51. AGYRTRIA. 185 



9. Agyrtria brevirostris. 



Oriiismya brevirostris, Less. Hist. Xat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxxvii, 



L^ll, pi. 77. 

 Trochilus brevirostris, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxvi. 

 Polytmus brevirostris, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 108 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 128. 

 Trochilus versicolor, Nordm. in Erman's Bei.se, Atl. pi. i. ff. 1-3. 

 .Ilylocharis versicolor, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 115; Bp. Cunsp. Av. i. 



p. 74. 

 Agyrtria brevirostris, Beick. Anfz. d. Col. p. 10; id. Troch. Enum. 



p*. 7, pi. 759. f. 4749 ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mvs. Hein. iii. p. 34 ; 8cl. 



Cat. Am. B. p. 313; Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 185 ; Pel-. Orn. 



Bras. p. 29 ; Berl. J. f. Orn. 1873, p. 276 ; Elliot, Syn. Truck. 



p. 204. 

 Agyrtria versicolor, Reich. Aufz. d. Cvl. p. 10 ; id. Troch. Enum. 



p. 7, pi. 759. ff. 4750-1. 

 Leucocbloris brevirostris, Muls. 8f Terr. Class. Troch. p. 3L 

 l.eucolia brevirostris, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 365. 

 Thaumatias brevirostris, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 78; id. Bev. Zool. 1854, 



p. 255 ; Gould, Mo7i. Troch. v. pi. 298 (May 1855) ; id. Lntr. Troch. 



p. 152 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 343 ; E'lliot, Ibis, 1878, p. 44 ; 



Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 241, iv. p. 176 ; id. A7in. Sue. 



Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 205. 



Adult male. Tpper surface shining bronzy green ; middle of the 

 under surface from the chin to the vent pure white ; sides of the 

 neck glittering green ; flanks shining golden green ; under tail- 

 coverts greenish grey, edged with white ; tail shining olive-green, 

 the lateral rectrices with a dark subterminal band : maxilla black ; 

 mandible flesh-colour, tip black. Total length about 3-5 inches, 

 wing 1-95, tail I'lo, bill 0-7o. 



Female. Similar to the male, the lateral rectricea with pale tips. 



Hah. South-eastern Brazil. 



a-d. S ad. ; e. $ Bahia, Brazil ( Wucherer). Salvin-Godman & 



ad. sk. Gould Colls. 



f. 'r? ad. sk. Bahia. E. Fielding, Esq. 



[P-]- 



fi, h. rf ad. sk. Eio Janeiro, Brazil. Salvm-Godman & 

 •'' ° Gould Colls. 



i. S ad. sk. Brazil (Nafterer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/, A:, f^ ad. sk. Santa Catarina, Brazil (Bayers). Salvin-Godman & 

 "^' Sclater Colls. 



/, m. d ad. sk. Parana, Brazil {Rogers). Gould Coll. 



10. Agyrtria afiinis. 

 Thaumatias aflinis, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 299 (May 1855) ; id. 



lntr. Troch. p. 153. „ , ^ 



A"-vrtria afiinis, Cob. Sf Heine, Mus. Hem. m. p. 33; Scl. Cat. Am. 



//. p. 313 : Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 185 ; Reinh. Vidensk. Medd. 



Xat. For. KJob. 1870, p. 112. 

 rolytuius atlini.s <''rny, Hand-l. B. i. p. 128. 



