108 



Achdt female. Similar to the male. 



YouiKj birds have the feathers both above and below conspicuously 

 edged with fulvous ; the blue auricular plumes and the blue throat 

 are assumed at a very early age, the glittering green feathers at a 

 later period. 



The original description of Ornismi/a anais, I^ess., seems to 

 have been bestowed upon the Mexican P. iJialassina, with which 

 the South- American P. iolnta was afterwards confused by Lesson, 

 The latter has usually been called P. anais, but as this seems inad- 

 missible the name P. anais had best be dropped altogether in favour 

 of P. iolata. 



Hah. Andes of South America from Venezuela to Bolivia. 



a. Ad. sli. 

 h, c. .Tuv. sk. 

 d, e. c? fid. sk. 



/. Ad. sk. 



(J. Ad. sk. 



h-n. S ad. ; o-q. 



Juv. sk. 

 r. Ad. ; s. Juv. sk, 

 t, u. Ad. sk. 



V, w. Ad. ; .r. 



Juv. sk. 

 y,z. c? ad.; a',b'. 



2 ad. sk. 

 c', d'. Ad. sk. 



e'. <S ad. sk. 



/'. Ad. sk. 

 ff'-i'. Ad. sk. 

 _/'. Ad. sk. 

 'k', I'. Ad. St. 



Merida, Venezuela (Goevinp). 

 Valley of Aragua, Venezuela. 

 San Sebastian, Sierra Nevada 



de Sta. Marta, Colombia, 



June, July (F. Simons). 

 Sierra Nevada de Sta Marta, 



July (-F. Simons). 

 Jledeilin, Colombia (T. K. 



Sahnoti). 

 Colombia (Bogota make), 



Banos, Ecuador [Bticldey). 

 lutac, Ecuador (BucJdei/). 



Ecuador. 



Quito, Ecuador. 



Ecuador (Frasei-). 



Tinta, Peru, June (H. 



Whitely). 

 Tilotilo, Bolivia {Burldey). 

 Yungas, Bolivia {Bucldey). 

 Bolivia (i*. Forbes). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 E. Dyson [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll, 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman & 



Gould Colls. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman & 



Gould Colls. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



Gould & Sclater 



Colls. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Pm-chased. 



3. Petasophora germana. 



Petasophora anais, Cab. in Schomh. Heise Guiana, iii. p. 707 ? 

 Petasophora germana, Salv. Sr Godm. Ibis, 1884, p. 451 ; Salv. Ibis, 

 1885, p. 434; S/iarpe in Gould's Suppl. Troch. pi. 11 (Mar. 1887). 



Adult male. Similar to that of P. iolata, but with the throat of a 

 darker bluer tint, the forehead also is blue. 



Adidt female. Similar to the male. 



Hah. Guiana, Eoraima Mts., at an altitude of about 5000 to GOOO 

 feet. 



J. arl. 

 ,sk. 



b. $ ad. 



Poraima, Brit. Guiana, 

 Aug. (^H. Whitely). 



Salvin-Godman Coll 

 (Types of species.). 



