31. BOUECIEEIA. 131 



id. P. Z. 8. 1870, p. 803 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 309 ; Elliot, Syn. 



Troch. p. 77 ; Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 530 ; Tacz. ^- Berl. 



P. Z. S. 1885, p. 105; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 324. 

 Bourcieria /3. lloiuophaiiia pvimellii, lieich. Troch. Enum. p. 7, pi. 748. 



ff. 4710-17. 

 Homophaina torqnata, Cab. Sj Heine, Mus. Sein. iii. p. 79 ; Muh. 



Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 316, iv. p. 213 ; id. Ann, Soc. Linn. 



Lyon, xxii. p. 210. 

 Polyffiiia torquata, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1803, p. 215. 

 Diphlon-sena torquata, Mids. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 61. 

 Trochiius torquatiis. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 139. 



Adult male. Upper surface black, with a greenish gloss on the 

 lower back and wing-coverts, a glossy violet occipital spot ; throat 

 black, the central feathers with dark green discal spot, a wide 

 white pectoral baud ; abdomen black ; tinder tail-coverts dark 

 green, central rectrices greenish'black, lateral white with greenish- 

 black tips, wider on the ontermost feathers ; bill black. Total 

 length about 5-5 inches, wing 3"1, tail 1*9, bill 1-6. 



Female. Upper surface and abdomen dark shining grass-green, 

 darker on the crown ; throat white, each feather with a dark green 

 discal spot ; breast white as in the male. 



Young birds are dusky black beneath, the white feathers of the 

 breast begin to appear at the sides and gradually spread irregularly 

 across ; the occipital spot is the last to develop. 



Hab. Colombia and Ecuador. 



a. $ ad. sk. Santa Elena, Colombia (T. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



K. Salmon). 



b. cJ juv. sk. Medellin, Colombia (T. K. Gould Coll. 



8.). 



c-f- 6 ^'^•'t g-J- Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman, Gould, 



S] Liv. ; k, I. $ & Sclater Colls. 



ad. sk. 



m, n. (S ad. sk. Baisa, Ecuador (Buckley'). Gould Coll. 



o-r. cJad. ; s. ^ Bafios, Ecuador (^wcA/e^). Salvin-Godman & 



j uv. ; t, u. 5 Gould Colls. 



ad. sk. 



V, IV. S ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll. 



X. Ad. St. Purchased. 



5. Bourcieria fulgidigula. 



Bourcieria fulgidigula, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. p. 252 (Maj^, 1854) ; 



id. Intr. Troch. p. 135 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 145, 1800, p. 81 ; 



id. Cat. Am. B. p. 309; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 76; Berl. Sf Tacz. 



P. Z. S. 1884, p. .304. 

 Ilomophaiua fulgidigula. Cab. l^- Heine, Mux. Hein. iii. p. 79 ; 3Iuls. 



Hist. Xut. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 318, iv. p. 213 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn, 



Lyon, xxii. p. 210. 

 rolyteua fulgidigula, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 216. 

 Trochikis fulgidigula. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 139. 



Adult male. Like that of B. torq^uata, but mth the occipital spot 



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