55. AMAZILIA. 205 



1. Amazilia pristina. 



Orthoi'hyncliiis amazili, Less. Voy. Coq. pi. 31. f. 3. 



Ornisinya amazili, Zess. H. Nat. Ois.-Mouclies, pp.xxvli,67,pls. 12, 13. 



Trochilus (Amazilis) amazili, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxvii. 



Trocliilus (Lampornis) amazilia, Tsck. Faun. Per. p. 246. 



Polytmus amazili. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 108; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 131. 



Amazilius latirostris, Bj). Consp. Av. i. p. 77 {nee Sw.). 



Amazilia pristina, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 303 (May 1857) ; id. 



Intr. Troch. p. 155 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 313 ; id. P. Z. S. 1871, 



p. 498 ; Tacs. P. Z. S. 1874. p. 543 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 406 ; 



Mliot, Syn. Troch. p. 217 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 425. 

 Pyrrhophrena amazilia, Cah. Sf Seine, Mies, Hein. iii. p. 35 ; Seine, 



J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 186. 

 Amazilia lessoni, Muls. %■ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 35 ; Muls. Sist. Nat. 



Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 181 : id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 206. 

 Amazilis amazili, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 395. 



Upper surface shining greenish bronze, crown darker ; rump and 

 upper tail-coverts chestnut ; throat emerald-green, each feather 

 being white with a large green discal spot ; middle of the chest and 

 abdomen white, rest of the abdomen and flanks chestnut ; under 

 tail-coverts pale chestnut with whitish edges ; tail chestnut, the 

 central rectrices edged and tipped with bronzy green ; bill flesh- 

 colour at tho base, the tip black. Total length about 4*2 inches, 

 wing 2-3, tail 1-45, biU 0-8. 



Sexes alike. 



Juv. Under surface wholly chestnut, the green feathers of the 

 throat gradually assumed. 



Hah. Western Peru. 



a-c. Ad. ; d, e. Western Peru, probably from Gould Coll, 



Juv. sk. the vicinity of Lima. (Types of the species.) 



f, <S ad.sk. Rimac Valley, N. Peru (yl. ZT. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Markham), 



g. Ad. sk. Western Peru. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 h. Ad. sk. Western Peru, Sclater Coll. 



2. Amazilia leucophsea. 



Amazilia leucophsea, Reich. Aufz, d. Col. pp. 10, 24 ; Gould, Mon. 



Troch. V. pi, 306 (Sept. 1859); id. Intr. Troch. p. 156; Muls. ^ 



Verr. Class. Troch. p. 3o ; Muls. Sist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. 



p. 291 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 206 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 



1877, p. 337, 1879, p. 239, 1880, p. 208; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 407; 



Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 218. 

 Amazilia amazilicula, Peich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10; id. Troch, JEtium, 



p. 8, pi. 777. ff. 4805-6. 

 Pyrrhophsena leucophsea, Cab. c§- Seine, Mus. Sein. iii, p. 35 ; Seine, 



J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 186. 

 Amazilis leucoph^a, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 399, 



Similar to A. pristina, but rather smaller ; the white spot on the 

 breast is larger, and the green feathers of the throat more restricted ; 

 these latter are also of a golden rather than an emerald-green. 



Hah. Western Peru. 



