190 TKornii.i. 



in the more uniformly steel-blue tail towards the base in A. 

 ajncalis. 



A. terpna was probably founded on a male of A. apicalis. 



Hah. Colombia. 



a. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Gould C(dl. 



(Type of species.) 

 h-f. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-dodman & 



Gould Colls. 



17. Agyrtria Candida. 



TrocLilus candidus, Bourc. Sc Mtds. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, ix. 

 p. 326 (1846) ; id. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 319. 



Polytmus candidus, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 108 ; id. Iland-l. B. i. p. 128. 



Thaumatias candidus, Bp. Consj). Av. i. p. 78 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, 

 p. 25o ; Scl. P. Z. S'. 1858, p. 358, 1859, p. 386; ScL S,- Sal v. This, 

 1859, p. 130; Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 467, 1860, pp. 197, 270, 1873, 

 p. 320; Goidd, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 292 (May 1860); id. Intt: 

 Troch. p. 151 ; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 206 ; Lawr. Bull. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. no. 4, p. 33 ; Blliof, Ihis, 1878, p. 43. 



Agyrtria magaritacea, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 7, pi. 758. f. 4748. 



Agyrtria Candida, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 33; Heine, 

 J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 183 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 20-3. 



Leucolia Candida, Muls. &r Verr. Class. Troch. p. 31 ; Mu's. Hist. 

 Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 233, pi. 21, iv. p. 174 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. 

 Lyon, xxii. p. 204 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mt(s. Caen, i. p. 364. 



Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy green, more bronzy 

 on the crown and upper tail-coverts ; under surface, including under 

 tail-coverts, white ; sides of the neck and flanks shining golden 

 green; tail shining olive-green, the lateral rectrices with a bronzy 

 purple subterminal band : maxilla black ; mandible fle.sh-colour, 

 the tip black. Total length about 3-6 inches, wing 2, tail 1-2, 

 bill 0-75. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but with the tips of the outer 

 rectrices paler. 



Hah. Southern Mexico and Central America, from Guatemala to 

 Nicaragmi. 



a Ad. sk. Misantla, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Feh. (F. D. G.). 

 b. cj ad. sk. Xochiapa, Vera Cruz, Jan. {M. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Triij'illo). 

 c-e.(S ad.;/. 9 Chimalapa, Teh uantepec, March Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. ( ir'. B. Richardson). 



g. 2 ad. sk. Temax, Yucatan, Oct. (G. F. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Gttumer). 

 h. (S ad. sk. Belize, British Honduras Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Blancaneau.r). 

 i. Ad. sk. Corosal, Brit. Ilond. (Roe). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



J. 2 8.d. sk. Southern pine-ridge, Brit. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



llond., Jan. (Blancaneaux). 

 k-m. J ad. .sk. Cayo, Western District, Brit. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Ilond., March (Blancaneaux). 



