181 



2. Agyrtria leucogaster. 



Mellisuga cayennensis, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 704, pi. 36. f. 3. 



Vert-dore, Bvf. Hist. Nut. Ois. vi. p. 29. 



Oiseaux Moiiches de Cayenne, d'Aub. PL Unl. 276. f. 3. 



Trochilus leucogaster, 6'?«. S'l/st. Nat. i. p. 495; Vieill. N. Diet. 



cTHist. N. vii. p. 363 ; id. Enc. Meth. p. 564. 

 Oiseaux Mouclies a gorge et ventre blanc, And. Ois. Dor. i. p. 104, 



pi. 43. 

 Ornismya albirostris, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxxiv, 212, 



pi. 78. 

 Trochilus albirostris, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxv. 

 Thaumatias leucogaster, Bp. Consp. Av. i.p. 78; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, 



p. 255 ; Gould, Mon. Trovh. v. pi. 294 (Sept. 1859) ; id. Intr. Troch. 



p. 152; Elliot, Ibis, 1878, p. 41 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. 



p. 374. 

 Agyrtria leucogaster, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10 ; id. Troch. Enum. p. 7, 



pi. 762. ff. 4762-64 ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 34 ; Pelz. 



Orn. Bras. p. 29 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 202 ; 8alv. Ibis, 1885, 



p. 435. 

 Leucolia leucogaster, Muls. 8f Verr. Class. Troch. p. 31 ; Muls. Hist, 



Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 231 ; id. Ami. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. 



p. 204. 

 Polytmus leucogaster, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 128. 

 ? Trochilus niellisugus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 192 ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i. 



p. 494 ? 

 ? Thaumatias mellisuga, Bp. Consp. i. p. 78. 



Adult male. Upper surface golden grass-green ; crown and sides 

 of the neck and breast glittering grass-green ; whole of the middle 

 of the \mder surface and the under tail- coverts white ; flanks 

 shining green ; tail steel-blue, the central rectrices bronzy green : 

 maxilla black ; mandible, except the tip, flesh-colour. Total length 

 about 4 inches, wing 2 ; tail, central rectrices 1, lateral 1-2 ; 

 bill 0-9. 



Adult female. Like the male, but with the lateral rectrices 

 obscurely tipped with bronzy grey. 



Hah. Cayenne, and Eastern Brazil to Bahia. 



The bird marked " Demerara " is immature, and lacks the glittering 

 crown. I doubt the correctness of its locality. 



a, h. cJ ad. sk. (Skins of Cayenne make.) Salvin-Godman & 



Gould Colls. 



c. c? ad. sk. Cayenne. E. Wilson, Esq. [P.]. 



d. 2 ad. sk. Demerara. Gould Coll. 



e. f. cJ ad. sk. Peruanibuco {Forbes). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 g-k. S ad. ; l-n. Bahia, Brazil. Salvin-Godman & 



§ ad. sk. Gould Colls. 



3. Agyrtria viridiceps. 



Tbiiumatias viridiceps, Gould, T. Z. S. 1860, p. 307 ; id. Mon. Troch. 

 V. pi. 295 (Julv 1861) : id. Intr. Troch. p. 152 ; id. P. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 803 ; Elliot', Ibis, 1878, p. 42. 



