162 TEOCHILT. 



Anactoria strophiana, Muh. Sr Verr. Class. Troch. p. 69. 

 Trochilus strophianus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 139. 



Adult male. Upper surface dark shining bronzy green, greener on 

 the middle of the back, deeper, more reddish bronze on the rump ; 

 head viewed from in front nearly black, the frontal spot glittering 

 grass-green ; throat like that of //. dat-issce ; pectoral band white, 

 followed by glittering green as in //. clarissce ; abdomen dusky, 

 washed with green ; under tail-coverts bronzy green, edged with 

 white ; tail steel-bue, central feathers slightly tinged with bronze ; 

 bill black. Total length about 4*5 inches, wing 2- 75 ; tail, central 

 rectrices 1-4, lateral 1-9; bill 0-8. 



Female and yonng birds resemble those of H. clarissce ; but the 

 tail seems to be always of a darker, more steel-blue, with less green 

 or bronze on the central feathers. 



ffab, Ecuador. 



a-d. J ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador {Jamison'). Salvin-Godman & 



Gould Colls. 



e-i. cJ ad. sk. Ecuado? (Jameson). Gould Coll. 



_;', k. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll. 



/, m. c? ad. sk. Sarayacu, Eciaador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman & 



Gould Colls. 



n. cJ ad. sk. Yanayacu, Ecuador (BwcAj/ej/). Salviu-GodmaB ColL 



5. Heliang-elus violicoQis. (Plate V, fig. 2.) 



Adnlt male. Similar to that of H. strophianus, but the upper 

 surface of a darker, more rufescent brown, especially in the middle 

 of the back ; the abdomen, too, has a more bronzy hue ; the most 

 obvious difference is in the colour of the throat, which is glittering 

 violet-blue without any red or rosy tint. 



Young male. Has the feathers of the throat black with white 

 edges, amongst these the glittering violet feathers of the adult 

 appear. 



Hob. Ecuador. 



a. (J ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Type of species.) 

 h. c? juv. sk. Ecuador ? Gould Coll. 



6. Heliang-elus spenciL 



Trochilus spencei, Bourc. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 46. 



Mellisuga spencii, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 112. 



HeUangelus spencii, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 76 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, 



p. 252 ; Guuld, Men. Troch. iv. pi. 244 (May 1855) ; id. Intr. Troch. 



p. 132 ; Scl. (^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 752 ; Muh. Hist. Nat. Ois.- 



Mouches, iii. p. 88, pi. 75 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 219 ; 



Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 90. 

 Trochilus y. Diotima spencii, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12. 

 Anactoria speucei, Muls. 8f Verr. Class. Troch. p. 69. 



