216 TROCHILI. 



black ; mandible black, ■with a slight indication of flosh-colonr at 

 the base. Feet black. Length of wing 2 J^ inclios, tail 1^, bill j"^. 

 Total kMigthot" skin ."5 ,^'., inches, but as it has been very much shortened 

 in making it up, it is probable the real length would bo nearer 

 four inches. 



"//((/*. 15ogotft? {Elliot,'" I. s. c.) 



1 do not recognize any skin answering to tliis descrijjtion in the 

 ISIuseum series. The bird seems to belong to theyl. ricjj\ri section 

 of the genus, and the type is i)robably, to judge from tlie darkness 

 of the bill, the skin of a female bird. 



1 0. Amazilia riefFeri. 



Trochilus fuscicandatus, Frciser, P. /. 'S. Is4(), p. 17 ? 



Trochilus rioHeri, L'ourc. Aim. !Sv. riujg. vt Ant. Lyon, vi. p. 45 



(184:{) ; id. licr. Zool. 1843, p. 10;5. 

 llylocluiris fuscitauda, Graij, O'cii. B. i. p. 114. 

 Polytnius rit'fferi, (irmj, den. li. i. p. 132. 

 Trochilus aglaiie, lUnirc. i.y Muh. Ann. Sc. Phi/s. et Nat. Lyon, i.x. 



p. ;'.!'!) (184(1) ; i(J. L'er. Zool. 1840, p. 31(5. 

 Amazilius riofferi, Up. C'o/isj). Ac. i. p. 78 ; id. Jicv. Zool. 1854, p. 254 } 



Scl. r.Z.S. 1859, p. 145. 

 Amnzilius aglaia', J>p. Consp. Av. i. p. 71. 

 Trochilus dubusi, L'ourc. Ann. Sc. IViys. et Nat. Lyon, {2) iv. p. 141 



(1852). 

 Chlorestes -y. Saucerottia fuscicaudata, Itvich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8; 



id. Trod,. Enum. p. 4, pi. (59ti. tf. 4552-3. 

 Ama/ilia rirffcri, JiV/(7(. -Ivt/i. rf. Co/, p. 10; id. Troch. JiJnmn. 'p. 8, 



])1. 778. ff. 47U8-9 ; Scl. .V Salr. //-(>, 1859, p. 1;!0 ; iid. P. Z. S. 18(54, 



p. 3(55, 1879, p. 530; Gould, Mon. Trocli. v. \\. 311 (May 18(;()) ; 



Scl. P.Z.S. 18(50, pp.94, 25.-!, 29(); id. Cat. Am. B. p. 314 ; Sale. Iln.^; 



1860, pp. 195, 270, 1872, p. ;520 ; id. I\ Z. S. 18(57, p. 15CS, 1870, 



p. 210; /(/. Cat. Sfric/^l. Coll. p. 3(59; Later. Ann. Lye. N. 1'. vii. 



p. 292 ; Muls. .y Verr. Class. Troch. p. 35 ; Wyait, Ibis, 1871, 



p. 378; Merrill, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, i. p. 88; Berl. J.f. Orn. 



1884, p. 311. _ 

 Amazilia dubusi, Lieich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10 ; /(/. Troch. Enum. p. 8, 



pi. 778. ff. 4809 10. 

 Chlorestes y. Saucerottia aglaia^, lieich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8. 

 Anuizilius dubusi, Bp. liev. Zool. 1854, p. 254 ; <SV/. P. Z. S. 1859, 



p. 38(5. 

 Pyvrliopluviia dubusi. Cab. S,- Heine, 3Iug. Ilein. iii. p. 30; Cab. J.f. 



'Orn. 1802, p. 103. 

 l\yrilui])lucna rictferi. Cab. S)- Heine, Mas. Ilein. in. p. 35; Gould, 



' Intr. Troch. p. 158 ; Laicr. Ann. Li/c. N. Y. viii. p. 184, i.x. p. 127 ; 



id. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mu.<. no. 4, p. 33 ; v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, 



].. 317 ; Scl. S,- Sa/r. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, 



p. 71 ; Jhrl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 331. 

 Pyrrhopluena sauvis. Cab. lij- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 38. 

 Evanua dubusi, Heine, J.f. Orn. 18(53, p. 188. 

 Iloniitliylaca agluia\ Cab. S\- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 38. 

 ]'>niuna siiavis, Heine. J.f. Orn. 186.'!, p. 188. 

 Ei'anua jiu uiidii, Heine, ,1. f. Orn. 18().'>, p. 188. 

 l^ianna ricffcri, Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. \Sii. 



