19. HYPUROPTILA. 89 



Cat. Am. B. p. 293 ; Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 47 ; Berl. J. f. Orn. 



1887, p. 316. 

 Chalybura cEeruleigaster, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 73; Eudes-Besl. 



Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 207. 

 Lampornis cfiruleiventris, Mats. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Motiches, i.p. 163. 

 Chalybura (Methon) cperaleogiilaris, Mids. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 



xxii. p. 203 ; Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 153. 



Adult male. Very similar to that of ff. hufoni, but with the 

 whole under surface, with the exception of the chin, of a rich blue ; 

 the middle of the back has a slightly bluer shade, and the central 

 rectrices are purer steel-blue. 



Adult fimale. Like that sex of iT. hiifoni, hat the upper surface 

 is of rather a bluer shade and the bronzy-green central rectrices are 

 steel-blue towards their tips; the sides of the neck and the flanks 

 are rather bluer than in the allied species. 



Bab. Colombia. 



a-h. cJad. ; i-k. $ Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman & 



ad. sk. Gould Colls. 



3. Hypuroptila urochrysea. 



Hypuroptila urochrysea, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 198 ; id. Man. Troch. 



ii. pi. 90 (July 1861) ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 157; 



Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, ii. p. 208. 

 Chalybura urochrysea, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 72; Elliot, Syn. Troch. 



p. 46 ; Mids. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 203. 

 Lampornis urochrysea, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 24; Muls. 



Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 176. 



Adult male. Upper surface dark grass-green; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts bronzy ; tail rich golden bronze ; under surface emerald- 

 green, almost the same shade as in H. huffoni ; abdomen dull 

 grey washed with green : maxilla black, mandible flesh-colour, tip 

 black. Total length about 5 inches, wing 275 ; tail, central rectrices 

 1-6, lateral 1-8; bill 1" 15. 



Female unknown. 



Hah. North-western Colombia, Cauca Valley, and Panama. 



a. (f ad. sk. Vaxia.xa?i{Warszewiez). Gould Coll. 



(Tj'pe of the species.) 

 i, e. c?ad. sk. Medellin, Colombia {T. K. Gould Coll. 



Salmon). 

 d. cJ ad. sk. Remedios, Colombia (7'. K. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Hypuroptila isaurse. 



Hypuroptila isaurse, Gou'd, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 199 ; 3Iuls. Ann. Soc. 



Linn. Li/on, xxii. p. 203; Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 158; 



Eudes-Besl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 209. 

 Chalybura isaaroe, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 72; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, 



