114 Tuocinu. 



Adult male. Upper surface rich dark brown, darker on the 

 anterior part of the hack ; crowu, nape, and hack of the neck 

 glittering ruhj'-red ; throat and hreast glittering topaz-orange ; 

 ahdomcn dusk}' hrown : under tail-coverts and tail chestnut-red, 

 the latter tipped with black ; bill black. Total length about 3'5 

 inches, wing 2-25, tail 1-3, bill 0*75. 



Adult female. Upper surface dull green, tinted with bronze on 

 the back of the neck ; sides of the head and under surface dusky 

 white, darker ou the breast ; under tail-coverts nearly white ; tail 

 purple-black, the central rectrices bronzy green, the lateral tipped 

 with white. 



Young male like the female, the glittering feathers of the adult 

 first appearing in the middle of the throat and afterwards on the 

 crown. 



Hah. Tropical America from Eahia to Guiana, the Amazon Valley, 

 Trinidad, and Colombia. 



a-c. (S ad. ; d-ff. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman & 



d juv. ; /*. $ Gould Colls. 



ad. sk. 



i, (S ad. ; j. S Venezuela. Sclater Coll. 



juv. sk. 



k. Jut. sk. Venezuela. E. Dyson [C.]. 



/;Wi. cJjuv. ; n. (Trinidad make.) Gould Coll. 



2 ad. sk. 



0. cJad.sk. Georgetown, Uemerara. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



2), J ad.; q. S juv.; (Cayeime make.) Salvin-Godman, 



r. 2 ad. sk. Sclater, & Gould 



Colls, 



s, t. S juv. ; w- Para. R. Graham [P.]. 



5 juv. sk. 



v,iv. d" ad. sk. Peruambuco (W. A. Forbes). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



x-z. (S ad. ; a. Bahia, Brazil. Gould Coll. 



2 juv. sk. 



V,c'. $ ad.sk. li&Wa. {Wucherer). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Section B. TROCHILI INTERiMEDII. 



Sheath of the maxilla indistinctly and feebly serrate near the 

 end of the tomia. (For Sec. A, see p. 29 ; Sec. C, p. 255.) 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Culmeu closely feathered at the base ; 

 nasal covers completely hidden. 

 a!. Size large; wings shining steel-blue .. 26. Pterophanes, p. 117. 

 b' . Size moderate or small ; wings normal, 

 not shining, greenish-purple or brown- 

 ish-black. 

 a". Bill long, nearly straight ; tail mo- 

 derately forked. 

 a" . Sexes dissimilar. 



«'. Rectrices narrow ; crown glitter- 

 ing pale green ; throat glittering 



