166 



g-o. J ad. ; p-u. Colombia (Bogota make) 



S juv. ; v-x. 



$ ad. sk. 

 y. S ad sk. 

 s. c? ad. ; a'. $ 



ad. sk. 

 b'. <3 ad. sk. 

 c'-e. (S ad. ; /'. 



5 ad. sk. 

 ^'. 6 ad. ; A'. $ 



ad. sk. 



Santiago, Ecuador (Lehmaiin). 

 Puella near Riobamba, 



Ecuador. 

 Baiios, Ecuador {Biwkley). 

 Quito, Ecuador (Jameson). 



8alvin-(jtodman & 

 Gould Colls. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



Yauayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Heliotrypha micrastur. 



Heliangelus micrastur, Gould, A?in. ^ May. N. H. 1872, p. 195 ; 



id. Mm. Troch. Sujyjyl. pi. 23 (Jan. 1883). 

 Helymus micrastur, Muls. Hist. Kat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 93 ; id. 



Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 219. 

 HeKotrvpba micrastur, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 88 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1889, 



p. 205 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 380. 



Adult male. Upper surface dark shining green, becoming bronze 

 on the lower back and upper tail-coverts ; head and chin nearly black 

 when viewed from in front ; frontal spot and breast glittering grass- 

 green ; throat glittering fiery golden, shading into fiery crimson 

 towards the chin ; abdomen like the back ; under tail-coverts white, 

 with a dusky central streak including the shafts of each feather ; 

 tail — central rectrices dark bronzy green, lateral bronzy black ; bill 

 black. Total length about 3'6 inches, wing 2-55 ; tail, central 

 rectrices ] -3, lateral 1'7 ; bill 0'75. 



Female. Lighter above than the male and greener, the glittering 

 frontal spot less vivid : throat whitish, mingled with glittering red 

 feathers ; abdomen pale buff, the flanks spotted with green ; under 

 tail-coverts white ; lateral rectrices tipped with dusky white. 



Hab. Ecuador and Peru. 



a, b. (5 juv. sk. 



c-r. cj ad. ; /. 



(S juv. sk. 

 g, h. cJ ad. ; i. 



$ ad. sk. 



San Lucas, Ecuador (Buckley). 

 San Lucas (Buckley). 

 Cutervo, Peru (/. Stolzmann). 



Gould Coll. 

 (Types of the species.) 

 Salvin-Godman & 



Gould Colls. 

 Salvin-Godman & 

 Sclater Colls. 



4. Heliotrypha barrali. (Plate VI. fig. 2.) 



Heliotrypha barrrli, Muls. (^- Terr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xviii. 



p. 106 ; JElliot, Syn. Troch. p. 88 ; Sharpe in GoukVs Suppl. Troch. 



(Mar. 1887). 

 Heliangelus squamigidaris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 503. 

 Nodalia barrali, 3Iuls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 100. 



Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, the distal half of 

 the crown appearing almost black in some aspects ; throat glittering 

 le.iden green, with a dark margin on either side; breast glittering 



