24. PETASOPHORA. 107 



Yo\mg birds have the feathers widely margined with buff ; the 

 sides of the throat whitish. The plumage of the adult first appears 

 on the throat and ear-plumes. 



Ilab. Eastern, Central, and Southern Brazil ; Bolivia. 



a. 5 ad. sk. Bahia, Brazil. Gould Coll. 



b. $ ad. sk. Brazil {Rogers). Gould Coll. 



c-f). c? ad. ; /(. cJ Brazil (Rio make). Salviu-Godmau & 



juv. sk. Gould Colls. 



i. S ad. sk. Goyaz, Brazil, Aug. {JShd- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



terer). 

 /, k. J juv. ; I. Brazil. Gould Coll. 



2 ad. sk. 

 m-q. cj"ad.; r-v. Chapada, Matto Grosso, May Salviu-Godmau Coll. 



$ ad. sk. to Sept. {H. H. Smith), 



w. S ad.; .V. J Coroico, BoUvia {D. Fork's). Gould Coll. 



ad. sk. 

 y. Ad. St. Purchased. 



2. Petasophora iolata. 



Rhamphodon anais, Less. Hist. Nat. Truck, p. 146, pi. 55 (nee Ornis- 

 mya anais, Less. Hist. Nat. Ots.-3Iouehes, Suppl. p. 104, pi. 3). 



Petasophora anais, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 8 ; id. 3Ion. J'rock. iv. 

 pi. 224 (May 1853) ; id. Ltdr. Troch. p. 124 ; L'j). liev. Zool. 1854, 

 p. 250 ; Cab. Si- Heine, Mas. Hein. iii. p. 26; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 306 ; 

 Mids. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 49 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 237 ; 

 Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 782, 1879, pp. 529', 629 ; Wtjatt, Ibis, 

 1871, p. 378 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 541, 1879, p. 237, 1880, 

 p. 204 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 144, iv. p. 201 ; id. 

 Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 211 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 50 ; id. 

 Ibis, 1876, p. 403 ; Salv. S,- Godm. Ibis, 1880, p. 173 ; Eudes-Desl. 

 Ann. 3Ius. Caen, i. p. 257 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 367 ; Berl. Sr 

 Tacz. P. Z. sS. 1884, p. 303, 1885, p. 104. 



Petasophora iolata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 9 ; id. Mon. Troch. iv. 

 pi. 225 (May 1853) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 124 ; id. P. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 803 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 459, 1859, p. 145, 1860, pp. 81, 94; 

 id. Cat. Am. B. p. 306 ; Cab. Sf- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 20 ; 

 Muls. 4- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 48 ; Scl. S,- Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, 

 p. 988, 1868, p. 569 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 541 ; Eudes-Desl. 

 Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 259 ; Berl. J. f. Orn. 1887, p. 318. 



Colibri jolata, Bp. Consp. i. p. 69. 



Colibri anais, Bj). Consp. i. p. 69. 



Petasophora y. Praxilla iolata, Reich. Aufz. d. Co,, p. 13 



Petasophora y. Praxilla anais, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13 



Polytmus anais and iolata, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 127 



Adidt male. Upper surface shining grass-green ; under surface 

 glittering green, feathers of the throat with dark centres and glit- 

 tering borders ; chin, cheeks, and elongated ear-plumes and middle 

 of the abdomen rich shining blue ; under tail-coverts pale green, 

 edged with dusky white ; central rectrices shining olive-green, 

 lateral steel-blue, all with a subterminal dark baud ; bill black. 

 Total length 5-4: inches, wing 3-2 ; tail, middle rectrices 1-75, 

 lateral 2-15 : bill 1-2. 



