130 TRocniLi. 



DipUogaena insectivom, Mids. ^ Verr. Clms. Troch. p. Gl. 

 Homophaina insectivora, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 213 ; 

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



Adult male. Upper surface shining greenish black, a frontal spot 

 glittering greenish blue, and an occipital spot of glittering green ; 

 throat glittering green tinged with blue ; abdomen green ; a wide 

 pectoral band white ; under tail-coverts green ; wings blackish 

 with a purple gloss ; tail forked, the central rectrices brassy green, 

 the rest white with brassy-green tips ; bill black. Total length 

 about G inches, wing 3-2, tail 1"95, bill 1-45. (Ex Taczanowski, 

 I. s. c.) 



Female. Upper surface including the crown uniform shining 

 grass-green ; throat white, each feather with a discal green spot. 



Ilab. Peru. 



a. 2 fi*i- sk. Peru {Tschudi). Gould Coll. 



(A typical specimen.) 

 h. 5 ad. sk. [Peru.] Gould Coll. 



3. Bourcieria conradi. 



Trochilus conradi, Bourc. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 4.5. 



Bourcieria conradi, Bp. Consp. i. p. 73 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 252 ; 



Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 253 (Sept. 1859) ; id. Intr. Troch. 



p. 136 ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 782 ; Elliot, Sijn. Troch. p. 76. 

 Bourcieria a. Conradinia conradi, Reich. Troch. Eaum. p. 7, pi. 747. 



ff. 4714-15. 

 Heliantbea conradi, Cah. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 80. 

 PolyiBna conradi, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 216. 

 Diphlogfena conradi, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 61. 

 Homophaina conradi, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 320, iv. 



p. 213 ; id. Ann. Soc. Lvin. Lyon, xxii. p. 210. 



Adult male. Upper surface, throat, and abdomen shining grass- 

 green, the head and throat more glittering ; breast with a wide 

 white band ; central rectrices golden green, lateral white with 

 golden-green tips, wider towards the outermost pair ; outermost 

 primary edged with rufous ; bill black. Total length about 5*4 

 inches, wing 3-1 ; tail, central rectrices 1-4, lateral 1*8; biU 1-45. 



Female. Like the male, but duller ; the throat white ; the lateral 

 feathers with green discal spots. 



Hab. Venezuela, in the highlands. 



a-d. c?ad. ; e,f. Sierra Nevada de Merida, Salvin-Godnian, Gould, 



$ad. sk. Venezuela {Goerinfi). & Sclater Colls. 



(j-j. S 'id. ; k. 5 [Venezuela] {Linden). Gould Coll. 

 ad. sk. 



4. Bourcieria torquata. 



Omismya torquata, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 6. 

 Bourcieria torquata, Bp. Consp. i. p. 73 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251 ; 

 Gotdd, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 251 (May 1854) ; id. hitr. Troch. p. 135 ; 



