126 TKOCIULI. 



.'/. c^ (ul. .-ik. Sierra Nevada of Merida Salviii-Guduuui Cull. 



( Goerinr/). 



h. S tid. .sk. Venezuela (Goeritii/). Gould Coll. 



i-7c. c? ad. .^k. Venezuela. Salvin-Godmau & 



Gould Colls 



4, Helianthea lutetiae. 



Trocliilus lutetise, Delattre <^- Muh. Itev. Zool. 1846, p. 307 ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 138. 

 Heliauthea lutetise, B2J. Consp. i. p. 74 ; id. Eev. Zool. 1854, p. 251 



Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; id. Troch. Emtm. p. 6, pi. 736. ff. 4687-88 



Goidd, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 238 (May 1857) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 131 



id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803 ; Jameson |- Fraser, Ibis, 1850, p. 400 ; Scl. 



P. Z. S. 1800, p. 81 ; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 308 ; Cuh. ^' Heine, Mas. 



Hein. iii. p. 79 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1874, p. 333 ; id. Si/n. Troch. p. 73 ; 



Tacx. .5- Berl. P. Z. ,S. 1885, p. 105. 

 Diplilogoena lutetite, Muls. c^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 61. 

 Calligeuia lutetiffi, 3fids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 300, iv. 



p. 212; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 216. 



Adult male. Upper surface black, the wing-coverts glossed with 

 green, a glittering grass-green frontal spot : under surface shining 

 grass-green, with a glittering violet giilar spot ; secondaries buff, 

 tipped with puri:)le-black, outermost primarj' edged with dull white : 

 tail uniform bronzy-black ; bill black. Total length about 5-5 

 inches, wing 3'2 ; tail, central rectrices 1-4, lateral 1-9 ; bill 1-6. 



Female. Upper surface uniform dark shining grass-green ; under 

 surface cinnamon, the breast, flanks, and abdomen thickly spotted 

 with shining green : under tail-coverts green, edged with cinnamon ; 

 secondaries like those of the male, buff tipped with purple-black. 



Young males resemble the female; the violet gular spot is assumed 

 before the frontal spot. 



Hah. Ecuador. 



a-e. S ad. ; f-i. Ecuador (Jameson). Gould Coll. 



c? juv. ; j-l. 

 2 ad. sk. 

 m. (S ad. ; 71. J Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



juv. ; 0. 2 ad. 



sk. 

 p. 2 ad. sk. Lloa, Ecuador (i^ra.<«'). Sclater Coll. 



(J. c? ad. sk. Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. 



;•. cJ ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Bachley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



J. Helianthea violifera. 



Trochilus violifer, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 87. 



Helianthea violifera, Bp. Co7isp. i. p. 75 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251 ; 



Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9 ; Gotild, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 239 (Sept. 



1855) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 131 ; Cab. S,- Heiiie, 3Ins. Hein. iii. p. 80 ; 



Elliot, Ibis, 1874, p. 333; id. Stjn. Troch. p. 73; Scl. c^- Salv. 



P. Z. S. 1879, p. 629. 

 Diphlogsena violifera, Muls. S,- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 61. 

 Calligenia violifera, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouchcs, ii. p. 313, iv. 



p. 213; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 216. 



