112 



pi. 229 (May 1853) ; id. Intv. Troch.^. 1 25 ; id. P. Z. S. 1 870, p. 803 ; 

 Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 30G ; <S'ff/!y. Ihis, 

 18li0, pp. 194, 195, 201, 27G ; id. P. Z. S. 1870, ]k 210 ; id. Ibis, 1872, 

 p. 320, 1885, p. 474 ; Muls. ^- Ten: Class. Troch. p. 49 : Scl. Sf 

 Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 837 : Whitely, P. Z. S. 1873, ]). 784 ; Mids. 

 Hist. Nat. Ois.-Moiiches, ii. p. 157, iv. p. 202 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. 

 Lyon, xxii. p. 211 ; Blliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 400 ; id. Sipi. Troch. p. 52 ; 

 Eudes-Dcsl. Ann. Mas. Caen, i. p. 208; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 37 ; 

 id. Orn. Per. i. p. 371 ; Berl. J. f. O. 1884, p. 309, 1887, p. 318. 



Colibri delpliiuse, Bj>. Consji. i. p. 69. 



Petasopbora (3. Telesilla delpliinfe, BeicJi. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13. 



Telesilla delphinoe, Cab. S)- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 27. 



I'olytnius delpbiuaj, Lcot. Ois. Trin. p. 134 (1860). 



Polytmus delphiufe, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 127. 



Adnlt male. Upper surface brown, upper tail-coverts widely mar- 

 gined with rufous ; lores pale buff ; a stripe below the eye and ear- 

 plumes rich blue ; under surface dusky brown, paler on the throat, 

 in the middle of which is an elongated patch of green feathers, 

 followed by a few blue ones towards the chest ; under tail-coverts 

 dusky, widely margined with rufous ; tail greenish brown at the 

 base, purple-brown towards the tip ; bill black. Total length 4-5 

 inches, wing 26, tail 1-5, bill 0-8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. 



The upper surface of the young is thickly bordered with rufous, 

 and the adult characters on the throat and ears are assumed at an 

 early age. 



Hab. Guatemala southwards to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru ; 

 also Venezuela, Trinidad, and Guiana. 



Salvin-CTodmau, 

 Sclater, & Gould 

 Colls. 



Gould Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



a-c. Jad. ; d-f. 

 $ ad. sk. 



(/. Juv. sk. 

 /(-;. c? ad. sk. 

 k.' cS ad. sk. 

 I. 5 ad. sk. 

 m. <S ad. ; n. $ 

 ad. sk. 



0-)'. Ad. ; .s'. Juv. 



sk. 

 t, u. Ad. sk. 

 t;. Ad. sk. 

 w, .V. Ad. sk. 

 y. Ad. sk. 

 s. Ad. sk. 

 a'. Ad. sk. 

 b', c. Ad. sk. 



d',e'. c?ad.; /'. 



5 ad. sk. 

 y'. 2 ad. sk. 



Coban, Guatemala, Nov. (0. S.) 



Guatemala (Skinner). 

 Chontales, Nicaragua (7'. Belt). 

 Costa Kica (Carmiol). 

 Calovevora, Panama {Arce). 

 Minca, Sierra Nevada de Sta. 



Marta, Colombia. Jan. & Feb. 



{F. Si7nons). 

 Colombia (Bogota make). 



Quito, Ecuador {Jameson). 



Sarayacu, Ecuador {BticJdey). 



Ecuador. 



Peru ( Warszewiez). 



Caracas, Venezuela. 



Venezuela (Spence). 



(Trinidad make.) 



Merumg Mts., Brit. Guiana, 

 June & July (H Wliitely). 



lioraima, Brit. Guiana, June 

 (//. W.). 



Salvin-Godman & 



Gould Colls. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 E. Dyson [C.]. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman & 



Gould CoUs. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



