. 



Rah. Trinidad. 



a-g. cJad. ;/(. $ ad. Trinidad. Salvin-Godman t^' 



sk. Gould Colls. 



i. S ad. sk. Trinidad. Sclater Coll. 



14. Thalurania bicolor. 



Trochilus bicolor, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 496 ; Viei/l. Ois. Dor. i. p. 75, 



pi. 36. 

 Oniismya wagleri, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xvii, 203, 



pi. 73. 

 Trochilus wagleri. Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxi. 

 Thalurania wagleri, Rp. Consp. i. p. 77 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ; 



Gould, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 9 ; id. Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 109 (May 1857) ; 



id. Intr. Troch. p. 79 ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 24 ; Muls. 



Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 51 ; Salv. Sf Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 360 ; 



Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 80 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 



xxii. p. 219 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 102 ; Later. Ann. N.Y. Ac. Sc. 



i. p. 46 ; id. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 61. 

 Cceligena a. Thalurania wagleri, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7 ; id. Troch. 



Enimi. p. 3, pi. 702. ff. 4576-77. 

 Polytmus bicolor. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 130. 

 Thalurania bicolor, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 102 ; Eudes-Besl. Ann. 



Mus. Caen, i. p. 302 ; Cory, B. West Ind. p. 148. 



Adidt male. Dark shining grass-green, more glittering on the 

 under surface ; upper tail-coverts blue ; head and throat dark 

 cobalt-blue, that of the throat gradually shading into the green of 

 the breast ; under tail-coverts blue tinged with green ; tail steel- 

 blue ; maxilla black ; mandible, except the tip, tiesh-colour. Total 



