128 TKOCHILI. 



«. d ad. sk. lluasampilla, Peru, Sept. (//. Gould Coll. 



TJliiteli/). 

 h,c.dai.;d. Cacliupaia,reru,Feb.(if. W^.). Gould Coll. 



2 ad. sk. (Types of the species.) 



c- 6 ad.sk. Cacliupata, Oct. (7/. W.). Salvin-Goduian Coll. 



7. Helianthea dichroura. 



Helianthea dichroura, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, pp. 138, 54:1 ; id. Orn. 



Per. i. p. 377 ; E/Uot, P. Z. ,S. 1874, p. 334; id. >Si/n. Troch. p. 74 ; 



Gould, Suppl. Troch. pi. 19 (Jan. 1881). 

 Callig'enia dichroura, Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouclics, ii. p. 309, 



pi. 63, iv. p. 212 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 210. 



Adult male. " Closely resembling [that of] //. oscidans. The UDder 

 surface, with the exception of the lower portion of the abdomen and 

 I under] tail-coverts, dark green. The principal difference is in the 

 tail, which has the terminal third part brouzc-grecn, forming a 

 conspicuous apical baud. Maxilla black; mandible flesh-colour, 

 tip black." (Elliot, I. s. c.) 



The colour of the mandible in this species is noteworthy, as in all 

 other members of the genus it is black in both sexes. 



Hab. Peru, Northern Provinces. 



31. BOURCIERIA. 



Type. 

 Bourcieria, 5p. Compt. Rend. xxx. p. 380 (1850) .... B. torquata. 

 Bourcieria a; Conradinia, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10 



(1854) B. couradi. 



Polysena, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 215 B. tor(juata. 



Range. Andes from Venezuela and Colombia to Bolivia. 



Kei/ to the Species. 



n. Breast chestnut , ineu, p. 129. 



b. Breast pm'e white. 



a . Centre of crown, throat, alxloineu, and tips to 

 lateral rectrices glittering grass-green. 

 a". Crown, nape, and back black, the crown 



with glittering green centre insectivora, p. 129. 



b". Grown and nape uniform glittering green . . conradi, p. 130. 

 I'. Centre of crown violet, sides black; abdomen 

 and tips to the lateral rectrices black or green- 

 ish black. 

 c". Throat black, centre fiiiutly tuiged witli 



green ; abdomen black torquatu, p. 130. 



d". Throat black, centre bright green ; abdo- 

 men greenish black fulyidigula, p. 131. 



