180 T1{0(UIII.I. 



cO. Throat and breast bliiisli green : 

 lateral rectrices nearly uni- 

 form " fluriatilk, p. 188. 



d«. Throat and breast golden 

 green ; lateral rectrices nar- 

 rowly tipped with whitish . . cqncalis, p. 1 89. 

 h!" . Under tail-coverts white. 



e*. iSliddle of the under surface white. Candida, p. 190. 

 f-. Throat and breast glittering green. 

 g''. Larger; central rectrices green 



tipped with blacldsh tephrocephala, p. 191 . 



A'. Smallt-r ; central rectrices wholly 



gi-een yiitidicauda, p. 192. 



i\ Smaller; central rectrices very 

 dark, faintly washed with 

 greenish towards the base .... nigricauda, p. 192. 



t'". Under tail-coverts green compsa, p. 192. 



6. Throat and under surface pale grey, the 



former faintly marked with dusky spots . . taczanoicskii, p. 19-3. 



1. Agyitria niveipectus. 



Thaumatias chionopectus, Gould, Mon. Tronh. v. pi. 29.'J (Sept. 

 1859) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 152 ; E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 1863, p. 92 ; 

 Elliot, Ibis, 1878, p. 40. 

 Agyrtria niveipectus, Cab. 8,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 33 ; Scl. Cat. 

 Am. B. p. 312 ; Hei7ie, J. f. Oni. 18ti3, p. 184 ; Elliot, 8yn. 

 Troch. p. 202 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 3(38.^ 

 Leucolia chionopectus, Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 31 ; Eudes- 



Desl. Ann. Mvs. Caen, i. p. 337. 

 Leucolia niveipectus, Muls. Hist. Kat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 227, iv. 



p. 173 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 204. 

 Polytmus chionopectus. Leot. Oi's. Trin. p. 140 (1866) ; Gray, Hand-l. 

 B. i. p. 128. 

 Adult male. Upper surface bronzy green, becoming darker on the 

 upper tail-coverts ; crown and sides of the neck glittering green ; 

 throat and middle of the abdomen white ; flanks golden green ; 

 under tail-coverts pale grey with white edges ; tail purple-bronze, 

 the lateral rectrices with an indistinct subterminal darker band ; 

 bill black. Total length about 3-0 inches, wing 2-15; tail, central 

 rectrices 1-1, lateral 1-3 ; bill 0-85. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but with the crown less 

 brilliant, and the subterminal band on the lateral rectrices more 

 distinct, and the outer three feathers on either side tipped with 

 grey. 



Nah. Trinidad, Venezuela, and British Guiana. 



«-c. d ad. ; f7. $ Trinidad (T'Mc/.-er). Gould Coll. 



ad. sk. (Types of T. chionopectus, Gould.) 



e. S ad. sk. Trinidad. " Sclater Coll. 



/. 5 ad. sk. Venezuela {Spence). Sclater Coll. 



(/. (S ad. sk. iJritisli Guiana {Schomburyk). Gould Coll. 



'h. S ad. sk. guonga, Brit. Guiana, Oct. 23 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{H. Whitrly). 



i. Ad.sk. '■ Salvin-riudninii Coll. 



