55. AMAZILIA. 213 



a, b. c? ad. sk. Retalhuleu, Guatemala, Sept. Salviii-Godman & 



(O.Salvin). Gould Colls. 



c-j. d ad. ; k. cJ Retalhuleu, Guatemala, July Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 juv. ; I. 2 ad. {TV. B. Richardson). 

 sk. 



?», n. S ad. sk. Pie de la Cuesta, San Marcos, Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Guatemala, Nov. ( W. B. R.). 



0, p. cJ ad. sk. Realejo, Nicaragua {Sir E. Bel- Gould Coll. 



cher). (Types of the species.) 



q. (S ad. sk. Chontales, Nicaragua {Belt). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



11. Amazilia ocai. 



Amazilia ocai, Gould, Moti. Troch. v. pi. 289 (July 1861); de Oca, 



La Nat. iii. p. 16, pi. — ; Muls. <^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 35 ; 



Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 221. 

 Pyrrhophaena ocai, Cab. (^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 36 ; Muls. Hist. 



Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 301, iv. p. 182 ; id. Ann, Soc. Linn. Lyon, 



xxii. p. 206. 

 Ilemistilbon ocai, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 1-50. 

 Thaumatias lerdi, de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 24 .P 

 Amazilis ocai, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 415. 



Adult male. Upper surface shining golden green, crown glittering 

 grass-green, lower back and upper tail-coverts greenish bronze ; 

 throat and breast glittering grass-green, each leather being white 

 with a green discal spot, those of the throat being small and the 

 white of the feathers appearing ; middle of the abdomen grey, 

 flanks washed with golden green ; under tail-coverts pale greenish 

 bronze, broadly edged with dull white ; tail bronzy olive-green, the 

 lateral rectrices with the shafts and outer webs towards the base 

 chestnut : bill black, mandible towards the base flesh-colour. Total 

 length about 4 inches, wing 2-3, tail 1-35, bill 0-85. 



'Thaumatias lerdi, de Oca, from Paso del Macho, near Vera Cruz, 

 Mexico, may have been based upon a female of this species. The 

 dimensions agree exactly, and the coloration is apparently similar. 



Hah. Mexico. 



a. (^ ad. sk. Jalapa, Mexico {de Oca). Gould Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



12. Amazilia suinichrasti. (Plate VII. fig. 2.) 



Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, darker on the 

 head, more golden bronze on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; 

 throat and breast glittering grass-green, the white bases of tho 

 feathers hardly showing anywhere ; abdomen and flanks shining 

 grass-green ; under tail-coverts rufous ; tail rich lustrous coppery 

 bronze ; bases of the inner primaries and secondaries chestnut : 

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

 about 3-8 inches, wing 2-1, tail 1-2, bill 0-9. 



In some respects this species resembles A. ocai, but the richer 

 more coppery colour' of the tail, the dull-coloured crown, and uni- 



